The NBA regular season continues to play, the Nets challenge the Pistons away, this game, Harden did not play in the round, and Pistons star Grant suffered a six-week suspension with a torn ligament in his right thumb! In this game, the Nets sent Mills, Bemburi, Durant, James Johnson and Aldridge to the starting lineup, while the Pistons sent Cunningham, Hayes, Diallo, Sadik Bay and Stewart. The Nets are still superior on paper, durant led the team to fight with the opponent, and after the opening, the Nets were in excellent offensive form and took the lead early.
After the opening, Durant attracted the bag to assist Aldridge hit a high shot, opening the record for the first time of the game, and then Diallo's attack was missed, Bembry grabbed a rebound long pass to assist Mills to complete the layup, the Pistons assisted Diallo to cut the basket, but through Bemburi empty cut to the basket, Ade shot 2 fouls all of them, the Nets a wave of 8-2 start showed a good momentum, although Harden did not play, but the team played very smoothly on the offensive end after the opening, early to take the lead. On the Pistons side, Cunningham broke through the mid-range shooting after the breakout to break the scoring drought, but Mills immediately received a 3-point pass from Durant on the right side, Cunningham took the ball and rushed to the basket to complete the layup, but Mills immediately took a James Johnson pass and threw another 3-pointer, the Nets led 14-6, and the Pistons were forced to call a timeout.
Back from the timeout, Sadiq Bay scored on the top basket after knocking down Durant, and Stewart hit Ade under the basket, it can be seen that Casey made adjustments on the offensive end after the suspension, that is, to roll towards the Nets' penalty area, after all, the Nets' interior defense is very weak, and grabbing their inside line to play will give more opportunities. However, Durant then hit a 3-pointer on the counter-attack to curb the opponent's momentum, with Cunningham offensive foul, Thomas around the cover and hit a mid-range shot, the Nets continued to attack to stabilize the situation, Hayes returned a 3-pointer. But then, Durant shot from outside the 3-point line to cause Frank Jackson to foul on 3 points, 3 free throws, followed by a chase-and-shoot, the Nets pulled the score to 24-13, and after Cunningham hit a 3-pointer, Nash asked for a timeout.
The timeout came back, Griffin was sent on the court, the Pistons booed at home, it seemed that the fans here were still grumpy about his departure, but he was not affected, and soon after the debut, he gave Cunningham a big chase cap, followed by an assist to Durant on the counter-attack, followed by an offensive foul against the opponent, looking very good, after the past few DNP games, he seems to be gradually recovering himself. In the first quarter, with Durant's ultra-far whistle unable to score 3 points, the Nets led 31-24.
In the first quarter, Durant scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Ade had 9 points and 1 rebound, and Mills contributed 8 points and 2 assists, hitting 2 3-pointers. Pistons' Cunningham contributed 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.