On December 13, Beijing time, the Nets played away against the Pistons, this battle Harden was off, Durant led the team for the first time in the season, and the Grim Reaper had to play a full-power state. In the first quarter of the game, Durant scored 10 points in the first quarter of the game to help the Nets establish a 31-24 lead.
In the second quarter, Nash put Durant on the bench for the first six minutes, during which time the Nets were hit by the Pistons with a 13-0 wave of attack, and the Nets fell directly from the lead to a trail. At this time, Durant returned to the field and scored immediately, scoring another 12 points in 6 minutes, and after half-time play, he had 22 points and 4 assists on 6 of 14 shots, and Durant helped the Nets re-establish the lead, leading 60-57 at halftime.
Entering the third quarter, Durant did not make a wall watch this time, directly started the game, and scored 4 consecutive points. Unfortunately, the Nets defensive end of the power was cut off again, and the Pistons were stealed three times in a row, playing three counter-attacks to score, which led to the Nets being overtaken, at this time the score was 66-73, the Nets were behind, and the Pistons played a wave of 16-6.
The key moment is still Durant, in the Nets attacking and defending at both ends of the dilemma, Durant chased back and counterattacked the dunk, bringing some morale to the team. The next leg was Still Durant, 45 degree angle directly cut into the score, back into the defensive round, Durant assisted the big hat Cunningham, quickly completed a chase three-point shot, the Nets at this time the attack completely relied on Durant alone. But the Pistons did not flinch in the face of Durant's offense, and the new branch Champion Lang Cunningham responded to Durant's scoring performance with a breakthrough of 2+1, and Lee directly stole Durant to stage a quick attack counterattack 2+1.
In the last 3 minutes of the quarter, Cunningham hit a three-pointer, and Durant immediately hit a three-point response, and the scene looked like Durant alone against the Pistons. But in Harden's absence, Durant needs to exert all his strength without reservation to ensure the basic firepower output of the Nets' offensive end.
After the first three quarters, Durant has made 13 of 22 to cut 38 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, including 4 of 7 three points and 8 of 9 free throws. Especially in the third quarter, Durant's personal scoring output was extreme, and every time he got it was done by the Nets in the backward stage, shooting 7 of 8 in a single quarter, including 3 of 2 three-pointers, cutting 16 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block in a single quarter, and supporting the Nets with crazy scoring output. The first three quarters of the game, the first quarter of 10 points, the second quarter of 12 points, the third quarter of 16 points, each quarter has a stable scorer, Durant explained what is a super scorer. Unfortunately, relying on Durant can not completely guarantee the Nets to win, under the play of Adu 38 + 5 + 6 in the third quarter, the Nets fell behind the Pistons at 86-91 after the third quarter, which means that there are still many problems belonging to the Nets.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)