On December 13, Beijing time, the Nets played away against the Pistons, and the Nets successfully defeated the Pistons 116-104 at the end of the game. Although the Nets are missing Harden in this game, they still have a great chance of winning by playing weak teams with the strength of the Nets this season. After the start of the game, the Nets took the lead very early, but what was unexpected was that the Pistons power in the back game was to overtake the score, although the Nets stabilized the situation, but in the third quarter of the game, the Pistons once again formed a counterattack to complete the reversal, and in the fourth quarter of the game, the Nets once again occupied the lead, and finally the Nets refused to upset and won the game.
The Nets started 8-2 in the first quarter, and in the following game, Stewart helped the team chase points, but Durant and others also responded, and the Nets still had a big lead, and the next two teams played fiercely Corningham hit three points and the Pistons trailed by 8 points. After the timeout, both teams played their offense, and then the Nets continued to extend their lead under the play of Aldridge and others, and the Nets led by 7 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Nets were able to take the lead at the beginning, but the Nets did not perform well in the following games, the Pistons relied on Jackson and others to play to complete the rebound, fortunately, the Back relied on Durant, Aldridge Nets to take the lead again, and then Mills also began to play, but under the leadership of Cunningham, the Pistons were also able to bite the score, and the Pistons fell behind by 3 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, the Nets maintained a slight lead under Durant, but the Nets made frequent mistakes behind them, relying on Cunningham and others to play the Pistons to reverse by 4 points. After the Pistons continued to complete the steals to expand the lead, then Durant full firepower to help the team close to the score, after the Corningham scored to stabilize the situation, the next game of the two teams attacked each played, the Pistons occupied a 3-point lead. Both teams played offensively in the final stages, with the Pistons leading by five points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Durant and Thomas helped the Nets rally the score, and then Stewart scored to stop the bleeding, and then the Pistons slumped Thomas scored and the Nets led by nine points. In the following games, the Nets continued to take the lead, and in the end, the Nets won the game smoothly.
In this game, the Pistons once occupied the lead, and the reason why they were able to complete such a thing was because the Pistons played a good defense in the third quarter, this time the Pistons played a conversion offense to help the team occupy the lead, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Nets strengthened their defense, and the Pistons had no way to score on the court, and could only watch the Nets continue to expand their lead. But in this game, substitute Jackson and Saben Lee are also really meritorious, after all, they helped the team to take the lead, and jackson got 25 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist at the end of the game, and Saben Lee got 17 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. As for Cunningham, he once had a good performance in the game, but at the critical moment, Cunningham did not help the team, and at the end of the game, Cunningham had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists on 9 of 18.
The Nets once encountered trouble in this game, when the Pistons continued to complete the steals, this time Durant was really angry on the court, Durant began to express dissatisfaction on the court, on the sidelines Durant began to train teammates, after all, the Nets continuous mistakes are too bad, their poor defense makes Durant really a father and a mother, both ends of the attack and defense need Durant to contribute, not to say, when seeing the Nets continuous mistakes, Durant directly controlled the ball in his own hands, Relying on Durant's personal singles ability, the Nets finally completed the rebound, and at the same time, Durant smiled after seeing the Nets' defense strengthen, and Durant had 51 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in 16 of 31 at the end of the game.
Of course, the Nets also need to thank the two big wizards, these two big wizards are Brown and Thomas, when the Nets are in difficulty, Brown is showing a good defensive ability on the court, and at the same time can help the team on the offensive end, it can be said that in Brown's defensive ability, the Nets are gradually taking the lead, and Brown got 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist at the end of the game. And Thomas also played on the offensive end, his performance is a good share of Durant's scoring pressure, to know that Durant was already very tired, so Thomas's performance is very important, and Thomas also helped the team continue to expand the lead, the end of the game Thomas got 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.