On December 13, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nets reversed the Pistons 116-104. In this game, the Nets trailed their opponents by 5 points in the fourth quarter, but they won 30-13 in the final quarter by 17 points. After the game, many people praised Durant's wonderful personal performance of 51 points, but in this game, the key point that the Nets can really turn over is their excellent defense in the fourth quarter.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that the Nets have turned over defensively in the final quarter, to be precise, in the last 4 games, in addition to the ball they lost to the Rockets, the remaining 3 games were won by this model.
For example, against the Lone Rangers, the Nets won 27-13 by 14 points in the final quarter; against the Hawks, the Nets won 10 points 24-14; in this game, they only let the Pistons score 13 points. So why is the Nets now so fierce in their defensive ability in the final quarter?
This is directly related to Nash's choice of employment, these 3 games, Nash let Clarkston play the last 12 minutes of the final quarter, and Aldridge will not play in the last quarter. Compared with the older Aldridge, Clarkston, born in 1999, has a fast movement speed, a strong ability to change defenses, and although the offensive end is not as comprehensive and open-space as Aldridge, his dunk eating ability is not bad.
In the first three quarters of the game, Clarkston's playing time is often deliberately controlled by Nash, with Aldridge as the Nets' No. 5 player, allowing him to play his offensive advantage. But in the final quarter, once the Nets can't win by offense, then after Aldridge's physical fitness declines, Clarkston plays the final quarter, and the team's playing style has changed from attacking the opponent to desperately defending, and then relying on Durant or Harden's personal ability to solve the problem on the offensive end.
It has to be said that this new rotation method developed by Nash is very effective, and the Nets are now undefended in the first three quarters, and the playing style that suddenly increases the defensive intensity in the last quarter also makes the opponent very uncomfortable. But as the Nets reverse more and more times, opponents will definitely guard against and study Nash's move, and it will take time to test whether his move can only be used as a strange move or can become a regular tactical routine of the Nets.