Facing the Pistons, who lost 4-21, the Nets almost lost.
Without Durant, who scored nearly half of the team's total score of 51 points, and contributed 7 rebounds and 9 assists, the Nets would definitely hate Detroit.
These 51 points, Durant bloody 41 minutes, with 31 shots in exchange, the last time I saw such a desperate Durant or in last season and the Bucks in the seven-game battle, but that game because of physical exhaustion Durant did not save, and today Durant is finally carrying the Nets to escape the day.
There is no easy writing, only exhaustion.
Let's take a look back at this game and see how much the Nets rely on Durant.
In this game Harden's rotation, Durant became a single core, but he did not expect that he did not even deserve a little respite, as long as he went off, the Nets could not do it.
In the first quarter, Durant opened in a general state, and the Nets were also beaten by the Pistons, but fortunately, Durant quickly adjusted and opened the feel, first hitting 3 points, then scoring 3 goals, and then a series of jump shots to help the Nets take the lead.
But in the second quarter, Adu just gasped for breath on the bench, the Nets' 7-point lead was gone, and it was also surpassed by the Pistons' wave of 13:0, no way, Durant had to re-put on the court, first the free throw score, then the jumper + three-point team to lead the team to overtake, and then in the tug-of-war with the Pistons, Durant scored consecutive points, exhausting the strength of the milk to let the Nets maintain a 3-point lead at the end of the half.
In the half, Durant scored 22 points, as long as he was not on the floor, the Nets will be blown up, poor Adu, both 33 years old, Achilles tendon also seriously injured, the first half of the rest for 5 minutes.
But what Adu did not expect was that in the second half, he could not even rest for 5 minutes.
In the third quarter, the barefoot pistons who were not afraid to wear shoes went out, suddenly increased the defensive intensity, forced the Nets to make mistakes, lost points one after another, Adu played full in the quarter, did not rest for a second, and broke through the score, and it was a back-up jump shot, a dunk score, and another three-point shot, all the scoring means Adu took turns to try on the Pistons, but at the end of the third quarter, the Nets still trailed by 5 points.
In the fourth quarter, seeing that the situation was not good, Nash did not want Durant to rest, directly opened the game to let Durant play, Durant stared at you to let me do it alone, this is not to let me die, the third quarter I am so hard is useless, you have to work together to have the possibility of winning.
So, Durant was very angry and pulled all the players over for a wild training, and scared Harden, who was sitting on the bench and paddling, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.
After Adu's angry words, the teammates finally came back to their senses, and Adu continued his own rapid output, constantly breaking through to create kills, and still did not go down after 5 crimes, the Nets relied on high-intensity defense to force the Pistons to only score 1 point in the last quarter of 6 minutes, but so Adu still did not dare to go down, afraid that the team would collapse as soon as he played, and the last 2 minutes ahead of a lot before he was relieved to go down.
51 points, the NBA's highest score in a single game this season, and also Durant's highest score in the Nets years, this scoring performance let us see Durant's strength, which is a game worth marveling, but at the same time, Durant scored 51 points, which is also a big bad thing.
Because Durant has to cut such a high score to win, this side shows the weakness of the Nets team, although usually complain about how Harden is, but without Harden really can't do, the Nets are not only missing a scoring point, but also lacking a point guard, although Harden scored this season, but the organization is still very strong in terms of pie, if he is in this game, the Nets will not be beaten after Durant is off the field.
Of course, this game also highlights the gap between Harden and Durant, Durant in Harden's absence, not only crazy to score, but also to take the organizational responsibility of the past, send 9 assists, if this game is Harden alone to lead the team, then the first three quarters of the Nets collapsed, and harden's lazy personality, it is impossible to use words like Durant to arouse the competitive spirit of teammates, to wake up teammates.
Of course, the biggest hidden danger is undoubtedly the Nets' head coach Nash.
In this game, what we see is that Durant is fighting alone, and his teammates are fragmented, all NBA players, and the Pistons are still a notoriously weak team in the league, and these players of the Nets are not weak Pistons, but Nash just can't use it, there is no tactics and rules, and the whole game will only let Duran take a special break and take the ball by himself.
This tactic, I can do it, is not to call a few pauses to give Durant to replenish his strength, and then let him continue to take the ball, how simple.
And, the tactics won't, Nash, how about making some chicken soup? As a result, the work of motivating his teammates also required Durant to come by himself, when Durant was calling on his teammates to participate in the game, Nash was silent next to him, like an unrelated person, etc., very embarrassed.
Nash was very happy after the game, and the media praised Durant wildly: "He played incredible performances, in fact he can do this every night, but obviously tonight belongs to his moment, I want to thank him for saving the Nets on this night, but also saved me, after every loss I will lose sleep, because I also have a competitive heart." 」 ”
Good fellow, this is to be Durant every night to be a father and a mother, and if you have a sense of competition, you should study the tactics well.
In this regard, the American Fox sports celebrity Baylors frantically diss Nash, he said: "Your arrangement in the game is terrible, you can only count on Durant to save the team, but you can't do anything, I don't think the Nets are a typical team basketball, I don't think Nash is the best coach in the league, I have great respect for Nash's achievements in the player period, but as a coach, although winning the first place in the East, but you can't get my approval, you should kneel to KD to apologize, You didn't do everything a good coach should do, because with Durant, you got where you are today. ”
Although the rhetoric is fierce, Baylors's words are not unreasonable, the Nets have won the first place in the East this season, but many games have been chiseled by Durant one goal at a time, and Nash's tactical arrangement has nothing to do with it.
Last season, the Nets lost to the Bucks, and many experts said nash should be mainly responsible, and this season, Nash still has no progress, only dead stars.
Moreover, the Nets won the Pistons, not the Warriors, and it took so much effort to win a Pistons, so in the playoffs, they faced other powerful teams with key defenses and bombing?
Durant, it's impossible to slash 50+ in every game.
Or Nash would have begged Owen to come back, and the problem would have really been solved.