On the 13th, the Nets and the Pistons met, Harden did not play, after playing 40 minutes in four consecutive games, Nash finally decided to let Harden rest, so the Harden rotation was suspended, and the Nets fell behind by 5 points in the third quarter. At the beginning of the final quarter, Mike Gruder's jump shot was directly blocked by Durant, and then, durant stepped forward, created Jackson fouls, won 2 free throw opportunities for the Nets, and 2 free throws were accurate, and the Nets only trailed by 3 points.
In the 11 minutes and 23 seconds, Durant scored a three-point shot with his personal ability to help the Nets tie the Pistons 91-91. In the 10 minutes and 38 seconds, Thomas also shot in the possession of the ball, the Nets directly countered 2 points, after which, Durant and Mills successfully defended consecutively, resulting in a reduction in the opponent's shooting rate, and Mike Grudd even lost three points, missing a good opportunity to reverse the super. In the 9th minute and 48 seconds, Durant was fouled, and the two free throws were still very stable, and the Nets led by four points in an instant.
In the last quarter, Durant shined, the opponent could not stop him at all, Durant began to fancy help the Nets score, including assists, free throws, fouls and breakthrough layups, etc., in the end, the Nets reversed the Pistons 116-104, while winning 2 consecutive wins, sending the opponent 12 consecutive losses in the season, ranking 1st in the East, Durant is even more possessed by death, Harden is not in his hard fight for 42 minutes, blast 51 + 7 + 9 brush record: 1. Durant scored 40+ for the first time this season 2. Individual 51 points The league's 1st highest score of the season; 3.KD Nets career high; 4. Durant's 7th regular season 50+, tying Wilkins' 13th all-time; 5. Career regular season three-point shooting exceeded the 1700 mark.
In fact, in this game, the Nets have led as many as 16 points, but the final quarter was almost reversed, Harden is not on the court, fortunately Durant broke out, 31 shots shot a shooting rate of up to 51.6%, at the same time, the Nets shot a total of 11 three-pointers in this game, 5 of which are from Durant, the free throw shooting rate is also 93.3%, plus or minus +25 ranks second in the Nets, second only to Thomas's +27, Harden who is watching the game on the sidelines is also very pleased and enjoys watching.
Durant's performance like this, let Curry have some heart, Durant inadvertently set a number of records, and Curry just led the Warriors to lose, and because of the obsession to break Ray Allen's historical three-point record, but the distractions, affecting the feel, resulting in Curry only scoring 18 points in a single game, not even half of Durant's score in this game, so that fans were stunned, but Durant and Curry are top stars in the NBA, I believe Curry will adjust as soon as possible and calm down.