Today's NBA regular season ended a focus battle, the Nets won the Raptors 131-129 at home through overtime, Barnes's killer three-pointer did not shoot in the final moments, and the Nets had a thrilling victory. This game the Nets are very difficult, although the home game, but the personnel is absent, the tough will be sent off and a series of factors are on the Nets side, but they still withstood the pressure and successfully won the victory.
So how hard is it for the Nets to play this game?
In this game, Harden, Ade and Bembry were all suspended for triggering health agreements, and the Nets only had 8 players left, including many post-00s youngster Edwards and others.
8 players played, the very hard Griffin was also sent off in overtime, and the Nets only had 7 players left;
The Nets, with a 10-point lead in the first half, were dudded in the third quarter, and were net-won by the Raptors by 19 points in a single quarter, and the Nets trailed by 9 points;
At the crucial moment of the final quarter, Mills threw a crucial three-pointer to thrill the game into overtime;
In overtime, the Nets' youngster Duke grabbed consecutive key rebounds while Barnes' deadly three-pointer did not shoot;
Durant played for 48 minutes, the longest of all durant in the game, which was still in the case of an ankle injury, he cut a triple-double of 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists;
So from these, it can be seen that it is not easy for today's Nets to beat the Raptors, although the Raptors' record and ranking are not as good as the Nets, but it is not easy to think that the Nets only have 8 players to play, Griffin is sent off, and at the same time, the net loss of 19 points in a single quarter, it looks like it is going to be taken away by a wave of opponents, the Nets are still under the leadership of Durant, Mills and Duke.
In the past 8 games, Durant's playing time has never been less than 38 minutes, 48, 41, 38, 41, 38, 38, 41, 45 minutes, which is indeed a big test for Durant, and his desire to fight is also worth learning.
In addition to Durant, Mills' performance in this campaign was also outstanding, he cut 30 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, scoring a new season high. The most crucial thing is the three-pointer after the traverse in the last quarter, which helped the Nets successfully equalize the score, which can be said to be worth thousands of dollars. He played 43 minutes and was Durant's best helper.
So congratulations to the Nets for winning such a very difficult victory, while looking forward to durant and Mills' next performance, and strive to have a better play.