On December 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Nets played at home against the Pistons. The Nets suffered a heavy blow before the game, with as many as 7 people triggering the league's health and safety agreement, including Harden, and the team only had 8 players left to play. Faced with such a difficult dilemma, the Nets, led by Durant, narrowly defeated the Raptors 131-129 in overtime, winning three consecutive games while continuing to lead the East.
The missing seven players were the Nets' main rotation players, which also put them in a bind, with Nash starting only sending Mills, Duke, Durant, Griffin and Clarkston to the lineup. But even so, the Nets still had the upper hand in the first half, taking a 10-point lead; but in the third quarter, the Raptors blasted 44 points in a single quarter, successfully overtaking the score, but in the final quarter Edwards and Mills led a wave of 26-11 attacks, and in the last minute Mills hit a three-pointer to drag into overtime. In overtime, Durant and Mills led the team to the upper hand, and Mills missed a penalty in the last minute, and Barnes, the No. 4 show of this year, missed a three-point whistle and regretted losing the game.
In the final moments of overtime, the Nets also encountered a thrilling scene, when Mills stood on the free throw line and had 3.3 seconds left in the game, at which time the Nets led by one point. Mills hit the first free throw, the second penalty was biased out, this time Barnes grabbed the rebound, directly took the ball to fight back, came to the midfield direct three-point shot, the trajectory of the ball is very positive, but unfortunately the ball bounced out of the box after playing the board, the Raptors players are also holding their heads very regretful, almost completed the anti-heaven kill.
Seeing barnes shoot at the moment, Griffin, who was punished by 6 criminals, was even more afraid to look at the court, really worried about being killed by the opponent. Due to the Nets' lack of major generals, Griffin returned to the starting lineup, got 30 minutes of playing time, and played well, shooting 4 of 6, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, and only 1 turnover. Griffin needs to seize the opportunity during this time, and perhaps get back into the starting lineup.
After seeing Barnes miss the shot, Durant also raised his arms and shouted, and high-fived with teammate Mills. Durant and Mills were the heroes of the win, with Durant having a triple-double of 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and Mills having 30 points and four rebounds (a tie of three points). Durant was well aware of how tough the game was, missing a number of key players and playing another 48 minutes. Fortunately, this time, the Nets worked together and finally got this very difficult victory.