On December 15, Beijing time, the Nets defeated the Raptors 131-129 to win four consecutive wins. The two teams fought until overtime, the Nets still led by 10 points in the first half, but in the third quarter, the Raptors played a 44-25 rebound, and the Nets frantically chased the score in the final quarter, Mills hit a three-pointer 13 seconds before the final game, and then Van Jordan missed to enter overtime, and Durant found his hand in overtime to take 6 points to help the team plan the victory.
Many fans in this game felt that Durant and Mills were the heroes of the win. Mills scored 16 points and hit a tie of 4 of 5-of-6 in the final quarter, scoring 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 three-pointers in the game; Durant scored 6 points in overtime (11 points) on 0-of-5 in the final quarter, 38 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in the game, but Bench Kessler Edwards should also be praised.
In the final quarter, the youngster blew the horn of counterattack, breaking through the basket hit at the opening 1 minute and 24 seconds, and then receiving Durant's three-point shot, he had only 2 points left in the final quarter after hitting the net, the guy played 12 minutes in the last quarter, 4 of 6, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, he was the second-most scoring player in the final quarter after Mills' 16 points.
The game was 44 minutes long, 7-of-12, 3-of-6 three-pointers, 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, shooting 58.3%, 50% from three-point range, 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 3 three-pointers, all of which were career highs, and he only played three games for the Nets.
Kessler Edwards was able to play 44 minutes in the main rotation (second on the team) because the Nets seven were unable to play, with Ade, Millsap, Johnson, Brown, Harden, Carter, and Bembry all triggering health and safety agreements, and Joha was still recuperating from injury. Edwards is the player selected by the Nets with the 44th pick in the second round of 2021, and his contract with the Nets is only a two-way contract, and Sharp's contract is a standard rookie contract.
According to Nets reporter Matt Burkes, Edwards became the first bench player in Nets history to score two doubles in the first three games of his career. Edwards, a young man on a two-way contract, is really good.
In his 7 games with the Long Island Nets this season, he averaged 15.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.6 blocks, shooting 41.6% from the field and 37.5% from three-point range, he mainly played in the fourth position in the G League, he mainly played in the third position on the Nets, and the lads were in good physical fitness at 2.01 meters.
Text/Yan Xiaobai