On December 15, Beijing time, as Harden and Bruce Brown triggered the league's health and safety agreement, both will miss today's game. However, under Durant's leadership, the remnants of the Nets still defeated the Raptors to win a victory, and the final score was 131-129. Following the 51+7+9 stats in the last game, Durant once again became the god of death in this game, playing 48 minutes, shooting 12 of 29, 2 of 8 from three-point range, 8 of 8 from the free throw line, and cutting 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.
The outstanding performance also helped the Nets widen the gap between them and the Bulls, so that the Nets' record was 20-8 and continued to sit in the first place in the East. With only 8 players available in the team, Nash also let them play, Sharp is the lowest player in this game (13 minutes and 11 seconds), but he did not live up to the expectations of the team and fans, 3 of 3, contributing 7 points and 7 rebounds, very efficient; in addition, Edwards came off the bench for 43 minutes and 41 seconds, second only to Durant, 7 of 12, with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, including 4 rebounds in the frontcourt.
Edwards is a substitute, why can he play for so long? The main reason is simple, he plays well, and another reason is that the team is really unavailable. Edwards was 3 of 6 on three points, contributed two steals, and didn't have a single free throw, and his plus-minus was +10, which means that the Nets won 10 points when he was on the floor. It was the third time Edwards had been given a chance to make a appearance this season, after he had 9.1 minutes and 2.7 minutes of playing time, respectively, and almost all of them were in garbage time.
In those two games, Edwards had 3 of 6 in one game, with 8 points and 3 rebounds, and one game without a shot, the statistic was 0 points and 0 rebounds. In this game, Harden and Bruce Brown were not there, Edwards got a lot of opportunities to show himself, and his talent on the offensive end was fully revealed. In three games this season, Edwards averaged 8.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from three-point range, and it turned out that it wasn't edwards who couldn't do it, it was nash who really didn't give it a chance. I believe that after this game, Edwards will enter the rotation more and more time.
Griffin also played very hard in this game, he was 4 of 6, sending a comprehensive stat of 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, in overtime, Griffin's scramble touched the fans and ignited the team. At that time, Barnes sent the bottom line to Siakam, and as the ball slowly bounced toward him, Griffin pounced on the basketball from behind like Rodman did, but unfortunately, Griffin could not control the ball, and after the game, Griffin was praised by Nash.
Duke was also stunning in this game, scoring 10 points on 4-of-13 but picking up 13 rebounds. The Nets' lineup this season is still good, whether they can win the championship depends on whether Irving can come back and how Nash uses it.