On December 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, in a game that has ended, the Nets finally defeated the Raptors 131-129 through overtime, and Xiti continued to rank first in the East with a record of 20 wins and 8 losses while winning three consecutive wins. Before the game began, the Nets officially announced that Harden and Brown triggered the league's health and safety agreement, plus the previous 5 people such as Aldridge and Johnson, and the Nets had a total of 7 players who would miss the game due to triggering the health and safety agreement. Coupled with Irving, who has not played before, and Harris, who has not played before, the Nets only have 8 players to play in this game, and in such a difficult situation, they still won the game.
After the whole game, Nets leader Durant played 48 minutes and 11 seconds, cut a large triple-double of 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, although the efficiency of shooting 12 of 29 was a bit low, but he absolutely gave everything in this game, and deserved to be the top superstar in the league. In addition, new signing Mills once again played the role of the team's thigh, he scored 30 points on 10-of-20 in the game, and hit a three-pointer in the final quarter of the game to drag the game into overtime, and finally helped the team win. Two rookies, Duke and Edwards, became new surprises for the Nets, and the two rookies combined 27 points and 23 rebounds to become the winners and losers of the game, especially a frontcourt rebound in the final stage of Duke's overtime to help the Nets extend the score to four points.
It is admirable that the Nets can win such a game, but while enjoying the joy of victory, it must be mentioned that Durant has fought hard for 48 minutes again in this game, and there is no doubt that his body has lit up a red light. Durant has averaged second in the league in 36.9 minutes so far this season, averaging 41.2 minutes per game in his last eight games and at least 38 minutes in every game. The 48 minutes of this game are the longest he has played since 2014. The Nets are out of the game with a total of nine people, and if Irving can come back, Durant definitely does not need to play with injuries for so long.
It is worth mentioning that before the start of this game, the Nets announced that Durant was suspicious of playing due to sore right ankle, and if it were not for the sudden and large absence of The Nets players, he would have taken a round to recuperate. 33 years old, suffered from a rupture in the Achilles tendon, although Durant is related to the team's record, but the Nets should not use Durant in this way, and head coach Nash's post-game interview has angered netizens. Speaking about Durant's long time fighting with an injury after the game, Nash said: "Even in this case, Durant wants to play and we have to give him praise. ”
Last season, because Nash killed the main force, Durant was injured in the regular season, and Harden even strained his hamstring in the Eastern Conference semifinals without confrontation, from the current situation, Nash still seems to have no long memory, and did not give Durant and Harden the idea of reducing playing time. Nash's post-match interview did not mention that Durant needed to rest, but only blindly boiled chicken soup for the soul and said some beautiful scenes, but it is conceivable that he did not seem to worry that Durant would take the risk of being seriously injured again. In combination with some of his confusing performances in the game, many netizens have raised various questions about Nash, the Nets want to win the championship, and head coach Nash must also do something that a head coach should do.