On December 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular fee continued, the Nets hosted the Raptors, and before the game, Harden and Brown triggered the league's safety and health agreement, and the Nets only had 8 players on the team. The Raptors did well in this game, scoring 20+ by 4 players and even scoring a high score of 44 in the third quarter. However, in the fourth quarter, the Nets blossomed and dragged Bimei into overtime. Durant scored six points alone to lead the team to an 8-0 small climax, Barnes missed a kill, and finally the Nets narrowly defeated the Raptors by 2 points 131-129. It is worth mentioning that Baths had 23 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, surpassing Maddy to become the youngest player in raptors history.
In this game, VanVleet performed very well, with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists on 10-of-23 shooting, including 16 points in the third quarter. Siakam also felt good, shooting more than 50% of 12 of 21, with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, in addition to Trent 9 of 19 shooting, he had 25 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, which was remarkable. Rookie Barnes had 23 points, 12 rebounds and five assists on 7-of-13 shooting, and he became the Raptors' youngest player to cut 20+10+5 in a single game. After the game, Siakam said that Barnes' ceiling was the sky. It is worth mentioning that in the new rookie list, Barnes ranked second.
The Nets were able to win, and Durant was instrumental in playing 48 minutes, the most playing player on the team, with a large triple-double of 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists on 12-of-29 shooting. Not only that. Durant has not played less than 38 minutes in the last eight games. Mills became Durantley's assistant, scoring 30 points on 10-of-20 shooting, the first time in two seasons that he scored a 30+ stat, and Crickton and Griffin also performed well, and the two combined to score 29 points. It is worth mentioning that Edwards and Duke both got double-double data, with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 points and 13 rebounds respectively, which is also the first time that the Nets have two rookies after the 2009 season to get two double-double data at the same time, and it is precisely because of the outbreak of role players that the Nets struggled to win this game to retain the first place in the East.
After the game, Jamhee commentator SKIP praised Durant on Twitter, the strongest player on the surface was in Brooklyn again, he led the Nets who were absent in overtime like a killer, obviously, he used exaggerated tactics, but Durant did not buy his account, and then replied "I really don't like you 7 big words." Recently, multiple players have missed games because of triggering a league safety and health agreement, and the Bulls' game has even been delayed. I hope that players will protect their bodies while playing a wonderful game. For the Nets, although they won, the next road will be more difficult. If the Raptors play like this every game, then the playoffs are not a problem at all.