The already hidden Blake Griffin played 28 minutes and had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals on 4-of-6 shooting; the unknown David Duke played 36 minutes and had 10 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 steals on 4-of-13 shooting, Kessler Edwards played 42 minutes and had 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 7-of-12 shooting. It's not that Steve Nash suddenly started activating veterans and developing new players like Greg Popovich, but the Nets really have no one to use!
With James Harden, LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre Bembry, Paul Millsap, James Johnson, Javin Carter, Bruce Brown and others suspended for triggering the league's health and safety agreement, Nash has only a handful of players to use, and even against the raptors with poor records, the Nets are not sure of winning because they have too few rotations.
At the end of the first half, the Nets took a 10-point lead, but the Raptors hit a 44-25 offensive climax in the third quarter and directly grasped the initiative of the game, and the Nets seemed to be losing the game. In the crucial fourth quarter, Durant was affected by physical fitness and opposing defense, only 2 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 0-of-5 shooting in a single quarter, but Patti Mills stepped up and scored 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting in a single quarter to help the Nets fill in the disadvantage and drag it into overtime. Durant found his form in overtime, scoring six points and one rebound to help the Nets eventually beat the Raptors 131-129 and win three straight.
Without Mills, the Nets would probably have to account for the game in the fourth quarter, but the key to supporting the Nets to compete with the Raptors is Durant, who made 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists on 12 of 29 shooting, including 8 three-pointers, 8 in addition to 8 free throws. Although the shooting rate is a little low, but this Durant is already good enough, to know that he played 48 minutes in the whole game, has reached the limit of physical fitness. At the same time, we also have to see that in the last three games, Durant has averaged 42.7 minutes per game, can get 38.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 8.7 assists, and we really can't seem to ask Durant to do anything more.
In the 26 games he has played, Durant has averaged 36.9 minutes per game, second in the league, behind Fred VanVleet's 38 minutes. Remember that Durant has almost no time to rest from the start of the playoffs last season to the offseason to the new season. In the playoffs last season, Durant led the Nets to seven games against the Bucks in the face of Harden's poor form and Kyrie Irving's injury, and then led the U.S. men's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in the offseason. Durant in the new season still did not stop, the first 26 games averaged 36.9 minutes per game, the personal data also reached 29.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists.
If the current regular season MVP is selected, Durant will not have any suspense to be elected, he has a crazy performance of 51 points in a single game, and he has also had a single game of 34 +13 +11 performance, and the Nets have suffered many blows this season, Harden has been looking for status, Irving can not play, which makes Durant's pressure increase a lot, but Durant did not back down, as long as he plays, he will go all out, how many surprises will Durant bring us?
Text/Duncan's laugh