With only an eight-man rotation, the Nets narrowly beat the Raptors 131-129 in overtime to achieve a hard-won victory.
Before this game, Harden, Ade, Bemburi, Carter, Brown, James Johnson were all isolated, plus Millsap, who had been isolated before, and Harris, who was absent due to injury, and Ou Xianxian, the Nets were a total of 9 people.
Originally, Durant was suspicious of this game because of his sore ankle, but the league has regulations, as long as the number of 8 people is enough, it must be played normally. Therefore, KD had to play with an injury when the home fans had already entered.
Today, the Nets have a total of 8 people who can play, 4 of which are still rookies. But these young people, however, were full of vitality and bloodshed.
Especially in the second quarter of the game, Edwards, Duke and Sharp were simply turning the tide on the Raptors' interior line, and Sharp only played 6 minutes to grab 6 rebounds, of which 3 were frontcourt rebounds.
In the first half, the Nets also won more than 10 Raptors in 10 rebounds, which is a rare situation.
Although the Raptors briefly overtook the score in the third quarter, Mills blasted 16 points on 5-of-6 in the final quarter, including a final-minute three-pointer to equalize the score, helping the Nets drag the game into overtime.
In overtime, Durant hit three consecutive shots and the Nets stabilized the situation. Although Griffin left the court with 6 fouls, the Nets still resisted, and with Barnes riding a horse and shooting a three-point shot in midfield, the Nets narrowly won by 2 points.