On December 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Nets faced Philadelphia at home. With seven members of the Nets triggering a health and safety agreement quarantined, Irving not playing and Joe Harris injured, and the team signed Galloway with a difficult exception to meet the opponent with a nine-man lineup. After four quarters of competition between the two sides, the Nets finally defeated Philadelphia 114-105, ushering in a four-game winning streak.
The Nets showed a good shooting feel in the first quarter, especially Durant, who had 10 points and 6 rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, showing strong desire on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. The Nets scored 39-25 in the single quarter under his leadership to take the lead. In the second quarter, although Philadelphia relied on tenacious offensive and defensive performance, it narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points. But the Nets scored six consecutive points again, widening the point gap. At the end of the half, the Nets took an 18-point lead in an attempt to narrow the suspense. Durant has already had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists at this time, and the performance is quite comprehensive.
At the beginning of the second half, Philadelphia seemed to have found their own familiar rhythm on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and they frequently played offensive climaxes, successfully narrowing the gap in the quarter with a single quarter score of 31-19, and the gap between the two teams was once narrowed to 4 points. The moment of the game was once again full of suspense. Philadelphia narrowed the gap to as many as one point in the final quarter, but Durant stepped forward at this point, first with a three-point shot to open the gap, then a personal six-pointer, including a 3+1, followed by a three-point assist for Griffin to seal the win for the team. In the end, the Nets won the game at home and did not let the opponent complete the reversal.
Durant had 34 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and was the first contributor to the team's victory. He scored 13 points in the final quarter, contributing to the team's ability to pull away the points gap and refuse to reverse.
According to the schedule, the Nets' next game will be at home to the Magic on Sunday morning Beijing time.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)