On December 17, Beijing time, the Nets played at home against Philadelphia, and Harden was still unable to play in this battle. But Durant was in full swing in the first quarter, scoring 10 points and 6 rebounds to lead the team by 14 points. In the second quarter, Durant took over the game at a critical moment, scoring 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists at halftime, shooting 6 of 10, and the Nets led by as many as 18 points at halftime. Durant has a lot of helpers in this game, Clarkston and Edwards shot a total of 7 of 7 in the first half, Mills and Thomas are a total of 6 of 5 three-pointers, Adu is not alone.
But in the third quarter of the game, the Nets offense suddenly lost power, Philadelphia seized the opportunity, Curry Jr. hit three consecutive points, coupled with Embiid's strength in the box, Philadelphia exploded a wave of 15-5 to narrow the point difference to less than 10 points. At this time, the terrifying Durant went out again, three consecutive offensive hits, including a low single, a direct breakthrough and a fast attack counterattack shot, the offensive weapons were diverse, Philadelphia had no way to limit Durant, the score was hit again to 79-69, stopping Philadelphia, the Nets led.
After the timeout, Philadelphia once again made a strong counterattack, playing a 5-0 offensive attack, Embiid cut another 2+1, harris free throws 2 of 2, Philadelphia has chased the score to 79-81, only two points behind. Sharp scored a layup at a critical moment, Mills stopped a jumper to score, and the Nets barely withstood the pressure. After the third quarter, the score was 85-79, and the Nets were leading!
In the final quarter, Durant rested off the field first, and Griffin took over the game, scoring five consecutive points on the offensive end and creating an offensive foul on the defensive end. But then Philadelphia counterattacked again, Drummond steals Mills direct quick attack dunk, Green hits a three-pointer, Sebel steals the layup and scores, Philadelphia played a wave of 12-2, directly chasing the score to 91-92, with only one point left.
The Nets were once again in trouble, and Durant once again stepped forward to solve the problem, first with a clever pass from Griffin to cut a dunk, and then seized griffin to create another offensive foul for Philadelphia, Durant broke through to create a foul, 2 of 2 free throws, the score was 96-91, and the Nets withstood the pressure. Unfortunately, then the Nets made consecutive mistakes, and Curry Jr. seized the opportunity to score two consecutive shots to force the score closer, and Durant hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding.
With 3 minutes left in regular time, Embiid hit a shot, the score came to 101 draws, Durant responded immediately, holding the ball to shoot the score, Embiid scored in the penalty area, Durant held the ball to counter-attack Harris to play a key 3+1, this ball made the Nets home fans boil, shouting MVP, and then in the next round, Durant held the ball to attract the bag clip, assisted Griffin to hit a three-pointer, at this time the score was 110-103, and the Nets played a wave of 9-2. In the most critical moment of whether the Nets can win, Durant personally scored 6 consecutive points, plus assists Griffin hit a three-pointer, in one fell swoop to establish the suspense of the game, durant high-difficult throw score in the last moment, less than 2 minutes to score 8 points. In the end, the Nets beat Philadelphia 114-105 to achieve four consecutive wins!
Durant was undoubtedly the first to win the game, 13 of 24 shots in the game, 34 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists of the quasi-triple-double, many key moments to score to save the team, the final quarter of the decisive moment of the consecutive 8 points is even more amazing.
In addition, Durant also has a good helper in this game, the 32-year-old former Champion Lang Griffin once again played a good game, 7 of 16 in the whole game to cut 17 points and 9 rebounds, whenever Durant is not on the court, Griffin is the net's most dependent player on both ends of the attack and defense, Griffin once again played his own value.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)