Harden's state this season is not satisfactory, and Nash also let him take a break in the game between the Nets and the Pistons on December 13, but did not think of this break, but let Harden directly take a big holiday in the next few games, because of the trigger of the league's health and safety agreement, Harden missed the last two games of the Nets, and in the case that Irving has not returned, Harden is also on the sidelines, as the absolute core of the Nets, Durant can only helplessly "be a father and a mother".
In the game of Harden's break, Durant scored 51 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, one of which was a career high for the Nets, and in the next two games, Durant also cut 34 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 34 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. That is to say, in the 3 games that Harden is absent, Durant can average 39.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game, the true shooting rate is as high as a terrifying 61.5%, and the Nets have also achieved a 3-0 victory under his leadership, counting the previous victory against the Hawks, the Nets have achieved a wave of 4 consecutive wins, with a record of 21 wins and 8 losses, temporarily ranked first in the East, and the second place Bucks have opened up a gap of 2.5 wins.
Because of his excellent offensive ability, everyone's traditional impression of Durant may be that he is a super scorer who scores such as probing the bag, but in fact, Durant's all-round ability is also covered by his super scoring, as early as the 13-14 season, Durant will raise his average assists per game to the threshold of 5+, coupled with his height of 2 meters 08, for rebounding competition also has a certain achievement, this height arm length, but also dribbling organization "monster" in the NBA is indeed a rare encounter in the NBA. After recovering from an injury with a ruptured Achilles tendon last season, Durant is also interested in continuing to create opportunities for his teammates, averaging 26.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while also delivering 5.6 assists.
I thought about this year's team to recruit a lot of reinforcements, coupled with Irving, Harden is still staying in the team, their pressure can be alleviated, the result did not want to worry about the trouble of successive troubles really did not let him worry, Irving refused to vaccinate this season has not played a game, Harden because of poor competitive status, coupled with the current isolation, and in addition to these two powerful left and right arms, such as Aldridge, James Johnson, Bembry, Millsap and other main rotations, have recently triggered health and safety agreements, At this time, Durant not only has to play a stronger competitiveness on the offensive end, but also has to pick harden's absence, the responsibility of the organizational end on his shoulders, and completely transform into an all-round warrior of the Nets.
As of now, Durant has averaged 29.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, one of which is the highest value of the 18-19 season, and according to the situation that these main rotations may be absent for a period of time, Durant's number of assists may continue to rise. As for the attack that he is already good at, his current average of 29.7 points per game has opened up a full 2.7 points gap with the second alphabet brother, and if the Nets want to maintain their existing competitiveness, Durant's high score every game is naturally essential.
Leading a team with only 4 or 5 available soldiers (the rest are rookies or fringe players with two-way contracts), Durant can become an all-round warrior and let the Nets still hold the first throne in the East, which is really a bit unspeakable that the MVP did not give it to him this season.