On December 17, Beijing time, the Nets played at home against the 76ers, and the Nets successfully defeated the 76ers 114-105 at the end of the game. In this game, the Nets established a big lead early, but in the second half of the game, when Embiid and Curry Jr. played, they successfully tied the score in the fourth quarter, but then Durant was always able to step forward to help the team score in key moments, and finally lost the opportunity to reverse when Griffin hit a three-point 76er.
Although the 76ers tried to beat the Nets, the 76ers did not have much to do when Durant began to threaten, because the 76ers did not have a super scorer like Durant, and Embiid did not respond at the critical moment, so the 76ers did not lose the game unjustly, after all, they dug too big a hole before, and did not come up with enough continuity when they came out of the quagmire, so it was not unusual for the 76ers to lose to the Nets. Durant was even more blunt when talking about the 76ers after the game, to which Durant said: I believe the 76ers are a little too relaxed today, because many of our players can't play, they are a bit light today. As Durant said, in fact, from the lineup point of view, the 76ers are not a net, especially when Embiid town guards the interior line, the 76ers should have the advantage, but in this game the 76ers did not show this.
In the previous game of this game, the 76ers did not perform well, more importantly, Harris and others did not help the team in the game, which also made Embiid play hard, and Embiid also complained after the game, talking about his 11 free throws in the whole game but 0 free throws in the last quarter, Embiid said: I mean, they (the Nets) are the home team. I thought we had been fouled a few times in this section. But I mean, it's frustrating when they get some whistles at the end and you don't get any. I know what [Rivers] is saying.
Obviously, he was a little dissatisfied that he did not get a blow to Embiid in the final quarter, thinking that it hurt the team, but for Embiid, it is not unusual for such a thing to happen, when the team faces such difficulties, Embiid still needs to strengthen his aggressiveness, after all, in the fourth quarter of the game, Griffin defended Embiid, Embiid did not take advantage, but this was not the case in the previous game. And the current Nets are short of major generals, of which there are limited ones who can help Durant, but in the game, not only veterans like Mills play a role, but young players such as Thomas also perform well, so Embiid also needs 76ers to have more people to stand up and help him when strengthening his aggression.
At the same time, according to previous reports, the Nets plan to use difficult exceptions to sign free agent James Ennis. Ennis had been a teammate with Griffin in the Pistons, to which Griffin said: "Ennis is a great player, he plays very hard, he defends very well, he is very versatile, he can do almost everything on the court. Obviously, Griffin is very optimistic about the tough General Ennis, thinking that Ennis can bring help to the Nets, but it is difficult to say whether the Nets will eventually sign Ennis, but from the current situation of the Nets, if you can sign a front line like Ennis, it is still good for the Nets.