The NBA regular season continued, today's game, the Nets against the Magic, and finally the remnants of the Nets lost to the Magic 93-100 and lost. In this game, the Nets are still in the residual team, Durant, Harden and other 10 players are unable to play because of the trigger safety and health agreement, and finally only 8 people play, just to meet the minimum requirements for rotation. Two of the eight players who played had just joined, and on December 17, the Nets signed a 10-day contract with forward James Ennis III and guard Shaquil Harrison.
The ten players the Nets are: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Ramacus Aldridge, James Harden, Paul Millsap, DeAndrew Bembrey, Bruce Brown, James Johnson, Javin Carter, and Dairon Sharp. Due to the shortage of manpower, on December 18, Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Max issued a statement announcing that Irving, who could not participate in the competition due to refusal to play vaccines, would return to the team to participate in away games to share the load of Durant, Harden and other main players.
In today's game, Nets starting players Patti Mills, Cameron Thomas, David Duke, Kessler Edwards, Blake Griffin, of which Thomas and Edwards are all in the starting lineup for the first time. Throughout the game, Nets rookie David Duke performed exceptionally well, with Duke scoring 18 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block on 7-of-15 shooting; Mills 23 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block; Griffin 17 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals; Thomas 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block; Edwards 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.
Judging from the full game, the Nets' young players have performed very well, and although there is no big brother like Durant and Harden on the court to lead, they can quickly adjust to the state and quickly enter the game. In addition, the performances of their veteran Griffin and Mills are still eye-catching, which should be the biggest gain of the Nets in the absence of Durant and Harden.
During the absence of Harden and Durant, they were put to good use, and every player did their best to win for the team. And in tomorrow's back-to-back game against the Nuggets, the Nets have a high probability of only 8 players: Mills, Clarkston, Duke, Edwards, Thomas, Galloway, Ennis, Harrison. After the game with the Magic, Nets coach Nash said: "Griffin hit the knee tonight, hopefully he's not very serious and doesn't expect him to play back-to-back games tomorrow. This makes the overall strength of the Nets take another blow.
Tomorrow against the Nuggets, for the Nets, is not a small challenge; for the Nets' many young players, it is a difficult test. At this stage, the Nets can be said to be the most miserable team in the league, with 10 people missing and having to use difficult exceptions. Judging by the Nets' current situation, it would not be surprising if positive test results continue to appear in the coming days. In addition, the reduction of rotation means that the burden on healthy players at present increases, and it will also increase the risk of injury to a certain extent, and these are the results of the current Nets, which cannot afford.