James Harden, who repeatedly pulled across the season at the beginning of the season, finally found the feeling, he broke a series of records, and the Nets also won consecutive victories, consolidating his position at the top of the Eastern Conference. Of course, the Nets rely on more than just Harden, driven by him, the Nets can be said to be a hundred flowers and all the people are soldiers, away against the Clippers, the Nets have five people on the team to score double-figures, and finally easily defeat the opponent.
Speaking of the Nets, it is also a bowl of water, Ganglik Los Angeles Lakers, this time defeated the Purple and Gold Army's sworn enemy Clippers in the same city, and really no one took advantage. Harden's needle-piercing lead includes a strong tactical containment, although it is the Nets' sharpest weapon now, but it must also be said that the role players in the team are really fighting, they not only do their part, but also to a certain extent to make up for the loss of the main player in the team.
First of all, we have to talk about veteran Blake Griffin, the former champion and All-Star big forward Iron Tree blossomed in this game, with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. In terms of age, Blake Griffin is actually only 32 years old now, which is the peak of professional footballers. However, a succession of injuries nearly destroyed Griffin, and in the first round of the 18-19 playoffs, Griffin played with injuries and exhausted the last of his energy.
After reaching a buyout agreement with the Pistons last season, Griffin joined the Nets, he ushered in the second spring of his career, many fans have teased Griffin in the Pistons is not deliberately staying, waiting for a championship team, before starting to play their full strength, so until this summer, the two sides also completed the contract extension, Griffin continued to stay with the Nets with a basic salary. But at the beginning of the season, Griffin did not perform well, he averaged only 6.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, and as an interior player, the shooting rate was only 36.9%, although in the offensive end can open up space, but Griffin's three-point shooting rate is less than 20%, which is really not to say. Fortunately, griffin broke out at the right time, and I hope that this is not a flash in the pan, and Griffin can get back on track.
Veterans are picking up strongly, and young players are naturally not far behind. Due to the Nets' lack of major generals, the lineup is obviously very uneven, and with Kevin Durant and Joe Harris and others continuing to be absent, the Nets coaching staff let forward team Player DeAndre Bemburi start. The latter is quite competitive, it can be said that playing this season is also the best game after joining the Nets, cutting 12 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, not only filling the data column, but also the number of assists second only to Harden, ranking second on the team.
DeAndre Bemburi is the no. 21 rookie in the first round of 2016, but he has not performed much at the beginning of his career, and this summer DeAndre Bemburi also signed a basic salary contract with the Nets. From the perspective of regular statistics, DeAndre Bembry averaged 6.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.6 blocks per game, which can be said to be unremarkable. But as an outside player, he shot nearly 60% of the shots and 48% of the three-point shooting rate, which can be said to be quite terrifying. In the Nets, DeAndre Bembry did not need to do much, he was responsible for the outside defense and receiving the ball projection, the work became simple, and his performance and efficiency were also improved.
Finally, there is center Nicholas Clarkston, who seems to have become accustomed to his outstanding performances. Facing the Clippers, Nicholas Clarkston blasted down 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks, saying that he almost dominated the interior line, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he almost dominated the interior. In the 2019 draft, Nicholas Clarkston was selected first in the second round, which is commonly known as the second round. Since entering the league, Nicholas Clarkston has also grown steadily, from the very beginning of the water dispenser administrator to the main rotation of the interior line, and now Nicholas Clarkston has simply become the most trusted big man in the Nets' inner line, averaging 8.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game this season, and shooting 66.2% from the field.
Now the Nets and fans clearly have higher expectations for Nicholas Clarkston, who of course has something to improve. For example, Nicholas Clarkston is still relatively thin, and when facing the heavy interior line, the confrontation is more disadvantageous, so he has 5 fouls in this game, because many times he can't hold the opponent, and can only be stopped by fouls. In addition, Clarkston's technology is still very rough, and now the attack basically relies on eating cakes under the basket and the second attack, leaving the three-second zone without a threat, let alone attacking with the ball. Of course, even so, Clarkston is already a very good interior blue-collar worker, and it will be up to him to see if he can continue to improve and realize more potential.