NBA regular season, the Nets home to meet the Clippers, the two teams are different, the Clippers Leonard and Paul George continue to be absent, the team can only rely on Jackson and other role players, and the Nets with Harden's state recovery, Durant and Aldridge returned, the team lineup is complete, but the last game they lost to the 76ers, this time facing the Clippers, their goal is very clear is to avoid losing streak, the two sides after four quarters of competition, the Nets under the leadership of Harden and Durant the first three quarters to maintain the lead, to the fourth quarter of the storm suddenly, The Nets gave up defense, and the Clippers scored 40 points in a single quarter, a net win of 11 points, and 4 points to reverse the Nets, avoiding a losing streak and giving the Nets a second straight loss.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the two sides were in very good shape, although the small card and the pepper were absent, but Bledsoe performed well, shooting three points at the beginning, Mills was mentioned to start and did not directly return, and then the Clippers showed strong competitiveness again, Bledsoe broke through, Reggie's three points, in just 3 minutes, the Clippers played a 13-0 offensive climax, Harden stabilized the situation for the Nets, Durant, Mills also scored three points, the Nets maintained a 1-point lead at the end of the first quarter, and in the second quarter, the two sides opened a confrontational battle, This is exactly the rhythm that the Nets like, Harden and Durant lead the team to score consecutive points, the Clippers rely on the continuous explosion of Reggie and Bledsoe to bite the score, the Nets lead by 4 points.
In the third quarter, it is still Harden's strong breakthrough to win, Bledsoe's feel is not reduced, three points in a row, Durant, Harden also responded with three points, the Nets expanded the point difference to 9 points, Mills and Harden on Reggie and Bledsoe became the biggest highlight of the third quarter, the Nets always maintained the lead in the scene, to the end of the quarter, Harden withdrew from the middle shot to cause the Clippers to foul, through the free throw Net to expand the point difference to more than 10 points, Bledsoe's internal line breakthrough caused Mills to leave the field with six fouls, The Clippers hit a 13-2 offensive climax again in just 2 minutes, constantly narrowing the point gap, Bemburi was in a stable position for the Nets, but Bradso assisted Kofi to hit another three-pointer, the Clippers tied the score at a critical moment, Harden hit 1 of two free throws, Durant also hit 1 of two free throws, Mann hit two free throws and Reggie hit all three, and the Clippers finally reversed the Nets by 4 points.
The Clippers can win, it is completely the role of the whole team, Bledsoe for the Clippers to withstand the pressure, the whole game 27 points, when the Clippers need to score, he never soft, Reggie scored 19 points, the two backcourt completely revitalized the whole team's offense, their hard work has been the whole team to cooperate completely on the Nets, everyone can score, everyone defends strongly, so that the Clippers won the game in the last moment.
On the other hand, the Nets, Harden tried his best, Durant tried his best. But their defense was not strong. Harden got a game-high 34 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, only 4 turnovers, two consecutive games to score more than 30 points and get a triple-double, created a number of records, and broke the Nets record, but the team could not win the game, when Durant returned, Harden was in full shape, the team entered a downturn, Durant got 28 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, at the critical moment he and Harden could not help the team win the game, when the Clippers played an offensive climax, the Nets defense could not prevent, Mills was committed, Durant made 3 of 4 free throws in the whole game, and the penalty lost was precisely the key score, Harden made 13 of 15 free throws, and lost the same key moment of free throws, the two could only watch the team being reversed, and the final efforts were in vain.
For this loss, Durant is very frustrated, directly left the court after the game, perhaps he can't understand why he came back, Harden stormed, the team still suffered 2 consecutive losses, why he did not play a decisive role at the key moment, for the Nets as a whole, disappointment is inevitable, and then it depends on how they adjust and get out of the downturn.