In the NBA regular season that ended yesterday, Brooklyn lost at home to the visiting Philadelphia 76ers, and the Nets Players Durant and Aldridge came back and performed well. Durant cut 33 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Aldridge got 12 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and James Harden cut 33 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals.
As a result, the Nets lost!
Let's analyze now, what is the reason for the Nets' loss?
Harden and Durant, did not play abnormally, the Nets lost yesterday, they lost on the bench, yesterday the Nets' bench total scores, only 9 points, not as good as the 76ers backup Center Drummond alone scored more.
Then the bench is not divided, because of what? Or because of Nash's platooning, yesterday the Nets put forward harden, Mills, Durant, Aldridge and Clarkston's starting lineup, let's take a look at their list on the bench, Brown, Bembry, James Johnson, Griffin, these are all players who can't attack, the Nets' starting lineup is too offensive, the bench has no offensive ability, this is a completely deformed rotation.
Previously, it was understandable to mention Mills to the starting point because harden was not in good shape, but now with Harden recovering and Durant returning, Mills does not have so many opportunities in the starting lineup. I'm not saying Mills is bad, he's very good, but he's ultimately subject to the body, there's no way to defend, use Mills, just put on the bench, just come up and shoot.
In the Nets' starting lineup, Ader is too slow, Durant is too thin, Harden is too fat, only Clarkston can defend, this is an offensive overflow defense can not be defended, Nash either took Ader down, or take Mills down, considering Ard's factor, he can only let Mills.
If the Nets let Mills take the bench, there is no possibility of a 9-point substitute in the whole game, and both Bembry and Brown can make up for the Nets' defense.
I say this, there is a basis for this, the Nets scored 31 points in the first quarter yesterday, which is not a low score, but he let the Philadelphia 76ers get 39 points, which is a complete collapse of defense, you can't defend people first, the bench can't score points, which is the crux of the Nets' loss yesterday.
At the end of the day, it's the responsibility of manager Nash to get out of the lineup, and you can understand that he's experimenting with the lineup, but in fact, it's sooner or later that Mills returns to the bench. On January 6 or 13, the Nets will usher in the comeback of Irving and Joe Harris, and during this time, Mills should be returned to the bench as much as possible to continue his original role, otherwise let him have been in and out of the starting and bench as he is now, which is an impact on his own state.
At present, the Nets still have many problems, they can not confirm a set of starting lineups, which is a big taboo in the NBA's strong teams! Players can't stabilize, in the long run, it will destroy their chemistry, and Nash cares too much about the offense, once it comes to the playoffs, your offense will have a power outage, failure, then this Nets team is finished again.
Summing up yesterday's game, the Nets' interior line is still their fatal weakness, Nash's platooning, there are also big problems, otherwise Durant and Harden combined to cut 66 points, you can't understand how he lost, this does not need to be doubted.
Next, the Nets will continue to face the Clippers and Grizzlies at home, hoping that Nash can see this sooner and stop playing.