The Nets lost again in the home game against the Grizzlies, and against the youth team, the Nets were more than 20 points behind their opponents in the first three quarters, and the score was 28 points at most. In the final quarter, the Nets performed very well after replacing the bench, successfully narrowing the score gap to less than 15 points, and the Grizzlies had to let Morant play early. Unfortunately, the Nets bench did well, but because they were too far behind, coupled with Morant playing again, the Grizzlies gradually stabilized the lead. In the end, the Nets still lost to the Grizzlies 104-118, suffering a three-game losing streak, and the team's recent performance was very unsatisfactory.
The Nets' starters were underperforming in this game, and the team was inferior to the Grizzlies in terms of energy and effort. Whether it is in the conversion of offensive efficiency, or the energy of the interior to grab rebounds, or the success rate of the cooperation, the Nets must fully dominate. The team did not play at the level it should have in this game, inefficient on the offensive end, and could not limit the Grizzlies' performance on the defensive end, and the team's overall performance was not good, which also led to them trailing the Grizzlies by 28 points at the most in the game.
In the final quarter, although the substitutes showed more vitality and energy than the main team, they also played hard. However, because the first three quarters were too far behind, the Nets were unable to catch up with the score, and finally the Nets also suffered a fiasco at home, while the Grizzlies won a wave of 5 consecutive wins, and the record continued to rank fourth in the West.
In this game, many of the Grizzlies players have a bright performance, among which Morant once again ushered in the outbreak, he played only 29 minutes, 14 of 22 shots to score 36 points, in addition to 6 rebounds and 8 assists into the account, personal plus-minus as high as +24, this data is the highest in the game. Morant played very easily against the Nets' defense, and many times only a simple breakthrough was needed to complete the scoring, and the Nets could not prevent Morant from playing.
In addition to Morant, the Grizzlies' Bain, Culver, Clark and Jones players also have a very good performance, and the team is better in terms of overall play, which is the main reason why they can beat the Nets on the road.
On the Nets side, the performance of the team's starters was not ideal, Durant got 26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in 8 of 24 shots, although the performance was very comprehensive, but his shooting efficiency in this campaign did not reach the best, too many shots and inefficient endings affected the team to a certain extent. And Harden's shooting efficiency is not high, he only got 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in 5 of 14 shooting, compared to the past few games, Harden's game is undoubtedly a bit of a crotch.
In this game, the Nets bench players performed very well, and when the main force was more than 20 points behind, they stubbornly narrowed the score gap and kept the suspense of the game until the last moment. However, the outstanding performance of the role players is still a failure, the team has been too far behind the Nets, even if the final quarter to try to narrow the point difference, it is still difficult to help the team win the game. At present, the Nets have suffered three consecutive losses, have lost the first place in the East, and the record has declined. However, for the Nets, their good news is that Irving is about to usher in a comeback, and Irving's comeback, I believe that it can give the Nets a certain help, after the combination of the big three, I believe that the Nets can get through the trough and regain the feeling of winning.