On January 4, Beijing time, the Nets continued to sit at home to meet the Grizzlies, although the Nets had better records than the Grizzlies, but did not expect to be completely blown up by the opponent today, and finally the Grizzlies took the Nets away to give the latter a three-game losing streak.
In the first quarter, although Durant Harden was in good shape to shoot down 20 points in a single quarter, his teammates only scored 4 points to give very limited support, which left the Nets 5 points behind in the first quarter. Entering the second quarter, Durant cooled down, tried multiple mid-range and three-point attempts but hit all iron, scoring 1 point on just a free throw on 0-of-6 shooting in a single quarter. While Griffin hit back-to-back three-pointers, the Nets couldn't hold morant and Bain on the defensive end, and at halftime, the Grizzlies extended their advantage to nine points. It is worth mentioning that the Grizzlies led the Nets 32-16 in half-court rebounds, of which the frontcourt board had a clear 13-4 advantage.
Entering the third quarter, Morant ushered in a big explosion, consecutively entered the box to hit a difficult layup, and also accelerated in the fast attack Durant staged a one-handed split! Morant scored 18 points and three assists in the single quarter, while the Grizzlies blasted down 40 points in a single quarter, and the third quarter ended, and the Nets trailed by as many as 23 points! Durant's 13 points in a single quarter didn't help.
In the final quarter, Harden played two minutes, but the Grizzlies continued to extend their advantage, and Nash saw no hope of a reversal, and surrendered early with 9 minutes left. But the Nets bench did not give up, from a maximum of 28 points behind to play a 21-5 climax to 12 points, the Grizzlies had to change to the main force again, Nash did not let DurantHa on the court for the sake of rewarding role players, and the Grizzlies finally won smoothly.
In the game, Durant scored 26 points, 6 assists, 3 breaks and 3 blocks on 8-of-24 shooting, and Harden sent 19 points and 8 assists on 5-of-14 shooting. On the Grizzlies side, Morante had 36 points, 6 boards and 8 assists on 14-of-22 shooting, and Bain had 29 points and 8 boards. The Nets suffered their first three-game losing streak of the season, with a record of 23 wins and 12 losses, which also fell directly to the third place in the East.