The Nets played against the Grizzlies at home, and they had hoped to use a win to get out of the slump, but under nash's fan operation, the Nets suffered a big crash in the third quarter. In the first half of the game, the Nets played very both ends of the attack and defense, except for Durant and Harden, other players could hardly score, and after the half game, the Nets trailed by 9 points at 47-56, and in the third quarter, the Nets completely collapsed at both ends of the attack and defense, and were bombarded by the opponent with a wave of 40-26 attacks, after the third quarter, they trailed by 23 points at 73-96, and in the final quarter, the Grizzlies pulled the point difference to 28 points, and Nash gave up the bench when he had more than 9 minutes left, but was punched in the face by the substitutes. The fans even angrily denounced Nash for leaving the class.
Mills felt cold again, the team's offensive pressure completely fell on Harden and Durant, the two were entangled in each other's huge consumption, however, Nash was indifferent, the Grizzlies had used an 11-man rotation to start a wheel war in the first half, but Nash has been using 8-man rotation, unwilling to use young players such as Thomas, Duke and Edwards who have previously performed well, until the third quarter, the team lost 23 points into garbage time, Nash sent Cameron Thomas in the fourth quarter. But it was too late, and it could even be argued that Thomas was sent at this time, and it was Nash who was preparing for the platooning of garbage time. Because with more than 9 minutes left in the game, Nash had already made every substitution and gave up the game early.
In fact, when Mills did not feel good at the beginning, Nash should send Thomas, after all, in the previous game, Thomas has proved that he can share the offensive pressure of Durant and Harden on the offensive end, because he has excellent self-governing ability, in the case of Mills is not in good shape, Thomas is capable of helping, and after being replaced, Thomas completed the second shot and showed good form, but Nash waited until the game almost lost suspense before sending him.
And what's even more embarrassing is that after Nash gave up the game, the players who had just been sent to it were in excellent shape and soon played a wave of offensive climaxes to bring the suspense of the game back again. With more than 9 minutes left in the final quarter, the Nets trailed by 26 points at 79-105, but the Nets' fringe players directly played a 25-7 offensive wave, chasing the point difference to 104-115, only 9 points behind, making the suspense of the game reborn. And if Nash had sent more rotation players in the first three quarters, maybe that might not have been the case.
And the game is not over, Nets fans can't help but express their dissatisfaction on social media, and point the finger at head coach Nash. Fans have commented on Nash's dismissal, even angrily denouncing Nash as the worst coach in the NBA.
"This is Nash, and I wouldn't be surprised at all";
"The first thing that should be fired is Nash, he can't be an NBA coach, really can't";
"Steve Nash is the worst head coach in the NBA, not even one";
"Can we fire Nash now";
Of course, there are also fans who are very connotatively sarcastic: "The Nets suffered a 3-game losing streak, but the good news is that Irving and Harris are back soon, and we can't complain that Nash didn't make adjustments, after all, he is an elite coach."
The fan's remarks are really naked irony, after all, when Irving and Harris return, the all-main Nets can help the team win, and Nash can also lie down to win and let this doubt dissipate.