NBA regular season game continues, a high-profile focus battle began, the Nets against the Pacers, this game Irving will usher in the debut of the season, this is also the first time the Nets season, before because there is no vaccination, Irving has not played a game so far this season, due to the seriousness of the epidemic, the Nets are short of personnel, and finally the management discussed allowing Irving to play away games, Nash said before the game: Irving will play for a long time, about 30 minutes or so, I hope he can play freely tonight. The Nets are 23 wins and 12 losses in the East, the recent performance of the Nets is very bad, the Nets have suffered 3 consecutive losses, the morale of the team is very low, they urgently need to use a victory to stop the decline of the team, the Nets starting lineup: Duke, Durant, Clarkston, Harden, Irving.
The pacers side is not in good shape, this season the team is basically into the rhythm of reconstruction, recently they have suffered a five-game losing streak, the team's morale is very low, today facing the Big Three Nets, the Pacers want to win is also difficult, the team's main player Brogdon will continue to miss today's game because of Achilles tendon injury and health and safety agreement, the Pacers starting lineup: Sykes, Washington, Sabonis, Turner, Holliday.
After the start of the first quarter, the Nets' first offense was handed over to Irving, Irving's back-up jumper from the free throw line failed to hit, Sykes faced Harden's rebound, Durant hit a shot in response, Sabonis received a teammate's pass basket and faced Durant and caused a foul, Durant hit another hit, Harden scored 4 consecutive points, Holliday hit a three-pointer, Durant chased a three-point response, Durant Harden took the first 11 points of the team's opening game, played 5 minutes Irving went off the field.
Turner's jump shot caused Durant to foul, played 5 minutes Durant 2 fouls, Stephenson came off the bench, the fans rose to applaud, Stephenson's three-point shot helped the Pacers take a 5-point lead, and after hitting a three-pointer, he made a guitar-playing celebration.
At the end of the game, Irving replaced Harden, Stephenson was in very good shape, played 4 minutes and bombed 12 points, the performance was very stealing, Ade, Durant hit 2+1 responses, Stephenson stuck in the air folding shot again, the first quarter of the game became a master and brother and Durant again, the first quarter played the Pacers 37:32 to lead the Nets, Finson to Durant, 6 minutes to blast 20 points, Durant 16 points, Irving 3 0 did not score.