The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Nets sat at home to meet the Bucks, this game Irving returned to the home can not play, the Bucks side has as many as 6 people absent, the two Big 3 teams into a double giant showdown, the Nets started harden, Durant, Mills, Duke and Clarkston, the Bucks are alphabet brother, Middleton, Matthews, Walla and Portis.
The two teams have met in the opener, but the Nets have suffered a disastrous away defeat, this game will be a great opportunity for them to achieve revenge, and after the opening, the two sides have fought fiercely at both ends of the attack and defense, but the Bucks have maintained a lead, they are more skillful in the cooperation between the offensive and defensive ends, playing more smoothly, while the Nets are still slow and hot, the offense on the court looks lack of vitality, and has been playing very passively.
After the opening, the Bucks Matthews forced Duke to get 2 points and caused a foul, but the penalty was missed, and then Duke received the ball to break through the layup hit, followed by the alphabet brother bulldozer layup to get 2 points, Durant scored a jump shot, followed by the Nets consecutive offense misses, the Bucks scored 5 consecutive points to pull 9-4, until Mills hit 3 points, the Nets broke the scoring drought. But this offense did not continue, Harden was heavily guarded, Durant did not feel good, the Bucks quickly pulled the score to 19-9, and Durant also received 2 fouls in 8 minutes, which was worse. However, Nash did not replace him, but continued to keep him on the field.
Thomas then used his personal ability to hit a shot to ease the team's offensive crisis, but the Nets failed to limit the opponent's offense on the defensive end, and with three minutes left, the Bucks took an early double-digit lead of 23-13. With more than 2 minutes left in the quarter, Durant's paint jumper was 2+1, and the first quarter score reached 5 points, which also set a new milestone for him, rising to 23rd in career totals. The quarter was over and the Nets trailed 21-29!
The Bucks interior Portis contributed 10 points and 4 rebounds, almost breaking the Nets box, alphabet brother contributed 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, while the Nets, Durant had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 2 of 5, but 2 fouls on his back laid hidden dangers for the later games. Harden, on the other hand, scored 0-of-3 and had only 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
Prior to this game, Durant's career total score was 24,812 points, and after scoring eight points, his career total reached 24,820 points, surpassing the famous Patrick Ewing's 24,815 points and rising to 23rd on the all-time scoring list.
From the first quarter of the game, it is not difficult to see that although the Bucks also lack major generals, their tactical system is more stable, the team is smooth, and both ends of the attack and defense have bright performances, while the Nets, in addition to relying on Durant, really can't see any clear tactics, especially in the case of Harden's poor state, the team played very hard, if the second quarter can not recover, the Nets may swallow a home defeat again.