On January 8, Beijing time, the Nets played at home against the Bucks, and the Nets trailed the Bucks 49-60 at the end of the half. Although the Nets are missing Irving in this game, the Bucks are also missing Holliday, so it is really difficult to say who can win this game, but the showdown between Durant and Alphabet Brother is still highly anticipated, especially last season when the Bucks eliminated the Nets, which makes the showdown between the two teams more interesting. The Nets dominated the first half, and the Bucks led by 11 points at the end of the half.
In the first quarter, Matthews helped the Bucks score, Duke scored on a layup, then Alphabet brother also scored, Durant scored, Matthews scored on a layup, and then Vola hit a three-pointer, then the two teams attacked iron, Mills hit a three-pointer, Alphabet scored a layup, Portis scored, then Duke scored a shot, and the Nets trailed by 4 points. After the timeout, Portis made 2-of-2 free throws, then Portis scored on a 2-of-2 free throw, then Portis caused Durant to foul 2-of-2 free throws, Thomas scored, Portis scored, then Johnson scored on a layup, Middleton scored, and the Nets trailed to 10 points. After the timeout, Durant played 2+1, then alphabet brother scored 4 consecutive points, Aldridge scored under the basket, Durant made 3 of 3 free throws, and then alphabet brother shot and scored, and the nets trailed by 8 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Harden scored on the basket, Clarkston scored 2 of 2 free throws, Alphabet brother scored on the layup, then Harden also scored, Portis hit a three-pointer, Thomas scored 2+1, but back to Portis also played 2+1, and then the two teams attacked iron, Portis scored under the basket, and the Bucks led to 9 points. After the timeout Clarkston scored a layup, then Portis scored a layup, Harden made 2-of-2 free throws, then Hood hit a three-pointer, but immediately Durant shot also scored, and then Middleton also hit a three-pointer, Thomas broke through the layup to score, and the Nets trailed by 9 points. After the timeout, the Bucks side still played, at the critical moment Durant stood up to score to stop the bleeding, then Vola hit a three-pointer, Harden broke through the layup to score, Durant scored a layup, Galloway shot a score, Durant made 2 of 2 free throws, and then the Bucks continued to score, and the Nets trailed by 11 points at the end of the half.
Portis in the first half of the game in a big show, the first quarter of the game Portis has a tough performance, to the second quarter of the game when Portis still maintained the state, it can be said that this time Portis play is still very important, after all, this time the Bucks lack of scoring points, it is Also Portis's play to help the Bucks occupy the lead, at the end of the half game Portis got 20 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist data. And the alphabet brother encountered trouble in the first half of the game, because of the early 3rd foul in the second quarter of the game, so the alphabet brother can only be helpless to rest, but the previous game alphabet brother still has a good performance, the end of the half game alphabet brother got 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists data.
At the same time, Durant was also struggling to support in the first half of the game, after all, the other players of the Nets performed averagely, if it were not for Thomas's good play in the game, then Durant would probably fall into a deeper passive, and Durant got 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists at the end of the half. As for Harden being beaten back to the original form in the half game for the beginning of the season, although Harden performed well some time ago, but the recent performance of Harden was not good, this game Harden was even more beaten back to the original shape, in the game Harden's attack is sluggish, and in the game Harden did not get too many whistles, Harden is somewhat dissatisfied, so he will complain to the referee, but this time Harden did not go back to defense, so this makes the opponent fight back, and Harden also made mistakes in the game, At the end of the half, Harden had 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers on 2-of-10 shooting.