Beijing time on January 8, the NBA regular season ushered in the focus of the war, the Nets against the Bucks, last season's Eastern Conference semifinals Nets experienced seven battles were eliminated by the Bucks, but because it is a home battle, Irving can not play, the Nets offensive end of the strength declined, the Bucks this side lacks Holliday, but the alphabet brother and Middleton are in.
In the first quarter of the game, the Nets quickly fell into trouble, Durant and Harden's opening offensive feel was not good, the Bucks played a 21-11 start, Bucks forward Portis seized the Problem of the Nets' lack of internal line and continued to rush straight, impacting the box, breaking the Nets defense, the first quarter was over, the Bucks led 29-21.
Entering the second quarter, the nets attacked and defended the problems were not solved, the second quarter played 6 minutes, at this time Durant's shooting was 6 of 2, Harden was 6 of 1, both of them scored in doubles, directly reflecting the nets' situation. With three minutes left before halftime, Durant finally made a three-point shot, then hit the basket to the free throw, hit 4 consecutive offensive rounds, and once helped the Nets narrow the point difference to less than 10 points. Unfortunately, only one Durant could not compete with the Bucks, and after halftime, the Nets trailed the Bucks 49-60.
With a continuous offensive score in the last 3 minutes of the half, Durant raised his shooting to 6 of 11 after 2 of 6, that is, the subsequent shooting rate of 4 of 5, durant scored 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the first half, which was the only double figure in the Nets. Another core Harden continued to slump, 2 of 10 only scored 6 points, plus 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Irving could not play, Harden's offensive performance is difficult to alleviate Durant's pressure, and whether Harden can rebound in the second half is the key to whether the Nets can reverse.
It is worth mentioning that with 19 points scored in the first half, Durant completed an important milestone, officially surpassing Ewing (24815) in career totals and rising to 23rd in history! Second only to James and Anthony among active players, durant has a chance to break the 30,000-point mark considering that Durant has at least 2-3 years left at the peak of his career.
On the other hand, the Bucks this side more blossoms, alphabet brother played 11 minutes on 7-of-5 to take 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, around there is Portis, the best helper, he cut 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block in 12 of 7, playing time is only 18 minutes, in the Nets inside the line to give and take, difficult to block, but also created 5 free throws, and 5 free throws, and 5 free throws, these data are enough to reflect the threat of Portis, is the Nets defense headache problem.
In Irving's absence, the Nets' offensive and defensive system is difficult to exert its maximum power, and it is impossible to rely too much on Durant's model for a long time, I believe these are all nash can think of, the Nets want to win the championship, in the East must cross the Bucks this level. So the problems that arise in this game need Nash to pay attention to, and the wins and losses of every game in the past are very different, how to win, how to restrain the Bucks' style of play, these are all problems!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)