On January 8, Beijing time, the Nets were blown up by the remnant Bucks at home, and once fell behind by 24 points in the first three quarters, and entered the fourth quarter with an 18-point disadvantage. Nets fans angrily rebuked Nash and called on Himh to leave class.
In this game, Irving could not play because of regulations, Joe Harris continued to be absent due to injury, and other Nets players were healthy to play. On the Bucks side, Holliday, Lopez The Great, George Hill, Di Ventenzo, Connaughton and Grayson Allen 6 rotation main players collective truce, the nets on paper lineup are more complete, this is their perfect opportunity to achieve revenge, but unexpectedly, from the first quarter, the Bucks have been suppressing the Nets on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the third quarter is directly blowing the Nets.
The Bucks finished the 3rd quarter and started all 5 in double figures, and 3 people scored 20+, Alphabet Brother 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Middleton 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Portis 20 points and 11 rebounds, Walla 10 points and 2 rebounds, Matthews 12 points and 6 rebounds.
On the Nets side, Durant is still a father and mother, the first quarter to get 2 fouls still played a full 12 minutes, the second quarter received 3 fouls have been left on the court, as a comparison, alphabet brother in the second quarter after receiving the third offense was replaced, and the quarter only played 2 minutes. Shortly after the start of the third quarter, Durant received the fourth offense, but Nash did not dare to replace him, and Durant had played 32 minutes in the third quarter, contributing 27 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, while The Alphabet Brother only played 21 minutes in the 3rd quarter.
Harden is not in good shape this time, but watching the game is clear, the Bucks have been on Harden double bag, cutting off Harden's contact with teammates, under the strict defense of the other side, Harden's poor state can be understood, but after 3 quarters, he also got 16 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. And the other players, except for rookie Thomas, no one can stand up. The rotation and tactics of the team are simply a mess, Nash, the head coach, is useless, in the words of the fans, the tethered bull can also be the head coach on the sidelines, after all, the ending is the same.
The Nets' poor performance and Nash's inaction also completely angered the Nets fans, many of whom angrily rebuked them through social media and called on the Nets to fire the head coach.
"Please fire Nash, he doesn't know what he's doing";
"I never want to see Nash on the sidelines anymore, bro";
"The Nets need to fire the head coach";
"Nash's embarrassing effort, and the bad rotation";
"Harden was terrible at the half and Nash was the worst coach in the league";
"Nash is a terrible coach"!
More netizens introduced themselves, "Nash, I can do better in coaching the basketball net"!
Fans are very unanimous, Nash's poor performance has made it difficult for them to tolerate it anymore, last season, although the problem was prominent, but the star is in excellent form, can lead the team to win, cover up a lot of problems, but this season, in addition to Durant, the Nets' other players are in unstable state, Nash's problems have also been completely exposed, he is the biggest shortcoming of the Nets at present, if the Nets want to retain the hope of rushing the championship, Nash really should be off the class.