On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets played against the Bucks. In the MVP showdown, Durant was defeated, playing 36 minutes and 57 seconds, he shot 10 of 19, with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. Alphabet Brother played 26 minutes and 46 seconds, 11 of 17, with 31 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds.
Durant vs Alphabet Brother, there is no doubt that this is the MVP battle. In the latest issue of the official MVP list, Alphabet Brother pushed Durant and continued to rank first, followed by Durant.
Judging from the performance in the first quarter, the alphabet brother won. The Bucks started with a 17-9 run, with alphabet brothers becoming the key to it, sending assists and scoring consecutive points. Durant started slowly and warmly, and the feel was not good.
Throughout the first quarter, Alphabet Brother was 4 of 6 and had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Durant had 2 of 6 points and 2 assists with 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. However, the alphabet brother ate his third foul early in the second quarter, and was helplessly replaced, after which he was directly pressed on the bench.
However, Durant did not lead the team to complete the counter-attack. In the first half, Durant felt what it meant to be alone. At halftime, he shot 6-of-11 and had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, struggling to hold on, but the Nets still trailed by 11 points.
You know, the other four starters in the Nets half scored a total of 17 points. This is the fourth time this season that Durant has scored more than the rest of the starters combined, behind Curry.
At the end of the third quarter, Durant scored 27 points, and the heartbreaking thing is that the Nets were behind by 24 points at one point. During the pause, Durant kept looking at the statistics and looked up at the score on the big screen. However, back on the court in the fourth quarter, Durant was also powerless to return to the sky, and after the alphabet brother did not look at the clever pass to assist Portis's three-point shot, the Bucks led by 20 points. With 6:58 left, Durant was replaced and the Nets gave up early.