On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Nets and bucks narrow road met, the Nets from the beginning of the game is behind, the whole game has been suppressed, the game early into garbage time, and finally lost to the Bucks 109-121, encountered opponent double kills, the Nets encounter strong nightmare is still continuing. In two games against the Nets this season, the Bucks have won 35 points.
The Nets are 24-12 in Second place in the East, and with just a win over the Pacers in the last game, Irving is back, but he only plays away from home. The Bucks have previously lost to the Pistons and Raptors in a row, suffering two consecutive defeats, temporarily ranking third in the East, with only one game away from the Nets. The two teams met in the opener this season, when the Nets lost by 23 points.
Again, Irving could not play, Harden and Durant double core led the team. The Bucks quickly entered the state in the first quarter, Portis unexpectedly broke out, a single quarter blast of 10 points, the Nets offensive downturn, can only rely on Durant to score, the first quarter the Nets fell behind by 8 points. The Nets improved in the second quarter, but apart from Durant, the other scoring points could not be opened, Harden only 2 of 10 shots at halftime, and the Bucks took an 11-point lead at halftime.
Easy to fight again, the Nets' offense is still not improving, Middleton, who only scored 5 points in the first half, suddenly broke out in the third quarter, and the alphabet brother also felt hot, and the two teamed up to lead the team to play a wave of 27-14 in half a quarter, and the point difference quickly reached 24 points. The Nets' offense improved, but they were unable to limit the Bucks' offense, and the point difference hovered around 20 points, and the Nets were 18 points behind by the end of the third quarter.
In the last quarter of the game, the Nets came up to play a wave of 6-0, narrowing the point difference to 12 points, the Bucks' outside hand felt hot, quickly stopped the decline, the point difference came to more than 20 points again, the Nets were powerless to return to the sky, the middle of the quarter withdrew the main force to surrender, and finally the Nets lost to the Bucks, suffering the fourth loss in the last 5 games.
Harden's form picked up in the second half, but the whole game was still average, with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists on 6-of-15 shooting, with 5 turnovers, plus-minus of -20, the second highest on the team. Durant shot 19 from 10 in the middle and scored 29 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Clarkston 14 points, Thomas 14 points, and no one else scored in double figures. The Bucks had six players in double figures, three more than 20 points, and Alphabet Brother efficiently cut 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and blew up the Nets' defense.