The Nets, who must lose every time they are strong
I thought that the Bucks and the Nets would be a strong dialogue, but I didn't expect that today's Nets were almost hanged by the Bucks. At one point, the Bucks extended the point difference to 24 points, and with more than six minutes left in the fourth quarter, Nash had already surrendered early.
I don't know what happened to the recent Nets, they have lost 4 of the last 5 games, the only win was the last away game against the Pacers, in the case of the big three in the last quarter completed a big comeback.
When the Nets lost 3 consecutive games before, Nash said: Whether you believe it or not, the Nets are a defensive team. But is this really the case? Reversed by the seriously disorganized Clippers, losing to Philadelphia, losing to the Grizzlies by a big score, and losing to the Bucks today, the Nets have achieved a 0-8 record when facing the East and West giants this season, and losing every time they are strong has become a curse that the Nets can't break now.
Nets win-loss barometer
Saying that the current Nets are really very strange, before durant can not play in the situation, they rely on Harden alone to lead the team to win consecutive victories over the Los Angeles twins, but after Durant's return, in the case that he can still contribute 30+ points per game, they have lost to opponents one after another.
In fact, in these recent games, it is not difficult to find that Mills has almost become a barometer of the team's victory and defeat. He hit eight three-pointers against the Lakers and scored 34 points, and six more three-pointers against the Clippers contributing 18 points.
But after that, Mills's shooting feel was suddenly lost, facing Philadelphia 2 of 10, 1 of 8 three-pointers to score 5 points, facing the Grizzlies 6-of-0 without a point, today against the Bucks Mills only got 3 points of 8-of-1, in these games the Nets lost.
In fact, the Nets have almost the same problem in these games, their shooting feel outside the three-point line is really bad, Nash has not found the fundamental way to solve the problem, when Mills is not accurate, his flaws on the defensive end will be magnified, which really makes Nash difficult.
In fact, Mills has always been a big heart player, the more critical moments can burst out of strong energy, but now the Nets must solve how to play the game to that moment.
Nash's current coaching philosophy is to let Durant and Harden stay on the court to fight if they have the opportunity, and if they see that there is no chance, he will surrender early. Take today's game, Durant played 37 minutes, Harden played 36 minutes, if it were not for the large difference in the team in the final quarter, the time between the two would come to 43 minutes and 42 minutes today.
It has to be said that today's Nets have encountered the biggest difficulties so far this season, and they certainly can't pin all their hopes on Irving. This is not something that Owen alone can solve, how projection recovers, how Mills recovers is what they should consider most now. To a certain extent, the player's inner defense line will be lost, and if you want to win, the Nets must play a defense, and young players really don't consider using it?