Beijing time on January 8, today the NBA ushered in a focus war, the Nets sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Bucks, two teams one is the second in the East, one is the third in the East, although Irving can not play, but the Bucks are also missing Holliday, the two sides are equal, I thought the two sides would play a very wonderful game, but did not expect to become one-sided, the Bucks only used three quarters of the game to play no suspense, they easily defeated the Nets 121-109.
In the star showdown between the two sides, it can be said that Durant and Alphabet brother are evenly matched, Alphabet shot 11 of 17 from the field, 2 of 5 from three points to get 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Durant shot 10 of 19 shots, 1 of 3 points, 1 of 3 points, 29 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block (Durant's career total score reached 24815 points to surpass Ewing to 23rd place in history), but in the second-in-command competition, Middleton's efficiency was better than Harden's, and although Middleton was not efficient enough, he shot 65 times. But he still scored 20 points on 9-of-9, with six rebounds, five assists and two steals.
Harden was even more inefficient, also 6 of 15 in the game, but only scored 16 points on 3-of-3 shooting, and scored 9 rebounds and 7 assists, but Harden still had 5 turnovers. The gap between role players was even bigger, the Bucks also had four players to score in double figures, Portis had 25 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Jordan Walla had 13 points and 2 rebounds, the Lakers had 10 points, Matthews had 5 of 9 in the game, and 2 of 6 three points had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.
Today Matthews's unsecured contract turned right, speaking of which is easy to remind people of Cousins, before Cousins performed well in the Bucks, but in order to leave a lineup place bucks bucks finally gave up him, at that time many fans questioned why they did not give up Matthews, just through this game, everyone can understand why they will choose to keep Matthews, bucks center there are big Luo and Portis, the backcourt needs more space shooters and substitutes, Matthews can defend multiple positions, And the spatial type is also good.
Matthews has a good play in the defense of Harden and Durant's rounds, the whole game plus-minus as high as +19 the second highest on the team, very good, Matthews' defensive and spatial ability are trustworthy, averaging 5.9 points and 1.6 rebounds in 17.7 minutes so far this season, shooting 50% from the field, 42.1% for three-pointers, and 59th in the league with a defensive efficiency of 103.5.
The Nets side in addition to the double core only two people scored in double figures, Cameron Thomas scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Clarkston got 14 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, and the Nets' three-point firepower was completely locked by the Bucks, they totaled 27 points and shot 6 of 27, shooting only 22.2%, in this league now, it is difficult to kill a strong team without three points, and what I don't understand today is that Nash did not go to Griffin.
Although Griffin is not in good shape this season, he has been doing well in the playoffs last season, and Griffin has the ability to have space, and throughout the first half the team played very passively because there were no three points, they thought Nash would use Griffin, but they did not do it.
As far as the strength of the Nets is concerned now, I think even if Irving returns now, it will be difficult for them to impact the championship, the role players are limited, and the coach's platoon arrangement does not look as good as the top manager. Welcome to leave a message to discuss.