The Nets lost to the Bucks by 12 points
The Nets lost again, losing both of their meetings against the Nets after being eliminated by the Bucks in the semifinals last season. Compared with the previous game, today's Nets lost even more unacceptably. Because at one point they were 24 points behind in the game, if it were not for the fact that they regained some face in the final quarter with pure bench players, the Nets would eventually lose even worse.
So where exactly is the Nets' problem?
Every time the Nets lose, nash, the team's head coach, becomes the focus of discussion, which has become the norm. Teams lose always have to figure out some reason, so is Nash really the Nets' biggest flaw? Now from the results, this is the case, because there is really no better explanation...
In an interview after today's crushing game against the Bucks, Nash said: "The team didn't have enough winning spirit in the opening phase of tonight, and there was a lack of communication, and now we have time to look in the mirror and reflect on ourselves and make some tough decisions about us individually and collectively."
I don't know what Nash's difficult decision was, but I believe he will definitely make adjustments and changes to his squad, and excessive consumption of the main players has not had a good effect. And it can be seen that the Nets' main players are not incompetent, but that there is a problem with their attitude and spirit.
In fact, in the last 4 games of the loss, the last thing they should lose is the game with the Clippers, in the last minute they still have a 10-point lead, but it can be reversed. Know that the Nets are facing a team with a seriously disorganized lineup, and now their biggest problem is that the players themselves are not tactical.
Harden was self-doubting
I have to say that today the Nets lost, Harden also needs to bear a certain responsibility, in the face of such a strong opponent, he really should come up with a different performance. In such a game, Harden had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists and 5 turnovers, while the whole team only had 10 turnovers.
After the game, Harden said: "Irving can play away games with us, but that doesn't mean the game will be easy," he said. Speaking about his performance, he said: "It's frustrating, it's just that there is no way to get back to form, there are 4-5 games, it's on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, it's happening all season, you need to get rid of this situation."
Honestly, Harden's state did not return to his best moments, perhaps the most intuitive feeling for us is his scoring and mistakes, but according to Long'er's idea, Harden's performance on the defensive end is even worse, in fact, the last game the Nets reversed the Pacers to cover up such a problem, when facing outside players, Harden is more often eye defense, in addition to having a certain defensive ability in the low position, Harden's defense is very bad.
There is also hardened in the face of strong opponents, his performance is always not ideal, the more in the key moments, the more unsatisfactory his performance, this may be his style of play. Now that the Nets want to win the championship, Harden must play MVP-level status, otherwise the Nets this season will still not go too far, I don't know what everyone thinks about this?