On 109-121, the Nets lost again, the second time the Nets lost to the Bucks this season. The absence of Irving, the core of the team's backcourt, in this game, greatly affected the overall strength of the team. In the face of the outstanding Bucks, the Nets were behind the whole game, at most 24 points behind the Bucks, with 7 minutes left in the game, the Nets successively replaced the main players, losing suspense in advance, even if the team narrowed the score gap to less than 15 points in the last minute, Nash did not let the main players return to the game, and finally the Nets also lost to the Bucks by 12 points.
After losing to the Bucks, the Nets have suffered an eight-game losing streak this season against the top four teams in the East and West. That is to say, the Nets have not yet beaten the top 4 teams in the East and West this season, it can be said that this Nets team will not fight a hard battle, in the face of stronger teams, the Nets, whether on the offensive end or the defensive end, they are unable to withstand the impact of the other side. Every time they encounter a strong team at the top of the ranking, the team often suffers a fiasco, and so far this season, the Nets have not really learned how to play against the strong team, and the record is unbearable.
It is worth mentioning that the Nets have missed Irving in the last 8 times when they have faced the top 4 teams in the East and West, and when there is no Irving to play, the overall strength of the Nets is lagging behind other strong teams, and in terms of competitiveness, the team is not as good as the opponent. The data shows that the Nets have faced the top 4 teams in the East and West eight times this season, they have 6 games with a point difference of more than 10 points, including more than 20 points against the Bucks and Bulls, and the Nets have lost 18 points against the Warriors.
It can be said that after the lack of Irving, when the team faces the strong teams in the East and the West, it is difficult for them to win the game, and the overall strength of the team has declined significantly. In that respect, the Nets want to have a win on the big team, and the team needs Irving. It's just a pity that Irving can only play away games at the moment, and Irving can't play at home.
Of course, even if Irving didn't play, the Nets' roster was not bad, and the team still had two stars, Durant and Harden, as well as role players such as Mills, Aldridge and Griffin. With such a lineup, the Nets suffered an eight-game losing streak against the top four teams in the East and West, which also made Nash's coaching problematic. After the game with the Bucks, many fans also posted on social media questioning Nash's coaching ability. There are many people who want Nash to leave the class, and many fans also question Nash's ability to coach on the spot when facing strong teams, and in many ways he is inferior to the opposite head coach.
In fact, with Durant and Harden, the Nets suffered an 8-game losing streak against strong teams, which really shouldn't have been. The Nets are not very good at playing hard battles, and when faced with more intense defenses, the team cannot enter its own rhythm of the game, and the efficiency at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is not high. As a team that wants to hit the championship this season, strong teams are the tough ones they have to get through, they need to beat these teams, for now, the Nets are not too good, they need to play better against stronger teams, nash also needs to have a better performance in coaching.