On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and last year's playoff opponents met, and the Bucks defeated the Nets 121-109 away from home, ending a two-game losing streak. The Bucks led the game, building up a 29-21 advantage in the first quarter and taking an 11-point lead at halftime;
After the start of the second half, the Bucks continued to extend their advantage, reaching a point difference of 24 points at one point, until the remaining half of the fourth quarter, the Nets were still trailing by 19 points, and then Nash withdrew the main force and surrendered.
Despite the loss, Durant's performance was still outstanding, he shot 10 of 19 from the field, with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, all three statistics are the highest in the team. In addition, after this game, Durant's career total score reached 24,841 points, surpassing Ewing (24,815 points) and rising to 23rd all-time.
Unfortunately, the Nets' other main players are in a serious downturn today:
— Harden, 6 of 15 from the field, 1 of 3 from three-point range, 16 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 turnovers
Mills, 1 of 8 from the field, 1 of 6 from three-point range, 3 points, 3 boards and 2 assists
— Aldridge (played just 9 minutes), 1-of-2 shooting, 2 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists
Originally, the loss was not so exaggerated, after all, winning or losing is a common thing, but for the Nets, this loss has another layer of significance, because counting this game, the Nets' record against the top four in the East and West this season has reached 0 wins and 8 losses:
——Against the Warriors, 0 wins and 1 loss
- Against the Suns, 0 wins and 1 loss
——Against the Grizzlies, 0-1
--0 against the Heat, 0-1
—— Against the Bulls, 0 wins, 2 losses
——Against the Bucks, 0-2
If it is a scorching loss, it does not matter, but the Nets have lost to double digits in these 8 games, and the average loss is more than 14 points per game, which can almost be described as a rout.
How to play a strong team, this is the next problem that Nash and the Nets team need to think about, take this game, Irving, Joe Harris absent can not be an excuse, after all, the Bucks' Holliday, Di Vincenzo, Connaughton, Grayson Allen, big Lopez also did not play.
After talking about the Nets, let's talk about the Bucks, the alphabet brother, is really strong.
In this game, Alphabet Brother only played less than 27 minutes in total, 11 of 17, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 7 of 10 free throws, 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, his plus-minus on the field reached +16, and almost no one could stop him under the basket.
After this game, Alphabet Brother has won 30+ in 4 consecutive games, and throughout the season, Alphabet Brother can average 28.0 points, 11.4 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 54.0%, shooting 27.6% from three-point range, and shooting 61.1% from the field.
In the latest two issues of the MVP list, the alphabet brother is ranked first, the original "Duku two-man turn" pattern has been broken, in the case of Curry's recent poor performance, the Nets' record is not good, the alphabet brother has become one of the biggest favorites of the current MVP.
For comparison, in the previous two MVP seasons, the data of the alphabet brother are:
In the 2018-19 season, he averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 64.4% from the field and a PER value of 30.9
In the 2019-20 season, he averaged 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game, shooting 61.3% from the field and a PER value of 31.9
Compared with these two seasons, the performance of Alphabet Brother is not much different, his PER value this season is still as high as 31.3, although this year is lower than Jokic (32.2, the first in history), but in previous years, it is almost a proper first existence.
In the previous two MVP seasons, the Bucks' record was the first in the league, but the Bucks' status is also picking up - in the first 14 games of the season, the Bucks have a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, but after that, the Bucks' record is 20 wins and 7 losses, the third in the league in the same period.
After beating the Nets, the Bucks are now 26-15, ranking third in the East, and only 2 wins away from the Bulls (25 wins and 10 losses) in the East, in case the Bucks finally rush to the first place, alphabet brother to get the third MVP, it is really not impossible.