On January 8, Beijing time, the Nets played at home against the Bucks, and the Nets lost to the Bucks 109-121 at the end of the game. Although the Nets did not lose many games in the end, in fact, the Nets fell behind by 24 points in this game, but in the fourth quarter, the Nets' benches chased some points, which made the Nets' final scene not look so embarrassing, but in fact, the Nets performed badly in this game, and many times relied on Durant alone to support himself, because in this game Harden returned to the previous downturn.
In this game, Durant is also really trying his best, after all, in this game, Durant still stayed on the court when he encountered foul trouble, at this time Durant still helped the team on the offensive end, but unfortunately, Durant alone is really difficult to lead the team to reverse, and finally the Nets still lost the game. Durant was interviewed after the game, to which Durant said: Honestly, if we continue to play so badly, I don't expect us to have home-court advantage in the playoffs. It can be said that Durant is already outspoken, and he is undoubtedly a little disappointed with the current Nets, thinking that if the team continues like this, the Nets may not have home advantage, and the Bucks have already equalized the win difference after losing this game.
At the same time, Harden's downturn in the game is really puzzling, after all, harden played an explosive performance in the previous game, this game is the seventh game after Harden's return, the first four games after the return of Harden averaged 35.5 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, shooting 46.7%, the last three games 17.7 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 39%. It can be said that Harden's current downturn really makes Durant uncomfortable, after all, the current Nets are not only Harden's downturn, Mills, who has played well in the past, is also very depressed in the game, so at this time Durant is really lacking helpers, which makes him play very passively in the game.
Speaking about his performance tonight after the game, Harden said: Frustrating. There is no way to get back to the state. There are 4-5 games. It's on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. It's happening all season and it's needed to get out of that. It can be said that harden is really confused and frustrated now, because Harden also does not understand his own situation, he does not understand why he has such a struggle, after all, Harden has already played an explosive performance, but Harden's state is very unstable, and whenever Harden is full of self-confidence, he will always have a downturn, so this will make the Nets very passive, after all, you are the superstar of this team, and your downturn makes it difficult for the team to win.
And for the Nets, Irving is of course a huge help to the team, but from now on, Irving is probably not the antidote to the Nets, because although the Nets completed the reversal under the leadership of Irving in the last game, in fact, the Nets still have problems, of which defense is their big problem, in this game the Nets still have such a problem, if the Nets want to rely only on the big three to win, it is obviously very unrealistic, more importantly, Irving did not play at home, so Irving is not the antidote to the Nets. If the Nets want to win, they need to find their defensive status, not to mention, and the Nets need someone other than Durant and Harden to stand up and help the team.