121-119, the Nets won the game by beating the Spurs in overtime at home. Although the Nets won this game, the process of winning the game was very difficult. The overall performance of the Nets in this game was not ideal, in the face of the youth Spurs, the Nets did not show their dominance, the team made too many low-level mistakes, so that the Spurs got a lot of opportunities to counterattack. In total, the Nets made a total of 22 turnovers in this game, which set a new record single-game turnovers this season. This also led to the Nets leading by up to 14 points, almost reversed by the Spurs, if it were not for Thomas's shot in overtime, the Nets would most likely lose to the Spurs at home.
In fact, from the perspective of lineup strength, the Nets have a great advantage, although Irving, Aldridge and Harris can not play, but the Nets still have players such as Durant, Harden and Mills. Compared to the Spurs' roster depth, the Nets are undoubtedly better.
However, in this game, the Nets were not able to show their advantage, they played very badly on the court, and when they were ahead, they could not seize the opportunity to further widen the point difference. Instead, there will be a lot of inexplicable mistakes, which will cause the team to lose points quickly. Players are not stable enough during the game, and they are not focused in terms of concentration and attention, which also leads to the team being nearly reversed by the Spurs.
In addition to the players' sluggish performances in this game, there are also big problems with coach Nash's coaching. In fact, in the fourth quarter, the Nets have opened up double-digit point differences, and if the team can stabilize, then there will be no overtime. However, when the big score was taken to the lead, the Nets were lax, and the Spurs played a wave of high-quality counter-attacks. When the Spurs chased the score, Nash did not ask for a timeout, and after the Spurs successfully equalized the score, Nash asked for a timeout.
Such coaching is unreasonable, because when the other side knows that the other side is going to take off, the team needs a timeout to calm down the players and control the rhythm of the game. Rather than a timeout after the other side has risen, the equalizer is called a timeout, such a suspension does not have any substantial effect.
In addition, Nash will not be flexible in his employment and does not know how to flexibly use the team's existing squad. He will rely so heavily on Durant and Harden in the game that nash won't reuse other young players when they're doing well. Harden and Durant both played more than 43 minutes in this game, ranking in the top two of the team, while young players such as Edwards and David Duke played only 12 minutes and 16 minutes, and they did not get many opportunities in the final quarter and overtime.
Nash is deficient in the deployment of troops, relying too much on the core players, in the case of their physical decline, Nash will still let them complete the attack, this season the team has lost many times, because the core players have a decline in physical strength. Although the team won this game, it is worth noting that Durant only scored 4 points in total 2 of 9 due to physical decline in the last quarter and overtime, while Harden only shot twice in overtime to get 2 points, and the two also had ups and downs after too much playing time. In terms of flexible use of the lineup, Nash also needs to summarize well.
In the end, Nash did not have a clear tactical arrangement in this game, and the Nets players on the court relied almost exclusively on their personal ability and did not have a clear tactical execution, which also led to 22 turnovers in the whole game. Although the team still won in the end, the team's current way of playing, if they meet a stronger team, it is difficult for them to win the game.
Nash nearly lost to Popovich's Spurs when he had a stronger lineup. Judging from the course of the game, it is undeniable that Nash is still a long way from becoming a manager like Popovich, and in many ways, he is inferior to Popovich. For example, rotating lineups, controlling the rhythm of the game, tactical arrangements at key moments, nash must be at a disadvantage. Although the Nets won this game, Nash's coaching ability does need to be improved, and he still needs to ask many seniors for advice to learn how to become a good head coach.