On January 10, Beijing time, the Nets sat at home to meet the Spurs, C-Thomas overtime was killed, and the Nets narrowly defeated the Spurs, ending a five-game losing streak at home. In this game, the Nets' star Durant played well, scoring 18 points at halftime, scoring 28 points on 11-of-21 shooting, plus 4 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. Harden, another core of the team, also had 26 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, and played well. Team rookie C-Thomas scored 11 points and 6 rebounds, not soft at key moments, a horseback archery mid-range defense of the home, Nets big boss Cai Chongxin also posted after the game: "This is the legendary horseback archery." Praise the team newcomers. The whole team was immersed in the joy of winning against their opponents, but they could have played less hard.
The Nets made as many as 21 turnovers, giving the Spurs too many chances. Nash himself said in a post-match interview: "We have maintained a good defensive intensity and defensive energy, we have increased a lot of physical confrontation, but the game cannot always be perfect, and the biggest problem we have now is mistakes." Behind the abnormal number of mistakes in the game is the reflection of the team's basic lack of practice tactics, and in the Nets game, you rarely see any methodical offense, simple blocking, cross cover, and more often than not, the star single play opportunity. Nash should probably design two three-point tactics for a quality pitcher like Mills.
But to win is to win, and to win is to win no matter how ugly it is. Durant's post-game interview was very exciting, and when asked by the media if Durant would play back-to-back games with the Blazers, Durant replied: "I want to play, the team gave me money to do this." 」 When talking about Irving, Durant also praised: "Irving has brought us a lot of encouragement, we are definitely better, there are a few away games we can run in, I am very much looking forward to it." 」 It can be seen that Durant's mood has not been affected by the difficulty of the game.
Nash is a little more sober, saying the next away game will make Irving play longer, and Durant and Harden will also play. If Irving can only play away games until the end of the season, Nash really does not dare to let Durant and Harden break, the Big Three have only played one game this season, and the tacit understanding on the court is obviously insufficient. The next game is the trail blazers who have been pulled to the end this season, and the Nets should have won the game effortlessly, and taking this opportunity to give the team a run-in is also a good choice. Durant and Harden appropriately reduced their playing time after fighting overtime, giving the ball to Irving, and Nash wanted to both train and reduce the burden.
At present, Nash's limelight is not very smooth, Nets fans have shelled Nash will not use people, no tactics, will only rely on the personal ability of the star, Cai boss is so rich why must ask Nash to be the head coach and so on. Nash again, the Nets are currently the second in the East, the Nets are currently ending a home losing streak, the team momentum is just to remove the head coach, I am afraid that the Nets management is not so outrageous, it seems that the current nash coach position is still very stable.
Irving's form is very good, although his inner world we can not understand, but he still diligently trained to maintain his form when he was not on the court, which is a blessing in disguise for the Nets. This month, the Nets' schedule is relatively relaxed, with only two really strong teams, namely the Bulls and the Warriors, hoping that the Nets can continue the recent momentum, grasp how to use the Big Three, reasonably allocate playing time, and successfully complete the next schedule. But is it really right for the Nets to rush the regular season record and make Harden Durant so tired? The Nets are now really away from home, at home.