On January 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. The Brooklyn Nets are at home against the Spurs. In this game, the Nets must win, they have suffered five consecutive home losses, and if they do not recover the decline, the home fans are not happy. However, against the Spurs, which were not outstanding, the Nets played extremely hard, and the game was eventually dragged into overtime, relying on the rookie Thomas's "horse archery" to win the game with difficulty.
What is the state of the Nets today? Strong teams can't win (against the top four teams in the East and West, 0-8), weak teams are difficult to win, with Durant and Harden 2 superstars, the Nets play like this is indeed unreasonable. Nets 2 wins in a row? Owen singled out Lillard, Zhao Si's inner line was completely exploded, and Du Shao staged the return of the God of Death.
Owen singled out Lillard
After a tough win over the Spurs, the Nets temporarily eased the pain of losing. However, in overtime with the Spurs, Durant played another 43 minutes, Harden nearly 44 minutes, these two stars are really tired this season, sacrificing their bodies in order to win. Immediately after the game, the team flew to Portland to challenge the Blazers back-to-back.
After the game, Nash said: Tomorrow Durant and Harden will continue to play, they want to play. Also, since the Nets played overtime today, Irving will definitely get more playing time tomorrow. Irving, who has just returned, played 32 minutes against the Pacers in the last game, according to Nash, will he play 40 minutes tomorrow?
Trail Blazers star Lillard, who is truceing today's game against the Kings. So tomorrow's game against the Nets will kill all four parties, and Irving will stage a head-to-head feast with Lee's director, who will be better?
Zhao Si's inner line was completely exploded
Irving's head-to-head with Lillard may be evenly divided. However, the Nets' interior line will be destroyed by the Blazers, especially Zhao Si's thin body, and it is difficult to resist the impact of Nurkic. This season, Nurkic has averaged 13.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 55.2 percent from the field. Clarkston is a good center who changes defenses, but a tall and strong center who is defensively tall and strong is not good at it, even inferior to the 36-year-old Aldridge.
In addition to Nurkic, the Blazers also have 2m 01 little Nance, 2m 11 Zeller, the advantage of the interior line is very obvious. What about the Nets side? Ader missed the game against the Spurs because of his physical discomfort, and whether he could play against the Blazers was still a question mark. Griffin had been completely abandoned by Nash, and Millsap's tank was out of gas.
Du Shao staged the return of the God of Death
Irving is entangled with Lillard, the Nets' inside line is suppressed, so if you want to win, you must rely on Durant. Since the comeback of isolation, Durant's state is far less than before, although the shooting rate is still forced to 50%, but the efficiency has dropped a lot, and the shooting at many key moments has been unstable. Against the Blazers, Durant will also face a lot of defensive pressure, the Blazers have the league's top 3D forward Covington, and 2.01 meters Nance Jr., they will take turns to defend Durant, which will make his shooting more difficult.
In recent games, Durant has almost staged the return of death. If the fight with the Blazers is extremely anxious, Du Shao does not stage the return of the god of death, and the Nets are afraid that they are more fierce.
Finally, let's talk about James Harden, whether the Nets can win 2 consecutive games, he will be the decisive factor. Against the Spurs, Harden shot 9-of-18 and had 26 points, seven rebounds and 12 assists. When Durant goes down, Harden's single-core team will be very effective, and his offense will be much better. So, can Nash stagger Harden from Durant? Or let Harden lead the bench and play a fake start. Harden himself confessed: I don't know how to adjust to be able to get back to form. Isn't that Nash's responsibility?