NBA regular season, the Nets home to meet the Spurs, because the two teams suffered a loss in the last game, this game for both sides, want to win, to avoid losing streak, Irving continues to be absent, Durant and Harden led the team, the two teams in the fourth quarter are difficult to win or lose, in overtime, Thomas completed the quasi-kill, the Spurs failed to shoot the last offense in 1.7 seconds, the Nets had a 2-point advantage to narrowly beat the Spurs. Durant and Harden combined to score 54 points to become the biggest contributor to the Nets' victory.
From the first quarter, the two teams showed excellent offensive status, the Nets had Durant, and the Spurs had Walker, the two teams soared three points, especially Walker, the Nets could not limit his offense, he scored 12 consecutive points to help the Spurs take the lead, and the Nets relied on Durant to continuously narrow the point difference, at the end, the Nets equalized the score, to the second quarter the Spurs fully blossomed, the Nets repeatedly missed the iron, the point difference was pulled apart by the Spurs again, Durant and Harden stabilized the advantage for the Nets and played an offensive climax, successfully contrasting by 9 points.
In the third quarter, the outbreak of the Nets role players, so that the team always has a lead, to the end of the quarter, the Spurs will be the point difference to tie, Durant off the field rest, Harden alone led the team, he two consecutive three-pointers and assist teammates to score, the Nets lead by 12 points, this is the Nets the most in the whole game, but with Durant on the court, continuous shots and mistakes, let the Spurs see the opportunity again, they equalize, and finally the two teams attack all hit iron, the game entered overtime. In overtime, both teams are not good, but Durant, Clarkston used the basket to get points, Harden threw a shot and scored into the account, on the defensive end, the Nets had problems again, the Spurs flattened the point difference, at the critical moment Durant faced the double bag clip and did not choose to shoot, but passed 45 degrees thomas, he dribbled a few steps, near the free throw line, left the Spurs 1.7 seconds, the Spurs did not grasp, can only regret the loss.
The Nets 5 members of the whole team scored in double figures, Durant had 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and scored 18 points in the first half, it was his strength in the first half that made the Nets equalize the score and play a strong third quarter, while Harden got 26 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, he performed very well at both ends of the attack, especially his assists, but also ensured the fluency of the Nets offense, in addition to Durant and Harden, Thomas key shots, let the Nets out of the slump. However, compared to the Nets, the Spurs showed the team offense, the whole team scored 7 people in double figures, 10 people on the court scored, Walker scored 25 points, from this game, although the lack of All-Star players, but the Spurs under popovich's leadership is still so strong, their tactics, the team's execution ability is higher than the Nets.
This game let the fans see the Nets tactics again, as well as Harden and Durant's incompatibility in the game, in the last quarter Harden scored 13 consecutive points and assisted teammates to score, played his own style, single-handedly let the Nets regain the lead, and this time is exactly when Durant is resting off the court, and then Nash replaced Durant, Harden directly did not attack, Durant took over the game, but 8 in 1 plus many mistakes, only scored 2 points, let the Spurs equalize, During this period of Durant's appearance, Harden only shot once, and many fans said that if Harden had been led in the fourth quarter, the game would not have entered overtime.
Spurs Popovich completely suppressed Nash's tactics, at the critical moment, Nash's tactics only one handed over to Durant, let Durant end the game singles, but spurs 3-man defense Durant, the entire overtime, Popovich completely controlled the whole field, but the Spurs lack a hammer star, but as long as there is a star, the Nets can not be fully retreated. Durant played 43 minutes with Harden, the regular season was long, and Nash's tactics were really puzzling, and the Nets still had a lot of problems to solve if they wanted to win the championship.