On January 11, Beijing time, the Nets played away to the Blazers, and the Nets led the Blazers 62-55 at the end of the half. The Nets are missing Harden in this game, but because Irving can play, and the current Blazers do not have a double gun Lillard and McCollum, the Nets still have a greater chance of winning in this game, but the Nets can not be careless, after all, they have not had a reversal of the game before, so the Nets need to work harder to win. However, in the first half of the game, the Blazers performed well and occupied the lead, but in the later game, when the Nets duo was in full swing, the Nets reversed the Blazers by 7 points at the end of the first half.
The first quarter ended Nurkic's 1-of-2 free throws, then Durant hit a 3-pointer, followed by McLemoh hit a three-pointer, back to Irving also hit a three-pointer, Nurkic made 2-of-2 free throws, Duke hit a three-pointer, then Simmons also hit a three-pointer, Durant hit 2-of-2 free throws, Nurkic inside line throw score, Little 1 of 2 free throws, Covington 2 of 2 free throws, the Blazers led by 4 points. The Blazers continued to maintain their form in the following game, although the Nets tried to close the score, but under the play of Nurkic and others, the Blazers still led the Nets, and durant stopped the bleeding with three points at the end of the final stage, and the Blazers responded, and the Blazers led by 7 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Irving hit a three-pointer, then Elbee hooked a score, Sharp scored under the basket, Johnson scored on a basket, Sharp scored on a layup, Ellerby threw a score, Durant made 2-of-2 free throws, Nurkic scored from a basket, and then the Blazers were in poor offensive form, and after Durant, Edwards and Sharp played the Nets to overtake 1 point, and then Little threw a shot, and the Blazers still led by 1 point. After the timeout, Durant made 2-of-2 free throws, then Durant shot to continue scoring, back to Covington to score on a layup, McLemore made 2 free throws, Sharp scored a basket, Irving also hit a three-pointer, Simmons threw a score, then Durant hit a three-pointer, Covington also hit a three-pointer, Sharp scored a basket, and the Nets led by 4 points. Both teams then played separately, ending the half with the Nets leading by seven points.
In the first half of the game, although the Blazers once occupied the lead, but in the following game, the Blazers attacked poorly, and the Nets began to have more people to play, so the Blazers were overtaken by the Nets, but in the first half of the game, Nurkic, Covington still helped the team, at the end of the half, Nurkic got 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, And Covington got 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. In the first half of the game, the Nets were in trouble, after all, Clarkston fouled too much, so this time the Nets had Sharp, but the rookie Sharpe performed very well, it can be said that Sharp at this time was really in the snow, because he not only protected the rebounds very well, but also helped the team, and at the end of the half, Sharp got 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.
As for the Nets' offense in the first half of the game is not too good, because in addition to Durant and Irving, other Nets players did not perform well, Mills still did not find his own feel in the game, so in the game Irving's play is a meritorious achievement, after all, if it is not his play Durant alone may be difficult to support, at the end of the half Irving got 14 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists data, Durant here got 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists data. However, Simmons also had a good performance on the Blazers side, he still helped the team to close the score, and at the end of the half, Simmons got 10 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.