On January 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Blazers home to meet the Nets, Harden and Lillard were absent, facing the remnants of the Blazers, the Nets gained a 7-point advantage in the half, but the Blazers completed the counterattack at the end of the third quarter, and finally defeated the Nets 114-108 to win two consecutive wins, and the Nets suffered the fifth loss in the past 7 games.
The Nets have lost four of their last six games, narrowly defeated the Spurs in the last game and temporarily ranked Second in the East, with the team's performance not being stable. The Trail Blazers have been average this season, only 11th in the West, with little playoff hope and the team's core Lillard in very average form.
In this game, Harden and Lillard each truce, the Blazers played in the remnants, and Irving returned to lead the team with Durant. The Blazers attacked the interior line resolutely from the start, causing consecutive Nets fouls, and in the first quarter they created 10 fouls for the Nets, 17 free throw opportunities, and a seven-point advantage in a single quarter. The Nets went on in the second quarter, Durant and Irving's dual core exploded, and Sharp on the bench also became a miracle, and the Nets quickly rebounded, winning 14 points in the single quarter and surpassing 7 points at halftime.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the two teams clenched the score, the point difference was always hovering around 5 points, Durant and Irving's feel suddenly became cool, the Nets' offense stagnated, the Blazers suddenly exerted their power at the end of the quarter, hitting three points in succession, the Blazers played a wave of 19-7 rebound scores in 5 minutes, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nets were 6 points behind, and the suspense of the game came back.
In the final quarter, the Blazers continued a good hand, suppressing the Nets in the first half of the quarter, the Nets bit the score, and when the game was more than 6 minutes left, the Nets were only 3 points behind. In the decisive moment, the two teams still cling to the score, the Blazers always maintain the lead, McLemore's three points kill the game, the Blazers finally defeated the Nets, to win two consecutive games, and the Nets suffered the fifth loss in the last seven games.
Previously, the Nets were difficult to win against strong teams, but recently in the face of some weak teams, the Nets' performance is also very general, the last game after overtime only 1 point narrowly won the 12th Place Spurs in the West, this game faced the 11th place in the West Blazers, the Nets also failed to show a strong team temperament, and finally lost to the opponent.
Durant shot 9-of-19 from the field, with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Irving 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, the two combined to score 50 points, but the other three starters only scored 11 points, which is very dismal, if it were not for Thomas and Sharp on the bench who broke out to become The Wizards, the Nets may lose more. Strong is not strong, weak is weaker, the current Nets life is indeed not good. The Blazers were all in the dark without Lillard and McCollum, with all five starters scoring in double figures, with Covington and McLemore each hitting five three-pointers to win the win.