On January 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. The Brooklyn Nets began a two-game streak, starting with the Portland Trail Blazers. However, they lost again, to the Blazers, who lost 3 cores. Lillard, CJ McCollum, Powell are all on the sidelines, and the Blazers' starting lineup is: Simmons + McLemore + Covington + Little + Nurkic. What about the Nets' starting 5 Tigers? Irving + Duke + Bembry + Durant + Clarkston. The disparity in strength was obvious, but nash had messed it up again.
Is it wrong for fans to shout "Nash is out of class"? Can you still compete for the championship if you have a good hand and play it poorly? 45 minutes into the game, Harden missed the game because of an overextended left knee. In fact, Nash is ready to let Harden take a break and keep the physical strength to play the Bulls. Nets 2 straight losses? Ka Huang locked Harden, the Bulls double star against Douou, Nash lost and made excuses.
Ka-Won lock harden
After losing to the Blazers, the Nets had to rush to Chicago to face the strong rival bulls. This game is an uphill battle, but also a revenge battle for the Nets, the two teams have now met twice, the Nets have all lost. Harden's rotation is to be able to impact the victory of this game.
However, in the first two meetings, Harden was not in good shape. In the first game, Harden shot 4-of-11 and had 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 turnovers, with a plus-minus of -23. In the second game, Harden shot 5-of-21 and had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists and 0 turnovers, plus or minus -4. Why is it so hard to fight bulls? Because they have Caruso and Ball 2 defensive champions. Caruso, in particular, will lock Harden in the winding way. I don't know if Harden, who has been fully rested, can play momentum in the third game and play his true level.
Bull double star vs. Soar Duo
Irving can play next, which is excellent news. Durant has been too tired lately, playing back-to-back against the Spurs and Trail Blazers for up to 82 minutes. Du Shao, who had broken his Achilles tendon, was really afraid of being used by Nash. Although the Nets are a Big 3 player, the Bulls' lineup strength is not weak, and the star quality is not bad. In terms of scoring, DeRozan and LaVin are both in the top ten of the league, and they will play against Durant and Irving.
In the game against the Blazers, Irving played 39 minutes and 39 seconds, 9 of 21 shooting, 8 of 3 three-pointers, 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 turnovers and 2 fouls, not in as good form as the previous game. Durant shot 9-of-19 and 2-of-7 from three-point range to have 28 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, plus-minus -15. Judging by their state, it is difficult to form a mutual explosion with DeRozan and Lavin.
The bulls have an advantage on the inside line
Now the Nets are not only hindered offensively, defense is not strong, the problem of the interior line is more prominent. In the game against the Blazers, Nash turned on rookie Sharp, and Griffin, who had been sealed for many games, also appeared for 11 minutes. Due to Aldridge's physical condition, the next game is still unable to return. Clarkston is not yet capable of starting, lacks finishing ability, and is prone to fouls and low-level mistakes. However, the Bulls have an All-Star interior lineman Vucevic, who has averaged this season: 15.7 points, 11.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.1 blocks, and 34% shooting from three-point range. In the competition on the inside, the Nets also have the upper hand.
Nash lost and made excuses
What about coaching competitions? Nash is still inferior to Dowan. After losing to the Blazers, Nash made excuses for losing: Yesterday's overtime made our players tired, and I'm proud of their efforts to win and stick to the end. Why is there so much skepticism about Nash? It's because he never looks for his own reasons, but always likes to make excuses. For a manager of a championship-winning team, this is not qualified.
In Irving's second game, he played as many as 40 minutes, which is also a big problem for Nash: excessive use of core players and lack of reasonable allocation of time. Therefore, the Nets' away challenge to the Bulls is probably more fierce and less auspicious, and the possibility of suffering 2 consecutive defeats is extremely high.