On January 11, Beijing time, the Nets lost 108-114 to the opponent in the game against the Blazers, and after this game, the Nets have only won 2 wins and 5 losses in the past 7 games, and so far this season, the Nets have been able to have a record of 25 wins and 14 losses.
At the end of the game, Kevin Durant, as the star of the team, can get 28 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Kyrie Irving can also have 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-21 shooting, as for James Harden did not play in this game because of injury problems.
The Nets' eventual loss to the Blazers was a surprise, as the Nets were a team with Durant and Irving, and the Blazers faced the absence of home stars Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. Although the Nets lost the game, some of the team's young players were able to surprise performances.
The first is Cameron Thomas, who had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals on 8-of-12 shooting after 26 minutes off the bench, and even 7-on-4 assists from outside the three-point line. This was followed by Dai Roan Sharp, who had 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three blocks on 6-of-6 shooting in the 24 minutes, in addition to a team-high +14 plus-minus performance.
These two players alone can contribute 35 points and 10 rebounds to the Nets, and more importantly, the data that the two bring a total of 3 steals and 3 blocks really helps the Nets defense.
In fact, Cameron Thomas is still able to get a lot of playing time in the Nets, but compared to the 24 minutes playing time of Dai Roan Sharp in this game, it is already the highest in the season.
Because of this, given Sharp's contributions on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Nash should still be bold enough to give these young players more playing time, especially when it comes to the Big Three players, who are indeed too high in terms of playing time, of which Irving and Durant both have more than 40 minutes of playing time in this game.
There is no doubt that Nash's rotation system does have problems, that is, how to let other young players play and help the team win while alleviating the pressure on the Big Three, which is believed to be the key to this season's Nets to storm the championship trophy.