Beijing time this morning, the 2021-22 NBA Professional League regular season Portland Trail Blazers sat at home with the Brooklyn Nets as scheduled. In this game, the Trail Blazers coach sent Anfenni Simmons, Ben McLemo, Yusuf Nurkic, Robert Covington, Nasir Little's starting lineup, damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Norman Powell could not play. Nets coach Steve Nash sent Kevin Durant, Patty Mills, Kyrie Owen, Clarkston and Bembry to start, with James Harden absent due to injury.
After the game began, Nurkic made two foul shots, and Durant's back-up jumper was answered into the net. Irving and Duke hit three points in a row, and McLemore and Simmons' long-range shots were equally accurate. The Trail Blazers hit the inside, Simmons scored 2+1, and Thomas took an Irving assist and soared into the three-pointer. The Blazers made 8 free throws, Thomas and Durant fired from the outside, Dennis Smith hit a jumper, and at the end of the first quarter, the Blazers led the Nets 33-26.
Entering the second quarter, Irving's far-range shooter fell, Mills assisted Sharp to complete the dunk, James Johnson attacked, Nurkic hooked into the basket, Durant made consecutive kills into the net, and the Nets rebounded. Covington scored on a layup and McLemore made two foul shots. Irving and Durant connected the outside line, Covington hit a three-point shot, Simmons' difficult layup was very exciting, and at the end of the first half, the Nets led the Blazers 62-55.
Easy side fought again, into the third quarter of the game, Clarkston dunk scored, McLemore, Simmons, Covington hit three consecutive points, Duke caused Nurkic to interfere with the ball violation. Then the two teams shot consecutive shots, McLemore threw far into the basket, and the Blazers tied the score! Durant put into the net, Covington, Little fired continuously outside the line, Zeller inside the "eat cake", saw the situation is not good, the young Thomas inside and outside the shooting continuous cut points, the third quarter of the war, the Blazers 87-81 lead over the Nets.
Entering the final finale, Irving scored consecutively with his personal ability, Thomas and Durant took turns playing, Nurkic played a second attack, and Mills shot accurately guided from a distance. Irving and Durant missed consecutive shots, Covington's outside line 100 steps through Yang, McLemore's outside line and then advanced, and the fans were boiling! Although the Nets still did not give up the belief in chasing points, there was little time left in the game, and in the end, the five-man double-doubles Blazers defeated the Nets 114-108, welcoming two consecutive wins!
To view the personal data of the main players of both sides:
For the Blazers, Anfinny Simmons had 23 points, six rebounds and 11 assists; Ben McLemo, 20 points, five rebounds; Yusuf Nurkic 14 points, eight rebounds, and three assists; Robert Covington had 21 points, four rebounds, and three steals; Nasser Little had 13 points, five rebounds, and three blocks.
For the Nets, Kevin Durant had 28 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and two steals; Kyrie Irving had 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists; Dai Roan Sharp had 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three blocks; And Cameron Thomas had 21 points, three rebounds and three steals.
After the game, Blazers core Damian Lillard updated his personal social media to praise his teammates for their performance, writing: "A beautiful win, brothers! Anfine Simmons, I see you! ”
Facing the media camera, Blazers player Nasir Little said: "We had a really good joint training last week, trying to show ourselves a new look, and judging from the recent victories, that training has benefited us a lot! ”
Looking at the Nets, who regretted losing, head coach Steve Nash said slightly helplessly when talking about the reasons for the loss: "Tonight the players are very tired, everyone is bored. But the rookie players have a lot of good performances, they've made a lot of progress and I see positive things in all the rookies. ”
According to the schedule, at 11:00 p.m. Beijing time on January 13, the Nets will play with the Bulls on the road, and at 11:00 noon on January 14, the Blazers will compete with the Nuggets on the road, hoping that in the case of staying away from injuries, the players can play the ideal competitive state!
(Source: Weibo)
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