On January 14, Beijing time, the Nets officially announced that Durant and Mills will not participate in the home game against the Thunder today. Aldridge (sore right foot), Clarkston (left hamstring strain), Harris (left ankle surgery) and Irving (no home game qualification) will also miss this game. This means that Harden will single-core lead the team to meet the old club Thunder. Today is also a special day for Harden, a year ago today, he joined the Nets through trades, and this game, beard is expected to usher in a big explosion.
Durant and Mills' rotation is reasonable. After all, the Thunder are weaker, currently 13 wins and 27 losses, ranking second from the bottom in the West. Durant has played at least 41 minutes in three of his last five games and he really needs a good rest. Mills was more full-time before, and the Nets had wanted him to rest long ago, but suffered from the lack of manpower before, and even had to change the original rest plan.
Irving has not been vaccinated and still cannot play at home. Harden will single-core against his old club Thunder. So far this season, Ha has averaged 22.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 9.9 assists. In the first game in January, Harden had a triple-double of 34 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, and then scored less than 20 points in three consecutive games, and in the last two games, Harden scored 26 points and 25 points respectively, and the state rebounded significantly. In this game, without Irving and Durant around, Harden is expected to switch to the mode of all-out scoring, and scoring is expected to hit new season highs.
Harden has never scored 40+ in a game so far this season, and he has scored 39 points each against the Pelicans and Clippers. On the first anniversary of joining the Nets, will Harden come to a high-scoring performance? Let's wait and see! The Nets also officially announced the results of the second round of all-Stars on the team: Durant is no. 1 in the Eastern Conference frontcourt, Ade is in the Tenth Eastern Frontcourt, Harden is in the Eastern Conference Backcourt fourth, and Irving is sixth in the Eastern Conference backcourt.