NBA regular season games continue, the Nets game against the Thunder began, the last game the Nets ushered in a big win, they won the first Bulls in the East by a big score, which greatly improved the morale of the team, because today's game is back-to-back, the Nets side is also a rotation break for Durant and Irving, Irving is because there is no vaccination can not play the home game, the Thunder this season is still rebuilding, the team 13 wins and 27 losses ranked second to the bottom of the West, The team has recently suffered a five-game losing streak.
In addition to Durant, Irving, Mills do not play, Clarkston, Aldridge will also miss today's game, when Joe Harris will return is still far away, the Nets starting lineup: Harden, Brown, Bembry, Edwards, Sharp, Thunder starters: Alexander, Dort, Kiddy, Wiggins, Earl.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, the Thunder shot was not hit, Harden sent a long pass, Edwards dunked with both hands, Harden snatched and counterattacked to make a foul two free throws, Dortmund hit a three-point shot to break the scoring drought for the Thunder, Harden hit a three-pointer, Dortmund three-point projection response, Kiddy threw a shot to respond, Dort's two free throws all hit, the two teams scored to 9:9, but after that, the Nets' attack suddenly came to a standstill, Alexander scored consecutive points, the Thunder extended the lead to 10 points, Harden made two fouls, and hardened foul two free throws. Duke's three-point shot helped the Nets close the gap, and Dortmund responded with a three-point shot to give the Thunder a 38-26 lead over the Nets in the first quarter. Alexander scored 16 points, 5 boards, 4 assists and 1 cap on 5-of-8 shooting in the first quarter.
After the start of the second quarter, Ray Mann hit a three-pointer, Bruce Brown scored a layup response, the Nets' performance on both ends of the attack and defense was still not very good, Alexander broke through the layup, and then Bezley's three-point projection also had, the Thunder extended the lead to 15 points, Kiddy hit a three-pointer, Alexander hit a layup and caused a foul, and after the half-game, the Thunder led the Nets by 19 points at 70:51. Alexander had 21 points, five rebounds and seven assists in the first half of the game in 18 minutes, and Harden scored 16 points on 4-of-12 shooting from the Nets.