Beijing time on January 14, today, the Nets back-to-back at home to meet the Thunder, this game, Durant and Mills truce, because it is a home battle, Irving can not appear, but from the record and strength point of view, the nets' strength is obviously above the Thunder. But unexpectedly, the Thunder came up in the first quarter to counter-attack, the point difference was pulled to double digits, in the game, the Thunder once sent the difference to 22 points, but Harden hit three consecutive points in the fourth quarter, leading the team to reduce the score to single digits, the Thunder side, Dort and Kiddy won consecutive three points, the score was pulled away to 18 points again, Nash chose to surrender, Harden also went off to rest.
After Harden went off, the Thunder side became more and more courageous, Dort and others scored in succession, and in the end, the Thunder won the Nets with 21 points, and the score was fixed at 130-109. The Thunder led the Nets 70-51 in the first half, Alexander and Dortmund combined to blast down 40 points, Alexander scored 21 points, 5 boards and 7 assists on 7 of 11, Dort scored 19 points and 1 board and 1 assist on 6 of 10, while the Nets started the five Tigers, scoring a total of 26 points, which was in stark contrast to the Thunder. Harden played 36 minutes in this campaign, 22 of 7, hit 15 iron, although the shooting rate is somewhat "touching", but still can cut 26 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, 3 mistakes, plus or minus -9.
It is worth mentioning that Harden's shooting percentage is the Nets' lowest team-wide, and the penultimate low is Griffin's 3-of-1. Thomas played 33 minutes off the bench, 8-of-18, contributing 21 points and 3 rebounds, Duke came off the bench for 20 minutes, 4-of-7, with 13 points and 5 rebounds, Bruce Brown re-entered the start, 4-of-10, with 10 points and 8 rebounds, Millsap 8 points and 10 rebounds, Edwards 9 points and 2 rebounds, Sharp 4 points and 6 rebounds. On the Thunder side, Alexander played 35 minutes in this game, 11 of 18, bombed 33 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and in the last minute, Alexander passed to his teammates to want a triple-double, but his teammates did not give strength, and the ball bounced out of the box.
In addition to this quasi-triple-double stat, Alexander also delivered 1 steal and 2 blocks, his plus-minus +30 game-high, in addition, Dort performed well today, he hit 6 three-pointers, cut 27 points and 2 assists, Kiddy 19 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Beziley 16 points and 5 rebounds, Muscala 14 points, Mann 7 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, Wiggins 9 points and 6 rebounds. The Nets' lineup was beaten like this by the Thunder, it really shouldn't be, in defense, the whole team is absent-minded, perhaps back-to-back, today's Nets seem to have changed a team, completely can not play.
After this game, the Nets' record of 26 wins and 15 losses slipped to third in the East, and the Thunder's record of 14 wins and 27 losses ranked second to last in the West, and from now on, although the Bucks are only ranked fourth in the East, their strength is not worse than the Nets, Warriors and even the Suns.