Beijing time on January 14, the Nets lost to the Thunder 109-130, this game is the second game of the Nets back-to-back, the team arranged Kevin Durant rotation, because it is the home game Kyrie Irving can not appear, and finally Harden single core led the team to trail by 19 points in the first half, the third quarter only narrowed the gap of 2 points, and the last quarter soon entered garbage time. The previous night's 26-point win over the Bulls, this night's 21-point loss to the Thunder.
Harden played 36 minutes, 7 of 22, 3 of 11 three-pointers, 26 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, 3 turnovers, shooting 31.3%, shooting 27.3% from three-point range, his performance was completely inferior to Alexander, Alexander was 35 minutes in the game, 11 of 18, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 33 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Harden mentioned the reason for the loss after the game: "It was so tired, so tired, we didn't come back to New York from Chicago until five in the morning, I went to bed at seven, and then I had to play again at night." (Chicago is 800 km from New York)".
Nash complained directly about the schedule after the game, saying: "We switched between different time zones, flying from the West Coast to the East Coast, the team has been on the road, playing 4 games in five nights, which has put us in trouble, the players have physical problems, I will not read too much about this defeat, we need to continue to look forward.
Defeating the Spurs on January 10, losing to the Trail Blazers on January 11, defeating the Bulls on January 12, and losing to the Thunder on January 13, you can see that the second game back-to-back Nets is a bit weak, which does have a lot to do with physical fitness. The Nets have lost 6 of their last nine games (5 of which are home), which is also the key to the Nets slipping from the first place in the East to the second place in the East, and the main scorers such as Durant, Harden and Mills cannot play every game, especially back-to-back.
Durant is on leave against the Thunder, Harden is on the break against the Blazers, and Mills is on the roll against the Thunder. Irving only played the Bulls, Blazers, pacers these three games (2 wins, 1 loss), I have to say that this wave of schedule is indeed somewhat dense and difficult, during the bulls, Clippers, Grizzlies, Philadelphia, Bucks and other strong teams.
On January 14, according to Woshen's report, the Nets are optimistic about Irving becoming a full-time player, and it is the top priority to get out of the predicament Irving to become a full-time player, after all, the pressure on Harden and Durant will be much less after Irving, and the big three are 13 wins and 3 losses, with a winning percentage of 81.3%.
Text/Yan Xiaobai