On January 15, Beijing time, the Nets released the injury report against the Pelicans tomorrow, Durant, who was on leave in the last round, is about to return, while the team has 3 people who are sure that they cannot play, while the inside Clarkston is in doubt, and needs to wait for the pre-game to be determined.
In the last game to play the Thunder, the Nets took a rotation to suspend Durant and Mills, the two main forces, and finally only Harden single-core led the team, leading a group of role players to fight with the opponent, and finally lost to the opponent by 21 points, swallowing a fiasco. However, this ending is not surprising, after all, Nash's rotation of Durant and Mills is the choice of strategy to abandon this game, and the win or loss result is not important. Harden eventually contributed 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in this game, but the shooting efficiency was not high, only 7 of 22 shots, the whole person seemed out of shape, and even felt a little tired.
In the past four days, the Nets have played a total of 3 games, and it is a back-and-forth flight between east and west, flying to Chicago overnight after overtime at the Spurs Field to play the Bulls, and flying back to New York after playing the Bulls. Harden revealed after playing the Thunder game that after playing the Bulls game, the team flew back to New York from Chicago overnight, arrived at 5 o'clock in the morning, and he did not sleep until 7:30. After a few hours of rest, you have to get up to train and warm up and prepare for the game against the Thunder.
And then against the Thunder, Harden finally ushered in two big helpers, Durant and Mills after a rotation, will usher in a comeback in the game against the Pelicans. Durant has been under great pressure to play time before, allowing him to take a break in the intensive schedule, which is very critical for his physical recovery, and with Durant's help, Harden is not afraid to fall into the opponent's siege again.
Mills' comeback is just as important to the Nets, with Harden Durant playing, they also need goalscorers like Mills to come forward, and only when Mills feels normal can he help the Duo attract defensive attention and ensure that there is another firepower point on the court to support when the Big Two stagger. And this season's game has proven that once Mills feels shot, the Nets are very difficult to beat, the last game to play the Bulls, Mills contributed 21 points on the bench, very good performance.
In this game, the Nets still have 3 players unable to play, Joe Harris is still recovering from injury, and Aldridge has a sore right foot and has missed the past four games. And Irving can't play the home game yet, so it has been determined that he can't play. However, New York recently introduced new rules, as long as the Nets pay a fine, Irving can appear, and this fine is not much, after playing the remaining home games, about $100,000 or so. It also means that as long as the Nets management wants, they can get Irving to play at the Barclays Center by paying a fine.
Clarkston suffered a hamstring strain, missed the last 2 games, and is currently in a state of doubt, whether he can play, it will be necessary to wait for the pre-match to determine. However, after the absence of Clarkston and Aldridge, the young sharp performance was very good, which may allow Clarkston to get more rest time.