On January 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and in a game that has ended, the Nets beat the Pelicans 120-105 lightly, returning to second place in the East. As the rotation of personnel gradually stabilized, the Nets, after experiencing the ups and downs of the beginning of the season, have recently finally played the level that a championship-contending team should have. What the Nets need to do next is to stabilize the current rotation and tactical play, and use the second half of the season to improve the overall level of attack and defense, and the Nets began to exert power in the second half of last season. But this season's Nets luck is really not good enough, in this game, the Nets star Durant suffered an injury and left the court.
In the second quarter of the game, Durant was mistakenly injured by teammate Brown, who hit Durant's knee joint with his elbow during the fall, and then Durant limped straight away from the field, and finally failed to return to the game. According to the Nets' official report, Durant will undergo an MRI examination on Sunday (after dawn) local time, and according to ESPN, KD is a bit limping out of the stadium, but it seems that the injury should not be particularly serious. Judging from Durant's situation, he is likely to have a knee sprain this time, and then confirm whether there are other structural injuries through MRI.
Durant's sudden injury is a very big blow to the Nets, the season has progressed so far, the Nets have suffered several blows before and after, and the team has recently found the state of a strong team, but now it is facing Durant's absence. Even with a sprained knee, the Nets will certainly handle Durant's injury with extreme care, and the time of the suspension is likely to be around 15-30 days. In the days when Durant was gone, the Nets had to run into the lineup and stabilize the record and ranking, and the pressure came to Harden.
This is not the first time this has happened since joining last season, with Durant and Irving playing a stop-and-go while Model Harden has to lead the team forward. However, it is worth mentioning that the Nets ushered in a wave of sweeter schedules, which is the only good news after Durant was injured. The Next Nets will go out on a wave of four consecutive guests, successively challenging the Cavaliers, Wizards, Spurs and Timberwolves, although continuous away combat is a huge challenge to the physical fitness of players, it should be noted that Harden does not need a single core in the four-game game, because Irving, who can only play on the road, can just play with Harden, the Nets are still a double giant model, after all, the Nets are the only team in the league with "away advantage". Moreover, the overall strength of these four opponents is not very high, and the Nets' current state can win at least three games.
Last season's regular season, Harden and Irving led the team's performance is very good, the two people also played a very good chemistry, this season Irving return time is not long, but with his ability to play 80% of his level last season, the Nets can successfully play this wave of four consecutive aways. But it should be noted that Durant's injury will once again sound the alarm bell for the Nets, the team lineup of the Big Three is very luxurious, but if they want to compete for the championship, they must use the Big Three scientifically and reasonably, as far as possible to avoid the risk of injury to the Big Three, Harden last season is an example, and then Durant is not there, how to rationally use Harden and Irving will also be a problem that the coaching team needs to face.