On January 17, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. In today's East Focus battle, the Nets lost 107-114 to the Cavaliers, eating their second defeat in the last three games. The record became 27-16 and the ranking temporarily slipped to 3rd place.
In today's game, Irving ushered in the fourth game after his comeback, playing 37 minutes, shooting 12 of 23, including 3 of 6 three-pointers, and a total of 27 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal. His points and assists set a new comeback high, and today he reached +14 plus-minus, the top of the team.
After today's game, Irving spoke about an injury in last year's Eastern Conference semifinals. He stepped on the Bucks' alphabet brother's foot while he was down, and then Irving left the court injured and missed the rest of the series. The Nets were also reversed by the Bucks with a 2-0, 3-2 lead, and the Bucks subsequently won the championship.
"Last year harden was injured, then in the playoffs, I took a jump shot, and Janis stepped forward and his foot was just happened to be in the way," Owen put it. This year it was like this again, I came back, and then Durant fell down again. That's real life, anything can happen, it's part of the game. These things are inevitable and we have to look ahead. It is difficult, but we must unite and strive to maintain stability. ”
Objectively speaking, Irving's injury in the playoffs last season did affect the Nets' championship situation. But from today's interview, we can see that For the mistake of being injured by Brother Alphabet, Owen has completely put it down. As he said, the Nets are having similar difficulties these days, and they have to come together to overcome them.