NBA regular season, the Nets away challenge the Cavaliers, Durant was injured, so that the strength of the Nets declined not small, fortunately in the Nets' road trip, Irving can participate, so that the Nets continue to have two stars, and the Cavaliers are not weak this season, although many players are absent, but they rely on the strength of the inside and outside lines, maintain four consecutive wins, the record chases the Nets, ranks fifth in the East, the two teams after four quarters of competition, the Nets also Harden, defeated Harden, harden strongly chased the score at the critical moment, but the final mistake, Giving the Nets a seven-point loss to the opponent, the Cavaliers have the longest 5-game winning streak in the league.
In the whole game, in the first quarter, the two teams of offense were equally divided, the Nets relied on Harden and Irving's containment power, the role players all stood out, Edwards and many other players all shot three points, and the Cavaliers relied more on the inside line to drive the outside line, the point gap was not large, the Nets relied on Irving's mid-shot, leading by 1 point, to the second quarter, the difference between the opening points of the two sides has not been pulled, Harden himself scored at the same time, the whole team attack combed very well, but the Cavaliers have not changed tactics, their inner line is much higher than the Nets, With another eruption on the inside, the Cavaliers led the deficit to six points.
In the third quarter, Irving hit long-range shots continuously, but the Nets' defense declined, the Cavaliers continued to be strong inside and outside, Irving did not want to show weakness, broke through, three points, helped the Nets to surpass 1 point, the competition in the last quarter was more intense, Aldridge scored 5 consecutive points, the Nets suddenly encountered a scoring drought, Harden errors increased, the Cavaliers seized the opportunity, played an offensive climax, saw the team fall behind, Harden continuously broke through the inside line to create fouls, 6 free throws, led the Nets to equalize the score, Markkanen three points, Mobley's dunk, Coupled with Harden's mistakes at key moments, the game completely lost suspense.
Nets 6 people scored in double figures failed to win, it is indeed regrettable, Harden and Irving both tried their best, Harden played 41 minutes, 12 shots hit 5 times, and 2 three-pointers, got 22 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, Harden's biggest credit for this game is that the breakthrough ability has been shown, 15 free throws in the whole game, but the shooting rate is too low, only 10 hits, the first three quarters, Harden has no one to stop, to the fourth quarter there are many mistakes, resulting in the Nets finally losing, However, Harden made a mistake in the fourth quarter, perhaps related to injury, and his knee was hit by his opponent during the game, resulting in a mistake in the final quarter.
Irving played 37 minutes, the team's highest 23 shots, 27 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, only 2 mistakes in the whole game can be said to be very perfect, in the third quarter is a single 14 points, but unfortunately in the last quarter, the Cavaliers strengthened the defense of Irving, so that his sense of his hands declined, but from the game or motivated teammates, Irving did his best. The Cavaliers were able to win, completely from the inside, and then with the outside to win the Nets, Allen and Love scored 14 points each, guard Garland had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists, and the cooperation on the inside and outside lines, coupled with tough defense, made the Nets completely unable to withstand the opponent's strength.
Compared to the loss of the Nets, and the strength of the Cavaliers, after the game head coach Nash did not find too many reasons, caused a lot of fans to argue, he just talked about the team's injury, Nash said: Durant's injury problem, let the team be hit hard, but I believe that after he returns from injury, it will be as strong as before, and even stronger than now, Clarkston is currently in the daily observation stage, or Harris he will follow the team to the away game, but will not come back for the time being, Harden also suffered an injury in this game, hit the knee by the opponent, and for the team, the injury hit us hard.
Nash does not look for objective reasons on the field, to find the cause of injuries, which really makes the fans unconvinced.