On January 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nets played against the Cavaliers. Durant was out of the game due to injury, but Irving was able to play. The result was embarrassing for the Nets, who lost 107-114 to the Cavaliers. So far, the Nets have met the top 4 teams in the East and West, and it seems that they have only won 1 game with the Bulls.
Both Irving and Harden have been pretty good in this game. Harden played 40.5 minutes, shooting 5-of-12 from 5-of-12 from three-point range, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 10-of-10 from 15 free throws for 22 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists. Irving played 37.6 minutes and made 3 of 12 of 23 three-pointers, finishing 27 points, seven rebounds and nine assists. Unfortunately, the Oha combination did not seize the opportunity in the last minute, because Irving suddenly fell down, and Harden made a fatal mistake in passing.
With ten seconds left in the game, the Nets trailed by three points and Harden had the offensive possession. Harden carried the ball to the front court, stopped the ball and was completely covered by the Cavaliers Markkanen, without any chance to shoot, only to be forced to pass the ball. And Irving was pressed by O'Corro, and it was difficult to run out of 1 position through the back run, and Harden quickly passed the ball to Irving. Unfortunately, Irving suddenly fell, which led to Harden's fatal mistake. O'Corro's steal was followed by a dragon dunk to seal the win.
So why did Owen suddenly fall? We can see why through 1 detail of the video replay. In the process of running back + getting rid of it, Irving stepped on Okoro's foot on the heel, which led to the fall. Whether it's Harden's pass or Irving's getting rid of it, it's just bad luck and falling on his feet!
If you have to find someone to carry the pot, "Fat Ding Basketball" thinks that this pot should be Nash's! The Nets should have had two more suspensions, and Nash should have called one to set it up. Even if there are two super scorers, Harden and Irving, there is no need to arrange offensive tactics, at least to clarify whether this attack should be 2 points fast or directly three points, right?
The call for a timeout did not call, causing Harden to break through the inside line and burst halfway and pull out the three-point line to stop the ball, and then was killed by Markkanen. In such a situation, as the head coach, shouldn't Nash call a timeout and rearrange the tactics? Even if Nash doesn't have any tactics to lay out, at least give the Nets a chance to start over, right?
"Fat Ding Basketball" believes that this defeat, the pot should be Nash's. Do you agree with Fat Ding?