On the morning of January 20, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, washington wizards vs Brooklyn Nets. As a result, the Wizards lost to the Nets 28-33, 34-41, 24-23, 32-22, respectively, with a score of 118-119. It is worth mentioning that Japan's Hachimura Lei performed well in this game, with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, as an Asian player, it is not easy to have such a result.
Currently, the Wizards are eighth in the East with a win rate of 52.3 percent, and the Nets are third in the East with a win rate of 62.8 percent. The Wizards have had no wins in their last three meetings, and in the last two rounds, the Wizards have been in a state of flux, first being eliminated by the Blazers 110-115 and then reversing the Philadelphia 76ers 117-98.
The Nets are not in particularly good shape at the moment, winning 1 and losing 2 in the last three rounds, first beating the New Orleans Pelicans 120-105 and then being defeated by the Cavaliers 107-114 in the last round.
Let's take a look at the starting points of the two teams, the Wizards starters: Pop, Kuzma, Garford, Beal, Dinwiddie; Nets: Harden, Irving, Mills, Edwards, Sharp.
In the first quarter, after the Wizards Bradley rushed to score, the Nets played a 4-0 small climax. This opportunity only gave the Wizards 3 minutes to play, and the Nets have been in the lead since then, but the point difference is not particularly large. In the first quarter, the Wizards trailed 28-33.
In the second quarter, the Wizards tried to block the Nets' offense through the pressing of the inside, but Kelly Irving's excellent play made the Wizards' intentions not materialize. The quarter was a fantastic one, with two teams soaring for 75 points in a single quarter, and Ad Irving 41 points on 18-of-20 shooting. At the end of the second quarter, the Nets won 41-34 to lead 74-62 on aggregate.
In the third quarter, the two teams' scramble appeared white-hot, the Wizards desperately bet, at the expense of physical running and scrambling, so that the Nets' offense was blocked, as Bill sounded east and west fake shot real pass, Bryant shook Brown to take off the dunk, completely stimulated the Wizards' offensive boom. But even so, the Wizards in this section only won 24-23 to chase the total score back by one point.
In the fourth quarter, the Wizards' Bradley Beale played well, the player from Japan played well under the basket, a "three-pointer through the cloud hand knife" layup hit, and grabbed multiple rebounds in succession, as of 4 minutes and 30 seconds left in the game, the Wizards chased the score 103-109, the Wizards saw the hope of a reversal.
When the score came to 111-107, the Nets saw that the momentum was not good, hurriedly called a timeout, and redeployed tactics. After the suspension of the offense, the Nets successfully scored 2 points, but the Wizards also bear, and then tied the score to 111-113, and the atmosphere on the scene was very tense.
At the crucial moment, Aldridge received an assist from Irving and hit a jumper to 117-113, but in the final moments the Nets had a 24-second foul, including a foul, and the Wizards hit two free throws to chase the score to 118-119. In the final 14 seconds, the Wizards won the ball, and Dinwiddie missed a 3-point shot and eventually lost 118-119.
This game also set 2 new records. First, the Nets have held a record of four rounds of wins against the Wizards since March 22, 2021; second, the Nets' Kelly Owen has scored a game-high 30 points, the highest single-game scoring since 2022.