In The NBA regular season on Thursday, the Nets narrowly beat the Wizards 119-118 on the road. The two sides played a fairly good offensive battle, and the Wizards missed three consecutive points in the final moments to give the victory to the Nets.
After the victory, Harden and Irving also hugged each other. Durant has to stop for a while because of a knee ligament injury, and the heavy responsibility of carrying the team will fall on their shoulders. In this game, Harden was mediocre, scoring 18 points on 7-of-21 but still had eight rebounds and nine assists. Irving scored a game-high 30 points on 13-of-23 shooting, plus or minus +13.
Post-game statistics show that when the Nets' big three only Harden and Irving played, the record was as high as 30 wins and 7 losses, 81% of the win rate, and it was second only to the Nets when they were all in the game, 13 wins and 3 losses of 81.7% of the win rate. And considering that 37 games are larger than the sample of 16 games, it seems that it is not too much to say that Harden Irving is bullish.
So does that mean the Nets don't need Durant? Of course not. Durant's super personal ability in the playoffs is blinding, and for the Nets, Durant is the most important player. Harden and Irving are propellers in the regular season, and in the playoffs, that is, when Durant is threatening, let the big brother recuperate first!