On January 20, Beijing time, the Nets challenged the Wizards away, and after the end of the third quarter, the Nets, which have two superstars, Harden and Irving, still took a 97-86 lead.
The Nets are the only team in the league that has an away advantage, because although Durant is missing on the road, they still have two superstars to play, but when playing at home, the Nets can only play one person, so in this showdown wizard, the Nets play more well, they are full of firepower.
In the first half, Irving went on a rampage, scoring 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting at the half, becoming the leading scorer of both teams, leading the team to an easy lead, while Aldridge also scored 19 points at halftime next to him. However, after the start of the third quarter of the game, the Wizards tried to launch a counterattack, the two sides began to score against each other, in fact, Irving's score at this point was still as stable as ever, he continued to feel in the third quarter, and as soon as he came up, he completed the high-difficulty free throw line back-up shot, and the dual core of Hachimura and Bill exploded.
Beal's three-point barrage of shots also scored, Hachimura's mid-range shot also scored, Harden's quarter is really bad, he is 5 of 0 from three points, otherwise Harden will also become a terrible point that the Wizards can't deal with. But in this way, he still led the team to a maximum of 16 points advantage, with 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, the two sides scored 85:69 at the critical moment, Kuzma finally completed a layup, after The return of Beal, Kuzma's ball was weakened, and he had a tendency to be interrupted after 9 consecutive games of 20+.
It seems that in the final moments of the quarter, Beal's three-point feeling is also declining, his last midfield near the super difficult three-point whistle, the two sides played 97:86 in the third quarter, the Nets still took an 11-point lead, just chased back a point, the Wizards are really not good. They prevented Harden from attacking, but they couldn't prevent Harden's pass.
Irving scored 26 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds on 11-of-17 in the third quarter, Harden had only 16 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds on 0-of-17 shooting, Ader was still the most accurate one, cutting 21 points and 5 rebounds on 9-of-11 shooting, Sharpe 14 points, mills 12 points. The Nets fired at 5 in doubles, the Wizards had only two in doubles, Beal was 5-of-1 to get 15+4+6, and Harrell scored 10 points. If the Wizards' interior line against the Nets can't play their inside advantage, especially the advantage of Kuzma and others, then they should be gone in this game.
And the Nets want to win is very simple, the last quarter only needs to do a little, Harden as long as he can get his touch back, then to be honest the Nets can not lose. Because their other offensive points have played perfectly in this game, just one Harden, Harden is accurate, and the Wizards will lose sight of one or the other.