Durant's injury is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks to return to the game, which makes the Nets' game seem very difficult. The Nets without Durant are simply no guarantee of winning. Durant is the real core of the Nets.
Today's Nets game against the Wizards was a very difficult game, although Irving and veteran Aldridge broke out, it was only a 1-point narrow victory over the Wizards, the whole game had almost no climax to speak of, and it was in a tug-of-war until the last moment of the game.
Originally a team with a large disparity in strength, there was no one-sided situation at all, although Irving cut down 30 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game, and the performance was very amazing.
Although Harden has a quasi-triple-double of 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, his competitive state is still up and down, and if there is no veteran on the bench, this game will undoubtedly lose.
Veteran Aldridge played 32 minutes off the bench, scoring 27 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 5-of-11 shooting, making great contributions to the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and finally the Nets narrowly defeated the Wizards 119-118. Aldridge's contribution was indispensable.
This may be the last stubbornness of the veteran, when the team has difficulties, it can stand up and help the team get through the difficulties. But you can't always count on veterans to help you build a career. Give Aldridge a sentence, "Veterans don't die, only slowly wither away".
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