On January 22, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the league arranged a total of 11 group duels, Morant, James, Nurkic, Alphabet Brother, Curry, Trae Young, Barnes, Gobert and other stars have a good performance. For example, Morant of the Grizzlies, in the Grizzlies narrowly beat the Nuggets, Morant was full of firepower. He played 37 minutes, shooting 15-of-26 (2-of-6 from three-point range), 6-of-8 from the free throw line, and blasted down 38 points, six rebounds, six assists, and two steals. According to statistics, this is the 11th time in Morant's career to cut 35+, ranking first in the history of the Grizzlies.
In addition to Morant, the Lakers' James performance is also eye-catching. In the Lakers' victory over the Magic, the Magic scored 6 in double figures, of which Sargas cut 22 points + 4 rebounds + 9 assists + 2 steals + 2 blocks, Carter got 19 points + 5 rebounds, Wagner Jr. contributed 15 points + 3 rebounds + 3 assists, but the Magic still could not escape a defeat. On the Lakers side, Westbrook's state picked up, scoring 18 points + 11 rebounds + 7 assists, melon off the bench to score 23 points, old Zhan is more ruthless! He played 33 minutes, shooting 12-of-23 (2-of-7 from three-point range), 3-of-3 from the free throw line, and 29 points, seven rebounds, five assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. According to statistics, this is the 16th consecutive game in which Zhan has scored at least 25 points, and he has become the fourth player in Lakers history to complete this feat, compared to Kobe, O'Neal and Baylor.
In the game between the Blazers and the Celtics, the double tandem Tatum and Brown combined to cut a comprehensive stat of 49 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists, but the Green Army still lost a good game in the case of a 11-point lead and was tragically reversed. On the Blazers side, 3 people scored 20 points, of which Simmons scored 21 points + 4 assists, CJ scored 24 points + 5 rebounds + 4 assists + 2 blocks, but they are not the best players on the team, Nurkic is! Nurkic played 37 minutes, shooting 9 of 16 (1 of 1 from three-point range) and 10 of 13 from the free throw line, contributing 29 points, 17 rebounds + 6 assists + 1 steal + 1 block, with a plus-minus of +20 on the field, the highest on the team. According to statistics, this is the sixth time that Nurkic has cut at least 25 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists, a statistic that has ranked first in the Blazers' past 40 seasons. For comparison, second-placed Ade has only accomplished this feat 3 times in total.
In addition, the Bucks' alphabet brother scored 30 points and 12 rebounds, the Warriors' Curry contributed 22 points + 12 assists, the Hawks' Trae Young scored 28 points + 7 assists, the Raptors Barnes cut 27 points + 8 rebounds, and the Jazz's Gobert had 24 points , 14 rebounds + 4 blocks. There is no doubt that the performance of the above players is excellent, and it is the key to the success of each team. In particular, Morant, facing MVP Jokic, uses MVP to help the team win, in the words of the Grizzlies manager, Morant should be MVP's favorite, and he will definitely be selected as an All-Star. But unfortunately, the NBA's best player of the day was snatched away by another MVP.
That person is Harden of the Nets. In the Nets vs Spurs game, the Spurs were all soldiers, 4 people scored in double figures, of which White scored 17 points + 6 rebounds + 7 assists, Peltel cut 15 points + 11 rebounds, Murray Hao took 25 points + 12 rebounds + 10 assists, but the Spurs still failed to laugh to the end, only because Harden was too unreasonable. Harden played 37 minutes, shooting 13-of-24 (4-of-8 from three-point range), 7-of-7 from the free throw line, 37 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 block, with plus-minus +18 on the field. According to statistics, this is Harden's eighth triple-double of the season and the 66th career triple-double.
Given how well Harden did today, Harden was eventually named the NBA's Player of the Day. In another statistic, this is harden's fourth time this season that he has scored a 30+ triple-double, ranking first in the league. At the same time, this is also the eighth time since Harden joined the Nets to cut a 30+ triple-double, ranking first in the history of the Nets! For comparison, second-placed Kidd has accomplished such feats only 3 times. It has to be said that the Harden we are familiar with is returning. In summary, it is not that Morant and others are not brilliant enough, but to blame Harden for being too powerful.