The NBA regular season ushered in a focus war, the Nets sat at home to meet the Nuggets, which was supposed to be a strong dialogue between the East and the West, but because of the collective absence of the Nets 3 giants, this game instantly lost its focus, but in the absence of stars, the Nets a number of role players played a team game that was defeated, although the final 12-point reversal regrettably lost, but it reflected the spirit of these role players to work hard and never give up.
In this game, Durant continued to miss due to injury, Irving could not play at home, Harden was suspended because of hamstring tension, it can be seen that Nash intends to give up this dead end with the Nuggets, and less than the Big 3, the Nets' starting lineup becomes Mills, Bemburi, Edwards, James Johnson and Aldridge, compared with the Nuggets who own Jokic, the Nets are significantly inferior. However, the Nets, which lacked the backbone of the main heart, played very tenaciously in this game, and did not surrender due to the collective absence of the 3 major stars, but stalemated with the opponent to the end.
After the opening, the Nets attacked the opponent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Ade's performance on the offensive end was not inferior to Jokic, the Nets only trailed 28-29 in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, the Nets' offensive end ushered in an outbreak, and rookie Thomas suddenly scored 10 points in a single quarter, leading the Nets to play a wave of 37-25 offensive attacks, leading 11 points at halftime 65-54. The third saving Kidge broke out to lead the team to counterattack, the Nets' defense began to pull the crotch, the Nuggets blasted a wave of 42-26 offensive attack in the single quarter to achieve a counterattack, the final quarter of the game, the Nets will fight back, with 2 minutes left, the score will be chased to 113-116, but unfortunately Ade's 2 key free throws failed to hit, the Nuggets escaped a disaster, did not give the opponent another chance, and finally won 124-118.
The Nuggets Jokic cut 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Barton 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Gordon 10 points and 5 rebounds, Morris 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Substitute Rivers Jr. contributed 25 points, and Cousins scored 13 points and 6 rebounds.
In fact, such a game ending is not surprising, the Nets lack so many stars, the strength is not as good as the opponent, but it is surprising that they once led by double digits in the first half, although the third quarter was overtaken, but in the last moment still saw the hope of overturning, but also played a multi-person outbreak of the team performance.
The Nets scored in double figures for a total of 6 people on the team, of which Mills was no longer soft in the absence of giants, shooting 6 of 12, 4 of 8 from three points, 5 of 6 from the free throw line, cutting down 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Aldridge contributed 18 points and 8 rebounds, but unfortunately there was a chance to narrow the score to only 1 point of the key free throws all hit iron, so that the Nets lost the opportunity to chase points. James Johnson contributed 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 steals, once again showing his versatility. Bemburi contributed 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and rookie Thomas scored 25 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist off the bench, becoming a weapon on the Offensive end of the Nets, and Carter also scored 13 points and 3 assists.
After losing the game, the Nets' record became 29-19, and the record was overtaken by the Cavaliers, falling to fourth place in the East. If they enter the playoffs according to the current Eastern Conference rankings, the Nets' first-round opponent will be the old enemy Bucks. It can be said that the loss of this game is expected, but the play of the Nets will be a gain beyond the loss, at least proving that they are able to contribute to the team, not useless. Only when the stars are on the floor, Nash's tactics will only be handed over to the stars to single, greatly weakening the role of role players and causing the Nets' current dilemma. Maybe after this game, Nash should reflect on it!