Beijing time on January 27, today, the Nets at home to meet the Nuggets, this is a contest between the third in the East and the sixth in the West, from the strength point of view, the Nets to occupy the advantage, but this game, Harden injury stop, Durant can not play, coupled with Irving does not play for the sake of the Reason, the Nets are obviously in the downwind. However, the remnants of the Nets did not hesitate to let go, and the first quarter and the Nuggets were 28-29, which can be said to be indistinguishable. In the second quarter, the situation on the court began to change, Carter hit three three-pointers, Aldridge also played 2+1, the Nets reversed the score, and the Halftime Game ended, the Nets led the opponent by 11 points 65-54.
In the second half, the Nuggets began to counterattack, Rivers Jr. transformed into a Miracle Soldier, in the offensive end of the gods, plus Barton also began to pick up on the offensive end, the third quarter of the war, the Nuggets successfully rebounded, 96-91 lead the Nets 5 points into the final quarter. In the final quarter, Ader missed two free throws at a critical moment, Jokic killed a foul under the basket to score 2 points, back, Ader was hit by Gordon's blood cap under the basket, Jokic created an opponent foul in the cover, and scored 2 points again, at this time the point difference has reached 8 points. In the decisive moment, James Johnson missed a layup, Morris broke through and scored two more points, and finally the Nets lost to the Nuggets 118-124.
After this game, the Nuggets won three consecutive games with a record of 26 wins and 21 losses, ranking sixth in the West, and the Nets suffered three consecutive losses, with a record of 29 wins and 19 losses, falling to fourth in the East. In this campaign, Thomas came off the bench for 26 minutes, 8 of 14, contributing a team-high 25 points, but only took 1 rebound and delivered 1 assist, 4 turnovers, but overall, Thomas's offensive ability is still very good, Mills this game 5 of 12, with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Ader 16 of 7, 18 points and 8 rebounds.
James Johnson scored 5-of-12 with 12 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Edwards scored 9 points and 6 rebounds, Carter hit 4 three-pointers to get 13 points, and Beres had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. In terms of the Nuggets, Jokic played 35 minutes, 8 of 13, the game is also to give, light 26 points 10 boards 8 assists, Barton 20 of 8, sent 21 points, 10 boards 4 assists 2 breaks, Morris 10 points 4 boards 4 assists, Gordon 10 points 5 boards, Cousins came off the bench less than 13 minutes, creating a big surprise, he contributed 13 points and 6 boards, plus-minus +2, Rivers 5 of 11 in this game, cut 25 points and 2 breaks, plus-minus +15 first in the game.
The nets can play like this with the Nuggets is already quite good, which shows that the ability of the Nets role players is still quite good. The Nets' biggest problem now is Durant's injury problem, Irving's attitude problem, Nash's employment problem, if these three problems are not solved, the Nets will once again rub shoulders with the championship this season. Nash's death with superstars has led to the injuries of Durant and Harden, while Irving is the time bomb in the locker room and should be traded decisively.