On January 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets sat at home to meet the Nuggets! Both teams are back-to-back, a battle that tests the quality of will, and what's even tougher for the Nets is that the Big Three are all absent, Harden's left hamstring is strained, Durant has a knee injury, and Irving's home appearance limits. However, what was supposed to be a duel of great strength was extremely fierce, and in the end, the fourth quarter of the battle ended, and the Nuggets defeated the Nets, welcoming three consecutive wins and sending their opponents 3 consecutive defeats.
In the absence of the Big Three, the Nets had foreseen the outcome of the game before the game, but the course of the game was unexpected. Role players, who usually have little role, provoked the beams in today's game, dared to fight, and did not give up resistance because of the absence of the three cores. Thomas Jr. behaved like a teenage genius today, and Carter, who has always been out of tune with three points, scored three three-pointers in the first half!
In the first half, the Nets blossomed more, and their fighting ability and desire to play surprised the Nuggets, once falling behind by as many as 11 points. Easy to fight again, Jokic, who has been healthy in the first half, began to exert his strength, and joined hands with Barton to play a wave of 12-3 attacks, and the two teams basically returned to the same running line!
In the final quarter, Rivers Jr. hit three points outside the three-point line without false hair, and seeing that the score was about to be pulled apart, Mills replaced the FIBA skin, and responded with consecutive three-pointers to keep the game suspenseful. At the critical moment, Gordon, who had no sense of existence in the first three quarters, began to exert his strength, the offensive and defensive state was full, and Jokic constantly stood on the free throw line to score points. The moment the game is decided, the nets begin to show the influence of the stars, and they can only watch the point difference being pulled apart little by little, swallowing the bitter fruit of failure.
The Nuggets scored 20+ on 3-of-13 shooting, Jokic contributed 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists on 8-of-13 shooting, Button 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and Rivers Jr. scored 7 three-pointers to score 25 points!
The Nets scored in double figures with 6 players on the team, entangled with MVP Jokic's Nuggets until the last minute, which was moving!
After losing today's game, the Nets' record has come to fourth in the East, and the Hornets at no. 7 are only 2.5 wins away. Durant's return date is undecided, Irving can only play in away games, only harden to lead the team, the Nets fell to no. 7 is not impossible, that will mean that the Nets will have to compete for playoff spots through the playoffs, in a playoff game that is set to win or lose, everything can happen, which is not what the Nets want to see.
So, I hope that the Nets role players can remember tonight's game status and bravely stand up to share the pressure on Harden's shoulders in the next schedule. The next Nets will take on the second-place Warriors in the West, which is seen by many as a Finals rehearsal-style showdown, which is a good test of the strength of the two teams, we will wait and see!