On February 2, Beijing time, the Nets played away to the Suns, and the Nets lost to the Suns 111-121 at the end of the game. In this game, although the Nets lost not much, in fact, in the game, the Sun still held the Nets steadily, especially at the critical moment, the Suns were able to stand up and help the team, Paul or Booker or Bridges, these players gave the team help in the game, while the Nets still relied more on Irving and Harden, and finally the Nets also lost the game.
Losing this game also made the Nets suffer bad news, originally the current Nets ranking in the East is somewhat dangerous, now the Nets lost the game, and the Hornets in the seventh place in the East only have a 1.5 win difference, although after the Nets will play against the Kings, but the Back Nets will play against the Jazz, Nuggets such a team, then whether the Nets can win is really difficult to say, so the current Nets' ranking in the East is really precarious. And in this game Nash also made mistakes, in the game when the sun pulled the score, Nash was not able to call the time limit in time, and basically abandoned Sharp in the game, this series of operations are caused by the fans to question, while Nash's early surrender also encountered the fans' ridicule, although Nash's approach is understandable, but Nash's coaching on the field did cause too much dissatisfaction.
But there is a saying that the current Nets do have too many problems, among which Irving can not make the Nets feel bad at home, after all, the main body of the Nets is the combination of Irving, Harden and Durant, and now Irving's giant can not be in the home game is undoubtedly too much impact on the Nets. However, Irving's role on the court is indeed not small, in this game, Irving's outbreak in the fourth quarter is also to help the team to catch up with the score, but what is the use of Irving's outbreak, the Nets' other players can stand up to really not many people, this time Irving even if he has an extremely efficient personal singles ability, but this is really useless for the Nets, after all, the team wins is the most critical thing.
At the same time in this game, the gap between Harden and Paul also came out, in this game Harden got 22 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 turnovers, Paul got 20 points, 4 rebounds, 14 assists and 2 turnovers, it can be said that the role of Harden Paul in key moments is more obvious, and Paul is playing very smart at key moments, more importantly, Paul is now more able to lead the whole team, but Harden did not play such a role as Paul on the court. On the other hand, when Harden can help the team on the offensive end, Paul can also do such a thing here, so the gap between Harden and Paul is also out, Paul is undoubtedly more stable than Harden, and he is more able to organize the team, which is also an important reason why Paul can lead the team to the first place in the West.
More importantly, from now on, Paul also has the opportunity to compete for the championship this season, after all, last season Paul led the team to the finals position, and now the Suns' lineup this season is more stable, and it is also supplemented by McGee and Biyombo in the center position, which can be said to be more stable than the Nets' lineup The Suns' lineup is more stable, and if the Nets can not completely solve Irving's problem, then Paul may really compete for the championship one step earlier than Harden, and if such a thing really happens in the end, I don't know how Harden will feel in his heart.