The NBA regular season continued, 29 wins and 21 losses ranked sixth in the West nets against the third-to-last Kings of the West, and finally defeated the opponent to end their own losing streak, since Durant was injured and absent, the Nets only won 2 games in 8 games, and among them is still in the case of Irving's attendance at the away game, the Nets are still deeply injured, Harden is currently playing with injuries, there is no stable scoring point in the team except for Irving and Harden, and Aldridge's injury makes the Nets worse. Opposite the Kings this season high low, the beginning of the season good performance but with the deepening of the schedule, now they have fallen to the bottom of the league, although the strength of the two teams has a gap but the game is very sticky, and finally the Kings with more points to blossom, multiple people score on the win-win game to end their own losing streak, while giving the Nets 6 consecutive defeats.
After the game began, both teams did not feel very good, playing two minutes to play only 4-5; the Nets side Clarkston got 6 of the team's 8 points, the Kings side of the offensive end gradually found the feel, Barnes hit three points again, the Kings temporarily led, the King's outside hand felt hot, 7 shots 4, the Nets is 3 of 0. Cam Thomas made a quick stop jump shot to complete the counterattack; the Kings really have a basket on the outside line, Mitchell hit the inside line to break through, scoring 5 points in a row, Irving hit 3 points in a row On the outside, the Nets scored a wave of 11-0 small climax, surpassing the opponent by 8 points. In the second quarter of the game, the Kings still chose more outside shots, and the Nets chose to be more balanced, with inside and outside, to respond. But then the Nets had problems on the offensive end, and the Kings trailed the score to just two points. Mills hit a 3-pointer, Barnes hit two free throws, Hield broke through and scored to end the Nets 62-54 Kings at halftime.
Barnes came back in the second half to score four straight points, Edwards responded with three-pointers, Mitchell scored three points, and the Kings chased the gap to just four points. Clarkston scored four straight points, Johnson cut to the layup, and the Nets pulled the gap apart again. The Kings responded with a wave of 7-2 to chase the deficit to one more point. James Johnson broke through the third quarter to end the Nets' three-point lead. Back in the final quarter, the Kings played a wave of 9-0 to overtake the Nets, Griffin scored to help the Nets stop the bleeding, Jones scored 2+1, the Nets were in trouble on the offensive end, crazy iron played half a quarter to score only 7 points, the defensive end is also difficult to limit the opponent's score, has fallen behind the Kings by 8 points. The king played smoother and smoother, the point difference was never narrowed, and finally the king won the game.
The game began with the Nets' poor outside feel, which is why the Kings were able to stalemate with them, as the game progressed, Irving and Mills hit consecutive outside lines, and the Nets began to find a feeling on the offensive end; on the defensive end, they frequently made opponent mistakes with excellent defense, and won by counterattacking. The 22-year-old Clarkston was in hot form in this game, scoring 17 points and 5 rebounds under the basket in the half game, while the defensive end sent 3 blocks, 23 points and 11 rebounds in the whole game; Harden was not in good shape in this game, I don't know if it was injury or too tired, Harden only had 2 points and 2 rebounds in 5 shooting in the half game, but he could also send 6 assists in tandem, 4 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists in the whole game.
The Kings' outside shooting percentage was good at the beginning of the game, reaching a 50% shooting rate at one point, but as the game progressed and the strength of the Nets' defensive end increased, the Kings' outside shooting rate continued to decline, and after half the game, only 9 of 25 shots were shot. However, they always had a stalemate with the Nets with the performance of the whole team, and played a wave of flow in the last quarter to lead the opponent, and the whole team blossomed more than 7 people to score in double figures, and finally the King was upset to defeat the Nets to end their own losing streak, giving the Nets six consecutive defeats.