The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Nets challenged the Kings on the road, after suffering 5 consecutive losses, facing the Western Fish Belly, the Nets are determined to stop the decline with a victory. In this game, Harden came out with an injury and joined forces with Irving to lead the team to fight with the other side, which was originally a match of great disparity in strength, but the Nets were severely challenged by the other side, they once led by 12 points in the first half, but in the end they were reversed by the Kings, losing the game 101-112, swallowing 6 consecutive losses! The nets' performance of the two giants is not ideal, especially Harden, who has played the most humiliating battle of his career.
In the whole game, Harden played 37 minutes, shot only 2 of 11 shots, 5 shots 0 of 5 outside the three-point line, 0 free throws, only 4 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, except for 12 assists as the final fig leaf, other performances were almost useless, and what was more surprising was that Harden also had 6 turnovers in the whole game, and 5 of these 6 mistakes were obtained in the third quarter, which is enough to reflect how bad Harden's state of this game is.
Harden is considered to be one of the top and most versatile scorers in history, as long as he is on the court, he can always find a way to score, even if he is in bad shape, he has various ways to increase his score, even if it is extremely low, it is difficult to imagine that he will score only 2 points after playing 3 quarters, only 4 points in the whole game, and there are more mistakes than points! If you don't watch the game and take out this data, even if you guess ten thousand times, you don't dare to imagine that this data was handed over by Harden.
Prior to this game, Nash revealed that Harden's arm injury had improved, so he decided to let him continue to play, but obviously, harden showed the state of the game, it can be clearly felt that his arm injury is not as optimistic as Nash said. Whether Harden voluntarily fights with injuries or Nash's requirements are difficult to determine, but obviously, looking at the team's current performance, the Nets management, including Boss Cai, should probably be a little more ruthless and make changes to the status quo of the team.
First of all, Harden has been plagued by trading rumors recently, whether it is empty or Harden really means it, the Nets management should pay attention. If Harden has no intention of playing for the Nets and often plays in this state, then, while the trading window has not yet closed, the Nets should decisively send him away, in exchange for other players, perhaps to bring new opportunities to the Nets.
If Harden is indeed affected by the arm injury, then the team should not let him fight with an injury at this time, should let him recuperate, even if he gives up this time of play, but I believe that with Durant and Harden healthy, they will still have the ability to lead the team back to the Eastern Conference playoffs and prepare for the playoffs. And here, we can't help but wonder, who let Harden fight with injuries in the case of poor form?
Secondly, it is head coach Nash, his coaching ability is in front of him, in addition to the 3 giants are healthy to have a chance to win the championship, want to rely on Nash's coaching ability to lead the team to achieve their dreams, I am afraid it is a matter of time. Instead of watching the team move forward in this bad situation, it is better to be decisive and change the head coach and bring some new changes to the team, which may help the Nets get back on track.
Perhaps there is not much time left for the Nets management, after all, the mid-season trade deadline is approaching, either trade Harden or fire Nash, if it remains the same, even if Durant returns, I am afraid that the Nets will be a chicken feather, far from winning the championship.