After a 7-game losing streak and ending a road trip, the Kings, desperate for a win, returned home and faced the Nets' challenge during their 5-game losing streak.
In the Kings, head coach Gentry has not moved, choosing to believe in the existing starting lineup, and whether the team can defend the home field will undoubtedly face no small challenge and test.
On the other hand, nash is also cautious on the Nets side, and this battle lacks Durant's Nets, whether it can withstand the pressure on the road, Irving + Harden obviously need to stand up!
However, after four quarters of competition, with a wave of 11-0 scoring climax, the Nets, who were the main guests, although in the first three quarters, once overwhelmed the Kings and occupied the initiative on the court.
However, in the final final battle, Halliburton + Hield + Damian Jones successively launched a wave of counterattacks, leading the Kings to play a wave of counterattack frenzy, successfully reversing the situation on the field.
With the Nets chasing points, the Kings, who played at home, also reversed the Nets 112-101, staged a big upset at the same time, but also gave the opponent Nets 6 consecutive losses!
In this game at home, although the Kings once fell into the disadvantage of 12 points behind in the score, but fortunately, the team did not mess up, but played a team performance of 7 people scoring in double figures, completing the reversal.
In the case of Holmes + Harkless + Metu + David Mitchell + Hield and other main players, each performing their duties, the two core Barnes + Halliburton, and the play of damien Jones on the bench are particularly critical!
Barnes was very efficient in this game, starting 28 minutes, shooting nearly 70% of the way from 6 of 9 shots, and shooting 3 three-pointers from the outside, cutting a team-high 19 points, plus 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
Not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, leading by example has repeatedly interfered with the Nets' offensive rhythm and deployment, making a very important contribution!
In addition, as the team's young point guard, The play of Halliburton in this game is also indispensable.
Facing All-Star guard Irving, Halliburton was good at attacking and defending, and delivered 12 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals.
In the direct dialogue with Irving, Halliburton not only played his own advantage, but also successfully connected the attack of the kings team, and it can be said that the duel with Irving was not at all inferior!
Of course, the Kings were able to complete the reversal + upset in this game, and the performance of Damian Jones on the bench also played a crucial role.
Damian Jones was on the brink of death, came on as a 26-minute substitute, and scored 12 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks on 4-of-5 shooting.
Among them, in the last quarter, he shot 3 shots and 3 bullets without false hair, which not only completely disrupted the Nets' defensive plan, affected the trend of the game, but also helped the Kings complete the turnaround!
And rationally speaking, in the platoon of the two coaches, we have to admit that at least in terms of on-the-spot coaching and personnel use, the King's head coach Gentry in this game did beat the Nets coach Nash!
On the other hand, on the Nets side, the team failed to withstand the pressure in the final quarter of this game, and was eventually reversed, swallowing 11 points of defeat + 6 consecutive losses, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in Clarkston played well, bombed a game-high 23 points, plus 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 5 blocks of the full performance, as the two cores of the team, the play of Irving + Harden in this campaign is indeed hard to blame!
In this game, Irving went high and low, and in the first half, with 12 points alone, Irving only scored 2 points in the second half, and his performance of only 5 of 15 shots in the whole game was still somewhat unsatisfactory.
The good partner Harden is also very sluggish in this campaign, starting 36 minutes, only 2 of the 11 shots feel cold, and the outside three-point shot is 5 shots and 0 completely lost the crosshairs.
In the whole game, Harden only got 4 points + 7 rebounds + 12 assists + 1 block, and he personally made as many as 6 mistakes, which can be said to have a cliff-like decline at both ends of the attack and defense!
Obviously, for the team's ace Durant, in the case of the Nets suffering six consecutive losses, the record and ranking have fallen to the 6th place in the East, the superstar who is plagued by injuries is somewhat unable to sit still!