Despite James Harden's comeback and Kyrie Irving's ability to play on the road, the Nets were unable to end the losing streak. On this five-game trip, the King was undoubtedly the weakest opponent, and it seemed that after losing consecutively, he would swoop down again. But even if they encounter such a weak team, the Nets still lose on the road, and the ranking continues to decline.
James Harden, who scored only four points and made six turnovers, was naturally one of the reasons for the Nets' loss. But if you put all the blame on Harden alone, it seems absurd. Although not all of them healthy, the Nets' other major rotation players, with the exception of Kevin Durant, Joe Harris and LaMarcus Aldridge, played, but they still lost the game. After suffering a losing streak, Nets coach Steve Nash seemed unusually calm, feeling that the team did not have too much of a problem now, and only needed to wait until all the staff were healthy, as if they could get back on track.
You must know that the Nets are not qualified to use the lineup as an excuse, because the Kings on the opposite side are not only relatively average in strength and record, but also have more missing people in this game than the Nets. The first to bear the brunt of it is naturally the Kings' star Daron Fox, if he can play, the Nets' paper-paste defense, I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand Fox's sharp breakthrough impact. In addition, the Kings' interior line is quite empty, and many big players, including former Marvin Bagley, former Cavaliers champion center Tristan Thompson and interior blue-collar Alex Lane, have not played. This is not counting the brave Terrance Davis at this stage, which means that the King's lineup can also be described as incomplete.
But in this case, the king's remaining fresh force can be said to make the nets a group of veterans exhausted, and the team's defense line has also been rushed to pieces. Darlon Fox's absence put Halliburton in full control of the ball, scoring 12 points, 11 assists and four steals. As the no. 12 rookie in the first round of 2020, the Kings have long regarded Halliburton as the core of the future, and so far this season he has averaged 14.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and the Kings should consider reducing the number of people in the backcourt as soon as possible to find more reinforcements for Hariburton in other positions that suit him.
Fox's absence also allowed youngster David Mitchell to start on top, as last year's No. 9 show, Davin Mitchell performed well in the summer league, don't look at his official position as a defender, but very strong, is an offensive and defensive outside player. Due to his long-term bench this season, David Mitchell's statistics are not too good, averaging 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. But against the Nets, David Mitchell became the Kings assist point, cutting 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, helping the team laugh to the end.
Even the King's only two remaining interior lines have performed quite well. Damian Jones was the no. 30 pick in the first round of 2016, and he played for the Warriors at the beginning of his career, but his performance was very average, and he was in a state of wandering after that. Even this season at the Kings, Damian Jones averaged just 5.8 points and four rebounds per game. But against the Nets, Damian Jones was like a little magic beast under the basket, slashing 13 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, and both offensive and defensive ends appeared to be full of presence.
As a substitute, Meitu got a double-double stat of 11 points and 12 rebounds, to know that the youngster will be the second round of the 49th show in 2018, Meitu's career masterpiece in addition to the Kings home against the Lone Ranger, he hit the whistle three points, to help the Kings kill opponents, I am afraid it is this net. You could argue that the players above are rare to eat dumplings, but they all have an outbreak against the Nets, which is very telling in itself. To know that the Kings are still a full-fledged fish belly force, the last time they made the playoffs was in 2006, but they overturned the Nets at home, and their fans should be happy for a while.
In turn, we look at the Nets, against the Kings they use a 10-man rotation, but James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Patrick Mills, James Johnson and Blake Griffin, all of them are veterans in their 30s or more. Bruce Brown and DeAndre Bembry are not very young, so among the netball players, only Nicholas Clarkston, Kessler Edwards and Cameron Thomas can be counted as young players, and they often play only about ten or twenty minutes. In fact, the Nets' current dilemma, a very important reason, is that they rely too much on the main force or even veterans, in addition to in order to enhance the lineup, give up a lot of young players and draft picks, but also because the Nets coaching staff does not trust new people, this vicious circle. The Nets' game scenes are lifeless, and once a few stars are absent or not in good shape, they can only be slaughtered.