On February 5, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Nets challenged the Jazz away, Harden and Durant were absent, Irving single-core led the team, the first quarter of the game The Nets were suppressed, 9 points behind in the single quarter, the Jazz continued to pull a large point difference in the second quarter, the Half Nets fell behind by 21 points, completely exploded.
The Nets have been in terrible shape lately, suffering six straight losses and falling to No. 6 in the East, hardened into trade rumours and the team desperately needs a win to boost morale. The Jazz have also been in bad shape lately, ending a five-game losing streak after a narrow win over the Nuggets, temporarily ranking 4th in the West.
Harden and Durant are absent, Irving single-handedly leads the team, and the Nets start: Irving, Mills, Edwards, Johnson, Clarkston. On the Jazz side, Gobert and Ingles are absent, and their starting points are: Conley, Mitchell, O'Neal, Bogdanovic, Azubke. As soon as the first quarter came up, O'Neal played 2+1, the Nets missed consecutive offense, and after Mitchell hit a three-pointer, the Jazz started 8-0 to stop the Nets.
After the timeout, Mitchell assisted Azubük to score, and Johnson finally broke the scoring drought for the Nets. The Nets' offense was a mess, with Bogdanovic hitting two consecutive three-pointers to give the Jazz an 18-5 lead. Mills' three-pointer stopped bleeding, the Jazz's outside touch was hot, the two teams scored alternately, Gay hit the shot, and the Jazz led 27-15. Griffin is in good form, performing well on both ends of the offensive and defensive lines. The Nets nibbled on the score, trailing 24-33 in the first quarter. Griffin and Thomas on the bench each scored seven points to become the Wizards.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Whiteside hit two free throws, Pascal hit a three-pointer, the Nets offense was suppressed, Bogdanovic and Mitchell hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Jazz led by 18 points at 45-27. The Nets were completely overwhelmed, and the point difference soon reached more than 20 points, Pascal scored 2+1, the Jazz led by 21 points 48-27, and Nash on the sidelines could not do anything. O'Neal hit a three-pointer to give the Jazz a 56-34 lead.
The Nets' offense improved slightly, but the Jazz's offense was fully opened, and the whole people were soldiers, making the Nets invincible, Gay shot a three-pointer, and the Jazz stopped the Nets again. The two teams alternated points as the Nets trailed 47-68 at halftime.
Irving was completely dumbfounded, with just six points and five assists on 2-of-12 first-half shooting, Thomas 14 points to become a wizard, Griffin 7 points and Mills 11 points. The Jazz side blossomed more, Mitchell had 11 points and 4 assists, Bogdanovic had 10 points and 6 rebounds, all 10 players scored, and they shot 10 three-pointers at halftime.