On February 5, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In today's focus battle, the Nets took on the Jazz on the road. In today's game, Durant and Harden were both absent due to injuries, and Irving led the team alone against the Jazz.
The first quarter had just begun, and the Nets were hit by the Jazz in a 10-0 start. James Johnson and Irving then helped the team break the scoring drought. But the Nets' overall shooting feel was poor, and James Johnson shot 1-of-8 in five minutes before being replaced. Irving also hit just one three-pointer in the first quarter, shooting just 1-of-6, and the Nets trailed the Jazz 24-33.
As The second quarter began, the Jazz soon hit another 15-2 start to extend their lead. The Nets began chasing points under Thomas and Mills, but the Jazz soon fired consecutive shots from the outside and continued to extend their lead, reaching as many as 22 points at most.
At the end of the first half, the Nets trailed the Jazz 47:68, Irving had 6 points and 5 assists on 2-of-12 shooting, Mills scored 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, Thomas scored 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting, James Johnson scored 2 points on 1-of-9 shooting, and Griffin had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists; on the Jazz side, Mitchell, who came back today, had 11 points and 4 assists, Bojan 10 points and 7 rebounds, Conley 9 points, and O'Neal 6 points and 5 assists.