The NBA regular season continued, with the East and West ushering in a strong dialogue, with the Nuggets sitting at home to meet the Nets.
Although both teams are seen as legitimate title contenders, both teams have been in a terrible position lately, with the Nuggets having fallen to sixth place in the West after three straight losses, just 0.5 wins away from the Timberwolves behind them.
The Nets were in a more difficult situation, and after Durant's injury, the team had only a 2-8 record in 10 games, and the Nets fell to sixth in the East.
In this game, the Nets still missed many core players, and Durant, Harden and Clarkston were all absent due to injuries.
As a result, as soon as the game began, the Nuggets took the lead, but as the Nets regained their touch, at the end of the first quarter, the Nets instead took a one-point lead.
In the second quarter, the two teams still played back and forth, the score has been alternately leading, and at the end of the half, the Nuggets completed the counterattack, but only led by 1 point.
The Nets' state declined badly, and the Nuggets pulled the point difference to double digits in one go.
Since then, the Nuggets have not given the Nets any more chances, and the Nets have been unable to play a counter-attack wave because they only have Irving's single core.
In the end, the Nuggets won 124-104 against the Nets, not only ending the team's 3-game losing streak, but also giving the Nets 8 consecutive losses.
After suffering a wave of 8 consecutive losses, the Nets' record quickly slipped to 29 wins and 24 losses, and as the Raptors won five consecutive games, the two teams were tied, and the Raptors directly surpassed the Nets with a win difference, which fell to seventh in the East.
It is worth mentioning that the 8-game losing streak is the league's longest losing streak so far, and in the 11 games that Durant is absent, the Nets have only achieved a record of 2 wins and 9 losses.
In the face of such a bad situation, Nets coach Nash is still full of confidence after the game, and Irving asks Harden to keep his promises and tell the truth.
Speaking about their eight-game losing streak after the game, Nash bluntly said that the Nuggets showed great strength and they had some really good players.
As for the team's current losing streak, Nash said it was all due to injuries and the team would find form after the All-Star.
Even if the team falls into the play-offs, he will not panic, and hope that Ade will return as soon as possible, and hope that Clarkston and Harris can return at some point in time.
In addition, Nash also named Harden, saying that Harden is currently on the daily watch list.
Irving also named Harden after the game, responding to recent rumors about Harden's trade, and Irving said he didn't care what the media said.
But in the few exchanges he had with Harden, he made it clear that he would stay, hoping he would keep his word, but who knows what would happen?
In addition to talking about Harden, Irving also talked about the status of the team and his part-time status in the interview.
Owen said the most important thing for the team at the moment is to stay healthy, the team will reorganize the team after the trade deadline, he has always maintained a positive attitude towards returning to the home game, anything can happen in the next few days, or a few weeks, I pray that this will happen.
But the outside world does not buy Owen's set of words, in which the famous O'Neal said that if Irving and his own team, then he definitely does not want to continue to be a teammate with Irving, because the team itself has a chance to win, but you do not work hard, so everything is not talked about, go somewhere else.