On February 7, Beijing time, the Nets lost 104-124 to the Nuggets, suffering eight consecutive defeats! Harden and Durant continued to be absent, and Irving played 41 minutes, shooting 10-of-26, 3-of-8 from three-point range, 27 points, 5 boards, 11 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. The Europa field has a plus-minus of -19, the second lowest in the game, only higher than Griffin's -23.
The Nets have suffered eight straight losses and are currently seventh in the East with 29-24. After Durant was injured, the Nets lost 2-9 and fell from the top three in the East to their current play-off zone. Griffin said: "We don't have KD, we don't have Ader, we don't have Joe Harve, we don't have Harden. Four starters can not play, this is not an excuse, but a real problem. ”
With only 3 days left before the trade deadline, will Harden be traded? Nash's first public response: "The Nets won't trade Harden, the trade rumors are all from Philadelphia!" Because they've made it clear they want to poach Harden from the Nets. Both the team and Harden want to continue to work together, and these rumors are nothing more than outside noise! ”
Compared with Nash's firmness, Irving's answer is reminiscent: "In the few exchanges we had, Harden was very determined to stay with the Nets. We want him to keep his word, but who knows what's going on? "Two important points: 1, there are only a few exchanges; 2, no one knows what will happen.
As we all know, Harden and Durant have a good personal relationship, and Irving and Durant have a good personal relationship, but Harden and Irving do not have much intersection. Now KD is out injured and Irving can't play at home. Nets reporter Alex Schiffer reported that Harden came to the Nets to form a big three, and did not want to lead the team as he did in the Rockets.
ESPN said Durant wants Harden to stay in Brooklyn and wants all the Nets to work on the championship. Harden's dissatisfaction with the Nets' status quo is understandable, Irving has to stop and go, Harden has to switch back and forth between dual-core and single-core. Even if Durant is not injured, if Irving can only play on the road, the Nets will still have a hard time fighting for the title.
Next, talking about the Nuggets, Jokic played 30 minutes in this game, scoring 27 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 12-of-15 shooting, with a plus-minus of +27. It was Jokic's 14th triple-double of the season and the 71st of his career. With seven more triple-doubles, Jokic will equal Chamberlain (78) and become the center with the most triple-doubles in NBA history.
It was Jokic's 500th regular season game of his career, with 9,579 points, 5,081 rebounds and 3,068 assists. Jokic became the first player in NBA history to score 9,000+5,000+3000 in the first 500 games of his career. Nuggets coach Malone said: "I hope Jokic can increase his shots! "He has made nine, 12, 10 and 15 shots in his last four games.
Jokic responded: "I knew I needed more shots, but I didn't want to force it!" Speaking about Cousins, Jokic said: "Cousins is an interesting person, he can help the team. But if the referee doesn't follow his way, Cousins will be a little crazy. Kaoshen played in five games for the Nuggets, suffering from four technical fouls and one ouster.
In five games for the Nuggets, Cousins averaged 13 minutes per game and had six points and seven rebounds. His 10-day contract expires in two days, do you think the Nuggets will stay?