Beijing time on February 7, NBA Nets in the away to challenge the Nuggets, the first half of the 2 teams also played back and forth, the half of the Nets only trailed the Nuggets by 1 point, but in the second half Kyrie Irving completely lost the feel, the second half Irving a total of 12 shots 9 iron only scored 8 points, under his leadership the Nets also seem to be confused, in the second half of the game, the Nuggets shooting rate is 15% higher than the Nets, coupled with the Nuggets in the second half of the nets exploded 17 rebounds, 7 assists, the final score was fixed at 104-124, The Nuggets beat the Nets by 20 points.
Away to the Nuggets, so far the Nets swallowed a wave of crazy 8 consecutive losses, 8 consecutive losses before the Nets win rate of 64.4%, after suffering 8 consecutive losses the Nets win rate of 54.7%, a wave of 8 consecutive losses let their win rate drop by 9.7%, the Nets such a performance is indeed somewhat amazing, we know that they can not play some strong teams, but did not expect that they will lose 8 games in a row, and when the Nets suffer 8 consecutive losses, here the Octopus will count the 3 key points of the Nets' recent downturn, Through these key points, can we find the reason for the Nets' recent frequent losses?
defend
The Nets have never been a defensive team, Steve Nash was not good at defending when he was a player, he became a head coach, and his team is naturally in a state of attack and defense. During the Nets' 8-game losing streak, their defensive efficiency value was 121.9, and the only one whose defensive efficiency value was worse than theirs in the same period of time was the Rockets, and the Nets' defense was like a paper paste, which was the key point where they would suffer 8 consecutive losses, and what was more interesting was that in fact, the Nets' defensive efficiency value so far this season was 111, which ranked 19th in the league, and the defense itself was not good, and the defense has recently become worse, Millsap (defensive efficiency value 104.5), The absence of Kevin Durant (defensive efficiency 108.5) has had a clear impact.
Remnants
Paul Millsap has been absent since January 14, it is estimated that he will not play for the Nets until he is traded, Joe Harris has been absent since November 15 last year, Kevin Durant has been absent since January 16, the Longest player in the Nets' eight-game losing streak is Patty Mills, the Nets' big three Durant is missing all of the games in an 8-game losing streak, James Harden is missing 50% of them, and Irving is missing 25%. During the 8-game losing streak, there are only 3 games in which 2 giants play, the Nets' most powerful is the combination of the big three, unfortunately, their core combination is not complete recently, facing the average team may be no problem, but the problem is that during the 8-game losing streak, most of their opponents are not ordinary...
rival
The Nets have faced 7 different teams during the 8-game losing streak, the Timberwolves, Lakers, Warriors, Suns, Kings, Jazz and Nuggets twice, all of which are Western teams, including the Suns with the first win rate in the league, the Warriors with the second winning percentage, the Jazz in the West, the Nuggets in the West, the Timberwolves in the West, the Lakers with the Big Three and the Kings (7 players score doubles), and the opponents during the 8-game losing streak now have an average win rate of 57.9%. This average win rate can be ranked tenth in the league, plus 5 of these 8 games are played on the road, and the Opponents of this section of the Nets schedule are stronger.
The general defense makes the Nets extremely dependent on the offense, the result is that the combination of the big three mainly responsible for the attack is not complete, and more importantly, the opponents of the Nets are relatively strong as a whole, which is the 3 key points of the Nets' recent downturn in performance and 8 consecutive losses, the defense obviously cannot be improved in the short term, the opponent will often only get stronger and stronger in the playoffs, so now the Nets can look forward to the three giants appearing on the court completely, and the big three is the core power source of the Nets' "battleship". Last season due to the incompleteness of the Big Three and early playoffs, hopefully their luck this season can be better, right?