The Nets lost again, and in the away game against the Nuggets, Harden was absent, and Irving once again single-handedly led the team. And the process and result of this game are the same as the last game against the Jazz, the Nets in the third quarter of the performance of the crotch, in the final quarter the team is not able to narrow the point difference, at most the Nets were 22 points behind the Nuggets, in the final quarter, the game has lost suspense. In the end, the Nets lost to the Nuggets by 20 points on the road, suffering the longest 8-game losing streak of the season, and the team's record has now slipped to 7th in the East and has fallen into the playoff area.
In this game, Irving's form is still not ideal, although he has 27 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, but his shooting efficiency is not high, and he shot 10 of 26 and 3 of 9 from three-point range. And when he was in the game, the team had a plus-minus of -19, which was the second-to-last figure for the whole team, and had to be griffin. As the leader of the team, Irving did not play well in this campaign, and his sluggish shooting efficiency led to the team's eventual defeat to a certain extent.
The Nets' rookie Thomas is one of the few players to play well, he played 32 minutes off the bench, personally got 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and 20 points in a single game is second only to Irving. In the last game against the Jazz, Thomas also became the team's best player, that game, he played 31 minutes and 13 seconds off the bench, 11 of 19, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 30 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, the highest score in the team. In the past two games, although the Nets have suffered two consecutive 20+ defeats, the record is very crotchless, but Thomas's performance is undoubtedly commendable, a total of 50 points in both games, the total score is more than Irving, it is undeniable that he is the only fig leaf for the Nets at present.
Thomas can score 30 and 20 points in a row, thanks in part to the Nets' current incomplete roster and other factors, the Nets can play very few players at this stage, Harden, Durant, Aldridge and Harris and other players have injuries, and in the current lineup, Thomas is the team's strongest scoring ability besides Irving. In the absence of many core players, Thomas also got more shots, and he also successfully seized it, fully demonstrating his super scoring ability in the game, scoring high points in two consecutive games in the game, and his personal performance was very shining.
Of course, although rookie Thomas can play a very good performance in the game, which is a big gain for the Nets, the team still needs to solve its losing streak as soon as possible. Now the Nets have suffered 8 consecutive defeats, the record has also slipped to the 7th place in the East, as a team ready to impact the championship, their record this season is very bad, and the team currently has a lot of problems, such as Harden's trade rumors, Irving can not play the home game, Durant, Ader and Harris will be absent for a long time because of injuries, etc., these problems need to be solved by the Nets, if not handled well, then this season the Nets do not talk about impacting the championship, They may not even make it to the playoffs.
For the head coach and management, now is a critical moment, the team needs to find a solution to these problems, if it can be solved, then the Nets will still be a team to hit the championship, if not, the losing streak may continue, the team's playoff prospects this season are worrying.