Before Durant was injured, the Nets were in the first place in the East, even if the overall performance of the team was not good, but they could still win, and now they have suffered eight consecutive defeats, temporarily ranking seventh in the East, the team's performance has plummeted, but no one has stepped forward to take responsibility for it. Durant missed the game due to knee problems, during which time the Nets' record was nine losses and two wins.
There is no denying that the Nets have been affected by injuries, the list of injured players includes Durant, Harden, Aldridge, Harris and Clarkston, it can be said that this is a complete starting lineup, but the Nets' advantage is that they have the depth of the lineup, and now even if they are missing major generals, they can still send star-level players such as Irving, Mills and Griffin, and they should not win eight games in a row. I think the Nets have three reasons why it's hard to win, the first is that the lineup is not neat, the second is that coach Nash's coaching ability is poor, and the third reason is that the opponent is too strong.
The Nets' roster is very uneven, and players don't have time to cooperate tacitly. So far this season, the Nets have played fifty-three games, none of them have maintained full attendance, and mills alone has played more than forty-five games. At present, the Nets only have two core players in good health, one of whom is Mills, who is the Nets' most appearances this season, but he is thirty-three years old, and the age limits him to play better, and the other player is Irving, and he can't play in the home game, which means that the Nets' starting lineup changes, so how can it be easy to win?
The second reason is that Nash has a limited level of coaching, he is just a rookie coach, but he has to coach a team with championship goals. As a novice, Nash definitely has room to improve, but the Nets can't wait for the coach to grow slowly, although they have the big three, but how long the three players gather together is still unknown, if the Nets lose this opportunity to win the championship, it is not known how long it will take to have these capable superstars again.
Nash's on-the-spot response is slow, and there is no tactical system, the Nets' results at the beginning of the season are not bad, the main reason is that the core players have been playing for a long time, so that the core players can control the winning and losing trend of the game, which is Nash's way to win, the result is that the regular season is only halfway through, And Durant and Harden have been absent from the game for a long time due to injury. This season, Durant has averaged thirty-six minutes per game, ranking sixth in the league, and his teammate Harden is fourth in the league, causing hidden dangers in over-wasting players, and the final problems have also come to the door.
The Nets' last losing streak was due to the fact that their opponents were very strong, and their opponents during the eight-game losing streak were the Timberwolves, Lakers, Nuggets, Warriors, Suns, Kings and Jazz. The Warriors, Lakers, Suns, Nuggets and Jazz are all favorites to win this season, and their strength cannot be underestimated, and the worst of them, the Timberwolves, is also a dark horse, currently ranking seventh in the West. Today, Nash was interviewed by the media, he said that he has not yet traded Harden's ideas, still choose to believe in the Big Three, when Durant, Harden and Irving are healthy, the Nets will be able to recover, patience may be the best choice.