The Nets Big Three are out
Who could have imagined that after Durant was injured, the Nets did not have a long time to suffer a wave of 8 consecutive losses, directly from the first position in the East, to the seventh place in the East, and the eighth team in the East, there is no win difference advantage, 2 wins ahead of the ninth Hornets, not to immediately fall out of the top eight, but the situation is really not optimistic. In this game, the Nets will play at home against the team in Boston, Irving naturally can not play, Durant is still in the injury stage, James Harden is also absent due to injury.
During this time, James Harden was deeply involved in the trading message, and all the signs pointed to the Philadelphia 76ers, but harden's level of player trade is by no means something that can be completed in a short time. Harden, who was behind the Nets, happened to use this game to prove his value to the team.
The Nets collapsed
Without James Harden, the Nets scored only 16 points in the first quarter, and the starting Five Tigers scored only 2 points on 1-of-12 shooting, but James Johnson and Carter on the bench stepped forward, otherwise scoring doubles would be a problem. The Nets opened with a 14-0 run, Nash suspended, and after the timeout, another wave of 14-2, with the Nets trailing their opponents by 26 points with 5 minutes and 08 seconds left in the game, the fastest NBA record in the last 25 years. At the end of the first quarter, the Nets trailed their opponents by 19 points.
Yes, this is the Nets after James Harden is not there, and everyone feels that harden can't move the Nets, which is his responsibility, but reality tells us that such teammates, for anyone to lead the team, will not have too good results. After returning from the second quarter, the Nets gradually found their form, the bench was still hot, Duke got 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, the starter also began to score, Griffin had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, the team scored 27 points in a single quarter, but at the end of the half, the point difference was 26 points.
In the second half, the Nets played a draw with the opponent in the first quarter, each scoring 28 points, not because the Nets' strength improved, but because the opponent was reluctant to work again. After returning from the last quarter, the opponent had clocked in and did not get on the starter, but even so, the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, and finally the Brooklyn Nets lost 91-126 to the opponent, suffered nine consecutive defeats, and fell to eighth in the East.
Harden shouldn't have been sent away
Before that, there were many people who blamed Harden, believing that the net's current situation was caused by him, but ignored that Harden was the player with the most battles in the Nets' big three. In such a game, the Nets lost, lost completely, but James Harden proved himself. Without him, the Nets are a fish-belly team, so it's not an exaggeration to say. So who should be responsible for all this? The answer is obvious, and that is head coach Nash, the person who should leave the most, is him.
Looking at the Los Angeles Clippers, Kawhi Leonard has not played a game this season, George has played for a while, and he can't play because of injuries, and players such as Morris Jr. and Batum are also plagued by injuries, but in this case, the Clippers are still in eighth place in the West. From here, we can see the importance of a manager to a team. The Clippers have not been without difficulties this season, they have been two or three points behind their opponents in the first half many times, but they have been able to complete the reversal in the second half, and such an adjustment ability, Nash obviously does not have. In other words, Nash is still far from being a champion coach.