On February 9, Beijing time, the Nets played at home against a team in the East, and the Nets lost 91-126 at the end of the game. This game the Nets want to win is a very difficult thing, after all, in this game Harden is still out of the game due to injury, as for Irving because of the Nets home game so there is no way to play, coupled with the absence of Durant, Aldridge and others, which makes the Nets lineup look very bad, if Mills and Griffin do not play well in the game, then the Nets will not be able to talk about winning. After the game began, the Nets attacked the downturn, and the subsequent games were not suspenseful, the Nets did not chase the score at all, and finally the Nets suffered a 35-point defeat.
In the first quarter of the game, the Nets' offensive state was very sluggish, relying only on Griffin to help the team score, on the contrary, the opponent's side was in good shape and gradually opened the score, in this case, the Nets were soon in a 20-point backward situation, fortunately, johnson and Carter helped the team score, and the Nets fell behind by 19 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Nets once played a 9-2 close score, but the opponent immediately hit back a wave of 10-2 in the next game, and the next game was played by both teams, and the Nets trailed by 26 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, a team in the East continued to extend the lead, but carter and Johnson helped the team to catch up with some scores, and the Nets trailed by 26 points at the end of the third quarter. The third quarter game was also without much suspense, and the Nets suffered a fiasco in the end.
In fact, this game really does not have too much suspense, after all, the Nets lack of players are really too many, more importantly, the current Nets are in turmoil, Irving has no way to play away games, how long Durant is absent is not easy to say, Harris is also delayed in returning time, more importantly, whether Harden will be traded by the Nets here, these problems are all plaguing the Nets, so at this time the Nets are not only a residual team, their morale is also a careless problem, plus the opponent is in a good state in this game. So it's not unusual for the Nets to lose games.
More importantly, the Nets' starting game in this game was too bad, of which Griffin and Mills did not play well in this game, and at the end of the game, Griffin got 6 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, mills got 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, it can be said that when these two people have no way to help the team score, the Nets want to win is undoubtedly a fool's dream. And the Nets' starting players in this game did not score in double figures, fortunately, substitute players Johnson, Carter and others had a good performance, otherwise the Nets would still lose more points in this game, so the Nets' bench players in this game also became a fig leaf for the team.
Johnson finished the game with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Carter had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Thomas had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. At the same time, the Nets have worse news after losing the game, this game the Nets have suffered 9 consecutive losses, so that the Nets have fallen to the eighth position in the East, and the Nets' next opponent is the Wizards, the Heat, at this time whether the Nets can stop their own losing streak is really difficult to say, and now the Nets are only 1.5 wins ahead of the ninth Hornets in the East, so the current Nets are really very dangerous.