Beijing time on February 11, the NBA regular season continued, the Nets challenged the Wizards away, this game, both teams are paralytic, the Nets did not have much advantage in the first half, 59-55 half lead 4 points.
The Nets have been in poor shape recently, having previously suffered nine consecutive defeats and falling to No. 8 in the East, with the playoffs all in question. Before this game, the Nets had just replaced Harden with Simmons, Curry Jr. and Chuang Shen. The Wizards have also been in bad shape recently, ranking 11th in the East, sending away Harrell, Dinwiddie, Bertans and others.
The Nets started: Irving, Mills, Edwards, Thomas, Griffin. The Wizards are out of the lineup, the core Beal is absent, and their starting lineups are: Neto, Kispert, Pope, Kuzma, Bryant. In the first quarter, Thomas scored first, Pope also scored in color, Thomas and Griffin were in good shape, the two took the team's first 12 points, Griffin scored on the basket, and the Nets led 12-8.
Irving then began to power, he hit two consecutive three-pointers, the Wizards also bit the score, Avdia hit a three-pointer, the Wizards 21-20 to stop the Nets. After the timeout, Carter hit a three-pointer, the two teams alternated points, and Sharp scored a layup to give the Nets a 27-24 lead in the first quarter.
The Nets scored six straight points in the first half of the second quarter, the point difference came to 9 points, Key Spott three-pointer stopped bleeding, Avdia felt good, hit another three-pointer, the Wizards bit the score, their outside feel good, Jill turned to the basket and scored, chasing a 44-45 difference of only 1 point. Thomas scored from mid-range to stabilize the situation.
Irving made it difficult for the Wizards to limit, and he scored consecutive points to help the Nets maintain the lead, ending the half-time with the Nets leading 59-55. Irving had 17 points and two assists at halftime, Thomas 11 points, Griffin seven points, and Sharp, Carter and Johnson on the bench all had eight points. On the Wizards side, Avdia scored 10 points and Gill scored 9.