On February 11, Beijing time, the Nets played against the Wizards, both teams had previously completed the transaction, Harden officially left the team, and Irving single-handedly led the team to play. Facing the rebuilt Wizards, the Nets could not take advantage of it, and were overtaken in the second half, and finally lost the game 112-113, with 10 consecutive losses. Irving had 31 points, 5 boards and 6 assists, 9 of 22 shooting, after Harden left, the Nets people's hearts also scattered, and they played so badly that even the Wizards could not win. Kuzma had a triple-double of 15 points, 13 boards and 10 assists, and even he could bully the Nets, and Durant was the one to make a comeback.
Without Harden, Nash put Thomas and Griffin in the starting lineup. Griffin was in good shape, scoring several times at the start. Irving also hit a three-pointer from behind, followed by three more, and the individual hit three in a row. However, Irving's mid-range is not accurate, after hitting these two three-pointers, he did not score again, fortunately, the Nets' bench played well, barely leading by 3 points. The Nets also widened the point gap in the second quarter, and these role players really played well. However, the Wizards were also scoring and soon chased them back. After Irving came up, he stopped hitting, the two teams scored against each other, Irving broke through the inside line to continue to score, and could also assist teammates to score. In the final minute, Irving hit a jumper and then pulled out a three-pointer to give the Nets a lead of 11 points in a single quarter.
Irving is finally about to explode? If the Nets want to win, they still need him to continue to play like this. However, in the third quarter, Irving was invisible again, and he did not score for a long time. Although Thomas and others scored, the Wizards' side was more fierce and quickly overtook the score. The Nets can only rely on Thomas to score to stop the bleeding, Irving is still playing iron, the Wizards seized the opportunity, but also want to open up the point difference. Yamura and Kuzma continued to score points, leading by eight points. Irving scored another 0 points in a single quarter, and this quarter did not score. You don't stand up and score, do the Nets still want to win? Playing in this way will inevitably be overtaken.
Nash is also great, and there is no adjustment to being overtaken. The Wizards quickly led by double digits in the fourth quarter. Irving finally scored a throw, but after this point, Irving was again dumbfounded, and the Wizards seized the opportunity to lead by 13 points. Irving hit 2+1 and hit 2 free throws. The two teams made free throws against each other and the Nets chased them to single digits. After Irving hit 2 free throws, he was only five points away. Irving also scored consecutive free throws, Pope scored on a layup, and Thomas scored 3+1, just 2 points apart. Neto hit 2 key free throws, Johnson made 1 of 2 free throws, Kuzma missed a key attack, Irving caused another foul, 2 free throws, only 1 point. Pope hit 2 free throws, the Nets had 6.3 seconds left, and Thomas missed three points to lose the game.
The Wizards are rebuilding this season, and now they can't even score in the top ten in the East, and this time Beal is still absent, completely in the residual game. In such a situation, the Nets are still playing so hard, it is really speechless. Irving was paid a salary from a top star and he was supposed to stand up and take over the game, but unfortunately he didn't. Although there were 11 points in a single quarter, the performance was unstable. Now the Nets want to win, and it's hard for Irving not to take 30+. Now harden is gone, Durant is still injured, and the Nets will really not even be able to score in the playoffs if they continue to lose like this.
After Harden left, the Nets looked like people were scattered, and the players were a bit careless on the court and didn't play very aggressively. What the Nets need to do most now is to boost morale, but nash is not only unable to coach, but even chicken soup is not very good. The team has been losing streak and the players have become numb. If you want the Nets to stop the losing streak, I'm afraid you can only wait for Durant to return, right? Now that the Nets have fallen to eighth in the East, when Durant returns, I don't know where it will fall? The three giants who said good teamed up to rush to the championship, and they couldn't imagine that it would eventually become such a plot.