Death's eyes were dim, and Ou Shenxian sparked lightning all the way to help the Nets lose 11 consecutive games. However, even if it falls to the bottom, the Nets still rank eighth in the East, and the family base is really solid.
Away to the Eastern Conference leader Heat, the Nets still played a twelve-point spirit at the beginning, Griffin scored a low hook, Mills shot a counter-attack three-pointer, but then the Heat chased the score back, Dunrody's long-range shot, Butler also had a strong hit, and the two sides fought to 26 draws in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the two teams began to attack, the Heat's outside line felt hot, a wave of 9-0 to beat the Nets back to their original shape, the Nets fell behind by 6 points at the end of the half.
After the easy side, the Heat completely occupied the initiative on the court, the point difference once exceeded twenty points, but the tenacious Nets rose up in the final quarter and played the suspense back, the decisive moment, Butler made two free throws, Lowry stole the Nets' last attack, and in the end, the Heat narrowly won the Nets 115-111, giving the latter 11 consecutive losses.
After this game, the Nets' record reached 29 wins and 27 losses, although it temporarily ranked eighth in the East, but the gap with the Hornets was only 1 win. Fortunately, there was a buffer period in the All-Star weekend, and when Durant returned, the Nets still had room to adjust.
Irving played poorly in the first three quarters, shooting only 2 of 11 shots, and suddenly woke up in the last quarter to score 20 points, a dangerous reversal. In addition, the Nets have only 26 games left this season, including 11 away games, and Irving will not be able to play against the Knicks (February 17) and Raptors (March 2) due to the epidemic regulations in Toronto and New York, and his next appearance is expected to be against the Bucks on February 27.