On February 13, Beijing time, the Nets lost 111-115 in the away game against the Heat, and after this game, the Nets have a record of 29 wins and 27 losses, and it is already an 11-game losing record.
Recently, the Nets are arguably the worst team in the league, especially James Harden has been sent to the 76ers before the trade deadline, so the Nets' original big three lineup of Durant, Harden and Irving has officially disintegrated, of course, the Nets have a new big three lineup after getting Ben Simmons.
However, before Durant's return and Ben Simmons officially played, the Nets could not play at full strength.
In the game against the Heat, Kyrie Irving, who played 41 minutes, had 29 points, five rebounds and five assists on 10-of-22 shooting, but the net's overall performance was not enough to beat the Heat. However, on the bench, Cameron Thomas, who played 32 minutes, had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-18 shooting, in addition to a +11 plus-minus stat.
This is not the first time that Cameron Thomas has performed well, in the past five games, Cameron Thomas has averaged 23.2 points and 50% shooting and 35.5% three-point shooting, and it is also the second consecutive game, the fourth time in the past five games and the eighth time this season to score more than 20 points.
In addition, Cameron Thomas has scored more than twice as many games as any rookie in the league in 2022 (Cunningham/Duarte/Wagner: 4).
For the Nets, the 20-year-old Cameron Thomas is not yet a player at the top, he still has a lot of room to grow, especially in the past 5 games to average more than 20 points per game, which also allows the Nets to maintain the state of the game in the face of injuries, not to mention this is the performance against strong teams. Because of this, Thomas is undoubtedly a very important part of the future of this Nets.