The Brooklyn Nets suffered the longest 11-game losing streak of the season, falling from the first place in the East to the eighth place in the East, and in order to solve these problems, the Nets recently completed a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, who sent Harden and Millsap away, and exchanged Simmons, Curry Jr. and Johnson from Philadelphia for a number of good players such as Simmons, Curry Jr. and Johnson. In today's home game against the Kings, several new signings performed well and led the Nets to end the losing streak.
Due to the home game, the unvaccinated Kyrie Irving could not play in this game due to New York City's epidemic regulations, and the Nets played with two new signings, Curry and Drummond. In the first quarter, the Nets played a perfect offensive and defensive attack to take a 13-2 opening lead, and they held a double-digit lead against the Kings' counterattack.
In the second quarter, the Kings continued to close the score with multiple counter-attacks, but Aldridge also grabbed seven points to hold a seven-point advantage in the final moments to enter the second half. In the third quarter, the Nets had only 1 point left under the opponent's 6-0 offensive attack, and the new signing Curry broke out, one person cut 12 points in a row to help the team stabilize the situation, and then under the play of teammates, the Nets exploded a 25-7 offensive climax to open the score and set the victory. In the end, the Nets beat the Kings by 24 points at home 109-85, ending their 11-game losing streak.
On the Nets side, Curry had 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Brown 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, Aldridge 19 points and 7 rebounds, Mills 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Drummond 11 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Thomas 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
In this game, the nets' two new signings played crucially, Curry played 32 minutes, 10 of 18 shots, cut the team's high 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, in the court Seth Curry can not only stab the shooting score, but also contribute a lot of pass assists of the wonderful connection. After trading Harden, the Nets do need a guard to sort out the team's offense, and when Irving can't play, Seth Curry has clearly become the biggest reliance on the Nets guard line.
Also playing efficiently was Andre Drummond, who shot 4-of-7 and made 3-of-4 free throws, scoring 11 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Previously, when they were in the 76ers, they already had a super interior like Embiid in their team, and Drummond could only be a substitute for Embiid there, and only had the opportunity to play when Embiid was not playing, and his chances of performing were too few. The Nets' situation is very different from Philadelphia's, they need a qualified interior player to help them hold the box, and it is clear that Zhuang Shen is a good inside player.
Simmons is a guard who does not shoot, but his organizational ability and defensive ability are very good, Seth Curry is the shooter who makes up for Simmons' shooting shortcomings, and Chuang Shen can further strengthen the Nets' internal strength, feeling that the combination of Simmons + Curry + Zhuang Shen can indeed bring great improvement to the Nets. Maybe the deal is really a win-win, as Durant said, and he still firmly believes that the Nets have the strength to rush the championship.