On February 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season is in full swing, the Nets will challenge the Knicks on the road today, and this New York city derby has also attracted the attention of a large number of fans. Before the two sides began to play, the Nets' injury report was also released, and then I will take you to understand the specific situation.
The Nets have officially announced the injury list, and there are currently four players on the list, namely Durant, Joe Harris, Irving and Simmons. However, in contrast to Durant and Joe Harris' absence due to injury, Irving and Simmons are absent for non-injury reasons.
Simmons's situation is also known to everyone, and since the beginning of this season, Simmons has not played a single game. In order to let Simmons adjust to the competitive state as soon as possible, the Nets can only arrange for him to have regular training first, and the fierce game is not to let Simmons play, which is also for the sake of Simmons' health, so Simmons' Nets debut will have to wait.
Irving's situation is more special, because Irving refused to be vaccinated, Irving has not been able to play in the Nets home game so far this season. Although the Nets challenged the Knicks away this time, because the Nets and Knicks' showdown was a New York city derby, which led to Irving not being able to play away, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Nets.
Fortunately, the Nets' new signings Curry Jr. and Zhuang Shen can play, which can also make up for some of Irving's absence. In the last game against the Kings, Curry Jr. and Chuang Shen both made their Nets debuts as starters, and the debuts of these two new signings were quite amazing.
Curry Jr. had 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, cutting the Nets' team-high. Zhuang Shen got 11 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and made his own contribution to the Nets by "filling the data bar", and 9 rebounds also ranked first in the Nets team.
With Durant sidelined by injury, Irving unable to play, Harden leaving the team and Simmons failing to make his debut, Curry Jr. and Johnson helped the Nets end their 11-game losing streak, and such a brilliant performance is indeed worthy of the praise of fans.
However, unlike the situation against the Kings, the Knicks are also quite low in the ranking, but the same city derby is always full of gunpowder. Both sides want to win the game and prove it's their own city. It can be seen that the Nets have ushered in a severe test this time, and Irving has not even been able to play on the road this time, which has indeed disrupted the nets' tactical deployment.
Now that the NBA has played 2/3 of the regular season schedule, the Nets are only 8th in the East, hovering on the edge of the playoffs. If they want to win more, then the Nets can't give up this city derby victory. As for how the Nets will perform, let's wait and see!