On February 17, Beijing time, the NBA was born with an incredible reversal! The Nets, in the absence of Durant, Irving and Simmons, were all absent, and at one point behind the Knicks on the road, they finally completed the reversal with the magical performance of rookie Cameron Thomas who scored 16 points in the last quarter! The whole Madison Square Garden was dead silent, and the Knicks players and Spike Lee looked at each other, unable to believe what they were seeing.
In this game, the Nets Durant continued to be absent due to injury, Simmons returned to his absence, and Irving could not play in New York, and the Nets could only continue to rely on the remnants to play. In the first quarter, the Nets were blown up by the Knicks, losing 20 points 18-38 in the quarter. In the second quarter, the Nets were 28 points behind at one point. At this time, the expressions of players such as Durant Simmons are very grim, and it seems that they are about to usher in a fiasco.
However, the second half of the storm suddenly changed. The Nets fought back in the third quarter, pushing the gap to within 15 points. The final quarter became a solo show for rookie Cameron Thomas. The 20-year-old rookie scored 16 points in the final quarter and completely blew up the Knicks' defense with 7-of-10 in the quarter. Thomas, who has scored 21 points in all three of his last four games, has scored in double figures in seven consecutive games and 3 in his last four games.
In the final moments, the Nets led 106-103, at which point they had the ball but not much time on offense. At this point, Thomas took on the heavy responsibility of the final attack. He faced Williams' defense and chose to retreat beyond the three-pointer, and the ball entered the net! Thomas almost sealed the win with this goal, and Durant on the court was also very excited and celebrated wildly.
On the other side, Knicks home fans were dead silent, unable to believe that the team had been reversed by a rookie. The Knicks players looked at each other and felt a little incredible. The famous director Spike Lee is even more blue-faced, and the first half of the dance is like two people. I have to say that Thomas's performance in this battle is really too explosive!