The NBA regular season continues, with the East facing a derby battle, with the Knicks sitting at home to meet the Nets.
Although it was noted before the game that the new mayor of New York is actively promoting the revision of the epidemic prevention rules, Irving is expected to play normally in the rest of the season.
But in this game, Irving still has to follow the local rules of New York, can not play in this game, coupled with Durant continues to be absent due to injury, the Nets can only be led by new signing Cescuri.
Although the team did not have many players, Nash adjusted the team's starting lineup before the start of the game, and discharged the starting lineups of Mills, Seth Curry, Bruce Brown, James Johnson and Drummond.
Unfortunately, Nash's lineup arrangement obviously has no effect, and the Knicks, who are in hot form after the trade deadline, led by Randle's 14 points in a single quarter, the whole team soared 8 three-pointers in the first quarter, quickly establishing a double-digit lead.
Even if new signings such as Cescuri and Drummond are still hot, the Nets are already 20 points behind by as much as 20 points at the end of the first quarter against the Knicks who have blossomed inside and outside.
In the second quarter, the Knicks continued their first quarter, once again playing an offensive climax, at one point widening the point difference to as much as 28 points.
Fortunately, at this time, the Nets finally found the offensive rhythm and began to form a confrontation pattern with the Knicks, and as the Knicks' feel continued to decline, the Nets narrowed the point difference to 21 points at the end of the half.
The Nets not only continued the fiery offensive momentum in the second quarter, but also played a positive and rhythmic game on the defensive end, and the point difference was quickly forced to close to single digits.
Fortunately, Randle is in good shape, has been able to score steadily on the inside, coupled with the miracle Quickley to kill, at the end of the third quarter, the Knicks barely maintained a double-digit lead.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Knicks could no longer stabilize the situation, and the Nets bench killed the Circus of the To circus, one person cut 9 points in a row, and caught the Knicks off guard.
Coupled with Cescuuri's consecutive key three-pointers, Drummond kept grabbing rebounds in the frontcourt, Aldridge's mid-range shooting was also difficult to stop, the Knicks completely collapsed in the last quarter, and finally the Nets defeated the Knicks 111-106, staging a 28-point reversal in this derby battle.
The 28-point comeback also created the Nets' biggest reversal points difference in nearly 25 seasons, helping the team win a valuable two-game winning streak and bringing the team's record to 31-27.
Coupled with the green army's upset defeat to the Pistons in the front of the sixth eastern conference, the Nets quickly narrowed the gap between the two teams to only two wins.
With more than 20 games left in the regular season, if the Nets can maintain the situation, then there is a good chance to return to the top six and directly lock in a playoff spot.
Looking at the whole game, it can only be said that Harden's forced palace is a disguised assist to the Nets, and Harden made a 2-for-5 trade nets to earn.
New signing Sescuri continued his debut magic performance, playing 36 minutes, shooting 7 of 14 (9 of 6 three-pointers), efficiently bombing 20 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists and 1 steal, plus-minus +27 the highest in the game, and winning three points in a row at key moments.
It was also under his leadership that Aldridge, who had been abandoned before, ushered in a rebirth, and the game continued to highlight the performance, playing 21 minutes, shooting 7 of 14 from the field, with 18 points and 10 rebounds, including 11 points and 8 rebounds in the final quarter.
Another new signing, Drummond, also performed extremely well, playing 23 minutes, shooting 5-of-11 from the field, and handing over 11 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
It is worth mentioning that out of 19 rebounds, 5 are frontcourt rebounds, and his arrival can be said to fill the shortcomings of the Nets' inner line.
Coupled with Ben Simmons, who has not yet played, the Nets' wave of 5-for-2 trades is a profit, which also solves the team's current urgent need for employment.