On February 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Nets played at home against the Wizards, both teams were in the remnants of the game, the first half of the two teams clenched the score, the Nets fell behind by 4 points in the half.
The Nets play back-to-back, they just reversed the Knicks by 20 points yesterday, and it was a residual play, and new signings Curry Jr. and Drummond both performed well. The team has a two-game winning streak after losing 11 straight. The Wizards are 11th in the East, and the playoffs are in jeopardy. The first two meetings between the two teams this season have won one game each.
Durant and Irving continue to be absent, and the Nets start: Brown, Edwards, Drummond, Curry, Mills. The Wizards core Beal is out, and the Wizards' starting lineups are: Pop, Kuzma, Bryant, Kispert, Neto. In the first quarter, the Wizards entered the form faster, scoring four consecutive points in the opening game, Mills hit a three-pointer to break the deadlock, Bryant scored consecutive points on the inside, And Keyspert hit a three-pointer to give the Wizards a 13-8 lead.
The timeout came back, Chuang Shen's tough dunk won, both teams' offense was not good, the score slowly rose, Curry Jr. scored in the middle, and the Nets rebounded 17-15. The Wizards bit the score, Kuzma and Gill scored 2+1 in quick succession, and the Wizards rebounded 23-20. The two teams alternated points, and Carter scored six consecutive points to become a Wizard, and the Nets led 28-26 in the first quarter.
Mills hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams always cling to the score, alternate leads, no one can pull the point difference, Hachimura made a layup, the Wizards led 39-35, Mills hit a three-pointer, Brown scored 2+1, and the Nets stopped the Wizards 40-39. Carter felt really good today, hitting three-pointers again to give the Nets a 51-46 lead.
The Wizards bit the score, Neto made two free throws and one shot, and the score came to 51 draws. The Wizards scored back-to-back points late in the quarter as the Nets trailed 51-55 at halftime. Mills scored 17 points on four three-pointers at halftime, Curry Jr. scored six points, and Carter on the bench became a Wizard, shooting two three-pointers to score nine points. On the Wizards' side, Bryant had 10 points, Keyspert had 8 points and Pope had 7 points.