Beijing time On February 18, today, the Brooklyn Nets faced the Washington Wizards back-to-back at home, which is a contest between the eighth in the East and the eleventh in the East, from the strength point of view, the Wizards are at a disadvantage, plus the Nets have recently won two consecutive wins, the state is not bad, the home team's advantage is not small. At the beginning of the first quarter, the two teams fought without distinction, the Home Nets ended the battle with a 2-point advantage, the score was 28-26; into the second quarter, under the play of Bryant, the Wizards blossomed more, 55-51 to surpass the Nets by 4 points.
Briant teamed up with Neto to score four points, Kispert played two points, the Wizards played a 6-0 wave, and the Nets requested a timeout. Timeout back, Neto three-point knife fall, Brown layup to break the scoring drought, but Neto feel hot, mid-range again, Duke then faced Garford flat thunder one-arm dunk also in color, the Nets blew a counter-attack horn, followed by Curry Iron Tree blossoming, even two three-pointers, but Netto strong 2 points also have. Soon, Carter's shot continued to stop bleeding, and Garford scored 2 points under the basket, but Ader did not hesitate to let go, after playing 2+1, he hit a shot, the point difference was only 3 points, and the Wizards were suspended.
After the timeout, Hachimura took two points from the free throw first, Ade won again from mid-range, Thomas suddenly applied a cold arrow, it rained three points, Carter chased three points, and the Nets completed the rebound. Looking back, Ismail scored 2 points on the board, Avedia scored three points and 100 steps through Yang, and the three quarters were over, and the two teams fought 78-78. In the final quarter, Yamura took the lead in a quick attack, and Ade returned the dunk, but Gill joined forces with Kispert to hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Nets were suspended. Coming back from the suspension, Yamura took 2 more points from the time he threw himself strong, and Mills continued his good hand and hit another three- pointer.
After that, Ismail scored a difficult 2 points, and Kispert soon joined forces with Ismail to score 5 points in a row, and the point difference instantly reached 12 points. Thomas stood up at this point, three points in the bottom corner to stop the bleeding, however, Yamura then used the block to break the dunk to win, and the game was suspended. In the last 6 minutes, Mills snatched a quick attack to score 2 points, Thomas also had a three-pointer in the open position, but Gill was like a god, shooting 4 points in a row, Ade played a 2+1 response in the left bottom corner, but Ismail pulled in a difficult three-pointer, and the game was suspended.
In the decisive moment, Yamura slammed a dunk, Thomas joined forces with Brown to take 6 points to stop the bleeding, but Ismail was possessed, and hit the dry difficulty shot, the Nets made a mistake, Avdia seized the opportunity to quickly attack the dunk, Yamura won three points, and in the end, the Nets lost to the Wizards 103-117. After this game, the Nets' two-game winning streak was ended, with a record of 31 wins and 28 losses, ranking eighth in the East, and the Wizards had a record of 27 wins and 31 losses, ranking eleventh in the East. In this game, the Wizards were all soldiers, the Nets could not find the north, Keyspert 9 of 6, contributed 16 points, Bryant 6 of 5, had 12 points and 5 rebounds, Neto 7 of 5, had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and Hachimura 8 of 15, scoring 20 points.
In addition, Avdia had 13 points and 8 rebounds on 4-of-10 shooting, Ismail scored 7-of-10 with 15 points and 6 assists, and Gill scored 4-of-7 for 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. On the Nets, Mills was 8-of-14, slashing 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Thomas was 7 of 17, contributing 20 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Curry Jr. was 4 of 11 with 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Bruce Brown had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Ader was 8 of 5, had 16 points and 4 rebounds, Ande made a big surprise in this game, 5 of 11, scored 14 points, and Chuang Shen had 6 points and 9 rebounds.
This game shows that the Wizards' role players are very strong, and it is no accident that they were able to reach the top of the East before, but unfortunately, after Bill returned, the team's chemistry was destroyed, and the team's record plummeted. The Nets played at a normal level in this game, and the Wizards role players could play every one. For the Wizards, trading Bill may be the right choice.