After the Nets completed the trade with Harden and Simmons as the main body, 3 games 2 wins and 1 loss, the first game against the Kings in Curry Jr., Drummond and other new signings, as well as Aldridge, Mills excellent play, the Nets successfully defeated the opponent, ending the team's 11-game losing streak, but also temporarily stopped the decline of the team. However, after the victory over the Kings, the Nets immediately ushered in a strong opponent, the same city rival knicks, this game away from home, but because the Knicks and the Nets are located in New York, so that even the away Irving can not play, the Nets situation is more serious!
No Durant, no Irving, not even Simmons can play, and when it comes to such a Nets, the Knicks obviously want to abuse a good dish! The Nets suffered a bad start of 9-22 in this game, trailing the Knicks by as many as 28 points in the game, and the defensive end was beaten to pieces, which once made people think that the Nets were afraid to account for this game.
However, the excellent performances of Curry Jr., Thomas, Drummond, Ade and others finally allowed the Nets to complete a super reversal of 28 points. With a 28-point comeback, the Nets completed an incredible comeback! The team's performance was amazing! The Nets had five players in double figures, Johnson had 14 points, Curry Jr. had 20 points, Aldridge scored 18 points and 10 rebounds, Drummond had 11 points and 19 rebounds, and Thomas Jr. became a Wizard, with 21 points and 4 rebounds, helping the team complete the turnover.
However, in today's back-to-back game with the Wizards, the Nets lost, and Curry Jr. of 20+ in two consecutive games was a little weak when he was targeted by the opponent, scoring 12 points on only 4 of 11 shots, mills and Thomas still maintained a good feel, scoring 22 points and 20 points respectively.
But from the Nets' on-court perception, they did become more "smooth" after sending Harden away, the fluency here, there is no disrespect to Harden, Harden because his playing style needs to have the ball in hand for a long time, and when he has no ball, no ball running is not much, so the current Nets, after no harden such a ball controller, the ball does run more smoothly on the field.
But are the Nets really stronger after losing Harden? The last 3 games can not fully explain the problem, the first two games Curry a 23 points, a game of 20 points, offensive firepower, can be in the absence of Irving, to make up for the team's offensive firepower, in Irving out of the game, can play a role on the bench, has a great value.
Drummond has made up for the lack of the Nets' interior line, although his speed is indeed not good, but the big man, coupled with his height, still has a great interior deterrent. Not to mention that Simmons has not yet played, and when he returns, the Nets organization and defense will have a great improvement. But in today's game with the Wizards, Curry Jr. scored 12 points, and Zhuang Shen became a pseudo-starter, playing only 18 minutes and scoring 6 points before slipping off the court. To put it bluntly, the lack of Harden, the Nets have dropped a lot in organization and offense, but in exchange for these 3 people, in terms of offense and organization, they can completely make up for Harden's lack, not to mention that the Nets are not so lacking in offensive firepower, and Harden's offensive firepower this season is not so stable.
At present, the Nets also have Durant, Joe. Harris, Clarkston, Irving, Simmons and others can not play, the missing five can be said to be a set of starting lineups for the Nets, in the second team of the three games the Nets played something. In terms of the Nets' injuries at present, Joe Harris may do a second assessment of the injury next, and may even undergo a second surgery; and today Nash said when talking about Durant and Simmons that he is not sure when the two will return.
After not Harden, the Nets from the staffing point of view, indeed more reasonable, from the paper strength point of view, the healthy Nets are still the first team in the league, but the current hidden dangers of the Nets, one is Durant's body, Simmons's mental health problems, and then no one can guarantee, Irving will make what moths, so at this stage of the Nets after sending Harden, the Nets may become more reasonable, but it is not easy to break through the second round of last season's playoffs.