The NBA regular season continues, the Nets play at home against the Raptors, not only Durant, Irving and Simmons are absent at the same time, but even Nash was unable to coach the game before the game because of the trigger of the league's safety and health agreement, and fans may suffer a 3-game losing streak for the Nets. It is worth mentioning that the Raptors' main player VanVleet was also absent due to injury, but despite this, the Raptors quickly entered the state in the first quarter of the game, and the counter-guest took a 15-point lead. In the second quarter, the Raptors played another wave of 21-3 offensive climax, and the first half achieved a huge advantage of 23 points. In the third quarter, the Nets' offense still did not improve, the Raptors seized the opportunity to continue to expand the point difference, after three quarters the point difference has reached 31 points, which made the fourth quarter a garbage time, there was no accident, the two sides after four quarters of competition, in the end, the Nets 97-133 suffered a 36-point defeat, was a rebuilding team hanging, the Nets are too disappointing.
The assistant coach who replaced Nash believes that pre-match surprises have affected the player's concentration, which has become the best reason for him to throw the pot. One thing to say, the Nets played a bad game, no one on the team scored 20 points, and only 4 people scored in double figures, such offensive firepower is too difficult to win. Curry Jr. scored 11 points, Brown 14 points, Ade 15 points and Thomas 14 points. Although the game was lost, the outside world is still very optimistic about the Nets' prospects, and in the NBA's latest strength list, the Nets rank 15th, 3 places higher than the Raptors, which means that the Nets have great hopes of playoffs. The good news is that Durant will return this week, and when he returns, the Nets are expected to stop the decline in the losing streak. Taking a step back, even if the Nets have a playoff, it will be difficult for the Big Three to return to the East when no team can stop them. The big question, though, is whether Simmons can quickly integrate into the team. That will affect how far the Nets can go in the playoffs.
Although Siakam was sluggish, scoring only 8 points on 2-of-14 shooting, and Trent Jr. only shot 3-of-10 from the field, scoring 12 points in the game, rookie Barnes broke out completely, and he had a large double-double of 28 points and 16 rebounds on 12-of-14 shooting. In addition, he scored five steals and performed well on both ends of the offensive and defensive lines. More importantly, he became the fifth person in NBA history to get 25+15+5 data in a single game, and also became the first person in NBA history with 85% shooting rate! Barnes has been consistent this season, consistently in the top three of the rookies list, and he will be a strong contender for the best rookie. After Leonard left, the Raptors entered a rebuilding period, but under VanVleet's leadership, the team still had the ability to compete in the playoffs. Now with Barnes, in addition, Siakam, Trent and other players, the Raptors will soon become a strong team in the West.