Beijing time on March 4, today, the Brooklyn Nets at home to meet the Miami Heat, this is a contest between the eighth place in the East and the first place in the East, from the ranking point of view, the Heat obviously have to occupy a lot of advantages, but this battle Durant returned, the Nets should not be underestimated. In the first quarter, the Home Nets did not give the opponent any chance, Dragic took the lead for the Nets, then Durant blossomed in mid-range, followed by Mills and Curry rained three points, the first quarter ended, the Nets 35-23 to establish a double-digit advantage.
Entering the second quarter, Durant became more and more courageous, came up to create fouls on the free throw line, soon, Dragic blossomed again on the offensive end, after which Curry three points and a hundred steps through Yang, Mills was infected by his teammates, a change from the previous downturn, three points one after another, Durant's hand feel hot also played 2 + 1, but the Heat side, Adebayo dominated the inside line, continuously on the inside line for the Heat to take points, half-court, the Nets 67-60 still maintained a 7-point advantage; easy to fight again, Durant outside the three-point cannon, however, Strus scored three points, teaming up with Martin, Hiro and Adebayor to play a wave, and the heat successfully surpassed the 4 points in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Hiro's strong surprise hit again, Dragic threw back 2 points under the basket, but Hiro was bold, three points won again, Adebayo also forced the basket to play 2 +1, only 20 seconds later, Hiro's quick attack was won again, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Martin faced a cold-blooded three-pointer in the defensive flutter, after which, the Nets made a defensive mistake, Martin won the empty three-pointer again, Bruce Brown did not want to show weakness, also returned a three-pointer, and the game was suspended again. The timeout came back, the Brown bottom corner three-pointer scored again, and Durant blossomed in the mid-range, with only four points.
In the decisive moment, Durant took 2 consecutive free throws, Brown completed the block, but Curry's three-point deviation, back, the Heat made a mistake, but Durant did not have three points, Adebayo basket strong scored the decisive goal, Durant missed the key ball, and in the end, the Heat narrowly won the Nets 113-107. After this game, the Nets suffered three consecutive losses, with a record of 32 wins and 32 losses, continuing to rank eighth in the East, and the Heat's record of 42 wins and 22 losses was firmly ranked first in the East. In this game, Durant returned, he played 35 minutes, 10 of 21, 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, 3 turnovers, plus or minus -4.
Durant tried his best, but unfortunately failed to seize the opportunity in the final moments, Bruce Brown became the fig leaf of the team, he played 33 minutes, 8 of 13, contributed 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Mills played 30 minutes off the bench, 5 of 8, contributed 14 points and 2 rebounds, Dragic 4 of 10, had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Johnson was 5 of 4, had 8 points and 3 rebounds, only played 20 minutes, Ader was 1 of 4, only 5 points and 4 rebounds. For the Heat, Adebayo was 12-of-15, with 30 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, Strus had 21 points and five rebounds, Martin had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, Hiro had 27 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, and Vincent had 5 points and 3 assists.
As it turns out, Durant is two-handed, and if the Nets want to make it to the playoffs or even win a championship, Irving and Simmons have to come back. Defense is now the Nets' biggest problem, and for Nash, Johnson should get more playing time, otherwise once he meets a team like the Bucks and Heat, the inside line will be blown up.