NBA regular season, the Nets sit at home against the Heat, in order to alleviate the team's recent pressure, Durant returned from injury in advance, and the Heat Butler, Lowry, Tucker all chose to take a break, Irving continued to be absent, after four quarters of competition, the Nets in the lead of 16 points, was reversed by the Heat, Durant cut 31 points, the team suffered three consecutive losses, the last 19 games lost 16 of them, currently 32 wins and 32 losses, ranked 8th in the East, and the 9th Hornets only 4 wins, if you continue to play in this state, The Nets have a hard time guaranteeing maintaining the top 8 in the East.
From the beginning of the game, Durant, who came back after a month and a half, has a strong offensive desire, but many times ended in iron, the Nets relied on Dragic to take the lead in getting 2 points, the Heat had no core players, so they started the game equally badly, Strus opened the record with three points, and then Durant adjusted his state, continuous shooting, plus Curry Jr.'s three-point shot, they expanded the point difference to 10 points, Hiro scored 6 points at a critical moment, but the Nets still had a 12-point advantage to enter the second quarter.
In the second quarter, Hiro's feel undiminished, he shot consecutive outside shots, the Nets opened for two minutes, no one scored, the veteran Dragic once again became the key man of the team, he three points to stabilize the situation, Adebayo broke out to continuously narrow the point difference, Drummond became the core of the tactics, he first attacked the inside, and then assisted Mills's three-point shot, under the attack, the Nets defense had problems again, the Heat seized the opportunity to play an offensive climax, narrowing the point difference to less than 10 points. By the third quarter, the Nets' defense was still not getting better, and the Heat's offensive attack was unstoppable, they quickly smoothed out the point difference, although Durant had three points in the middle, but as the Heat once again played a 14-0 offensive climax, the score was reversed in one fell swoop, Johnson's four free throws, Durant's three points, helped the Nets hold the 4-point difference at a critical moment.
In the final quarter, the Nets relied on Dragic and Brown to complete the offensive mission, and the Heat relied on Hiro to stabilize the situation, when the two teams attacked, the Heat played harder, which made it difficult for the Nets to respond to the score, Adebayo, Martin's mid-range shooting, helped the Heat widen the point difference to 12 points, the Nets faced a loss, Brown scored two three-pointers, plus Durant scored four consecutive points, the Nets responded to a wave of 12-0 at a critical moment, narrowing the point difference to 2 points, and in the final moment, the Nets tactical failure, Adebayor attacked from a key basket, sealed the win with the Heat, and won the game.
The whole game nets only three points to score in double figures, Durant returned from injury to play 36 minutes, 21 shots hit 10 times, got 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, the performance is still so stable, but unfortunately, his efforts did not get a victory for the Nets, many fans are looking forward to Durant's return to save the Nets, but now the situation of the Nets is not what Durant alone can solve, his omnipotent shot, strong three-pointers, and the ability to create fouls are the key to the Nets to maintain a leading edge in the early stage, But in the final moments, perhaps Durant was tired and caused the Nets' offensive system to collapse. Brown scored 21 points and Mills picked up with 14 points, but those were only piecemeal points that didn't help the Nets win the final victory.
The Heat four scored in double figures, all four players scored more than 20 points, they played strong enough, no Butler, no Lowry, Morris, Tucker, they still showed a strong defense, Adebayo scored a team-high 30 points, the young Player Hiro scored 27 points, Martin and Strus scored 22 points and 21 points respectively, the excellent performance of these four players, set the victory for the Heat.
The Nets attack and defense at both ends are targeted by the Heat, the defense can not be defended, the offense is not smooth, the rebounds can not grab the opponent, which makes Durant and frustrated, silently returning to the locker room after the game, making the fans feel painful, 16 points is the biggest point difference that the Nets have been reversed this season, the Nets starting lineup is their 36th set of starts this season, the second place is the Lakers' 31 sets of starts, from these it can be seen that the team wants to win, must need lineup stability, whether it is Nash or Vogel, are constantly changing lineups, As a result, the team is constantly adjusting, seeing Durant's frustrated look, perhaps Nash is really facing a crisis of dismissal this time.