Durant returned, the Nets lost, 3 straight losses. Klay returned, and the Warriors also lost, losing 3 straight. James led the team against the Clippers, and the Lakers lost again, losing 111-132 and suffering four consecutive losses. Once again, the Lakers Warriors and the Nets lost on the same day, the situation of the three teams is not very ideal, and now the league's championship pattern is also a new change, at least the Lakers Nets and Warriors are no longer hot.
In the Nets' game against the Heat, Durant finally made a comeback, which is a chance for the losing Nets. Judging from the situation of the game, Durant led the team to play well, he scored 9 points in the first quarter, and the Nets also led by 12 points. By the second quarter, the Nets were still leading, but the Heat trailed just seven points under Hiro and Strus, and the game was suspenseful.
Durant scored 17 points in the first two quarters, and his play was indeed good, but the Nets suddenly had offensive problems in the third quarter, and they were beaten by the Heat to make a 14-0, and the Nets score was reversed, trailing by 4 points after three quarters. By the fourth quarter, the Heat were still playing well in the absence of Butler, Tucker and Lowry, taking a 10-point advantage or more. Durant and Brown led the team to play 10-0, but in the end they did not resist, losing 107-113, Durant scored 31 points, and the Nets suffered three consecutive losses, still 8th in the East.
Warriors vs. Lone Rangers, this game Klay Thompson returned, Doncic led the Lone Rangers in the first quarter to take an 11-point lead, the Warriors' overall performance was not as good as their opponents, the Lone Rangers in the game once led by 17 points. Although the Warriors tried to chase points, but in the fourth quarter Curry was limited, not a single shot, which was also the first time in his career, Doncic played very confidently against Curry, his 41 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in the whole game completely suppressed Curry, giving the Warriors three consecutive losses.
The Lakers against the Clippers, the 4th Los Angeles derby of the season, the first 3 derby Lakers lost, this time James wants to lead the team to end the losing streak. In the first two quarters of the game, the Lakers still played very tenaciously, but they were 3 points behind. But in the third quarter of the game, the Lakers collapsed again, after James was blown into the invalid attack, the whole team mentality was also affected, the Clippers played 23-0 in this quarter, quickly opened the point difference, the Lakers also lost hope. In the last quarter of the game, the Lakers tried to chase points, but still lost the game, suffered 4 consecutive losses, and the derby war was swept away, the Lakers' situation has been very bad, James scored consecutive points in the fourth quarter of this game, but it could not change the situation.