On March 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets sat at home to meet the Heat. Since Durant was injured, the Nets have a record of 5 wins and 16 losses, falling from the second place in the East to the 8th place in the East, and the situation is not good! The good news is that Durant is finally back after 21 consecutive games, and it is extremely exciting, and the Nets are expected to end the losing streak against the Heat who are playing back-to-back and missing three starters. However, the results were not satisfactory, and the Nets eventually lost to the Heat 107-113, suffering three consecutive losses.
The Nets put up their 36th starting lineup of the season: Dragic, Curry, Durant, Brown, Drummond! This is a small lineup with excellent attack ability! The game began when the Nets took the lead in shining their swords, and Durant, who had been out of the game for a long time, did not have the slightest feeling of rust, scoring 9 points in the first quarter of 4 of 6, and Mills also switched to MiShen mode today, and there was no false shot outside the three-point line. At the end of the first quarter, the Nets led by 12 points at 35-23.
In the second quarter of the game, the Nets' outside firepower did not decrease, and at one point the point difference was widened to 16 points! However, although the Heat are remnants (Butler, Lowry, Tucker are off), their team culture is tough, someone can always stand up, Adebayo played an advantage under the basket, and Hiro also showed the style of a super sixth man. At the end of the first half, the Heat forced the point difference to 7 points, returning to suspense.
Easy to fight again, the wind and clouds on the court suddenly changed, the Heat defensive end began to strengthen, posing a joint defense, testing the Nets' outside efficiency, the Nets' three-pointers in the third quarter showed a cliff-like decline, only 1 of 8 shots. On the offensive end, the multiple threats evolved by the blocking and dismantling of Hiro and Adebayor also played the Nets bitterly. The Heat hit a 14-0 attack wave in 5 minutes and overtook the score in one fell swoop!
In the final quarter, the Nets made a desperate bet and put up a 4-guard lineup, and Durant played the No. 5 position. Adebayo 5 fouls were forced to rest, giving the Nets a chance to chase points, Bruce Brown hit a three-pointer, and the Nets hit a 10-0 attack wave in 1 minute and 42 seconds to chase the point difference to two points!
However, after returning to the suspense of the game, the Nets will not play the ball, no one dares to shoot at the key moment, they all want to give the ball to Durant, the intention is too obvious, and finally formed a strong shot that is about to end the offensive time, and 3 consecutive attacks have been fruitless. The Heat regained the initiative after taking back Adebayor, who took advantage of a misplaced shot from the basket to widen the point difference to four points and seal the win.
At the end of the game, Durant scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 10-of-21 shooting, and Brown contributed 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists! The Heat side still scored 20+ points in the absence of 3 starts, Adebayo efficiently cut 30 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Strus 21 points and 5 rebounds, Martin 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, and Hiro had 27 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
After losing the game, the Nets are only one win away from the Hornets in the 9th place in the East and only 2.5 wins away from the 11th Picks, making them in a very dangerous situation. The only thing that makes people feel fortunate is that Durant is still in excellent form after returning from a major injury, and he is still omnipotent on the offensive end. Hopefully, KD can lead the team out of the predicament and get out of the play-offs in the remaining fixtures, we'll see!