Beijing time on March 7, today's NBA regular season, the Nets went to Boston to challenge the Celtics, although the two teams played incomprehensibly, but with Tatum's perfect play of 54 points in a single game, the final Nets lost to the Celtics 120:126 on the road, and Durant's 37 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists also became an empty cut.
The current Nets are experiencing the same experience as the Lakers, and after today's loss, the Nets' record has reached 32-33, falling to ninth in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks behind the Nets have a record of 31 wins and 32 losses, and if they beat the Pistons tomorrow, the Nets' record will fall to tenth place.
No one expected that the Nets, as the favorite to win the championship at the beginning of the season, were now reduced to playing in the play-off stage. Nets Billy Reinhardt tweeted that Harden's choice was so clever, saying: "The Nets are like a ship that is addicted to it right now, but Harden left the Nets and looks like jumping on the only lifeboat, and he still has a lot of time to adjust." ”
Why are the Nets and 76ers going to two extremes? While the Nets' record is declining, the Philadelphia 76ers are soaring, winning five of their last six games, while Harden has won all four of his games. Harden averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 12 assists and 1.5 steals per game in the 76ers, and has a 50% three-point shooting rate, whether it is Maxi or Embiid, it seems that Harden is a match of heaven.
The Philadelphia 76ers' record has come to 39-24, second in the East after the Heat, and there is no pressure on the regular season record, and in yesterday's game they deliberately took a break from Harden, a treatment Harden has never enjoyed in the Nets. Although Harden left the Nets with a stigma, his dedication to the championship and his ability to judge the road to the championship made him finally make the right choice.
Durant also said after the game that the whole team needs to show cohesion to win. The current Nets have too many problems to figure out, Irving doesn't know when to play in the home game, Simmons doesn't know when to make his debut, and the team's defense is disorganized, and Durant and Irving's frequent singles have prevented the rest of the team from playing. Durant is suitable for killing in the decisive moment, rather than going into infinite singles mode from the beginning, which needs to be solved by Nash.