The Nets played the Hornets away from home, the Hornets temporarily ranked eighth in the East before the game, the Nets temporarily ranked ninth in the East, plus the win rate of the two teams is the same, but because of the difference between the win and loss, so today's game is a very critical card battle for the two teams.
If the Nets win, they will return to eighth in the East, and if the Nets lose, they will continue to stay in the ninth place in the East.
Irving 50 points
At the beginning of the game, Irving showed good form, first assisting Brown to open the record, then three points, and then picking a basket to score, and the Nets immediately took a double-digit lead under his leadership. The first quarter ended with the Nets leading 34-20.
In the second quarter, Irving continued his feel, whether it was three-point or two-pointers, the shooting rate was high, and the Nets further widened the point difference, and at the end of the half, the Nets led by 26 points. Owen scored 20 points alone.
In the third quarter, the Nets came up with two three-pointers, extending the lead to 31 points, and watching this continue, the game was about to take. The Hornets suddenly began to chase points, but the Nets did not panic because of the larger lead, and Irving continued his efficient performance, although the Hornets recovered 10 points in this quarter, but still trailed by 16 points into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, the Hornets continued to chase points, but today's Irving really couldn't stop, and he continued to perform wildly, first breaking through his season-high 40 points. Seeing that Irving had a chance to continue to set new highs, the Nets continued to create opportunities for Irving, and when Irving scored 50 points on a beautiful pull-bar layup, the Nets essentially locked in a win.
In the end, the Nets beat the Hornets 132-121 to overtake their opponents and return to eighth place in the East.
Irving, who scored 50 points, was the number one contributor, shooting 15-of-19 and 9-of-12 from three-point range, setting a new scoring record in the last two seasons.
Durant is invisible
Perhaps because Irving's performance today was too brilliant, or maybe it was because he had just returned two games in a row of 30+, durant's state on the court today is not very exciting.
Especially seeing that the team is leading a lot and Irving is playing efficiently, Durant feels like he is touching the fish on the court today.
Seeing that his teammates had a good performance, Durant simply chose to be invisible.
He had 13 shots and only 6 hits. Not only that, Durant's mistakes today are also a bit more, he has 5 mistakes in the whole game.
Next
Although the Nets won this game and ended a four-game losing streak, the next game is more important for them, because their next opponent is the 76ers who have been in hot form recently.
And this will also be the first collision after the nets and Philadelphia trade, this game has been hyped by everyone since the end of the trade, about this deal, whether the Nets lost a lot, or the 76ers made a big profit. The Nets' first showdown after the breakup of the Big Three is worth looking forward to.