On March 9, Beijing time, the Nets finally won, relying on Irving's magical play, the team defeated the Hornets 132-121 away today, regaining the eighth position in the East. This game once again made people believe in the saying that "the world only knows the days of The Treasury, but does not know the Immortals of Owens". Irving in this game is too godly, with 78.9% shooting rate, 75% three-point shooting rate to cut 50 points, as long as Irving can correct the attitude of the game, the nets This team's overall offensive ability is still quite good.
However, the use of Nash in this game is still debatable, in what aspects? First, Durant has been playing for too long. It should be known that this is only Durant's third game of return, but his playing time is as high as 39 minutes, which is the first in the game. This may increase the risk of Durant's injury, but also greatly deplete Durant's physical strength, once durant is used in the playoffs, the Grim Reaper may not be able to play an efficient performance. Second, deprecating Thomas.
Thomas can be said to be a reliable offensive point for the team except for Duou, but in this game, Nash did not give Thomas 40 seconds of playing time until garbage time, in the end, Thomas did not receive any grain, all the data hung 0, plus or minus -5, and Dragic since joining the team, although the performance is not good, the playing time is very stable (17.7 minutes), of course, Thomas sometimes plays very alone, this may be understandable. The third is to let Sharp sit on the bench. In the past three games, Sharp has not been given playing time, and this one has not been, that is, after four games, Sharp's playing time is 0+0+0+0.
In this game, Clarkston obviously could not defend the opponent when facing Bridges' strong attack, at the same time, Clarkston was too small to block the demolition effect, and even there was a cover foul, but the height of 2 meters 08, strong center Sharp was once again inexplicably hidden, this is Nash, the platoon deployment is disorderly, everything seems to be just to see the mood of the people. Sharp's personal abilities are obviously stronger than Craxton's, why? Let's take a look at a set of data.
This season, Sharp averaged 12.2 minutes per game, averaging 6.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, and Clarkston averaged 20.0 minutes per game, averaging 8.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, from which it can be seen that Sharp's rebounding ability is stronger, if converted to 20 minutes of playing time, Sharpe can contribute about 10 points per game, with Sharp's ability, it can even be higher. In terms of net efficiency, Sharp's net efficiency this season is 6.9 and Clarkston's net efficiency is -5.6; in terms of game contribution, Sharp's contribution value in 12 minutes (11.1) is also higher than Clarkston's contribution value in 20 minutes (10.5).
Sharp had played very well before, but Nash said no, because he preferred Clarkston, which also caused the Nets' defense to decline to a certain extent, sharp such a player is 3cm shorter than Clarkston, but the defensive intensity is higher than the latter. In the time he got to play this season, Sharpe has performed almost well, but unfortunately, under Nash's system, Sharp can only sit on the cold bench, and it turns out that Nash seems to be more inclined to use veterans, Johnson, Johnson, Mills, Dragic and Curry Jr., which will be reused no matter how well they play, and the three rookies are ignored from time to time, not that Sharp is not ok, but Nash really does not give time to play.