The NBA regular season continues, with the Nets playing the unnamed Hornets on the road, and before the game, the Nets have suffered four consecutive defeats, and the Hornets are happy to win two straight. Although there is a gap in strength between the two sides, the Nets' morale is not good, and they may not be able to win this crucial game. In the first quarter, the Nets took the lead in entering the state, played a wave of 14-4 small climax after opening the point difference, the first quarter won a 14-point lead, the second quarter, the Nets continued the state of the first quarter, successively played 16-8 and 10-2 attack waves, the point difference opened to 30 points outside, the first half of the game nets led by 26 points, it seems that the end of the 4-game losing streak is ten to nine stable. In the third quarter, the Hornets' offense picked up, responding to a 20-4 comeback that narrowed to 16 points. Section IV. The Nets have always occupied the initiative on the court, the point difference fluctuates in double digits, and after four quarters of competition, the Nets finally won a crucial victory against the Hornets 132-121, which was conducive to boosting the morale of the team.
This game, known as Irving's personal performance show, he shot 15 of 19 from the field, including 9 of 12 three-pointers, 11 of 13 free throws, and scored 50 points in a single game, which also set a new scoring record for him this season, and also achieved 50+ data in a single game for the third time in his career. Not only that, but he also delivered 6 assists. Durant didn't hesitate to praise: Irving's ability is that the scoring at the level of the big question seems to be very relaxed. Curry Jr. also said we need such An irving, and Nash also praised Irving, and his performance was fantastic. While the Hornets' three main players performed well, With Bridges scoring 30 points on 11-of-19 shooting, Ball scoring 24 points on 9-of-22 shooting, Rozier scoring 30 points on 19-of-10 shooting, and the trio combining to score 84 points, they faced the explosive Irving, and the loss was justified. It is worth mentioning that Drummond's surface is also remarkable, and he has a large double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
The Nets game has to mention Durant, who has 14 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds, which is obviously not a "Durant-style" statistic, he can be called a Death-level scorer. It has a lot to do with durant's number of shots, he only made 13 shots in the whole game, which is rare in other games. This also shows from the side that Durant is a player with high emotional intelligence, he saw that Irving's hands felt hot, he handed over the offensive power to him, and he was willing to become a green leaf. One thing to say is that the team was like this before, to be willing to make sacrifices for teammates. In this regard, fans have expressed their gratitude to Durant for his fulfillment. In addition, Durant is also very indifferent to Harden's departure, he believes that Harden has not yet won the championship in his career, and now that he is injured and Irving cannot play, he has a reason to pursue his ideals. Durant's implication seems to acknowledge that the Nets are inferior to the 76ers.