On March 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Nets played at home against the Knicks. The Nets were absent from many of the Nets' main players in this game, but this time Durant carried the offensive banner, led the team to occupy the initiative on the court, and resisted the Knicks' counterattack in the final moments. In the end, with Durant bombarding next season's new 53 points, the Nets narrowly defeated the Knicks at home 110-107, ushering in a three-game winning streak.
The Nets suffered another blow before the game, Seth Curry could not play in this game, and Durant had one less offensive fire point around him. There is no way, this time Durant can only choose more individual singles, fortunately he is in excellent form today, not only can score his own points, but also can find empty teammates. Whenever the Knicks pushed the score back or approached, Durant was always able to stand up and respond, and in the last minute, it was Durant's three-pointers + 4 free throws all hits to help the team set the victory.
Durant played 43 minutes in the game, there was no way, Nash could only rely on him, using a total of 8 people rotation, Thomas also played only 8 minutes. If the Nets lose this game, Nash will be sprayed again after the game, but Durant can resist. Against the Knicks, Durant shot 19-of-37, 4-of-13 three-pointers, 11-of-12 free throws, and blasted a new season-high 53 points, plus 6 rebounds and 9 assists, plus plus-minus +11 team-high, this time he set a number of new records.
In the final moments of the game, Durant walked to the free throw line, the fans all chanted MVP, and Irving was constantly applauding and excited.
In this campaign, Durant scored 53 points, becoming the third player in NBA history to cut a 50+ for three different teams (also representing the Thunder and Warriors), the other two being Chamberlain and James; the eighth game of his career with 50+ points, which tied Bernard King and tied for 12th in league history; the 60th game to score 40+, which also made him the 13th player in league history to achieve this achievement; in the past 3 games, Irving scored 50 points against the Hornets. Durant scored another 53 points this time, and the Nets became the first team in NBA history to have multiple players cut 50+ in three games.
This time Durant was also completely hilarious, talking about his playing time after the game, not caring at all, saying: "I tell you, let me die on the court." ”
For too much playing time, Durant does not care at all, and even hopes to play for 48 minutes, which is what head coach Nash likes, and he is also eager to let Durant stay on the court, if the team is not present, it is really another level.