The Nets take on the Knicks
The Brooklyn Nets are back on track, with Irving and Durant's unparalleled offensive performances that leave them smiling in Philadelphia and in front of Harden. However, Irving still can only play on the road, Ben Simmons has not come back, this home game against the Knicks, the Nets can only rely on Kevin Durant. Today's Nets are only in eighth place in the East, three wins behind the Toronto Raptors, who are seventh in the East, and it can be said that it is difficult to get rid of the fate of the playoffs.
As for the New York Knicks, as the dark horse of the East last season, there is not much hope of impacting the playoffs this season. However, in the recent game, the Knicks played an extraordinary personal performance, beating the Clippers Lone Rangers and other Western Conference powerhouses in succession, although in the last game lost to the second-place Grizzlies in the West, but only a 4-point difference, unfortunately lost.
Durant rules the game
As the only core of the team, Kevin Durant carried the team in the first quarter, shooting 6 of 11, 4 of 4 three-pointers, 16 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, Brown also had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, the Nets bombed 35 points in the first quarter, but the Knicks were also in good shape, although it was an away game, but also scored 30 points, including Fournier 12 points and 1 assist, Randall 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. After returning from the second quarter, Durant had 11 points, two rebounds and two assists, but the Nets only scored 27 points in a single quarter.
The Knicks seized the opportunity, barrett in the first quarter of 5 shots 1, successfully regained the feel, 9 shots 4 of 9 shots with 11 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, leading the team to a single quarter to bomb 30 points. At the end of the half, the Nets were just two points ahead of the Knicks at 62-60. There was no way, Durant could only continue to stand up, the second half was easy to fight again, 8 shots 6, without a single free throw, got 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, not only personal offense excellent, but also successfully connected the team, but even so, the Nets only extended the lead to 5 points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Knicks continued to catch up, Randall had 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and Barrett also scored 6 points, but Durant, with one shot after another, helped the Nets maintain a slight lead. In this quarter, Durand had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 110-107 narrow victory over the Knicks and a successful 3-game winning streak.
Jandu agreed
Kevin Durant once again played an unparalleled personal performance, shooting 19 of 37 from the field, 4 of 13 from three-point range, and 53 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, which is really unstoppable. However, Durant also played 43 minutes, there was no way, as Nash said after the game, the team could not score points without Durant, and he wanted to control Durant's playing time within 40 minutes. Drummond also had 18 points and 10 rebounds, shooting 8-of-8 from the field, while Brown had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
The Knicks tried their best, Randall had 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Barrett 24 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 3 steals, and Fournier had 25 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, but other than that, no other player scored in double figures. After the game, talking about Irving appearing on the sidelines and not being able to play, Durant said: "It's ridiculous, I can't understand it at all. It is worth mentioning that James also supported Irving on social media: if this is in line with common sense, we will all play cards according to common sense, but this is not the case, release Irving.
Many fans joked that James and Durant finally reached an agreement again, after all, in the case of Irving, one is an old love and the other is a new love.