Beijing time on March 14, today, the NBA ushered in a derby battle, brooklyn Nets at home to meet the New York Knicks, this game, because it is a home battle, Irving can not play, Durant single core led the team, under his leadership, the Nets four people scored in double figures, and finally won 110-107 narrowly over the Knicks. After this game, the Nets won three consecutive games, with a record of 35 wins and 33 losses, and continued to rank eighth in the East; the Knicks suffered two consecutive losses, with a record of 28 wins and 40 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the East.
In this game, Durant is a god, he played 43 minutes, 19 of 37, 11 of 12 free throws, 53 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, plus or minus +11, the fly in the ointment is that Durant's three-point 4 of 13 in this game, there were the highest 5 mistakes in the game, but there is no doubt that Durant is the biggest contributor to the Nets' victory in this game, and his outstanding performance has also ushered in five milestones (two records + three milestones), the first milestone, Durant scored 27 points at half-time, Set a nets career halftime scoring record; the second milestone, Durant scored a season-high 53 points, becoming the third player of the season to cut a 50+ multiple times.
The third milestone, Durant's eighth career single-game 50+, tied with Bernard King & tied for 12th place in history; the fourth milestone, Durant represented the 3rd team to cut 50+, compared to James Chamberlain & the third man in history; the fifth milestone, Durant scored 50+ multiple times in a single season, becoming the fifth in history among players over 33. Durant's performance in this game is very hot, he personally scored 16 points in the first quarter, Durant felt slightly cold in the second quarter, 3 of 10 in a single quarter, and in the second half, Durant's feel recovered, and the overall shooting rate was 10 of 16.
Durant has help on the offensive end, whether it is mid-range or breakthrough, playing Randle has no temper at all, and the Knicks are misplaced no matter who they change to defend, either lacking height, or having height, speed is not enough. In addition to Durant, Zhuang Shen returned to the peak of this game, he started 26 minutes, 8 of 8, cut 18 points and 10 rebounds. Zhuang Shen's performance makes people see the shadow of the former familiar rebounding king, I have to say that Zhuang Shen's fuel tank is still oily, the Nets have made a lot of money with this signing, I believe that after the end of this season, Zhuang Shen will definitely get a lot of contracts, and it turns out that Zhuang Shen is too suitable for this Nets.
Dragic 7 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, Johnson 2 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, Clarkston 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, Brown 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals; Knicks, Randall 17-of-9 slashed 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Fournier 25 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Barrett 24 points, 2 assists and 3 steals, Binson 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 blocks, Burks 5 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. The Nets are still good in this team, especially in terms of offense, and can be said to be one of the strongest offensive teams in the league.
But how far the Nets can go depends largely on Durant's health and Irving's attitude. Now the Nets have a strong presence on the inside, holes in the box are filled, offense and defense are balanced, and see what kind of surprises they can create in the playoffs.