The NBA regular season continues, the Nets will host the Blazers at home at 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on March 19, and the following is the preview of this game.
The Nets are currently in 8th place in the East with 36 wins and 34 losses in 70 regular season games, averaging 111.9 points per game and 111.7 points conceded. In the last game, the team played at home against the Lone Ranger, and the Nets were more courageous on the offensive end in the first quarter, in addition to Durant's contribution of 9+5 in the first quarter, Drummond cut 8+10 as the key, and the Nets took advantage of 7 points. Dragic started the second quarter by 12 points to open the nets, but Doncic also scored 12 points in three minutes, and the Lone Ranger chased 3 points into the second half. In the second half, the Nets rebounded in time to take a double-digit lead after losing the lead at one point in the opening, but Dinwiddie and Brunson both fired in the final quarter to wipe out the point difference. In the final battle, Durant's key three-pointer once achieved a rebound, but Dinwiddie's whistle-pressing three-pointer staged a deadlock, and finally the Nets lost to the Lone Ranger 111-113 at home.
The Nets have recently picked up, after a wave of four consecutive wins back to the eighth position in the East, Irving came on the court to get a career high of 60 points, the Nets also exploded 150 points, in the first half they got 86 points, creating a team halftime scoring record and refreshing the Magic half-time loss record, but returning to the home game Irving still can not play, the Nets still lack the ball holding strong point, which also led to Durant has been packed, but if Irving and Durant remain in shape, the Nets are still unstoppable.
The Trail Blazers are currently in 11th place in the West with a 26-42 record of 68 regular season games, averaging 107.1 points per game and 113.8 points conceded. In the last game, the team challenged the Knicks away, and the two teams were evenly matched in the opening stages, after which the Knicks gradually established a lead by counterattacking. Coming back in the second quarter, the two teams took turns playing offensively, and the Knicks always maintained a 10-point lead or so, with the Knicks leading 66-55 in the first half. The Blazers came back in the second half in a bad way, and the Knicks relied on the rotation of Fournier, Barrett and Randle to widen the point difference to 20 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Knicks continued to extend their advantage, and in the end, the Knicks beat the Blazers 128-98.
With the last loss to the Knicks, the Blazers have lost 8 of their last nine games, only one win on the Wizards, but miraculously, rival Pelicans have been losing recently, so the Blazers still have a chance to qualify for the playoffs so badly, they are currently only 1.5 wins behind the tenth Pelicans, and there are two direct matches with the Pelicans in the future, whether they want to impact the playoffs or not is up to them.