After a narrow win at home, the Eighth-Place Nets in the East took a break and faced the challenge of the Jazz, who were fourth in the West during a three-game winning streak.
On the Nets side, Drummond hung up the free card, and Clarkston got the opportunity to enter the starting lineup, trying to bring more help to Durant and help the team defend the home to win two consecutive wins.
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, Mitchell is in hot form, and Conley has ushered in a comeback, but this battle the Jazz are fighting back-to-back, and it is obvious that they will face great challenges and tests!
Finally, after 4 quarters of the battle, with the excellent performance of Durant + Bruce Brown, the Nets, who played at home, overpowered the Jazz in the first half and occupied the initiative on the court.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Clarkston + Durant felt hot in the third quarter, and the Nets took advantage of the chase to play a wave of 19-6 scoring climax, expanding the point difference to 16 points in one fell swoop.
And despite the final showdown, Mitchell ushered in an outbreak, leading the Jazz to continuously fight back, successfully narrowing the point difference to single digits.
But the Nets were helpless to play steadily, and Mills + James Johnson scored consecutive points, completely ending the Jazz's idea of trying to fight back.
The Nets, who finally withstood the pressure, also beat the Jazz 114-106 at home, strongly guarding the home court, and also won a wave of 2 consecutive wins!
Playing at home in this game, the Nets will live up to expectations, playing a 4-man scoring double-double, all-staff team performance, overturning the fourth-place Jazz in the West and winning a hard-won victory.
In the case of dragic + Mills + Griffin and other main players, each performing their duties, the team's home star Durant, and the two big tigers Bruce Brown + Clarkston play, is particularly critical!
Durant was in full swing in this game, starting 38 minutes, shooting 4 three-pointers on 23 shots and 15 in the middle and outside lines, bombing a game-high 37 points, plus a quasi-triple-double performance of 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal.
Among them, in the third quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 15 points in a single quarter not only helped the Nets quickly open up the point difference, but also once became a difficult existence for the Jazz team to solve!
More importantly, after scoring 37 points in this game, Durant's regular season career total also officially surpassed Jerry West to rise to 22nd place in league history, setting a great personal record!
In addition, as a major player of the team, the play of Bruce Brown in this game also played a crucial role.
Bruce Brown attacked and defended well, shooting 7-of-14 from the field, delivering 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, providing the Nets with great firepower and vitality!
Of course, the Nets were able to beat the Jazz in this game, and the performance of the team's inner tower Clarkston was also great.
In this game, Clarkston was in danger, and in the first 26 minutes of the game, he contributed 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 7-of-8 shooting.
Not only did it make a breakthrough on the offensive end, supporting the Nets' internal line, but also on the defensive end, it disrupted the Jazz's offensive rhythm and deployment many times, and successfully affected the trend of the game!
And rationally speaking, in this game with All-Star center Gobert, whether in personal data or on-court performance, Clarkston, who is not afraid of tigers, can be described as a complete victory over Gobert at both ends of the attack and defense!
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, the team reversed the defeat in this game, and finally lost by 8 points, and hated the performance of the away game, which is obviously regrettable.
After all, in the case of conley + Gobert, the two main forces, continuing to perform stably, the performance of Mitchell, the core of the team, has indeed yet to be studied!
Although Mitchell scored a team-high 30 points in this game, plus 3 rebounds and 3 assists, rationally speaking, his overall shooting rate of only 9 of 23 shots in the whole game, as well as the situation of as many as 6 personal errors, is still somewhat unsatisfactory!
Considering the team's current record and ranking, it has to be said that in the few next schedules, the Jazz team that has suffered from the belly and back obviously cannot afford to lose!