At 7:30 Beijing time this morning, the 2021-22 NBA Professional League regular season Brooklyn Nets sat at home against the Utah Jazz as promised. In this game, Nets coach Steve Nash sent Golan Dragic, Curry Jr., Bruce Brown, Kevin Durant, Clarkston starting lineup, and Kyrie Irving could not play. Jazz coach Quinn Snyder sent Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, O'Neal, Hernan Gomez and Rudy Gobert to start the game, with Bojan absent due to injury.
After the game began, Durant's offense opened the nets' scoring, and Conley responded with a surprise shot. Gobert slammed into the dunk and Dragic scored three points. Durant threw himself into the net, and Mitchell and Clarkson threw in succession. Whiteside played a second offense, Mitchell made a surprise shot to get it, and the Jazz countered the score. Brown made a layup, Clarkson fired from the outside, and Griffin attacked. At the end of the first quarter, the Jazz led the Nets 28-25.
Entering the second quarter, Griffin made two foul shots, and Conley's pitcher fell. Dragic hit a jumper, Mills scored three points and Griffin made a second offense. Mitchell and Durant attacked each other, and Forrester and Mills also scored. Conley threw a dashing shot, and Mills played back the basket. Then the Jazz attacked the power outage, Durant sudden shot combined with unstoppable, Edwards completed the dunk, and at the end of the first half, the Nets led the Jazz 53-51.
Easy side to fight again, into the third quarter of the game, Clarkston dunks in a row, Brown breakthrough to play 2+1, the Nets continue to expand the lead. Conley scored on a layup, and Mitchell and Brown raced each other out. Conley shot long and then advanced, and Clarkston, Edwards and inside and outside blossomed. Clarkson's 3+1 skills shocked four, Durant hit three points in a row to ignite the whole field, and the point difference between the two teams is getting bigger and bigger! Clarkston completed the dunk again, Clarkson and Butler scored in succession, and Brown and Durant took turns to play with color. At the end of the third quarter, the Nets led the Jazz 91-75.
Entering the final quarter, Dragic attacked successfully, Gay scored a basket, Thomas threw a shot, and Mills and Gay shot each other from a distance. The Jazz's offense then went back to steam, and Durant broke through to layups in a row to give the Nets a 20-point lead. Although Mitchell and Clarkson scored three points in a row, and Gobert and O'Neal scored consecutively, as Durant threw himself into the basket and Clarkston took over, the suspense of winning or losing the game gradually disappeared. In the end, the Nets, who had four-man doubles, defeated the Jazz 114-106 and welcomed two consecutive wins!
To view the personal data of the main players of both sides:
For the Nets (8th in the East), Kevin Durant had 37 points, nine rebounds and eight assists; Bruce Brown had 22 points, seven rebounds, and five assists; Nicholas Claxton had 15 points, six rebounds, four assists, and two blocks; Patti Mills had 13 points, three rebounds; Griffin had nine points, four rebounds, and three assists; Dragic had 7 points, seven assists, and three rebounds; Edwards had five points, two rebounds; and Thomas had four points.
For the Jazz (No. 4 in the West), Donovan Mitchell had 30 points, three rebounds, and three assists; Jordan Clarkson had 19 points, six rebounds, and three steals; Mike Conley had 18 points and seven assists; Rudy Gobert had 11 points and four rebounds; Gay had nine points, three rebounds; Whiteside had six points and five rebounds; Jared Butler had five points; Forrester had four points, three assists, two rebounds, two steals, two blocks; AndRey Royce O'Neal had 2 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and three blocks.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Nets coach Steve Nash said: "Today everyone played a great performance, everyone contributed, and there was their moment - it was a great team effort! Plus, we defended well, and in the third quarter, under our limitations, the other side only scored 24 points. In the second and third quarters, the other side only scored 47 points, which is crucial. ”
At the same time, Nash also praised Durant's performance, saying: "This is the typical performance of Durant, today he is more focused, he plays well, and he works very hard, we need this, his performance is fantastic!" ”
Looking at the Jazz, who suffered a loss, head coach Quinn Snyder said helplessly when talking about the reason for the loss: "The third quarter of today's game is a bit like all kinds of troubles happening at the same time. Jazz player Donovan Mitchell said: "Because the other side kept scoring goals, we didn't have the opportunity to run up and fight back. Some of the balls can't be defended, you can say because it's Durant, but there are some places where we can correct them. ”
According to the schedule, at 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on March 24, the Nets will play against the Grizzlies on the road, and at the same time, the Jazz will compete with the Celtics on the road, hoping that in the case of staying away from injuries, the players can play the ideal competitive state!
(Source: Weibo)
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