On March 24, Beijing time, the Nets challenged the Grizzlies away today, Durant and Irving doubled their stars, but they were beaten by the Grizzlies without Morant and fled, and in the end, the Grizzlies were all soldiers, tearing up the Nets 132-120. In this game, Nash's employment tactics are incomprehensible, the key moment, the first three quarters of the good Zhuang Shen was pressed on the bench, in the end, Zhuang Shen's data was fixed in 9 out of 7, 15 points and 5 rebounds, although the Nets lost 12 points, but the Positive and Negative Value of Zhuang Shen was +14, indicating that he was very important to the Nets.
Durant performed well in the first three quarters, only 2 points were scored in the last quarter of 5, and after the whole game, Durant scored 12 of 28, cut 35 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and made 5 mistakes, Durant lost the crosshairs on the field, shooting only 1 of 7; Irving shot the last bullet in this campaign, 15 of 27 in the whole game, 43 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists. The Nets' starter was brilliant, bruce Brown also had 13 points and seven rebounds, but unfortunately, the players on the bench were not in good shape, and the four bench players scored only 11 points, and Clarkston alone scored 7 points.
Thomas contributed four points and Johnson played 10 minutes and 37 seconds, 0-of-3, with no points to score. The Nets' most disappointing player of the game was Mills, who played 25 minutes off the bench, 0 of 4, slashed 0 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists, made 2 turnovers, plus or minus -27. Mills is an offensive player, and once he can't find the form on the offensive end, then he basically has no effect, because his defensive ability is average, and his passing ability is not very good, so that's why his plus-minus is so low.
Durant and Irving are not passing stars, but it is rare that the two have contributed 8 assists each. When Harden was in the Nets, due to his strong offensive containment and extraordinary passing ability, Mills played very comfortably, often getting the opportunity to shoot in the empty position, and his average score per game also set a new career high, but after Harden left, because no one gave Mills a pass, he had less and less opportunities to get empty shots, and more often he could only run on his own, or use cover blocks to create space.
However, the Nets' ball is in the hands of Durant and Irving after all, so in this game, Mills does not have much ball power, can only rely on himself, unfortunately, his own feel is not good, again and again the shooting box out, and finally buried the game. Mills was originally a sharpshooter, this game directly incarnated as the Iron God, which indirectly highlighted the value of Harden, when Harden is there, Mills tends to play well, and now that Harden is gone, Mills, although still has a place in the team's system, is not as good as before.