On March 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nets challenged the Grizzlies away. In the first half of the game, the Nets were firmly suppressed by the Grizzlies, but in the third quarter, they fired full power on the offensive end, not only erasing the double-digit point difference, but also overtaking the score, entering the crucial fourth quarter, the Nets suddenly muted on the offensive end, and finally lost to the opponent 120-132, missing the three consecutive wins.
In this campaign, Nets twins Durant and Irving both played well, the former appeared in 40 minutes, scoring 35 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists on 12-of-28 shooting, while the latter played 44 minutes and had 43 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists on 15-of-27 shooting. But even so, it still failed to help the team win, which is somewhat a bit of a shadow of the Thunder "King Explosion" combination of that year.
The Nets lost this game, mainly because of three points.
First, the projection outside the three-point line is inaccurate. Throughout the game, the Nets shot 25 three-pointers and hit only 9 of 36 percent, with Durant shooting just 1-of-7 and Mills losing all three; compared to 50 percent of the 38-of-39 shooting from the outside. The Nets were completely crushed in terms of shots and shooting percentage.
Second, the performance of the substitutes. Throughout the game, four Nets bench players got the opportunity to play, but only 2 people scored, including Clarkston with 7 points and Thomas with 4 points; in contrast, the Grizzlies, 5 people got the opportunity to play, a total of 52 points, of which Melton scored 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 6 of 10 from beyond the three-point line, in addition to Clark scored 14 points, Anderson scored 10 points.
Third, the offensive and defensive imbalances. Despite their average performance outside the three-point line, 120 points were not small, but they lost 132 points in the whole game, which showed that they were useless on the defensive end. This phenomenon is basically reflected in the Nets' performance throughout the season, so far their offensive efficiency of 112.9 ranks 8th in the league, and their defensive efficiency of 112.6 can only rank in the league's bottom 8th. This is determined by the Nets' roster structure, and how strong their lineup is on the offensive end and how bad it is on the defensive end.
Although the Nets have a heavy positive off the court this morning, Irving will be allowed to play in the team's home game, but the Nets are facing more problems now, and it is not possible to completely solve the problem of adding an Irving. Especially in the highly competitive playoffs, each team is very strong, and their fault tolerance will be greatly compressed.