On March 24, Beijing time, in the Nets' game against the Grizzlies, Durant scored 35 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and Irving scored 43 points, but the Nets actually lost 120:132 to Morant's absent Grizzlies. As a result, the Grizzlies' record this season has reached 50 wins and 23 losses, equaling the best regular season record in their team's history. After the game, the players on both sides were very friendly, hugging each other and greeting each other, such a scene, it looks like a "big gift" from the Nets to the Grizzlies.
Durant and Irving performed well, but the Nets lost the game. I think Durant and Irving have been scoring wildly lately, and they're both having a lot of fun, but it's not necessarily the best for the team, and that's a double-edged sword.
Let's first talk about the favorable side of this double-edged sword. Durant and Irving have shown excellent competitive form recently, playing the Hornets, Irving scored 50 points, playing the Knicks, Durant did not want to be left behind to come by a 53 points, followed by the Magic, Irving once again scored 60 points. Durant and Irving perform so wildly that the duo scored 30+ and 40+ in a game was not news and not worth mentioning at all.
On the one hand, the Nets' recent record is really good, they have achieved a record of 6 wins and 2 losses in the last eight games; on the other hand, durant and Irving have also formed a healthy competition within the team, which has stimulated the morale of the two, which is very beneficial to the Nets.
Turning to the advantages, let's talk about the downsides of this double-edged sword. Durant and Irving both went crazy, had fun, and played with confidence. As a result, the two of them prefer to solve problems by going it alone on the offensive end. The Nets also hope that ah, a singles can solve the problem, but also help the team win, why not? As a result, Durant finished playing Irving, Irving tired Durant again, anyway, can solve the problem single, try not to need how complicated tactics.
Then the problem arises, because basketball is a team sport of five people after all, and sometimes it is impossible to win the ball alone. Let's take the Nets game against the Grizzlies as an example, the Nets made a total of 87 shots in the whole game, and the Duo duo accounted for 55 times, accounting for 63.2% of the total number of shots on the team. But they met a Grizzlies who were sidelined by Morant and relied on team basketball to play, and at this time, individual heroism lost to team basketball. The drawbacks of Durant and Irving going it alone are unmistakable.
In fact, we can also see from the Grizzlies that team basketball is far more able to help the team win than playing alone. According to statistics, when Morant was absent, the Grizzlies record was 15 wins and 2 losses, which is not a bit lacking who is embarrassed? But the Grizzlies' brightest star this season, and the ultimate in individual heroism basketball, is Morant.
Therefore, I think that in basketball competitions, personal heroism is always a double-edged sword, and the recent crazy scoring of two superstars like the Nets is equivalent to having two double-edged swords, which are invincible to use well, and it is easy to hurt themselves.
In fact, not only Durant and Irving have been scoring crazy recently, but many superstars in the league like James and Tatum have also been crazy to score. Interestingly, the recent NBA trend of individual scoring madness began with James. Since James slashed 56 points in the Lakers' game against the Warriors on March 6, many stars in the league have been "deviated" by James, turning on offensive mode and scoring high scores madly.