The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Nets away to challenge the Heat of the East, which was a potential preview of a playoff showdown, but also a real strong dialogue, but unexpectedly after the first quarter of the tug-of-war, the game went to a one-sided trend, and in the end, the Nets won 110-95 on the road to the Heat, giving the opponent 4 consecutive losses! They were also crowned number one in the East, and Philadelphia lay back at the top of the list.
The Heat's starting lineup is Lowry, Dunroe, Butler, Tucker and Adebayor, which is their strongest starting lineup at the moment. The Nets, on the other hand, Irving, Curry, Durant, Brown and Drummond, are the strongest starters they can line up before Ben Simmons returns.
In the first quarter, the two sides played more glue, the Heat very well limited Irving's offense, so that he did not score in the quarter, but Durant's presence helped the Nets solve the offensive problem, the first quarter of the game, the Nets led 2 points at 27-25, it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable. But unexpectedly, at the beginning of the second quarter, the game appeared one-sided.
In the second quarter of the game, Durant Irving made a threat at the same time, the two scored 10 points each, leading the team to blast a wave of 40-21 attacks, directly beating the Heat overwhelmed. The Nets blossomed inside and out, while the Heat's outside shots were collectively frustrated, and the interior offense failed to reap the benefits, and after halftime, the Nets led by 21 points at 67-46.
Easy to fight again, the Nets continued the offensive state, Curry Jr. stepped forward to share the offensive pressure of Durant Irving, and the Nets played a wave of offensive climax, at one point to open the point difference to 37 points. The Heat have since recovered, trailing the score to 68-96 before the end of the third quarter, trailing by 28 points.
In the final quarter, the Nets directly sent a full bench lineup, the team's offense once came to a standstill, but the Heat after narrowing the point difference to 24 points, they failed to seize the opportunity, Griffin hit 3 consecutive 3 points completely killed the Heat's counterattack, once again stretching the point difference to 30+. The Heat then stubbornly chased the score to narrow the gap to less than 20 points, but there was too little time left for them, and the Nets eventually won a big win on the road.
In the whole game, Durant played 30 minutes and 37 seconds, 7 of 14 shots, light 23 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, attacking and defending well. Eurowen's field form has dropped significantly from the past 4 games, which is not unrelated to the Heat's backcourt defense, he played 30 minutes, 4 of 11 shots, 5 of 1 outside the three-point line, and finally only had 11 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.
But apparently, the Heat's restrictions on Durant and Irving have also given other Nets players more opportunities, especially Sescuari, who is the Third Big Nets. He exploded in the third quarter, scoring 14 points in a single quarter and becoming a key contributor to the Nets' ability to pull the score apart further.
And from Curry's performance, it is not difficult to see that when the Nets lineup is in order, their offense is almost insoluble. Durant and Irving's containment is very strong in itself, and when the opponent pours a lot of defense into them, Curry's sharp blade will stand up and give the opponent a fatal blow.
Because he can not only shoot from outside the 3-point line, but also be able to break through with the ball to complete the mid-range shooting. It is worth mentioning that Curry Jr. has the third highest mid-range shooting percentage in the league this season, while the top two in the league are Durant and Aldridge, both nets players.