On the morning of March 27, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nets played against the Heat at home. As a result, the Heat were defeated by the Nets 25-27, 21-40, 22-29, 27-14, 95-110 on aggregate. Durant scored 23 points and Drummond had 11 rebounds. The Heat were essentially a full-line dud, and while five people scored in double figures, robinsons like Robinson scored just 0 points in 13 minutes, including 21 turnovers, becoming the main factor in the defeat.
Currently, the Heat are no. 1 in the East with a record of 47 wins and 27 losses, and the Nets are no. 8 in the East with a record of 38 wins and 35 losses. The two teams have played each other 9 times before, the Heat are 6-3, especially in the last four games, the Heat have won the game, but the gap between the two sides is not very large.
Judging by their recent form, the Heat suffered a three-game losing streak, and the Nets were reversed by the Grizzlies in the last round after ending a two-game winning streak. In this round, both teams want to regain their form by thinking about winning.
Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both teams, the Heat starters: Lowry, Robinson, Adebayo, Tucker, Butler, and the Nets starters: Irving, Seth Curry, Drummond, Durant, Bruce Brown.
In the first quarter, Heat forward Adebayo and Nets center Drummond jumped the ball, and then Butler made a mistake, and after the ball was snatched by Drummond, the Nets hit a three-point shot. In the final moments of the first quarter, the Nets' Durant scored a backhand layup to give the Heat a 27-25 lead.
In the second quarter, the Heat's state was completely absent, and Robinson played 13 minutes to score 0 points and only one rebound, which is also a reflection of the state of the entire Heat team. As a result, halftime ended, and the Nets locked in the second quarter at 40-21, leading the Heat 67-46 on aggregate.
In the third quarter, the Nets' Durant, Curry, Drummond, Irving, and Caston scored in double figures, and the Heat seemed overwhelmed. At the end of the third quarter, the Nets continued to lead, taking a 29-22, 96-68 overall lead.
In the fourth quarter, the Heat tried to launch a powerful counterattack, but as Drummond's dominance under the basket increased, he had 11 rebounds with 3:11 left in the game. The Heat's poor form in this game is mainly reflected in the turnover rate, and 20 turnovers are enough to bury the game.
In the end, the Heat set the score at 27-14 in the final quarter, losing 95-110 on aggregate.
In this game, the No. 1 Heat in the East also set two humiliating records. First, the previous record of four wins against the Nets came to an end, and the Nets were also a shame; second, the Heat suffered the first humiliating record of the season's first "four consecutive losses".