After three consecutive defeats, the Heat, ranked first in the East, sat back-to-back at home and ushered in the challenge of the Eighth Place Nets in the East.
In terms of the Heat, head coach Spoo is absent, and the Heat, which lacks a "commander" in this campaign, can defend the home field, and undoubtedly faces great challenges and tests.
On the other hand, on the Nets side, although Irving + Durant is in hot form, but this campaign is running to the away game, and the Nets will obviously be in a bitter battle!
Fortunately, after 4 quarters of competition, with a wave of 20-6 scoring climax, the Nets, who were mainly guests, easily suppressed the Heat in the first half and achieved a huge advantage of 21 points.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Seth Curry ushered in the third quarter, and the Nets took advantage of the chase to expand the point difference to 28 points, which also made the final quarter early into garbage time.
In the end, the Nets also won 110-92 on the road to the Heat, which was worth the trip to stage a big upset at the same time, but also gave the opponent heat a 4 consecutive defeats!
In this game away from home, the Nets swept away the slump of the previous game loss, played a 5-man scoring double-double, all-staff team offensive, and won a 18-point victory.
In the case of Irving + Bruce Brown + Clarkston and other main players, each performing their duties, the team ace Durant, and the two major players Seth Curry + Drummond play, is particularly critical!
Durant attacked and defended well in this game, starting 30 minutes, shooting a game-high 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting, plus 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 19 points in the entire first half not only helped the Nets quickly open the score gap, but also laid a solid foundation for the team's big victory!
In addition, as the inner pillar of the team, Drummond's performance in this game is also indispensable.
Drummond was very efficient, contributing 13 points + 11 rebounds + 1 assist + 2 steals on 6 of 11 shooting, and while gaining on the offensive end, he also interfered with the Heat's offense many times on the defensive end, successfully affecting the trend of the game!
Of course, the Nets were able to beat the Heat in this game, and Seth Curry's play also played a crucial role.
Seth Curry fired five three-pointers and delivered 17 points and one steal without personal error.
And his key play in the third quarter, riding a single level to cut 14 points, is almost single-handed, completely ending the suspense of the game!
On the other hand, on the side of the Heat, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the attack and defense in this game, and finally swallowed the 18-point rout + 4 consecutive losses, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, throughout the game, in the absence of the team manager, the Heat not only lost the crosshairs in 10 of 34 shooting, but also made as many as 13 mistakes in the three major players of Adebayo + Lowry + Taylor Hiero.
In the case of the main players who can't open the situation for a long time, in the face of the Nets with multiple blossoms, the Heat's generals who have completely collapsed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this campaign seem to have no choice but to accept the reality of 4 consecutive losses!
More importantly, after losing to the Nets in this game and suffering four consecutive losses, the Heat's regular season record also fell to 47 wins and 28 losses, and it has been officially surpassed by the 76ers in the rankings, losing the throne of the first place in the East.
At the same time, the pattern of the top four in the East has also changed greatly after the Battle of I, the current 76ers are in the first place in the East, the Heat are temporarily in the second place in the East, and the Green Army is surpassing the Bucks to rise to the third place in the East, and the defending champion Bucks are relegated to fourth!
Fortunately, from the current situation, the top four teams in the East are not obvious in terms of the winning gap, and rationally speaking, in the next few schedules, the top four teams in the East will undoubtedly gradually become white-hot!