On March 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Nets hosted the Hornets, Irving ushered in the home debut, the Nets once led by 14 points in the second quarter, but in the third quarter they once collapsed and fell behind by 11 points, the two teams fought fiercely to the last moment, the Hornets seized the opportunity, and finally defeated the Nets 119-110, won two consecutive wins, ranked against the Nets rose to 8th, and the Nets fell to 9th.
Irving has been unable to play at home because he refused to be vaccinated, and now that ban has finally been lifted, Irving has made his home debut of the season. The Nets won big against the Heat, ranking 8th in the East, and the Hornets in 9th in the East, just one win behind the Nets, and the outcome of this game is related to the playoff place ranking.
Irving and Durant double core led the team, the first quarter of the two teams on the tight score, the Nets in the second half of the first quarter to reverse the score has been ahead, but the difference is not much, Irving feel cold, the first quarter of 4 shots all lost, the Nets in the first quarter to achieve a 6-point advantage. Drummond gave in on the inside, and the Nets pulled the score apart at one point in the second quarter to lead by as many as 14 points. The Hornets' offense nibbled at the score, trailing by just four points at halftime, and Irving was only 2 of 9 shots in the first half.
The Hornets began to erupt, Ball hit three three-pointers in three minutes, and the Hornets hit a 14-6 run to quickly stop the Nets. The Nets' offense in this quarter was muted, the Hornets' offense in this quarter was very crazy, Ball shot 4 three-pointers in a single quarter to blast down 18 points, the Hornets once widened the point difference to double digits, but the Nets recovered some points at the end of the quarter, only 4 points behind at the end of the third quarter, and the suspense was left until the last quarter.
In the final quarter, the Hornets took the lead, and Thomas Jr. hit a three-pointer to widen the point difference to 9 points. The Nets clenched the score, Irving finally picked up at the end of the quarter, he used the breakthrough to score 6 consecutive points to help the Nets tie the score, and then Irving hit two free throws, Irving personally scored 8 points, the Nets completed the counterattack, the Hornets quickly stabilized the situation, Martin hit two key three-pointers, the Hornets seized the opportunity, and finally defeated the Nets, rising to 8th in the East, and the Nets fell to 9th in the East.
Durant had 27 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Irving's home debut felt average, only 6 of 22 shots, 1 of 8 outside the line got 16 points and 11 assists, although the last quarter broke out to get 10 points, but the performance of the whole game was unsatisfactory, smashing the home debut, Drummond cut 20 points and 16 rebounds.