On March 28, Beijing time, the Hornets defeated the Nets 119-110 to win two consecutive wins. The first quarter of this game the Nets led by 6 points, the Nets also led by 4 points after half-time, the Hornets played 37-29 in the third quarter to achieve a rebound, the two teams were very deadlocked in the last quarter, entering the last 4 minutes the Hornets also led by 2 points, Durant missed a continuous shot, Irving found a little late in the last quarter, and finally the Nets swallowed the loss.
This game is Kyrie Irving's first home performance since last year's playoffs, he still holds a record of seven consecutive home wins, Irving can play at home after the Nets' hard power has increased greatly, the Heat, Philadelphia, Bucks, Green Kai and other teams are beginning to fear to meet the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, but Nash has 6 home advantages, he can pick the first round opponents. The Hornets are the ninth team in the East and are only one win away from the Nets, so both teams will do their best to win this game.
Irving VS three-goal drama is also very exciting, but Irving does not seem to be used to his own basket, the first quarter of 4 0 + three-point 3 of 0, 0 points 2 assists 1 turnover, the second quarter of 5 of 2, 1 of 3 points 1 scored 6 points, 5 assists and 1 block, halftime Irving 9 of 2, three points 7 of 1, the efficiency value is very poor.
The three-goal performance was very eye-catching, with 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 2 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter, 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-8 shooting in the second quarter, and 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-12 in the half.
In the third quarter, Lamelho Ball directly ran to crush Irving, 5 of 7 in a single quarter, 5 of 6 from three points, 3 of 4 from the free throw line, 18 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 2 steals, Irving made 4 of 0 in the third quarter, 0 of 3 points, 0 of 3 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound and 1 block, and the performance of the two was high. Fortunately, Durant and Drummond did not let the point difference widen.
In the last quarter, Irving finally began to find the feel, Rozier did not hit the three points after Irving hit the mid-range hit, he scored 8 points in a row to overturn the point difference, three goals did not continue to hit, but Washington, Bridges and Martin contributed 7 points in a row to open the point difference again, Durant's feel in the last quarter was also very poor Already 8 shots 1, and finally 63 seconds The Hornets also led by 5 points, and the Nets were gone.
Irving shot 28.5 percent from the field and 12.5 percent from three-point range, 9-of-2-of-22 shooting, 16 points, 11 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks, shooting 28.5 percent from the field and 12.5 percent from three-point range; Durant shot 9-of-24 from the game and 3-of-11 from three-point range, with 27 points, 7 assists, 8 rebounds and 2 steals, shooting 39.1 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range (1 of 8 in the final quarter).
Three-goal game 10-of-21, 7-of-12 three-pointers, 33 points, nine assists, six rebounds and three steals.
Text/Yan Xiaobai