On the morning of April 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Eastern Focus Battle, the Nets away to the Hawks, the two sides competed for the eighth key game in the East, the Hawks blossomed at multiple points, the Nets Durant opened the death mode, the Hawks once led by 15 points in the first half, Durant played strongly in the third quarter, the Nets were once forced to single digits, the fourth quarter of the two sides were sawn, the Hawks once led by 14 points, the Nets chased only one point, and finally Trae Young played a key play to kill the game. The Hawks beat the Nets 122-115. Hawks eighth, Nets tenth!
The Nets are 40-37 and eighth in the East. The Hawks are also 40-37, ninth in the East. The two teams competing to play the playoffs is basically a foregone conclusion, and the Raptors are currently sixth in the East, with a record of 45 wins and 32 losses. But play-offs and play-offs are different, especially eighth and ninth. Because the winners of the seventh and eighth places enter the play-offs with the number 7; the losers of the seventh and eighth have to play one game, and the opponent is the winner of the ninth and tenth, which shows that the eighth is more advantageous, and the ninth playing one more game has one more risk of getting out.
Durant came up in the first quarter and turned on the "Grim Reaper Mode", two consecutive three-pointers, and three free throws, leading the Nets to a 14-4 advantage. The Hawks immediately responded on the offensive end, gradually approaching the score, chasing only one point in the middle. The two sides then drew a tug-of-war and the Nets maintained a slim advantage to end the first quarter 30-28.
Playing two minutes or so in the second quarter, the Nets had a five-point advantage. The Hawks turned on the offensive wave, and Garinari Wright hit a powerful three-point shot from the outside to help the Hawks back nine points. Irving's three-pointer helped the Nets stop the bleeding, and the Hawks continued to score points on the offensive end to establish a 10-point advantage. The two sides tugged, and the Nets once chased a six-point difference. The Hawks came back from a timeout and Garrinari and Young played super strongly to help the Hawks end the first half 65-50.
Drummond dunked in the third quarter, Edwards Durant scored three points, and the point gap narrowed to single digits. The Hawks pulled away again with a 15-point advantage. Durant played twice in a row to 2+1. Durant continued his one-man no-solution mode, helping the Nets chase down just six points. Irving's subsequent back-to-back scoring helped the Nets bite the score to end the third quarter 87-94.
In the fourth quarter, Irving made three points, Thomas hit all three free throws, and the Nets chased down only four points. After Lou Wei's three-pointer, Gallinari scored four straight points and Wright's three-pointer, the Hawks led by 14 points again after a 10-0 run. Irving scored three points, Durant scored seven straight points, Johnson hit two free throws and Irving hit two points to make a one-point difference 106-107. The Hawks scored four straight points. Durant dunked. Bogda's three-pointer-to-face table problem was ineffective, and Young scored five consecutive points to kill the game 116-108. Durant scored two points to score a career-high 55. In the end, the Hawks won 122-115 against the Nets.
The Nets only had two men in double figures, With Durant having 55 points, seven rebounds and three assists, Drummond with eight points and 13 rebounds and Irving with 31 points and six assists. Hawks, Trae Young 36 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Hunter 15 points and 10 rebounds, Roiwu 11 points, Capela 9 points and 12 rebounds, Gallinari 15 points and 5 rebounds.