Durant blasted down 55 points, Irving scored 31, and the Nets combined to score 86 points and hit 15 three-pointers, but couldn't bring back a win.
Durant is strong, so powerful that he outputs efficiently, which is not surprising. In fact, Trae Young's performance in the first three quarters and a half was not eye-catching, but in the key moments of the competition, Yang still ruled New York , including Brooklyn .
After turning around, Irving has not yet played a really good game. Maybe he wasn't used to fighting continuously, maybe his luck and feel had run out, or maybe he had come to the beginning of Ramadan today, and Owen was hungry and panicked. In short, Irving didn't play at a normal level, and his stats might have been worse if it hadn't been for the last garbage time consecutive scores.
Durant's scoring stability continued from the beginning to the end, he fought hard for 42 minutes, deduced what is called an indiscriminate super scorer, and also fully demonstrated what is called easy to come by and give. Three-point dry pull, mid-range emergency stop, turning back, and even riding a horse archery at the three-point line, Durant's scoring is perfect, but the Nets' defense is a failure. The better Durant is, the more incompetent the Nets appear.
With an 11-2 lead at the start, the Nets trailed by 15 points at halftime, and Durant beat all sides, but it was more like a struggle. The Hawks have more blossoms on this side, and the Nets are left with only Durant's singles. You say he's out of the team, you say he's a solo player, but this ball to Mills, to Cameron Thomas, to James Johnson, can they score? Without Durant's 44-point outcrop in the third quarter, I am afraid that Trae Young would not have had to show his face in the fourth quarter.
At the crucial moment, Durant and Irving once forced the point difference to a turn, but the lost Trae Young suddenly regained the feeling of a big heart. The Nets double star always lacked a breath and eventually lost 115-122. Durant set a new career high, but was powerless to turn it around.
In the whole game, Durant shot 19 of 28, 8 of 10 three-pointers, and 9 of 11 free throws, with 55 points, 7 boards, 3 assists and 1 steal. Durant played 42 minutes and 19 seconds and Irving played 44 minutes and 30 seconds, but the Nets still lost. After this game, the Nets trailed the 6th-place Bulls in the East by as many as 5 wins, but they only had four regular season games left. The Wizards behind them have long since missed the play-offs. As a result, the Nets have officially confirmed that they will play in the playoffs.
The heart is that the Nets' play-off prospects are still worrying. Now, the Cavaliers are far ahead, basically grabbing the seventh place in the East, while the Nets are ranked 10th in the East, and it is difficult to catch up with the Hawks. If the Nets advance to 9th or 10th in the East, they will have to win two straight games to advance from the playoffs.
With the Nets' current defensive performance, the contingency of a decider, anything is possible. Could it be that after the Lakers' ill-fated fate, the nets, who competed for the title at the beginning of the season, will also be abolished?