After suffering two consecutive consecutive defeats and a hasty road trip, the Nets, ranked tenth in the East, returned to their home games and ushered in the challenge of the Rockets, who ranked at the bottom of the West during the four-game losing streak.
On the Nets side, Bruce Brown returned to the line of fire, trying to bring more help to Irving + Durant, leading the team to defend the home field and ending the losing streak.
On the other hand, on the Rockets side, although Jaylen Green + Kevin Potter Jr. is in hot form, but this campaign is running to the road, the Rockets will obviously be in a bitter battle!
Finally, after four quarters of competition, with a perfect start of 15-6, the Nets, who played at home, easily suppressed the Rockets in the first half and achieved a huge advantage of 17 points.
Although after returning from the second half, Jaylen Green + Kevin Porter Jr. felt hot in the third quarter and led the Rockets to constantly play counter-attacks, preserving the suspense of the game.
But in the last quarter of the decisive moment, Irving + Drummond successively exerted their strength, the Nets maintained a 13-point lead, and the Rockets could not catch up with the points, so they had to surrender.
In the end, the Nets also won the Rockets 118-105 at home, winning a 13-point victory, but also giving the opponent rockets a 5-game losing streak!
Playing at home in this game, the Nets will sweep away the decline during the losing streak, playing a team performance of 5 people scoring in double figures and all the players.
In the case of drummond + Cameron Thomas and other main players, each performing their duties, the two aces Durant + Irving, and the tiger will Bruce Brown's play, is particularly critical!
Although Durant did not feel good on the offensive end of this game, only 4 of 13 shots in the whole game, but fortunately, he dared to fight, and with his super personal ability, he still handed over 18 points + 9 rebounds + 7 assists + 2 blocks.
I have to say that as one of the team's home stars, although Durant's offensive end is slightly sluggish, through defense and assists, Durant still successfully affected the trend of the game!
In addition, as another main attacker of the team, Irving's play in this game is also indispensable.
In this campaign, Irving was in full swing, starting 38 minutes, shooting 8 three-pointers on 13-of-24 shooting, and bombing a game-high 42 points, plus 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Among them, his heroic performance of cutting 17 points in the single quarter of the last quarter, almost single-handedly, dominated the offensive and defensive ends, and ended the suspense of the game!
Of course, the Nets were able to beat the Rockets in this game, and the performance of Bruce Brown, who ushered in a comeback, also played a crucial role.
Bruce Brown was well-defended in this game, shooting 5-of-8 from three-point range and 3-shooting without false shots, contributing to an efficient performance of 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
Not only did it gain something on the offensive end, providing strong immediate combat strength and vitality, but also on the defensive end, it repeatedly interfered with the Rockets' offensive rhythm and deployment!
More importantly, after the victory over the Rockets in this game, the Nets' regular season record also improved to 41 wins and 38 losses, officially surpassing the Hornets and Hawks and returning to eighth in the East.
And for head coach Nash, in the case of winning this battle and the team successfully returning to eighth in the rankings, Nash is also a double happiness, temporarily relieved!
On the other hand, on the Rockets side, the team was completely suppressed at both ends of the attack and defense in this game, and finally swallowed a 13-point rout + 5 consecutive losses, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case of Jaylen Green + Kevin Porter Jr. playing well and cutting 30+ at the same time, the sluggish performance of Tate + Matthews + Christopher + Christopher + Kenjan Martin Jr. only 8 of 36 shots is indeed hard to blame!
In the face of Irving, who has gone crazy, and the huge gap in the strength and depth of the lineup, Jaylen Green + Kevin Porter Jr., who has worked hard for a whole game but has no success, seems to have no choice but to accept the reality of 5 consecutive defeats!