The NBA regular season continues, the Nets welcome a battle with the Raptors at home, Nash was interviewed before the game, he said that Harris will come back as a backup, the Nets lost to the Pelicans in the first game, and it is worth waiting to see if they can turn the tide today. In terms of starters, the Nets are Simmons, Irving, Durant, O'Neal and Claxton, while the Raptors are VanVleet, Trent, Anunoby, Barnes and Siakam.
In the opening game Irving jumper scored, Trent, Barnes and Siakam joined forces to respond, the Raptors gradually gained the upper hand, Simmons hooked, Zhao Si ate cake, O'Neal made a foul, the Nets quickly overtook it, Simmons broke through and could score, Irving also made a layup, the Nets stopped the Raptors, the two teams started a tug-of-war when they came back from a pause, but the Nets have maintained a slight lead, Durant feels bad, how to shoot how not, fortunately, the Grim Reaper assists Sharpe to dunk, and then assists Harris to hit a three-pointer, In another way, Irving made a three-point run and Mills made both free throws to give the Nets a four-point net run at 28-24 in a single quarter. According to statistics, Durant shot 0-of-4 in the first quarter and scored 2 points on free throws.
Durant's slump is really rare, and this is also a problem for the Nets, Duo always has one person who does not play well. In the second quarter, the Raptors began to exert their strength, Siakam made a layup, Banton ate cake, Irving threw a shot in response, Van Vleet three points bombarded, Ban Don rebounded, the Raptors still overtook the score, it was still Irving three points to stop the bleeding, Siakam scored 6 points in a row, the Nets could not defend him, Durant's jumper finally scored, Siakam scored 4 points in a row, during this time the Nets' shooting rate plummeted, and the mistakes began to increase, Nash actually did not call a timeout, Durant split to score, Mills fired from the outside, the Nets stabilized the situation, Barnes made two free throws at the end of the quarter, Durant responded with a difficult jump shot and trailed the Nets by three points at halftime.
In terms of the first half, the Nets had too many single-play tactics, Durant and Irving took turns, and seeing such a situation Nash wanted to miss Harden. At the beginning of the third quarter, Durant stopped the jump shot and scored, and then Irving suddenly broke out to score 8 points in a row, the Raptors are also tenacious, biting the point difference under the leadership of Siakam, Durant hit two three-pointers in a row, Siakam and Barnes also responded with three points, the Raptors overtook the score with a 15-0 offensive attack, Durant jumper quickly stopped the bleeding, Barnes responded with a board, Siakam also scored three points, at this time the Raptors were already leading by double digits, Nash had no tactics, when he was behind, he could only rely on Durant to force a single, fortunately, Zhao Si stood up, Scoring six straight points to stop the bleeding, Mills also scored a three-pointer, and the Nets trailed by one point at the end of the third quarter.
I have to say that Simmons is too embarrassed, he only shot 3 shots in the first three quarters, which shows that Simmons still does not want to attack, or even empty baskets. In the final quarter, Morris opened the three-point shooting, Zhao made four free throws, Irving scored 7 points in a row, Simmons picked the basket, Irving continued with three points, Durant threw a shot, the Nets led by double digits in a wave, the Raptors did not give up, again narrowed the point difference, Anunoby three points at the critical moment, Irving responded with a shot, Siakam broke through to the basket, it was Durant's turn to respond with three points, O'Neal ended the suspense with three points, and finally the Nets 109-105 Nick Raptors, refused to reverse.
Despite the win, the Raptors are not a strong team, and the Nets have exposed too many problems, such as many mistakes, and Durant alone has 5 turnovers. Second, Nash was questioned about his employment, and he replaced a poorly projected lineup in the second quarter rotation, which left them with no room at all. In addition, Nash's tactics are too single, basically Duo turns to play, which is the sequelae of no Harden, although Simmons has organizational skills, but he can't score, and the help for the Nets is actually very limited. In terms of statistics, Durant 27 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 5 turnovers, Irving 30 points and 7 assists, as mentioned earlier, Duo takes turns, so the two rarely have a common outbreak, it is a one-man rhythm. Simmons filled the stat bar with 6 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers, and there was an empty basket during the game that Simmons didn't play and caused a lot of discussion. Claxton had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks, while O'Neal had 7 points and 4 rebounds and Mills had 10 points. It must be admitted that the Nets' top lineup is played like this, Nash is to blame, I don't know how long Durant can endure, Nash is better off as soon as possible.