The Nets won again! Defeated the Clippers, who lost by 4 points at the beginning of the month, won 4 of their last 5 games, and these 5 opponents scored less than 100 points, this period, the Nets defensively ranked first in the league. From the opening 8-2 wins being beaten into a sieve, to the recent 5-4 wins to the opponent's collapse, the Nets have made changes to replace new coach Vaughn and suspend player Irving.
In this game, Durant, the only remaining of the Nets' "Big Three", scored a team-high of 27 points, as well as 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 2 caps, as well as the team's highest plus-minus, and it is worth mentioning that Durant only played 34 minutes and 32 seconds in this game, again below the average playing time per game in the season.
After the game, Durant talked about the ups and downs of the season: "... I enjoy playing in the NBA, it's that simple, so it's easy to come to work every day. Durant, who was unhappy to submit a trade application to resolutely leave the team in the 2022 offseason, actually began to enjoy the game, and he felt that the job was easy!
Team owner Tsai Chongxin also tweeted after the game: "Very valuable victory! Elite-level defense! "Joy and affirmation are in the middle of the lines.
As an important part of this series of changes in the Nets, new coach Vaughn has made great contributions to his landing, and his deepest impression is undoubtedly called a timeout, which is completely different from his predecessor Nash:
Nets vs. Clippers, Nets coach Vaughn's 5 active timeouts:
First time: With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, the Clippers Wall ate T, and after Curry and Claxton missed free throws, Curry blocked another foul and was scored 2 points by George in the same round; George cut the basketball in the hands of O'Neal and Claxton one after another, and counterattacked again, and in 1 minute and 9 seconds, the Nets were broken twice, fouled once, and scored twice by George alone;
The second time: 3 minutes and 33 seconds left in the third quarter, Durant suffered a bag, found someone to make a mistake, the Clippers Morris Jr. missed a three-pointer, O'Neal took the rebound, Vaughan again took the initiative to call a timeout;
The third time: At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Clippers' Wall caused Thomas and Curry to foul one after another, Bensi interfered with the ball, Curry and Bensey's poor communication turned into a walking error, Bensi cut the ball foul and paid for 2 free throws, and Curry was forced to stop after half the possession. In 1 minute and 55 seconds, the Nets made 3 fouls on 1-of-3 shooting and 3 mistakes, and Vaughan called a halt;
Fourth: 3 minutes and 41 seconds left in the final quarter, the Clippers, who were blocked by Duku, stopped the adjustment, adjusted back, Curry, who had scored 14 points in a single quarter, continued to find Durant to block and dismantle, Durant was immediately fouled, Vaughan immediately called a stop, it turned out that it was from the foul that the Clippers suspended adjustment is very likely to treat Durant toughly, and have to arrange countermeasures, sure enough, the suspension came back Durant was trapped, passing Claxton to eat cake easily!
Fifth time: With 1 minute and 55 seconds left in the final quarter, the Nets 104-91, Vaughan called a stop, boldly changed the bench, and practiced!
Five pauses, each with meaning and subtlety:
The first time, Curry is making mistakes and George is rising, and he must call a stop, stop the opponent's momentum, and help Curry solve the problem;
The second time, the opponent made a new move, and the role player did not know how to deal with it, and had to call a stop;
The third time, the Clippers put pressure on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the players were in a succession of situations, and they had to stop and give the method;
The fourth time, at the critical moment, the opponent's last attempt, the coaching staff gained insight into the opponent's tactical adjustment, and immediately stopped and arranged countermeasures;
For the fifth time, 115 seconds to lead by 13 points to replace the bench, this is called trust in defense, trust in the bench!
This operation of the new coach Vaughn, standing on the sidelines with his shoulders, clearly said that he trusted the players on the field, but in fact, it was all handed over to the stars to solve the problem of the former coach Nash, I don't know how many times smarter!
In fact, Vaughn is not much smarter, it will call a timeout!