On November 13, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Nets easily defeated the Clippers 110-95 in the final quarter on the road, and their record this season was rewritten to 6-7, and they are currently tied for eighth in the East with the Bulls.
Just as the so-called winning is not embarrassing, who is embarrassed to lack, in the 5 games of Kyrie Irving's absence, the Nets have achieved a total of 4-1 excellent results. After the game, NBA personality Perkins said: "I'm really happy for Durant, their new head coach is a great leader, but the most important thing is that they can finally focus on basketball now!" ”
Irving's personal ability is unquestionable, but his ability to spoil the atmosphere in the locker room is also unprecedented. Asked when Irving would return to the game, Nets owner Tsai said: "He still has a lot of work to attend to, and he has to apologize to everyone." It's important to note that people may overlook this and he only apologized after he was suspended. ”
During Irving's absence, the Nets have become a strong team that is both offensive and defensive. According to statistics, when Irving played this season, the Nets' defensive efficiency fell first in the league, and the three-point shooting rate was the bottom two in the league. During Irving's suspension, the Nets' defensive efficiency ranked first in the league, and his three-point shooting percentage ranked fourth in the league; In the past five games, the Nets have all conceded less than 100 points, with an average of just 91.2 points per game, while Irving has conceded an average of 118.8 points per game.
There's no doubt that improving overall defensive prowess is definitely key to the Nets' victory, but it's also important that head coach Vaughan found a way to decompress Durant by putting four shooters around him. Vaughn said in a post-game interview: "When we replaced four shooters, it was difficult for the opponent to wrap Durant, and this arrangement gave us some good shots, so it was very good for us to have the pitcher play with Durant." ”
I have to say that Nash was really slapped, and the truth that he couldn't understand for more than a season was actually figured out by Vaughan in a short time. In fact, there is no shortage of shooters in the Nets, they have Curry Jr., Joha, Mills and Yuta Watanabe, and when these players play with Durant, opponents must choose a bottle of "poison" to drink.