On November 21, Beijing time, the Nets hosted the Grizzlies! This Owen officially made a comeback, and the previous "anti-Semit" incident finally came to an end. In an interview before the game, Irving said again: "I have no intention of harming anyone, any group, the lesson I learned is to recognize the power of platforms, I am sorry, I want to be responsible for this." ”
For the comeback of the gods, the Nets official and the players' union issued a statement to welcome it as soon as possible! The Nets have a 5-3 record in Irving's absence, compared to a 2-6 record. Today is also the first battle for Irving to prove himself.
It's more difficult to compare the grizzly bears, the house leak coincides with the overnight rain, Bane just injured a few days ago, and now Morant has also fallen! Ja quit the game with a sprain in the last game against the Thunder and was eventually diagnosed with a first-degree left ankle sprain! Placed on a daily watch list. Jaren Jackson Jr. also did not play this game.
Although there are no three cores, the young team of the Grizzlies has proven before that they can still play without Morant! I don't know if they can still be so strong without Bane and JJJ? At the end of the first half, the visiting Grizzlies led the Nets by five points 62-57.
Brooks and Adams carried the team, and Dillon was in good shape, shooting 7-of-14 from the field in the first half and scoring a game-high 17 points on 1-of-5 three-point shooting! Plus 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals! Adams followed with 12 points. With so many fewer people, it's time for them to step up.
What is more surprising is that the Nets half-court "711" combination is completely invisible, Durant shot 3 of 8, 0 of 3 from three-point range, only scored 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and angrily sprayed the referee to eat T, and the total number of technical fouls this season came to 7, surpassing the dream chasing the most in the league! And Irving was still looking for form in the first game of his comeback, and he only scored 5 points on 1-of-5 shooting.
On the contrary, Simmons scored double-doubles in 3 consecutive games! 4 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, and 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the half! Xidi has really changed his appearance recently, and today he has a strong desire to attack, all kinds of breakthroughs with the ball, and even shots are accurate. The backcourt carried the ball and advanced one by one, directly against Adams to break through the inside counterbasket, tough scoring and adding penalties!
Kill crazy kill crazy, Durant Irving slowly came back in the third quarter, and soon the two scored doubles. But today's protagonist must be Simmons, after cutting 12 points in the first half, Xidi scored 8 more points on 4-of-4 shooting in the third quarter, and he had already scored 20 points at the end of the third quarter. Can't stop at all, Harris made a layup, and Simmons is quick to make up for the dunk with both hands!
It's another small day, at the end of the quarter, Yuta Watanabe fired from the outside, 3 of 3 shots on three-pointers, directly helping the team to extend the point difference to double digits! This season, Yuta Watanabe shot 55.6% from three-point range, ranking first in the league! Even Harris came, so the grizzlies had basically no chance. Congratulations to the Nets for their 127-115 home win over the Grizzlies.
Focus on praising two players, the first is Simmons, who shot 11 of 13 in the game, efficiently cut 22 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal! +19 plus/minus is the highest in the team! The second place is still Yuta Watanabe, who played 22 minutes off the bench, shooting 6 of 9 and 4 of 6 from three-point range to contribute 16 points! Irving scored 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting.
Durant 26 points, 7 boards and 7 assists, Harris 13 points, 2 boards and 3 assists, O'Neal 12 points, 5 boards and 8 assists, Curry Jr. 10 points, 5 boards and 5 assists; On the Grizzlies side, Brooks 31 points, 5 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals, Adams 15 points, 10 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals, Conchar 16 points, 9 boards and 7 assists, Jones 13 points, 3 boards and 6 assists, and Laravia 11 points, 4 boards and 3 assists.
Finally, I wish the injured players a speedy recovery! How to rate this game? After 540 days, Simmons cut 20+ again, the last time was May 27, 2021, can you blow a wave of Citi today?