Beijing time on January 18, NBA regular season competition continues, the Nets go to the road to challenge the Spurs, this season the Spurs chose to fully rebuild, before the start of the season packed away a number of instant players, full force to attack the Ventanyama, only 13-31 record before the game ranked second from the bottom in the West, while the Nets, the team has also been in poor form recently, the team suffered 2 consecutive losses after Durant's absence, Irving and Durant were absent from the game Bency led the team alone.
At the beginning of the game, the Nets exposed the problem of insufficient offensive firepower during Ben Simmons' solo leadership after the absence of Irving and Durant, and the Spurs quickly established a double-digit lead at home.
In the second quarter, with the deployment of personnel, the Nets gradually returned to their offensive state, and the score was chased by the Nets to 51 at halftime.
The Nets were muted again in the third quarter, the Spurs regained a double-digit lead, and the Nets recovered offensively in the final quarter, but the defensive end was full of holes, and the Nets lost 98-106 to the Spurs to suffer a three-game losing streak.
As a result, since Durant's absence due to injury, the Nets have suffered three consecutive losses, and before that, the Nets once won 15-14 under Durant's leadership, including a wave of 12 consecutive wins, once rising to second in the East.
But after a three-game losing streak, the Nets' record fell to 27-16, and the ranking was overtaken by the Bucks and 76ers, and has slipped to the fourth place in the East.
Even though everyone knew the importance of Durant and Irving to this team, no one could have imagined that in their absence, the Nets would not be able to beat even a swinging team like the Spurs.
You must know that after winning the Nets in this game, the Spurs are only in the second to last place in the West and the fourth from the bottom in the league, and the Spurs' swing task this season is obvious, if it is not for the Nets really not contending, the Spurs have no need to win the game.
Since Durant's absence, the Nets have not only lost their two killer skills during the 15-14 winning streak during the three-game losing streak, but have become shortcomings and flaws.
The first is the team's offensive firepower and continuity, facing the Spurs, who have conceded more than 120 points per game in the past five games, including more than 130 points in three games, the Nets have scored only 98 points in the game.
He scored just 15 points in the first quarter, allowing the Spurs to set a new first-quarter low, shooting just 3 of 23 from three-point range and 13 percent from the field.
Even when Irving was on the floor, the Nets' offense had frequent problems in the past two games, because after KD's absence, Irving's offensive efficiency after facing the bag was seriously reduced.
In addition to the decline in offensive consistency, what is even more surprising is that the defense also collapsed, with four more blocks at Claxton and three or more blocks in nine consecutive games, becoming the youngest player to achieve this since Rudy Gobert in January 2015.
In this case, the Nets' defensive end is still full of holes, and the Nets defense problem in the final quarter is also the Nets' defensive problem, which causes the team to be unable to chase points in the final quarter and eventually lose the game.