On October 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Brooklyn Nets sat at the Barclays Center at home to face the Charlotte Hornets, the youth team of the East.
In the first half, the Nets were in good shape, blossoming at multiple points to take a 58-50 lead. However, after halftime, the Hornets woke up like a dream, with the needle lead of Ramello Bauer and the crazy attack of Milesbridges, Ishamel Smith and others, the Hornets turned the game around in one fell swoop, and finally reversed the Nets at 111:95, achieving three consecutive wins, and the Nets could only reluctantly swallow the bitter fruit of the first home game loss of the new season.
Despite losing, basketball star Kevin Durant still had a stunning performance, he played 36 minutes, shooting 17 of 24 shots, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 38 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. As a result, Adu also became the fourth player in Nets history to score 25 points in the first three games of the season. From the perspective of the game process, in each quarter, Adu has a stable output, in the offensive end once again interpreted what is the "god of death", or breakthrough, or shooting, the Hornets changed a number of defensive players are helpless, and it is precisely because of Adu's strong play that the Nets can keep the suspense of the game to the end. It is clear that tonight Adu showed a good leadership style, with practical actions to carry the team on his back, he deserves to lose.
After the game, Adu's words in an interview were even more moving, he said: "We don't have enough offensive firepower now, we definitely want Irving to play, he is skilled and talented, he is a very important part of the team." But we can't lose faith and count on Owen to save us. We must regain our morale and competitiveness and continue to move forward. From Adu's words, it is not difficult to see that in addition to motivating the whole team, he also exudes a deep sense of nostalgia for Owen. After all, from the basketball level, Irving is indeed the person who can best support Adu and the whole team on the offensive end, without him, the Nets impact is really a bit big. Irving also hopes that after seeing the affectionate exchange of big brothers and the passive situation of the team, he can change his mind and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Compared to Adu's highlight performance, the Nets' other star James Harden played unsatisfactorily, he played 33 minutes, shot 6 of 16, 2 of 8 three-pointers, only 15 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and as many as 8 turnovers. In the game, Harden shot iron, dribbling was broken, passing mistakes, being randomly scored by people is not uncommon, whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, Harden does not have a little aggressiveness and presence, he needs to bear the unshirkable responsibility for the loss of this game. In fact, this is not the first time Harden has gone haywire, and his previous two games have been lackluster. Averaging just 18 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8 assists in three games is clearly very unqualified for a league's top five superstar.
After the game, in an interview with reporters, Harden talked about the reason for his poor performance, he said: "After the new rules came out, I felt that I was treated unfairly, and the referee was so sensitive to me that the balls that were obviously fouled did not blow (in 3 games, Harley played only 3 free throws, 5.7 times less than the career average of 8.7 times). Subsequently, Harden confidently said that he could pick up as soon as possible, he said: "No matter what, I will not complain too much, I will still focus on playing, I firmly believe that I will find confidence, find the right state of the game, you will soon see the omnipotent Harden." 」 "It's true that the referee is now overcorrecting Harden so much that defenders can defend him recklessly. At the same time, Harden must also solve his own problem, that is, too hesitant, and committed the problem of not finding a balance between passing and offense when he first came to the Nets last season. But we still have to give Harden enough patience and confidence, and a star of his level should be able to find himself.
The reason why the Nets lost this game, in addition to the abnormal performance of the players on the court, is also inseparable from the poor coaching of head coach Nash. First of all, Nash's platoon is very poor, too obsessed with the five small lineups, and put on several small guards at the same time, resulting in crazy loss of points and rebounds; secondly, Nash adjusts too slowly, every time the opponent plays an attack wave or a small climax, Nash is always unable to call out the timely timely time to call out the timely time and give an effective response; finally, Nash's tactics are too lacking, a game down, the offensive end is basically a star single, or a simple block, and then hand over the shot. The defensive end is even more scattered, staring at people, leading defense, joint defense, and regional pinch attack are very chaotic, and there is no system to speak of.
However, even so, the party Nash did not take responsibility, but shirked responsibility and said: "The victory of the game slipped away from our hands, which happens from time to time in the NBA." We chose some difficult shots, didn't have the ball as well as the Hornets, and the referee's blows more or less affected us. "Regardless of the level of coaching, as the head coach of a team that intends to rush to the championship, Nash's style of throwing the pot at every time he loses is really undesirable, which will not only make the players lose confidence, but also not conducive to the team to establish the right values and direction of struggle. If there is no change, the Nets management will not be as patient with Nash as before, and Nash is likely to face the situation of being out of class.