NBA regular season continues to play, the Nets sit at home to meet the Pistons, before this campaign, the Nets 3 wins and 3 losses ranked 9th in the East, the Pistons are 1 wins and 4 losses ranked 13th in the East, there is a significant gap in the paper strength of the two teams, but because the Nets have been up and down since the beginning of the season, so facing a team like the Pistons, it is still unknown to ensure that they can win the opponent smoothly, and in this game, the Pistons did not play back to back, and the team started a tug-of-war with the Nets in the first quarter. The second quarter was pulled off by the Nets' second-team, and at the end of the half, the Pistons trailed by 15 points at 49-64.
The two sides began a confrontational battle after the opening, Durant's offensive end performance is still unsolvable, under his leadership, the Nets have been in a slight lead, and Joha has also recovered in this game, early in the offensive end to open the feel of support, pistons side, Grant and Josh Jackson in the offensive end to bring a lot of help to the team, the first quarter, the Pistons only 25-28 behind. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pistons briefly chased the score to 30-30, but then the Nets opened a wave of offensive climax under the leadership of Ade by Bemburi, and soon pulled the score to double digits. Throughout the first half, the nets' most gratifying thing is that they almost ushered in a full recovery, not only Durant Harden performed well, other role players also stepped forward well, allowing people to see the offensive power they showed after more and more tacit understanding.
Durant played 19 minutes in the half, 8 of 11 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 3 from the free throw line, bombed down the team's high of 19 points, and 1 rebound and 2 assists, Durant faced the entanglement of several front players on the other side, the offensive end still showed an inexplicable state, stable and excellent shooting, making the opponent's defense quite helpless. In addition to Durant, Harden continued to play an efficient performance in the first half of the game after the last game finally broke out, he played 17 minutes, 4 of 5 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws, and finally contributed the team's second-highest 11 points, and 6 rebounds and 7 assists, such an efficient offense, and all-round performance, as if to let us see that the peak Harden is back. Obviously, Harden's recovery is the key to the current Nets' ability to maintain the competitiveness of the championship.
Prior to this match, Joe Harris, the sharpshooter who had struggled and slumped before the match, had been questioned, but Nash still expressed support for Joha in an interview before the game. In this game, Joha finally lived up to Nash's heavy trust, he showed a good feel after the opening, not only 3 points back to courage, even the breakthrough was eye-catching, the first quarter of a breakthrough to pull the basket, but also caused the Nets bench to completely boil. Joha contributed nine points on 4-of-5 shooting at halftime and was very efficient on the offensive end.
In addition to the above 3 starters have excellent performances, bench Aldridge once again played the role of a giant, he played 11 minutes in the half, contributed 10 points and 2 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting, and the shooting is still Ade's unsolvable offensive method, and it is his consecutive offensive success in the second quarter that helps the Nets open up the lead. Another substitute, Bemburi, also made 2-of-3 shooting, contributing seven points, one rebound and one assist.
It can be said that the Nets played a pleasing offensive performance in the first half, because not only Durant Harden was able to play a threat, other role players can also stand up on the offensive end, and obviously, this is the Performance of the Nets to maximize the offensive strength of the lineup.