The NBA regular season continued to play, in the just concluded game, the Nets in the home after four fierce quarters, and finally won 117-91 to win the Pistons, to win 2 consecutive games, the season so far the record was rewritten to 4 wins and 3 losses. Durant played well in this game, but was directly expelled by being blown a second-degree malicious foul at the end of the third quarter, and Harden led the team to stabilize the situation, cut the first triple-double of the season, and helped the team win this game.
After the opening, Durant hit consecutive hits on the offensive end, but the Pistons played very tenaciously under Grant's leadership, and the Pistons trailed 25-28 at the end of the first quarter. The Pistons started the second quarter with consecutive points, but then the Nets played a wave of offensive climax under Harden' leadership, quickly pulling a double-digit lead, and at the end of the half, the Nets led by 15 points at 64-49. In the third quarter, Harden and Durant continued to threaten, the team has been suppressing the opponent on the offensive end, at the end of the third quarter, the Nets stretched the lead to 22 points, the fourth quarter began, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war on the offensive end, but the Nets still maintained the lead, in the end, the Pistons chased the points without success, and the Nets firmly accepted the victory.
Durant played 27 minutes and 20 seconds, 10 of 13 shooting, 1 of 1 three-pointer, 2 of 3 from the free throw line, contributing 23 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, playing very easily and the offensive end was unstoppable. With 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Durant reached out and pushed Orique in the process of getting rid of the defender and had an elbow hit the opponent's chin, and the referee determined that Durant was a second-degree malicious foul after the video replay, directly expelling him from the game, and Durant had to be forced to clock out of work early. Harden continued to stay on the court and lead the team to fight fiercely, but after taking a 22-point lead at the end of the third quarter, Nash also let Harden truce in the fourth quarter.
Harden played 29 minutes, clocked in three quarters, shot 6 of 9, 4 of 7 from three points, 2 of 3 from the free throws, and finally exploded a triple-double performance of 18 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, which was Harden's first triple-double in the new season, following the last outbreak to bombard the 29+8+8 data, Harden continued his excellent form in this game, and it seems that he has come out of the downturn of the opening season.
In addition to the excellent and efficient performance of harden and Durant, the game had to praise the veteran All-Star Aldridge on the bench. Ade played 21 minutes off the bench, shooting 7 of 8, 2 of 2 from the free throws, and finally contributed 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, close to the shooting rate of 100 shots, once again showing the top middle pitcher's insoluble solution on the offensive end, and almost every shot can be a steady hit. It is also the stable offensive output brought by Ader on the bench that allows Harden and Durant to play more easily. If this performance can be continued, there is no doubt that the Nets will be on the right track and become a real title favorite.