At 117-91, the Brooklyn Nets knocked back the Detroit Pistons at home barclays Center, an easy victory that allowed the Nets to win the Halloween night game, and it was also their first consecutive win of the new season, and the whole team had a good performance in attack and defense. James Harden continued to recover, efficiently cut the triple-double data, Durant's mood is still not stable, he elbowed Pistons center Kelly Olynyk in the face in one round, was expelled by the referee, but the power of many players on the bench allowed the Nets to harvest the most enjoyable victory since the new season.
Nash officially announced the decision! One man secured the starting lineup, the Nets set a new team record, and Harden also made history.
Nets bench center LaMarcus Aldridge continued to play well in this game, shooting 7 of 8 from the field, almost 100 shots, very solid, scoring 16 points, ranking third in the team, behind Kevin Durant and James Harden. However, this is not the first time Aldridge has performed well, in the last game to win the Pacers, Aldridge had shot 16 shots 10 shots to cut 21 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, completely unlike a bench player with a base salary, the second game of the season away to the Philadelphia 76ers, Aldridge shot 12 shots 10 of 10 shots to blast 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, he can average 12.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.2 blocks so far this season.
In the case of Kyrie Irving not playing, Aldridge's performance can be said to be the third big in the Nets, he is much more efficient and contributing than the starting Griffin, Griffin has averaged 20.0 minutes per game so far this season, averaging only 4.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, the defensive end is not much contribution, the offensive end shooting rate and three-point shooting rate are only 28.6% and 11.8%, the performance is completed by Aldridge, many fans speak for Aldridge, Think the Nets should rip off Griffin and start with Aldridge, which they did after Aldridge joined last season.
Apparently, Nets coach Steve Nash has his own ideas, after the victory over the Pistons, Nash made a decision on the starting lineup in an interview with reporters, Nash revealed that in the future, it is foreseeable that Griffin will serve as the team's starting center, and he will not consider replacing Griffin with Aldridge.
'We're not thinking about changing the roles of some of the players, I think he [Blake Griffin] has been quite successful in the past and Ramacouss (Aldridge) is playing very well on the bench at the moment, so I don't think there's any reason to make any big changes to the squad and the role of the players."] Nash said in an interview.
Nash went on to say: "I think when we send in some shooters or organisers, when we become smaller squads, we think about pulling out the space, playing fast, making decisions quickly. I think that makes it harder for us to defend. ”
Whether you think Nash is stubborn or misused, in short, the Nets are now gradually on the right path, after Nash abandoned Bruce Brown, which brought some trouble to the Nets, but fortunately Nash did not have a way to go black. Since the team is now going well, it is good to continue this rotation. The Nets also set some new records in this game.
The Nets' 117-point team-wide scoring set a new high this season, and the 91-point loss was second only to the game against the Washington Wizards, who only let the Wizards score 90 points. The Nets shot 65.3 percent from the field and 52.0 percent from three-point range, even setting a new record in team history, after on April 17, 1982, the Nets shot 65.2 percent from the field, increasing the team's all-time shooting percentage by 0.1 percentage points.
In addition, guard James Harden also set a new personal record, this game Harden shot 9 shot 6, including 7 three-point shots 4 of 7 cut 18 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists of the triple-double data, which is also Harden's career regular season personal 59th triple-double, equaling the Boston Celtics star Larry Bird's regular season triple-double record, the two tied for 7th in history, as long as Harden gets another triple-double, he can enjoy the 7th position in history.
No matter how hard the Nets struggled at the beginning of the season, how hard Harden struggled, at least for now, in the last two games, as Harden's state gradually picked up, the nets' team-wide state is also gradually picking up. Even though their current offensive efficiency ranks 20th outside the league, a huge gap from before, the Nets' defense has improved tremendously this season, limiting opponents' points to less than 100 points in many games.