On January 4, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that has ended today, the Brooklyn Nets lost to the Memphis Grizzlies 104-118 at home, suffering three consecutive defeats. In this game, the two core players of the Nets, Kevin Durant and James Harden, did not perform as expected.
Durant played 31 minutes and shot just 8-of-24 from the field, including 2-of-8 from three-point range, and had 26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. While Durant's performance isn't that bad in terms of data, 33.3 percent shooting and 25 percent three-point shooting are really low for Durant this season.
And the team's other core player, James Harden, did not perform much better. He played 32 minutes, shooting 5-of-14 and 2-of-7 from three-point range. He had 19 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists plus 5 turnovers.
In the case of the poor performance of the team's core players, the performance of other players is particularly important. But today's game does not belong to the Nets, and the team's trusted shooter Patti Mills has no feel today, shooting 0-of-6 from the field, including 0-of-5 three-pointers.
While the Nets have been in the losing lane lately, the good news is that the team's star guard Kyrie Irving is coming back. According to the report of the famous journalist Shams, a number of sources revealed. Irving is expected to make his season debut thursday away from home to the Indiana Pacers, and many on the team are already looking forward to his comeback.
He had previously been unable to play with the team for some reasons. As an All-Star player, although he has not officially played a game for a long time, his return will still bring great help to the team.