The Nets fought overtime to win the Spurs 121-119 to avoid a losing streak. In this game, the Nets originally did not have to play overtime, because with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, they also led the Spurs by 10 points at 113-103, as long as the team played normally, the 4th quarter end of the game was not a big problem, but this season's Nets repeatedly pulled their crotches at key moments, and the problems at both ends of the attack and defense were fully exposed, and finally, the old popovich directly unveiled Nash's fig leaf, and in 4 minutes, he played a wave of 10-0 to chase the score to 113-113 into overtime.
In overtime, the two sides were stuck in a stalemate again until the Nets made the final attack, when the other players wanted to pull away to give Durant a single, the Spurs directly wrapped Durant, and this time Durant did not play the hero ball, but passed the ball to the rookie Thomas on the other side. Thomas was very calm after receiving the ball, shook a little outside the 3-point line and directly burst to the vicinity of the free throw line, and finally faced the defense with a throw, sent the ball into the basket, leaving the Spurs 1 second to complete the quasi-kill.
Thomas's kill saved the game, but also saved Nash, at least winning covered up a lot of problems, and Nash also avoided being the target of public criticism again, although his coaching problems are still prominent, but winning is always good, as Nash said after the game: "Our team is struggling at the moment, but we win is win"!
In fact, the main reason why the Nets are struggling so much is that Nash relies too much on star singles and fails to find a balance in the overall offense, lack of tactics, and lack of rotation. In this game, Durant played 43 minutes and 12 seconds, Harden played 43 minutes and 57 seconds, also playing overtime, but the Player who played the most time on the Spurs was Dezhang Tai Murray, but only 39 minutes and 31 seconds, and no one on the team played more than 40 minutes.
Durant's multiple consecutive overload appearances, and in many key moments of continuous shooting and iron, has reflected that his physical strength has been greatly tested, and this game is the most obvious, the fourth quarter Harden single core led the team, in excellent shape, leading the Nets to open the lead, but durant debuted, Nash's tactics are to give the ball to Durant singles, and from the fourth quarter to overtime, his total shooting percentage is 9 of 2, miserable. When the Nets put the offense on Durant, but he repeatedly conceded shots, the Spurs' opportunity came, which is why they were able to chase 10 points in the last 4 minutes.
Durant was tired, although the whole game cut 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, but it was a tiger, Nash's excessive consumption of him, has begun to expose the problem, but although Durant lost so much in the last moment, Nash still put the last tactical arrangement for everyone to pull Durant to single, which shows how persistent he is with Durant. Fortunately, Thomas stepped forward at the last moment and made a calm and composed throw that allowed the Nets to pass the game and avoid being embarrassed at home again. After the game, Thomas also received praise.
Durant said: "He showed his talent, a difficult throw, this is his shot"!
The Nets owner is even more "a combination of Chinese and English", explaining Thomas's killing action, he wrote on social media: "In the Chinese, we call this action horseback archery"! The word horse archery, Boss Cai deliberately wrote out with Chinese.
It is worth mentioning that when Thomas hit this throw that changed the outcome of the game, he seemed very calm, in addition to revealing a hint of brutal domineering on his face, there was no action of celebration on the limbs, and as a rookie, he could appear so calm after hitting such a crucial quasi-killer ball, which showed how strong his heart was!