On January 24, Beijing time, the Nets lost 125-136 to the Timberwolves and lost three consecutive wins. The game has been lagging behind, the Nets are 10 points behind after the first half, the third quarter is difficult to narrow the point difference to 7 points, the Timberwolves quickly widened the point difference to more than 15 points in the final quarter, Nash gave up the game early to replace Harden and Irving, and finally the Nets swallowed a big loss.
This campaign is the offensive battle of James Harden + Irving vs Timberwolves Big Three, Towns, Russell, Edwards all scored 20+ data, Downs blasted 15 points in the last quarter directly into the garbage time, Harden is on the court is grainy He has no offensive desire, the current point difference is further opened, Harden once again became a sinner in the loss.
Harden entered January after the performance is "god a ghost five games", the last game against the Spurs he 24 of 13 blast 37 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds, 1 steals and 3 turnovers perfect data, this game he faced D'Angelo Russell and Edwards defense was a bit caught off guard, the first quarter 4 of 0 + 3 points 1 0 scored 0 points, 5 assists and 1 steal; the second quarter 4 of 1 + 2 three points 1 scored 7 points and 3 assists, the entire first half of 8 1, the whole feel is also no one. Irving scored 10 points at halftime and Mills struggled with 10 points at halftime.
In the third quarter, Harden's feel finally somewhat warmed up, two throwing hits + a mid-range hit in a single quarter to get 6 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, 13 of 4 in the third quarter, 1 of 4 of 3 points, 13 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, but there were also 5 mistakes in the third quarter, and the assist-to-turnover ratio was actually not as good as against the Spurs.
Harden played 5 minutes in the last quarter and almost did not contribute, 0 shots + 1 turnover, 1 assist and 1 rebound, 35 minutes in the whole game, 4 of 13, 4 of 3 points, 1 of 4 from three points, 13 points, 13 assists, 5 rebounds, steals and 6 turnovers, shooting 30.8% from the field and 25% from three-point range, how does this competitive state help the team win?
And Irving made 11 of 20 in the game, 3 of 8 three-pointers, 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, shooting 55%. Towns scored 15 points in the last 5 minutes of the quarter, scoring 20+ points, the Timberwolves scored all 20+ points, and James Harden lost this game.
Harden's 12 games in January were only 30+ in 1 game, but 5 were compared to 20+, which was embarrassing.
Text/Yan Xiaobai