At 8:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 15, the Nets, who had experienced eleven consecutive defeats, finally returned to the home court, and in Durant's offensive killer, due to injury, Irving stopped, and the Nets fell from the first place in the East to the eighth place in the East, which became the last straw that overwhelmed Harden's stay. In the end, Harden left Philadelphia on the trade deadline, and the Nets also got simmons, Seth Curry, and Drummond. Against the blood-changing Kings, can the Nets end the losing streak? Let's wait and see.
Durant welcomed Simmons
The starting line-up for this game
Kings: Fox, Justin Holliday, Barnes, Harkless, Sabonis
Nets: Mills, Seth Curry, Brown, Edwards, Drummond
The first quarter of the game
Sescuiri, who had just joined the Nets, had a great start, scoring 5 points in a row in the opening game, and the Nets directly stopped the Kings at an 11-2 start.
The Nets are still unstoppable, the trade deadline fell into trade rumors Bruce Brown, after all the dust settled, Bruce Brown broke out again today, 4 of 4 shots in the first quarter with 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, the First Quarter Nets led the Kings by up to 19 points, the Kings with Mitchell and Metur to press three points, the first quarter ended the Nets led the Kings 35:24.
The Nets' outside offensive feel declined in the second quarter, with Mitchell Fox hitting a three-pointer, Fox scoring 4-of-7 in the second quarter and scoring 12 points on 2-of-3 three-pointers, and with Two Three-Pointers by Fox, the Kings trailed the deficit to just three points (46:49) in the final minutes of the second quarter. The Nets could not open the outside line, the key moment was Aldridge, Ader used his personal ability, mid-range + layup to score 6 points in a row, with Ade's final play, the Nets still held a 7-point lead at the end of the half.
Yi Bian re-fought the Kings' new signing Sabonis to find his touch as soon as he came up, and the Kings scored 6 points in a row at the beginning, once again chasing the point difference to only 1 point. But every time the Kings chased the point difference closer, there was always someone on the Nets side to respond, and the sluggish Sescuiri broke out again in the second quarter, making 5 of 6 in a single quarter, 2 of 2 of three-pointers for 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and the Nets once again widened the point difference to more than 10 points. In addition to Sescuari's play, the Nets have another new signing
Drummond also stepped up, with 6 points and 5 rebounds in a single quarter. Blocking Holmes' dunks on the defensive end in particular boosted morale. With two new signings, the Nets limited the Kings' scoring to 18 points in the third quarter, ending the third quarter with the Nets leading the Kings by 14 points.
The final quarter of the decisive battle of the Kings began a crazy chase, but today the Nets did not give the Kings another chance, the fourth quarter rookie Thomas in the fourth quarter of the fourth quarter 4 in 4 single quarters to take 10 points, the Nets will spread the point difference to more than 20 points, watching the hopeless King finally surrender. In the end, the Nets beat the Kings by 24 points 109:85. The team ended eleven consecutive defeats!
In this game, the Nets finally won a big victory over the Kings team with good momentum recently, which was a great help to the morale of the team, and the win in this game also swept the Nets away the haze. The reason why this game can be won is that the two new signings, Sescuri and Drummond, have played a role.
In this game, Sescuri shot 10 of 18, with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, especially in the first quarter when the Nets pulled the score and the Kings chased the score in the third quarter, and it was Sets curry's steady play that allowed the Nets to hold the final victory. If Curry led the Nets' offense, then Drummond's play on the defensive end today contained the Kings' attack in the second half, with Drummond scoring 11 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and when he was on the floor, the team netted 23 points, second only to Bruce Brown in the team. At the moment, it seems that Drummond is very suitable for the Nets' system.
In addition to the two new signings to play, today the Nets showed a very good atmosphere on and off the court, Durant Simmons did not play, but they all cheered the team on the sidelines. Previous losing streaks have also left the team's role players suffering before the trade deadline. After the trade deadline, the whole team seemed to be alive. Bruce Brown finished with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, plus-minus +28 for the team. Ade had 19 points and eight rebounds, and Thomas had 14 points, five rebounds and three assists. Today's Nets are all soldiers, and every time the Kings close to the score, the Nets have someone stand up and score. Kings new signing Sabonis Jr. was killed, only scored 9 points in the second half of the game only 2 points, even the always good pass only gave 2 assists but 3 mistakes, And Sam's slump also made the Kings' pursuit of points stagnate. Judging from this game, maybe Harden's departure from the team is really a win-win for both sides?