On the morning of February 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Nets away to the Knicks, in the second quarter once fell behind by 28 points, the Nets with Curry, Thomas, Drummond, Aldridge, J Johnson and other three military lives, and finally staged a big reversal 111-106. It is worth mentioning that Irving did not play.
Although the Nets are away to the Knicks, Irving is still absent for non-injury reasons, and the Nets starters are Brown, J Johnson, Drummond, Seth Curry, Mills.
In the first quarter, the Knicks rained three-point rain in the first half, making the Nets overwhelmed, and the Nets had trouble on the offensive end, and the Knicks established a 20-point advantage at 38-18 in the first quarter. Playing more than five minutes in the second quarter, the Knicks led by 28 points at 54-26 and the game seemed to have taken place. The point difference was around 20 points, and the Knicks ended the first half 65-44.
In the third quarter, Drummond scored two points and Curry Mills three-pointers, and after a wave of 8-0, the Nets trailed 52-65. The two sides began to tug-of-war, with 6:21 left in the third quarter J Johnson dunking and the Nets trailing the single-digit margin 62-71. The Nets narrowed to a seven-point deficit at one point, and the Knicks closed the third quarter with a double-digit advantage of 87-73 again under Randle.
In the fourth quarter, the Knicks scored four consecutive points to lead 91-73. The Nets chased a few points. With about 8 minutes left in the game, the Knicks led 97-84, and Thomas led the team to a wave of 15-0 attacks to overtake the score at 99-97. The Nets made it to the final 104-101, with the Knicks returning two points, Ader returning two points, the Knicks losing the offense and Thomas scoring three points. Although the Knicks hit a three-pointer, but there was not enough time to foul, Ader made two free throws, and finally the Nets staged a big comeback 111-106.
For the Nets, Curry had 20 points and 6 assists, Drummond 11 points, 19 boards and 2 assists, James Johnson 14 points, 7 boards and 5 assists, Brown 9 points and 5 boards, Mills 8 points, 2 boards and 2 assists, Thomas 21 points, 4 boards and 2 assists, Aldridge 18 points and 10 boards, and Griffin 8 points
For the Knicks, Randle had 31 points, 10 boards and 3 assists, Fournier 16 points, 2 boards and 3 assists, and Quickley 18 points, 6 boards and 4 assists.