On March 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Nets host the Heat, Durant returned after 47 days, the First Half Nets always suppressed the Heat, leading by up to 16 points, leading by 7 points at halftime. In the third quarter, the Nets suddenly collapsed and were overtaken by the Heat, and in the final quarter, the Nets failed to seize the opportunity, and finally lost to the Heat 107-113, suffered the 16th loss of the last 19 games, continued to sink, and the 8th position in the East was already in jeopardy.
The Heat are in first place in the East, but just yesterday they were killed by the Bucks. The Nets have been in terrible shape lately, losing 15 of their last 18 games, ranking 8th in the East and 4.5 wins behind 6th place, and the playoff situation is not optimistic. In their first two meetings of the season, the Nets lost to their opponents.
Durant is back in this game, and Irving and Simmons are still unable to play. The Heat also played in the remnants, with Butler, Lowry and Tucker all missing. Durant exploded quickly after missing two three-point attempts in the opening game, scoring four goals in a row, and the Nets quickly established their advantage, and Mills was also hot in the game, and the Nets led by 12 points in the first quarter. Although the Heat lacked a number of main players, their offense was very sharp, forming a confrontation with the Nets, Adebayo and Hiro were in good shape, and the Heat chased only 7 points in the half.
The Heat continued to chase points in the first quarter, the Nets maintained a lead, but the difference was not much, the Nets then attacked the dud, Adebayo slammed his hands, and the Heat chased to 74 draws. The Nets still did not improve after the suspension, the Heat played a wave of 14-0 to surpass the score, the Nets did not score in nearly 5 minutes, twice forced to timeout. Johnson's layup broke the scoring drought and Durant hit a three-pointer to stabilize the situation. The Nets attacked the Dumb fire in the third quarter, scoring just 17 points in a single quarter, losing 11 points, and trailing by 4 points at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the two teams clenched the score, the Heat maintained the lead, and with 7 minutes left in the game, the Nets were 8 points behind, and Durant could only return early. At one point, the Heat took a 10-point lead, Ade caused Adebayor's fifth foul, the latter had to go off the field, Brown hit two consecutive three-pointers, Durant hit two free throws, and the Nets went on a 10-0 wave to chase only two points. Adebayor returned with a crucial shot to give the Heat a four-point lead with only 35 seconds left. Dragic made mistakes at key moments, the Nets were powerless to return to the sky, and eventually lost the game. Durant turned his head and went straight back to the locker room, very depressed.
The comeback Durant performed well, 31 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 10-of-21 shooting, but could not lead the team to victory, except for Brown and Mills, no one else scored in double figures, the Nets suffered the 16th loss in the last 19 games, ahead of the 9th Hornets only one win advantage, at any time may fall out of the 8th Place in the East, there is no room for loss.
In the absence of three main forces, the Heat still won the victory, consolidated the first position in the East, and showed their strength. The Heat had four players who scored more than 20 points, Adebayo blasted 30 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Hiro 27 points and 7 assists, Strus 21 points and 5 rebounds, Martin 22 points, and 4 people combined to blast 100 points.