NBA regular season continues, Nets has been in good shape recently, and has risen from the eastern tail to the central part. However, facing the Pacers game, 8 players are absent, including the Big Three. Before the game, the Nets officially announced the injury list. Durant , Irving , Simmons , Curry Jr., Harris, Warren, Clarkston and R-O'Neal will all miss this game. Perhaps the Pacers were overjoyed after seeing this news and finally can rest assured to play a game with the Development League team.
Indeed, without the main force, the Nets can only pin their hopes on players like Thomas, Watanabe Yuta and Sharp. It is without exaggeration to say that the Nets' lineup is not as strong as the teams in the Development League, and it is the configuration of the third lineup. On the contrary, the Pacers are doing their best. Halliburton , Hilde , Turner, Mathering and Nembhard are all on the court. The fans are really worried about the Nets. How many points will they lose?
But what is surprising is that the Nets' role team performed very well, scoring 40 points in the first quarter, which is even stronger than the main players. Of course, the Pacers, who played the main players, were not to be outdone and also scored 38 points. The two teams were fighting a big offensive battle. In the second quarter, the Nets' shooting percentage dropped, with only 26 points in a single quarter. However, the Pacers still maintained their firepower in the first quarter and scored 38 points again. After halftime, the Pacers overtook 7 points.
changed sides and fought again. As soon as the third quarter came, the Nets made an 11-2 attack wave to regain the lead. Then the two sides entered a tug-of-war. After the third quarter, the Pacers, who were in a better state, entered the fourth quarter with a 5-point advantage. In the final quarter, although there was no core presence, under the leadership of Thomas, they made a 12-2 counterattack at the critical moment and staged a good reversal. In the end, the Nets laughed to the end with a 2-point difference of 135-133.
In this game, the Nets played a wonderful team rebound, and 6 players in the team scored in double digits, especially Thomas, who came on the bench, scored the team's highest 33 points on the team through 13 of 20 shots. In addition, Sumner, Mills and Sharp also performed very well, with a combined effort of 65 points. More importantly, the Nets have changed their previous shortcomings of poor defense. The team has grabbed a total of 59 rebounds, of which 29 frontcourt rebounds have also set new season highs. It is reasonable to perform well on both offense and defense, and it is reasonable to defeat the Pacers. In terms of the Pacers, his best performance is the star of Halliburton. He made 12 of 15 shots in the game, including 7 of 8 three-pointers, scoring 35 points, and his effective shooting percentage reached 103%. It is really terrible! In addition, the Pacers also scored 5 players in double digits, and rookie Matherin performed in modest performance, scoring 13 points from 4 of 9 shots.
