NBA regular season continues, and Clippers play against Nets at home. The Nets had a record of 5 wins and 7 losses. After taking office in , Jacques Vaughan, the team's offensive and defensive appearance was completely renewed. Vaughan was also recognized by the team's management and players, and the Nets moved in the right direction. In today's game, Watanabe Yuta was injured due to an ankle injury, Irving continued to be suspended, Vaughan continued to use Sumner + Joha + O'Neal + Durant + Clarkston starting lineup. On the Clippers, the team's previous record was 7 wins and 5 losses. Xiao Ka has missed 9 consecutive games. No one knows when he will return. In the words of Tyronlu , Leonard has just been able to conduct 5V5 confrontation training, but there is still a certain distance from returning. The lineup that Tyron Lu has set up has not changed much: Kennard + Reggie + Morris Jr. + George + Zubac .
At the beginning, Morris Jr. made a jump shot, and Joha assisted Clarkston to dunk. Sumner scored 6 points in a row, and during this period, Joha made consecutive assists. Vaughan's biggest improvement to the Nets is that everyone is actively sharing the ball. In the middle of the game, Durant completed 3+1 against Kennard. Tyron Lue was very dissatisfied with the team's defense and called for a timeout adjustment. Walk got a skilled foul after he came on the court, and it seemed that he had some uncivilized communication with the referee. Morris Jr. and George helped the Clippers get the points. After Sumner hit a three-pointer, Durant scored 7 points in a row. At the end of the quarter, George assisted Wall with a three-pointer to stop the bleeding. The Clippers were a little overreacting to Durant's defense today, and they hit the ball with the ball, which instead prompted the Nets' shooter group to get many open shots.
Jacques Vaughn connected in the early part of the second quarter, allowing Curry Jr. and Mills to lead the team. These two people felt hot, while the Clippers attacked the basket with all their might. Simmons played the 5th position. Facing Zubac, all he could do is two words: foul. The Clippers quickly overtook the score with a wave of flow, but the Clippers did not solve the defensive problem. Curry and Joha made perfect shots. After Thomas came on the court, they also began to use their speed to attack the Clippers' basket. The Nets spent the rest of Durant smoothly. When Durant came back, Durant's beat , O'Neal's three-pointer, Thomas's killing, and the Nets gradually widened the double-digit score difference. During this period, the Clippers' own offense fell into a stagnation. At the critical moment, Morris Jr. stopped bleeding with a three-pointer. After the Clippers accelerated, Wall and George fought back continuously. O'Neal and Clarkston helped the Nets stop bleeding. The Nets led the Clippers 54-50 in the first half.
After the second half started, Jo Harris and George competed for a three-pointer. Durant's style of play was very unreasonable. Facing three people's double-team and forced a backward jump shot, he could make a move. George also complained that the referee had a skilled culprit. In the middle, Kennard relied on three-pointers and 2+1 to help the Clippers overtake the Nets for a while. Clarkston began to show his power again. Facing Zubac's continuous strong attacks, Durant made an unreasonable three-pointer, Jacques Vaughn took the initiative to call for a timeout adjustment. In my opinion, this is to deliberately give Durant a rest time to buffer. This wave of rest allowed Durant to continue to show his strength at the end of the quarter, making consecutive jump shots to widen the gap, and the Clippers made repeated mistakes.
The final battle in the fourth quarter, Wall + Zubac + Powell quickly led the team to smooth the gap. Simmons played in the center lineup, and the Nets had no defense at all in the inside. Wall scored consecutive points with an internal and external shot, and Curry scored three-pointers to stop the bleeding. After Durant returned in the middle, the Nets suddenly broke out. Durant's mid-range distance, Clarkston's 2+1, O'Neal and Curry Jr. cooperated and scored three-pointers in a row. Durant was a feint point, and then assisted Clarkston to easily land. In the last 2 minutes, Curry Jr. assisted O'Neal to hit a three-pointer to kill the suspense of the game, which was equivalent to the Nets' climax of 15-0 and directly took the Clippers away in one wave. In the end, the Clippers lost to the Nets 95-110 at home.
data, on the Nets, Durant scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, O'Neal scored 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Clarkston scored 13 points and 14 rebounds, Sumner scored 11 points, 4 assists and 3 steals, and Curry scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. On the Clippers, George made 5 of 21 shots, scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Zubac scored 16 points and 15 rebounds, Powell scored 16 points, Wall scored 14 points and 6 assists, and Morris Jr. 13 points and 6 rebounds.
The new coach of the Nets Jacques Vaughan is really a low-key and powerful person. Let’s talk about two details: the biggest difference between and is that he dares to call a timeout at certain stages of the game, giving Durant some rest and buffer time, even if the team is in the lead. Second, Jacques Vaughn weakens Simmons's team role. Now Simmons is an ordinary substitute. It doesn't matter if he doesn't play well, and no one expects you to perform. Instead, Curry Jr. took over the substitute connection, and combined with Thomas + Mills' lineup, which had speed and opened up space through continuous transmission of the ball. The biggest advantage of the Nets now is that everyone has room to play, except for Simmons, who has always been disappointing. On the Clippers' side, George's touch was sluggish today, and many unreasonable strong shots in the fourth quarter directly ruined the suspense of the game. The Clippers must be in need of Leonard now.
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