Beijing, January 23, according to media reports, in an NBA regular season that ended today, the Brooklyn Nets once again challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers away. In this game, Irving continued his hot state. He scored 38 points and 5 assists in the field, and the beard also had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists. However, he still couldn't lead the Nets to win and suffered a back-to-back double kill by the Cavaliers. The biggest reason for their loss was the team. The defense was full of loopholes, especially the inside line was blown by the Cavaliers.
Considering that Durant had just returned from a serious injury, and that he played 50 minutes in double overtime in the last game against the Cavaliers, so today, Grim Reaper was absent from the game, and then coach Nash gave a big shot to the Nets’ starting lineup Adjusted, he used Joe Harris to replace Jeff Green in the starting field, and at the same time put the bearded on the 4th position, and also let the 1.93-meter Bruce Brown partner with Owen in the backcourt. Nash’s strategy is to play small. The lineup struggled to attack, and it turned out to be the Nets' biggest defeat.
Even though Irving made 14 of 24 shots, 9 of 9 three-pointers and 9 of 9 free throws today, he was in hot form and contributed a game-high 38 points and 5 assists, plus 37 points in double overtime the day before yesterday. Irving’s two games against the Cavaliers had a total of 75 points, but the Nets failed to win the game. The most fundamental reason was defense. You know, the Cavaliers have not scored more than 100 points in 9 consecutive games before. However, they blasted 272 points (147+125) in these two games, which shows how good the Nets' defense is.
Why is Owen blasting 75 points and the Nets are still double-killed by the Cavaliers? Who pays attention, he played 15 more minutes. In this game, Bruce Brown, who replaced Durant, played 22 minutes, 15 minutes more than the previous game. As a result, Nash's formation made the Nets' originally weak inside line look even weaker. Today, they allowed the Cavaliers to grab 50 rebounds, 13 of which were offensive boards, and they lost up to 70 points inside. Nets old player Jarrett Allen was as unstoppable inside the game like O'Neal.
It is worth mentioning that the Cavaliers’ offensive efficiency is only 102.6 per game this season.Ranked first to last in the league, this consecutive back-to-back encounter with the Nets is finally a dumpling, and offensive efficiency has improved a lot.
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