On November 17, the Nets defeated the Warriors 99-117 at home. Kevin Durant scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 6 of 19 shots. He only scored 3 points in the second half. He felt the suffocating defense of his old team at the peak of the game. The record of 20+ in 14 consecutive games in the opening season ended
Facing his old club, Durant. . At 10 minutes and 33 seconds, he easily scored the dry draw at the free throw line, and then he stopped abruptly in the counterattack and hit the distance again. His scoring is too easy. Some reporters said with emotion that players like Durant can play shooting machines in NBA games.
At 6 minutes and 10 seconds, Durant made an emergency stop for three points. The Nets as a whole maintained a very high shooting percentage, but they were unable to open the score. Just as the Warriors continued to counterattack, Durant hit a three-pointer from the corner.
Durant scored 12 points on 7-for-4 in the first quarter and played a wonderful match with Curry. The Warriors surpassed the score in the first half of the second quarter. After Durant returned, the two teams began a tug-of-war. After he assisted Brown and succeeded in a layup, Mills also soared into the fast-break three-pointer.
But at the end of the quarter, Curry and Wiggins fired on the perimeter. Although Durant also broke through the basket to score points, the Nets still fell behind. Durant scored 16 points on 6 of 11 at halftime, but was still inferior to Curry.
In the second half, when Harden and Griffin were deflated in the paint, Durant didn't make a mid-range shot. After a timeout, he was also prevented from making mistakes in singles. The Nets allowed the Warriors to play 8-0 to open the score. Durant consecutively missed three-pointers, facing Green and Iguodala's joint "take care" shooting percentage dropped sharply, the Nets are falling behind more and more, the scene is very ugly.
Durant only scored 3 points in a single quarter, the efficiency value fell to -24, the Nets completely collapsed. In contrast, Curry became more and more courageous in the battle, soaring three-pointers in the last quarter, turning the game into a slaughter. With Curry scoring three-pointers at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game has entered garbage time, and Durant has no need to return.