Without James Harden or Kevin Durant, the Nets did not start as favorites on the floor of the Warriors. Thanks to the talent of Kyrie Irving, the New Yorkers still managed to afford a chance to win against the second best team in the league. From this short defeat, the leader draws several lessons.
” That we need everyone, everyone, we need a big effort from everyone, he repeats at the end of the match. We obviously can’t compensate for James’ production in his absence. We’re doing our best to bring the 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists he’s capable of every night. (Editor’s note: he is running at 23 points, 10 rebounds and 8 rebounds). But everyone’s effort has to be at a certain level.“
His message is obviously intended for his teammates because tonight he held his rank with his 32 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Behind him, only Patty Mills (24 points) and James Johnson (14) exceeded the symbolic bar of ten points.
” If we don’t play like that, if we don’t look like a team that has that identity, playing at a high level on both sides of the floor, especially in defence, we’re not ourselves. . You have to come on the field as the aggressor, especially against the big teams in this league “claims Kyrie Irving.
Heavy schedule
His grievances are all the more important today as Brooklyn has just lost its fourth game in a row. A first this season. The leader recalls that this is not the first time that Steve Nash, James Harden or him have experienced such a dynamic since the start of their career.
” Many of us have already lost games in a row. What I learned, and I think other guys can echo that sentiment, is that you can’t be fragile. People will come after us, no one will take pity on us depending on the presence of such a player in the five, or not.“
Nevertheless, these repeated absences, a lot of all the teams in the league this season due to the health context, greatly penalize a team from Brooklyn (29 wins – 20 losses) relegated to a modest 6th place in the East.
While they have to play every home game without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant won’t be back for another month, the Nets aren’t being helped by their schedule to bounce back. After this trip to California, Brooklyn has an appointment with the defending finalists, and best team in the league, the Suns, on Tuesday. Kyrie Irving hopes his team will draw “ lessons from this loss to the Warriors to shine in Arizona. ” Now is not the time to be fragile “, he repeats. After the Suns, they continue in “back-to-back” in Sacramento, then move to Utah and Denver. Big week ahead.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Kevin Durant | 36 | 36.5 | 52.0 | 37.2 | 89.4 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 29.2 |
| Kyrie Irving | 7 | 34.6 | 50.4 | 36.6 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 23.4 |
| James Harden | 42 | 37.0 | 42.0 | 33.7 | 87.1 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 23.0 |
| Patty Mills | 47 | 31.0 | 44.2 | 42.5 | 87.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 13.7 |
| Lamarcus Aldridge | 35 | 23.1 | 55.9 | 31.6 | 85.1 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 13.6 |
| Joe Harris | 14 | 29.9 | 45.2 | 46.6 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 11.3 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 21 | 21.9 | 65.4 | 0.0 | 58.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 9.0 |
| Kessler Edwards | 17 | 26.8 | 45.1 | 39.0 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 8.1 |
| cam thomas | 37 | 17.4 | 43.5 | 25.7 | 80.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 22 | 12.2 | 58.9 | 33.3 | 65.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 39 | 21.0 | 48.2 | 29.4 | 78.8 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 6.3 |
| Blake Griffin | 37 | 18.1 | 38.0 | 20.4 | 72.7 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.0 |
| Deandre’ Bembry | 42 | 19.6 | 58.5 | 41.9 | 58.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 5.8 |
| David Duke | 14 | 17.5 | 37.2 | 28.0 | 82.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 5.6 |
| James Johnson | 33 | 18.1 | 47.3 | 26.5 | 37.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 4.8 |
| Paul Millsap | 24 | 11.2 | 37.6 | 22.2 | 70.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| Langston Galloway | 4 | 14.6 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Jevon Carter | 37 | 11.4 | 30.9 | 30.3 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| James Ennis | 2 | 6.8 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 2 | 11.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
