With 62 points at 60% shooting success, the duo Kyrie Irving – Kevin Durant carried the Nets to victory over the Hornets. Above all, at the end of the game, the two stars combined together, with several pick-and-rolls, which led to baskets.
Obviously, for the defense of Charlotte, like for any other in the league, dealing with these two then becomes complicated…
“Let the two play the pick-and-roll, it can be lethal for us”, announces Jacques Vaughn for the New York Post. “You don’t see that all the time. It was great to see them be effective, to see how they can do that late in the game. »
Precisely, as it is rare, but it can work, the playmaker (33 points against Charlotte) would like to repeat the experience. “We should definitely do more. These are high-efficiency actions, that’s for sure. »
The Nets’ offense leaves plenty of room for Durant and Irving in isolation, so this pick-and-roll can provide variety and why not provide easy baskets for Nic Claxton under the circle, or Seth Curry and Joe Harris at 3-pts.
“You can express yourself in the same areas of the field: at half distance, near the circle, at 3-pts”, explains Durant, author of 29 points. “You have to use it but you also have to keep the right balance. You don’t have to do it the whole game, just at the right time. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Kevin Durant | 26 | 36.9 | 55.6 | 34.2 | 91.9 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 29.8 |
| Kyrie Irving | 18 | 36.7 | 48.0 | 31.5 | 90.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 24.9 |
| Nicholas Claxton | 25 | 28.1 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 42.3 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 11.8 |
| Seth Curry | 16 | 22.8 | 46.7 | 42.0 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Royce O’Neale | 26 | 35.9 | 37.6 | 40.4 | 69.6 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 9.4 |
| Joe Harris | 24 | 26.3 | 40.1 | 37.2 | 73.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| Ben Simmons | 17 | 28.0 | 61.4 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 8.4 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 14 | 18.2 | 60.9 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
| Edmond Sumner | 21 | 15.2 | 45.2 | 28.9 | 92.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.2 |
| cam thomas | 20 | 14.4 | 35.9 | 28.0 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| Tj Warren | 3 | 15.1 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| Patty Mills | 20 | 10.9 | 42.3 | 38.2 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Markieff Morris | 15 | 10.7 | 39.1 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Day’ron Sharpe | 15 | 7.5 | 48.4 | 75.0 | 66.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| David Duke | 13 | 7.7 | 45.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| Kessler Edwards | 12 | 3.3 | 23.1 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
