Kevin Durant hung his exemption card, and Kyrie Irving was also forced to be absent today because of the sore right calf.
Although Ben Simmons made a three-yuan performance of 10 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds, 4 intercepts and 2 blocks, the Nets finally lost to the Spurs 98-106 on the road, swallowed three consecutive losses, and fell to the fourth in the East.
In the face of the Nets, which lacked two major firepower support, the Spurs grasped the lead opportunity from the beginning of the game, but the Nets, relying on the strong play of the substitute players, drew 51 to 51 at the end of the first half.
After changing the basket, Keldon Johnson scored 14 points alone in the third quarter, almost equaling the score of the whole team of the Nets, and the Spurs took the opportunity to regain the lead again.
Seth Curry scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, trying to lead the team to fight back, but Johnson scored another 14 points in this quarter, including a three-point shot in 57 seconds before the end, which directly helped the Spurs to lock in the victory and end the recent five consecutive defeats.
Johnson scored 36 points, 11 rebounds and 4 intercepts in this battle, setting a career high; Rookie Jeremy Sochan contributed 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 intercepts, Jakob Poeltl 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, and Jones 13 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds.
“I don’t care if the superstar of the Nets is absent from the game. The team did a good transfer of the ball today and worked hard for the whole game. Johnson also played well tonight,” said Gregg Popovich after the game.
Simmons completed his first big three yuan this season, and accumulated 33 big three yuan in his career, surpassing Rajon Rondo, and ranking 12th in history with the legendary Bob Cousy.
Little Kerry scored 16 points, and Nicolas Claxton scored 15 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocking attacks, and sent at least 3 blocking attacks in 9 consecutive games; T.J. Warren has 19 points and 5 rebounds, and Cam Thomas has 15 points.
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