Benginokungabaza ukuthi iBrooklyn Nets njengamanje iyi-franchise ye-NBA ehamba phambili eNew York, isihlabani somdlali uKevin Durant, ngamaphuzu angama-26, abasizi abayisithupha, ama-rebound amathathu, kanye namabhulokhi amabili akususe ngokushaya ngalo uLwesithathu kude no-109- 116 komakhelwane bakhe be-Knicks.
Ukunqoba kufike ngemuva kwamahora ama-Nets evale ne-Houston Rockets ukudluliselwa kwenkanyezi u-James Harden ngokushintshanisa abadlali abaningana namalungelo okukhethwa komzuliswano wokuqala wokusalungiswa kwekolishi. U-Durant wayesevele ehlelelwe ukudlala ubusuku obubili obulandelanayo okokuqala kusukela ehlinzwe ukulungisa i-Achilles tendon emlenzeni wakhe wesokudla ngenkathi eseseGolden State Warriors. Mhlawumbe bekumele enze okungaphezu kwalokho abekuhlelile ngemuva kokuthi abakwaNets belungise uhlu lwabo ngokufaka abadlali abaningana abashiye uhlu njengengxenye yezohwebo ezibuye ziveze i-Indiana Pacers kanye noCleveland Cavaliers.
Njengoba unogada wephuzu uKyrie Irving ephuthelwe umdlalo wesihlanu olandelanayo ngenxa yezizathu zakhe, amaNet abenabadlali abayisishiyagalolunye kuphela abatholakalayo ukubhekana namaKnicks.. Kodwa unogada uBruce Brown ube namaphuzu ayi-15 aphindwe kabili kanye nama-rebounds angu-14 kanti umgadli u-Joe Harris naye uthole amaphuzu angu-15 njengabaqalisi be-Nets, owine umdlalo wesibili olandelanayo futhi wabuyela erekhodini lokuwina lika-7-6. Umgadli onamandla u-Julius Randle uhole 'ukuhlasela kwe-Knick ngokuthola amaphuzu angu-30 ama-rebound ayisikhombisa abasizi abahlanu kanye namabhola amabili okubuya, okungazange kuvimbele ukulahlekelwa kuka-Knick okwesine kulandelana. Umgadli u-RJ Barrett wengeze amaphuzu angu-20 kanye nonogada wephuzu lika-rookie u-Immanuel Quickley, ophume esiqiwini, waqeda njengomdlali wesithupha wama-Knicks (5-7), efinyelela amaphuzu angu-19 angazange akuvimbele ukuhlulwa.
PISTONS 101-110 BUCKSGreek umgadli onamandla u-Giannis Antetokounmpo ukuqinisekisile ukuthi useqala ukuhlanganisa ukukhiqizwa kwakhe kuzo zonke izici zomdlalo ngokuthola okuphindwe kathathu okuvumele amaBucks ukuthi ahlule iDetroit Pistons 101-110 emgwaqeni ngoLwesithathu. U-Antetokounmpo ube namaphuzu angama-22 ama-rebounds ayi-10 kanye nabasizi abayi-10 abashiye amaBucks (8-4) noJames Harden wesithathu olandelanayo okwesibili kuze kube manje kule sizini futhi bebophele 3-3 emidlalweni edlalwe ngaphandle kwenkundla yabo.
IBucks iphinde yahlula iPistons (2-9) okwesithathu kulo mqhudelwano ngoJanuwari. U-Antetokounmpo, obehola uhlu lwabadlali abahlanu beBucks owayenezinombolo ezinamadijithi amabili, wafinyelela ku-20th triple-double njengochwepheshe. Unogada oyiphuzu u-Jrue Holiday, okuwuphawu oluhle lweBucks olusayine ikhefu lasebusika lokuqhubekela phambili emdlalweni wakhe ngamunye futhi ukwenze lokho ngokunikela ngamaphuzu angu-21 okuhlanganisa nokuthathu okuphindwe kathathu ukubamba ama-rebound ayisithupha, ukusiza abasizi abahlanu, ukuthola amabhola amathathu, nokubeka ipulaki.
I-Pistons, engakathuthuki emdlalweni wayo, uphinde waba phambili uJerami Grant njengomholi wabo ngokunikela ngamaphuzu angama-22, okugcine kungakugwemanga ukuhlulwa. Umgadli wase-Ukraine, uSvi Mykhailiuk, uthole amaphuzu angu-18 futhi njenge-reserve waba umdlali wesithupha wamaPistons, abehlezi ephansi ebhodini lokushaya. Umgadli wamandla uBlake Griffin ubengakabi yinto yokuwina kumaPistons, eshaye amaphuzu ayi-12 kuphela ngama-rebound ayisikhombisa nabasizi abayisithupha kumdlalo wakhe ngamunye ne-Antetokounmpo.
