In the first two games when Owen didn't come back, Durant and Harden joined hands to win two games in a row, namely Magic and Bucks. The strength of these two teams should not be underestimated, especially the Bucks are the top teams in the league. However, after the combination of the three, in the face of the weaker Cavaliers, the overall strength is definitely not as good as that of Bucks and Magic, but the Nets and Cavaliers played two overtime games and eventually lost the game.
So some fans made a certain sound, "It's not terrible to lose, and no one is embarrassed to come back", pointing the finger at Owen directly. Subconsciously, everyone thinks that Owen is too independent. He takes the ball and doesn't defend hard. In addition, his recent absence from the game for personal reasons put the team at a disadvantage. Everyone was full of negative emotions and once shouted the slogan of trading Owen.
Judging from the performance of Owen in this game, he played for 48 minutes and contributed 37 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks 1 steals. It can be said that he has made great contributions at both ends of attack and defense. Owen was aggressive from the beginning and scored goals for the team one after another.
As for Owen's poor defense, it may also be caused by influence. From the data, the defensive efficiency of the Nets this season is 1 10.6, while Owen's defensive efficiency is 106.7, which is completely above the team level. Moreover, Owen's defensive efficiency ranks third in the team, and only Dinwiddie and Taylor Johnson are better than Ou Wenjiang. If you look at the whole league, he ranks104,282, which is above average and not too bad.
But if we consider Owen's offensive efficiency again, he 120.7 ranks sixth in the league, which fully shows that Owen is not a player with strong offensive and defensive skills, but the defensive level exists, not at all, or very poor. Personally, I think the reason why the Nets lost is not Owen's personal factors, but the team's defense. After all, the tacit understanding between three people is not the first time, and the tacit understanding between the whole team is not the first time. Defense is not a personal counterpoint, but a series of operations such as teammate defense, defense supplement and defense change. If there is no tacit understanding between the players, they will be caught by their opponents at the moment of hesitation.
In addition, another accidental factor for the Nets to lose is that sexton's extraordinary performance in overtime was unconventional, especially when he hit four three-pointers in a row at the last moment of the second overtime, which made the Big Three, which was already short of endurance, even weaker in defense, and the Cavaliers had the last laugh.
So personally, I think Owen was a little careless when he threw the pot on his own back! what do you think? Welcome to comment and leave a message, let's discuss it together!