Watanabe, who fell into foul trouble, has only 6 minutes of playing time
A match where the Nets got into the Bulls home. Yuta Watanabe fell into foul trouble with 4 fouls in 4 minutes, and when he scored only 1 goal without a successful field goal, the Nets were unable to improve their defense to the end and lost 112-121, stopping their winning streak at 12.
Yuta Watanabe, who was sent to the court from the second quarter when he was 7 points behind (33-40), did not get caught in the pump fake in the matchup with Demar DeRozan and raised both hands to hit a tough shot. However, as soon as there was contact, he suddenly gave two shots.
Still, in the offense that followed, he made a perfect cut, received the ball in the paint, dodged a shot block, and set up an easy dunk for Ben Simmons running in. In addition, he showed a devoted play that does not appear in the numbers, such as jumping into the offensive rebound and chipping it to make it my ball, but DeRozan once more invited a shoot foul.
A little over two minutes into the game, he was called for his second individual foul, but the bench decided to continue playing. Then, when he removed the mark with a cut play and calmly dodged the first mark man from the shoot fake, he got a shoot foul and scored one free throw to record his first score. Shortly followingward, however, he was called for a foul for body contact when he went to help and raised his hands to seemingly block a shot under goal. It was his third personal foul in 3 minutes and 15 seconds, and he was forced to go down to the bench.
With 2 minutes and 49 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter, the turn came when he was behind by 5 points, but Watanabe was completely idle on this day. He hit a 3-point shot aggressively from a 45-degree right, but when he returned to defense, the whistle blew for a dunk block by Patrick Williams. He opened his arms and appealed for no foul, but the decision was not overturned, and he was called for the fourth foul 30 seconds into the game. After that, when he received a corner in a small scene of the shot clock, he was hit by a tough shot from the drive and became an air ball.
The Nets, who might not use Watanabe in the closing lineup, approached one possession several times, but were unable to correct their defense until the end and lost. Watanabe, who fell into foul trouble, scored one goal in just six minutes of playing time, and might not fully demonstrate his characteristics.
