The Nets lost 115-122 to the Hawks suffered a second consecutive defeat, this eastern eighth key card battle the Nets still lost, after this game the Nets fell directly to the tenth place in the East, the Nets have no way to retreat, if according to this situation, the Nets have to play two playoffs to enter the playoffs as the eighth in the East, then the two playoffs if one loses this season will be declared over.
Durant is doing his best, halftime 25 points Nets 50 points, the whole game 55 points Nets 115 points, the whole game score accounted for 47.8% of the whole team nearly half, and is 28 of 19, three points 10 of 8, shooting rate as high as 67.8%, three-point shooting rate of 80%, 6 of 5 in the final quarter, 2 of 3 points 1, why not give Durant more opportunities at key moments, and Irving wants to play iron?
This game is the first game of Irving's Ramadan period (April 2, US time), Ramadan (this period from sunrise to sunset is forbidden to eat), the result is that Irving played poorly, the key moment did not give Durant a pass, into the last two minutes of the game's most critical moment, Irving a mid-range shooting iron a three-point miss, the Eagles pulled away to 6 points, during which only Durant alone hit a goal.
Trae Young made 10-of-24 and 4-of-9 three-pointers to finish with 36 points, 10 assists and six rebounds to beat Irving. Irving scored 31 points, 6 assists and 2 rebounds on 7-of-32 minutes and 7-of-14 three-pointers to shoot 37.5 percent, and he had five more points to brush when the game had lost suspense, and the last five points helped him improve his shooting percentage a little.
Irving is 8 of 24 at key moments this season, and it seems to be a tribute to Kobe Bryant from the data point of view, shooting 33.3%, which is not good.
Full-time Irving (after March 27), 145 points on 130 shots, his number of shots is almost more than the number of points, the US media questioned: This is the league's top three defenders?
Durant's career high of 55 points, eight career highs of three points, and three career highs of 50+ in a single season, Durant's career night was ruined by Kyrie Irving. Full-time Irving can't, Ramadan Irving is even worse, can this Nets still make the playoffs?
Text/Yan Xiaobai