On April 4, Beijing time, the Nets recently suffered two consecutive defeats and are currently ranked tenth in the East, but even so, they have locked up a place in the playoff early. For Durant, his two years since leaving the Warriors seem to be no different from the Thunder era, although the team can still reach the Eastern Conference semifinals last year, but due to the successive injuries of Harden and Irving, the Nets hate the Northwest, and Durant's championship dream is shattered again. This season, Harden's departure has hit the Nets even harder.
Now it seems that the Nets' offensive ability is very strong, but it always feels that something is missing, and if they continue to play in this state, the Nets may not even be able to enter the playoffs, let alone the championship. Irving has passed the peak, his good and bad performance is far from being able to become Durant's side of Curry, coupled with his own personality, Irving is doomed to "not become a big instrument", for the Nets, if the team fails to achieve the expected results this season, it must decisively trade Irving out, and absolutely can not renew his contract with the high salary.
Once Irving signs a big contract, in the new season, he will most likely still miss the game for "personal reasons" for no reason, which will plant a time bomb in the team's dressing room. Other players will have this idea: "Irving can take more than 30 million and can not play at any time, so why am I such a role player with 5 million so desperate?" "For Durant, this season he is neither MVP nor the top scorer, so this season, Durant is almost a basket of water, nothing.
However, as we all know, when it comes to scoring, Durant can definitely do it. In yesterday's game against the Hawks, Durant played 42 minutes, 19 of 28, 8 of 10 three-pointers, 55 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, although the Nets eventually lost to the Hawks 115-122, but the Grim Reaper still created an unprecedented NBA record, this record is not difficult to break, but can not be broken. Statistics show that Durant scored 50+ three times in a single season after the 13th season of his career, the first person in NBA history.
Why? James has had two feats of cutting a 50+ this season, but it's clear that he can't have cut another 50+ twice in the remaining 4 games. In addition, this is Curry and Harden's 13th season in the league, but this season's Harden, once 40+ did not, Curry is only once 50+, this is Westbrook's 14th season in the league, but his highest score this season is only 35 points, this is Paul's seventeenth season in the league, but his highest score this season is only 27 points.
The difficulty of this record is to maintain excellent competitive form after 13 seasons, while also avoiding accidental injuries. After Durant was seriously injured, scoring was still as simple as chopping melons and chopping vegetables for him, which shows how explosive his scoring ability is. Durant was able to cut 50+ in a single season after 13 seasons, mainly because he has excellent shooting feel, excellent athleticism, and, most importantly, he can perfectly combine height, speed and dribbling with mid-range.
Without a doubt, Durant is one of the top scorers in NBA history and the most talented small forward in NBA history. Durant is very focused on playing on the court, as long as he enters the scoring mode, in addition to praying that he feels cold, basically no one can defend him one-on-one, after 13 seasons, after two major injuries this season, he can still have such a performance, which is the reason why the Death Circle fans, such a star deserves to be loved by fans. Durant's record, James can't do it, Jordan can't do it, it can be seen that the difficulty is very high.