On April 7, the Nets and Celtics both won, and the Nets played in the New York derby, once trailing by 21 points, and staged a comeback under the leadership of Irving and Durant, ushering in two consecutive wins and sweeping the Knicks this season. The Celtics had a 23-point advantage over the Bulls to win back-to-back games. The Nets hold on to eighth, while the playoffs have great hope of hitting seventh. The Celtics are two wins behind the Heat, and the possibility of winning second place is extremely high. If the Nets finish seventh in the East through the playoffs and the Celtics finish second in the East, the two teams will meet in the first round of the playoffs.
There's no doubt that no one wants to meet a Nets with superstars like Durant, Irving, Curry Jr. in the first round of the playoffs, and the Bucks are the same. The Bucks are currently 0.5 wins behind the Celtics, and the two sides meet directly tomorrow, and the Bucks win to advance to the second place in the Green Army, which is obviously not what Bucks fans want to see. And once the Bucks lose to the Celtics, the Greenshirts' second place in the East is more stable, increasing the probability of encountering the Nets in the first round of the playoffs.
So tomorrow's game is very critical for the Bucks, when today's Nets reversed the Knicks, the Celtics won the Bulls, there are already fans on social media posted the letter brother emoji, the implication is that the bucks are very likely to lose to the Celtics, sending opponents to meet the Nets in the first round of the playoffs.
Many people said that tomorrow's Bucks and Celtics game, I believe that there will be no fans who want to win, because if they win, the hope of winning the second place in the East in the regular season is even greater, and the Nets are likely to play in the playoffs as the seventh place in the regular season. If you lose, you basically miss the top two, after all, there are very few games left in the regular season.
The Nets once ranked first in the East, but due to injuries, personnel changes and other reasons, the ranking declined, and once fell to 10th. Now when Durant returns, Irving can also play home and away games, Curry Jr. and Mills and others are also well integrated, although the Nets are not in the top six straight to the playoffs, but the difficulty of playing the playoffs is not too big, their play-off opponents will be a team in the Cavaliers, Hawks and Hornets.
Of course, thinking that the playoffs are a game to win or lose, even if the Nets are stronger than the opponents, but there is still the possibility of losing the first round of the playoffs, you can only compete for the eighth place. So the regular season and playoffs are not over, the playoffs can not be baked, and the team that wants to win the championship will not pick the opponent, after all, if you want to win the championship, you must beat the strong team.