On April 13, Beijing time, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers 115-108 to lock up the seventh place in the East to advance to the playoffs, the first round will be VS Green Kai, and the Cavaliers will wait for the winner of the Hawks vs Hornets. The Nets led by 20 points in the first quarter, 15 points at halftime, 12 points in the third quarter, and the Cavaliers shrank to six points in the final quarter but failed to reverse. The combination of Irving and Durant can be said to be extremely terrifying, and the two of them have finally played 100% of their strength.
Irving began with 5 of 5 very accurate, in fact, Kevin Durant did not hesitate to let go, Durant in the first quarter in the strong side of the bottom corner of the waist three consecutive times to face Markkanen and Moffrey hit, Durant in the first quarter is also 3+2 free throws 2 of 8 points, the most eye-catching place is assists, Irving's 5 shots are from Durant's assists, Durant also has an assist Brown down, durant 6 assists in the single quarter.
Durant delivered a new career high of 16 assists at the end of the regular season, and durant once again showed his super vision and big picture in this play-off. In the second quarter, KD made a foul after a mid-range hit, and then assisted Irving's mid-range shooting, 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 1 of 2 in a single quarter, and 12 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists on 4 of 5 of half.
KD in the third quarter is still focused on delivering cannonballs for teammates, after three assists has completed two double-double tasks, two consecutive games to complete the double-double of scoring + assists, and then KD also completed a breakthrough dunk, but the third quarter is 6 of 2 to take 4 points, 4 assists and 1 steal, three quarters to play 16 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks to fill the data bar.
In the final quarter, the Cavaliers narrowed the point difference to 6 points, the key ball was still to Durant to shoot three-point shots, this is the superstar style, the Cavaliers narrowed to 6 points Durant two key shots, Durant dominated the key moment to help the Nets plan a win, the final quarter KD 7 points 1 steal 1 block, the whole game 16 9, 2 of 3 points 1 to 1 25 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds 2 steals and 3 blocks.
The NBA official website also praised Durant's key performance in the final quarter, continuously defending Markkanen's offense under the basket, and then a three-pointer + two mid-range on the offensive end to help the Nets seal the victory.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream