With all of Irving's first 12 shots, as well as the proud play of Durant and a host of role players, the Nets beat the Cavaliers in the playoffs to secure seventh place in the East.
This means that the Nets will play against the Green Army in the first round, who has been playing low and high this season, ranking second in the East, with an overall balanced attack and defense, and the core Tatum is in hot form.
And as early as the start of the playoffs, players such as Tatum, the core of the Green Army, openly responded to the possibility of a potential match against the Nets, showing the team's determination to win, and dissatisfied with the outside world so optimistic about the Nets, rather than the green army ranked higher.
Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be some fighting spirit and competition between the players of the two teams, and at the first time when the Nets defeated the Cavaliers, the Green Army officially wrote on social media: "The first round of the match is confirmed!" ”
NBA officials also updated the Nets G1 against the Green Army schedule for the first time, and the Nets will go to the away game against the Celtics at 3:30 a.m. on the 18th.
This means that the Nets won the first game of the playoffs, giving the team five precious days of rest, which is very important for the two core players Irving and KD.
Compared with the Green Army's relatively subtle game preview, the Nets are very high-profile, and a group of players have publicly declared war on the Green Army through their own way.
The first is the Miracle Brown, who performed very well in this game, and directly wore a jersey with the word "Boston" printed on it in the post-match interview.
At the same time, in the interview, he talked in detail about the strategy against the Green Army, the first point is to limit Tatum, can not let him get 50 points, the second point is to take advantage of the shortcomings of the inside Rowe can not play, as far as possible to attack Horford and Theis.
Compared to Brown's well-behaved speech, Durant bluntly said that he did not like it, but also understood that Brown is such a player, and has maintained the vitality that the team needs throughout the season.
But for yourself, whether it is facing the Green Army, or other teams, you don't need to say too much, let's see you on the field!
Despite this, Durant still talked about the need to be vigilant in the team part, that is, to do a good job of defense, the team should be proud of defense, pay attention to limiting the score point of Tatum, which is a very tricky problem, and he can't wait to play against the Green Army.
In the end, Durant did not forget to praise Owen, bluntly saying that Owen deserved to be praised, and when he had such a job and was in the middle of Ramadan, his performance was special enough.
Irving said to Durant directly after the game: "I love you", and admitted that it is difficult to find another player who has Durant's height and can dribble and attack so much.
Talking about the upcoming game against his old club, The Green Army, Owen said it was a very good test, he knows them very well, they know us very well, the team needs to limit Tatum, can't let him speed up, let's walk and see.
Compared to Irving and Durant directly putting forward the next round of competition, Nash still commented on the game against the Cavaliers after the game, and sincerely told the truth, not polite and flattering at all.
Speaking about Dragic's limited playing time, Nash said that Dragic could have played a little longer, but this game the team had to win, so the time was allocated to other players.
Speaking about Cescuri, who shot 0-of-4 from the outside, Nash said he hadn't found a way to make Cescuri play well.
Finally Nash talked about the next round against the Greens, Nash said it was a huge test for the team and hoped the team could be inspired to the best.
Nets owner Tsai Chongxin also spoke out through social media for the first time, writing: "Fly to Boston! ”
But the outside world for the Nets to play the Green Army does not have one-sided support, of which the famous Skip believes that the two sides are evenly matched, the Nets have Durant and Irving, the Green Army has a top defense, the Nets need a healthy Ben Simmons return, Barkley is not optimistic about the Nets, thinking that the Green Army can easily qualify.