On April 13, Beijing time, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers at home 115:108 to win the final victory of the playoffs, which means that the Nets will enter the playoffs as the 7th in the East and will meet the Celtics in the East at the first round of the playoffs. And NBA star Barkley also talked about this group of playoff first-round showdowns in the show, it is worth mentioning that Barkley is not optimistic that the Nets can defeat the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, he believes that the Celtics will eventually become the winner of the first round of series meetings.
"The Nets can't eliminate the Celtics! Now that Durant and Irving are playing so well, they have barely beaten the mediocre Cavaliers. Buckley said. In today's Nets and Cavaliers playoffs, Irving effectively scored 34 points, 3 rebounds and 12 assists in 15 shots, while Durant contributed 25 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists on 9 of 16 shooting, in the case of the two giants of the stars both played perfect data performance, the Nets only won the playoffs in the end, so Barkley obviously felt that this Nets team was not as strong as imagined.
Compared with the Nets, which mainly rely on Durant and Irving, and the team's lineup is weak in the inner line and the role of the bench player is unstable, the Celtics have a better overall defensive strength, so the Celtics definitely have the possibility of winning the series. Of course, in terms of the contrast between the two teams' leading stars, the Nets are undoubtedly the upper hand, and the star colors of Tatum and Jaylen Brown are undoubtedly not comparable to Durant and Irving.
In addition, if it is the prediction of other league celebrities, fans may have seriously considered it, but Barkley's prediction is now a well-deserved "poisonous milk", so when Barkley publicly looks down on the Nets now, perhaps the Nets fans can completely relax their hearts. In this regard, I don't know if the small partner thinks that Buckley's prediction will eventually be "poisonous milk"? Will the Celtics, who will be facing the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, make their way to the Eastern Conference semifinals as Barkley predicted?