On April 17, Beijing time, the first game between the Nets and the Celtics will start at 3:30 a.m. on the 18th. This battle, Durant hit the milestone and is expected to surpass legendary West.
After defeating the Cavaliers, locking in seventh in the East, and encountering the Celtics in the first round, Nash threw himself into the study of the Celtics. In today's training, a video of Nash explaining the Celtics game was exposed.
At that time, Nash was explaining the Celtics' tactical style on a television screen, and a video of the Celtics' game was played on the computer connected to the TV. Multiple Nets players gathered in front of Nash and listened closely, and Simmons was among them, quite engaged.
But in any case, the key for the Nets to win is still in Durant. This battle Durant will also hit a milestone, that is, surpassing Lakers legend Jerry West.
Durant is currently only three points away from West's scoring record, and he can score four more points to complete the surpassing of the Lakers legend and rise to the eighth place in the playoffs all-time scoring list. It is worth mentioning that if Durant can average 29.5 points per game in the playoffs, if he reaches the Finals, he may also surpass Duncan to rise to sixth in history, and Durant is currently 718 points away from Duncan.
The Nets also released injury reports for the first game of the playoffs, with Simmons and Joe Harris sidelined and everyone else playing. Not surprisingly, Nash will line up the starting lineups of Irving, Seth Curry, Brown, Durant and Drummond.