In the first round of the NBA playoffs, the Nets challenged the Celtics on the road, and in this game, the Nets were completely passive in the first three quarters of the game, Durant did not play well, and the team was at most 15 points behind the Celtics, which was at a disadvantage. However, in the fourth quarter, the Nets suddenly broke out, Irving hit three consecutive three-pointers, and the team exploded a 17-2 offense to successfully reverse the score. At the crucial moment, Irving hit a three-pointer, Brown and Smart scored five consecutive points, and the two teams returned to the same running line with 2 minutes left in the game. Subsequently, Durant hit a half-intercepted basket, Horford also had a layup on the inside line, Irving hit a three-pointer, and the Nets held a three-point lead. Subsequently, the Celtics Brown hit a layup, while Durant did not have a three-pointer, and Tatum counter-attacked the layup to complete the whistle-beating. In the end, the Celtics won the series G1 with Tatum's killer, and they beat the Nets 115-114.
This game the Celtics have an advantage in the first three quarters, especially in the third quarter, Tatum has hit consecutive difficult goals, and has a good performance in terms of foul making, he scored 12 points in a single quarter, Smart also scored 11 points in a single quarter, and Brown and Horford also had better performances in the third quarter. The Celtics exploded a 35-24 offense in the third quarter, outperforming the Nets by 11 points, and the team also managed to open up the point difference with their outstanding performance in the third quarter.
However, in the fourth quarter, the team's offense suddenly muted, they missed consecutive shots, and the Nets found a sense of the game, under the leadership of Irving, the Nets exploded a wave of 17-2 offense in a short period of time, and the team successfully surpassed 4 points to regain the lead. In the following key moments, the Celtics' offense eased, in the face of the excellent form of Irving, the team was always able to respond, in the key moment, they successfully regained the lead, and Tatum's kill also helped the team to finally win the game, this time Tatum became the savior of the Celtics.
In this game, the Nets' performance in the first three quarters was not ideal, in the face of the Celtics' tough defense, the team had some crotch pulls on the offensive end, and they were always behind in the game, Durant's shooting efficiency was not high, and there were many mistakes, his crotch performance in the game, which also caused the Nets to fall behind the Celtics in the first three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, Irving stepped forward, showing his key player instincts, continuously exerting his power on the personal offensive end, helping the team to reverse the score in a short period of time. When the score is glued, he can also stand up and perform very well personally. However, it is a pity that Irving's excellent performance, which did not help the team to win, Durant did not play well in this campaign, and did not grasp the last-minute shot, which also allowed Tatum to seize the opportunity to complete the whistle-beating.
In this game, Irving blasted 39 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals, he scored 15 points in the last quarter, which was good enough, and Durant, he scored 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting, but there were 6 mistakes, his play was not very good, the team lost the game, Durant needed to bear a certain responsibility. And Tatum had 31 points and 8 assists in this game, he became the best player on the team, Brown contributed 23 points, Smart scored 20 points, Horford also had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and the team scored more than 20 points. After this game, the Celtics also took the initiative in this series, and they led the Nets 1-0 by a large margin.