On April 18, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and they played a good game in the Nets' away challenge to the Celtics. Although the third quarter was pulled away by the opponent, Irving's explosion in the final quarter helped the team to erase the 10-point difference. At the crucial moment, Irving hit a three-pointer, Durant hit the mid-range, originally thought the Nets should have the advantage, but in the last defense they could not concentrate again, and was cut by Tatum to complete the whistle!
Durant played one of the most effective games of the season, playing 41 minutes, shooting just 9 of 24 from the field, 1 of 5 from three-point range, and 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists! While scoring 23 points isn't too bad, it's really too rare for Durant to score 23 points on 24 shots!
The most important point is that at the critical moment of this game, the Nets are one point ahead, and the reason why the Celtics were able to complete the final attack has a lot to do with Durant's lack of concentration. From the picture, we can see that in fact, Tatum was originally the person who Durant should go to defend, but Durant's attention was all on the ball, causing Tatum to complete the empty cut behind Durant, and by the time Durant found out, Tatum had cut to the basket empty, and faced Irving, who was much shorter than himself, directly completed the turn to the basket!
For the Nets, the loss of this game is not unacceptable, after all, they are playing away from home, originally the seventh in the East to challenge the second place in the East. But Durant's poor form makes fans a little worried, the feel on the offensive end can be restored, but the attention on the defensive end is really very deadly!
Hopefully, this series will be played more intensely, and hopefully Durant will be able to recover as soon as possible, get back into the state of the Grim Reaper, and bring enough trouble to the Greenshirts!