Beijing time on April 18, the NBA playoffs continue, today the Celtics sat at home to usher in the Challenge of the Nets, although the Celtics are ranked second in the East, but most fans are not optimistic that the Celtics can defeat the Nets, after all, the quality of the Nets stars is here, they have almost two players with the strongest singles ability in the same position, and the biggest advantage of the Celtics is their team basketball and suffocating defense, in fact, the gap between the strength of the two sides is not large.
The game from the first quarter of the two sides played difficult to solve the score, the Celtics seized the Nets' lack of defensive ability inside, several times on the inside to complete the kill, and the Nets are using the double core to attract the defense to get the vacant three points to respond to the Green Army, the Three Points of this campaign Nets are very efficient, otherwise they and the Celtics can not play the end, the two sides played extremely fiercely, the half-time battle to the Celtics to 61-61 Nets.
In the third quarter, Durant, who has been very depressed by the pinch defense, finally broke out, a single quarter blast of 11 points, this side of Tatum is not to let go, a single quarter of 12 points to respond to the opponent, but Smart single quarter three points 4 3 scored 11 points, with his help the Green Army single quarter ahead of the opponent 11 points, the fourth quarter Durant slump, Irving stood up, led the team to play a wave of 22-6 to surpass the opponent, 22 points Irving alone 13 points, to the last minute is Irving a three-pointer to help the team lead 114-111, Brown then scored two points, Tatum made a layup in the final moments, and the Green Army beat the Nets 115-114 to make the opening.
In terms of data, Irving shot 12 of 20 shots, 6 of 10 three-pointers, 39 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 1 block of data, in the face of Smart, who is expected to win the best defensive player this season, Irving is still unsolved, but Durant's play is very bad, 9 of 24 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, 23 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, but there are 6 mistakes, Irving really can't move Durant.
For now, the Celtics' defensive system is able to limit the Nets' double core to a certain extent, a Smart although the lock can not kill Irving, but can affect him, Durant encountered Horford's defense or Tatum's defense, once inside the three-point line, encountered a pinch, into the paint may face three people, which is also the reason for Durant's downturn, the Green Army's rotation defense and defense are fantastic, today the Nets' three-pointers are exploded, the whole game shot 11 of 24, shooting 45.8% of the result is still lost.
In addition to the Celtics in addition to the defensive end can be a certain aspect of the restriction of Duou, their advantage in the offensive end is also particularly obvious, Zhuang Shen and Clarkston such as the interior line can not withstand the impact of the Celtics, they are on the court is the opponent's target, and rebounds are not guaranteed, this campaign the two sides rebounded in the Green Army more than the Nets 13, the front court board more than 9, the interior score more than 24 points.
The 35-year-old Horford only covered the sky on the inside line, 8 of 13 shots, 2 of 2 of three points, 2 of 2 of three points, 20 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, Horford grabbed only 1 rebound less than the Nets' starting 5 people in total, before Brown also mocked the Green Army without Rowe, as everyone knows, Horford's 07-year-old tandem is the indispensable interior gate of the Celtics, who has entered the best defensive lineup, and Brown is water today, scoring only 5 points in 2 of 3 shots.
The other two tanhua Tatum and Brown also have a good performance, this campaign Brown shot 9 of 19, 4 of 3 points 1 to get 23 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks of the data, attack and defense integration of the top two masters, Tatum shot 9 of 18, 3 of 3 points 3 of 7 to take 31 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal 2 blocks of data, from this game, Tatum seems to have the strength to be able to compete with Durant and Irving, I hope this is not a flash in the pan, if he can do it, Then the Green Army has the hope of eliminating the Nets.
In addition to the three, the team's outside gate Smart also played very well, shooting 8 of 17 from the field, 4 of 9 three-pointers, 20 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. Although White was inefficient on the offensive end, scoring 7 points from 8 shots and scoring 3 rebounds and 4 assists, he delivered 3 steals in the whole game, which was very good.
According to statistics, this is the first sentry kill in Tatum's career, and it is also the first playoff kill in the history of the Green Army since the 10-year game against the Heat Pierce. Fairy fight, the best match in the playoffs so far, when it comes to this, do you have anything to say about the two teams? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.