On April 18, Beijing time, the Nets lost to the Celtics 114-115 in the first game of the first round of the playoffs, and were brutally killed by their opponents and suffered a "black opening". Although the series has only just begun, judging from the playoff experience in the history of the Nets, the Nets' promotion rate is already less than 15%!
From the final score alone, the Nets only lost 1 point, and it was also killed, it seems that the gap is not large, but don't forget that the Nets fell behind by 15 points at one point in this game, the Nets fell behind 32-56 in terms of scoring in the penalty area, and the Nets lost 24 points in the penalty area alone, and the Nets only grabbed 29 rebounds while letting the Celtics grab 43 rebounds and lose 14 rebounds, such a gap may be difficult to fill. Moreover, the Nets' 53.8 percent shooting percentage and 45.8 percent are good enough, both of which are higher than their opponents, and these data show that the Nets have very limited room to improve.
From the perspective of historical laws, it is not easy for the Nets to think of the Celtics. The Nets' previous 14 previous series losses to G1 in the first round of the playoffs have only been promoted twice, and the promotion rate is only 14.3%! The two exceptions were against the Pacers in 2002 and the Pacers in 2006, but both times the Nets had home-court advantage and had a much higher record than their opponents in the regular season, and this time the Nets only made it through playoffs to qualify for the playoffs.
In addition to the first round of the playoffs, the Nets have never even advanced to the G1 in other series in history, and all five such series have been eliminated. They are: 2004 Second Round, 2007 Second Round, 2014 Second Round, 2002 Grand Finals and 2003 Grand Finals. In other words, the Nets' 19 series of losing G1 have only been promoted twice, and the promotion rate is only 10.5%!
There is also a statistic that makes Nets fans even more desperate, the Nets have been eliminated in the history of the Nets in the case of losing G1 in a series without home advantage, and there is no precedent for promotion!
Although Kyrie Irving scored a game-high 39 points in this game with 60 percent shooting and 60 percent three-point shooting, he couldn't have been so efficient, and Kevin Durant's cold hand and the Nets' innate lack of staffing made it difficult for them to win the series, which was even more desperate from the Nets' playoff experience. However, fans should still be normal, how big a storm can a team with a regular season record of only the sixth in the East set off in the playoffs?