After a 51-31 team record in the regular season, the Green Army, which ranks second in the East, sits at home and faces the challenge of the Seventh-Ranked Nets in the East in the first game of the playoffs.
In terms of the Green Army, the team's inner gate Rowe is absent due to injury, and whether the Green Army, which has only 8 people to rotate in this campaign, can defend the home field will obviously face great challenges and tests.
On the other hand, on the Nets side, Nash put up a regular start, and whether Irving + Durant can lead the team to win on the road has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
However, after four quarters of fighting, with the excellent performance of Tatum + Smart + Horford, the Green Army, which played at home, overpowered the Nets in the first three quarters and achieved an 11-point lead.
Although in the final quarter, Irving ushered in an outbreak, leading the Nets to play a wave of 17-2 counterattack frenzy, instantly turning the situation on the court and seeing the hope of a reversal.
But Jaylen Brown hit the key layup, Durant missed a three-pointer, and Smart assisted Tatum to complete the whistle-beating, successfully ending the suspense of the game.
The Green Army, which finally withstood the pressure, also narrowly defeated the Nets at home 115-114, strongly winning the playoffs, and also occupying the series opportunity with a big score of 1-0!
Playing at home in this game, the Green Army can be described as a full army, playing a team performance of four people scoring in double figures and three people with 20+ points, rejecting a big reversal.
In the case of Horford + Thesis and other main players, each performing its own duties, the double probe flower Tatum + Jaylen Brown, and the play of the main player Smart, is particularly critical!
Tatum was well defensively and defensively, scoring three three-pointers on 9-of-18 shooting in the 44 minutes of the game, plus an all-around performance of 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Among them, in the second quarter, he scored 12 points in a single quarter, not only leading by example, helping the Green Army to smoothly open the point difference, but also completing the kill in the last quarter, helping the team defend the home field!
Rationally speaking, in the match with Durant in this game, whether in terms of personal data or team performance, the young Tatum has completely defeated Durant at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
In addition, as the team's best attacker, the play of Jaylen Brown in this game also played a crucial role.
In this campaign, Jaylen Brown drove low and high, and in the case of only 8 points in the first half, Jaylen Brown ushered in an outbreak and scored 15 points, handing over 23 points + 5 rebounds + 3 assists + 4 steals + 2 blocks of offensive and defensive performance, which is the key to the Green Army's ability to bite the score in the final quarter!
Of course, the performance of the Green Army in this game can beat the Nets, and the performance of the team's core guard Smart is also a great achievement.
Smart lived up to expectations in this game, starting 34 minutes, shooting 8 of 17 from the middle and 4 three-pointers, contributing 20 points, 7 rebounds , 6 assists and 2 steals.
Not only did it make a breakthrough on the offensive end, providing the Green Army with powerful firepower, but also made a calm analysis on the organizational + defensive end, and assisted Tatum to complete the pressed whistle kill!
On the other hand, on the Nets side, the team reversed the defeat in this game, and finally lost by 1 point, and the performance of the playoffs that fell behind 0-1 is obviously still to be examined.
But rationally speaking, for the Nets, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights!
After all, in the case of Durant being strictly guarded and not playing well, the performance of the team's star Irving in this campaign is indeed remarkable.
In this game, Irving was full of firepower, starting 41 minutes, shooting 6 three-pointers on 12-of-20 shooting, scoring a game-high 39 points, plus 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 1 block.
Although he failed to help the Nets win the victory on his own, there is one thing to say, the key play of Irving scoring 18 points in the last quarter of this campaign has indeed brought great pressure to the Green Army, and it can be said that although the defeat is still glorious!
Obviously, for the Nets, after the big score of 0-1 into a passive situation, whether Durant can find the rhythm and feeling of the game will undoubtedly become the key to the next G2 battle, whether the Nets can equalize the big score.
As for the next G2 battle between the Green Army and the Nets, who will die in the deer, we seem to have to wait and see!