On April 18, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Nets were killed by the Celtics 114-115, and the total score was 0-1 behind. Famous basketball commentator Su Qun also commented on the game on personal social media, he believes that Durant should be responsible for the Nets' killing, but the real concern of the Nets is not Durant, but their size and impact are difficult to resist the Celtics.
Durant missed Tatum at the last minute and scored just 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting in the game, which was inefficient. But Su Qun believes that Durant can definitely adjust his own state, but the problem is that the Nets have little room for adjustment.
The Nets are currently an offensive team with obvious offensive strength and weakness, and if they want to win, they must let Durant and Irving play to their full play, but if they want to attack well, they need more guards. So Nash has long used 3-guard partner Durant in the game, but it also caused the Nets to be uncomfortable on the defensive end.
In this game, for example, the Nets lost 14 rebounds, and in terms of interior scoring, they lost 32-56 to the Celtics by 24 points. In this case, the Nets can only hope for Durant and Irving to attack, and the two have made a total of 44 shots in this game, accounting for 56% of the Nets' total shots.
However, the Celtics can make unlimited changes on the defensive end, so the Nets double star has to play a lot of singles, which is bound to consume a lot. Once the efficiency declines, the weakness of the body type becomes very fatal. So what should the Nets do in this situation?
Su Qun believes that if the Nets want to win, in addition to expecting Durant and Irving to break out, they can only pray for one more of the role players to play extraordinary. And once forced into a desperate situation, you may have to consider letting go of Simmons. Although he didn't play a single game this season, his physical condition was there, and at least he appeared to improve the Nets' size and contribute to the defensive end.
However, although the first game was lost, Su Qun was still very optimistic that the Nets could advance, and some netizens in the comment area asked him to predict the score again, and Su Qun still chose the Nets to advance 4-2.