On April 18, Beijing time, the Nets challenged the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs G1, and the final Nets lost to the Celtics 114:115, failing to achieve the opening record of the first game of the series. One thing to say, the performance of durant, the nets' home star, is definitely very reprehensible, this game Durant totaled 24 shots 9 of 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting 37.5%, three-point shooting is 5 shots 1, and there are 6 mistakes, while Durant's field plus-minus is also the worst -13 on the team.
In addition to the poor court stats, Durant's defensive leak at the end of the game was extremely deadly. In the final quarter when the Celtics attacked the final attack, Durant did not know why it seemed to be completely distracted, so that Tatum directly cut inside the basket to complete the kill, and eventually led to the Nets' first game of the series. To be honest, if Durant could interfere with Tatum a little at the last moment, then the win-loss of this game may be very different, but Durant just silently watched Tatum stage a killing scene.
After the game, Durant also talked about his poor performance today, to which Durant responded: "I played too fast, too many mistakes. The fight was too urgent, and some shots were in a hurry. However, Irving, who is a teammate, still believes in Durant, and Irving said after the game: "We don't have to think too much about this, we know who he is. It is worth mentioning that Irving's data performance in this game can be described as quite excellent, this campaign Irving 12 of 20 shots efficiently scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, the final shooting rate and three-point shooting rate are also 60%.
Of course, as the current NBA league TOP2 superstar, I believe that no one will question Durant's personal ability and strength level, although Durant did perform very hard in this game, and is also the main responsibility for the team's defeat, but I believe that Durant will return to the "death mode" sooner or later, he is still the most indispensable leader core player of the Nets. In addition, today is only the first game of the series after all, the Nets and Durant still have a chance to finally win this round of the series, so as long as Durant can adjust, the Nets are still very hopeful to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals!