On April 18, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued. Today's focus game is the Heavyweight Showdown between the Nets and the Celtics, which showed a high level of offensive and defensive confrontation. After a fierce battle between the two teams in the fourth quarter, the Celtics relied on Tatum's turn to the basket to win the Nets 115-114, and won the playoffs, and the Celtics led the Nets 1-0 in the series.
With 32.4 seconds left in the first quarter, Nets Player Clarkston scored a free throw. The broadcast then cut to the Nets bench, and the camera was given to the team's forward Aldridge, and Ade gave his teammates a blank face and applauded his teammates, cheering for his teammates. Then the camera gives Ade a close-up, only to see Ade wrapped his hands around him, smack his mouth, and his expression becomes very helpless.
This scene of Ade made countless fans look very sad. Ard and Griffin were added to the Nets' DNP (no playing) list for this game, and they could only sit on the bench and watch the game. The inability to contribute to the team on the inside and witnessing his own team being wiped out in the final moments of the game clearly made Ard feel bad.
Choosing Snow Ard and Griffin, the Nets clearly lacked height on the inside line, and the main center Zhuang Shen suffered 4 fouls in half a game, and was directly abandoned in the last quarter. They let the Celtics grab 43 rebounds and only have 29 of their own. The Nets also scored 32-56 on the inside, far behind the Celtics.
Ard has been an important rotation player for the Nets in the first half of the season. He has played 47 games for the Nets this season and can contribute 12.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1 block in 22.3 minutes of playing time, shooting 55% from the field. But he suffered a hip injury in the second half of the season and returned from injury to the team no longer have his place.
According to Nash's confirmation on March 28 that Ade can return from injury, in the past nine games, Ade has been on the bench in seven of the past nine games and has not been given any playing time. The rest of the games that earned two games were against the Rockets and Knicks, two teams that had long since been determined not to make the playoffs. Added up to just get 23 minutes of playing time.
The reason for head coach Nash's abandonment of Ade is very simple, Ade is about to turn 37, he can't keep up with his opponents on the field, and the help he gives to the team on the defensive end is extremely limited. In the case of the team's pursuit of the ultimate offensive and defensive operation, Ade will also drag down the team's offensive rhythm. When the team wanted to carry out the small ball to the end, Ade clearly had no place to stand.
At one point last year, Ade chose to retire due to irregular heart rhythm. But in order to impact the championship again and let his career leave no regrets, Ade chose to return to the Nets this season with the permission of the doctor. However, in the face of his situation on the team, Ade may have to consider again whether he really needs to retire.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)