The NBA playoffs continued, and today the Nets challenged the Celtics on the road, and they eventually lost to the Celtics by one point. In this game, Irving and Durant both played more than 40 minutes. Irving played 42 minutes, and although he scored 39 points, the team still could not win. The Nets lost in large part because they had obvious weaknesses on the defensive end, and on the other hand, the Celtics did a great job of restricting Durant today.
You'll find that Durant played very badly today, and the Celtics' pre-game defensive strategy was very targeted. After Durant got the ball, the timing of the Celtics' choice of pinch was very delicate, forcing Durant to make a series of mistakes. And even if Durant can complete the shot, his shot is also deviating from his previous rhythm. Why did the Celtics choose to pinch Durant? Largely because they didn't believe the Nets could find other people's chances by running the ball quickly, the Celtics stuck to their defensive strategy.
The Nets are a singles team on the offensive end, and they rarely cooperate. Most of the ball was concentrated in the hands of Irving and Durant, and many times it was to let the two men pull apart for a single. This is exactly what the Celtics are doing. The Celtics' overall defensive ability is strong, so they are not afraid of these two super scorers to single. Even if the Eurowen game is super god, this is also acceptable to the Celtics, whose scoring points are more dispersed, which is the better team offense. The Celtics don't believe a series where both Irving and Durant can maintain very high shooting percentages at the same time.
Many fans are very distressed to see durant today. Suffering such a major injury in his career still played 41 minutes on the court, knowing that he was risking a huge injury, many fans believe that if it was with the Warriors, Durant could not be sandwiched against bread. When Durant's teammates were Curry and Thompson, packing Durant was equivalent to sending the Warriors to score.
Durant's play style was easier when he was with the Warriors, and even shots in empty positions a lot of times. After coming to the Nets, Durant has evolved into a big package, and many Durant fans are very worried that Durant's style of play will suffer an injury in the long playoffs, and this style of play is too much for him, especially with the Celtics, which is very strongly antagonistic. Nash also didn't know how to be restrained when using Durant, allowing him to play more than 40 minutes, which is absolutely impossible to change to Cole. We can only pray that Durant will stay healthy during the long playoffs, after all, this style of play is really too expensive.