Even if the Nets barely entered the playoffs as the seventh in the East, everyone knows that the Nets are the most important team in the league, because the team has two strong points of Durant and Irving, so those experts are very optimistic about the Nets, and many people think that the Nets may win the championship this season. When facing the second-place Celtics in the East, many people actually thought that the Nets could catch up and eventually win the championship.
The Nets are a really good team, but it's not so easy to win the title this season. The Nets originally had good results, but Durant was injured, Irving did not play much in the regular season because of vaccine problems, and Harden did not work hard in the game, resulting in a mess of the Nets in the regular season, and almost failed to make the playoffs. Now barely entering the playoffs to meet the youth Celtics, the Nets are really fierce.
In fact, if the Nets are all healthy, in the league they are not afraid of any team, although the Celtics have a high record of second in the East, but everyone knows that the Celtics played a wave of winning streaks in the final stage to have such a good result, and they were once on the edge of the playoffs. So, it's really hard to say whether the current Celtics are a strong team, after all, they haven't proven themselves. Tatum, in particular, is not much different from now in his rookie season, and he must now lead the team to a higher stage of honor as soon as possible, otherwise his position will be more awkward when the younger generation of players gradually grows up.
In the first game, the Celtics also won the Nets by chance, such a victory, although it is also a victory, but it is always not advocated, if there is any deviation in the panic, the entire effort may be wasted. The most important reason why the Nets lost is not how good the Celtics are, but there are many problems with the Nets themselves, and Durant's shooting rate in this game is very low, so that the originally good situation has lost its advantage in an instant. In fact, Irving's performance in this game is very good, and Irving has always had a big heart, and in the last moments of the 2016 Finals, Irving shot the decisive three-pointer, which allowed the Cavaliers to lock in the victory. Irving's shooting percentage in this game is still very high, but the last three-point shot was indeed executed by Durant, who did not feel good.
In addition to the team's aging lineup this season, the coaching staff is also questionable, especially the hiring of Nash as head coach is the Nets' biggest failure. Although Nash is a very good player, once a conductor on the court, but off the court, his coaching ability is not very good, and Kidd, Tyren Lue is not at all in the same grade, are all players, but the coaching level is now only Tyrone Lou proved himself, Kidd is also good, he can bring the Lone Ranger to the fourth position in the West, the coaching level is still recognized. Nash still doesn't need to grow in coaching, especially when the team has players like Durant and Irving, how to use it is a big problem.