On April 21, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs were in full swing. In today's focus battle, the Celtics will play the second game of the series at home with the Nets, and the two sides announced the starting list before the game, as follows:
Green Army - Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Smart, Horford, Theis
Nets - Durant, Irving, Curry Jr., Browns Brown, Drummond.
In the first leg of the two teams, Durant did not play well, scoring 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting in the whole game, which is obviously not the best Durant. Before today's game, both managers spoke about Durant, and Nash said: "Our goal today is to make Durant play more freely, losing G1 is a problem for the whole team, I don't think he can win that game with a few more points." Top players rarely play two bad games in a row, and Durant is a top player who, after a bad loss, will play a key performance in the second, which is normal. It's incredible that we can have a star like Durant, and I'm not talking about a game, I'm talking about him helping us all the time. ”
Green Army coach Uduka said: "The data shows that when Durant loses in the playoffs, he can average 41.8 points per game in the next game, and we all know that he will be in offensive mode today, and we have to find a way to limit him and not let him play his own game." ”
The two teams released player admission photos before the game, and on the Nets side, Irving, Curry Jr. and other stars all made handsome appearances. On the Green Army's side, Smart, who has just won the best defensive player award this season, wears a special robe with the words DPOY in gold on it, which looks very domineering.