On April 21, Beijing time, the NBA playoff Nets were tragically reversed by the Celtics by 17 points, and the series score became 0-2; Durant got 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 6 turnovers, 5 fouls, plus or minus -10; Irving only had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist in 13 shots, plus or minus -9; nets double giant 30 shots 8 hit 22 irons, in a bad state into a loser.
Today's battle, the Nets half up to 17 points ahead, can start from the second half of the second quarter, the Celtics frantically counterattacked, the third quarter recovered 5 points, the final quarter 29-17 to hit the Nets, Durant and Irving two superstars are playing iron at key moments; Durant in the second half of 10 shots 0, Irving 7 of 1, and finally the Nets suffered a 17-point reversal.
Durant set two record for shame in the first game:
1. For the first time in his career (including the regular season), Durant lost all of them in the second half with at least 10 shots.
For the first time in his 2.13-year career, Durant shot less than 40 percent from the field in two consecutive games, both regular season and playoffs, and made six turnovers per game.
So far in the playoffs, Durant has performed badly in two consecutive games, shooting 13 of 41 in two games (G1 shooting 9 of 24 in the game), shooting only 31.7% from the field, in addition to 12 turnovers.
After the game, Nash revealed the reason for Durant's sluggish state, he said: "Today the opponent prepared a targeted defense for him, but also on the high intensity, the whole game 'grabbed him, hugged him', which made KD play very uncomfortable; we can't just rely on the superstar play to win, this is a team sport, we are still a new team without too much run-in.