On April 21, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued, and the Nets and the Celtics began a showdown. In the end, the Nets lost 107-114 to the Celtics. In this campaign, the Nets once led the Celtics by 17 points, but Irving and Durant performed sluggishly, and the Nets offense was once stagnant. The Green Army seized the opportunity and overtook in the 4th quarter, and the Nets were reversed in two consecutive games, trailing 0-2!
In this campaign, Durant had 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. Durant does look good if you look at the data, but unfortunately, it's all an illusion. Durant also had 6 turnovers and 5 fouls in this game, and his form was indeed too low. To show you another set of interesting statistics, this game, Durant 17 4, Irving 13 4, Duou combined 30 of 8. Other Nets players, on the other hand, have really tried their best. Brown was 8 of 12, Curry Jr. was 6 of 11, Dragic was 8 of 14, Chuang Shen was 2 of 4, Mills was 4 of 2 and Clarkston was 1 of 1.
Isn't that ironic? With the exception of Durant and Irving, the rest of the Nets who have scored points have at least 50% shooting. It's no exaggeration to say that this Nets is a team of Durant and Irving. However, as the soul of the team, Durant and Irving are in a slump, unable to maintain the lead for the team, but also put the team in danger. When the Nets were behind, Durant and Irving failed to stand up and reverse the situation, and it can be said that the Nets did not lose at all.
This season, Irving has missed too many games due to refusal to be vaccinated. It was hard to be able to play, but I couldn't play in the home game. It wasn't until near the end of the regular season that Irving was allowed to play at home. But it was too late, and the Nets were finally in the playoffs and needed to compete for playoff spots through playoffs. Although the Nets successfully advanced to the playoffs, the results were also seen. Today, the Nets are 0-2 behind the Green Army, and losing one more game will lose the game point. Already so passive in the first round of the playoffs, why did the Nets talk about impacting the championship?
From another perspective, did Irving ruin the Nets? After all, it was Irving's willfulness that led harden to leave the team disappointed. If Harden had not been disappointed and left the team, the Nets would not have been reversed by 2 games. Of course, it's not all about Irving here, it's just that the chain reaction caused by Irving does make the Nets very passive. If Harden is still in the Nets, the Nets G1 will have more chances of winning, at least the point difference will stay in the safe range, and will not be killed by the Green Army.
The Nets G2 is even more so, if Harden is still there, the Nets lead by 17 points, but also have Durant, Irving and Harden, the big three lineup, the Green Army wants to erase the 17-point difference and achieve a reversal, it is not an easy task. It turns out that Harden is not as bad as the outside world says, at least when the team is ahead, Harden can also cooperate with Durant and Irving to control the rhythm of the game.
Now, Durant and Irving are in a slump, Harden has left the team again, and the Nets are really too difficult. According to the schedule, the Nets and Celtics Series G3 will be played at 7:30 am on April 24. The next game will be played at home to the Nets, and I look forward to Durant and Irving having a good performance and helping the Nets win back a city!