On April 21, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Nets and the 76ers were in a different situation, the Nets were reversed by the Celtics at home with a 17-point lead, and the series was already 0-2 behind. The 76ers relied on Embiid's last-minute kill in overtime to narrowly beat the Raptors and take a 3-0 lead in the series to win the match point, and then only need one more win to advance. The connection between the two teams is the big deal this season, Harden left the Nets for the 76ers, while Curry Jr., Ben Simmons and others went to the Nets, and it is clear that a 3-0, a 0-2, 76 and the Nets are currently in a big gap.
Harden is definitely the happiest, although he fought until the fourth quarter of today's game to 6 fouls, but fortunately teammate Embiid staged a good play and successfully won the victory. The team won the game point 3-0, and the old club he left, the Nets, was in a desperate situation, which also fully demonstrated that Harden's choice at that time was very correct, and his 76ers were infinitely close to the playoffs of the Eastern Conference Final Four, and the Nets were extremely likely to be out.
As the Nets owner, Tsai Chongxin must have been extremely disappointed, forming a big three combination of Harden, Irving and Durant, stopping in the second round after losing 3-4 to the Bucks last season, and this year had hoped to better run into the championship, and it turned out to be such a situation. Harden's departure, in exchange for Curry Jr. and Bency, who is temporarily unable to play, cannot make up for the gap in Harden's departure. Coupled with the overall instability of Durant and Irving, their two consecutive playoff games ahead of the Celtics have been reversed by opponents, which is a huge blow to morale.
Irving was angrily rebuked by many fans, saying that without him not vaccinating, the Big Three might not have disintegrated, and the Nets should have relied on this group of players to usher in a full season and make up for last season's regrets. The result was that Durant was in an injury period, Irving only played away, Harden chose to run away, and the big three who were trying to impact the championship disintegrated, of which Irving's choice played a big role.
By the first round of G2 in the playoffs, Irving didn't do well, with only 10 points and eight rebounds, and when Durant was muted, Irving didn't step up at key moments to save the team. Now the Nets are 0-2 behind, 2 away games are all lost, the possibility of outing is very high, so many people have thrown the responsibility to Irving.
Tsai Chongxin has invested heavily in recent seasons, starting with the introduction of Durant, depressed Irving and Jordan Jr. in 2019, Cai Chongxin's investment in the Nets is obvious to all, the introduction of a number of big-name players, but also stimulated the local football market. Tsai Chongxin hopes to let the Nets win the first championship trophy in team history and increase the team's market value and influence. But what I didn't expect was that the Nets this season have changed too much, and the internal friction is serious, so that the team is facing the possibility of being out in the first round of the playoffs, and it is indeed very likely that it will not qualify for the second round.
Their own team performance is poor and has been reversed consecutively, 0-2 is on the verge of being out, and the players who left have won the match point 3-0, so many fans have looked down on the Nets' prospects this season, if they really have no chance to qualify, the Nets may usher in a big change.