On April 21, Beijing time, the Nets continued to challenge the Green Shirts away from home, and in the case of leading by 17 points, the Nets suffered a reversal, and finally lost to the Greens 107-114, and fell behind the Green Shirts 0-2 in the series.
Durant had 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 6 turnovers, 5 fouls, plus or minus -10 on 4-of-17 shooting; Irving had only 10 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-13 shooting, plus or minus -9, Durant has been two consecutive bad games, and many fans attribute the Nets' loss to Durant.
In particular, skip bayless was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of the Nets, especially Durant, and even said that he did not want to participate in the recording of the show because of Durant's performance on social media.
"Durant is having a nightmare! Completely forced into a machine of error by the Celtics' defense, he was overwhelmed! Brother, sober up! ”
"Durant has been bullied miserably, he has given in. He became the softest player in the world, which was disappointing. ”
"That's it, the game is over, congratulations to the Celtics."
"Kevin Durant: MVP of the Celtics."
"Tonight, the call from Celtic fans to Irving is absolutely right." (Celtic fans shouted "Irving sucks too badly" before the game.) ）
"Irving and Durant are already on their way to joining James on their vacation."
"Tonight, Durant is Can't-Do-Rant."
"I can't express how scared I am to go to the show tomorrow, I feel sick, maybe I have to take sick leave."
The Nets had a fantastic start to the game, leading the Green Shirts by 17 points, but the defense against Durant was too good, and Durant's physical strength and form were seriously declining.
In the second half, Durant's physical strength had serious problems, constant mistakes, and even stable free throws, there were two missed shots, which is indeed rare for Durant, who has a 90% free throw shooting rate.
Moreover, in the final quarter of the game, Durant was rarely blocked by Tatum, and also suffered his fifth personal foul when defending Smart, which is too far away from Durant, who was once the "God of Death".
The main reason for Durant's decline in form is the greenshirts' defense, in this game, Durant was defended by the green shirts to no temper, even if in the first quarter Brown helped the Nets share part of the offensive task.
After the game, Nash, as the head coach of the team, also said: Today the opponent prepared a targeted defense for him, and also went to high intensity, and the whole game 'grabbed him and held him', which made KD play very uncomfortable.
Obviously, if Durant is still in this state, it is basically impossible to successfully turn over the Greenshirts.