I have to say that after only one year, the Green Army seems to have found a tactic to defend Durant! In the first round of last year's playoffs, Durant was like a fish, eager to blow up the Green Army on the field, and the high shooting rate was scary. But this round of playoffs, the current Durant play can be said to be far below the normal level of the career, the first game 24 shots 9, the second game 17 shots 4, the second half a total of 10 shots 0, if not by the free throw score, Durant today is a complete embarrassment. Losing is losing, but there are two points that make Durant and the Nets uncomfortable. The first is the kind of unconvincing losses in both games.
The first game was beaten by Tatum against the sky, and the second game the lead was reversed by 17 points, and the loss of this ball was very demoralizing. One more point, durant has played 82 minutes in two playoff games, G1 played 40 minutes and G2 played 42 minutes! It is a lie to say that you are not tired, durant in the late regular season is to run for 40 minutes on the field, play to the playoffs for forty minutes, this has not rested for two days, immediately it is the playoffs. The playoffs are more expensive in terms of intensity and physical strength than in the regular season, but the Nets have no way back, they can only be a strong main core, Durant is holding up two games in a row, and the physical strength seems to have reached the bottleneck.
And the Celtics' defense is really aimed at! The Green Army's clear defensive strategy is against Irving and Durant, and it doesn't matter how other people play, but your two cores must be targeted to the extreme. Especially Durant, the Green Army uses staring, pinching, and confrontation to constantly "find trouble" for Durant, and Durant's temper has also come up, which is a strong single, falling into the Green Army's defensive circle. Playing Durant's physical strength is a bit unbearable, and in the end, Durant not only failed to play a good looking data, but also lost 6 turnovers and 5 fouls in a whole game, which was extremely difficult.
One of the Nets' biggest problems right now is defense, one is that there's no organization, and to be precise, there's no one who can stop the ball at halftime. Defense is an old problem with the Nets, both seasons, and it's impossible to expect a game to suddenly get better. And the passing point is really not found now, only Durant can play this point. But Durant now has too much to do, scoring, rebounding, defense he has to take care of, plus the passing is actually a bit of a can't stand the meaning, less Harden after the shortcomings also appeared, the Nets do not have a serious organization guard.
And at this time to tell the truth, Durant is Durant after the big injury, he is in a state of courage, in some aspects has not returned to the peak level. In this case, it is reminiscent of Adu in the Warriors era, regardless of whether Durant at that time had to play more than 40 minutes in a game, but at least he didn't have to be so tired, and now the team really counts on him alone. Now the worst situation is still 0-2 behind, the Nets want to turn over the game and win four games, which means that the minimum is to play G6, if the state is almost seven, this is already a better result for the Nets, if you play five more games, it means that Durant has to play at least 200 minutes.