The Nets lose again! Curry scored 4-of-6 from three, Durant and Irving lost: 8-of-30 and Nash was blown up
On April 21, Beijing time, the first round of the Eastern Playoffs G2, the Nets away to challenge the Celtics in the playoffs officially began, the last game Tatum killed the Nets, to help the Celtics win the first city in the series. The strength of the two teams is between Bo Zhong, and each of them has the possibility of winning the series, which is also the most interesting round of duels in the East. The second meeting between the two teams in this campaign also earned enough eyeballs.
The first to enter the game was the Nets, who scored nine consecutive points in the opening of the first quarter, leading the Nets to a wave of 9-0, laying the game in one fell swoop. Then the Nets counterattacked, Theis received Smart's hit pass, and Durant, who faced the defense, directly chose to force the dunk and ignite the home court. The Nets' Dragic completed 2+1 to widen the point difference to 14 points. Tatum conceded all five shots in the quarter and scored just two points, with the Celtics trailing the Nets by nine points in the first quarter. In stark contrast to Tatum is Durant, who scored 10 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Nets' offensive firepower was undiminished, first Brown completed the aerial relay dunk, and then it was Drummond's basket to face the three-man strong dunk, Dragic became the Nets' surprise soldier in this quarter, he scored 13 points in the outside shot, and then the Celtics played a wave of 8-0 small climax under the leadership of Tatum at the end of the second quarter, but the difference in helpless points was too large, and finally entered the third quarter with a gap of 10 points. In the first half, the Nets hit 24 of their 40 shots, shooting a whopping 60 percent, and the Green Army's defense had big problems.
In the third quarter, the Celtics fought back, and Brown snatched Durant's defense against Irving to make a 2+1, a goal that narrowed the point gap to five points. Tatum then received an assist from Brown to complete the dunk, and the gap was narrowed to two points. Fortunately, Cescuri hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, re-establishing a five-point advantage. After a hilarious scene was staged, Tatum and Irving jumped the ball and lost, the two sides flipped on their backs during the scramble, Theis bumped into Smart, Smart knocked down Drummond, the two sides can be said to be extremely chaotic, and the number of fouls committed by the Green Army just over the halfway point of this section is already full.
With Theiss scoring, the two sides drew in a draw. The second half of the third quarter was ugly and became a free throw battle between the two sides, and the Nets relied on free throws to re-establish the lead. At the end of the third quarter, the Nets led by five points 90-85. Although Durant only shot 4 goals, he scored 21 points, which is quite what Harden meant. Curry hit a three-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter, and the point difference once again came to 8 points. It wasn't until the end of the quarter that the Celtics scored their first goal and the Nets decisively called a timeout.
The Celtics came back from a timeout to go on a 9-0 run that extended the point difference to four points. Relying on Irving's shot barely managed to recover two points. Of course, the momentum has come to the Celtic side, how to play how to have, but Durant continues to hit the iron, the Celtics played a 14-4 small climax into the timeout. Durant's performance in this quarter was simply criminal, sending Smart to the free throw line. The only one who can score for the Nets is Brown. The Green Army continues to expand the score, and the game is gone.