Beijing time on April 21, the Nets and Celtics ushered in the first round of the playoffs of the second battle, the two sides in the first meeting, the Celtics relied on Tatum's layup to win the Nets by 1 point, and today's contest, the Nets do not want to return to their home barclays center with a 0-2 backward disadvantage, so as soon as they come up, the Nets are full of firepower, and at the end of the first half, they once achieved a 10-point lead, just when everyone thought that the Nets might win back a city in this game, the result was Durant, The slump in Irving's two cores also allowed the Greenshirts to successfully seize the opportunity to go down 114-107, turning the aggregate score to 2-0.
The double core is not in the state, the three role players stand up, and the team contributes 57 points with 107 points
Although Irving and Durant were not in shape in this game, and the two only scored 37 points in total (Durant scored 27 points on 4-of-17 shooting, and Irving scored 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting), the Nets' role players stood up in this game, and the other two players who started, Curry Jr., scored 16 points on 4-of-6 from outside the three-point line, and Bruce Brown also scored the team's second-high 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks with 8 of 12 (3 of 4 from three-point range), filling his data column. In addition, there is a veteran point guard Dragic who scored the highest 18 points on the bench, which means that these three role players contributed 57 of the Nets' 107 points, accounting for 53% of the team's points.
Irving suffered a roller coaster, Durant performed "steady", and what happened to the playoff Nets' double core
As the double core of the Nets, Durant and Irving's performance in this series is not very stable, Irving in the first game 20 10 slashed 39 points, but today this game is crazy iron only 13 out of 4, so the roller coaster ups and downs, really will affect the Nets in the next few games, and Durant is more unreliable than Irving, two games down, Durant can be said to be the North Shore Garden Arena basket to completely smash, two games to fight, although he can win the team's highest 25 points, But shooting as low as 31.7 percent and 28.6 percent from three-point range, Durant has made 12 turnovers in the past two games. The plus-minus -23 is the lowest in the team, when the team's two cores can not be supported, the Nets want to see the hope of winning, can only rely on role players.
The Nets' most stable is Dragic, and if the next two home games can't grasp the team, they may be attacked in the first round
And today it is not easy for three role players to give strength, to make up for the loophole of the double core downturn, but the Nets still can not win the game, in the case of the total score has been turned into 2-0 by the Celtics, if the Nets can not grasp the next two home advantage, this round of the series want to eliminate the greenshirts like last year, it will be really difficult. At present, it seems that the Nets are the most stable state, but the veteran Draggic picked up from the Spurs this season, the 35-year-old veteran, in this playoff game can average 16 points and 4.5 rebounds, shooting as high as 56%, although the regular season occasionally paddles, but in the real playoffs, Dragic can still reflect his veteran value.
For the Nets, they have been forced to the cliff by the Greenshirts, and then two home games, but if they lose one, they will be held by the opponent to the match point, if the double core is still so depressed, and the role players are unfortunately infected, the Nets must also be ready for the first round.