Although once caught in a passive situation of as many as 17 points behind in the score, but with the team performance of 7 people scoring in double figures, the tenacious Green Army finally reversed the Nets at home 114-107, and won the G2 strongly, and the series scored 2-0 consecutively!
In this game, facing the menacing Nets, Green Army coach Uduka dispatched troops, and in the face of the backward situation, he did not mess up, but instead was bold and careful at the end of the quarter, using the young general Pu Richard.
The latter did not disappoint Uduka, who scored 8 points in 8 minutes to reverse the team, making a crucial contribution, playing a surprising winning effect, and also disrupting the deployment of Nets coach Nash!
Of course, as the team's two major offensive aces, the play of G2 against Tatum + Jaylen Brown also played a crucial role.
Although Tatum's overall shooting rate is not high, only 5 of the 16 shots in the whole game, it is good to dare to fight, and handed over an excellent performance of 19 points + 6 rebounds + 10 assists + 1 steal.
Rationally speaking, in the case of strict defense on the offensive end, Tatum was able to adjust his mentality in time, find teammates and send assists to the leader performance, which indeed successfully affected the trend of the game!
In addition, Jaylen Brown, who performed well in G1, also continued the fiery offensive state and feel of the G2 game well.
In this game, Jaylen Brown attacked and defended well, starting 38 minutes, shooting 2 three-pointers on 9 of 18 shots, cutting a team-high 22 points, plus 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.
Not only did it make a breakthrough on the offensive end, helping the Green Army to play a counterattack frenzy, but also joined hands with Smart on the defensive end to repeatedly destroy the Nets' offensive rhythm and deployment, forming an effective pinch against durant + Irving's two major ball-holding points!
I have to say that considering that in the playoffs last season, the green army that lacked Jaylen Brown was eliminated by the Nets, this season has a double probe flower, and the team is full of soldiers, the offensive and defensive ends have indeed had visible improvements and improvements!
More importantly, after the series score of 2-0 to occupy the absolute initiative, according to statistics, the Green Army has successfully completed the promotion 40 times when it has taken a 2-0 lead in the playoffs of the 7-4 win system, and only 1 has been tragically overturned (2018 Eastern Conference Finals).
And rationally speaking, judging from the current state and momentum of the Green Army, this green army, which is excellent on the offensive end and also not to be underestimated on the defensive end, does have a great chance to eliminate the Nets in the first round of the playoffs!
On the other hand, on the Nets side, the team failed to withstand the pressure in this game, and was eventually reversed, and the performance of the playoffs 0-2 into a passive situation obviously needs to be examined.
After all, after experiencing the lessons of G1, as the two cores of the team, the sluggish performance of Irving + Durant in this game of only 8 of 30 shots is indeed a big surprise!
Durant was once again treated with a 2-3 man bag in this campaign, and throughout the game, despite his strong personal ability, Durant still scored a game-high 27 points, but he made 6 personal mistakes, which proved the success and effectiveness of the Green Army on the defensive end.
In contrast, in the G1 state of the brave Irving, G2 a game is slightly crotch, the whole game of 13 shots only 4 not to say, but also only got 10 points + 8 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 block of the sluggish performance, it can be said that completely lost the crosshairs!
Fortunately, for the Nets, the G2 game, the team is not completely without highlights and gains, after all, as a veteran of the team, dragic's play in this game is indeed remarkable.
In this campaign, Dragic was appointed to play 18 minutes off the bench, and he effectively scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 steal on 8-of-14 shooting, and there was no personal error.
Obviously, for Nets coach Nash, in the next two games back to home G3 and G4, if Dragic can maintain efficient form and Simmons can return in time, it may not be known who will die in the series between the Green Army and the Nets!