On April 22, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs were conducted, and in the first round of the East, the Celtics have achieved a 2-0 big score lead, and tough defense has also become the key to the Green Army's win, especially for the Nets' core Durant's "harassment", which led to the latter playing one of the worst games of his career.
In the past 2 games, Durant's total shooting is only 13 of 41, shooting 32%, including 7 of 7 three-pointers, and 12 turnovers, the plus-minus on the court is -23 the lowest in the whole team, especially in the face of Tatum's defense, Durant shot 2 of 13, only got 8 points, 0 assists, 6 mistakes and 2 times the embarrassing data was blocked, so what is the secret that can cause the Green Army to completely "freeze" Durant? In a post-match interview, Green Army coach Uduka explained the real reason.
Uduka said: "Our defense is to not let him catch the ball at the beginning, but you understand that there are other people who may beat you, so we have to try to find the balance and play against Durant without missing other players. Tucker did just that in last year's series against the Bucks at the Nets, he's been giving Durant more physical confrontation, not letting him touch the ball or letting him catch the ball easily, and that's still working so far. In addition, Uduka also said: "When I was an assistant coach at the Nets last year, I observed a lot of teams defending the Nets' strategies, and after spending time with them, you will know a lot about their game details. (Learned from the Nets last season, this season will be repaired to the right results)
In last season's Nets series against the Bucks, Tucker led durant, the two have repeatedly quarreled because of tough physical confrontation, and even Durant's bodyguards have appeared on the sidelines to try to protect Durant's safety, although Durant's performance in that series is very explosive, but it is extremely uncomfortable, and the Green Army has Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Smart and Williams on the front line, and durant's treatment will naturally not be too comfortable.
With defensive experience and skill, coupled with abundant manpower and strong players, Uduka is naturally handy in the arrangement of defending Durant, and this will also become the key to this series, if Nash and Durant can't think of a solution, it will be too difficult to win back the game.