In the first two games of the series, the Nets were killed by the Green Army in the first game, missed the best chance to win on the road, and were completely limited in the two cores of G2, Durant and Irving, and finally returned home with a 0-2 score.
In the league's history, there have been 145 big scores 0-3 behind, except for the Warriors Nuggets and 76ers Raptors this season, the remaining 143 groups of the series ended with the leading team winning.
This means that the Nets must win the game in G3, and if they can't hold the home of G3, then the Nets will basically lose the entire series.
With the Nets already losing two games in a row, the Nets clearly have room for active adjustments in the seven-game series, especially given Durant's performance in the first two games, Nash needs to make adjustments.
In addition, whether Ben Simmons, who was exchanged in The Harden trade, can play, undoubtedly determines the trend of the entire series, after all, the Nets are a team based on the individual ability of the stars.
In response to these two problems, the Nets coach made a public announcement after the team's internal training, directly showdown Durant, and the injured Ben Simmons also spoke out.
First, manager Nash spoke out first, talking about Durant's struggles against the Greens' targeted defense in the past two games.
Nash said the team has made targeted adjustments to durant's defensive strategy for the Green Army, but don't expect a particularly big change.
And explained that whenever he talks about tactical adjustments, the outside world expects large-scale tactical adjustments, but this is not realistic.
Nash then showdown Durant, bluntly saying that he can't have more confidence in Durant, but in the face of such a defensive team as the Green Army, many times, as a player, you have to face strict defense.
Of course, that doesn't mean things can't change, Durant is one of the best players in league history and he gets better and better as the game goes on.
In addition, Nash responded to the controversy over the use of people inside, saying that Ade, who had not played before, would get a chance, and Griffin would also appear, but he preferred the rebounding ability provided by Clarkston and Drummond.
Finally, Nash talked about the team's injury problem that the outside world is most concerned about, revealing that Ben Simmons G3 is sure not to play, but G4 will likely return.
Although he knew that Ben Simmons could do a lot of things on the field, he didn't want to put pressure on Ben Simmons, after all, he hadn't played for a long time.
Ben Simmons himself spoke out in an interview shortly afterwards, and the entire speech was confident.
Ben Simmons also said that although he is very eager to return, G3 is unlikely to play, G4 is likely to return, and ultimately it will be decided by how he feels after each training session.
At the same time, he said that as long as his body recovers, he hopes to help the team win, which is the purpose of joining the Nets, and his basketball IQ is very high, and he knows how to play with players such as Durant, Irving and Seth, and grinding will not become a problem.
Compared to the Nets' confident Green Army, which already has a 2-0 score, it is very low-key in comparison.
However, according to the famous Shams report, the Green Army's interior general Robert Williams is about to make a comeback and is expected to make a comeback in G3 or G4, and the specific timing of the comeback depends on the state after training.
He has been absent for more than a month due to a torn left knee meniscus injury, and as the core of the Green Army's interior defense, Lowe has averaged 10 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.18 blocks per game this season, shooting 73.6%.