On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Nets returned home against the Celtics, and Irving and Durant led the team to play. In the first quarter, the Nets took the lead at the beginning, Tatum scored 8 consecutive points, led the team to play a 10-2 rebound, the two teams alternately led, the first quarter of the game, the Celtics 30-25 led by 5 points.
In the first two rounds, the Nets lost to the Celtics, 0-2 behind, and they both missed a good situation. Returning home, the Nets Durant and Irving are still key, and Celtic Lowe is back, but there is no start. In the first quarter, Irving made a basket, Bruce Brown snatched a counterattack, Tess scored a layup, Bruce Brown scored a basket, Smart hit a three-pointer, Bruce Brown hit a three-pointer, and the scene footage showed that Irving's first basket timeout was deducted, and Irving made two fouls to take a 9-5 lead.
The Celtics couldn't score, and Durant hit a three-pointer to make it 12-5. After the timeout, Tatum made a foul and scored, but the goal was invalid, followed by Tatum's three-point shot, the Nets made a mistake, Tatum made two fouls, the Nets made a mistake again, Tatum's three-point score, scored 8 consecutive points, 13-12 to win the score. Irving hit a shot, Theth dunked, the Nets called a timeout, trailing 14-15, Nash remembered the timeout and was beaten 10-2.
After the timeout, Irving hit two points, Jaylen Brown scored two points, Irving assisted Clarkston, Gvi hit a basket, Durant scored two points, 2 of 2 in the opening, and the feel was good. Cescuri was capped by Horford and Jaylen made two foul shots to give a 21-20 lead. Irving didn't make a three-pointer, and Smart hit a three-pointer to lead by four points. The Nets made a mistake and White counter-attacked with a layup to extend the lead. Bruce Brown hit three-pointers to get 10 points, becoming the Nets' most scoring player, Tatum hit two-pointers, Irving made a mistake, Tatum hit again, 12 points in a single quarter, Irving hit two points, and the Celtics led by 5 points 30-25 in the first quarter. Irving had 8 points, Durant 5 and Tatum 12.
Celtic starters: Smart, Jaylen Brown, Tatum, Horford, Theis
Nets starters: Irving, Curry, Bruce Brown, Durant, Drummond