On April 24, Beijing time, the Brooklyn Nets lost 103-109 to the Boston Celtics, falling behind 0-3 on aggregate. Nets coach Nash was interviewed after the game and talked about Durant and Irving's performance today.
Nash said: "Durant and Irving are definitely tired, Irving is fasting, Durant has been out for 6-7 weeks with injury and has played more than 40 minutes per game for 5 or 6 weeks in a row, so it's really not easy. ”
You know, in the pre-playoff game, in order to get the Nets out of the playoffs, Nash used Durant to death, and durant played 40+ points in several consecutive games, so this also made Durant very weak in the playoffs.
In addition to that, Nash said of the loss of the game: "I was disappointed, obviously, we didn't play a good game, mistakes, scrambling for offensive rebounds, fast-break scoring, these are the main points, we lost a lot in these three areas. ”
In this campaign, the Nets had a total of 21 mistakes, and the fast-attack score was only 9 points, while the Celtics' fast-attack score reached 25 points.
In this game, durant and Irving's performance is difficult to say, Durant played nearly 46 minutes, he was not aggressive enough, only 11 shots in the game, 11 shots 6 to get 16 points, 8 boards and 8 assists, but there were 5 turnovers, plus or minus -2.
Irving played 43 minutes, shooting 6-of-17 from the field, 0-of-7 from three-point range, and had 16 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, 2 turnovers and 5 fouls, plus-minus -6.