On April 24, Beijing time, the Nets fell behind 0-3, and Durant lost in the matchup with Tatum. Throughout the game, Tatum scored 39 points, 5 boards, 6 assists and 6 steals, while Durant had 16 points, 8 boards, 8 assists and 5 turnovers. After the game, Pierce said everyone was ready to witness Tatum surpass Durant.
After losing the last game and falling behind 2-0, Durant reflected, "The responsibility for this performance is mine, and I have to solve this problem." I don't expect my teammates or the defense to give me anything, I just have to try to play. ”
However, against the Celtics, the key third game, Durant handed over 5 shots in the first half and scored an embarrassing statistic of 7 points. Faced with the Celtics' bag, Durant looked unable to find a way. Earlier, he said, "They're going to have two or three guys defending me or putting people on my break path." They wrapped me around and they did a great job of that, and I had to fix that. ”
Back in the second half, Durant remained invisible on the offensive end. Throughout the fourth quarter, Durant's only goal was a dunk, and he never made a shot since. In the end, the Nets lost one more game, just one step away from being swept.
How depressed is Durant? 1. In the past two games, Durant has only scored 10 sports goals in total, but has made 11 mistakes.
2, after G2's second half 10 shots 0, this battle, he did not have a single shot in the last 11 minutes.
In the final moments of the game, there was a call from the MVP, but it was given to Tatum. In the fourth quarter, after Tatum completed a 2 plus 1 with a layup, Durant was rather frustrated and angrily smashed the ball.
In contrast, Tatum, this battle he even brushed the record. He became the first player in Celtics history to record at least 35 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in the playoffs, the fourth player in Celtics history to score at least 30 points and 5 steals in the playoffs, and the youngest player in team history to achieve 30+5 breaks (24 years and 52 days).
Pierce praised, "I think Jason Tatum may overtake Kevin Durant before our eyes." ”