On April 24, the Nets made their home debut in the playoffs this season, returning to the Barclays Center with 0-2, and they lost again, facing the Celtics, the Nets lost to their opponents by 6 points, and the series scored 0-3 behind, reminiscent of the experience of no team in the history of the NBA in 0-3 behind the turnover, coupled with the Celtics' popularity and status are above the Nets, so this series has been considered to be a suspense disappeared, the Celtics are only one step away from the promotion, they are very likely to sweep the opponent. The Nets are 0-3 behind, completely in a desperate situation, from targeting a championship, but now it is very likely that the playoffs will travel in one round, and the gap is huge.
The Nets' consecutive losses are directly related to their two cores, Durant and Irving, and Durant missed three-pointers in the last minute of G1, and Tatum directly killed the Nets. G2 Durant was 0-of-10 in the second half of the athletic game, and was reversed by the Celtics by 17 points. G3 Durant and Irving continued to slump, with Durant hitting 0 shots in the last 11 minutes. Durant and Irving scored just 14 points in the fourth quarter of G2 and G3, a performance that can be seen in the 711 combination and to step up to save the team at key moments.
After the game, Nash excused Irving and Durant, saying: "Durant and Irving must be tired, Irving is fasting, Durant has been playing more than 40 minutes a game for 5 or 6 weeks after being absent due to injury, so it's really not easy." I can feel how they feel. ”
However, it is clear that Nash's statement is not accepted by the outside world, you must know that there are many players in the league who have played for a long time, and they are not old, but everyone is insisting, but Durant did not give his own response under pressure, and the performance of this series is indeed worse. As for Irving, he played well in G1, but then he didn't perform well, and it was obvious that the connection with being fasting was not very good, so Nash made excuses to be angrily reprimanded, and if the Nets were swept out, it was not ruled out that Nash would be out of class.
Cai Chongxin is indeed helpless, as the owner of the Nets, his investment in the team in recent years is huge, the league's top investment has created a luxurious division, hoping to win the first championship in team history, for which he has won Durant and other superstars, and also hopes that Nash, who has achieved great success in the player era, can build a dynasty like the Warriors' Kerr. But it's clear that from last year's second round of the playoffs to this year's first round of the playoffs, the star-studded Nets are doomed to failure.
Therefore, in recent years, Tsai Chongxin's investment is huge, but the result is a fiasco, but also very helpless, although the Nets' attention has increased, the ratings have doubled, and the market value has also increased, but there is no championship, which is always the intention in the hearts of Tsai Chongxin and Nets fans.
As a result, the Nets are already 3-0 behind, nash has been completely dragged into a desperate situation, whether it is looking for results after the game, or being attacked by the outside world, what he hopes most now is to save the series while avoiding continuing to lose at home and being swept by opponents. As for wanting a 4-3 reversal, it is too difficult to create the first miracle in NBA history.