0-3, the Nets are no longer on the edge of the cliff, but are about to fall off the cliff. Now the Nets' hand is pulled on the edge of the cliff, and it is up to the Celtics to see if they will stomp on the back of the Nets' hand in the next game and eliminate them completely. 0-3 appeared 143 times, and not a single accident occurred.
After the first two games, I said Durant played the worst two games in a row of his career. Durant scored 23 points on 24-game first game, which was extremely inefficient; durant was caught in the middle of the game in the second game, shooting 4 of 17, but at least 20 free throws.
After 4 of 17, we were all expecting Durant to give his own response, one from the superstar, from two FMVPs. But apparently, Durant let everyone down today.
In the face of the Celtics' pinch, Durant's solution is that he simply does not hold the ball. He watched Irving carry the ball and watched Bruce Brown attack, with Irving making 3-of-6 in the first quarter, Brown 4-of-7 in the first quarter, and Durant only taking two shots in the first quarter.
Instead of showing the aggressiveness he should have, Durant became extremely Buddha-like, floating on the perimeter waiting for opportunities and playing like a pure pitcher. The Celtics will not pinch such a Durant, and can use defensive resources elsewhere.
You might think Durant was saving his strength, so he only made five shots in the whole first half to score 7 points. But Durant in the second half did not stand up, and did not show a trace of aggression until the end of the third quarter.
But soon, that bit of aggression also disappeared, with Durant scoring 5 points on 2-of-5 shooting in the third quarter. Durant had 20 free throws in the last game, but today he didn't have a single free throw in the first three quarters.
Durant played full in the fourth quarter, and in fact Durant only had a three-minute break in the second quarter and the other three quarters were full. Judging from the playing time, Durant is what he has, but from the perspective of on-court performance, Durant is playing what kind of thing.
Throughout the fourth quarter, Durant scored with an easy dunk only under the first breakout basket. Then for the next 11 minutes, Durant didn't have a single shot. There was another shot to be precise, but it was fouled, so it was not recorded in the data.
On the datasheet, Durant scored four points on 1-of-1 shooting and 2-of-2 free throws in the fourth quarter. In the final stage of the Nets' pursuit, the Nets relied on Mills, Curry Jr. and Brown, Irving only scored one goal in the fourth quarter, and Durant was completely out of the way.
The Nets' final attack of the game, Durant holding the ball, the game has lost suspense. When I thought Durant would finally pull out a three-pointer, Durant passed again, and the ball passed to Irving was wrong, which was Durant's fifth mistake.
In the whole game, Durant shot 6 of 11 and 2 of 3 from three-point range, with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. He filled the data column, but far from filling the disappointed hearts of Nets fans. Everyone is asking: Where has Durant gone?
Where did the durant, who used to score the most points in the world, go? Where did Durant, who faced the Bucks in the playoffs last year, go? Even if it is the first game of the series, where did Durant, who dared to take responsibility for the iron, go?
After today, we can almost conclude that this is the worst round of Durant's entire career series, and even a long way from the penultimate difference.
I don't know what kind of mental activity Durant went through before the game that made him completely different from himself. It reminds me of James in the '11 Finals, the same feeling of strangeness, we all know durant is not a player of this level.
Today, Irving's feel is also very poor, 0 of 7 outside the three-point line did not score. Nash said after the game: "Durant and Irving are definitely tired, Irving is fasting, Durant has been playing more than 40 minutes per game for 5 or 6 weeks in a row after 6-7 weeks of absence due to injury. ”
If tiredness is the reason for Durant's aberration today, what else can be said as a fan? They originally had big three in the team and could share the pressure on each other. Then one was gone, one was injured, one was gone.
Before Durant let the fans down, he had already let Harden down.