The first two games of the series, both of which were lost in the face of hope of winning, were spray-blown durant across the net. SKIP, who has always liked to rub two James traffic, even called Durant a Nets undercover! However, Durant, who returned to the home court, did not play as well as the previous game, and the Nets, who were already 0-3, were on the verge of being out.
He scored 23 points on 9-of-24 in the first game and 27 points on 4-of-17 in the second game; and 6-of-11 in this game, he scored 16 points. From the perspective of shooting percentage alone, Durant played the highest shooting rate in the series, which was also the one with the fewest shots and the fewest free throws; and in these three games, Durant had 17 mistakes.
What the hell happened to Durant? First of all, we must admit that the Celtics' defensive efficiency in the regular season league is worthy of the name, and they have made a lot of pinch shots on Durant, giving Durant a lot of physical confrontation. The last 20 free throws showed that Durant at least had a strong aggressive and competitive spirit. And this game is hesitant, a total of 11 shots, just two free throws; compared to Tatum's 29 shots and 39 points, Durant is completely compared to the desire to play this ring.
Is it because Durant can't adapt to the Celtics defense when they return home? I'm afraid not, for a scorer of Durant's level, what defense has he not seen? And after G2, Van Gundy said publicly that the main reason Durant struggled so much was that the Nets were always looking for him on the offensive end, while the Celtics were all five people staring at Durant, and they always let Durant get into the pile. And the words of big Van Gundy, in fact, there can be another interpretation - the teammates do not support Durant enough. Why is there not enough support? Because Nash arranged it irrationally.
In fact, before Harden left, the Nets' big three division of labor was very clear, Harden took the ball organization, Irving and Durant were responsible for firing; and in the Harden truce game, Irving and Durant took turns to organize the ball. Therefore, after Harden left, when Simmons had not yet returned, the most reasonable arrangement for the starting lineup of the Nets was that Durant and Irving took turns to work alone, taking turns to create opportunities for teammates; when it was time to rotate, the organization was handed over to Dragic, and the one in charge of the rotation between Irving and Durant went to fire...
Nash, however, is a coach without any tactics, at least from the situation reflected in the game, he will only let Irving and Durant single; he has never used tactical changes to create better shooting opportunities for Irving and Durant. When most of Durant and Irving's shots are forced against defenders, how can it be efficient? Moreover, the Nets originally had such a full-fledged organization guard as Dragic, but when Dragic was on the court with Irving and Durant at the same time, why was Dragic a finisher instead of an organizer a lot of times?
Of course, Durant and Irving's two singles games were inefficient, but the role players did well on the offensive end; the last game Bruce. Brown, Dragic and Curry Jr. combined to score 57 points. And this "Le Brown" is the highest 26 points in the whole team, Mills 12 points, Clarkston 16 points, Curry Jr. 10 points, Griffin played less than 8 minutes and also took 8 points; the whole team scored 6 people in double figures, role players provided enough firepower output, in fact, the Nets' offensive output is OK, their bigger problem is on the defensive end!
After losing G2, Nash cited defense as the reason the Nets lost two away games. Why can't I prevent it? The Celtics don't actually have a real core defender, and the team's offense is to use the double probe as a bridgehead to single point explosion. And in the Nets' lineup, in addition to playing Durant, the double probe is misplaced; especially playing a few small guards, the double probe flower uses the body to eat under the basket, which is almost unstoppable. Durant G2 has been pointed out after the game, and the Nets often pose three 6-foot 2 (1 meter 88) to 6-foot 3 (1 meter 91) defenders on the court to be eaten by the opposing front using their size. After G3, Durant once again stressed that the Green Army is bigger than the Nets.
Can't help but be purely because of the limited body, how to solve this problem? Either defend the joint defense, or the overall contraction to protect the penalty area, betting on the opponent's outside line is not accurate, or through personnel adjustment, improve the size and confrontation ability of the players on the field. But what did Nash do?
Defense? inexistent! The Nets' defense still takes an infinite switch.
shrink? The last one took a while and worked well; but the fight was abandoned by Nash himself!
Increase the size and confrontation of players on the field? The same does not exist! The Nets played three small guards on the court at the same time throughout the game, and at Durant's break, signed up for Bruce, who was 1.93 meters tall. Brown is directly on the defensive end of the No. 4 position...
When the Celtics use the "a la carte" method to use the front line to order the Nets' small guards to hit the basket, and Nash still has at least three small guards on the floor for a long time; double probe Flower Tum Mills, Tau Chry Jr., Tau Irving, Tude Dradic, isn't this the same as a joke! And Griffin has 3 points to change the defense after playing, this kind of no eating offensive space, defensive footsteps are not loss, there is a good ability to respond, the height is not as tall as Durant's players, why do they have to be counted as the No. 5 position in the Nets? Can't he go back to his old line of 4 and improve the size of the squad on the field?
Two consecutive poor performances, Durant and Irving have been ridiculed as the new version of the garbage brothers; and the Nets, whose death has not arrived, are getting closer and closer to death. Looking back now, Harden took the initiative to apply for a trade in the middle of the way, what a wise choice!
And after the G2 game, Nash said that winning the game requires the efforts of the whole team; but when we see the role players fully stand up, the so-called need for the efforts of the whole team, is it the two superstars who are blamed? Or is it that the coaching team he leads is not doing a good job? Nash has been coaching the Nets for two seasons; is the run-in problem with the players or Nash himself? And what tactical system did Nash bring to the Nets? The star feels good and can still hold on to singles; once Durant's singles move is limited, does Nash have a solution to the problem except frown and clap his hands on the court?
When Nash said after the game that he was disappointed in the team's performance in the three aspects of mistakes, attacking the Nets, and scoring fast, would the players also be disappointed in meeting such a coach? And a good hand in the hand is not played, is to play; now in the face of difficulties, in fact, Nash has been lying flat. And such a coach was hand-picked by Durant to coach the Nets, and there is no worry about leaving class, perhaps the biggest joke in the history of the entire NBA, and even the entire world sports history!