Durant and Irving only scored a total of 14 points in the final quarter of the past two playoff games, and Durant only had 16 points in this game, only 1 shot in the last quarter, and had 8 assists in the whole game, but at the same time there were 5 turnovers, which played very poorly. This round of playoffs is the worst round of Durant's career, and no matter how iron Durant used to be, he can find feelings, but now what? The first game of iron, the second game of iron, the third game did not dare to shoot at all. The 33-year-old Durant has finally ushered in a generation of new people for the old, and the otter rabbit on the opposite side is much more horizontal than him.
Why did Durant only make 11 shots in Game 3? Two aspects, one is that he wants to play more comprehensively, the other is that the Green Army keeps on the body, Durant is not good at directly pulling, may be a dry pull out of the hand is to hit iron, such a scene in G1 and G2 see too much. Now it's not good for Durant to make too many singles, not just singles, and it's starting to get into an infinite tangle. And this round of playoffs can also be seen that shooting accuracy is indeed the strongest offensive weapon, but not the only offensive weapon. After Durant's current stand-up singles are restricted, he seems to have no other means of attack, and he is waiting to be counterattacked if he does not shoot.
Why? Because Durant is not James, there is no way to kill the frequent confrontations on the inside. In a game, you let Durant suddenly three or five times OK, in the face of the green army's defense and strategy, Durant can also break a few, but only a few can break, he can not continuously rely on the body to score, and this time can reflect the advantages of physical talent. James in 18 suffered the same situation as Durant, 0-2 behind, and then returned home with this disadvantage. James had 27 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals on 8-of-12 shooting, and the Cavaliers beat the Green Army by 30 points, and James was really angry, not afraid that you would not resist, afraid that you would not always fight.
When it came to G4, James had no feel outside the three-point line, but that game slashed 44 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, excluding the three-point shooting, James shot 16 of 24 in the whole game, and the shooting rate came to 66.7%. You told me it was a shot and a ball? It's all raw, just rely on the body to crush, one ball after another to press in, in the process of confrontation to put the ball in, that round James put the physical fitness of this piece of play clearly. But now Durant can't do this, his confrontation ability is not bad, but he is not a player who is known for his basketball confrontation, he still has to shoot, but the Green Army is now restricting you from shooting, desperately giving you a body to help defend the pinch, Durant is very uncomfortable.
And dominance of the ball this piece Durant now also seems to be a bit of a lack of care, the Nets do not have a serious organization of the guard, Durant now to be an organizational forward is not easy, because you in the mid-range position to handle the ball, the opportunity is not good, the ball comes out when the deterrent is not big. And James at that time was a simple one-star four-shot, four people on the outside line stood well, under the basket, not to assist in defense is their own, a co-defense will be passed out to shoot to teammates, although the tactics are simple, but really effective. And Adu is now caught by the Green Army, not only is he saying that he can't pass the ball away, but he can't play perfectly at this point, and the game is frozen here.
So the playoffs are something, when you should fight the body, you still have to fight the body!