An NBA playoff focus game that ended today, the Nets returned home and still did not have a chance to win, and finally lost to the Celtics 103-109! Looking back at this game, the Nets took the lead after the start, but then reversed by the Celtics, and the Nets forced the score several times in the rest of the game, but they could not complete the counterattack, and finally the Nets lost the series again 0-3 behind.
The Nets' highest-scoring player in the game was Brown, who had 26 points and eight rebounds, while Irving and Durant each scored 16 points. Durant's performance has caused great controversy, as the team's first scorer & star, Durant only shot 11 times in the whole game, in the final 11 minutes of the game, Durant did not shoot a single shot, can not see the desire to win.
You could argue that the Celtics' defense was brilliant, but durant's failure to shoot at the decisive moment was incredible, as if he had conceded defeat in advance. On the other hand, Tatum is more and more courageous, cutting 39 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals today, comprehensively suppressing Durant at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the away fans also sounded the MVP for Tatum.
In addition, Durant and Irving had some arguments during the game. At that time, when the third quarter was 7 minutes and 49 seconds, Durant was holding the ball in the bottom corner, Irving gave him a block, Durant thought Irving would go down but Irving did not do that, and then Durant passed the ball wrong, Tatum steal after the fast attack caused a shooting foul, Irving and Durant also had some unpleasant quarrels.
In the middle of the fourth quarter of the game, Tatum quickly counterattacked to open Durant to play 2+1, and then Durant smashed the ball to vent his anger, from Durant's various body language, it can be seen that Durant's mentality in this round of the series has collapsed, and the previous self-confidence has been lost.
Durant shot as low as 38 percent throughout the series, and in the past two games, Durant scored a total of 10 goals, but made 11 turnovers, and Durant and Irving scored a total of 14 points in the fourth quarter, averaging 3.5 points per person in the fourth quarter.
We've never seen Durant like this before, and in my memory he's always had the ability to stand up in adversity. And in NBA playoff history, there have been 143 0-3 drops, and no team has turned the tables. Can today's Nets work wonders?