On April 24, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs G3, the Nets moved to Brooklyn against the Celtics. For the Nets, who are already 0-2 behind, they have no way back, this is a game that must be won, must be determined to fight to the death, however, the final result is still disappointing, after four quarters of battle, the Nets lost 103-109 to the Celtics, on the verge of being swept.
As with the G2 start, Durant converged on the front, with Bruce Brown acting as a vanguard, taking the team's top 7 points and helping the team make a good 12-5 start! Tatum then responded strongly with two consecutive three-pointers, scoring eight consecutive points to surpass the score. Since then, the game has begun to enter the rhythm of the Celtics, the sense of oppression in their defense, the discipline of changing defenses, and the rate of reinforcement in place, making every attack of the Nets extremely difficult, and the offensive choices of the double stars are tested.
In the face of the Celtics like maggots, like a shadow of the pinch and assist defense, Durant is difficult to connect the ball, let alone shoot, he faces a game difficulty, far more than everyone present.
Durant only had five shots in the first half and scored seven points. Irving has the heart to share the pressure of KD, but against the Celtics who do not have any defensive shortcomings, Irving's offense is not efficient, and he can only score points through difficult breakthroughs in the first half, and such an attack cannot be sustained.
On the other hand, the Celtics, their offensive and defensive ends are very united and integrated, Brown and Tatum play calmly, because the Nets have too many points on the defensive end that can be targeted, and shoot at will. Aside from a brief 4-minute trail in the opening four minutes, the Celtics have a firm grip on the game's initiative. The Nets' offensive end was slightly powered off, the attention was slightly inattentive, and the point difference was quickly pulled apart.
At the end of the third quarter, although the Nets were only 9 points behind, from the momentum of the game and the emotions of the players, people could not see any signs of reversal. The only hope is on Durant, who has only 10 shots in the first three quarters.
However, it turns out that Durant, who suffered a major injury to the Achilles tendon at the age of 33, can no longer play the top offensive performance in the face of the top defense, it is not that he does not want to carry the team's attack, it is that he can't find a solution to the green army's defense, even his confidence has wavered, he has played extremely hard, and the body language on the field is also very depressed, and he only shot once in the last quarter, without any aggression to speak of! The Nets' poor performance, the home fans looked in the eyes, directly turned back in the last minute, and when Tatum made a free throw, the whole stadium chanted MVP.
Durant had 16 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and five turnovers on 6-of-11 shooting, while Tatum, who was on 13-of-29 shooting, scored 39 points, five rebounds, six assists and six steals. KD's poor performance after the game became the focus of people's hot discussion! Perkins commented bluntly: "Someone asked me what was wrong with Durant, and the answer was simple, he couldn't get the Celtics, that's it. ”
Speaking about his series struggles after the game, Durant said he thought too much and tried to get everyone involved, but he wandered away from the game.
Although the big picture of the series has been decided, I still hope that Durant can find himself in the next game, the game can lose, but can not lose in this way, which is unacceptable!