Celtics 109-103 Nets, big score 3-0 lead, Nets everything is over!
The Nets' return to the home court is quite strange, the players do not seem to be excited at all, there is no other home team of will, to swallow the other side alive, must win the momentum.
Another problem is the home whistle, the Nets are 0-2 behind back home, there is no home whistle? It's not that the whistle must be more partial to the Nets, but for a team like the Green Army that has a lot of defensive intensity and physical confrontation, the whistle is slightly tighter, and the Nets will take advantage.
But the whole game felt down, the referee encouraged confrontation to a certain extent. Maybe in the league's mind, the Nets should be able to win this game, and it is not yet time to need a home whistle, but I did not expect that the Nets are really Kun Kun to ring the doorbell, and the dish has arrived home.
At the beginning of the season, no one could have imagined that the Nets, which had high hopes this season, would eventually fall in the first round of the playoffs.
From the initial ambition to win the championship to last year's Eastern Half Final, and then to the first round of this year, it is really Wang Xiao'er's New Year.
After the game, a friend sent me a note: An old man's life was in danger, and even the top doctors in San Francisco could do nothing about it. As the signs of life passed away little by little, the children wept together.
Then another doctor said: Leave the Golden State! There will be a turnaround!
The children were very puzzled, but the dead horse doctor flew away from San Francisco with the old man overnight. A miracle happened, the moment the plane flew out of San Francisco, the old man immediately got better and in good spirits.
The child was shocked and asked the doctor why. The doctor smiled slightly, "Because death only comes in the Golden State." ”
After the last game I said Durant was blown up by Tatum, and now I retract that sentence, he was not only blown up by Tatum, he played the worst round of the series of his career, not one of them!
The first two games have been said, will not be repeated, and today's life and death battle, Durant as the Nets' superstar, 11 shots 6 of 11, 16 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 turnovers.
The data is not ugly, but there is no fighting spirit, and it does not show even a little bit of leadership temperament. With only 11 shots in a life-and-death battle, is that the responsibility that a superstar should show?
Halfway through the game, I was numb, and I couldn't help but wonder if this was Durant's team or Bruce Brown's team. The whole scene came down, how to get a soft word?
So why is Durant like this?
The first may be because he is too tired, Durant's fatigue today is difficult to hide, and the speed of his counterattack and the height of his jump are not like the Durant we know.
Played three games in the playoffs this year, Durant averaged 43.1 minutes per game, and certainly not just the playoffs.
As the prediction said: "Durant finally took the Nets to this wave of sprints, averaging more than 40 minutes per game, and hanging on his legs an Irving who shot more than he scored most of the time, did he already start playoff mode?" ”
It seems that this is indeed the case, and the deep fatigue he has accumulated from the regular season playoffs cannot be alleviated by two days of rest.
The second reason is the Celtics' defense, with Durant delivering eight assists in the first two games but 12 turnovers.
The Green Army's Gwei has a precise description of their strategy for defending Durant: "Even if Durant wants to go to the sidelines to get a glass of water, we have to find a way to interfere with his rhythm." ”
In a word, the Green Army's defense against Durant comes from 360-degree interference confrontation and invasion: the offensive end constantly attacks his body, pinching him, forcing him to shoot the ball, make mistakes and go to the free throw line.
Durant made 20 free throws in the last game, but Coach Uduka said: "We want to consume Durant as much as possible on both the offensive and defensive ends, and do enough physical contact with him to make him tired of running." He made 20 free throws, which is a bit of a lot, but we wanted to defend him that way. ”
It's not just physical confrontation, it's also psychological warfare, and the Green Army has to show enough toughness to make Durant afraid, and the first time to let him catch the ball is not to look at the basket and teammates, but to see where the Green Army's attack comes from.
Afraid will hesitate, hesitation is easy to make mistakes, and if there are more mistakes, you dare not catch the ball.
The above is the pressure given to Durant by the Green Army on the defensive end, in addition to the defense, there is also the offensive end.
If the Nets put a small lineup, Durant is the fifth position, and he has to take on the responsibility of guarding the basket. And the Nets' defense on the outside line is the same as the paper paste, the Green Army burst in Durant if it does not care to send points, if you go to the defense is consumption, how to choose is a loss.
If the Nets put a large lineup, whether it is Zhuang Shen or Zhao Si in the fifth position - Zhuang Shen can be blocked and transferred, and it is easy to be replaced to the outside line after Zhao Four is dismantled and replaced - it is still Durant who undertakes the work of rotating and replacing the position, and the problem is back to the top.
There is also Tatum's head-to-head consumption of Durant, and the Nets have no one to deal with Tatum except Durant. Oh no, there's another one, but he's still on the bench, or the prediction that "if the Nets put their hopes in Simmons, they're probably not far from elimination."
Therefore, the Green Army's defense against Durant is not a certain game, nor a certain aspect, but a war of attrition that continues a whole series, and it is an all-round encirclement without dead ends.
Judging from this game, they succeeded. Durant is reducing his ball holding and receiving the ball, so as to avoid more mistakes, and 0 shots in the last 11 minutes of the game show that Durant is completely at a disadvantage, both physically and psychologically.
But despite all the difficulties and dangers, Durant as a superstar, in front of the knife mountain fire he also has to rush. Otherwise, why is the playoffs a stage for superstars? Why does every team want a superstar? Why can he be a hero of a city?
At this point, you can see the difference between Durant's technical flow and james's alphabet in the primitive body, what is the primitive body talent?
Your height, arm span, ability to run and jump, explosiveness, level of endurance, confrontation and muscle dimensions, and more.
Durant has his unique physical talent, such a high person can press the center of gravity down to hold the ball, the feel is still so soft, indicating that his body flexibility and coordination are excellent, but at the above level and James alphabet than that is not at the same level.
The simplest: James had a broken foot when he was younger, and he had just tied his shoelaces and stomped on his feet; the knee sprain of the Alphabet last year's East Finals Eagle looked scary, but he jumped around alive after two breaks. These are unimaginable on Durant.
In the face of this level of defense and confrontation of the Green Army, first of all, your body must be able to withstand the impact, and then there is everything to follow.
In the next round, if the Green Army faces the Bucks, it is the real passionate collision, the peak showdown.
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