On April 24, Beijing time, the first round of the playoffs G3, the Nets lost to the Celtics 103-109 at home, a big score of 0-3 behind the opponent. In this game, Kevin Durant's performance is still sluggish. He had 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists on 6-of-11 shooting and zero shots in the 11 minutes of the fourth quarter.
Durant and Irving have been unable to regain their form, and the Nets have gone away with 3-0 behind. For two consecutive seasons, the Nets failed to impact the championship, and Nash, Durant, Irving and others were widely questioned by the outside world.
As a well-known commentator, Teacher Yang Yi also analyzed the reasons for the Nets' defeat: 1. Sending Harden away, the Nets lost their only offensive organizer. Can a team without a core defender go far? 2. Role players have a serious imbalance between attack and defense, the same as the Lakers problem. The players who can attack are too poor to defend (Curry, Dragic), and the few who can defend can't shoot, and there is no space at all (Brown, Drummond, Clarkson). 3, Durant regular season consumption is too large. Stronger than James, the playoffs also need plenty of room to support.
Teacher Yang Yi deliberately stressed that he is by no means a "wall grass" or an afterthought. As early as more than 2 months ago, when the 76ers completed the transaction with the Nets, Teacher Yang Yi was not optimistic about the deal, and at that time he boldly speculated: "The Nets are going to be finished." ”
The reason Yang Yi gave at that time was also very good: the trading subject Ben Simmons had major technical defects, psychological vulnerability, and it was completely difficult to make in the playoffs; although Curry Jr. could shoot, but a huge defensive black hole, you did not dare to put him on the court at key moments (what Mills wanted him to do... ）。