The Nets' third playoff game against the Green Army ended, and in the end, the Nets did not avoid the doom of defeat. In this way, the Nets are 0-3 behind. Never in history has a team been able to complete a reversal under such circumstances. Maybe in the next game, Durant and Irving will be able to go fishing together. As it stands, the Nets don't have any chance of winning. Even if their own strength does not prevail, the players' performance is not satisfactory.
As the team's big boss and currently the strongest scorer in the league, Durant's performance has been highly anticipated. In the playoffs last season, Durant almost ended the game on his own, but unfortunately, his shot was slightly closer to the basket and lost. When the playoffs began this season, many fans felt that Durant was still the one who decided the direction of the game. However, everyone is wrong, durant is not as strong as imagined. The 34-year-old Durant looked a lot embarrassed when facing the green army in front of him, the dry pull jump shot he was good at was gone, the powerful killing was gone, and some were just repeated mistakes and long scoring droughts.
Seeing Durant's performance, I can't help but remind fans of James of that year. In the 2017-18 season, the 34-year-old James led the team to meet the Green Army in the playoffs. At that time, the Green Army's strength was no less than now, the team's record was no less than that of the East, and the top 3 in the league in the defensive level. The bottom line-up is that the squad is quite luxurious, with Horford, Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Smart and others in place. Not only that, but there are Morris, Monroe, Rozier, Baynes and others on the team, not to mention Irving and Hayward, who did not play in that playoff. And the Cavaliers' lineup? James alone with a group of little brothers, although there is Lefour in the team, but his performance is more average.
Even so, James still led the team to win the Green Army 4-3 without home advantage. In those 7 games, James almost often played the whole game, and he didn't have a chance to rest at all, because once he rested the team, he couldn't do it. No rest, James doesn't care, he does his best and fights every game. In addition to the slight downturn in the first game, in the next six games he scored 40+ points three times, and in the seventh game, he got 35 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 blocks, and hung up his opponent to complete a super "2+1" when he made a fast attack to the basket, thus leading the team to win. At that time, James was incomprehensible and convincing.
Don't blow black, look at durant now, can you compare with James at that time? I'm afraid I can't!