Earlier today, the Nets returned to their home barclays center to usher in the third game with the Celtics, they have fallen behind by an aggregate score of 0-2, they must also win this victory, otherwise they will lose again, they will be sentenced to "death suspension", held by the green shirts, but unfortunately, even if this game has the advantage of the home field, the Nets still failed to win, and finally lost 103-109 to the opponent, the total score is 0-3 behind, because no team in the history of the NBA has been able to complete a 0-3 reversal, In other words, the Nets have basically decided that they will encounter the first round of travel.
In the first round of the playoffs last season, the Celtics lost to the Nets 1-4 in the first round, and the last loss was just at the home of the Nets, the feng shui took turns, this year the two teams met in the first round of the playoffs, only this time the Celtics mastered the opportunity and are about to usher in a successful revenge, and the Greenshirts can once again cut the Nets under the horse in today's game, and it is really thanks to the team's lesser owner Jason Tatum, who played in 44 minutes. On 13-of-29 shooting, he scored a team-high 39 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals, becoming the first player in Celtics history to score 30+5+5+5 in the playoffs in nearly 40 years.
On the other hand, Durant, on the other hand, dropped the chain again today, the whole game Durant in the 45 minutes of playing time, 11 shots 6 of 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, especially in the last quarter by Tatum front into a 2 + 1, directly angry Durant smashed the ball hard to the floor, in order to vent his dissatisfaction, in fact, this is not the first time Durant dropped the chain, this round of series, Durant only shot a total of 19 goals, a total of 17 mistakes, He averaged only 22 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, shooting as low as 36.5%, compared with the regular season average of nearly 30+ and shooting 50% of the shooting rate of the "god of death", it is exactly like a change of person. In G2 with the Greenshirts, Durant shot 0 of 10 in the second half, and today's three-game battle, Durant made 0 shots in the last 11 minutes, as the absolute core of this Nets, Durant's desire on the offensive end is so low, the Nets can win, it is indeed very difficult.
As for Tatum, who suffered a first-round trip last season, he played a brilliant MVP-level performance in this series, averaging 29.7 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in 3 games, and the three shooting rates reached 42.9%, 36% and 86.7% respectively. Completely overpowering Durant's 22 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 5.7 turnovers, watching the excellent performance of the offspring, former Celtic star Paul Pierce also couldn't help but tweet: "I think Tatum may surpass Durant in the NBA rankings." ”
Where to fall, where to get up, it is true that last season was easily done by the Nets in 5 games, but this season when the Greenshirts changed the manager, the 24-year-old young master Tatum has become the hottest No. 3 position in the league today under the full tutelage of the new coach Uduka, this time announced in advance that the Nets "died slowly", I believe that Tatum and his Celtics goals will definitely not stop here.
If they succeed in eliminating the Nets, there will be a winner between the Bucks and the Bulls in the semifinals, and in the case of a high probability that they will challenge the defending champion Bucks, if Tatum can continue to play like this in the first round, the Greenshirts are really likely to continue to soar, after all, the latter's second-in-command Middleton will be absent for a while due to a knee ligament injury.
As for Durant, who wants to help the Nets win the championship, he can only sigh "the back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave", in the case of his 33 years old, coupled with the serious injury of the Achilles tendon rupture, the death scythe is no longer sharp, in fact, it can be understood, and the first round of the playoffs was destroyed by Tatum, who is 9 years younger, and the batsmanship ceremony of the league's top small forwards is afraid that after this series, it will officially take effect.