Beijing time on April 24 news, the Brooklyn Nets lost to the Boston Celtics, the series score to 0-3, desperate to survive only the theoretical possibility. At the same time, there are indications that the team seems to be on the verge of collapse.
Many of the fans who watched today's game were completely dead set on the Nets at the end of the game, but in the eyes of the media who have been following the team for a long time, they have no hope at the end of the third quarter, or even at the end of the first half.
Before the game officially began, ESPN reporter Nick Friedell wrote on his social blog, "There are a lot of Celtics fans who come to barclays center, and if the Nets can't quickly build an edge in the opening stages of the game, then the game will get into the rhythm of the Celtics." ”
In a word, at the end of the first quarter, the Nets not only did not take the lead, but even trailed the Celtics by 5 points, and at the end of the half, they were still behind, and the point difference at the end of the third had reached 9 points.
In fact, the 9-point difference is not an insurmountable gap for teams with Durant and Irving, the two top scorers in the league. But throughout the game, it is not difficult for us to see that the Coaching Team led by Nash has no way to turn the situation around, falling behind again and again, suspending again and again, and the result is no difference.
For example, the game went on to the fourth quarter with 9 and a half minutes left, the score was 93-84, the Nets trailed by 9 points, Nash called a timeout, Irving and Brown were replaced on the court, but this lineup came up with a mistake and defensive foul, Tatum used this to play 2+1, widening the point difference to double digits.
At the post-match press conference, Durant finally started to spray, saying the game disappointed him to the extreme.
I lost, I didn't make some good decisions, there was a lot of in today's game, all in all, it was a terrible game. Durant said.
Obviously, Durant didn't approve of his performance, and he didn't approve of some of the links that happened in the game, even though he played almost all 48 minutes (46 minutes of playing time).
He also lost the steps Nash had laid for him and Irving at the post-match press conference (Nash said at the press conference that Durant and Irving were too tired in this series, and the subtext was that it affected their performance).
Durant said he wasn't tired and didn't need to stop and rest, he felt well, "I'm not going to put the blame for losing on that." ”
I don't know if such a dialogue can be interpreted as the beginning of the general's lack of tacit understanding.
Compared with Durant's self-blame, Irving is more intriguing when talking about the changes between the Celtics and the Nets, saying that the Celtics have been sticking to a whole since last December, and the Nets as a team are always honing new experiences, and this fact must be respected.
Did he concede defeat? But who is the initiator of the Nets farce?
At present, the only one who actively admits to the problem is Durant, who thinks he is not doing well enough.