The NBA playoffs continued, with the Nets playing at home against the Celtics, and the Nets trailing 2-0 before the game, a game that could not be lost. In the first quarter, the Nets started well to play 8-0, but they were quickly overtaken by the Celtics, and the Green Army played an 11-3 attack wave in the second quarter, ending the Nets by 5 points at the end of the first quarter; in the second quarter, the Celtics took advantage of the chase to open the point difference to double digits, and although the Nets played an 8-2 counterattack, they still trailed by 3 points in the first half. In the third quarter, both sides played half a quarter of good balls, the point difference was not pulled open, the second half of the Celtics powered, Smart hit a three-pointer, Brown steals to complete the dunk, played 5-0 after the point difference to 9 points, in the fourth quarter, Griffin burst to chase the point difference to 4 points, however, Tatum and Brown scored consecutively, the point difference came to double digits, although the Nets played a wave of 12-2 counterattack, but the time was over, the Celtics finally won a 3-0 lead with the 109-103 Nick Nets.
The Celtics are a team that starts with defense, the first two games are very limited to Durant and Irving, the team has a clear division of labor, strong tactical execution, Tatum is mainly responsible for offense, Brown is mainly responsible for Durant, Smart is mainly responsible for Irving. Why did the Nets lose this game? As the magician said, the Celtics once again defended Durant, he only scored 16 points in this game, although the shooting rate has improved significantly from the previous game, but the number of shots is too few, the two sides have played three games, Durant is not used to the Celtics' defense, he played too hesitantly to make the right choice between passing and shooting.
Ukadu also said after the game that he was relieved to see that Durant's scoring and shooting numbers were not the most in the team. In addition, Smart's defense against Irving was also very successful, and the same score did not exceed 20 points, and Smart also asked after the game, who said I can't defend Irving? The best defensive player is not blown. The worry is that if the Nets can't make effective adjustments, they will face the embarrassment of being swept, and they must not pin their hopes on Simmons, who has not yet played.
Of course, the Celtics can win and Tatum's offense is also inseparable, this game he scored 39 points on 13-of-29 shooting, in addition to 5 rebounds and 6 assists, don't think he will only attack, this game he also got 6 steals, with excellent performance, Tatum also became the first player after Jordan to score 39+5+6+6 in the playoffs. Not only that, but in the playoffs, he averaged 29.7 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2.3 steals and 1 block, and the data was very comprehensive. After the game, Pierce also said that Tatum has surpassed Durant in the NBA rankings. One thing to say, Durant has not yet proved himself in the playoffs this season, can he only break out in the Warriors' system?