The NBA Nets are currently suffering three consecutive defeats in the first round, they are the only team in the playoffs that have not yet won the ball, the Nets appear unusually weak in front of the Celtics, in large part due to the downturn from Kevin Durant, Durant's career so far averages 29.3 points + 7.8 rebounds + 4.1 assists per game, so far this season his playoff average is 22 points + 5.3 rebounds + 5.3 assists, and his career playoff average is 47.7%. This season's first round of 3 games his shooting rate is only 36.5%, the comparison is very intuitive, Durant's performance in the playoffs this season is really too weak, and this is not powerful always has a reason, through the alignment data, see who locked Durant?
In the first round of the playoffs, Durant made a shot against six Green Kai players, including 1 of 2 against Daniel Theis, 3 of 7 against Horford, 6 of 2 against Tatum, 1 of 5 against Robert Williams, 1 of 4 against Brown, 3 of 2 shots against Smart, and in the first round of G2, Durant also made a shot against six Green Kai players defensively, including 7 of 0 of 7 against Tatum and 2 of 5 against Brown. Facing Theis 1 of 4, 2 of 3 against Horford, 0 of 1 against Smart, 1 of 1 against White, G1+G2, Durant can say that he did not beat any green Kai players.
(Screenshot of Durant's data against Tatum)
G3 situation will be slightly better, after all, this battle Durant shots are very low, G3 Durant in the position of 5 green Kai players defense has shots, of which the position of Smart 4 shots 2, against Williams 4 shots 2 shots, against Tatum 2 shots 0, against Brown and Horford are 1 shot 1 in 1, the alignment data is often a little different from the actual shot data, after all, sometimes it is 1 player, sometimes it is possible to match 2 players, but this impact is not large, you can see through the location data, Durant's 3-game vs. Horford combined was 6-of-11 shooting, Tatum's 15-of-2, Brown's 10-of-4, and Smart's 8-of-4 shooting!
So far in the playoffs this season, Durant has a 54% shooting rate against Horford, a 40% shooting rate against Brown, a 50% shooting rate against Smart, and only 13.33% shooting rate against Tatum, who locked Durant, this is self-evident, once many fans believed that the only one who can limit the Death God Du is himself, from the perspective of the alignment data, this season is not the same thing, Celtics rising star Tatum, he has locked Durant's performance, If Durant can't break through Tatum's defense next, whether the Nets are swept or not, this season will be a season for him to fall off the altar, right?