The Brooklyn Nets' prospects for this season have long been transparent, with frequent accidents of hesitant defeats, Irving's "willfulness", Harden's departure, and the team's early fragmentation.
But I never expected that in the first round of the playoffs with difficult progress, it would be such a one-sided situation. How terrible is it to fall behind 0-3 in the big score, throughout the history of the NBA, 143 times the big score of 0-3 situation, the backward side has been eliminated, and the situation that urgently needs to be faced at the moment may be swept out.
Durant's weaknesses were magnified
Looking at the three games, Durant can be said to be worse than one, the king of 50% shooting efficiency in the past, in the first two games were 37.5% and 23.5%, as for the 54.5% of the third game, those who have seen the game understand that it is completely because of the very few shots, and the state shown by the whole field is not as good as the previous two games.
And there is a statistic that is completely inversely proportional to the personal contribution data, that is, the playing time, from 41 minutes in the first game, to 42.5 minutes in the second game, and then to 45.9 minutes in the third game, Durant has to stay on the court more and more time. At the same time, it should also be said that in the regular season + play-offs, the end of the 8 games, Durant averaged 42.2 minutes per game.
We all know that Durant has "physical" weaknesses, which is one of the reasons why he maintains a 50% shooting rate most of the time and the number of shots cannot be like Kobe Bryant, and it is also the only place where he is spit on in the direction of ability during the Thunder period. But today's Nets, really do not dare to let Durant in the field to watch the wall, more and more tired, has formed a vicious circle, the third game is so important, Durant's reaction in the field, has told us that he needs to rest, his concentration has declined significantly.
Of course, there is also a point, that is, Durant has never been a "domineering" player, whether it is to netizens, or to Teammates such as Wei Shao, Irving, etc., he can't do Kobe's stubbornness, under the dual pressure of the outside world and inside the team, Durant's heart will inevitably be fluctuated, resulting in his choice, unable to do it, insist on one person to pick the beam.
Nash really wasn't a coach
According to Nash, he prepared as many as 13 sets of tactics for Durant. To put it bluntly, design tactics are part of it, whether they can play it is another part, former Chinese basketball coach Li Nan left too deep an impression on the fans, and Nash looks like it is not different.
The reason is that the Nets' current roster has shown a deformed state, plus Nash is a "rookie" coach, he does not have the pelicans head coach Willie Green's ability to stimulate the morale of the players, doomed the Nets is still a mess. First of all, in terms of defensive resources, Drummond, Claxton, and Bruce Brown are all OK, but their offensive threats are too small when facing defense. Secondly, from the perspective of offensive resource allocation, Curry Jr., Irving, Durant and others are all well-known masters of fans, but they are basically singles masters, and tandem teams are not what they are best at.
Therefore, the biggest impression of the Nets is that it is a mess, such a team, really can only bring surprises in stages, that is, when the offensive end is invincible by the feel, and at this level of the playoffs, especially after the Celtics also targeted the two aces, the Nets can only rely on other players to resist a breath piecemeal, but just one breath, the Celtics only need to implement the pre-game arrangement, they can win.
In the end, losing a season is not terrible, the terrible thing is that the future is more difficult, not to mention that Simmons is not on the court, even if he plays, can he really replace Harden, or is he stronger than Harden?