On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Nets and the Celtics' fourth game was staged, the First Half Nets have been behind, half-time behind 8 points. The Nets' inside lineman Clarkston made a bad free throw in this campaign, missing 10 consecutive free throws at one point, setting a new embarrassing record for O'Neal's 8 consecutive missed free throws.
The Nets and the Celtics met in the first round, the Nets had a strong paper lineup, and the Celtics were in better shape. In the first 3 games, the Celtics were better at key moments, winning 3 consecutive games to get the match point, Durant performed badly under strict defense, and the Nets could not afford to lose in this campaign, and once they lost, they would be directly out.
Simmons, who had promised a comeback, reneged on his promise and continued to be absent from the game. In the first quarter, the Celtics entered the form faster, and in the middle of the quarter, they played a wave of 10-0 to open up the point difference. Durant stepped up his personal attack to help the Nets bite the score, trailing by four points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Celtics still suppressed the Nets, who although they could bite the score, but could not reverse, the double probe was stable, Gwei also hit three consecutive points at the end of the quarter, the Nets trailed by 8 points in the half, durant scored 20 points in the first half, but the teammates performed average.
Clarkston's free throws were bad this game, he lost all seven free throws in the first half, he got two more free throws in the third quarter, two free throws again, Claxton broke O'Neal's record for consecutive free throws in the playoffs, the Nets bit the score, Lowe received a dunk, and the Celtics led 73-66. Clarkston's 10th free throw was deflected off again, and the 11th shot was finally hit, ending the embarrassing record.