On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to play, the Nets, who were 0-3 behind in the big score, ushered in a life-and-death battle at home, Simmons continued to be absent, and the Nets still lagged behind at the beginning, trailing by 12 points after the first three quarters.
However, in the final quarter, the Nets launched a counterattack, at one point playing 6-0 to narrow the score to the remaining 6 points, barely seeing the hope of a reversal. Unfortunately, Durant conceded key free throws and three-pointers at the critical moment, the Nets had no chance to reverse, and finally the Nets lost to the Green Army 112-116, the big score was 4-0, and the Nets were swept out!
Looking back at the last 4 minutes of regular time, when the Nets were trailing 99-107, Durant received the ball and hit the back, and Irving broke through with the ball in the next leg, and the Nets continued to shrink the score. At this time, the veteran Dragic used his experience to make a huge contribution, creating offensive fouls in the process of defending Tatum, causing Tatum to leave the game for 6 fouls, a round that boosted the Nets' morale.
Meanwhile Dragic fought for the ball, Irving took advantage of the opportunity to hit a three-pointer, then stealing Brown in the defensive round, Durant relayed a single horse-riding archery hit, the score chased 108-109.
Unfortunately, in the last 22 seconds of regular time, the Nets experienced an experience from heaven to hell, and in the case of falling behind 108-111, Durant made Smart foul and stood on the free throw line, if the free throws were 2 of 2, the score would be 110-111, and there was still a chance to overtake. But in the end, Durant made 1 of 2 free throws, and was also played by Smart as a fast attack, Horford made a basket, the score instantly became 109-113, the remaining 13 seconds of regular time, with Durant's final three-point shot missed, the Nets completely lost the chance to win. In the end, the score was 109-115, the big score was swept out 0-4, and the Green Army advanced to the next round!
The first round of the playoffs was out, which created the worst performance of Durant's personal career in the playoffs, whether it was playing for the Thunder or playing in the Warriors, as long as Durant led the team into the playoffs, at least at the level of the division semifinals, during which he reached the Finals 4 times. Joining the Nets so far 3 seasons, Durant's first season to recuperate, last season to reach the division semifinals 3-4 defeat to the Bucks out, to directly create the first round of the embarrassment of being swept out, it is clear that the overall strength of the Nets led by Durant is declining, after a long absence from Irving, Harden trading events, this Nets is not the team that Durant originally envisioned.
On the other hand, durant, who has experienced a rupture in the Achilles tendon at the age of 33, has also slightly declined in his ability to tackle key battles, and cannot be as demanding as in the past FMVP period, the Nets do not have the ultimate team system of the warriors of the past, and everything needs Durant to support. At the age of 33, Durant wants to continue to harvest team honors need to have helpers, need Irving to give better performance, it is difficult to bear all by himself, to bear everything!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)