On April 26, Beijing time, there was no accident, and the Nets were swept out. In this series, they were completely suppressed by their opponents, and coach Steve Nash was once again scolded on the hot search, triggering heated discussions.
Trailing 3-0, Nash did not change the squad and continued to use the starting line-ups of Irving, Seth Curry, Brown, Durant and Drummond. This lineup has proven to be a failure, with Drummond becoming a colander and stealth on the offensive end. And Xiao Kuri was injured and had problems with his ankle.
So, although Durant found the offensive feeling, he changed the slump of the first two games, played a full quarter of 7, 4 of 7, got 11 points, and helped the Nets bite the score. However, the Nets still have many hidden dangers, such as Irving only shooting one goal in a single quarter and getting 3 points.
Durant continued to output in the second quarter, scoring 20 points at halftime, but the Nets could not withstand the opponent's multi-point blossoming, and still trailed by 8 points at halftime. Back in the second half, the Nets offense didn't improve, and more importantly, their defense was blown up by their opponents.
The Celtics blasted down 32 points in the third quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, they stretched the gap to as much as 12 points. However, in the decisive moment of the fourth quarter, Tatum left the court with six criminals, and the referee's decision caused controversy. Dream Green sent five laughing and crying expressions for the first time, and the US media also complained that the referee really wanted to continue the series. However, after that, the Nets were still unable to return to the sky.
The Nets' exit is also a record of humiliation:
1. They became the first team in history to win the championship odds before the start of the season, but they were swept away in the playoffs.
2. They are also the first team in history to shoot 50% in a series and 40% from three-point range, but they were swept away miserably.
3. The spell of the Nets' all-sweeping 0-3 deficit in the Series continued.
4. The difference between the four games of the two teams in the series is only 18 points in total (1 point, 7, 6 and 4 points in the four games), which is the third closest series in the series that has been swept in history. The first two were the 1975 Finals Series of warriors vs. Bullets and the 2017 Eastern Conference first-round Cavaliers Pacers series, both of which were 16 points.
5. Durant was swept away for the first time in his career, and his team's record in the first round of the playoffs was rewritten to 9-2.
6. For the first time in Irving's career, Irving was swept away, and his team's record in the first round of the playoffs was rewritten to 5-1.
7. They also made the eighth time in Celtics history that they swept in the playoffs.
It is worth mentioning that before the game, mark Stein broke the news that Nash was unlikely to leave the class, and he was supported by Durant and boss Tsai Chongxin.