On April 26, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and in the fourth game between the Nets and Celtics, they were always behind in the first three quarters of the game, and each game was a state of loss. But as the game moved into the fourth quarter, they began to chase the points, at one point narrowing the point gap to just one goal. But the Celtics were very stable, and in the end they lost the game 112:116 and were swept out by the Celtics 4:0!
After losing this game, the Nets became the only team to be swept in the playoffs this season! Although swept, but in fact, these games they did not lose much, in these four games, the Nets lost 1 point, 7 points, 6 points and 4 points, four games lost a total of 18 points, which is indeed a pity for the Nets.
And losing just 18 points in four games made them the third closest to the swept series in NBA history, the first two of which were the 1975 Finals Series between the Warriors and the Bullets, and the 2017 First Round of the Eastern Conference Cavaliers and Pacers series, both of which were 16 points apart!
These four games if the Nets are in bad shape is not necessarily true, they shot 50% of the shots in these four games, three-point shooting rate reached 40%, but still eliminated, which also made them the first team in NBA history to shoot 50% in the playoffs, three-point shooting rate reached 40%, but still eliminated!
In this Nets team, there are indeed a lot of problems, Irving and Durant in the game is not good, others although they have a good performance, but it is still difficult to lead the team to win, I don't know if the offseason team will have any adjustments, but if it continues to be in this state, it is really difficult to have a chance to compete for the championship!