The NBA playoffs first round of contention continued, with the East facing a battle of focus, with the Nets sitting at home to meet the Green Army.
In the first three games of the series, the Nets fell behind by a large score of 0-3, which means that the team has no way to retreat, and the win or loss of G4 directly determines whether the team continues the season or directly goes home to fish.
And the Nets are the only team that has not tasted victory since the playoffs, and if they lose the game, the team will be the only team to be swept in the first round of the season.
As a result, as soon as the game began, the Green Army still came out on top, and Brown scored consecutively, delivering a perfect start of 4-0.
Although Durant has since found a feel to help the team to tie the score difference, the Green Army blossomed inside and out, establishing a double-digit lead early, after which the Nets fought back again, but the Green Army still ended the first quarter with a 4-point lead.
In the second quarter, the Nets continued to work hard, equalizing with the performance of role players, but Jaylen Brown and Tatum broke the defense of Irving and Durant on the offensive end, helping the team enter the halftime with an eight-point lead.
The easy side fought again, the point difference was once again pulled to double digits by the Green Army, and although the Nets role players have done their best and Durant has increased the offensive aggressiveness, Irving is still lost, and the Nets are 12 points behind in the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter, Tatum suffered foul trouble, and with two controversial penalties, Tatum was directly sent off.
Helplessly, the nets were not given a chance, but the green army in the middle of adversity, constantly flying three points in the middle of the line, plus Brown stared at Irving to play, with Durant's key free throw missed, Horford used Irving's rebound to not block people, directly made up the basket to kill the game, the green army beat the Nets 116-112, the big score 4-0 swept the opponent.
Throughout the game, the Nets are still the Nets, and the Green Army is still the Green Army.
Due to the 3-0 deficit in the big score, coupled with the home game, the referee's blowing penalty is obviously somewhat taken care of the Nets, after all, the playoffs have not yet seen any sweeps.
But the Nets still look like role players in the game, the core is lost, the manager is watching, the whole game, Durant shot 13 of 31, bombed 39 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, seemingly desperately trying his best, but in fact responsible for the loss.
When Tatum was not sent off, Durant's defense frequently became the point of attack, and Durant's choice on the offensive end was also debatable.
After Tatum was sent off in the final quarter, the Nets once had the opportunity to turn the tables, and as a result, Durant chose to use the cold arrow on the outside line, considering that he shot 3 of 11 points in the whole game, and the referee's blowing penalty scale, when he was behind by three points and had one minute left, he did not choose to impact the basket, but shot three points, which was really confusing.
In addition, as a scorer known for his big heart, he trailed by 3 points in the last minute and made only 1 of two free throws, which caught his teammates off guard and successfully killed the game.
Owen's performance is not to say much, still crushed by the opposing Brown, both of them are in Ramadan, can not eat normally, but the performance is not the slightest difference.
Irving didn't seem to have the slightest desire to win, shooting 6-of-13 from the field, getting 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and the defensive end frequently became the weakness of Brown's roll call attacks, not blocking people at key moments, allowing Horford to directly make up for the game.
Needless to say, Nash has been consistent throughout the season, even in the playoffs.
On the other hand, the Green Army, in the face of unfavorable blowing penalties, strictly controlled their emotions, and then used the game on the field to speak.
The five members of the team scored in double figures, the two core Tatum and Brown continued the fiery performance, constantly naming Durant and Irving, Tatum 29 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 fouls, Jaylen Brown 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 break, after being sent off, Tatum praised the referee with a disdainful face.
In addition, Horford had 13 points and six rebounds, Smart had 20 points, five rebounds and 11 assists, and Grant Williams had 14 points, three rebounds and three blocks.