The Paper's reporter Qi Dong
Durant (left) defends Tatum.
By the time Ben Simmons got up in the morning and suddenly felt a "sore back," the Brooklyn Nets' season had ended prematurely.
After Simmons decided not to play Game 4 of the series and admitted that he had a psychological problem with the game, the Nets also lost their last trick.
On the morning of the 26th, in the case of Tatum's 6 fouls, Durant missed a key free throw in the last 22 seconds, and the Nets lost to the Celtics 112-116 at home, and the total score was 0-4 out.
In this game, Durant had 39 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Irving had 20 points and 5 assists, and Curry Jr. had 23 points.
On the Celtic side, Tatum had 29 points and five assists, Brown 22 points and eight rebounds, Smart had 20 points and 11 assists and Gwe had 14 points.
Tatum sent the Nets home.
This is the only 0-4 sweep since the NBA playoffs this year, and no one expected that it would be Durant and Irving who suffered all this.
In this series, Durant's performance was indecisive, and even the performance of losing 10 shots in the half-time sports battle, the Celtics' bag clamp tactics and strong physical confrontation against him made the "Grim Reaper" unable to wield a scythe.
On social networks, Barkley ridiculed Durant for never proving himself — "When the Warriors won the championship, he was just a passenger, not a bus driver," meaning that Durant never succeeded as the team boss.
At the China Basketball Forum, Durant has also become the team's "boss is insufficient, the second is more than enough", people give the nickname "old 1.5", and become the fans' mouth "can't eat the eastern dividend, weak self instead become the dividend itself ..."
Owen (left) and Durant.
Durant has a responsibility in the face of the sweep, but He's Irving by his side is the Biggest Problem for the Nets this season.
Because of the vaccine problem, Irving became the "strongest part-time away player in history", although the personal offensive ability is beyond doubt, but the team is also waiting for his return process, consuming the heart, losing the record, and chilling Harden's heart.
After all, Durant and Irving both have championships in hand, and Harden, who can't afford to wait, can only choose to go to Philadelphia to bring back Ben Simmons, who has a back injury, psychological problems, and is afraid to shoot for the Nets.
As a result, the Nets' troublesome characters have become two, and even though Irving is fully back after New York City lifted the vaccine ban, the team has become a human being...
Ben Simmons hasn't played a single game so far.
So some people will ask, was it bad to choose to trade Irving at that time?
The answer is that the cultivation of "Ou Immortal" is really beyond the five elements, no NBA team dares to pick up, and when Harden expresses a strong willingness to leave the team, the management of the Nets can only drive the ducks to the shelf, and the final result is Simmons who feels "back pain" in bed.
Brown, who has been brilliant in this series, said well, that he doesn't know what the Nets have set up for Irving and Simmons this season, for the simple reason that "it's not a matter of earning me as a salary player."
Nets coach Nash.
Of course, there is another one who also needs to be responsible, and that is Nash.
Nash used his slow half-beat or even one-shot on-the-spot command to tell the world a truth - even if he was two consecutive MVP when playing, he was one of the best point guards in NBA history, but when he really picked up the tactical board on the sidelines, he only had a dry stare.
After this season, it is unknown whether Nash still has a head coach job, but perhaps the player development consultant who was in the Warriors may be more suitable for him.
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