On April 26, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs G4, the Nets continued to sit at home to meet the Celtics. For the Nets, who are 0-3 behind in the big score, they have stood on the edge of the cliff with one foot, there is no way to retreat, they need to show the determination to make a desperate bet, and they have to lose more spectacularly. In the end, after four quarters of fighting, the Nets lost 112-116 to the Celtics and were swept out, the only team that did not win in the playoffs!
Backwater battle, Durant today did what he said after the G3 game, don't want too much, is to tie the victory and defeat to himself! Durant fought hard for 46 minutes and 39 seconds in the whole game, only rested for less than 2 minutes, 39 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds on 13 of 31 shooting, and the number of shots was more than that of G2 and G3 combined (Durant G2 and G3 shot 28 times), which was enough to see his determination to win.
Durant gave the Nets a glimmer of life in all of the game, and they forced the point difference to one point in the final moments of the final quarter. Unfortunately, the Nets failed to grasp several key rounds, Durant first grabbed three points and missed, then 2 free throws in key moments, Smart counterattacked a dragon to fail to make a basket, and Horford followed up with a basket to kill the game.
Overall, the Celtics are the better team in this series, with a more balanced offense and defense, a clear counterpoint, a desire for victory, and a better control of detail than the Nets. But is it really good enough to sweep the Nets that have Durant and Irving? Not necessarily, after all, they lost a total of 18 points in 4 games.
The reason why the Nets were swept, on the one hand, is because the overall performance of the Green Army is better, on the other hand, the Nets themselves have a lot of shortcomings, if Nash got up early to use Griffin? If Nash had been a little more flexible and hadn't been stubbornly using the suicide squad of 3 guards and 4 guards; if Durant had been able to show his determination to tie the victory to himself earlier, not to fight so hesitantly; if Irving had not carried out Ramadan fasting, the ending would have been different, maybe the Nets would have been eliminated, but at least it would not be a sweeping situation.
In an interview after the game, Durant talked about the first round out, durant said: "There may be many reasons why we lost, the Celtics are the better team. Looking back at the game, Seth Curry and Dragic were both playing against each other's big 7-foot men, they were tenacious, but still a lot of height difference. ”
In addition, Durant also looked forward to the offseason, saying that he did not know which players in the team would stay, and this summer is very important for the team.
The first round out of this absurd season will undoubtedly give the team more motivation! However, in order to go further in the next year, the Nets need to summarize and reflect on this series, strengthen their weak links, and clear up unstable factors.
The most intuitive point of this series is that the Nets' backcourt is too crowded, the small guards will be infinitely targeted in the playoffs, and the Nets need to strengthen the flanks in the offseason to improve the hardness of the defense. Also, will Nash be qualified for the managerial role? Are the Nets going to renew their contract with Irving? These are all things they need to think about carefully in the offseason. Exactly how the Nets will change in the offseason, we will wait and see!