Although under the leadership of Durant + Seth Curry, the G4 Nets almost completed the turnaround, but with a better offense and defense, the Green Army led 3-0, and finally beat the Nets 116-112, swept the opponent in the first round of the playoffs, and strongly advanced to the second round!
And the first round of the playoffs, the Green Army can sweep the Nets, the big score 4-0 to advance to the second round, as the team's head coach, "rookie coach" Uduka is obviously indispensable.
After all, although the coaching experience still needs to be improved, with the Familiarity with the Nets' tactics and players, Uduka's role in this series is undoubtedly not to be underestimated!
Of course, as the two aces of the team, the play of Tatum + Jaylen Brown, who cut 20+ at the same time, also played a crucial leading role.
G4 was very efficient in the first game of Tatum, starting 36 minutes, shooting nearly 60% of the 16-of-9 shooting, and shooting 4 three-pointers from the outside, cutting a team-high 29 points, plus 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
It is worth mentioning that in the first round of the playoffs against the Nets, as well as against Durant, Tatum scored a total of 118 points in four games, setting a personal scoring record for the Green Army's history of sweeping opponents in the playoffs.
At the same time, looking at the performance of the 4 games in the series, it is not difficult to find that as a supernova who is only 24 years old, Tatum, who can average 29.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game, has indeed improved and grown visible to the naked eye!
In addition, as a major weapon at both ends of the Green Army's attack and defense, Jaylen Brown's performance in the G4 is also remarkable.
Jaylen Brown was both offensive and defensive, starting 37 minutes, and delivering an all-around performance of 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal on 9-of-20 shooting, and together with Smart, they formed the Green Army's toughest defense!
More importantly, after helping the Green Army sweep the Nets 4-0 in this campaign to advance to the second round, according to the analysis of salary expert Bobby Marks, Jaylen Brown also won a 482143 dollar bonus in the contract, which can be said to be a double happiness!
And we have to admit that although it was not optimistic at the beginning of the season, under the coaching of head coach Uduka and the leadership of Tatum + Jaylen Brown + Smart and other cores, this young green army has indeed regained the momentum of impacting the championship!
In contrast, on the Nets side, the G4 team reversed the defeat and finally lost the series at home, and the performance of the game in which the big score was swept out of the game 0-4 was obviously difficult for the home fans to accept.
For the loss of this round of the series, as well as the performance of the team in the first round of the playoffs in 4 games, the Nets' head coach Nash has once again become the target of public criticism!
Although from the current situation, Nash still has the support of many players, including Durant, within the Nets, and Nash himself has publicly stated: "I like the players and colleagues here, and I want to continue to coach." ”
But rationally speaking, given the Nets' sweep in the playoffs this season, we don't seem to be able to blindly conclude whether Nash can continue to serve as the Nets' head coach next season!
In addition to head coach Nash, as the two major stars of the team, durant + Irving series performance against the Green Army, is also to blame.
After all, although G4 slashed 39+7+9 in the first battle, breaking the slump of the first three games, there is one thing to say, Durant failed to lead the team to complete the reversal of the team's performance, or met with a lot of doubts!
In this regard, NBA reporter Nick Wright even summed up the performance of 33-year-old Durant and James against the Green Army in the playoffs, and compared to James's single-core team promotion, Durant, who was swept 0-4, is indeed a little inferior to the old Zhan at this point!
After the team was eliminated by the Green Army and officially out of the championship competition, Irving, who was eligible to renew his contract early this summer, finally made a statement on whether to renew his contract with the Nets, and publicly stated: "I really don't plan to go anywhere else, I will be here with No. 7 (Durant), I have always wanted to be a part of a good team." ”
As for the Nets, who were swept out, what kind of adjustments will be made to the team's lineup configuration in the offseason, we seem to have to wait and see!