On April 26, Beijing time, with the Nets being swept 0-4 by the Celtics, they became the playoff team with the first game of the year, and Durant's first playoff was swept. As a result, James and Durant, the two league facade superstars, both missed this year's playoff division semifinals, creating the first time in the last 17 years.
The 37-year-old James and the 33-year-old Durant, their individual performances in the regular season are good, but they are all due to different degrees of injury problems, as well as the impact of various disputes and events on the team, resulting in their failure to lead the team to achieve the desired results.
James's Lakers only ranked 11th in the West, unfortunately missing the playoffs, which naturally made James suffer the second time in the Lakers' career and missed the playoffs. As for Durant, who only led the Nets to 7th place in the Eastern Conference regular season and advanced to the playoffs through the playoffs, he was swept by the Celtics 0-4 in the first round, becoming the only team to be swept in the first round.
In this way, james and Durant have not missed this year's division semifinals, becoming the first time in the league in the past 17 years that such a phenomenon has occurred, which is naturally a declaration that the era of Jandu's rule is gradually fading away.
What is more heartwarming is that according to the NBA's official questionnaire survey on the general manager of the league before the start of the season, 72% of the general managers recognize that the Nets can win the championship this season, while the Lakers have 17% of the support to win the championship, and the defending champion Bucks is a 10% probability of winning the championship.
Only now the Nets and Lakers are both out, and the Bucks are 3-1 ahead of the Bulls in the first round, only one win away from the next round of promotion, and they are still the favorite team for the championship, only the injury of the second boss Middleton has become a hidden danger.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)