With the Celtics sweeping the Nets 4-0, Nash's team officially stopped in the first round of the playoffs, and the team's goal in the early pre-game period was to win the championship, only to have a luxurious lineup and not perform as well as last season. Durant and others fought the Bucks last season, and they lost to their opponents by a very narrow margin in the game of seven, and did not qualify for the Eastern Conference Finals. By this season, the Nets, whose regular season performance fluctuated greatly, participated in the playoffs, and after successfully passing the level, they did not expect to find a win in the playoffs, and they were humiliated.
Soon there was a media summary that the Nets and Lakers, two favorite teams that were expected to win the championship before the start of the season, had 0 wins in the playoffs, which was also the first time in 44 years since 1977-1978.
It is also true that before the start of this season's NBA, many people are optimistic about the Nets and Lakers winning the championship, which can be most intuitively reflected in the NBA's official league general manager survey, because 72% of the general managers think the Nets will win the championship, 17% of the general managers think that the Lakers will win the championship, and the Nets and Lakers rank first and second. The defending champion Bucks are in third place with 10% of the vote!
At that time, many people were optimistic about the Lakers and the Nets for a reason, the Nets won the Olympics excellent Mills, the contract extension effort griffin, welcome back Ader and other people, plus Durant, Irving and Harden three giants, the strength is very strong. The Lakers exchanged Wei Shao, welcomed back Rondo, Howard, and others, forming a star-studded super luxury lineup, although the age is older, but it is expected that they can teach those young people in the playoffs, just as Wei Shao said at the time that he would kick the opponent's ass in the playoffs, and he was arrogant.
What I didn't expect was how bullish it was before the start of the season, and how painful it was to be punched in the face at the end of the season. The Way the Lakers and the Nets are out is different, the Lakers' James, Nunn, Thick Brow Brother and other people are injured and stopped, the lineup is not in order most of the time, and the run-in between Westbrook and James and Thick Brow Brother has not been in place, although it once ranked in the top ten in the West, but a wave of losing streaks in the later period allowed the Spurs and Pelicans to surpass the Lakers, and Vogel's coaching team only won the 11th place in the West, Vogel also left class, and Westbrook became a fan in the future.
The Nets were once ranked first in the East in the regular season, but Durant was injured, Harden left halfway, Bency and Joha were in long injury time, and Irving was not stable enough from being unable to play as a part-time player to the later stages, and the Nets could only participate in the playoffs. After defeating the Cavaliers in the playoffs, facing the Celtics, I thought it was very likely to stage the Miracle of Black Seven, but I did not expect to face the Celtics' first two games were killed and reversed, and after losing 2 consecutive games, the Nets still had no mood, and the Celtics won consecutively, 0-4 shame out.
Therefore, this season's Lakers and Nets are failures, they have made reinforcements and large investments for this season, but unfortunately the effect is not good, whether it is a run-in or internal turmoil, which has made the Lakers and Nets' performance decline significantly, and the playoffs have 0 wins.