On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued. In today's Eastern Conference matchup, the Nets lost 88-96 at home to the 76ers, thus being eliminated by an aggregate score of 0:4 and ending the playoffs this season.
In the absence of 76ers star Embiid, the Nets played lifeless today. They led by as many as 11 points, but scored only 40 points in the second half to turn around. Claxton had 17 points and nine rebounds on 7-of-8 shooting, while Dinwiddie had 20 points, four rebounds and five assists on 7-of-13 shooting. Other than that, the performance of others is disastrous. Bridges scored just 6-of-18 for 17 points, a new playoff low this season, while Joe Harris scored four points on 1-of-5 shooting, and O'Neal scored no point on 0-of-3 shooting.
It should be noted that this is the second consecutive season that the Nets have been swept out in the first round, while being the first team to go home for two consecutive seasons. In the first round of the playoffs last season, the Nets, who had Durant Irving, were eliminated by the Celtics 0:4; The team has changed a bunch of players this season, and the opponent has been replaced by the 76ers, but the Nets have the same outcome as last year.
If you go back further, the Nets lost G6 and G7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the 2020-21 season. In other words, the Nets have suffered 10 consecutive losses in the playoffs!
After wrapping up this season, the Nets will be preparing for operations this summer. This season, the Nets' total salary reached $154 million, and their luxury tax was as high as $12.96 million, both of which ranked 9th in the league, but their results were completely inconsistent with the salary they paid. Among them, Simmons' salary is $35.45 million this season and will reach $37.89 million next season, and Joe Harlia's salary is $18.64 million this season and $19.93 million next season, which will become a problem for Tsai Chongxin to solve this summer.