The biggest joke of the 21st century! Durant is the first team to come home in the 2024 NBA playoffs with his Phoenix Suns. 休赛期总冠军以这种耻辱和被横扫的方式结束了这个赛季，球迷不禁调侃：为何主角总是你啊，KD！詹姆斯至少还赢了一场，但是杜兰特......
I thought that in the face of the Timberwolves, the Suns could easily advance, after all, the Suns had the upper hand in the regular season between the two teams, and it was by virtue of the victory over the Timberwolves in the final game of the regular season that the Suns came to sixth in the West, while the Timberwolves fell to third in the West.
猜到了故事的开头，却没有猜到结尾，可能有人会想到太阳会出局，但想必没有任何一位球迷或者媒体会觉得，太阳会被森林狼横扫出局。 Durant's journey after leaving the Warriors doesn't seem to be going well. 2021 is so close to the championship, but the final ending everyone knows, the foot of the letter is how many KD fans are uneasy. In 2022, Durant and Irving, who did not have Harden, were swept out by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, which also made Durant completely disheartened with this team.
In the 2023 season, Durant applied for a trade to the Suns and lost to the Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals, but it can be seen that Durant is still full of confidence in the Suns' championship prospects. So last offseason, a three-way deal between the Wizards, Warriors and Suns was reached. Beal, along with Durant and Bu, formed a new offensive triumvirate and became the biggest favorite to win the championship.
The final result is that in the face of the young Timberwolves, the 35-year-old Durant seems to be more than capable of strength. He has repeatedly become the object of Edwards' singles and the backdrop of the best five. Durant has been swept in the first round of the playoffs twice, a relatively embarrassing record compared to Curry and James. Durant, who was interviewed after the game, was also full of frustration: "I'm not going to talk about it because it's like making excuses for losing, and I can only try to play a little better next year." ”
The Suns are also in internal and external troubles right now, with stars already having a crisis of confidence in coach Vogel, and Beal's disastrous performance this season has also plagued management, with the focus on Beal still holding a trade veto. The future of this sun is hard to describe!