Before the start of the playoffs, the Celtics and Nets showdown is undoubtedly the most intense, the most watched, the most suspenseful and the most dramatic showdown in the first round of this year. But after the first two games, the Nets are already on the edge of the cliff.
In the last game, more than 40 seconds, the Nets still led by 3 points; at the most of this game, the Nets led by 17 points. That said, the Nets actually have a chance to win both games, and it can even be said that they have a good chance to win. However, there are no small chances to win but they all lose, and Irving and Durant must take turns.
Irving's 18 points in the last quarter subdued many people, but Durant was particularly pulled, and the offensive and defensive ends were completely suppressed by Tatum. This time Durant played a good goal in the first quarter, the second quarter began to increase errors, the second half was even more cold to shoot 10 of 0, stunned by 20 free throws (20 of 18) to get 27 points, but there were as many as 6 mistakes... The European field is sleepwalking, scoring barely double-double...
When the Nets' two superstars were 4-of-17 and 4-of-13, it stands to reason that the game should have gone towards an early crash. But in fact, until the middle of the fourth quarter, it was always the Nets who were leading; the reason why the Nets were able to take the lead for a long time when the superstar singles did not work depended on two aspects, one was that the role players played very well. Bruce. Brown scored 23 points, Seth. Curry and Dragic each scored 16 points. For most of this game, the Nets' defensive effect was also much better than the outside world expected; they used contraction + bag clamps, set multiple blockade lines in the penalty area to better protect the penalty area, Tatum was defended to 5 of 16...
However, when the role players have performed well enough, Tatum has also been limited but still loses, in fact, it also exposes the real fate of the Nets!
After these two games, many people have seen that the Nets, who are short and thin, face the strong forwards of the Celtics, and suffer from single defense. But everything has two sides, these small defenders who are easy to be targeted at the defensive end can be completely replenished on the offensive end; if it is an excellent coach, he will definitely use reasonable tactical changes, timely on-the-spot adjustments, and the use of these small defenders to avoid weaknesses. However, Nash is far from the standard of a good coach!
In the series that lost to the Bucks last year, many people were saying that the letter pad scrapped Irving, that Durant's shoes were a size bigger; but in fact, in that series, the Nets had too much to sum up. For example, in the case of a 2-0 lead, in the last moment of G3, after Durant felt good and played three bucks in a row, why did he suddenly not receive the ball? And that game was trailed by one point, why after calling a timeout, the key attack was handed over to Bruce. Brown storms the basket to challenge the most efficient big Lo lo in the entire league last season. If the Nets had made a more reasonable arrangement to make the big score 3-0 in that game, it would have been a different script entirely. For example, in that series, Durant and Harden, who played with injuries, basically ran to play for 48 minutes, or even 53 minutes, and the whole team was basically a 6-man rotation; but even so, why did Nash waste so many suspensions, and even did not want to call a timeout, so that Durant could come down and drink for a minute?
Nash likes to die at the core, and the use of people and on-the-spot adjustments are a mess, and the problems that have been exposed in the playoffs last year have been amplified this season. Durant's playing time before the injury once reached the highest value of his career, and harden had to be injured before he left. And the entire league now recognizes the importance of big-sized forwards; but what do the Nets do? There was no renewal for Jeff in the offseason. Green, who cut Bembry and James in the mid-to-late season. Johnson are two defensive fronts. As a head coach, don't these decisions have anything to do with Nash?
If James. Johnson is not gone, the Nets rotation time will still appear 1 center + 4 guards of the god lineup? If the Nets had more forward reserves, would they still be madly targeted by the other side on the defensive end in the decisive moment? From the lead being equalized by the other side without shouting a pause, being overtaken by the other side without shouting a pause, after the score was pulled apart, or Udoka first tearfully called a timeout, so what is the use of so many suspensions? Look at the last moment of overtime playing the Raptors, rush up and call a timeout, draw an ATO tactic back to Embiid kill, you look at Nash again...
The Greenshirts and Nets are both dual-core teams, but in terms of star color, Tatum is in the same class as Durant and Irving, Jaylen. Brown was obviously one notch behind. If the game is dragged to the end and becomes the star to pull away the singles to decide the winner, this is actually the Nets' advantage; however, the premise of the superstar singles is based on teammates to attract the attention of the opponent's defense, but Udoka simply does not give Irving and Durantla a chance to open a singles to close the game. The whole team wheel war consumes Durant, crazy up and down, and the double probe takes turns to find Irving to single out. The Celtics would rather let the Nets' role players die than give the 711s a chance to close... On the other hand, it is clear that the effect of this ball contraction to protect the penalty area is not bad, but in the fourth quarter, it began to be single defense + infinite change defense; if you have to fight 1-on-1, how can the Nets' small guards withstand the impact of the Green Army's group of forwards under the basket?
The core players are playing badly, Durant and Irving have to take turns to play in this series so far, but Nash is really a talented coach; facing a tall opponent, at the same time putting Ade, Griffin DNP, the last 4 defenders are washed down by the other side is really very touching! After the loss, Nash said that winning required the efforts of the team and the team was still running in; however, when we saw Bruce. Brown, Seth. Curry and Dragic have already performed so well, what else do you want role players to do? Soon to go home to fish, still talking about running-in, the whole team has no other clear tactics except for singles in turn, which is the performance of the coach's incompetence! What is the use of such a coach to keep?
Boss Cai has spent so much money to raise two top-paid "giant babies", if he really wants to win the championship, next season he will not raise a head coach who is like a baby