On April 26, Beijing time, the Nets lost to the Celtics today with a 4-point disadvantage, and the series was swept 0-4 by the opponent, and Durant was swept for the first time in his career, setting a record of shame. After four games in the series, Durant's performance is difficult to compliment, averaging 26.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, which still looks like the data of the Grim Reaper level, but the efficiency is actually very low, shooting only 38.6%, three-point shooting rate of 33.3%, and worse, his average turnover per game is as high as 5.25 turnovers.
What is this concept? Let's take a look at Durant's stats in the team's rankings, scoring first, rebounding second on the team, assists first on the team, explaining what, in this team, Durant is still the absolute king. However, on closer inspection, Durant's shooting percentage of 38.6% is the second-to-last, and the average number of turnovers per game is the second-to-last of the whole team, in fact, the performance is not as good as Mitchell, Jaylen Brown and other stars. Griffin played 2 games in the series, 0-of-3, directly pulling his shooting percentage down to 29.0%.
Otherwise, Durant will sit on the team's first place in this field. The performance in the Nets in the past two years also directly shows a truth, Durant is just a scoring machine, the ability to lead the team is really not good, he is not suitable for the boss of the team. In The City of Russia, the Thunder, who had three few, barely made it to the Finals under Durant, and when the Nets were missing Irving last season, he couldn't even reach the Eastern Conference Finals, and this season, without Harden, he couldn't even reach the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Durant's performance also verifies a lot of facts, first, the Combination of Harden + Durant is obviously much stronger than the combination of Irving + Durant; second, if it were not for joining the 73-win Warriors, Durant really would not have won the championship. As we all know, Dream Chaser - Green and Durant are related, and time has gradually proved the truth of Dream Chasing: Before you came, we were the championship. After the Nets were swept away, Chasing Dream was also outspoken and mocked, and his remarks after the game were directly told to Durant.
Chao Meng wrote on social media: "Do you think I am laughing at the Sweep of the Nets, I am more blatant than this." Although this sentence is only a short 21 words, it kills people and makes Durant feel self-conscious. Looking at this year's Warriors, who have seen the dawn of the championship, while Durant stopped in the first round, that's the difference. Time also shows that the Warriors can be less Durant, but definitely not less Green, I believe that Durant will be very unhappy after seeing this sentence, but this is the reality, Duran especially took two championships on the drift, don't always think of yourself as James.
If Durant had pressured management to send Irving away to keep Harden, the outcome might have been different. Dream chasing is straight-talking, and sometimes some of the actions made on the field are indeed beyond the scope of basketball, but the Warriors need such an old-school, tough player very much, his role is very obvious, and what he says often has a certain truth. Durant was upset, but could only endure in silence, who said that he was just a passer-by of the Warriors, and now he was swept away.