If the Celtics have had a great second half of the season, it is difficult to anticipate what is happening in this first round of the playoffs, once morest the Nets. The franchise won once more this Saturday night, allowing them to take the lead with a 3-0 lead. Even Kevin Durant, on the street, can’t do anything.
It’s the crisis at the Nets, and not just a little. While the franchise had the ambition to win the title, now it finds itself led on the score of 0-3 once morest the Celtics, unstoppable in this start of the playoffs. Jayson Tatum, 39 points, proves that he is the best winger in this series, and the debate is not allowed.
Kevin Durant on the street, the winger is not doing!
We didn’t think to say that, but following a failed match, Kevin Durant did it once more this Saturday, with a new disasterclass. His stats? 16 poor points, 6/11 shooting. If the percentage is correct, the fact that the star only tries 11 shots questions, especially in such an important meeting.
Field goal attempts tonight:
11 — Kevin Durant
19 — Bruce BrownExactly what the Celtics defense wants. pic.twitter.com/NyU9EePsmY
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 24, 2022
Shots attempted tonight: 11 – Kevin Durant, 19 – Bruce Brown, exactly what the Celtics defense wants.
KD last 2 games:
— 0 makes in 2nd half of G2
— 0 attempts in last 11 mins of G3 pic.twitter.com/grs0LN9rlU— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 24, 2022
KD in the last two games: 0 shots successful in the second half of Game 2. 0 shots attempted during the last 11 minutes of Game 3.
0 shots attempted? A real anomaly for KD, who can’t do it. Steve Nash, in a press conference, decided to find excuses and put it on… fatigue.
Kyrie and Kevin come to a point where they are tired. Kevin has played more than 40 minutes over the last 5/6 weeks, having missed the last 6/7.
A speech off the mark, which is no longer really a surprise for Nash, who multiplies risky speeches to find excuses. The point is, the Celtics are better, to the point that even Durant brushes off this explanation:
Nah, fatigue has no impact. I feel good on the floor, I’m not out of breath, and I’m not in pain. I don’t want to blame it on that.
The minutes of Kevin Durant, it is still up to Steve Nash to manage them, he who might have spared his star. A very questionable coaching for a few months, which might cost him dearly if the Nets take a sweep in the next game. If KD wants to wake up, and save his coach, he knows what he has to do.