Kevin Durant

The Boston Celtics have the best defense in the NBA, and they've managed to stymie Kevin Durant through the first three games of the season.

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The Brooklyn Nets lost a heartbreaker on Saturday evening at home to the Boston Celtics by a score of 109-103. The game had gotten out of hand late in the ...

Devin Booker did not play in the game because he was out due to a hamstring injury.CLICK HERE. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the former All-Star will miss the rest of the first-round against the Chicago Bulls with a knee injury .CLICK HERE. The Brooklyn Nets lost a heartbreaker on Saturday evening at home to the Boston Celtics by a score of 109-103.

According to Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash, fatigue to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is factoring into their 0-3 deficit against the Boston Celtics.

Like Durant, Irving also doesn't think fatigue or his fasting for Ramadan are the reasons for his less than stellar play. "I feel good playing. Boston's defense has played a huge role in that, mucking things up and preventing Durant from getting in any sort of rhythm. Durant really hasn't looked like himself in this series. The Nets ask Durant and Irving to essentially carry the whole team. In their first-round series against the Nets, the Celtics have outplayed and outclassed Brooklyn through three games.

Durant and teammate Kyrie Irving combined for 14 points in the fourth quarter in their last two games.

The star for Brooklyn was Bruce Brown, who led Brooklyn in scoring with 26 points. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant scored just 16 points as the Celtics won 109-103 to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series. Durant mentioned after the game he's been overthinking too much on his approach heading into each game against the Celtics. He felt he "was making solid reads" and that he should've "taken a few more shots." "I've just gotta do better," Irving said. Kyrie's fasting and Kevin's had to play 40+ minutes for 5-6 weeks after missing 6-7 weeks," Nets head coach Steve Nash said following the game. "They've both got to be tired.

Three games deep into this first-round series, it is painfully clear that the Celtics are running an advanced Auerbach-ian clinic at the Nets' expense.

The Nets only needed to win two home games to make this a series, and to apply the kind of pressure on Boston that the Celtics’ defenders had applied in TD Garden. The Nets weren’t tough enough to do it. After believing he’d been too aggressive in the losses in Boston, Durant decided to play off his teammates, to let the action come to him. On the subject of legacy, this much is clear: The rings are the thing. The Nets aren’t just blowing a shot at a championship in the opening playoff round. They aren’t just in danger of going none-and-done after talking up the possibilities of winning it all. Griffin was exhumed by the overmatched Nash in the fourth quarter, and tried his damnedest to bring his team back to life.

According to Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash, fatigue to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is factoring into their 0-3 deficit against the Boston Celtics.

Like Durant, Irving also doesn't think fatigue or his fasting for Ramadan are the reasons for his less than stellar play. "I feel good playing. Boston's defense has played a huge role in that, mucking things up and preventing Durant from getting in any sort of rhythm. Durant really hasn't looked like himself in this series. The Nets ask Durant and Irving to essentially carry the whole team. In their first-round series against the Nets, the Celtics have outplayed and outclassed Brooklyn through three games.

NBA - Désormais au pied du mur, l'ailier des Nets a encore été décevant dans le Game 3, avec 16 points. Il est méconnaissable dans cette série contre les ...

0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 OKC 0.7 OKC 0.9 0.9 Étouffé par la défense de Boston, Kevin Durant n’a jamais trouvé le bon rythme dans la série. Maladroit, il perd aussi beaucoup de possessions puisqu’il affiche 5.7 ballons perdus par match.

Alors que les Brooklyn Nets ont perdu pour la troisième fois de suite contre les Boston Celtics, Kevin Durant ne se cache pas.

Il paraît pourtant un peu fatigué et moins en mesure de faire la différence. De son côté, Kyrie Irving se nomme lui aussi responsable de la défaite. Au moins, ils assument pour l’instant le fiasco… « Je réfléchis trop honnêtement. Depuis le début de la série. Je pense que j’ai essayé d’être trop agressif lors des deux premiers matches. L’ailier All-Star est étouffé et il est conscient de sa part de responsabilités.

It's been a tough start to the playoffs for Kevin Durant and the Nets, who trail 0–2 to the Celtics after dropping two close games.

“Every time he shoots the ball it’s two guys contesting his shot, one from the rear view, a guy in front, you’ve got guys on the side of him contesting his shot. “[Durant] just looked like he couldn’t find a rhythm,” Green said. A former teammate of Durant’s has noticed something interesting about how Brooklyn has been using their star forward.

Durant is having so much trouble opposite Jayson Tatum and the Boston defense, it almost looked like the team was actively avoiding his involvement, especially ...

Celtics legend Paul Pierce dropped a spicy take while comparing Jayson Tatum and Kevin Durant after Tatum's huge performance helped power Boston to a Game 3 ...

This is only the first round of the playoffs, so we may want to hold off on crowning Tatum just yet. Is Tatum really at or above Durant's level already? Durant has two NBA titles and two NBA Finals MVPs to his name, and if Tatum wants to be a truly generational talent, he may have to follow in Durant's footsteps.

Building tradition requires investment, and sweat equity, and attendance. So far, Irving has been truant when his presence has been called upon, ...

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Kevin Durant connaît une longue mauvaise passe sur sa série de Playoffs contre les Celtics. C'est très inhabituel et inattendu. Que se passe-t-il KD ?

« Je pense que je réfléchis trop sur le terrain dans cette série, pour être honnête. Je ne crois pas que ce soit une question de fatigue, je me sens bien. De plus, on a vu des ajustements construits autour de lui comme lui laisser beaucoup d’espaces avec un placement très haut des quatre autres joueurs pour le laisser exprimer son talent. Par le manque de constance du groupe des Nets, ravagé par les blessures, par le Covid, par un blockbuster trade récent, par des choix de vie contraignants pour jouer en NBA pendant la régulière, par le deuxième tour des présidentielles. Le cinq majeur actuel des Nets a au final eu, ensemble, peu de temps de jeu sur la saison, avec un Ben Simmons qui n’a toujours pas rejoué depuis presque un an et qui reviendra pour, peut-être, un seul match dans quelques jours. Le franchise player des C’s domine de la tête et des épaules sa bataille à distance dans l’aile et rend carrément Kevin Durant anecdotique dans la série, un exploit taille XXL. Sur la série, Durant tourne ainsi à 22 points à 36% au shoot, 5,3 rebonds et 5,3 passes de moyenne, le tout en diminuant de plus en plus ses rendements. Alors qu’on s’attendait à une série choc entre les Celtics et les Nets, Boston maîtrise pour l’instant son sujet sur le bout des ongles.

Jayson Tatum's ascension to NBA superstardom has been on the cards for a while and the 2022 playoffs are leaving no doubt, that the 24-year-old has arrived as ...

But taking Durant's mantle among the top 1-2 small forwards in the league will still take plenty more work from Tatum. He only attempted one field goal in the final quarter (playing all 12 minutes) and tonight was his lowest-scoring playoff game since Game 2 of the 2017 Western Conference Finals. With a potential sweep on the horizon, Tatum and the Celtics look like one of the best teams in the postseason so far.

Building tradition requires investment, and sweat equity, and attendance. So far, Irving has been truant when his presence has been called upon, ...

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Last year, Kevin Durant was a hero in the postseason. After a string of amazing performances, he nearly took the Nets to the Eastern Conference Finals with ...

In a 3 game hole, Durant faces overwhelming odds against his bid to win the series. “I try to figure out how to be the best version of myself and also not getting in my teammates’ way. You had a 7-point lead in the 4th quarter with the best player on the planet and you get outscored 29-12?” “Is that Russell Westbrook? Kevin Durant is turning into Russell Westbrook right before our eyes.

NBA - Brillant tant offensivement que défensivement, Jayson Tatum est bien meilleur que Kevin Durant sur ce premier tour entre les Celtics et les Nets.

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 Est-il en train de dépasser Kevin Durant dans la hiérarchie de la ligue, comme le dit Paul Pierce ? Impossible à dire, mais ce qui est certain, c’est que Boston a dépassé Brooklyn dans la hiérarchie de cette saison. Et en plus, il est hyperactif en défense, comme pour empêcher Kevin Durant de pouvoir même récupérer le ballon. « Je pense que les défaites de la fin de la saison et celles du début de la saison, lorsque nous avions de grosses avances et que nous les gâchions comme ça, c’était difficile à gérer à ce moment-là. Mais j’ai toujours dit que cela allait nous rendre plus forts. J’essaie juste d’aller sur le terrain et de jouer aussi dur que possible, de donner tout ce que j’ai des deux côtés, et de faire tout ce que je peux pour m’assurer que nous gagnons chaque soir. Et c’est ce que fait tout le monde dans notre équipe, en faisant des sacrifices, en se battant, en étant sur la même longueur d’onde. Donc je ne me concentre pas sur les matchs individuels. « Je suis certain que c’est ce que Twitter et la télévision vont dire, mais moi et tous les gars dans le vestiaire, nous nous concentrons juste sur un match à la fois pour gagner.

Même Kevin Durant, encore à la rue, ne peut rien faire pour stopper les Celtics. Les Nets sont au bord de l'élimination désormais...

Les minutes de Kevin Durant, c’est encore à Steve Nash de les gérer, lui qui aurait pu ménager sa star. Je me sens bien sur le parquet, je ne suis pas essoufflé, et je n’ai pas mal. Le fait est que les Celtics sont meilleurs, au point que même Durant balaie cette explication : Même Kevin Durant, à la rue, ne peut rien faire. On ne pensait pas dire ça, mais après un match raté, Kevin Durant a remis ça ce samedi, avec une nouvelle disasterclass. Jayson Tatum, 39 points, prouve qu’il est le meilleur ailier de cette série, et le débat n’est pas permis.

NBA Twitter went in on Brooklyn Nets stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving following their performances in the playoffs against the Boston Celtics.

With Durant and Irving on the brink of an embarrassing early playoff exit, NBA Twitter roasted the two superstars, mostly on their decision to team up despite being in good situations beforehand: Durant posted a 4-of-17 shooting performance in the Game 2 loss only to follow it up with 16 points in the Game 3 loss at home. Then Durant went down with an injury in mid-January and didn’t return until March. The Nets went on a lengthy losing streak that saw them fall from the standings, which led to James Harden being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Nets coach Steve Nash suggested fatigue was a factor for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving on Saturday night, but Brooklyn's stars viewed things differently ...

"I feel good playing. I feel for those guys." "... When I show up to the arena, there are no excuses that I have for me being ready and prepared. I do everything I can to make sure that I'm spiritually grounded and I'm respecting my faith, but also knowing that when I step into this building, I don't want any excuses on my name." So, I feel for them. "I go play tennis and I haven't eaten, I feel like I'm gonna fall over, so I can imagine how he feels in an NBA playoff game.