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Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Game 3 is probably a legacy defining game for KD.
He can't serve up another poor performance with a loss.
Jaivl wrote:Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Game 3 is probably a legacy defining game for KD.
He can't serve up another poor performance with a loss.
It's not.
Here we know better than to judge a career for a single series, I think.
And mainstream media and more casual fans are not going to change their opinions a bit lol, Durant is their darling.
Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Jaivl wrote:Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Game 3 is probably a legacy defining game for KD.
He can't serve up another poor performance with a loss.
It's not.
Here we know better than to judge a career for a single series, I think.
And mainstream media and more casual fans are not going to change their opinions a bit lol, Durant is their darling.
If he continues to play this badly and they lose in 5 or get swept, it'll be a giant black on his career.
His entire career won't be judged by this series, but you know it'd be a giant stain on his legacy if he continues his poor play.
feyki wrote:GSP wrote:feyki wrote:
When KD and Kyrie that's bad it was still really close. Doesn't it bother you for the future of the series
No b/c Jays were bad offensively most of the game too until Jaylens 4th quarter explosion. We have a far better coaching staff, make adjustments, chemistry, and heart. There's a reason 7/8 seed will never win **** you need to build continuity if you have injury issues can't just scrap up a rotation in the last 15 games and think you're gonna beat a well oiled TEAM like us.
If anything this should be extremely worrying for Brooklyn b/c their role players played extremely well and they still choked and lost. Role players RARELY play as well as they did in a road game like that. They're not getting a road performance from their role players like that again where Goran, Seth and Brown couldn't miss a shot and we already know Kd can't dribble the ball against us or get to his spots and Kyrie was great game 1 but he isn't shooting like that again
Game consistency possesion by possesion is really important as we've seen the first two games long. Nets losing their rythm too easily even in the 4Q's. In the game 1, maybe they lost totally of lacking concentration they were leading by 5 till the 2 min left.
No doubt both Kyrie and Durant choked(or struggled too much) in the 4Q. But I disagree with saying Brown,Dragic or Seth playing better than usual. They're NBA starter level of players and you're defending KD and Kyrie with almost three players, of course they do much better usual. Nets rotation are better than Celt's, maybe leave off bigs. Horford is being key factor in the series, on the both ends.
You're and many Celt fans taking too much care on 2/7 match stuff. Almost an entire decade long, Mavs-Spurs killed each other in the wild west from 2/7 match. This is the playoffs.
JordansBulls wrote:This reminds me of the Bulls/Heat in 2006 and 2007. One team dominated the first year and the next year the other team dominated.
JordansBulls wrote:This reminds me of the Bulls/Heat in 2006 and 2007. One team dominated the first year and the next year the other team dominated.
Heej wrote:migya wrote:Heej wrote:Lol honestly man KD has probably had the best aggregate supporting cast in NBA history throughout his career. LeBron would've killed with those teams
So Westbrook plays offball all those years? He wins some championships but not a heap.
Imagine still thinking in 2022 that LeBron couldn't play off-ball during his career
jalengreen wrote:this has gotta be the most disappointing series from a player of kd's caliber since lebron 2011, right?
like man this is insane. he's been awful. lost on defense, horrendous passing and careless with the ball, ridiculously passive scorer..
jalengreen wrote:this has gotta be the most disappointing series from a player of kd's caliber since lebron 2011, right?
like man this is insane. he's been awful. lost on defense, horrendous passing and careless with the ball, ridiculously passive scorer..
jalengreen wrote:this has gotta be the most disappointing series from a player of kd's caliber since lebron 2011, right?
like man this is insane. he's been awful. lost on defense, horrendous passing and careless with the ball, ridiculously passive scorer..
HeartBreakKid wrote:jalengreen wrote:this has gotta be the most disappointing series from a player of kd's caliber since lebron 2011, right?
like man this is insane. he's been awful. lost on defense, horrendous passing and careless with the ball, ridiculously passive scorer..
He's playing way worse than that, and sadly he won't be criticized half as bad.
He'll get crapped on, but Lebron in 2011 is like brought up in every discussion with him to this day - it's as common to bring it up now as it was in 2013.
The reason why it's sad is the same reason why everyone remembers, because James was in the finals. Durant is doing this in the first round.
Objectively speaking, crapping the bed in the first round is way worse than the finals, but people love romanticism. You're better off not making the playoffs than getting crapped on in the finals in the eyes of many fans.
MartinToVaught wrote:jalengreen wrote:this has gotta be the most disappointing series from a player of kd's caliber since lebron 2011, right?
like man this is insane. he's been awful. lost on defense, horrendous passing and careless with the ball, ridiculously passive scorer..
It's way worse than 2011. At least that was in the Finals, not the first round. The Heat also didn't get swept.
This is probably the worst chokejob we've seen from a star player since some of Wilt's epic meltdowns back in the day.
