While Kyrie Irving rejoined the infirmary after his injury, Kevin Durant had a complicated evening, completely dominated by PJ Tucker. At a press conference, Steve Nash seemed very annoyed.
Dominating for a long time in this second round of the playoffs against the Bucks, the Nets have just lost two games in a row. Defeated 96-107 this Sunday evening in a match marked by Kyrie Irving’s injury. This inevitably upset the men of Steve Nash, and maybe Kevin Durant, who had a very bad evening.
Rather clumsy, the winger was content with 28 points at 9/25 shooting, including 1/8 at three points. Dirty night for so for KD, but it’s not an accident either. A man completely turned it off in front of him: PJ Tucker, who arrived at the Bucks during the season.
And this is where we see that the veteran’s contribution is doing a lot of good. In attack, he planted 3 award-winning shots in this Game 4 for 13 points in total. In defense, he was responsible for limiting Durant shooting, 25% exactly. ESPN dropped a graphic after the meeting, and that says a lot about this feat.
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PJ Tucker ????
(h/t @NBATheJump ) pic.twitter.com/QmXLlg0BI2
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) June 13, 2021
Tucker does a wonderful job of limiting Durant as much as possible, and it works. Finally not for Steve Nash, rather bitter in a press conference in front of the defensive sequences of the player of the Bucks:
Nets Coach Steve Nash on PJ Tucker’s defense on Kevin Durant: “I thought it was borderline non-basketball physical at times.”
– Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) June 13, 2021
Nets coach Steve Nash on PJ Tucker’s defense of Kevin Durant: “I think it was bordering on non-basketball physique at times. “
Kevin Durant off, Steve Nash bitter, we can say that PJ Tucker had a bad night at the Nets this Sunday. The winger intends to continue this way, and the Bucks can believe in a big turnaround.