Operating with the NBA’s second-largest player budget, Brooklyn Nets didn’t even win a game in the match series. Boston will next face either the Milwaukee Bucks or the Chicago Bulls.
A year ago, the Brooklyn Nets knocked out the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs with a 4-1 win. This year, the roles turned as Boston defeated Brooklyn 116-112 on the away field and won the match straight with 4-0.
The Boston Celtics are thus advancing to the second round of the NBA playoffs as the first team.
– It’s hard to say goodbye to sequels. I am proud of the players. We had difficulties this season when Kevin Durant was a couple of months injured but we survived them. Even though we lost a pair of matches 4-0, our players fought, Brooklyn head coach Steve Nash said at a news conference.
Brooklyn superstar Durantteki as many as 39 points but was no longer able to stretch the match series. Celtics powerhouse Jayson Tatum scored 29 points.
Another Nets star Kyrie Irving did not live up to expectations and was left with 20 points. Irving hasn’t played much in home games this season because he hasn’t agreed to take the coroner vaccine.
Nets ’paycheck for the season is the NBA’s second-largest after the Golden State Warriors, at $ 175 million. Golden State will invest € 179 million in its players this season. Boston Celtics payroll expenses are $ 138 million this season. It is the 11th most in the series. There are 30 teams playing in the NBA.
The team’s superstar, two NBA championships, three Olympic golds and a world championship winner, Durant net for the season just over € 42 million. Kyrie Irving, who played in the low season, gets just over 35 million Ben Simmons $ 33 million. By comparison, Celtics ’payroll is Jayson Tatum at 28 million.
– He clearly had an extra charge for this pair of matches, Celtics head coach Ime Udoka praised Tatum at a post-game press conference.
The Celtics will face the winner of the Milwaukee Bucks-Chicago Bulls in the second round of the playoffs. Millwaukee leads the game in a 3-1 series.