The sky was falling. The Nets were in trouble.
While Brooklyn’s rivals in the conference — Milwaukee and Philadelphia — breezing through the first three games of their respective series, the Nets lost a tough one to the shorthanded Boston Celtics in Game 3, 125-119, as Celtics’ star Jayson Tatum dropped a career-high 50 points in the grill of Brooklyn’s superteam.
In need of a statement victory, the Brooklyn Nets provided, taking down Boston 141-126 thanks in large part to an incredible offensive showing from the Big 3 of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden
However, the secret sauce to Brooklyn’s Game 4 victory was its adjusted coverage to Jayson Tatum.