Everybody in both NetsWorld and indeed the NBA expected Kevin Durant to have a bounce-back performance in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night at TD Garden. Instead, the elite-level Celtic defense shoved Durant out of TD Garden and back to Brooklyn with the worst consecutive performances of his NBA career.
The Celtics’ game plan against the Nets has superstar has been one filled with harassment and a surplus of bruising. A stone wall game plan that keeps him trapped by packing the floor with physicality that has Durant feeling every bump from the outmatched size and length Boston possesses … even when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands!