{"id":274991,"date":"2021-06-15T08:44:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T05:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-can-carry-nets-into-next-round-jeff-van-gundy\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T08:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T05:44:25","slug":"kevin-durant-can-carry-nets-into-next-round-jeff-van-gundy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-can-carry-nets-into-next-round-jeff-van-gundy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant can carry Nets into next round: Jeff Van Gundy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kevin Durant can carry Nets into next round: Jeff Van Gundy<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Nets won\u2019t have Kyrie Irving or James Harden for Tuesday\u2019s tipping point Game<\/a> 5 at Barclays Center. They may not get either player back during the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean the Nets can\u2019t advance, says longtime NBA coach and ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d be making a mistake if you don\u2019t think a Kevin Durant-led team with those complimentary players can\u2019t win \u2014 they can,\u201d the former Knicks coach told The Post in a phone interview Monday.<\/p>\n

A few things will have to change for the Nets to win two of the final three games of the series<\/a>, though. The Nets can\u2019t turn the ball over like they did in Game 4, when they committed 17 turnovers. Their role players can\u2019t struggle like they did in the two losses in Milwaukee, when only Kevin Durant (and Irving) reached double figures. That means Joe Harris finding his stroke after shooting 4-for-19 in those contests. It means Blake Griffin adjusting to being more of a focal point of the offense and getting more aggressive. He\u2019s taken just 17 shots in the past three games. An unexpected source of offense may need to emerge.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re going to need somebody who gets an opportunity to step forward and help bear some of the burden of offensive production,\u201d Van Gundy said. \u201cLet\u2019s say you think Durant can get you 40, which he can in any game. You still have to get 65 more, 60 more to win most likely. The other complementary players are going to have to play well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Gundy knows what Steve Nash and the Nets are going through. Back in 1997 as the Knicks\u2019 coach, he was suddenly without several core players at the end of the Eastern Conference semifinals following a Game 5 brawl with the Heat. The Knicks would lose the last two games of the series and blow a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go in with the thought process you have more than enough to win with, then it sets the right tone,\u201d he said. \u201cThe hardest part is you get that early emotional jolt, which Milwaukee got in Game 3 and I would suspect the Nets would have for Game 5. But it\u2019s such a long game. You have to be able to sustain. Going to that game [in 1997], we just couldn\u2019t sustain over the last six minutes. And I suspect if it\u2019s close that will be the overriding theme<\/a> for the Nets. If it\u2019s close down the stretch, will they have enough?\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s now a question. Before the injuries, the Nets didn\u2019t have to worry about their opponent if they were at their best. That\u2019s no longer the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you need to play well,\u201d Van Gundy said, \u201cand maybe hope somebody from Milwaukee doesn\u2019t play as well or doesn\u2019t shoot as well.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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