“We want to make him work defensively and offensively have bodies on him the whole time and try to wear him down.” This is part of playoff basketball.”Ĭoach Ime Udoka said the approach to Durant has been to get into his air space as much as possible. “We don’t really have time to be disappointed, to hold our heads. “They took the lead and they never looked back in that fourth quarter,” Irving said. Bruce Brown finished with 23 points and Seth Curry added 16. “It’s on me to figure it out.”ĭurant and Irving were limited to a combined 1 for 17 in the second half. “They’re doing a good job trying to cut off my scoring, limit my shot making,” Durant said. The series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3 on Saturday night. Irving had just 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting a day after being fined $50,000 for directing obscene gestures and profane language at Celtics fans during Game 1. Proud of the guys and how we kept responding all game.”ĭurant finished with 27 points but struggled from the field for the second straight game, shooting 4 of 17.
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