Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant had a miserable performance in Game 2 against the Celtics and NBA Twitter won’t let him live it down.
The Nets fell down 0-2 in their NBA playoff series with the Celtics on Wednesday after Kevin Durant and company struggled badly in the second half of Game 2 and blew a 17-point lead.
Durant’s performance in particular drew the attention of NBA Twitter after he missed all 10 of his shots taken after the break.
Pretty much everyone had something to say about the dud of a showing.
NBA Twitter roasted Kevin Durant for Game 2 performance
Kevin Durant dropped 15 points for the Nets on 4-of-7 shooting in the first half.
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 21, 2022
KD is 0-of-10 in the second half... pic.twitter.com/UhMoAbtPjS
I, for one, am happy that the Monstars took Durant's mojo
— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) April 21, 2022
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are a combined 8-for-30 from the field, and the duo has only taken 3 shots from beyond the arc.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 21, 2022
kevin durant and the nets in the fourth quarter pic.twitter.com/e60pkQuoom
— buckets (@buckets) April 21, 2022
Kevin Durant going to be a menace on the bird tonight
— Dub (@WMsDiary) April 21, 2022
Payton Pritchard now finishing over Kevin Durant at the rim this has evolved into an NBA Twitter fever dream.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 21, 2022
Kevin Durant is just getting BULLIED and he has FOLDED. No mas. Make that The Softest Player on the Planet. So disappointing.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 21, 2022
KD: Boston MVP.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 21, 2022
Watching Durant miss from midrange like this is shaking my worldview
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) April 21, 2022
KD is 0-10 in the 2nd Half????
— nick wright (@getnickwright) April 21, 2022
Never have I ever seen KD play like this!
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) April 21, 2022
The fact KD has 21 points is remarkable. Looks totally flustered. Out of sorts.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) April 21, 2022
What the hell is going on with KD?!
— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) April 21, 2022
I’m sure he’ll adjust and I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends with 35 points tonight… but through 6+ quarters KD flatly hasn’t been ready for the physicality of this series.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) April 21, 2022
Durant wasn’t the only one who struggled. Kyrie Irving shot 31 percent from the field in the game.
However, Durant definitely gave people many more reasons to criticize his contributions. Along with his terrible second-half shooting performance, he committed 6 turnovers and had five personal fouls. While he scored 27 points, 18 came via the free-throw line because he couldn’t buy a bucket from the field.
The Celtics seemed to get under Durant’s skin at every turn, using physical defense to keep him out of rhythm. For their efforts, they came away with a 114-107 victory.
The series will head to Brooklyn with Boston holding a 2-0 advantage and Durant needing to get his team back on track after two drastically disappointing games to start the series. Game 1 was a frenetic contest that ended with a Celtics buzzer-beater. As heartbreaking as a loss like that can be, it’s certainly preferable to one like Wednesday’s.