Build a Dream Dynasty

On November 11th, Singles' Day and Shopping Day in China, the Nets started their three-game streak in the Western Conference. The opponent in the first game was the Pelicans led by Big Eyebrow.

After three seasons of training, Davis has grown into a first-tier star in the league. Although the performance of the Pelicans has not improved, Davis's personal data and honors have soared. Those who are "swingers" also have to admit their own strength, and the title "King Kong Group Leader" is more of an expression of helplessness. Even considering age factors and position issues, many media have regarded Brother Nongmei as the player with the highest transaction value in the league, which is also a great recognition for him.

However, the value of the transaction never represents strength. At least if you propose a single exchange for Big Eyebrow, the management of at least ten players in the league will definitely not agree.

With Davis, the top insider in the league, and helpers like Evans, Gordon, and Anderson, the performance of the Pelicans should not be so poor. There are many reasons for the poor performance of this team. The first is serious Injury problems, Gordon, Davis, and Evans all had a relatively serious injury history, and they would be absent from time to time. The team's combat effectiveness could not be fully utilized, followed by the team's defensive problems, especially outside Defense, Davis' exaggerated high-level data on the defensive end proves his own ability, and it also confirms that the Pelicans have a lot of problems on the defensive end as a whole. , The last point is also a very critical point. No one of the Pelicans played the key ball at the critical moment.

In terms of position, the inside players themselves are not suitable for shooting lore shots, because their ability to break double teams must be relatively weak, but Davis' shooting ability has been further enhanced in the past two seasons, especially shooting from outside the three-point line The ability is also fully developed. In a word, Davis will do whatever work no one does for the Pelicans.

This game against the Nets was also a typical Pelican-style game. After the opening, under the leadership of Big Eyebrow, the Pelicans played vigorously. Gordon and Evans were able to hit one after another, helping the ball Team points. However, as the Nets strengthened their strength on the defensive end, the teammates around Brother Nongmei gradually fell behind, and it became a dilemma for Brother Nongmei to single out a team.

As the No. 1 pick, he is waiting to be airborne to a bad team and start rebuilding from the ruins. Rose's future champions, but so, the early stages of their careers are not easy. The problems of their respective teams cannot be solved by themselves. Brother Nongmei is lucky, at least he has been recognized by the league and the media, earned enough honors, and then easily triggered the Rose clause. According to the salary budget for next season, he is likely to get a five-year 1.45 A huge contract of 100 million US dollars, the contract amount is even more than what Curry earned.

Porzingis' personal offense was greatly affected under the call of Big Eyebrows, but without Curry, others have little ability to use their own offensive threats to create opportunities for Porzingis to eat cakes. The Latvians are regarded today as deflated. However, JR and Leonard performed wonderfully on the outside. The two scored 32 points in the first half, helping the team return to the locker room with a 9-point advantage at 56:47.

In the second half of the game, the Pelicans failed to organize an effective counterattack. The Nets continued to make a fuss about the team's advantage in the wing position and firmly suppressed Evans and Gordon. In the end, the team won 106 points. Defeated the Pelicans 92-92, continued to remain unbeaten this season, steadily suppressed other opponents with five consecutive victories, and ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

Leonard played 35 minutes, made 9 of 16 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. JR Smith played even better on the offensive end, scoring 27 points throughout the game. The outstanding performance of these two men laid the foundation for the team to continue winning streak.

Leading the team to victory without Curry is crucial for Leonard. Although he is temporarily positioned as the "Pippen" next to Curry, Leonard, who is positioned as the second head of the team, has not even made an All-Star game so far. In the past two seasons, if it weren't for injuries, he would have Became an All-Star. This season, he has to achieve this long-cherished wish no matter what.

Leonard is working hard towards the status of an All-Star player. Fernandez, another good helper next to Curry, got into trouble in the Cavaliers. In the previous game against the Nets, Fernandez had an argument with Irving. , the two did not reach a settlement.

The team is unstable internally, and the negative impact is self-evident. There are rumors that the Cavaliers have moved the idea of ​​​​trading Fernandez. And there are already many teams that have taken a fancy to this former championship wing, including the Nets' opponents in the next game, the Los Angeles Clippers.

Jerry West made a drastic trade away from Paul at the beginning of his tenure. Of course, his goal was not Harris, but Embiid, the No. 2 pick in 2014. In order to make room for Embiid, West even let Jordan go in the summer. Embiid's position in the Clippers is also logical. And the emperor did not disappoint the team this season. He proved that he is not just Rihanna's licking dog on social media. He scored a double-double of 14+11 in an average of 26 minutes of playing time per game. His performance is gratifying. From the data point of view, there is not much difference with Jordan. However, Embiid's comprehensiveness on the offensive end and his dominance on the defensive end are indeed something that Jordan does not possess at all. It can be said that you don't look at the name, just look at the performance. So far this season, Griffin + Embiid is the best inside combination in the league.

There are many good point guards, but in this era of declining centers, with Embiid as a seed who can compete for the first man in the future, it is acceptable to drop Paul. The shooting guard position is the next focus that West wants to adjust, and Fernandez is undoubtedly a good choice. Redick, Crawford, Rivers and even Tobias Harris, who just renewed his contract in the summer, are all regarded as bargaining chips that can be used for trading.

Against the Nets at home, West came to the scene in person and hugged a group of players from the Nets in turn during the preparations before the game.

Behind the two consecutive championships of the Nets, in addition to Jiang Mingliang's draft work like spreading beans into an army, Stevens' strategizing, and the scheduling of a decisive victory, West, who has undertaken a lot of repair work behind the two young people, is very important. important. The importance of West can be seen from the fact that Jiang Mingliang's few rough deals last season deprived the team of the team's proud bench. However, the team's results last season may have been slightly better.

However, everyone has their own ambitions. West left the Nets and chose to join the Clippers. Ballmer offered a salary of 13 million US dollars, and he also had the idea of ​​making gestures with Jiang Mingliang. After all, such a powerful young man really rarely appears. In West's view, Jiang Mingliang may be more difficult than John Krause and Pat Riley.

After warming up, players from both sides played.

The Nets started with five players: Dinwiddie, Smith, Leonard, Dreaming Green, Porzingis.

The Clippers started with five players: Dragic, Redick, Harris, Griffin, Embiid.

Although after Embiid played, the media's evaluation was higher than that of Porzingis, but on his strongest jump ball, Porzingis won without a surprise, and the game officially started.

Dinwiddie held the ball and played a pick-and-roll with Porzingis. Embiid switched to defend Dinwiddie. He opened the distance and passed the ball to Porzingis in the middle. Porzingis didn't stop receiving the ball. Facing Dragic and Griffin, who came back to defend him, he directly used his height advantage to make a mid-range shot and hit a two-pointer steadily.

Compared with last season, Porzingis focused on shooting and face-to-frame offense on the offensive end, reducing post-up singles. This is not only conforming to the trend of the league, but also reducing his own pressure. Big centers gain weight blindly, and the consequences are the same as Yao Ming's, shortening their careers. And in today's league, unless you have super low dominance, it is not suitable.

Dragic's performance after coming to the Clippers is good, and at the same time, the improvement of the team is obvious, passing the ball to Embiid in the middle, Embiid beats Porzingis, attracts Green and then transfers the ball In the hands of Griffin on the side, Griffin caught the ball and took away Leonard who was filling in with a fake move, broke into the basket, and forced a dunk.

Griffin is still in front of the home fans, and the Nets have already launched an offense for the first time. Green's baseline serve was sent directly to Smith near the center line. The latter quickly advanced to the frontcourt. Under Redick's follow-up defense, he took a step forward from the free throw line and changed direction to the left. He passed the ball behind his back and gently pushed the ball back. Sent, Dinwiddie followed up with an air cut, took advantage of the trend and layup in three steps, got rid of Dragic with speed, and scored easily.

Every time you play a beautiful offense, you must pretend to be aggressive. Several Nets players with this quality in the league keep it in their minds and must use it.

Embarrassed by the Nets, Griffin turned to the right side to ask for the ball, directly singled out Green, used his skillful dribbling and flexible turn to break through Green's defense, and took the opponent head-on. The ball was scored, but it caused Green's foul.

Griffin made two free throws, Porzingis grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack again, Leonard received the ball on the left side and dribbled the ball to the center. Facing Harris, who was quickly returning to defense in the middle, Smith lowered his center of gravity and rushed past Harris flexibly, but was pulled by Harris from behind for a quick layup.

Smith had already taken off, but was forcibly pulled down by Harris. This kind of action in sports combat is very dangerous. Although Harris' follow-up protective action is in place, Smith, who is not a good-tempered man, is inevitably still angry in this situation. After getting up, he walked towards Harris angrily for the first time. Fortunately, Leonard and Dinwiddie responded in time and pulled Smith away immediately without causing any trouble.

After watching the video, the referee whistled Harris a first-degree malicious foul, and the Nets got two free throws and one throw.

Grasping the opportunity of two free throws, JR then made a 3-pointer to help the team gain a 9:3 lead and forced Rivers to call a timeout.

After returning from the timeout, the Clippers obviously began to press the rhythm of the game. Embiid received the ball from the left horn and singled Porzingis, relying on his strength to push into the penalty area and made a layup, 4:9.

The Nets attacked, Leonard and Dreaming Green played a pick-and-roll, holding the ball to the right to attract Embiid to switch defenses, and distributed the ball to the middle. Porzingis squeezed the ball away from Harris and went to the basket, but was blocked by Griffin when he took off. Harris got the basketball and passed it to Dragic. The latter wanted to push a fast break but was blocked by Ding Vidy fouled in time to stop.

In the positional battle, Dragic broke into the inside with the help of a pick-and-roll, hit a time difference, swayed Dream Chaser Green, and scored an easy layup. The Slovenian's offensive performance is really good.

The previous game was suppressed by Brother Big Eyebrows, and this time he was beaten by Embiid and Dragic in a row. Porzingis's anger value was finally full, he was holding the ball in front of the frame, breaking through the middle, and his agility was obviously slightly better He passed Embiid in one step, took three quick steps, and scored with a one-handed dunk. Harris made up defense to the basket, jumped a bit slower and missed the block, the two still had physical contact, and the referee called Harris a foul.

An additional penalty hit, the score came to 6:12.

The Nets performed well in the opening game, and several players felt good. As for the Clippers, they didn't have an advantage in the opening game. As Embiid's playing time limit forced Rivers to replace him, the situation began to develop in a direction favorable to the Nets.

In a critical moment, Crawford, the Clippers' super sixth man who usually did not perform well against the Nets in the past, stepped forward. First, he disrupted Smith's rhythm through continuous crotch dribbles on the outside, and succeeded in a three-pointer with a step back. Then he caught the ball and scored 3+1 in the fast break in the connecting section. This is not over yet. At the end of the first quarter, Ke Lawford scored twice in a row and scored 11 points off the bench to help the team narrow the point difference to 1 point in an unfavorable situation.

Crawford feels overwhelming, and the Nets still lead by one point, which shows that the situation is still in the hands of the Nets. But then, the super sixth man dedicated the most perfect 6 minutes of his career.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides are still in the rotation lineup. For the Nets, Taylor Johnson, Carter, Pierce, Covington, and Nurkic's lineup were mostly able to suppress the opponent's rotation players in the previous games. But they met Crawford, who was a little bit open today. Facing Carter's defense, Crawford scored a three-pointer to help the team overtake the score.

Pierce dribbled the ball across the half, and after trying to attack unsuccessfully, he dumped the blame to Covington. The latter missed an outside shot. Hawes grabbed the rebound and scored the ball in time. Rivers advanced to the frontcourt and then scored Crawford. Germany, the latter made a fake shot and broke into the inside, scoring 2+1.

In the next 5 minutes, Crawford's offense rushed towards the Nets like a storm. In the first six minutes of the second quarter, neither Carter, Tyler Johnson, nor even Leonard, who came on the court afterward, could not stop Crawford. He hit 9 consecutive shots before missing the first shot. Scored 24 points and led the Clippers to overtake the Nets by 17 points.

Even the NBC commentator was chanting, "unbelievable!"