Build a Dream Dynasty

A day later, the Nets headed to Detroit to challenge the once dominant Pistons in the Eastern Conference.

As the two teams with the best performance in the Eastern Conference in the first five years of the 21st century, the Nets and Pistons can be said to have a lot of history. In the Eastern Conference finals of the 2003 season, the Nets humiliated the Pistons with a score of 4:0 and entered the finals for two consecutive seasons, but they were still unable to compete with the Spurs who came out of the Western Conference. Duncan let the Nets The team's inside line became a sieve, and almost abducted Kidd, the first player in the history of the Nets. In the 0304 season, after the Pistons traded for Rasheed Wallace, the New Century defeated the Nets for the first time and entered the finals, but was lucky to pick up the head sent by Kobe. Peter Pan contributed his entire career In the most undercover round of the series, I played mindlessly and inefficiently, and at the same time minimized O'Neal's lethality. The Pistons defeated the Lakers 4:1 and won the post-Jordan era. The first championship in the Eastern Conference! Then began the glory of entering the Eastern Conference finals for 6 consecutive years, while the Nets gradually declined until Jiang Mingliang took over.

After the peak, there will inevitably be a downfall. The future core Starkey, who sacrificed many veterans and carefully cultivated, finally proved that he is useless. The contribution made by the team can be counted on the fingers. The current Pistons team is completely in the same position. It seems a bit difficult to hit the playoffs, so let’s just put it to pieces. I’m sorry for spending money to buy it. The lineup can't hold back this face.

It seems that there is a gap between the eleventh-ranked Pistons in the East and the fourth-ranked Nets, and the Nets should be in a state of underdogs to win this game, but the actual game is far worse than history. Stevens imagined it was more difficult. On the one hand, it was because of a person that Stevens ignored, the Pistons rookie point guard Knight. Due to the injury of Ben Gordon, Stuckey was swung to the second position, and Knight got the chance to start. The performance of the rookie is very active, with good physical fitness and good offensive skills, he has ample opportunity to perform in a team like the Pistons. Another reason why the Nets are struggling in this game is that the referee is a bit biased, and the scale of whistle-blowing the game has a bias that exceeds the home court advantage of the Pistons.

That's the way the NBA is, and some games are frighteningly controversial. If you accept it, maybe you will be the beneficiary next time. But if you make trouble for the alliance, the alliance will naturally teach you some lessons.

That is to say, Knight, Monroe's strength could not beat the Nets even with the blessing of the whistle, otherwise, the Nets would have to swallow the bitter fruit of losing streak. At 111:104, the Nets won a victory, and the Pistons are also very satisfied with the performance of the two young men in the team, Monroe and Knight. Perhaps in the next season, they can find the direction of the team's training.

The season was shortened, and the team didn't have much time to adjust. One day later, the Nets came to the cold Milwaukee to face the Bucks. The Bucks this season are quite a bit like the Nets last season. With the lineup not being optimistic, relying on the impact of young players in the team, an outside core with outstanding scoring ability (Jennings) And an inside core (Bogut) who stabilizes the team's offense and defense in the penalty area, temporarily ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference, and even their starter Ilyasova at the power forward position is also a shooting player.

However, the players in the team have both advantages and disadvantages, especially on the wings. Those who can shoot have no body, and those who have physical skills are rough. This situation has virtually limited the Bucks' ability to fight against strong teams. The forward position is really full of talents. Facing Delfino and Mbah a Moute's insiders, George and Leonard can show their "savage" side.

At the beginning of the game, the Nets did the same thing. Facing Delfino, George seemed to see himself facing Anthony. He was full of confidence, and he was so happy that he signaled West to go to the weak side, and he wanted to play with his back. .

At the other end of the game, Stevens reminded the players countless times on the long side to be calm and strengthen defense. Compared with Anderson, Ilyasova has a tougher playing style, defensive end, and rebounding. Even better, impressed Stevens.

"Last season, we won a lot of games, partly because our opponents underestimated us psychologically. I hope you don't make this mistake. The Bucks are very well prepared today, and we have to prepare for difficulties!" At the first official timeout, the Nets led by 4 points at 16:12. Stevens taught hard on the sidelines.

The advantage of the wing is visible to the naked eye, but it only leads by 4 points, which has nothing to do with the team's carelessness on the defensive end, which makes Stevens unbearable. And another more obvious reason is that in this game, Bledsoe has some changes on both ends of the offense and defense.

Since entering the league, Bledsoe has been known for his defense and impact. As soon as he entered the league, he got the position of the main point guard of the Nets. Bledsoe also played for Stevens with the attitude of "you treat me like a gentleman, and I will repay you as a warrior". On the defensive end, he has put in a lot of energy and has become a point guard who has received a lot of recognition in this regard. On the offensive end, thanks to the space opened by the two top shooters in Anderson and Korver, after a pick and roll, he is Can use his own breakthrough to tear apart the opponent's defense line, and then decide the next attack option.

But so far this season, the situation has changed significantly. West's joining has changed the team's offensive routine, Leonard replaced Korver in the starting lineup, and the team's ability to attract defense from outside has declined. George's players are also increasing in an orderly manner. The only thing that is not going well is Bledsoe. In the case of a slight increase in shooting percentage compared to last season, Bledsoe's scoring average dropped from 8.6 points last season to This season, he averaged 7.5 points per game and the number of shots dropped sharply by 1.4. This is really not a scene that Bledsoe wants to see.

However, Stevens, who noticed this, did not point out Bledsoe's problem, but arranged for him a tactic using him as the starting point of the attack,

Coming from a college coach, Stevens knows too well how to guide the emotions of young players. When a player sacrifices for the team for a long time, but does not get response and feedback, some negativity is an inevitable phenomenon. Satisfying him at the right time can actually stimulate his enthusiasm even more.

It's like the Thunder team's first offense at the beginning of the game, and it will be handed over to Perkins to handle it if it can be chosen. Even if you know that he is basically sending the ball, you have to satisfy him. A more classic example is that the Warriors let Dreaming Green hold the ball at the top of the arc in the regular season, and Curry, Thompson, and Durant ran around him. Although it is said to reduce losses, the more important purpose must be to keep Green on the defensive end. enthusiasm.

Once in a while, let Bledsoe swing it!