Build a Dream Dynasty

In the past few seasons, the overall situation in the Eastern Conference has presented a situation where the Nets and "James' team" are competing for hegemony. Although some challengers will be hyped from time to time, the facts have proved that those who can really hit the opponent Only each other.

But this season, this situation has really improved, and the teams that can impact the two teams have really grown up. First up is the Cleveland Cavaliers, who ended the Nets' 28-game winning streak. The milk of the league's 3 No. 1 picks in four years allowed the Cavaliers to truly recover their strength. Although their draft performance was not good, there is always some reason why the lottery pick is the lottery pick and the No. 1 pick. The Timberwolves can select Towns. Compared with the Timberwolves, the Cavaliers are still smarter. The Bucks traded Harris for Paul with the No. 2 pick of the year. Paul's arrival activated Middleton. Coupled with Antetokounmpo's influence on the defensive end, the Bucks have also grown into a competitive team in the East. strong team.

The Nets' invincible performance this season has made other teams a little desperate, but at least they can try to wrestle with "James' team", can't they? The same is true of the reality. When the time came to late January, the 76ers faced the Cavaliers and Bucks consecutively. Wiggins and Antetokounmpo attacked James respectively. Although they were at a disadvantage in the competition with the league's first man, their teams defeated the 76ers respectively. No matter who the two teams can win the chance to play against the 76ers in the playoffs, they will have a chance to fight them.

The Nets continued to sweep the water. The Warriors, Pacers, and Pistons sent heads to the Nets respectively. The team improved to 47 wins and 4 losses. At present, more and more people believe that the Nets can break the Bulls. The record is 72-10.

The two-game losing streak of the 76ers challenged the 12-game winning streak of the Nets. Almost all fans are more optimistic about the Nets. In addition to the Nets being more in the limelight, JR Smith returned from injury in this game. There is no doubt that this also added a firepower to the Nets' outside offense.

Although JR Smith has come back, but Royce O'Neal performed well in the previous few games, Stevens still arranged for him to start this game. For Stevens' decision, JR Smith was a little dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do. Not to mention that everyone in the Nets has to accept the arrangement of head coach Stevens, even JR Smith's status in the team is powerless to compete with Stevens.

Although he is a thorn in the head, JR Smith is not stupid. He made up for the reputation he lost in the Knicks through his outstanding performance in the Nets, and caught up with the salary cap soaring. Contract, no matter what, he will not be a demon at this time.

Stevens arranged for O'Neal to start, not only because of the opponent's outstanding performance in the past few games, but also because of tactical scheduling considerations. O'Neal is a growing 3D player. He is flexible enough on the defensive end. While not fighting for the right to shoot on the offensive end, he is also unambiguous when he has the opportunity. Although his shortcomings are also prominent, he can use it to deal with Harden. At best, he can limit it. Even better, playing badly is at least a cannon fodder. Think of him as the "Beverly" of the Nets.

After the opening, O'Neal followed Stevens' arrangement and stuck hard to Harden.

Royce O'Neal's single defense, Harden must find a chance to hurt the Nets, superstar singles is the key to the 76ers' ability to become the main opponent of the Nets for a long time.

Beverly dribbled the ball halfway, handed the ball to Harden, ran to the left corner, James was 70 degrees on the right, Mirotic came up from the right corner to pick and roll with Harden, Harden led After two steps, he turned 50 degrees on the left to face the frame. Mirotic made an air cut to the low post on the left and asked for the ball with his back. Harden lobbed the ball in over O'Neal's head. After Mirotic received the ball, he made a beautiful back turn and found space for the shot. The Spanish big man shot softly and hollowed into the net.

The Nets attacked, Dreaming Green held the ball at the top of the arc, and Curry contained the most defensive resources of the 76ers in the layers of strangulation, which gave Leonard a chance to score easily, and the latter made a steady mid-range shot. .

The 76ers attacked with exactly the same tactics as before. Harden first attracted the defense and dribbled the ball to the side, then hit the ground and passed the ball to James. James received the ball close to the Nets, leaning on Leonard to force a layup to the basket.

Leonard is indeed the best player to limit James, but that's it, it is completely impossible to completely prevent him. To put it bluntly, the experience of Yao Ming, Artest, and Battier, who were once proud of Huaxia fans, defending James to 0 assists in the game is completely impossible for James today.

The Nets attacked, and the 76ers' defense was completely pulled away by Curry. Curry used Green's hand-to-hand pass to catch the jumper and hit a three-pointer.

Harden dribbled the ball across half court and passed the ball to Rasheed on the right. The latter took a step and lobbed it to James who moved to the low post on the right to ask for the ball. James swayed his right shoulder with his back, turned quickly to the baseline and smeared into the basket, carrying Nurkic's defense and dunking the basketball with both hands!

Curry held the ball in the frontcourt, Mirotic let go of Green and stepped forward to double-team Curry, Curry passed the ball to Green who was open, Asik did not defend under the basket, put two steps away, sideways Bending up for a rebound.

Green took aim and shot, the ball popped out, and the rebound was easily grabbed by Asik.

At the beginning of the season, Green's outside shooting attitude can reach a qualified level of 35%, which also reduces his black hole effect on the offensive end. But as the season continued, Green's outside shooting percentage began to decline again, and as of today, the season's outside shooting percentage is back to 32%. So, Curry and others still have to continue to move forward with heavy burdens.

The 76ers attacked in a positional battle. Harden and Mirotic played a pick-and-roll in the middle. This time Harden suddenly lowered his center of gravity to break through with the ball, got rid of O'Neal's defense, and rushed to the basket on the left.

Chasing Dream Green switched to defending Harden, he got stuck on the breakthrough route, Harden lightly threw the ball high into the middle, Asik lightly reached the basketball with his ape arm, but was cut off by Curry vigilantly, and made a quick counterattack. Curry assisted an unguarded O'Neal for a dunk after attracting a double-team.

Asik is not a particularly ideal interior partner for Harden and James. His advantage is that he performed well on the defensive end. While he can stabilize the penalty area, he can also expand slightly to support the defense. But he can't support Harden and James on the offensive end. He has no shooting ability, and he doesn't even have mid-range. At the same time, his speed is slow. After the pick-and-roll, he can only pass the ball along the ground, can't take the alley-oop, and he is easy to drop the ball with a buttery hand.

Asik is worthy of his salary, or almost all the players in the 76ers are worthy of their salary. There are basically no high salaries and low abilities, but the Nets are terrible because there are too many low salaries and high abilities in the team. Vince has too many resources in his hands. Moreover, he is also a qualified commander, very good at allocating and scheduling resources, which is quite scary.

This mistake made Harden a little impatient, and his handling of the next ball on the offensive end was a little emotional. It was a three-pointer against O'Neal, which was too simple and missed. Green stuck his position and protected Curry to get the rebound. The Nets once again played a quick conversion attack. After three passes and two leads, Curry scored an easy layup.

Seeing that Harden was a little bit up, James hurried back to the backcourt to catch the ball, held the ball for half court, and played a pick-and-roll cooperation with Asik. James broke through and scored. Interference with the ball into the ball. In this game, Schneider pinned his hopes on Harden to drive the team at the beginning, but James' performance was more eye-catching, supporting the 76ers' offense.

The Nets, Curry and Green attracted double teams to dribble the ball to the left after the pick-and-roll. Green did not stay on the outside this time, but resolutely went inside. The gap was exposed, and Green easily assisted Nurkic to score under the basket.

Although his shooting ability is average, Green's passing ability is unique in the paint!

Chaimeng doesn't seem to have the ability to take the initiative to attack on the offensive end, but if you look at the data, you will find that his offensive plus-minus value is 2.93, ranking among the top three at the power forward position. The cliché of flanking Curry, dismantling the screener in advance, and chasing dreams as a setter for assists is enough to prove that he is an "advantage amplifier" on the offensive end. How to describe it? If Curry is a martial arts master who is proficient in lion roar, then Dream Chaser is a trumpet. Think about its power.

And Dream Chasing Green, who is not liked by the fans, holds the ball at the top of the arc, and there is also a reasonable place for his own existence, that is, to reduce the loss of Curry and Leonard on the offensive end, at least in the regular season, one more person who handles the ball, The pressure on Curry and Leonard is reduced.

James broke through again to score the ball. This time Beverly's shot failed to hit. The Nets once again played a quick offensive and defensive transition, and James hurriedly fouled early.

He is the offense, the defense is him, and the foul is also him. James clapped his hands anxiously to his teammates, signaling them to cheer up, the game is very important.

Finally, the 76ers entangled the Nets players in the sideline ball tactics, but the Nets used an exquisite cooperation to break down the enthusiasm that the 76ers had finally squeezed out. Nurkic sent the sideline ball to the bottom line to catch the ball Green, Green made a gesture to complete hand-to-hand cooperation with Curry, but at the moment the cooperation was about to be completed, he turned clockwise and shook everyone. After going around the basket, he easily scored a layup and made the on-site commentator shout: "unbelievable!"

No matter how many unreasonable three-pointers Curry can score today, the best goal today should be this fairy goal scored by Green.

It's at least rare for iron trees to bloom, isn't it?