Build a Dream Dynasty

Chapter 852: City Derby

Fighting continuously, Stevens' game strategy is to grab the start. Use the opening to establish a certain advantage, and then boil the frog in warm water, slowly grinding away the fighting spirit of the opponent. The players of the Nets also implemented the intention of the head coach. After the opening, Joe Johnson and George fired from the outside respectively, and the Nets led 8:2.

Without Anthony, McCollum took over the banner of the Knicks' offense. This guard who was selected by the Nets, trained, and finally traded to the Knicks is an out-and-out scorer. He doesn't have any organizational skills and his defense is average, but he can score. Unlike many "ball black hole" scorers, McCollum's scoring methods are also very comprehensive, whether it is a mid-to-long-range shot that uses rhythm changes to dodge angles, or a throw shot that cuts in after a pick-and-roll, or runs without the ball. Find open shots are quite sure. It looks like it was a good match with Curry on the offensive end before?

First, he received the ball from Rose and made a peripheral shot, and then used the pick-and-roll to break into the penalty area and scored with a throw. McCollum helped the team narrow the point difference to 1 point and also showed his ability to the old owner.

For the Nets, Teodosic had a flash of inspiration. First, he used the pick-and-roll to get past Rose, then made a mid-range shot and caused Rose to make a foul. Then he used Jordan's serve error to complete the steal and split the ball in time. After inserting Leonard, he helped Leonard complete a one-handed dunk and continued to help the Nets take advantage of the game.

Without Anthony, the Knicks are more dependent on the team's backcourt double guns on the offensive end. Rose can better take on the main offensive task and digest most of the ball possessions, but his offensive efficiency is very high. Low, consecutive serious injuries and lack of shooting ability have had a great impact on him. Although his ability to organize passing and shooting is now on the rise, problems still exist. And McCollum looks more like a suitable second master, and it is more difficult to hope that he can support the team's offense for a long time.

Facing the Nets with a battalion of injured soldiers and back-to-back battles, the Knicks relied on their physical advantages to deal with it. In the first quarter of the game, the team ended up trailing by 6 points at 21:27.

Judging from the combat effectiveness shown in the first quarter, the Knicks may not be as bad as they seem, but this team has a strange phenomenon this season. Whoever it is playing against is just a little weaker than the opponent. Against the top strong teams, they can maintain the score balance for a long time. The same is true against the weak teams, but they just can't win the game. In fact, judging from their lineup, this shouldn't be the case. Perhaps Anthony's absence has magnified the problems of some teams? Jiang Mingliang also heard a rumor that there were some problems with the Knicks' relationship with Anthony.

The second quarter started, and the two teams played from the bench. In order to clean up the team's junk contracts, the Knicks have traded all the high-quality contracts in recent years. The bench lineup is very weak. The Nets have their own bench lineup. After a period of running-in, it can be considered to have performed well, but continuous injuries have caused Joe Johnson, Robertson, and Wood to be transferred to the starting lineup respectively. Not suffering a big loss in height, the team arranged Livingston at the small forward position, and this adjustment was miraculously effective. Facing Bullock of the Knicks, Livingston successively made turnaround jumpers after post-up singles Score, let everyone surprise.

You know, in the offseason before the season, Livingston was already in a state where no one cared about him, and he couldn't find a suitable job in the trial training everywhere. Including the Nets, they were not very optimistic about this veteran. Suffered two serious injuries in his career, his athletic ability has declined seriously, and he lacks shooting ability as a perimeter player in this league that attaches great importance to peripheral shooting. Even speaking, if the Nets and the Warriors hadn't completed George's deal, sacrificing the thickness of the lineup, and there were no suitable players on the market to sign, would the Nets have given him this contract? It is unknown, the team chose to trade Teodosic in the middle of the season, and it is obvious that they are very dissatisfied with the point guard position. However, in this case, Livingston, who can only play as a substitute, finally waits. When it comes to his own opportunity, although he does not have the ability to shoot from the outside, as a backcourt player, Livingston has a very obvious height advantage. The one-handed turnaround jumper has both beauty and accuracy, which can be regarded as making up for the lack of outside shooting. On the defensive end, he switches defenses with Gerald Green. He is mainly responsible for the defense of the second and third positions. Don’t face some very strong players. honed in life. From this point of view, this veteran seems to have some value!

Fans of many teams who lack a backup point guard are wailing on the Internet that their team cannot be like the Nets. There are endless awesome people, including Cavaliers fans, Clippers fans, and Bucks fans. When discussing online , and can't help acquiescing that the Nets are the only team in the NBA today, thinking that the Nets themselves have no problems, and other teams really have no way to compete with them.

There is a saying that is more murderous. Curry's injury is really not all bad for the Nets. First of all, the team can really establish a singles system when he is injured. Secondly, many role players can also get more training opportunities. In the playoffs, they are more reliable than other teams' substitute players. Finally, while the palms are recuperating, Curry can also get a more adequate rest from the fatigue accumulated from years of fighting, which will also be helpful for the long-term journey in the future.

Livingston performed well in the game, and Stevens directly arranged for him to play the entire second quarter. With George, Leonard opened the point difference to 12 points.

This point difference is not too big. During the halftime break, Stevens has been arranging tactics, trying to let Leonard and George rest as much as possible by adjusting the playing time. However, at the beginning of the second half , Stevens found that he had done useless work. The Knicks showed a crumbling attitude in the second half, and they were beaten by the Nets 8:0, opening the point difference to 20 points.

Jiang Mingliang on the sidelines was a little surprised by the sudden change in the field. Even if "losing" is the Knicks' corporate culture, it wouldn't be such a sudden power failure, right?

The point difference was widened to 12 points, and the Knicks' desire to chase points was further reduced. Except for McCollum's piecemeal play that could stabilize the points, the team was at a loss in this competition related to the New York market. Even the Nets The team's substitute players are not very good at playing.

The final point difference was fixed at 94:111, and the Knicks lost at home. After the game, the media also broke some news about the locker room of the Knicks. Rose and Jordan had a quarrel in the locker room, which affected the already sluggish morale of the team.

And that night, woj's late-night report broke the news. The injury and unstable state made Rose more and more frustrated. Apply for sick leave and use this time to consider whether you want to continue your basketball career. Sources also said it was unclear when he would return to the team.

This news did not cause too much discussion in China. Fans looked at Rose wearing a filter, and they felt sorry for the suffering he had encountered, and they could understand it. However, in the minds of the management of the various teams in the United States, the ratings for this type of players have been lowered.

Professional players, who are under tremendous pressure 24/7, are the price to pay for making billions of dollars. The long offseason itself is for you to adjust both mentally and physically. Now, Rose is tantamount to putting the work he should have done during the offseason at the beginning of the season to continue, which is very unprofessional.

And at the end of the season, when Rose's contract is about to expire, let alone whether he is willing to continue his basketball career, I am afraid that the offer he can get in the next summer will be lower than his imagination.

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