Build a Dream Dynasty

The Clippers face the Nets, and there is another point that is very restrictive for the Nets. With Embiid, the Nets dare not rush to a small lineup to fight for their lives. Don't look at some fans who will complain that Porzingis is usually a "wave god" and becomes a "spinach" when he encounters Embiid. However, in the first round of the Christmas game between the two teams, Porzingis still gave Embiid both offensive and defensive ends. Duc caused some trouble. Without Porzingis, Embiid would force the small man inside, and the lethality would be unimaginable.

The biggest advantage of the Clippers is Embiid, and the disadvantage is the bench lineup. Against the Nets, the Clippers must compress the rotation lineup and make full use of the most capable lineup in the team to compete with the Nets, and the pressure on personnel scheduling is even greater. After the timeout, the Clippers replaced Fernandez with Nick Young, who was absent due to injury in the last matchup. This move was also to put Fernandez on top of the rotation and give Durant as much playing time as possible.

The singles king joined the Clippers this season, and his performance with the Lakers has declined compared to last season. His style of play is much more selfless than when he was young. He has found his passing key and can play off the ball, but in the final analysis he is better at attacking with the ball. In the Clippers, he didn't have much possession of the ball, couldn't develop his touch, and his offensive performance declined. And on the defensive end, he is only at the middle and lower levels. Rivers chose to line him up because the Clippers' other substitute players are weaker.

On the Nets side, there is no rush to adjust the lineup on the field. With Teodosic absent, the Nets lacked a bench lineup, requiring Joe Johnson to stabilize the situation on the bench.

Nick Young replaced Fernandez, and the Clippers' relatively complete defensive system immediately had problems. Compared with Fernandez who does not suffer in terms of height, strength, and movement, Nick Young has obvious disadvantages in height and strength when facing a third position like George who swings to a second position. The Nets take advantage of this and consciously allow George to attack , At the same time, let the distance between Curry and George be widened to ensure that Curry can involve the Clippers' defensive energy to the greatest extent, especially Dream Chasing Green, who has an excellent defensive ability.

George scored three consecutive offenses to help the Nets overtake the score.

This is already a direct dialogue between the strongest teams in the league. However, the situation that has formed is that the Nets have more superstars and the Nets have more people on the bench. It is conceivable that once the Nets are in Full blood state, how disruptive the balance.

The Clippers continued to rely on Embiid and Durant's singles to chase points. The tactics designed by Rivers reduced the loss of Durant and Embiid. Score, but in this level of confrontation, a team with only two and a half firepower points is very dangerous, let alone the Nets have three top wing defenders on the field, Leonard, George, Robertson can take turns Playing against Durant alone, the burden on Durant's shoulders is very heavy.

In the tenth minute of the first quarter, Durant's running has declined. He not only has to take on the heaviest offensive task on the offensive end, but also has to match up with Leonard on the defensive end. When Curry holds the ball In order to consume Durant as much as possible, the Nets did not hesitate to speed up the rhythm of the game's offensive and defensive transitions. Under the pressure of multiple parties, Durant even slowed down his offense. pace.

Seeing this, Rivers made adjustments immediately. Gortat replaced Embiid, Fernandez replaced Durant, Barbosa replaced Dragic, and used a substitute lineup to face the Nets. In this way, the team The offensive end has to rely on Nick Young.

After the first quarter of the war of attrition, even though the Nets have more abundant offensive resources, they are also very tired. But Stevens not only did not replace the main players at this time, but instead let Joe Johnson appear on the court, forming the strongest offensive lineup of the Nets.

Stevens' strategy is to seize this opportunity, establish a certain lead as much as possible, and establish the tone for the entire game. When it was implemented in the game, the players on the field also sat down to this point, and hit hard at the end of the first quarter, hitting a wave of 10:2 attacks. After the battle, they led the Clippers by 9 points at 37:28.

After meticulously preparing for the game but still falling behind by a big score after the first quarter, Rivers' mentality was a little out of balance, but looking at the team's lineup, he was also a little helpless. Unless Durant and Embiid are replaced in advance, the Clippers seem to have no other players capable of leading the team to counterattack and narrow the point difference. It is not bad to be able to survive the current situation in the matchup in the first half of the second quarter.

In such a situation, Rivers can only complain that the Nets have disrupted the balance of the league just like cheating!

But in fact, in addition to the gap in the lineups of the two sides, this situation is also related to the scheduling of the two head coaches. Stevens can often maximize the advantages of the team's lineup, which is also a factor that many people can't see, but it does exist.

After sending away Fanny Smith and Royce O'Neal on the wing one after another, coupled with Robertson's mention of the fourth position, the strength of the Nets' wing has declined compared to the beginning of the season. However, it was a surprise for the team to add Caruso in time. This unremarkable and bald white combo guard quickly showed his own characteristics after joining the team, which is a good running and jumping talent among guards of the same level and more enthusiasm than others. The Nets were able to establish a certain advantage early in the game, allowing Caruso to get more playing time, which also helped him improve his game experience. He also defeated Livingston in the competition and won the Coach Stevens more trust. And after his debut, he also reported Stevens' trust with his performance. His active running and confrontation made Martin of the Clippers very uncomfortable. Firth had to readjust the lineup again.

As for the Nets, this season also started poorly this season. Van Vleet, who has improved through continuous training and competition, has made obvious progress. As the team's third point guard, he can not only control himself Don't mess around, and when the team lacks a breakthrough knife, you can also show yourself in a timely manner, breaking into the Clippers' penalty area to disturb the opponent's penalty area defense.

Before the start of the season, the Nets were known as a concentration camp of undrafted picks. At this stage of the season, the two undrafted picks, Fanny Smith and Royce O'Neal, respectively brought returns to the Nets as high-quality chips, and Van Fleet Te and Wood have become high-quality contracts. Whether they are kept as substitutes or used for trading, there are too many options for the Nets.

The second quarter lasted 4 minutes. When Embiid returned to the court, the point difference had reached 15 points. After his appearance, Embiid also frowned, very dissatisfied with the trend of the game. But there is nothing he can do if he is dissatisfied. He is not Durant. Durant signed a 1+1 contract with the team last season. He is different. This year is the third season of his career, and the money he earns is only a fraction of Durant. This summer, the Clippers will reach an early contract extension with a maximum salary. , Embiid can touch the side of a billionaire, and then honestly stay with the Clippers for a few years. . . . . . .

Embiid came on the stage, the Clippers had a backbone, and the game immediately became different. With Embiid on the inside, the Clippers were even more oppressive on the outside. Van Vleet passed Barbosa and broke into the basket for a layup. Embiid blocked him with a block and dribbled the ball, and his teammates launched a fast break. Embiid did not forget to spray trash on Van Vleet on the ground. The angry Van Vleet made a mistake and sensibly, got up and threw Embiid. Bee fell to the ground. . . . . . .

Embiid also got two free throws for a technical foul. After his debut, he led the team to beat the Nets 6:0, and the point difference narrowed to single digits. Embiid successfully forced Curry back to the court.

In the league, if it is said who plays the most role against the Nets, Embiid sits on the third and the third, and if it is said who Embiid is the most taboo in the league, Curry is the champion. As a heavy center, Embiid has trained his defensive awareness to the best level, but every time he is called by Curry after the pick-and-roll, he will be teased nine times out of ten.

If you don’t want to be named by Curry, the way is to double-team. The Nets’ outside line Caruso and Joe Johnson are both well positioned. Inside, Wood can not only eat cakes under the basket, but also has the ability to attack the frame at close range. It also made the Clippers' defense extremely uncomfortable.

The two sides were deadlocked for two minutes, the main players returned to the field, and Durant, who had been resting for a period of time, went straight to Wushuang after returning to the field. Durant was drunk and efficient with 9 of 16 shots, and still couldn't lead the Clippers to take the lead. The Clippers were still 6 points behind 54:60.

On the scene, Jiang Mingliang couldn't help but feel a little regretful about the pattern of the Sanying battle against Lu Bu. If Durant joined the team in the summer of 2016, then the current Nets team is simply brutal. Maybe the team can't get George, but, Ku The combination of Lee + Leonard + Durant + Porzingis, the deterrent power is even unimaginable, but unfortunately, this combination can only appear in reverie.

Maybe from Durant's point of view, he wants to stay with the Clippers for another year. If he still can't rely on his own efforts to break the dominance of the Nets, he will jump out of the contract and join the Nets in the summer of 2017? It's a pity that Durant didn't expect George to directly force the team to make a deal, taking the first step to "surrender", and at the same time blocked Durant's way to join. The joining of George also made the hard power of the Nets stronger. Originally, if the lineup of the Nets remained unchanged, the Clippers still had hope to fight, but now. . . . . .

After this halftime, Durant didn't even have confidence in himself!