86-96, the Hawks looked very uncomfortable with the high-intensity confrontation in the opening game, the best offense could not be played, and the defensive end did not have much to do with Johnson and Jokic's singles, although Horford ushered in a wave of outbursts in the second half, but in the end it was still unable to turn the tables.

Horford had a Hawks-high 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Korver missed the mark, scoring just six points on 1-of-9 three-point shooting.

On the Nets' side, Joe Johnson scored 18 points, Delon had 15 points and 9 assists, Yi Jianlian had 14 points and 11 boards, and Barton had 7 points.

Jokic played well in his career playoff debut, finishing with 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists on 10-of-16 shooting.

1-0, as soon as the Nets came up, they slapped the faces of the experts and the media.

"Budenhozer proved how much a tactical system can make a difference to a team, and Tang Tian proved that he is the king of tactics."

"Jokic and the Nets are amazing, they're New York's new hope!"

"It's incredible, it's hard to imagine that this is the Nets who were so dead last season, and they've been reborn without any of us noticing!"

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Fans like to hear about this kind of slap in the face, and it also touted Tang Tian and the Nets to a new level.

However, Tang Tian was very calm, and even after the game, he kept the players in a state of mind.

The Hawks' first loss was more of a lack of preparation, and if they were kicked out so easily, it would prove that the rest of the regular season was playing match-fixing, and in any case, they were the only team in the East to win 60, and Budenhozer, who studied under Popovich, is not incompetent.

The playoffs are packed with schedules, and while the Nets finish their first game, the first games of the other groups are also coming to an end.

In the West, the Warriors, Thunder, and Clippers all won the home opener one after another, and only the Trail Blazers lost to the Grizzlies at home.

The Eastern Cavaliers and Pacers also beat their opponents by a wide margin.

What is more interesting is the group of Raptors and Wizards, before the start of the game, the official Twitter of the Raptors used the picture of the Iron Throne in the popular American drama "Game of Thrones", and accompanied by the text "King of the North".

This was originally an official morale boost for the Raptors, but Pierce, who joined the Wizards, was very unconvinced, and after finally leading the team to win the game, he also posted a picture on his personal Twitter, putting himself on the Iron Throne, which means that he is the king of the North.

The strength of the two teams is not the strongest in the East, but this external topic has made them the most concerned.

After a two-day break, the Nets and Hawks continued their second game at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.

The Eagles did make the change, with Budenhozer putting Peth Antich as the starting center and Millsap on the bench.

Antic is an undrafted player from Macedonia, 2.11 meters tall and weighs 118 kilograms, averages 7 points and 4 rebounds per game this season, and is the team's number one bench insider.

He's simply a non-passable Jokic, who can shoot three-pointers, and has good defensive ability and movement speed.

Jokic faced the Central European White Bears, and his individual attacks were limited.

As for Joe Johnson, Budenholzer also learned from Tang Tian and resolutely did not change his defense, giving Johnson a certain amount of shooting space.

Johnson's back play is still very strong, but only shooting, he has not gotten better since he arrived at the Nets, and he has not scored a few times in a row, and he has lost most of his single threat.

99-91, under the high-intensity defense of both sides, the score was still not high, but the Eagles finally won the game with adjustments.

Millsap, who came off the bench, almost blew up the Nets on the bench transition, and he swept up 28 points and 8 rebounds in the game, and was the number one contributor to the team's victory.

On the Nets' side, although Delon scored 26 points and 8 assists, he couldn't lead the team to win the game in the end.

Jokic dropped back and finished with just 11 points, 10 rebounds and three assists on 4-of-11 shooting.

After two matches, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw.

As Tang Tian expected, and as his team members said, this round of the series is not as simple as it seems in the first game, and the 7.35% probability also shows that Black Eight is never a simple thing.

After two games, the game returned to Brooklyn.

Although they didn't go straight to the two cities as fans expected, after stealing a win from Atlanta, the Nets have already snatched the home-court advantage of the series.

Brooklyn fans are excited and looking forward to something they never before.

The next two home games are played in Brooklyn, and the Nets have a great hope of Black Eight.

The fans are already in the mood and ready to make a big splash at home.

In fact, even the New York fans next door, after witnessing the Knicks' surprisingly bad work, also gave all the help of the same city to the Nets, and the Barclays Center will definitely be monstrous.

Fans are looking forward to it, but after Tang Tian and the Nets' coaching staff returned to Brooklyn, they were not idle for a moment.

Budenhozer's two changes are targeted, and it will be difficult for the Nets to hold on to their home court if they don't make the change.

In the regular season, opponents like to use players like Antich to stick to Jokic, and Jokic later avoided this by increasing the number of low-post singles, but this Antich is not afraid of confrontation and defense under the basket is also very good.

That's a miracle soldier.

Compared with Jokic, Joe Johnson has more problems, after all, this thing depends on the sky to eat, which is not what Tang Tian wants at all.

"This Antich, he didn't play a lot of time in the regular season, this season is less than last season, in addition to the Hawks having Horford and Millsap, but also because of fouls, he played an average of 16 minutes per game, but the number of fouls reached 2.1." Frank observes in detail.

"Foul?" Tang Tian didn't notice this.

"That's going to be easy, put Nikolado in the low position at the beginning of the next game, and try to beat him down in the opening game."

Frank nodded happily, his opinion was taken in at the first time, completely different from the previous Kidd era.

"How to defend Millsap is also a problem." Frank continued.

This is indeed a problem, only Yi Jianlian can play with Millsap, but Yi Jianlian cannot play both the starter and the bench, and the substitute power forward position, whether it is Lavoy Allen and Scott, is not up to Millsap.

"If Nicola can beat Antich early, he will push Millsap up, and the firepower on our bench is still too weak compared to the defensive problems."

Tang Tian's words made the members of the coaching staff nod for a while.

Bojan Bogdanovic has been sluggish since he came off the bench, and Pralim and Lavoy Allen have been only functional players, with only sporadic scoring from Livingston and Barton off the bench.

"How's the T-mac doing?" Tang Tian said and looked at Roy Rodgers, who is the team's second assistant coach and is usually in charge of the team's training.