Chapter 770: Contrast
Apparently the Hornets were shocked by the current state of the Nets! If you play the Hornets, Brooklyn still has some chances. Some of the players in their squad are still not very stable.
Howard still has to pay attention to his foul and passing ability when he arrives here. For a rare beast-caliber center like him, it would be a good choice to attract defense, personal dunks, and organize the team.
Walker passed the half, Batum took his pass and quickly rushed to the basket and was directly fanned off by Dante! Dantejin's performance Chen has been watching, and it is obviously much better. This is also what he saw in Dante's personal form when he was in another team before!
Chen has always believed that this player will perform well after integrating into the Nets, and can make consistent contributions in defense, rebounding, and individual offense. If you develop in the future, you might be a good defensive striker!
Monk got the basketball and passed the ball to Walker, who jumped straight up and hit a three-point shot! 14:12! This goal made the Nets uncomfortable, and it seems that their team today is not all playing well.
Walker's mentality at this point is a bit like that of Jeremy Lin when the team couldn't open the game. Individuals are starting to go on the offensive! And Walker's individual ability is also infecting the team! Williamson served to Lin, who slowly passed half-time.
Dent takes his pass and throws it to score! 16:12! Batum went to the frontcourt, and after Walker got the basketball, he attracted the defense of the two players of the Nets and immediately passed the ball to Monk, who was already vacant at this time, and jumped high and scored three points into the net!
Charlotte used two three-pointers to pull the score between the two sides to only 1 point! As the coach said at the time, if the Hornets open up with a relatively high degree of accuracy, then the team's combat power is still okay!
Williamson attracted the defense after receiving the basketball, but there was a mistake in the pass, Kaminsky, who came to defend him, moved quickly, and immediately passed the ball to Walker after getting the basket, Batum immediately got up to the front court to score a layup after receiving Walker's pass! 17:16!
Chen hesitated a little and then asked for a timeout. The Hornets seemed to be in better shape all of a sudden.
"Don't go too far into the traps, stand in your position and try to keep your distance from your defenders. Interfere with each other's cooperation. The Hornets are sometimes quick when they attack, both individually and in combination, and once their speed is up, it's not so easy to stop. There aren't many chances on the outside, and the ball is passed to Dent and Williamson! Let them go on the offensive ......"
Although during the run-in period, although the team is also allowed to lose some games. But if you always lose like this, Chen still thinks that you can't do this. If you still play with bad results in the first dozens of games like last season, you may not be able to come back later!
Last season, because the situation was different, and in that result, Chen also wanted the team to enter the playoffs first, so he played extra hard in the regular season! But this season is different! If their results are not very good, maybe it is not just the players of the single team who have an impact.
The Brooklyn coaching staff may be affected here as well!
In the early stage, the Nets should try to lose as little as possible, and at the same time, the new and old players of the Nets can continue to improve their cooperation.
"Let's be more stable in the future. The defender on the outside has to control the number of attacks. The first pick point is to pass the ball to Kaminsky and you try to finish the offense as quickly as you can, and the second pick point is Howard. Don't feel like you're feeling and in better shape now, and start shooting recklessly. Let's get the first quarter right......"
Clifford didn't look as happy as the players had imagined. It looks like he's been overtaken by this head. The Nets are very different from before.
Maybe they had a change in their style of play or they didn't play well, so Williamson received the ball a little less often. If he had been allowed to get the ball, the Nets might still be in the lead.
Neither side changed players when they returned to the field. Mozgov sat quietly on the bench, and he had noticeably become much more silent these days. The stats are about to slip to the level of the average blue-collar center. And Okafor is really hot!
Now, Mozgov actually has some experience of Okafor's state of mind in Philadelphia at the time, but what he may not have experienced is his state when Okafor was snubbed for several seasons.
Fortunately, during that time, Okafor did not "abolish" himself because of this. Normal training, intra-team competitions, etc. are all relatively hard. So now in the Nets, you can still adapt to a certain intensity of confrontation!
Finally, I have the opportunity to play, and I can improve my stats, and Okafor will not let it go easily! And as the coach of the team, what would you think if a player is very serious about playing and the results are good? There is nothing to say, naturally I pay attention to him.
The under-the-basket defensive lineup consisting of Okafor and Dent is a new force here in Brooklyn! They played aggressively, and both of them grabbed rebounds well!
Burke took the pass and slowed down to the frontcourt. The current Hornets team is starting to get serious, and Lin jumped straight into the three-point after receiving Trey's pass! Okafor quickly got the rebound and jumped high and was covered by the monster! Batum naturally picked up the basketball when it came over and immediately rushed over!
And instead of shooting, he threw the ball up, and Walker almost didn't catch it. Picking up a basketball in my heart, thinking that I can't pass the ball to the ground? Walker just jumped so hard that if the basketball was too high or too fast, it felt like he was going to follow the ball out of the court......
Fortunately, the opposing player's player hasn't come over yet, and Walker is a three-pointer after he stands firm! 20:16!
After Williamson took the basketball, he rushed in under Batum's defense! However, after seeing the monster coming, he directly pasted it~ Howard didn't dodge...... To say that sometimes the referee on the scene also needs to control a little, and the referee next to him blew Howard for a foul.
I've seen some of these things myself. Tell yourself in advance not to laugh. But he couldn't control himself too hard, so he gestured to the wasp with a relaxed expression.
Williamson stood at the free throw line and made 2 of 2 free throws! 20:18! Chen also said before the game that if the Hornets can let the Warcraft go down early, let him go faster. Their team's reliance on Warcraft
Such a situation also aroused Clifford's alarm!
33:29! At the end of the first quarter, the Hornets held the lead! It can be said that they have already fought very seriously! Charlotte's initial goal this season is still to make the playoffs!
So they're going to have to play every game at the start of the regular season this year! At the moment they are 2 wins and 2 losses! In 7th place in the East! Although they haven't played a few games yet, they have also tasted the feeling of being in the top 8 in the East.
The Nets have a bit of a difference. I thought that in the first half of the game, I should be able to lead the opponent and expand the score difference to about 10 points. As a result, the opponent is still 4 points ahead of the opponent!
"We played well in the first quarter, but we had to pay attention to the fact that we should try to foul as little as possible and cooperate quickly. In this quarter, we will break through quickly when we have a chance, and we will have a good game with the Nets in the third quarter......"
Howard has already committed three fouls and was swapped in the first quarter. Whether it is Howard or Embiid or other good centers such as Lopez, as long as they can let him off the court early, then the weakening of a team's strength is still relatively obvious!
Now the Hornets can feel that here. The Nets did the same, and the effect was not bad in the early stage, but it didn't take long to make 3 mistakes~
"If the opponent has a high shooting accuracy tonight, it will be more difficult for us to play. Therefore, the strength of the defense should be strong......" Chen briefly said how to play the next game. Mozgov was also called back.
The lineup of the Hornets in the second quarter of the game was Kaminski, Marvin, Bacon, Lamb, Batum. On this side of the Nets are Mozgov, Egyptian Deyous, Jonathan, Burke and Crabbe!
The crowd saw that Burke was still on the field! Howard on the other side didn't come up. Lamb and Batum play the guard position. Such a combination is still relatively lightweight.
The Nets have stepped up their defense, and Tre is now the playmaker! Jonathan took Crabbe's pass and went to the frontcourt. Bacon was obviously a little rusty of the current pace of the game, and Jonathan used his rhythm to quickly pass the opponent and score points with a jumper! 33:31!
The problem that the Hornets are facing now or this season is that Howard has brought good defensive ability and rebounding stats to the team. But what they have to face is how to play Charlotte's side when Warcraft is gone.
If you rely too much on this player, then the team has solved a problem and then has another problem. They currently have two backup centre-forwards, one Kaminski and the other Willy, both blue-collar centre-forwards.
Kaminsky's abilities are still good. Willy was judged in the media as not very good at flexibility and defensive ability. Kaminsky, on the other hand, is technically more comprehensive and not slow in his steps.
Batum took the ball to the front court, and after Crabbe passed the opponent, Burke cut the ball directly! Due to the speed that Batum was chasing, Burke was already halfway through the court!
And Jonathan immediately followed up and took his pass and hit a three-point shot! 34:33! The Hornets are a little confused right now. As soon as the game began, the opponent quickly overtook the score!
Lamb took Batum's pass to the frontcourt, and Bacon got the basketball and quickly rushed to the basket to be capped by Egyptian Diyus. Kaminsky came out at this time, picked up the basketball, turned around and hit a three-point shot! 36:34! The efficiency on the outside is now starting to come down, and Kaminski is out there right away to score quickly!
He's more experienced for this player. Although he is not very old, he sometimes looks quite mature in the arena.
Trey quickly got past Batum and hit the ball to Mozgov, who dunked right away! 36:36!
Cheers were immediately heard from the scene! Trey is still relatively happy with the current Nets. At the very least, his passes can sometimes be converted into attacks right away. In the eyes of other teammates, Burke's individual pass is still okay.
The Nets' veteran players will still find it interesting to have him on the court. Sometimes it feels like you're playing with Iverson! Because over the years, Trey has become a lot more determined. And this state is also infecting the teammates around him!
Lamb goes to the frontcourt and hits a three-point shot into the basket under Jonathan's defense! 39:36! Crabbe passed the half slowly, Egyptian Diyus received his pass and missed a jumper, and Mozgov directly deducted 2 points into the account!
This time Lamb's three-point shot didn't have Kaminsky grab the rebound and pass to Batum, who hit a three-point shot directly! 42:38!
The Hornets were pretty quick in a few rounds of adjustments! Immediately they opened up the score! Mozgov took the basketball in the front court and smashed the basket with three points! I regretted it a little after I voted for it. This attack was too hasty. Marvin immediately got the basketball and passed the ball to Bacon!
Batum took his pass and went to the front court to score points with both hands! 44:38!
Brooklyn is a little out of the way at this point. Burke took Jonathan's pass and his jumper was directly interfered with in the opposite position with Lamb! Bacon got the rebound and went to the frontcourt, Marvin took his pass and missed a 2-point shot from a long distance!
Crabbe gets the basketball, and Trey takes his pass and hits a three-point shot! 44:41! This three-point shot is still too thirst-quenching!
On the Hornets' side, Kaminski and Lamb are not bad right now. The rest of the players are basically not in very good shape. Clifford also wants to exert his strength in the third quarter, and then finally fight with the Brooklyn team to see if he can win the other party!
Bacon served to Batum, who still didn't have three points after reaching the frontcourt, Kaminsky quickly grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Lamb, and after the feint passed Crabbe, he directly let Egyptian Dius receive a foul and play 2+1! 47:41!
Mozgov was a little impatient, and now it was as if they were in the second formation! But it's true that the Brooklyn players on the court are not playing very well. After receiving the serve of Egyptian Diyus, Trey quickly passed Lamb to the front court, and used his feet to pass Bacon and Marvin to shoot a 2-point jumper! 47:43!
He's in good shape at this point, Williamson and Jeremy Lin, and Dent they're cheering him on the sidelines! Mozgov grabbed the rebound immediately after Marvin's jumper missed, and Jonathan took his pass to the frontcourt. Lamb and Bacon immediately chased after him, and they knew that the player's three points were still good!
However, Jonathan did not choose to shoot, but passed the ball to Burke, who had just passed the half, and Burke threw the ball directly in the face of no one to defend him!