Basketball myth

Chapter 80 The Falling Sun

On January 1, the Nets met the challenge of the Milwaukee Bucks at home!
The Bucks' lineup really doesn't know what to say!
The main guard Jennings, the main center Bogut and the important rotation Delfino are all injured and absent!If such a team can't do it!Thomas just resigned!
What confuses me is that in this game in history, the Nets actually lost the game with all the players present!I really have nothing to say about them!I think the possible reason is that the Nets at that time had been ruined by the schedule arranged by the league!

In other words, the players on the team have no intention of winning!Such a team should have been rebuilt long ago!

In this game, Thomas' Nets easily won 132:98. Potential center Sanders didn't have a good chance to play, but now he really has no strength!

Then, after seeing such a game, I really want to say that it is really easy to get good results in the East!This back to back is too good to play!No wonder the Bulls can achieve such good results with just a few players!

On January 1, the Nets, who rested for another 12 days, started their trip to the West!
First challenge Nash at the home court of the Suns!A traditional strong team that is about to sink!It was also Nash's last moment of mourning in the Suns!

Without Stoudemire, the Suns really have no chance of competing for the championship in the Western Conference!Won't even make it to the playoffs!

Nash is one year older!The team no longer has the impact of the outside line, and has become a team that plays outside.The Carter now is not the Carter who was later in the Mavericks!Actively playing the low post and actively breaking through, now he is just like a catch-and-shoot three-point shooter!

Nash will make players better, but first of all this player must fit Nash's system!Like Robin Lopez!
The traded Gortat has almost reached his playing time!

Lopez is just an engineer-type defensive player. As far as his movement is concerned, he is not slow, but compared to Stoudemire, he is much slower. The most important thing is that he has no mid-range shots and cannot open the basket. s position!And when attacking, you can't find the best attack area!

If he had the offensive power at the basket, his draft ranking wouldn't be so low back then!So it is certain that the Suns will give up Robin!
The sun's current starters are Nash, Carter, Childress, Channing Frye, Lopez!

This lineup is really not competitive!Neither the defense on the outside nor the rotation on the inside has any practical effect!

Of course, the level of the Suns' top substitutes is still very good, and there are giants like Gran Dragic, Dudley, and Gortat sitting on the court!
However, I am sorry that the Suns lack an impact force on the front line!The starting third position is more like a refilling existence!

Dragic's role also overlaps with Nash!A team with no outside breakthroughs and no low-post plays entered the playoffs in the NBA at that time!

The main force sent by the Nets gave the Suns a big blow from the very beginning!Nash's first pass was blocked by Curry, and George and Ibaka's quick play was like a replica of the Suns before!
Nash's mistakes are definitely a common thing, but as he grows older, the players in the team have a single ball path, causing his mistakes to show a new upward trend!Nearly 4 turnovers per game!The most important thing is that Nash's physical strength can't support him to run all over the field!

Curry is responsible for defending Nash today, and the task Thomas gave him is to learn Nash's passing route!Find your way of passing the ball!You must know that Curry's current style of play is quite close to Nash's. When attacking, he does not jump high, does not have extremely dangerous moves, and protects himself very well!
This is what Thomas specifically told Curry. Once he violates it, he will not have to play in this game. This is a decision made in front of Dell!
When defending, it is only one aspect of defending against breakthroughs or shooting, and the rest is given up!The three-point shooting percentage is already 1/46 in the league, and this is based on Curry shooting more than 4 three-pointers per game!
Curry's attack power has reached a limit. If he wants to break through!Must learn to assist!Curry's current number of assists is only about 7, and there is still a lot of room for development!

You must know that the athletic ability and scoring ability of other Nets players are among the top few in the league!Sometimes as long as the ball is in their hands, it will be converted into an assist!
So when Thomas arranged for Curry to train, he only had a fixed three-point shot, that is, Curry must have more than 10 assists in each game!Otherwise the game won't stop!
Want to cheat?hehe!Thomas is worried about finding a way to punish the players!

Therefore, for the game against Nash, Curry is the most serious one!
The final score was 126:118. In the end, both sides gained their own points!Nash had 16 assists, and Curry was short of 12!
However, the Nets grabbed much more rebounds. Love had 16, Ibaka had 11, Asik had 11, Diaw, Yi Jianlian and George all had 15 in total. This is also the key to the Nets' victory. !
After the end of the regular season this season, the first realization of many teams studying the Nets is that the Nets must never have more than 50 rebounds, otherwise once the Nets grab more than 50 rebounds, The Nets' game winning percentage will be as high as 9% or more!
In most of the Nets' games this season, the Nets' victory was achieved by grabbing more than 60 rebounds!

Without further ado, back to the game!Because the Nets finally ushered in a big show! On January 1th, challenge the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples in Los Angeles!

This is the last match between the two teams this season!It was also the day Mayfair Jackson announced his revenge!For this game, Mayfair Jackson really prepared well!
Thomas's 'good' day has arrived!At the beginning of the season, Thomas led the Lakers with a record of losing all preseason games, giving the Lakers their first defeat!At that time, the Nets had to do everything to win!For example, Curry's super long performance and Love's rebounds were the key to winning at that time!
There are still many accidental factors for the Lakers' loss, such as the first back-to-back game, the shopping in the opening game, the carelessness of the players, etc.!As a result, Mayfair said fiercely after the game that the Nets would return!

Thomas only became well-known after that game, and slowly settled into the Nets coach's seat, but there were no off-court factors that were beneficial to the Nets in this game.

First, this is the Nets' away game.Second, this is the second away game for the Nets!It is also the second leg of the journey out west!There will be a third stop and a third in the fourth stop. Jackson is well prepared this time!Fourth, the Nets are already a strong team in the league!Thomas is already the key observation object of the league!
This game is broadcast live across the United States!China Live!Thanks to the Lakers!The Nets finally have another live broadcast across the United States and China!
Stern must regret it now!If this game is well arranged!That's the battle between Los Angeles and New York!The ratings are still going up smoothly!

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"Hey guys, it's time to prove that you are already a championship contender! Don't think about tomorrow's game! As long as you win this game, don't dare to say anything else, but first, it's Loew, you and Ku He will definitely make the All-Stars! Second, George, you are the strongest contender for the Rookie of the Year award!"

"Third, Allen, you are a member of the league's first defensive team! Fourth, you will all enter the eyes of the league's managers! Let them have a deep impression on you! Your future contract may not be resolved today. !" Thomas didn't pour cold water on the players for the first time!Instead, the passionate speeches channeled the passion of the players!
After finishing speaking, Thomas gave the players about 2 minutes to recover!Let them take a deep breath and think about the shock Thomas gave them!Players are thinking: into the All-Star?Into the first defensive team?Rookie of the Year?Will there really be one?

The coach would never lie to us about this kind of thing!

All the players clenched their fists and thought!

(End of this chapter)