Build a Dream Dynasty

On April 16, the first four games of the NBA playoffs, the Nets' city rival Knicks easily defeated the Hawks 95 to 75, and the Heat defeated the 76ers 101 to 84.

Compared with the teams in the Eastern Conference that played at home easily, the two games in the Western Conference ended with a gram. The Jazz defeated the Nuggets 101 to 90. In a strangle battle, the Grizzlies won the game.

Objectively speaking, the suspense of the Western Conference playoffs is indeed better than that of the Eastern Conference, and the strength distribution of the Eastern Conference teams is indeed somewhat uneven.

On the 17th, the Nets ushered in their playoff debut this season at home. The team's starting list has not changed at all, Curry, Fernandez, Leonard, West, Lopez.

This is the last season for the Nets to stay in New Jersey. Maybe they know that the whole team hopes to leave a championship for East Rutherford and New Jersey. The atmosphere at the Continental Center is extremely hot, especially Curry. Sometimes the noise is deafening.

Bucks starters: Jennings, Gary Neal, Harris, Ilyasova, Larry Sanders.

Sanders won the jump ball and the Bucks won the first chance to attack. Jennings held the ball in the middle, Ilya Sowa pulled out the pick and roll, and Larry Sanders gave Harris an off-ball screen on the left. . Jennings got rid of Curry with the ball and broke through from the right. West switched defenses in time. Jennings forced a three-step layup and missed under the interference. The rebound was caught by Leonard.

The Nets attacked, Curry and West attracted a change of defense after a pick-and-roll, and the ball passed to the middle. West faced Gary Neal, feinted, relied on his height advantage to score a jumper, and hit the Nets first in the playoffs. ball.

Jennings dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, facing Curry's defense in front of him, suddenly made a three-pointer from the left side, and the force was slightly wide.

Lopez grabbed the rebound and passed it to Curry. The latter advanced quickly and took it to the frontcourt to see that Fernandez didn't pass the ball. It was a dry pull to the familiar middle. Even if he doesn't score, someone grabs a rebound. He has a very good rhythm and hits a 3-pointer against Gary Neal's defense. At the beginning, the Nets took a 5-point lead.

As the top scorer and offensive core, Jennings carried the team into the Eastern Conference playoffs. Jennings felt worthy of the team's cultivation, and also felt that his performance in the regular season should help him win a big contract. Facing the Nets, the Bucks are at a disadvantage in all aspects. The only hope is whether Jennings can pull out a burst, otherwise, there is really no way to fight!

At the end of the first quarter, the Nets led by 12 points 29:17. Compared with the point difference, what is even more surprising is their defense, which only allowed the Bucks to score 17 points.

In the second quarter of the game, the Nets continued to crush the lineup. Stevens sent Reggie Jackson, Ray Allen, Barnes on the outside in the rotation stage, and Green and Yi Jianlian partnered inside.

The positional battle is handed over to Jackson to break through and distribute the ball, Barnes to cover the side, and Ray Allen to open up the offensive space. The reason why Yi Jianlian was chosen at this time is to take advantage of his mobility and shooting ability.

Compared with the starting lineup, the Bucks' bench strength is even weaker, which is why this team actually imitated the Nets in the 10-11 season, but failed to get the essence.

Facing the Bucks, Ray Allen suddenly showed his power. First, he made two three-pointers from the bottom corner, and then he also stole McGee and assisted Barnes to hit a three-pointer.

Another very serious problem of this Bucks team is the dependence on two core players. The offensive end is very disordered without Jennings, and the defensive end lacks Sanders' support, and the entire defensive system is also very chaotic. , The substitute insider is completely unable to stop Reggie Jackson's breakthrough.

In this wave of performance of the rotation players, Stevens didn't replace Curry until 5 minutes left in the game. Leonard, Fernandez continued to play, and the point difference at this time had reached 21 points.

This is also the point difference between the two sides at the end of halftime!

Curry scored 12 points and 4 assists, made 5 of 9 shots and 2 of 3 three-pointers. He played normally and efficiently. Although the data is not explosive, opponents like the Bucks really don't need Curry to play anything. break out!

In the second half, Curry continued to perform eye-catchingly. He scored a three-pointer just after the start. One minute later, the difference between the two sides widened to 26 points, and the suspense of the game was basically over.

In the second half of the third quarter, the point difference remained at this number. Leading by a big score, Stevens replaced the main force and began to drill the lineup. Jackson, Barnes, Hill and others got more playing time. The Bucks took the opportunity to recover some points.

However, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, when Curry and Leonard came up, the point difference was once again opened by the Nets, and this time, the Nets maintained their advantage until the end, 1o8 to 9o made a good start.

Except for Curry who played 33 minutes, everyone else played less than 30 minutes. The five players on the team scored in double figures (Curry, Ray Allen, Leonard, West, Lopez).

It was a perfect first game of the playoffs. Stevens came to the press conference with a happy mood and focused on praising the team's defense. In fact, without exercising young players in the second half of the third quarter, adjusting the operation of the lineup, and not talking big, the Bucks could not score more than 85 points today. This is actually not so easy in today's league, especially the Nets are still slightly stronger in offense than defense.

Maybe it's because the opponents are a little too heavy, maybe it's because the Nets won too easily, and the Nets' victory in this game didn't get much attention from everyone. In other games, the experienced Celtics faced the civilian team Pacers, completed a counterattack, and took away the victory. It is not difficult to imagine that the so-called "fallacy" that civilian teams cannot succeed in the playoffs will be magnified again, and it is said that the Celtics now have some "superstars" with strong personal abilities.

At least in Stevens' view, the Nets don't need to worry about this potential opponent if the Celtics don't have any back moves.

In the West, the Spurs and the Thunder deserve to be the two strongest teams in the West. Facing the Dallas Mavericks, the Thunder scored 54 points and helped the team beat the opponent 109:87. This is also a championship. The Spurs continue to use team basketball to continue the legend. The Warriors with a complete lineup made fierce resistance in this game, especially George, who scored a career playoff high in a single game. However, the reason why the Spurs have been brilliant for so many years is that in the face of different opponents, they always have someone who can stand up. In this game, the veteran Ginobili is fighting George head-on. After Sens was suppressed by George, the veteran led the team to victory with his wonderful performance of 24 points and 8 assists. When the two sides reached a 107 tie, it was Ginobili who faced George and made an emergency stop after a breakthrough. The jump shot completed the quasi-lore and led the team to victory. Of course, George's good offensive and defensive performance also made the Warriors fans make up for the regret of losing Curry.