Build a Dream Dynasty

Without Leonard, the Nets added the North Carolina black Jaynes to the team's starting lineup. Barnes' overall performance this season is not good. Compared with his rookie season, when he completed his work conscientiously and even occasionally brought some surprises to the team, Barnes has not made much progress. It can be said that he is becoming mediocre day by day.

Compared with the environment that was quite suitable for the growth of newcomers two years ago, the Nets, which became the championship team, now have a stable lineup. Even the team boss Curry has a very good personality and is willing to create opportunities for his teammates, but after all, the Nets aim to defend the title. After all, the Nets did not have the previous fault tolerance rate. This is also an important reason why Jiang Mingliang did not intercept Hu Antetokounmpo in the draft. The team did not give Antetokounmpo the ball to grow.

For Barnes, Leonard's injury is both an opportunity and a challenge. If he can perform well, he will either be eligible for the Nets to choose 1 of 2. Considering that he can eat the bonus of his rookie contract for one more year, he may be able to squeeze Leonard away, or he may also make other teams come up with In exchange for chips, leaving the Nets, maybe all the way can go through. But if he doesn't have any outstanding performance during this period, then there is a high probability that after the Nets finish their rookie contract, they will start to face the situation of finding a job. In that case, for Barnes who is highly anticipated to enter the league That's not good news.

And his first opponent after starting is the only Pistons team that has beaten the Nets this season.

The Pistons under Stan Van Gundy experienced a short honeymoon period at the beginning of the season, and their record has dropped. However, when the overall competition in the Eastern Conference is not strong enough, they still maintain the third place in the Eastern Conference. Stan Van Gundy's choice of rotating the team's main center based on different opponents was questioned earlier, but after defeating the Nets, this doubt was completely eliminated. The advantage of winning a focus battle is here. In the team, Stan Van Gundy also suppressed all discordant voices.

In the rematch with the Nets, Stan Van Gundy must hope to make persistent efforts to maintain the team's reputation as the Nets nemesis. Just in time, catching up with the Nets compromised Leonard, a general, and Van Gundy felt that a great opportunity was at hand. His lineup is the same as the lineup he had when he defeated the Nets in the last game. He still hopes to use Monroe's offensive power to open up the situation.

With the referee throwing the ball into the sky, the game officially started, and Monroe won the jump ball and turned the ball to the team's starting small forward Bogdanovic, who caught the ball and threw it directly to the basket. The backcourt of the Nets, and in the backcourt of the Nets, Josh Smith is racing with Fernandez. Smith, who is advancing at full speed, has amazing impact. Fernandez can barely keep up with the speed, but he can't stand it anyway in the confrontation , Just ran a few steps close to the opponent and was squeezed away by Smith and then got rid of it.

The road ahead was smooth, and Smith rushed all the way to the free throw line and flew high, like a roc spreading its wings, and ruthlessly pressed the basketball into the basket with one hand. After dunking the ball, Smith hung on the basket with one arm, and then screamed at the fans. Smith was ridiculed by the fans last season, but this season is different. Smith, who returned to the position of power forward, has regained his strength. The state has become the core of the team.

Smith came off the rim, and the referee quickly gave him a T for a technical foul for hanging on the rim for too long. But Smith didn't care.

Curry executed a technical foul free throw and made a steady hit, and then the Nets served from the backcourt.

The impact of Leonard's absence is very obvious. Barnes' outside shooting is not as stable as Leonard's. At the same time, the time when he comes out to catch the ball is not as good as the opponent's tacit understanding. The Nets' offense is a bit chaotic. No chance was derived, and in the end Fernandez forced a shot and failed to hit.

Back on the offensive end, after receiving a pass from Korver, Monroe cut directly to the basket with the ball. Lopez, who watched Monroe cut in, immediately went up, but seeing Lopez's arrival, Monroe With a light flick of the ball, Smith caught the ball with his back to West, and made a flexible back turn to break through West. Lopez was unable to make up for it. Carrying him for a one-armed dunk, Lopez was pushed back a step.

Yes, very strong!

The Nets attacked, and West pulled out to pick and roll Curry. The Pistons switched defenses and asked Smith to defend Curry alone. Immediately, West rolled inside, and Curry pulled Smith out, hitting the ground with one hit. Passing the ball to West, Monroe came to defend in time, but saw West hang the ball directly to the basket, Lopez easily caught the ball under the basket, and then put the ball firmly into the basket.

Smith may be a good candidate to replace Curry in the interior, but don't forget that while causing small to big, there are also big to small situations. The Pistons' center Monroe has a strong offensive output, but his ability to protect the frame is relatively average, while the Nets' two insiders can complete very smooth internal passes and internal cooperation.

In Leonard's absence, the Nets' style of play will return to the state of last season to a certain extent, and the two inside players will have to bear more responsibilities.

Facing Lopez's defense, Monroe turned again and made a mid-range shot. His scoring ability is still very good. More importantly, facing the Nets, Monroe performed extraordinarily hard. Because of last season's sluggish performance, Monroe failed to get an early contract extension from the Pistons. Better performance to get more attention for yourself. In other words, Monroe is also a contract-year player now.

Monroe's idea is very simple, facing the Nets' good performance, there is no need to worry about not having a big contract. The mentality of Monroe's contract-year players is a double-edged sword. Players will of course work harder to perform during the game, but more often than not, players will also value statistics and become selfish. In order to release the emotions of Fernandez and West, the Nets allowed them to properly collect data in the downwind situation, while the Pistons did not do so well against Monroe.

The Nets attacked, and Curry sent a wonderful pass after attracting double-teams and disrupting the deployment of the Pistons' defense. Fernandez made an open three-pointer to help the team equalize the score.

As the game went on, it became clear that Monroe's efficient but not lethal streaks were a drag on the team, and his defensive woes hurt the Pistons' defense even more. Bogdanovic, Jennings and others all took less than three shots in the first quarter, and they played a very leisurely role when there were a lot of offensive ends, which made them not very active in defense. Therefore, at the end of the first quarter, the goalkeeper Luo scored 13 points, and the Pistons fell behind the Nets by 6 points at 24:30.