Build a Dream Dynasty

In the eyes of many people, the Raptors have achieved such a good result this season beyond their expectations. At least, before the start of the season, not many people can think of the Celtics who are stronger on paper. Outside the top eight in the East, the Raptors squeezed into the top four in the East. But in Jiang Mingliang's view, it is undoubtedly an extremely correct decision for the Raptors to hire Ujiri. Many people are following the path that Jiang Mingliang once walked, but only Ujiri has learned the essence. Find a head coach suitable for the team, define the core of the team, equip a competitive rotation lineup, and balance the team's offense and defense.

The Raptors, who have no experience in the playoffs for many years and have no high-quality draft picks, lack superstar seedlings. This is a key factor restricting their progress to the top teams in the playoffs, but other than that, Ujiri is very good Forged this one Raptors.

Lowry is an underrated guard. He doesn't have the perfect physical measurements like Wall, nor does he have the basketball skills of Irving, let alone Curry's shooting touch. But he did a solid job in every job he could do, improving his offensive ability after the pick-and-roll, improving his outside shooting percentage, improving his overall view and passing skills, all of which can help the team place. Just like in this game, Lowry's personal offensive efficiency is not high. In the first half of the game, his 3-of-8 shooting rate is really not good, but his go-between helped DeRozan and Valanciunas both contribute. The output of more than 12 points also helped the Raptors lead the Nets by 10 points in the first half of the game.

The inside line of the Nets without Lopez is not afraid of "rough guys" like Howard, and "jump boys" like Griffin, but when they encounter offensive kaleidoscopes like Valanciunas, Jefferson, and Monroe, It can only be a miserable life of being exploded. This is also the reason why Lopez, who has a low attendance rate and seems to have declined in strength, is not favored by Jiang Mingliang because of salary issues, and is offered as a panda in the Nets. Fortunately, his injury recovery is not bad, and he can basically recover next week and play again.

In the second half of the game, the Nets began to adjust their formation. McCollum replaced Butler as the starter, Fernandez swung to the small forward position, and Dreaming Green replaced West. Whether it is the offensive end or the defensive end, the Nets are more mobile. The advantage of this is that Green's defense can limit DeRozan's outside offense to a certain extent. But on the other hand, at the same time, all five players on the Nets are pulled to the outside, so there is more room for passing and cutting cooperation, and more tactics can be completed. But at the same time, facing Valanciunas' singles inside, it is even more troublesome to resist.

When the battle situation is anxious or headwind, and the situation needs to be broken, Stevens' instinctive reaction is to choose offense instead of defense most of the time, and use faster-paced and more violent offense to deal with the opponent. This is indeed Jiang Mingliang's intention. Jiang Mingliang just doesn't like the All-Star game where everyone doesn't defend and hides from the offensive players. If it's really the sun, the king's offense that dismembers the opponent's defense system, I still like it very much.

But today, Stevens' betting that Valanciunas can't beat the Nets offensively may be a wrong attempt. Valanciunas, who scored 12 points in the first half, broke out completely in the third quarter. Whether facing Yi Jianlian, Chasing Dream Green, or West, he can kill the Nets through his solid offensive skills. The gap was also slowly widened under his slashing and killing. And when the Nets had to double-team him, Lowry's outside shots were equally deadly. The civilian Raptors really hurt the Nets, and made more fans realize that the success of the Raptors this season is by no means accidental.

Despite the excuses of one kind or another, one thing the Nets must admit is that the team's bench lineup has declined significantly compared to last season. Last season's Nets, the contribution of the bench lineup is second in the league, second only to the Denver Athletics at 5am, but this season, this data has dropped to 16th in the league. Facing the Raptors' substitutes, they still couldn't gain the upper hand even with a certain degree of help from the referees, and they also forced Stevens to beat Curry in just 3 minutes of the fourth quarter. Take the stage again and launch the final impact.

Boban's pick-and-roll is very solid. Sheved touched his pick-and-roll and made a breakthrough. After going deep into the opponent's penalty area, he jumped up and threw the ball backwards, which happened to be passed to Curry. After the ball, he jumped up and shot without pausing, and hit a three-pointer, bringing the score gap back to within 20 points.

Looking back, however, West's defensive misplacement gave Patterson an open shot, and the latter hit a mid-range shot, making Curry's efforts futile.

Going back to the offensive end, Curry's involvement once again created an easy scoring opportunity for his teammates. West made a close-range shot and scored to atone for his sin. But looking back, DeRozan, who just appeared on the stage, once again attacked on the offensive end, not giving an inch.

Lowry's debut brought the head coach Casey's tactical guidance of "team battles can be lost, but Curry must die". In the case of a 20+ lead, it seems extremely correct. Although Curry, who was always facing two double-teams, sent 4 assists for his teammates, his personal offensive efficiency declined significantly, and Ray Allen and Fernandez missed chance shots successively, which also made the team's hopes completely. Destroyed, with 3 minutes left in the game, the Nets, 17 points behind, withdrew their main players and surrendered. In the end, the team lost to the Raptors at home 98:114 and suffered a two-game losing streak. (31-10)

That is, after the game. The NBA official website officially announced the starting list of the Eastern and Western All-Star lineups for this season. Because the league canceled the classification of the center position in the voting this season, the Eastern Conference All-Star lineup this season is Curry, Wade, Anthony, James, and Bosh. The Big Three of the Heat are all shortlisted. The Western All-Star starting lineup is Paul, Kobe, Durant, Griffin, Love. Neither side has a center in the traditional sense.

The Heat, ranked second in the Eastern Conference, have three players on the All-Star starting list, while the Nets, ranked first, still only have Curry. It seems unfair, but it is also a favorable argument for Curry to compete for the MVP up. Including Anthony, Kobe, and Love, there are problems with the team's poor record, but they occupy the starting position of the All-Stars, which also makes fans and the media have a little doubt about the selection of the All-Star players. , sometimes it is not necessarily appropriate. However, if the media voting mechanism is introduced, it will raise additional doubts about the alliance's black-box operations, and there are also many problems.