Build a Dream Dynasty

On February 18th, the Chesapeake Energy Arena was packed with fans and the arena was packed to the brim. The opponents of last year's finals met again in the regular season, and the grievances will continue.

In the finals of last season, the Nets successfully used their strategy and successfully killed the Thunder team with few players in the headwind. And the Thunder team's stupid deal that was destined to go down in history was once again magnified and complained. An All-Star-level Harden was let go by the team like this. Don't say that Thunder fans find it unacceptable, and even many neutral fans feel sorry for the Thunder's three young men. Perhaps, this deal also gave away the Thunder's hope of creating a better future.

During the offseason, the Thunder's personnel was further reduced. Except for the rookie Olynik selected by the insider as a supplement to the insider, it is difficult to say whether the other staffing is strong or weak. Jeremy Lin was gone, but the team first signed Livingston as a supplement to help the team slow down, and then signed Fisher to continue to increase experience. In terms of the use of other players, the team is also more patient. Including Morrow, Robertson, and Simmons can all get some opportunities. Brooks has some intentions of sacrificing his record this season in order to practice as a substitute. It's hard to say when you type it out.

Whether the substitute players can play in the playoffs is another matter. Anyway, when they meet the Nets in the regular season, Brooks' idea is to let go of all principles.

At the beginning of the game, Lopez won the jump ball, the Nets attacked, and Curry dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Fernandez.

West and Curry were outside the three-point line on the left, Butler went to the bottom corner on the right, Lopez was 70 degrees on the right, and the formation was completely stretched. Curry stood on the bottom line, ran up the line at full speed to catch the ball, and West blocked Holiday. Ibaka failed to switch defenses in time, and was a step slower when he laid out on the corner of the penalty area. Curry caught the ball and shot a jumper. The 60-degree three-pointer on the left went into the net, 3-0.

Ibaka is already considered a relatively good inside player in the league, but there is no way. Curry's shooting ability and ability to play small and big are both historical. When teammates provide high-quality pick-and-rolls, they help form In a one-on-one situation, defending him basically can only rely on prayers.

Curry declared war at the start, and Durant didn't hesitate at all. After receiving the ball from the wing, he dribbled the ball with Butler, forced a turn to the baseline and succeeded in a mid-range jumper.

Durant is really at the level of nuclear weapons in singles. He is tall, long, and fast, and his core strength is not inferior to most people. The key point is that his shooting touch is still against the sky. To be honest, even the weak physical strength that has been criticized by others is entirely due to the Thunder's lineup. Seeing him as a father and a mother, you let him come to the Nets and only play 36 minutes a game, and you are guaranteed to die in the fourth quarter.

The Nets attacked, Curry held the ball, restrained Holiday's defense, passed the ball to Fernandez, the latter caught the ball and swayed, broke through Westbrook with the ball, attracted Perkins to move laterally, and took two steps , The ground pass was given 45 degrees to the right, and Butler made an air cut. Butler took advantage of the trend to send, and then Durant was blocked by the off-ball pick-and-roll, and Lopez caught the ball and scored an easy layup.

The Thunder attacked, and Westbrook forcibly tore a hole from the Nets' release line. After attracting double-teams, the ball was given to Ibaka. The latter caught the ball and made a two-point shot. This season, Ibaka has already He has grown into the team's third-leading scorer, averaging 13.8 points per game even higher than Holiday.

Although this shows that Ibaka has high offensive efficiency and accurate shooting, which can help the two teams open up space, but it also shows how much the Thunder's tactics are now inclined to Durant and Westbrook. The second player with a very good offense and defense was used as a blue-collar.

Can you totally blame Brooks for not being good enough? In the 2011 Western Conference Finals, he also used Maynor to remove Westbrook, stabilized the situation, and defeated the Mavericks. But then, when the problems of Durant and Westbrook became more and more obvious, On the contrary, he no longer takes such actions. The reason is worth pondering.

Even though the basketball of the Shuangjun has various problems, their advantages are enough to make up for their problems. The Thunder's dead grass talent can overwhelm any opponent. This is definitely not a flattery, but a fact.

In this game, the Nets, which had a normal rotation, gradually fell into a disadvantage under the control of the Thunder team's dead grass Dewey and the youngsters. As long as I don't replace Durant and Westbrook, you won't be able to play the advantage of the rotation. Maybe this is the thinking of the Thunder.

However, this has been proven in last year's finals, it will not work at all. Durant and Westbrook can win one or two games, but it is difficult for them to kill the Nets in four games. They didn't think of any other way during the regular season. If it came to the finals, what would the Thunder have to compete with the Nets?

Those who don't plan for the overall situation can't plan for a corner, and those who don't plan for a lifetime can't plan for a moment. It may be appropriate to use this sentence to describe today's Thunder team. Of course, public opinion will always favor the winner. At least if the Nets lose today, the temporary review will still regard the Nets' victory in the Finals last year as a "strategic" victory rather than a strength victory.

Leonard still played as a bench player in this game. After playing, facing Durant, Leonard also frequently took the initiative to attack, consuming the opponent's physical strength.

In the Eastern Conference finals last season, Leonard challenged James hard and performed well. But when he entered the finals smugly, thinking about competing with Durant, another mountain figure in the league, he was brutally abused by Durant. In the first round of the regular season, Leonard missed the game. This is also the first time Leonard has the opportunity to face Durant after the finals. It can be clearly seen that Leonard has made progress.

On the offensive end, Leonard's ball-holding singles are smoother. Last season, Leonard stopped the penalty area line when attacking with the ball more often. In this game, he can forcefully squeeze in with his strength. Killing, even if he can't score, at least it won't make Durant feel better.

It's still the same reason, Durant can't always maintain a strong offense and defense in 40+ playing time. If he can maintain the dominance in the entire confrontation with Leonard, he is really not a human being.

The second quarter was normal, the Nets attacked, Leonard leaned his back twice, turned around to the baseline forcibly and shot, Durant jumped up to block the shot, the two had physical contact, the referee blew Durant's thug Foul, this is Durant's third foul.

As a last resort, Brooks had to replace Durant and replaced the old Nets player Simmons to survive the last half of the first half.