Build a Dream Dynasty

On February 26, the Nets ushered in the potential playoff opponent Raptors at home.

If you want to say that the teams that have operated more successfully in recent years, the Raptors are really on the list. After inviting the best manager Ujiri, this team is really seizing the opportunity to improve in an orderly manner. Judging from the current situation, whether it is taking away Rudy Gay or trading for Howard's gamble , the Raptors have got the results they want, and because the salaries of Rory and DeRozan are not very high, as long as the team's junk contracts are cleaned up, the Raptors can even make room for salary in the summer of 2015. Sign a max salary to strengthen the team's roster,'

Continuing to maintain the current situation, it is not impossible for Ujiri to create a championship team.

After finally ending the two-game losing streak with the Knicks, the team must not want to continue the decline. This season, the Nets have suffered from second-tier teams such as the Raptors and Cavaliers. After all, the lineup is really thin.

Looking forward, if you want to choose an opponent among the 5-8 teams in the East, the Nets don't want to touch the Raptors. Although the Trash Brothers are worthy of the opponent's trust in the playoffs, Howard's presence is full of pressure on the Nets' thinner inside. After all, Porzingis is not very strong in terms of absolute strength.

The shark-cutting tactic is a good idea, but let's use it at a critical moment. The Nets still make more fuss on the offensive end at the beginning. Curry and JR frequently use the pick-and-roll to attack from the outside. The Raptors' outside offensive end is still somewhat output, but the defensive end is really average. In other words, there are not many backcourt combinations in the league that can block Curry and JR. In this season, the Grizzlies' iron chain boat can be regarded as effectively limiting the Nets' backcourt combination.

After the Raptors traded for Howard this season, they attracted Josh Smith to join, which effectively helped them make up for the weakness in the power forward position. Compared with Patrick Patterson, Josh Smith is more mobile, and Working hard for the championship with his childhood playmates, Josh Smith changed his laziness when he was in the Pistons, and was very active in sweeping inside and outside. In addition to the motivation to strive for good results, Josh Smith also has a desire to prove himself. After all, after reaching a buyout agreement with the Pistons, what Smith hopes most is to join the Nets. Unintentionally, the Nets ignored his overtures, which also made Smith work hard to show his best performance in the game against the Nets.

Not only is he flying up and down on the defensive end, Smith is also active on the offensive end. Reduced the random shooting of birds on the outside, increased the proportion of pulling to the outside to pick and roll for teammates, and attacking the inside. It can be said that Smith's performance today is not a performance with a basic salary at all. If he can play with this attitude throughout the season, including the playoffs, it may be difficult to get another big contract, but fighting for a It is not unrealistic to have a middle class contract.

The Raptors used their lives, and the team led the Nets by 6 points at halftime, ending the first half with 56:50.

The current situation is a bit difficult for the Nets. It is obviously difficult for the team to have a deterrent force against the second-tier strong teams. If Curry can't show a particularly explosive performance in the game, the team seems to be struggling.

In the third quarter of the game, Curry's offensive efficiency declined, and the overall offense of the Nets was greatly affected. Both inside and outside the penalty area were restrained by the Raptors. Lowry, DeRozan, and Howard played together. He led the team to expand the point difference to more than 15 points. It looks like the Raptors are very close to victory.

When the team is in trouble, the first thing to do is to hope that the head coach Stevens will find a way to change the status quo of the team, and the second is to optimize the lineup through personnel transactions and changes. The Nets now have several obvious problems. One is that the center position is not strong enough to fight against. The league has not fully entered the era of small balls. Similar to Howard, Jordan's inside line with considerable tonnage can always make Porzingis incomparable. uncomfortable. The second is that the second solution other than Curry is to relegate Leonard to JR Smith. The difference from last season is that everyone still has a look forward to last season, but this season, Leonard is completely reimbursed for the season. The third is that the bench advantage that the team was proud of in the past no longer exists. Think about the Nets' bench lineup last season, Hinrich, Ray Allen, Crowder, Dreaming Green, Boban, Yi Jianlian, McCollum. Looking at this season again, Prigioni, Tyler Johnson, Button, Covington, Aminu, Terrence Jones, Kyle O'Quinn, really can only be judged.

Leonard and Lopez's injuries can be attributed to bad luck, but the weakening of the bench lineup, it is really unreasonable to say that Jiang Mingliang is not responsible. But if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet? This season, there are natural and man-made disasters. We can only rely on Stevens and Curry to forcibly cover them up, at least helping the team to maintain their dignity.

In the fourth quarter, Stevens made personnel adjustments. He promoted Carter and O'Quinn to the starting lineup to increase consumption of Howard. O'Quinn and Porzingis worked together to strangle Howard inside and stabilize the offense and defense in the penalty area. At the same time, the offensive focus was completely concentrated on Curry, JR and Carter on the outside.

This adjustment worked quickly. An obvious problem with the Raptors lineup is that DeRozan and James Johnson on the wing position are both average in outside shooting ability. Josh Smith is also not a stable shooter and stabilizes the basket in the penalty area. The Nets chose to keep the enemy out of the penalty area, but they couldn't stop Howard, and their foul tactics were also very firm. The Raptors squandered too many shooting opportunities in the mid-range position. Except for DeRozan, Lowry, James Johnson, and Josh Smith each contributed at least 3 times in the mid-range. The inefficiency of the Dragons on the offensive end made their lead gradually eroded by the Nets.

The inefficient offense of outside players narrowed the team's lead. In this state, Howard's mentality began to have problems. A potential problem with Howard today is that when the two sides are in balance or leading, he is a happy beast, but once the team is in a headwind state or the team's tactics cannot be opened, he will start to demand himself as a superstar The privilege of getting the ball strong in the low post, regardless of the opponent's defensive strategy.

When Howard began to not follow the established tactics, the Nets' opportunity came. When Howard indulges in wrestling with O'Quinn on the offensive end, his concentration on the defensive end will definitely decrease, and when his teammates disagree with him on the offensive end, his enthusiasm will also decrease. For the Raptors' defensive system, this is a big blow.

As JR Smith flickered in the penalty area, completed a layup and caused Patterson to foul and made an additional penalty, the Nets had already overtaken the score, and Casey called a timeout belatedly. However, after returning from the timeout, the situation of the Raptors has not changed much. At least in terms of Howard, Casey seems to be unable to motivate the biggest star in the team.

The Nets worked hard and finally completed a 21-point reversal in the fourth quarter. The team succeeded in a 112:107 comeback, defeated the Raptors, and achieved two consecutive victories.

This victory is extremely important to the team. After all, judging from the current ranking, the two teams are likely to meet in the playoffs, and the current three collisions in the regular season, the Nets scored 2;1 leading.

The 76ers continued to maintain a one-game lead over the Nets. In the absence of James, Harden led the team to defeat the Western powerhouse Grizzlies. Without James, Harden's data exploded. Scored 47 points and 11 assists in a large double-double performance, and Mirotic also scored 23 points. The Grizzlies, which designed defensive tactics against Curry, were a little speechless when facing Harden's touch , Defensive expert Tony Allen played 27 minutes in this game, 9 minutes less than usual, why, because Harden is too fucking capable of fouling.

In fact, the identity of James' teammates is also a double-edged sword. Thanks to James' huge popularity bonus, Harden defeated Paul and Irving in the All-Star voting this season and won the honor of starting the All-Star, which many people did not expect. But on another level, Harden's black spots have also been magnified a lot, especially the bad habit of touching porcelain, which is out of the circle. Averaged 10.7 free throws per game, which really scared me to death.

The ability is real, the playing is really ugly, this is Harden.

After taking care of everything, Jiang Mingliang also took Jessica to Huaxia. However, Jessica will not stay in China for a long time. After inspecting some stores, she will go to South Korea to meet with some of her friends in South Korea, enjoy her time, and leave some time for Jiang Mingliang's personal activities.

ByteDance's headquarters is in the capital, so Jiang Mingliang and Jessica's foothold this time is not the previous magic city, but directly arrived in the capital. The company has arranged a special car pick-up and sent Jiang Mingliang and Jessica directly to the hotel.

First of all, the feeling of Beijing is that the air is really dry, and the climate is relatively cold, especially when you go out. However, the Lantern Festival has not yet passed, and there is still a strong New Year flavor on the street.

To Jiang Mingliang's surprise, Jessica actually proposed to go out to eat roast duck. Jiang Mingliang's first reaction was that he didn't want to go out, but thinking about the jet lag on his body, going out for a walk and eating something would also help him sleep at night. Also agreed.

Eating roast duck is a trivial matter. In fact, what Jessica wants more is to get along with Jiang Mingliang to have more flavor of life. In fact, if Jiang Mingliang stays in the hotel, there is a high probability that Jiang Mingliang will also devote himself to work, so it is better to drag him out for a walk with him to feel the customs of the capital.

But, walking on the streets of the capital, Jessica's first reaction was to squeeze, the second reaction was to be cold, and the third reaction was to be dry.

Of course, there are also advantages. The capital city is much cleaner than New York, and the race is relatively homogeneous, unlike the United States, which always listens to people and annoys them.