Build a Dream Dynasty

On December 28, the Nets defeated the Atlanta Hawks, which had declined significantly this season, and won the first 20-game winning streak in team history. This tied for fourth place in the NBA's winning streak. Before, only the Lakers (33 consecutive victories), the Heat (24 consecutive victories), the Rockets (22 consecutive victories), and the Bucks (20 consecutive victories) had a better winning streak. There is a chance to continue this record visible to the naked eye. 33 consecutive victories may be out of reach, but it should be quite sure to hit the Heat's record of 24 consecutive victories.

The Eagles have declined significantly this season. One of the most important reasons is that Carroll, the team's outstanding small forward last season, was poached by the Raptors with a high salary during the offseason. There was a vacuum in the team's wing position. Zmore did not have the ability to replace Carroll, and the team's outside offense and defense had obvious problems. But the Eagles can't help it. The team managed to stick two first-round picks before successfully getting rid of Joe Johnson's junk contract. With the Nets currently in a strong and scary situation, the team will definitely not risk the luxury tax to keep Carroll. After all, the goal of most NBA bosses is not to win the championship, but to make money.

In fact, after winning a regular season championship and having a good time, the Eagles have begun to consider rebuilding around newcomers Schroeder and LaVine in the backcourt, including players like Horford, Korver, and Millsap. It is possible to leave the team in the summer. Especially Horford, this All-Star insider will definitely be one of the most sought-after insiders in the summer of 2016. No team with sufficient salary space will resist the addition of this All-Star insider who has defense, shooting, and strong support ability.

However, before the fans of the Nets celebrated their 20-game winning streak, an injury report was updated on the team's official website. Porzingis is expected to miss two to four weeks due to a strained left calf hamstring.

Jiang Mingliang has always been very concerned about Porzingis' health issues. For this reason, the team has strict control over Porzingis' playing time. Others often have the opportunity to stat, and once the game is over, the team will replace Porzingis in time. However, the strain this time was more of an accident during the game. It was a natural and man-made disaster, and it could only be broken teeth and swallowed by blood.

The next opponent on the Nets' journey is the Celtics, which has a sudden rise in record this season. In an inconspicuous deal last season, Rondo and Thomas swapped clubs. Since then, both the Celtics and Kings seem to have found the right direction of development. The Celtics, who lacked offensive output points, got Thomas Jr., who was more capable of scoring independently. The team's originally stagnant offense was suddenly stirred up. Joe Johnson finally didn't need a single offensive organization to catch him. Go up and return to the ranks of 20+ scorers, and the Celtics' good defensive system also helps Thomas, who may be the worst defensive player in the league, plug the loopholes on the defensive end, plus Randall, Smart With the progress of these players, the Celtics ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference this season, and their results are even higher than the Cavaliers who reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season.

With the most glorious history in the NBA, the Celtics have their own tough team culture. The superstars in the team history are not as good as the Lakers, but many names that are not well-known but equally great have brought this team What is more is the DNA of tenacity, toughness and iron blood. When facing strong teams, the Celtics dare to show their swords.

Nurkic continued Porzingis' extremely high scrimmage winning rate. The Nets' first offense was completed by JR Smith. A behind-the-back dribble finds a breakthrough line. Randall is not a good defender. JR passed him sideways and scored a layup with his left hand.

The Celtics attacked, and Randall pulled to the outside to do a pick-and-roll for Thomas. After the latter broke into the inside and made a fake move, Green hit the time difference, and then made a mid-range shot.

After scoring, Thomas Jr. was very excited and directly led the defense of Curry. Although the strongest 175 on the surface is not tall enough, he has a thick body and is very aggressive. In addition to the home game, the referee acquiesced in some of his provocations. It took Curry 7 seconds to reach the frontcourt. Facing this mad dog Curry is not in a hurry to wrestle with the opponent. After handing the ball to Leonard, he starts to move. The pick-and-roll arrangement is already at its peak. Although he is actively going around the screen, he is still being blocked, blocked, blocked, and then the referee's whistle blew, and the Nets fouled on the offensive screen?

Curry was a little confused, and Nurkic, who was called for a cover foul, was also a little confused. Objectively speaking, this foul was called quite reluctantly. Curry returned the ball to the referee, and the Nets resumed their defense. It was still Thomas who held the ball. With the help of Baynes' pick-and-roll, he found an opportunity to play big. Facing Nurkic's defense, Thomas Jr. used his body to lean on the opponent to force a layup. Not only did he score the ball, but he also scored 2. +1.

In less than 100 seconds on the field, Nurkic has accumulated two fouls, this speed. . . . . . Stevens had no choice but to replace O'Quinn.

As soon as O'Quinn came on the field, he successfully found an opportunity in the paint, and scored under the basket after receiving a double-team from Curry. but. The Nets just scored a goal, and Baynes in the Celtics' backcourt immediately sent a long pass. Thomas Jr. assisted Joe Johnson to hit a three-pointer in the transitional offense that the Nets are good at. At the beginning, the Celtics are in full swing!

As the most offensive team in the league, most opponents will try to slow down the tempo when facing the Nets, but the Celtics do the opposite, and instead play fast, the next two Minutes and a half minutes, the Celtics hit a 7:0 spurt, with a 15:4 start forcing Stevens to call a timeout in the fourth minute of the game.

There are indeed objective factors. Thomas’ touch is really good today. The referee blew the home whistle with determination today. The team’s top two centers are not on the court. O’Quinn is still a bit weak. Although he scored two points, But they lost two backcourt rebounds alone. These are serious problems, but the main reason is that the team itself is not prepared enough for difficulties, obsessed with floating outside shots, and the defensive end does not give enough confrontation. While reprimanding the players, Stevens also made personnel adjustments. O'Quinn, who failed to hold the rebounds in the backcourt, was replaced. Small tactical center position.

Play fast? The Nets are good at fast-paced offense and defense, but it has never been because the players run fast. In fact, no matter how fast a person runs, it is impossible to catch up with the speed of transferring the ball. The fastness of the Nets is reflected in the fact that they have more People who can dominate the ball, because of the presence of Curry, they have more space, their shots are accurate, and they can tolerate more misalignments, whether it is offensive or defensive.

Baynes is essentially a blue-collar insider. Although he has developed his shooting range in the NBA in the past two seasons, his value itself is still reflected in the defensive end, especially the defense of the solid penalty area. The big man lacks the ability to punish Green on the offensive end, and the Nets can use five small tactics to punish the opponent in turn.

Compared with the five dead warriors in history, there is a gap. After all, Clay and Durant are all players with top shooting ability in history. Given the current situation of the Nets, it is extremely difficult to include these two people in the team. But in itself, Jiang Mingliang did not completely build the team according to the Warriors in history from the perspective of team building. This is because he has always increased the frequency of Curry's possession of the ball, and did not let Green hold the ball at the top of the arc to become the Nets' first offense. You can see the clues by choosing.

Reappeared, the first round of offense, the Nets' offense was completed, and the shooting point of Covington was added in the bottom corner. The Celtics' defense was further drawn outward. Curry used his physical advantage to break into the basket and throw He scored and helped the team narrow the point difference to 9 points.

Looking back, on the defensive end, the Nets' defense expanded very aggressively, continuing to put pressure on the outside ball holders. However, Chasing Dream Green also has a problem at the center position, that is, Randall, who is naturally restrained, is much more comfortable when facing Covington. The Celtics have a good record this season. One of the great advantages is that the team's striker strength is at the upper level in the league. Joe Johnson and Randall can be regarded as a complementary pair. The former has excellent skills and strong shooting, but relatively As far as he is concerned, he doesn't like to play inside, and he has less responsibility on the defensive end. And what Randall is good at is to go in hard, and to go in after catching the ball in any position. With the guidance of Joe Johnson, Randall will be a little easier to be reckless in many cases.

Gentry is indeed good at attacking. When the Big Three left and the team was rebuilding, they were able to bring the Celtics back on track so quickly. Angie and Gentry did pay a lot. s hard work. Right now, Stoudemire's contract has ended, and Joe Johnson's big contract will also expire after the end of the season. At that time, if Joe Johnson can be renewed at a reasonable price, the team's reconstruction will be initially completed . Thomas, Smart, Bradley, Randall, including Baynes, are not too old, and they are all suitable members on the team's reconstruction.

Relying on the outstanding performance of Joe Johnson and Randall, the Celtics managed to maintain a lead of more than 5 points over the Nets until the two sides withdrew their main players and rotated their lineups. However, this advantage is obviously not too squandered in a whole game.

Returning to the North Shore Garden Stadium, Paul Pierce was warmly welcomed by the fans, and Pierce also used his performance to lead the Nets to overtake the score. The arrival of Thomas Jr. has alleviated the Celtics' starting lineup's lack of ability to score points, but the Celtics' bench lineup, emmm, how many points they can score depends on Jordan Crawford and Evan Turner In addition, Smart's outside strike is also one of the signs of the Celtics' bench lineup offense.

The Nets' outside defense restrained the Celtics' two substitute scoring points, and then Pierce used the opportunity of offensive and defensive transitions to assist his teammates to score twice, and then made a three-pointer when facing Turner, leading the basket. The Nets overtook the score before the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the situation changed suddenly. Gentry replaced Thomas Jr. again. The strongest 175 on the surface. The score was overtaken, and Dinwiddie made frequent moves. Although Dinwiddie was very active, he had no choice but to face Thomas Jr., who was completely outburst. His personal offense was high, and Thomas Jr. also began to mobilize his teammates. Humphries and Turner also scored in the interior successively. Before the point difference widened to double digits, Stevens replaced the main player. Matt hit a three-pointer and widened the point difference to 12 points.

Such a wonderful performance in the focus battle has attracted more and more people's attention to Thomas. It would be even better if he could lead the team to end the Nets' 20-game winning streak. Think of the name "Aprila", forever tied to AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games.

The Nets were attacking, and Curry held the ball to face Thomas Jr.'s defense and looked for opportunities to attack in the low post. In the low post, Leonard has firmly stuck in his position and actively asked for the ball. Curry immediately passed the ball past. Leonard bowed his body to Joe Johnson behind him, turned around with the dog halfway, withdrew his left foot, kicked his right foot, straightened his back, tilted his upper body, and finally left his left foot off the ground, a sign the fadeaway jumper.

Compared with Kobe, who recently announced his retirement after the end of the season, Leonard's movements are not so smooth, or the range is not so exaggerated. This is also because he has better physical talent. The same movement, it is indeed easier for him to do it. Simpler, and arguably more obscure.

In the next game, Leonard relied on this low back jumper to hit Joe Johnson four times in a row, leading the team to catch up with the score. Leonard was a little helpless with this strong move.

If it is Rivers, Popovich, Carlisle, Casey, etc., they must know the consequences of double-teaming Leonard and releasing Curry, but Gentry does not seem to have this awareness, or He has no way to solve Leonard's problem right now, so he can only choose to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and then he finds himself, as if the load-bearing wall has been demolished. . . . . .

When the Celtics put their defensive focus on Leonard, Curry's energy finally began to release. He first hit three consecutive goals within one minute, scored 8 points, and led the team to catch up. Then, after attracting double-teams, he assisted JR Smith to dunk Baynes, and finally hit two consecutive goals in the last minute before halftime, including a halftime three-pointer in the last second before halftime. In four minutes, Curry scored 13 points, helping the team easily reverse the unfavorable situation of being 5 points behind and leading by 7 points. Gentry paid dearly for his mistakes.