Build a Dream Dynasty

The Nets established an 8-point advantage in the first half, but the Nuggets also have their own reliance.

Plateau Home! It is the biggest advantage of the Nuggets. Some professionals have made professional statistics and analysis on the home field advantage of each team in the major leagues in North America. Among them, the league with the largest home field advantage is the NBA, with an average home field advantage of 62%. In the NBA, the league with the largest home field advantage The dominant team, the Denver Nuggets, has a home court advantage of 66.1%. In other words, at the Pepsi Center, the Nuggets have nearly a 2/3 chance of killing a well-matched opponent.

High altitude, low air pressure, and thin air. Playing in such an environment, players will definitely be more tired than usual on the court, especially after exhaustion. In fact, the regular season is slightly better. In the playoffs, the Nuggets The home field advantage will be further magnified.

In the third quarter of the game, the players of the Nets began to be gradually affected by the decline in physical strength, and their performance declined. At this stage, it was when the Nuggets began to make efforts to reverse the situation of the game. Can rely on the personal ability of Leonard and George to nail the score at the free throw line. However, on the defensive end, facing the Nuggets' round after round of impact, the defensive rate has declined somewhat.

McDermott, who looks like a 3D but is actually a running back, all-round small forward Wilson Chandler and Italian gunner Gallinari both have shooting and breakthrough abilities. Jokic pulls Porzingis to the outside, and the Nets Some couldn't withstand the impact of the Nuggets, and the point difference was quickly smoothed out.

The head coach of the Nuggets, Zhuge Malone, deserves to be the head coach who was able to deal with Cousins ​​in a submissive manner during his tenure at the Kings. To magnify the team's home court advantage is to use the highest intensity confrontation to create trouble for the Nets.

As early as the 1213 season before the Nets completed their lineup, the game against the Nuggets was known as the "New Jersey Shooting Team" VS "Denver Athletics". A group of snipers shot a pleasing basketball. At that time, the two teams fought against each other, adhering to the principle of "whoever defends who is the grandson", and contributed a wonderful duel. In the end, because "three points are better than two points One more point" This eternal principle finally allowed the Nets to win successfully.

In the next few years, the successive departures of Ujiri and Carl caused the Nuggets to go downhill, while the Nets, led by Curry, soared into the sky and completed a small dynasty with three championships in four years. The game between them gradually turned into a one-sided situation. In the past few years, the Nuggets have only won once against the Nets without Leonard in the 1415 season, and lost all other times.

Under the predicament, Stevens made personnel adjustments, replacing Leonard, Yi Jianlian and Van Vleet with Joe Johnson, Royce O'Neal and Robertson, and veteran Joe Johnson as point guard. Make sure the Nets have two singles strong points on the court. Robertson, who is a full-time defender, comes on stage to entangle Gallinari, who is the most offensive threat, and saves George's energy as much as possible. Royce O'Neill's confrontation is a little weak, but his footwork is still flexible, and it is not a big problem to take care of Nelson on the defensive end. And Leonard's rest is to save energy and prepare physical reserves for the next fight.

The team lineup is not as thick as before, which requires Stevens to be more flexible and considerate in personnel deployment.

Robertson is an outlier in the Nets, which is extremely particular about offensive space and shooting ability. He has almost no shooting ability. He has made less than 20% of his three-pointers in his career. In his three-year career, he has not scored in double figures in a single game. Such a player is not the Nets' favorite, but sometimes, if he is used in the right place, he can make his own contribution to the team. contribution. The core of this wave of adjustments by Stevens lies in Robertson. How good is his defense after his debut? McDermott used a pick-and-roll to get rid of George's defense. When he saw Robertson, the expression on his face was very helpless. This is the embodiment of a very good defensive deterrence.

If this player was placed in the NBA fifteen years ago or even ten years ago, it would not be a big problem to mix into a middle-class player. At least it is more useful than players like Hassell and Ryan Bowen. However, in the current league , can only be used as this kind of surprise weapon, and play its role when occasionally containing the opponent's attack.

However, during the time he was on the court, Robertson played really well. Whether it was strangling Gallinari or assisting other players, he did a good job and produced effects that even Stevens could not have imagined.

"Maybe it would be a good choice for Robertson to play as a power forward." Stevens was planning in his mind. Right now, in his concept, the weakness of the power forward position is really a heart problem.

Zhuge Malone would never have imagined that the inconspicuous Robertson of the Nets once again turned the game around in the game and helped the team re-establish the lead. The attack launched by the team's flank position was quickly blocked. Looking back, turning around, Joe Johnson used a steady offense on the offensive end to harvest the remaining blood of the Nuggets bit by bit, and the balance of victory began to rapidly fall to the Nets.

Malone made adjustments in time, replaced McDermott with Faried, and tried to overwhelm the Nets with a more powerful inside attack, but he was still powerless. Faried is not a smart insider. In other words, he is more suitable for hitting the basket after finishing pick-and-roll with the outside line or using his running and jumping ability to hit the opponent in the fast break. Playing this kind of cooperation with Jokic is not his strong point, which is why the Nuggets plan to trade him .

If the Nets are willing to play Royce O'Neal, they can supplement Faried to supplement the team's weak power forward position, but Jiang Mingliang has no plans to make this deal. Even if Curry is lost, the team's problems will be magnified to a certain extent, and they are still not in a hurry to do this kind of deal that removes the east wall and pays the west wall.

Of course, judging from the current situation of the Nets, Royce O'Neal is no longer a player that the team is unwilling to trade. He has a great effect on the team, but the problem is that George and Leonard occupy More playing time at the two positions on the wing, coupled with Joe Johnson, can leave him with less playing time. Although Curry's injury gave his teammates more opportunities to perform, Royce O'Neal did not have the ability to swing to the first position. At the same time, due to the decline in the strength of the team, the frequency of checking in in the three quarters was greatly reduced, which also reduced the performance of substitute players. The team will not easily rotate George and Leonard. From this perspective, O'Neal has fewer opportunities.

If there is a suitable opportunity, there may be a transaction, but the premise is that there is a "suitable opportunity".

In the fourth quarter, Leonard led the team through the Nuggets' counterattack for a period of time. As the Nuggets players became more impatient, more and more problems were exposed, and the point difference widened. , In the end, the Nuggets lost to the Nets at home 113:127, and the home court fell.

The Nets won, and Robertson contributed a lot, but the press conference after the game didn't have anything to do with him. This is the sadness of the role. The media's attention must be on the stars and the head coach. Steven, who has completed the four-year triple crown In the eyes of the media and fans, Adams has long been the next Auerbach, and he can build a team and compete for the championship!

Make good use of role players, and use Robertson, who can't attack at all and can only be used as a defense, to contain the Nuggets' offense. This trick really affected the game. In the interview, Stevens also praised Robertson, by the way He praised Jiang Mingliang a bit.

"It's very comfortable to work with Isaac, he always finds me what I want. A lot of people say that we have a weaker bench, but in my opinion, we are just younger and prone to mistakes at times. , Our bench lineup has a lot of power to tap. I believe we can get through these two difficult months, and when Stephen comes back, we will see that everything is getting better."

After winning two games in a row, the doubts surrounding the Nets have decreased a lot. In other words, the two lost games before made many sane fans understand the problems of the Nets, and the team started to run in again after losing Curry, and was on the right path again, even defeating the Nets. For an opponent like the Nuggets, this is very valuable.

Back in New York, the Nets players got two days to rest, and Curry, who had completed the operation, also came to the training hall to encourage the morale of his teammates, especially Van Fleet, who has always been controversial.

Few superstars have Curry's affinity. Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe, James, and even Durant would not be so peaceful and emotionless with unknown role players. This is why many fans like Curry very much. Compared with other superstars, you can find a lot of black material and black pictures when you browse casually. If you post them on the forum, you can only ask the administrator to delete the post to cover it up. Perhaps the biggest black spot in Curry is when he is leading by a big score. Se shook his head.

The Nets training ground is divided into two courts, four half courts, usually one half court for Curry, one half court for George, one half court for Leonard, one half court for other role players, and sometimes George Will choose to share with Curry or Leonard, and other players share a court. Today, Curry returned to the training hall, and other players also consciously vacated the court and gave Curry to Van Vleet as a personal trainer.

It is not so much a personal trainer as a sparring partner. Curry's skills are not easy to teach others by precept and example. And few people can successfully strengthen their shooting ability during the season. What Curry can help is to optimize Van Vleet's reasonable choice of breakthrough OR pass in the game, including guiding some running positions. ,

These can be improved through training and watching videos.