The Godfather of Basketball

Angie has reason for his confidence.

After trading for Kemba Walker, the Celtics' starting lineup on paper, Walker + Brown + Hayward + Tatum + Horford is not in vain for the Nets. Matt, Marcus Morris, Aaron Baines and Qi Zhou.

They have the capital to fight the Nets.

Of course, Tang Tian also pays more attention to this round of the series. Stevens' system is very similar to his, and it is even stronger in terms of defensive aggression. Playing against them is a typical kind of peeling off even if you don't die. .

The first two games of the series will be played in Brooklyn, and the New York fans are quite crazy.

This season, the Nets have achieved a record high record in team history, and their expectations for the team are naturally higher.

Although the Celtics are strong, what they want to see is the home team rubbing each other on the ground for a while.

On May 1, US time, three days after the Celtics and Bucks series ended, the second round of the Nets and Celtics officially started at the Barclays Center.

The arena was crowded with people, and many stars came to the sidelines, and many of them were from China.

As the Nets have become a giant in the league, their influence has also grown, and because they have Tang Tian and Yi Jianlian, they have also become the Chinese home team after the Rockets and Cavaliers.

After the opening ceremony at the scene, the starting lineups of both sides appeared one after another.

Both sides are regular lineups.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Jokic jumped and beat Horford, giving the home team the opportunity to attack first.

Irving pushed the ball into the frontcourt, and as soon as he gave the ball to Jokic, Tatum's double-team came over.

Jokic wanted to pass the ball, and Tatum retracted again, but the retraction was not complete, and he got stuck in the route of his pass.

Stevens' defensive system is a combination of Cole and Spoelstra. Instead of resolutely double-teaming every time, nor is it infinitely changing defenses, it uses tactical positions to cut off the passing route and wait for opportunities. .

This defensive system requires that each player must accurately appear in the predetermined defensive position, and has high requirements for the tactical quality of the players, which is also the characteristic of this Celtics team.

However, the Nets' tactical quality is not bad. After Jokic held the ball, Anthony and George had already started to screen Irving and Butler for pick-and-rolls, and then made an air cut back run.

The Celtics players interspersed and moved back and forth, like weaving an invisible spider web, while the Nets players were like a pair of scissors, constantly tearing at this line of defense.

At this time, the player's personal ability gap is reflected.

Walker, Brown, Tatum and even Hayward are all very good defensive players, but they are only good. The defensive system allows them to get a bonus overall, but when the situation is one-on-one, they will still suffer.

Jokic flicked the ball to George, who ran out of the three-point line, and George threw it to Irving, who cut in the middle. Irving accelerated in the face of Walker, and shot before the weak side's help defense was in place.

There were cheers everywhere.

The Celtics had a strong defense, but the Blue Nets still played a smooth offense, and they clearly had the upper hand in the contest of spear and shield.

Walker took the ball to the frontcourt, and the Celtics also started to attack.

Compared with defense, their offense is relatively poor, and they rely more on breakthroughs from strong points to contain the ball after the defense to attack.

With this ball, Horford emptied the basket, and Walker and Tatum rushed in with the ball after the pick-and-roll.

This is aiming at Anthony's point of breakthrough.

However, Anthony's mobility is not bad after recovering from his knee injury, and he did not easily pass the frontier defense and retreat.

And almost the moment Walker finished blocking, George came directly from the weak side to help defend, and Jokic also moved towards Hayward at the same time, leaving Horford outside the three-point line.

Walker flicked the ball to Horford, and George made up the defense immediately.

Horford was blocked from the route before he made a shot, and George didn't hesitate. He held the ball for a while and reorganized Walker who came out of his bag.

The Celtics continued to run for opportunities. After George and Jokic made a few moves in the position, they changed the defender back.

At the 24th second of the attack, Walker missed an emergency stop jump shot by Butler, and the rebound was accepted by Jokic.

The Celtics' defense is like a spider's web, and the Nets are like an iron bucket!

Irving gave the ball to Jokic in the frontcourt. Jokic hit Horford with his back to the basket. Facing Tatum's help defense, he gave the ball to Anthony. Anthony dribbled the ball and met Tatum who was back on defense. The washing machine spins, turns around and puts the ball firmly into the basket.

Hayward singled George in the frontcourt, and failed to pass the continuous turning and shaking and changing speed with the ball. The ball was given to Tatum, and Tatum turned around and shook Anthony.

Jokic continued to play back with the ball in the low post. George used the pick-and-roll to go straight to the basket. The defensive Tatum made a layup and caused the latter to foul.

After two free throws, the Nets have started 6-0.

There were bursts of cheers at the scene, the Celtics couldn't attack and couldn't defend, the scene was quite ugly.

They have experienced the feeling of the Nets playing the Warriors at the beginning of last year's finals.

They can play on paper, but every position is a little weaker, and the defensive system they rely on for survival is not working. This is being suppressed and playing.

The game is still going on, Stevens has been trying to tear the Nets defense from Anthony's point, but after Anthony's knee injury healed, it is really not a defensive black hole, at least at the league average level, plus the Nets from time to time Double-teaming, just can't score.

At 10 minutes into the first quarter, the Nets had a 25-12 lead by 13 points.

The fans whistled continuously, Angie was full of confidence, and the Celtics were not bad, but they were still crushed by the Nets in a fight.

The two sides entered the rotation, with nine players on both sides, Murray, Mitchell, Kuzma and Yi Jianlian on this side, Smart, Morris, Zhou Qi and Baines on the other side.

In terms of substitute strength, the Nets are also more dominant, but Zhou Qi's performance in this period is very impressive. The defensive strength of the shirt army.

But on the offensive end, they still couldn't play coherently. Smart and Baynes hit the iron with three-pointers from the outside, only relying on Morris to score in the low post.

The starting lineup was severely suppressed, and the substitutes were unable to chase points. The Celtics played very passively in the first game of the series.

87 to 102, they finally lost by 15 points.

Tatum scored a team-high 19 points, and Hayward scored only 14 points on 5 of 16 shots against George.

For the Nets, Irving and Anthony each scored 20 points, and 6 of the team scored in double figures.

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