With a new arena and a new core, the Nets are starting to get on track this season and have no problem making the playoffs. Owner Prokhorov is certainly not just aiming for the playoffs, they want to replace the Knicks as the king of New York and win the NBA championship.

Prokhorov is mainly engaged in the mining and financial industries in Russia, and holds shares in the famous Russian CSKA basketball club. According to the Russian edition of Forbes, he ranked first in Russia with $9.5 billion. With such a wealthy boss, the Nets are naturally willing to spend money. Carmelo Anthony, Joe Johnson, Deron Williams, and Brooke Lopez formed the Big Four in their playing years.

However, the Nets still have problems. Avery Johnson, the "Little General", was questioned, and Delon publicly attacked his tactical system. Deron's stats have dropped this season and aren't as much of a premium as they were when he was with the Jazz.

In fact, Delon is only suitable for blocking and dismantling tactics, and he has no assists if it is complicated. He wants Lopes to cover him in the high post, and Johnson prefers Lopes to attack in the low post. In this way, only Humphries is responsible for blocking and dismantling, and Humphries, who is not good at shooting, cannot evacuate the inside line well.

Now DeLong is averaging just 16 per game. 3 points 7. 4 assists and shooting just 44 from the field. 6%, which is a lot lower than the peak. When he played in the Olympics, he was the worst in the Dream Team. In the past, it was always said that he was better than Paul, that he was the first defender, but now no one holds that argument. Even Nets fans generally agree that the No. 1 position and the Knicksby are weaknesses.

This time, Xuandelon wanted to prove himself last week, so he practiced his three-point shot in the morning. Qiu Delong, who was swept by the Warriors in the Jazz playoffs that year, has never reported it. Playing the Knicks with all his might has also become a common feature of NBA guards recently. Zhou Xuan has almost been deified by the media.

When he came out, Anthony said to Delon: "Pull away and give me more passes, and I'll clean up that rookie from Leonard." ”

Delong snorted: "Don't underestimate people, his defense is very good, it has been said on the news, and many experts are optimistic about him, I think it is appropriate to play more blocking and dismantling." ”

Anthony was quite disdainful in his heart, he knew that he liked to block and dismantle so much, don't leave the Jazz, what are you doing here? Because he arrived at the Nets early, people are used to calling Deron the boss of the Nets, the outside core. Anthony was not convinced after he came, he thought that he was the most capable, and he should be the boss of the Nets, assisted by the other three. Delon doesn't like to pass the ball to him, but blocks and distributes it to Lopez or attacks himself, which is a habit developed in the Jazz. Although they have won a lot of games, they have not been in tune with each other since the start of the competition.

Iverson and Billups worked together more closely with Anthony because they played at a fast pace. Anthony likes to play fast breaks, or hold the ball by relying on physical fitness and technique to do more, not a little bit of positional warfare and grinding with opponents. This season his stats have dropped to 21. 8 points. Hit rate 40. 6% is even more bleak, a career low. At the time of the Nuggets, he shot nearly 50 percent from the field at best.

Joe Johnson saw that the two had vague signs of discord, but he did not stand up to speak. He is known as the "Eagle King" in the Eagles, and he is actually very low-key in the locker room.

Lopez is a veteran of the tennis team, he is more low-key, even a little shy, and his hobby when he doesn't play usually is to write books at home, not casually, the kind that can really be published. He's also not good at winning people's hearts.

On the surface, the Nets are strong, but in fact, they are secretly full of hidden dangers. They don't have a core that can hold the field. Anthony was also hard to convince everyone. He didn't have success with the Nuggets, nor did he have individual accolades, and he was more of a pure scorer.

The coach general also has a headache, when there were no stars before, the uniform team wouldn't say anything about him with a bad record, and now he can't control it when he introduces stars. In training, he was eager to show his iron will to get his stars to stick to the rules, only to be annoyed by the players who thought he would only shout and curse on the sidelines.

It was Kidd who stood up and said: "Delong, our current formation is not very suitable for blocking and dismantling, the starter only has Joe a stable three-point shooting point, if you break in again, they only need to shrink and strictly prevent Joe from limiting the scoring efficiency." I think it's right to give up space to Cameron, he and Brooke carry the ball, attract the ball and open it up as long as you and Joe shoot from the outside. ”

The opposing emotions suddenly turned invisible, DeLong couldn't say anything, Kidd was analyzed from a tactical level, and the style of play was very reasonable. But for the sake of that legitimacy, he had to sacrifice data. Will Paul, Rose, and Zhou Xuan be set-up pitchers on the perimeter for tactical purposes? The answer is no, but those three don't have Anthony's strong attacking point around them. Lopes is also very efficient and has a super scoring ability among interior players.

Kidd added: "Delon, in order to win, I think you have to focus more on the defensive end. The Knicks will definitely let Zhou Xuan take the lead, and if you single you out, you have to find a way to limit him. Otherwise the game will be tough. ”

"Yes, I'll do my best."

Kidd said: "Others pay attention to the defense, that kid is getting more and more powerful." ”

Delong muttered in his heart, his lateral movement speed is slow, and it is not good to prevent breakthroughs, Zhou Xuan has already figured out his details, if it is really difficult to do it alone. When Zhou Xuan was still a rookie, he could rely on his skills to beat him alone. Now he doesn't feel that he is stronger than Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan has won many personal honors, and it is difficult for him to even be selected as an All-Star.

Kidd also said to the bench players: "In the second quarter, the strength of the Knicks bench is not weak, there are scorers inside and outside, our goal is to replace the Knicks as the strongest team in New York, stand out in the East, don't get carried away after defeating the Heat, this one can't relax for a moment, I will also go all out, everyone must guard well." ”

"Okay."

Everyone in the team is Kidd, and the management has made Kidd involved in the coaching staff, and he is now actually a part-time assistant coach for the players, and he can join the coaching staff directly when he retires. Johnson knew he wouldn't be too far away, and there were few people on the team who served him. He was inferior to Kidd in terms of being a human being. The big names of the Dream Team all regard Kidd as a senior, and the U.S. team has never lost a game in the Olympics, and his team spirit is convincing. And Johnson never won a championship, leading the team back to consecutive games when he was in the Mavericks' prime.

The team leader took the players on time.

The Nets were hit first. When the Knicks players played, especially Zhou Xuan, the fans applauded very warmly, as if this was the home court of the Knicks.

Fans who live in Brooklyn, also in New York, also like the Knicks, but it's a long way away, and not everyone goes to the game, and now the Knicks are happy to be here. Compared with the Nets, who have just been formed and rely on spending money to build giants, the Knicks' team basketball is more attractive.

Zhou Xuan waved to the fans in the audience. CCTV5 Su Qun smiled: "This is really like the home court of the Knicks, in terms of popularity, it will only take a long time for the Nets to surpass the Knicks to become the most popular team in New York." ”

Yang Jian said: "The Nets need a record, their stars are famous, and if they don't play well, they will be questioned more. Looking at the lineups of both sides, the Nets have four All-Stars, and they have to pay a lot of luxury tax this season. The Knicks were selected as an All-Star, but there was actually only one Zhou Xuan. Billups is in no match for what he was when he was younger. The Knicks are not subject to luxury tax. ”

The players warmed up, and ESPN commentator Van Gundy smiled: "Zhou Xuan said hello to Delong, smiling and looking confident. I think the Knicks had a better chance of winning today. ”

"Magic" Johnson said: "How to prevent Anthony is the Knicks' primary problem, the Nets are still running in, the Knicks are better in terms of tactics, watching a few Nets games, I think they rely more on the individual ability of the stars to attack." Joe Johnson doesn't play with the ball and can't play it to his full potential, he's more of a spot pitcher and the team's second playmaker. Lopez is very efficient offensively, but he tends to play poorly against Howard and Chandler, and I think the Knicks have a better chance of winning. ”

Players from both sides played. The Knicks five, Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Leonard, Scola, Chandler. Parsons returned to the bench, Humphries is a macho man, Parsons is weaker in confrontation, and it will be difficult to defend in the low post, so he sent Scola who is short and has better confrontation ability.

The Nets started DeLong, Joe Johnson, Anthony, Humphries, Lopez.

The race is on. Chandler won the jump ball easily, and the Knicks attacked first.

Zhou Xuan took it to the front court and passed to Leonard on the side, and the middle and Chandler covered without the ball and ran to the bottom right corner. Leonard split the ball quickly and Humphries followed. Zhou Xuan turned to face the frame, Delong chased the defense, and formed a bag in the first round.

On the inside, Scola ran backwards to the middle, Chandler cut to the basket, and the two crossed the position. Lopez chose to stay under the basket to fight Chandler, after all, he is a big man with a height of 216CM and can't be ignored.

Zhou Xuan gave the ball to the middle, Scola took the ball and took aim, and made a jump shot before Delong rushed up to interfere, hollowing into the net. 2 to 0.

In the first round, the Knicks broke through the Nets' defense.

The Nets attacked, DeLong passed to Anthony, who singled out Leonard, broke through to the baseline after a 60-degree probe on the right side, and Leonard reacted very quickly and blocked the breakthrough route. Anthony leaned his back and turned to the middle for a jumper. Leonard didn't shake, jumped up and interfered with all his might, didn't cover it, and the ball was deflected.

Chandler won the rebound, the Knicks immediately launched a fast attack, Matthews passed Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan took the ball in the front court and shook it for a while, attracting De Da to move forward and change direction to break through. He drew Anthony's reinforcement and played the ball out of the line. Leonard, who was on the fast break, received the ball on the left and took a shot, and the ball hollowed into the net. 5 to 0.

Zhou Xuan opened with two assists, and the Nets' defense line was chaotic.