1545.The Aging Five (Part 1)
On the Nets' side, the division of labor among the five starting "giants" is very clear.
Joe Johnson's pure catch-and-shoot style picked up his mid-to-long-range pick-and-shoot experience on the wing during his early years with the Suns, shooting 40 percent from three-point range, his best three-point performance in the nine years since he left the Suns.
Anthony pulls away without the ball in his hand, his teammates rush to shoot, and he singles when he catches the pot.
Garnett can block, shoot, pass, and in addition to not being able to score inside now, he did what he should have done in about 20 minutes of playing time.
Da Lopez moved a lot faster, ran in mid-range and shot much better than before, and was able to cut and score.
Deron scored a dip, but his assists were much better than last season, especially Joe Johnson, who split the wing after Garnett's pick-and-roll, and the wing pitcher who came off the bench, all did a good job.
Sun Ce watched the opening game between the Nets and the Heat, and in that game, the Nets were constantly playing alone at every position.
But now, there is obviously a more reasonable offensive routine, and these players, even Delon, will turn 30 this summer, and DeLong is obviously not the kind of superstar who can maintain the best team-level ability for a long time, and 30 is normal for a player like him.
Anthony is a month older than Delon, Joe Johnson is 32, Garnett is about to be 38, and Lopez is a little younger.
So it was a mistake to think that Avery Johnson's singles tactics were suitable for this team at the beginning of the season.
Chicken Soup Rivers' reasonable construction of blocking and dismantling play + Anthony's singles and offensive rebounding rush is a more suitable style of play for this group of veterans.
However, this group of veterans played well on the offensive end, in the past 12 games coached by Rivers, the Nets averaged 106 points per game, but the defense was not so good, conceding an average of 103 points per game during this period, which is better than the first few games at the beginning of the season, but it is only a league-average defense, but this is related to the fact that Garnett and Kirilenko did not play 48 minutes together, and the two together could not play for 40 minutes, because they had to prepare for the playoffs.
And, the Nets do a great job on the offensive end, but it's not all good things, and they have a lot of flaws on the defensive end.
After Lopez lost weight, he couldn't carry people inside, and Randolph played two games to get used to it, and tonight he found his pre-injury form, rushing for offensive rebounds on Lopez's head in a row.
Joe Johnson's defense is basically gone, and due to the change of play, he has reduced his singles and has become a pure pitcher...... Sun Ce was curious about how contemporary Jordan played the best shooting rate in 9 years, and his ability evaluation was only at the starting level, and now he finally understands.
Anthony has both physical fitness and mobile confrontation, but lacks defensive enthusiasm, and the Nets' best outside defense is actually Delong.
It's all okay, and while Garnett is still on the court, the Nets can still defend.
But Garnett started and played for 4 minutes and went down, Kirilenko came up, although it was okay, but Kirilenko couldn't stand Sun Ce!
So, Sun Ce began a crazy break!
Klay Thompson and Paul George threw the ball when they received it, Randolph grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to Sun Ce, Sun Ce made a second pass to a double 3D, and the two then threw it, long two points and three points to shoot wildly.
Double 3D is a bit unconventional today, but accurate!
Before the official timeout in the first quarter, the two scored 9 points together, Klay Thompson had 1 three-pointer and 1 long two-pointer, and Paul George had two mid-range shots, and 3 of the 4 sports goals were assists from Sun Ce! Coupled with an empty lob to Larry Sanders on a counterattack, Sun Ce had 4 assists in the first half!
Defensively, the Grizzlies' lineup defended the wing shooting very well, although it gave Anthony several opportunities to cut in from the middle and Garnett to make two high-pitch jumpers from outside the free throw line, but the overall defense was okay.
The key is that no matter whether the teammates can prevent it or not, the players who rotate to the players close to the three-second zone will help Sun Ce get in the position!
Sun Ce had 2 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the first quarter!
In the first half of the quarter, the Grizzlies played a score of 15-12,
In the first half of the quarter, when Garnett was on the court, he didn't play an advantage, and the head coach of the Nets side Rivers was about to blow up!
They worked hard, but Paul George and Klay Thompson were too accurate, one 2-of-4, one 2-of-3, a total of 4-of-7 shooting, and as a pitcher combination, the overall shooting percentage was more than fifty percent, how else could this be played?
However, with such a lineup, Rivers still wants to challenge for the championship.
In the first half of the first quarter, they did not make any substitutions in the other four positions except for Garnett and Kirilenko, and the biggest advantage of this lineup is that it can suppress the opponent's fast break, just like playing the Heat, by lowering the tempo, limiting the Heat's fast break, and then beating the Heat in two consecutive games after the start of the new season.
But the Heat's outside scoring ability is not as strong as the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies' outside brother can score 70 points.
That being the case, Rivers chose a different lineup.
The official timeout came back with the lineup of Delon, Jason Terry, Anthony, Kirilenko and Mason Plumlee on the field.
Plumlee is an extremely athletic interior player, and this year's first-round pick is one of the best players on the inside of this year's rookie line, and he is the only rookie in the class of 2013 to be drafted into the training team by the United States Blue Association, and has been confirmed to represent the United States in the 2014 Basketball World Cup in Spain.
Da Lopets was replaced in advance, and he was not replaced by Brachi, which means that the Nets will no longer continue to play positional warfare, offense and defense, Da Lopets is just a lot faster, and in general, he is still an offensive and defensive player in positional warfare, and he is not the big center who can shoot three-pointers who is less than 110 kilograms in the future.
On the Grizzlies' side, after the official timeout came back, the outside trio remained unchanged, and the inside combination became Richard Jefferson and Yi Jianlian.
After the previous game with the Warriors, Sun Ce discussed with David Fitzdale and Coach Hollins about the Warriors' style of play when Curry and Harden were shooting well.
You can't copy it completely, but when you feel hot, you can still imitate it.
Like now!
Sun Ce thought that it would be difficult to continue to get a triple-double against the Nets, but he didn't expect the double 3D to be so accurate tonight, forcing the opponent to stop insisting on positional warfare, and the opponent also ran!
This made Sun Ce play even more in the second half of the first quarter!
5 points, 2 boards and 3 assists, Sun Ce got 7 points, 5 boards, 7 assists and 1 block after the first quarter!
At the beginning of the game, because Paul George and Klay Thompson played well, the Grizzlies established the advantage of winning from the first quarter!