Coming back from the timeout, Tang Tian replaced Booker with Gordon.

Tang Tian's attention was on the court, and Rodgers on the side was encouraging Booker with words.

Compared to Booker, Gordon has a lot more experience.

This just debuted, received a pass from Delon, although the shooting speed was not as fast as Booker, but the sense of rhythm was better, and he faked a shot to deceive Durant, and then shot three points.

Although the ball was a little unlucky, it successfully attracted the Thunder's defense, Yi Jianlian flew to grab the frontcourt rebound, and the rebound caused Ibaka's beater to foul.

With one of two free throws, the Nets finally broke the scoring drought in this segment.

Back on the offensive end, Westbrook and Tucker played pick-and-rolls, and after splitting, they faced Gordon.

Gordon, like Booker, has a poor arm span, with a 2.06 meter arm span that is only 2 centimeters more than Booker's.

Westbrook also had a sudden change of direction after the match.

However, Gordon was much more experienced, knew his disadvantage, took a big step back early, and his lateral speed was much faster than Booker's, blocking Westbrook's way.

Westbrook changed direction to pressure again, Gordon gave enough confrontation, he looked smaller than Booker, but the confrontation was much stronger than Booker, and Westbrook didn't take any advantage.

Eventually, Westbrook's basket shot slipped out of the basket with interference, and Jokic jumped up to grab the defensive rebound.

Delon played a fast break, received the ball and rushed forward, attracted the defense, and then looked back to see Gordon who was following up, and shook his hand to pass the ball.

Gordon's three-point shot in pursuit.

"Huh!"

This time he seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer into the net.

The Nets came back from a timeout and played the Thunder 4-0.

With more experience and better defense, Gordon showed a lot better ability on the court than Booker who started the game.

Tang Tian looked back at Booker and found that the latter's eyes were a little lost.

103-113, the Nets finally lost to the opponent by 10 points at home, after Gordon was promoted to the starter, the bench firepower dropped significantly, and Middleton and Adams on the Thunder bench performed very well.

Booker suffered the first low point of his rookie season, playing just about 15 minutes, shooting 2-of-6 from the field and finishing with five points and one assist.

After the game, Tang Tian chatted with Booker, mainly to encourage.

Although Gordon's ability is better than Booker's, Booker's play is key for the Nets to go far in the playoffs.

After the game against the Thunder, the Nets flew to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers.

The youth army has completed a new round of rebuilding shuffle, and the former Roy, Aldridge, and even Batum and Matthews are all out of the team, and now Lillard and McCollum are in charge.

It is worth mentioning that Pralim's younger brother, Mason Pralim, who was traded to the Trail Blazers by Tang Tian, has become the starting center.

Against Pralim, Jokic played very well, hitting a quasi-triple-double of 26 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and played the best game of the season.

Under his leadership, the Nets scored in double figures with six players and upset their opponents 116-108 on the road.

Booker's performance didn't pick up, though.

Stevens' targeted play gave Trail Blazers coach Stottes a lot of reference significance, Lillard and McRum kept beckoning Booker at the beginning of the game, but Booker played 2 fouls in less than three minutes, and in the end he only played 10 minutes in the whole game, 1 of 4 shots, 3 points and 1 assist, and 3 fouls.

Not only these two games, but in the following games, all opponents grabbed the soft underbelly of Booker's defense in the opening stage.

Booker's stats also fluctuated greatly, with 7 points and 2 assists, 4 points and 1 assist, 17 points and 3 assists, 6 points and 2 assists, and 2 points and 1 assist......

In 10 games, except for playing Magic because the opponent did not have a strong surprise point on the outside, his performance picked up, not to mention the performance in the other games, but it was difficult to guarantee the playing time.

Rodgers' advice allowed Booker to build a strong self-confidence at the start of the season, but it also put him in the spotlight ahead of time, and his defensive problems were directly magnified into a defensive black hole, which was targeted by opponents in various ways.

The higher you hold it, the more painful it hurts.

In other words, Booker hit his rookie wall early, and thicker than the other rookies.

Tang Tian also had a little headache.

Booker's weaknesses are all that kind of hard injuries, short arms, this kind of physical hard injuries can't be changed, and his lateral speed is really slow, like Harden, it's also hard injuries.

Losing weight may increase his lateral speed, but the confrontation will definitely drop, and when the time comes, he will not be able to defend well if he is played in a low position.

This is also the reason why Harden was often taken one step on the outside in the previous life, but he did not lose weight.

When you don't have talent in some areas, you have to make trade-offs.

In contrast, Gordon's talent is much better, he is also strong and has a short arm span, but his lateral speed is fast, which is why he was so favored in the first place.

But Booker is not Gordon, the reality is so, there are two options in front of him, either remove Booker from the starter and let him start from the bench and start again step by step; Or just trade him for lateral speed, so that his defense can be improved to an average level.

The former is gradual, and the latter is achieved overnight.

It's normal for offense to fluctuate due to poor defense, but Booker's performance is particularly obvious, which shows that he is psychologically fragile, and withdrawing the starter at this time will definitely hit him hard.

After thinking about it, Tang Tian still decided to exchange the traverse speed.

In the last draw, he drew 5 honor points, plus the 2 honor points won by Black Eight, he originally had 7 honor points in his hand, and he also had 5 honor points after cutting the 2 points for Oden's iron knee.

Such a thick wealth bag is enough for him to squander.

Entering the interdimensional space of the system, he flipped to the basketball technique.

The price of basketball skills is not high, but the traverse speed belongs to the physical talent category, and the price is shown as 2 honor points.

2 honor points, solve Booker's defensive problem, this is not a loss.

"Come on, my Pikachu." Tang Tian was a little naughty and exchanged the traverse speed for Booker.

Booker was eating out with his friends at this moment, complaining about his unfortunate situation, when he suddenly felt his body tremble.

A very strange feeling filled his body, and Tang Tian's figure unconsciously appeared in his mind.

Along with the increased intimacy comes more guilt and chagrin.

The Nets are a strong team now, and Tang Tian and the coaching staff trust him so much as a rookie, but his recent performance has been so bad.

He also wants to play well, but damn it, he just has short hands, and he just can't get up fast!