Chapter 696: Playoff Squad (2/4!) )

There are a lot of hot items in the buyout market this year.

Kevin Martin, who was bought out by the Jazz, Ty Lawson, who was bought out by the Rockets, Andre Miller, who was bought out by the Timberwolves, and Joe Johnson, who was bought out by the Kings, are all tempting playoff teams to move.

The Nets are also targeting two targets, one is Humphries, who just reached a buyout with the Suns, and the other is "Captain" Elton Brand, who is still with the 76ers.

Humphries still has NBA-level immediacy, he played 68 games for the Wizards this season, averaging 6.4 points and 4.1 points per game, and played four games for the Suns, averaging 7.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Tang Tian has a lot of interest in him, he has a tough style of play, is not afraid of confrontation, and is the type of player he likes.

The situation of another player, Elton Brand, is even more special.

"Old Captain" is 37 years old, and he has only played 17 games with the 76ers this season, averaging 13 minutes per game, which is basically his last season, but his mid-range shooting is still consistent and he is obviously more experienced than Humphries in the playoffs.

After thinking about it, Tang Tian finally chose the younger Humphries.

The Nets' lineup is actually enough, and the 15th man will not have too many opportunities to play no matter who he signs, and to put it bluntly, he is prepared for injuries.

He doesn't want to sign a power forward as a third bench and be forced to use credit points when the time comes.

And Humphries is just 31 years old, and if he does well, he can still stay next season.

Humphries is not at all resistant to joining the Nets, and the Hawks have been in contact with him the most since he was bought out, but the Hawks are much worse than the Nets.

A base-salary contract extension runs through the end of the season, and the Nets' playoff roster is official.

Point guards: DeLong, Livingston, TJ McConaughey

Shooting guards: Gordon, Booker, Tyler Johnson

Small forwards: Butler, Maddy, Jefferson Jr

Power forwards: Yi Jianlian, David West, Humphries

Centers: Jokic, Oden, Pralim

This roster is much more balanced than at the beginning of the season, and it can even be said that there are benches who can play in the rotation at every position, which is full of depth, and even the Cavaliers in the East have the power to fight.

And the more interesting thing for Tang Tian is that Yi Jianlian and Humphries were teammates in their previous lives, and they are in the same team again, but the situation and the low position are already very different from the previous life.

The final playoff roster has been determined, and the remaining 20 games or so have only one purpose for the Nets, to stay in shape, avoid injuries, and wait for the final arrival of the playoffs.

Tang Tian regarded the Cavaliers as the only opponent in the East this year, so after securing the second position in the East, he did not blindly rush the record, but gave the bench players as much opportunity as possible to keep them in shape.

In fact, it's not just the Nets, the Cavaliers have also learned to be good after experiencing consecutive injuries to Love and Irving last season, and they also played healthy in the second half of the season.

As a result, the teams in the third to eighth places in the East are fighting for the top two teams, and the top two teams are all Buddhist teams.

Compared to the east, the situation in the west is completely reversed.

The Trail Blazers, Mavericks, and Grizzlies are trying to hit the top half of the rankings, the Thunder, who sit firmly in the top half, are trying to impact the Spurs' second place in the West, and the Warriors are basically locked up with the first place in the league, and they are beginning to catch up with the Cavaliers' record of 74 wins in the 2010~2011 season.

'We don't care how many games we win or if we can break the record, we just enjoy the game.

Although Kerr said low-key and pretending to be in front of the media, Curry was not in the line of fire with a minor injury, and Green was absent from Barnes to play the whole game.

In fact, it's hard not to care, and this kind of record may be the only chance for any Warriors player in their entire career.

After all, the original lineup of the Cavaliers is unlikely to appear again in the league.

But at the same time, the Warriors are doing everything they can to prevent them from winning, and when someone is trying to make history, no one wants to be a backdrop because it's so bright.

The Warriors' winning streak continues, but they're already in a tough streak.

On April 6, the young Timberwolves burst into small universes, and they withstood the Warriors' tidal wave of attacks and dragged the game into overtime.

In overtime, the young Timberwolves played more energetically, while the Warriors, who had fought in consecutive battles, showed obvious fatigue.

Curry shot 0-of-3 in overtime and Thompson shot 0-of-2 as they finally surrendered the win and swallowed their eighth loss of the season.

The loss also meant they couldn't break the Cavaliers' regular season record, and the most they could only aim for was to tie it.

Kerr and his Warriors don't seem to want to miss such an opportunity either.

They continued to push hard in the rest of the tournament, and by the time the time came April 16, they had just completed a five-game winning streak to improve their record to 73-8.

They are tied, and there is only one regular season game left, which is still home.

And the interesting thing is that their home opponent happens to be the Nets.

The Nets ended the Warriors' 24-game winning streak before, which can be described as a narrow road.

Because it can witness the birth of history, the attendance rate of fans at Oracle Arena that night was 100%.

They can not only get revenge on the Nets, but also tie history, and they definitely don't want to miss such a good opportunity.

But as soon as the game started, they found out that things were not that simple.

The Nets have been playing in Buddhism recently, but Tang Tian doesn't seem to want the Warriors to break the record easily.

The Warriors' two waves of counter-attacks at the beginning of the first quarter and before the end of the second quarter were held back by the Nets.

At halftime, the score was 56-53, and the Warriors only led the Nets by three points.

Such a result made the fans at the scene restless, and if they lost this game, the fans would have to be depressed for a long time.

won the revenge record, but lost not only missed history, but was even directly swept by the Nets in the regular season!

The fans were worried, the media was also worried, and at halftime, the reporter interviewed Tang Tian.

When the reporter asked the Nets if they didn't want to become a Warriors team who played so hard, Tang Tian smiled.

Cheng Cheng definitely doesn't want to be fulfilled, he has always created history by himself before, but now he wants to become the last background board, how can he think.

Of course, there is another, more important reason.

"We have to prepare for the series that is coming."