Angie has a reason for his confidence.

After trading to Kemba Walker, the Celtics' starting lineup on paper, Walker + Brown + Hayward + Tatum + Horford is not false to the Nets, not including Smart, Marcus Morris, Aaron Baines and Zhou Qi sitting on the bench.

They have the capital to fight the Nets.

Of course, Tang Tian also attaches more importance to this series, Stevens's system is very similar to his, and it is stronger in terms of defensive aggressiveness, and playing against them is a typical kind of immortal who has to shed his skin.

The first two games of the series will kick off in Brooklyn, and the New York fans are pretty crazy.

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

Celtic, as good as they are, want to see the home team rub against the ground for a while.

On May 1, U.S. time, three days after the end of the Celtics and Bucks series, the second round of the Nets and Celtics officially kicked off at the Barclays Center.

The stadium was crowded, and there were many stars on the sidelines, many of whom were Chinese.

As the Nets become the giants of the league, their influence is also increasing, and because of Tang Tian and Yi Jianlian, they have also become the indispensable 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.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Jokic jumped to win over Horford and get the home team the chance to take the lead.

Irving advanced to the front court with the ball, and as soon as he gave the ball to Jokic, Tatum's bag came over.

Jokic wanted to pass the ball, but Tatum retracted it, but it didn't shrink completely and got stuck in his passing path.

Stevens' defensive system is a combination of Kerr and Spoelstra, not resolutely covering every time, nor changing defenses indefinitely, but through tactical positioning to cut off the passing route and wait for opportunities.

This defensive system requires each player to appear accurately in the intended defensive position, and the tactical literacy of the players is very demanding, which is also the characteristic of this Celtic team.

However, the Nets' tactical literacy is not bad, and after Jokic has the ball, Anthony and George have begun to cover Irving and Butler, and then make an empty cut and run back.

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

At this time, the gap in the individual abilities of the players is reflected.

Walker, Brown, Tatum and even Hayward are all good players defensively, but only good, and the defensive system gives them a bonus overall, but when it's one-on-one, they still suffer.

Jokic threw the ball to George, who ran outside the three-point line, and George threw it to Irving, who cut in the middle, and Irving accelerated with all his might in the face of Walker, and shot before the weak-side defense was in place, and the air lever scored directly.

The scene burst into cheers.

The Celtics defended strongly, but the Nets still played a fluid offense, and they clearly had the upper hand in the spear and shield battle.

Walker carried the ball to the frontcourt, and the Celtics also began to play positional offense.

Compared with defense, their offense is relatively much worse, relying more on strong points to break through and contain the ball after defense to attack.

Horfdella made an empty basket, and Walker and Tatum blocked it and rushed inside with the ball.

This is aimed at Anthony this point breakthrough.

However, Anthony's ability to move is not bad after recovering from a knee injury, and he is not easily passed by the side guard.

And almost as soon as Walker finished blocking, George came directly from the weak side to help the defense, 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 the first move.

Horford was blocked before he could make a move, and George was not shaken, he held the ball for a while and reorganized Walker who came out of his pocket.

The Celtics continued to run for opportunities, and George and Jokic switched defenders back after a few moves.

As the 24 seconds wore out, Walker missed a pull-up jumper from Butler, and the rebound was collected 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 to the basket with his back, and gave the ball to Anthony in the face of Tatum's help defense, Anthony dribbled the ball, faced Tatum who was returning to the defense with a beautiful washing machine spin, turned around and put the ball firmly into the basket.

Hayward singled George in the frontcourt, and the continuous turning and shaking and changing speed with the ball failed to pass, the ball was given to Tatum, Tatum turned and shook Anthony's backward shot was interfered with and did not score.

Jokic continued to play with the ball in the low post, George borrowed and blocked in the middle and went straight to the basket, Jokic threw his hand to the ball, George dribbled and saw Horford make up for the defense, and then threw his hand back to Jokic, Jokic pressed Tatum who assisted in defense to make a layup and caused the latter to foul.

After making both free throws, the Nets started the game 6-0.

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

They experienced what it was like for the Nets to play the Warriors in the opening game of last year's Finals.

On paper, they can play, but every position is a little weaker, and the defensive system they rely on for survival does not work, they are being pressed and played.

The game is still going on, and Stevens has been trying to tear apart the Nets' defense from Anthony's point, but Anthony is really not a defensive black hole after his knee injury, at least it is also on the league average, plus the Nets are wrapped from time to time, but they just can't score.

By the 10-minute mark of the first quarter, the Nets had a 13-point lead at 25-12.

The fans at the scene whistled non-stop, Angie was full of confidence, and the Celtics were not bad, but they were still crushed by the Nets when they played.

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

In terms of bench strength, the Nets are also more dominant, but Zhou Qi's performance in this period is very eye-catching, his arm span against the sky and excellent footwork, and he has taken one Kuzma and Yi Jianlian in a row, but he has played the defensive intensity of the Green Shirts.

However, they still couldn't play coherence on the offensive end, Smart and Baines's three-pointers from the outside were slammed, and only Morris scored in the low post.

The starters were suppressed badly, and the bench couldn't play the momentum of chasing points, and the Celtics played very passively in the first game of the series.

87-102, they also lost by 15 points.

Tatum scored a team-high 19 points, and Hayward scored just 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting from the field against George.

On the Nets' side, Irving and Anthony each scored 20 points, and all six players on the team scored in double figures.

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