"No, it's not." Jokic hurriedly waved his hand.

"Marc Gasol's first game wasn't much better than yours, so don't worry too much about it, it's a good start."

"Hmm." Jokic nodded, but there was still some unconcealable loss between his eyebrows, he knew that Tang Tian's words were just comforting him.

"Haven't you heard Yao? He didn't score a point in his first game in the NBA, but he was and is the best center in the league. When Tang Tian saw this, he directly moved Yao Ming out.

Yao Ming is much better than his previous life under his training, and he retired as a player in the top ten or even top five in history, but because of this, his NBA debut with 0 points has become a better inspirational model.

Of course, Jokic also knew Yao Ming, and after listening to Tang Tian's words, the loss gradually disappeared.

"A bad start doesn't mean anything, not even a bad rookie season, it's the effort you put in after that, that's all that matters.

There are a lot of players like Yao who scored 0 points on their debut, but there are very few people who are as successful as him, in addition to talent, the most important thing is to work hard, to train hard, to learn, whether it is off the court or on the field, if you can feel that you are improving every day, then you will definitely have a good day. ”

"I see, Mr. Tang." Jokic was a little enthusiastic by Tang Tian's words, and nodded vigorously at this time.

"Go for it, you have talent, you are underrated, no matter what the situation comes in, keep faith, work hard to improve, prove yourself." Tang Tian finally patted Jokic on the shoulder.

When leaving the arena, Tang Tian and Jones chatted about reinforcement.

"If we're going to make a difference in the playoffs this season, we've got to find a way to trade a qualified forward back." In this game, Bojan is still more suitable for bench and role player, and the Nets lack a starter-level small forward.

"Similar to PJ Tucker?" Jones knew what Tang Tian was thinking.

'Yes, I know it's going to be difficult, but the season is long and we still have time.' Tang Tian is not in a hurry now, after all, the season has just begun.

"I see."

After the game against the Spurs, the Nets return to Brooklyn where they will take on the New York Knicks on the road in two days for their first derby of the season.

Tang Tian's current identity is not the coach of the team, and on this day off, he is more by his two wives.

Tang Tang and Tang Hao are both more than 3 months old, watching the children grow up little by little, Tang Tian's joy in his heart is incomparable to other times, what he hopes now is that the two children should grow up healthy and fast.

Two days later, the New York derby kicked off at Madison Square Garden.

Tang Tian did not go to the scene, but hugged Tang Hao and Hathaway to watch the TV broadcast together.

Tang Tian still has a long way to go, and it is likely that he will be in this league for most of his life, so he hopes that his son, if possible, will appear in the league as a player.

This is his hope for Tang Hao, although he may not take this road in the future, but the father always has expectations for his son.

"Little Tang Hao, this is basketball, it's very fun." Tang Tian completely let go of his arrogance in the alliance at home, and laughed and joked with his son like an ordinary father, although he may not understand it at all.

The Nets and Knicks game has begun.

The city derby has always been a topic of conversation among fans, whether it is football or basketball, because in the same city, there can only be one representative of the city, so the game will be much more intense than ordinary games.

On paper, the Knicks are clearly more dominant, except for the departure of Billups, they have basically maintained their lineup from last season, and this lineup puts them in third place in the East.

However, after the start of the game, the scene was a big surprise.

Without Billups, the Knicks seem to have become the original singles team again, and the ball is basically handed to Anthony in the low post when the ball goes to the frontcourt.

Yi Jianlian's confrontation and speed are not too disadvantageous, and Anthony's singles are very inefficient.

On the other hand, the Nets, the new system played well, and Delon even broke Calderon on the opposite side.

With more than eight minutes into the first quarter, the score was 25-13 and the Nets had built a 12-point lead.

The two sides began to switch benches one after another, and Jokic also put on the bench again.

Livingston advanced to the frontcourt to hand over to Jokic's organization, he backed Jason Smith, kept turning his head to observe the situation on the court, and after noticing that Smith's center of gravity was unstable behind him, he turned and broke through to the basket, attracting the ball to the bottom corner after quickly splitting the ball to the bottom corner, and the latter's three-point shot went up and down.

This pass ushered in a burst of restlessness from the fans at the scene, and they drooled when they saw such a talent.

Back on the defensive end, Sean Larkin broke through with a pick-and-roll and squeezed past Jokic's high toss to score.

Jokic's defense is still a problem.

However, unlike the first game, he did not show the situation, but took the initiative to communicate with Livingston and listen carefully to some of the latter's notes.

The expression was like that of a longing child, absorbing all the knowledge.

Back to the defensive end, the same tactic, he gave confrontation in defense, and Larkin's shot directly turned into a bridge, and he turned around to collect the defensive rebound.

He did a great job defending this round.

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, this is progress that can be seen with the naked eye.

It seems that he listened to what he said to Jokic after the game.

The child can be taught!

The game on the court continued, and the Knicks played the same team as they did last season, not only did the offense return to singles mode, but the defense also lost its aggressiveness, and there was a lack of communication between them.

96-81, the Nets finally defeated the Knicks on the road and ushered in their first win of the season.

Because it was a derby, this victory was also quite morale-boosting.

Lopes had 20 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, DeLong had 19 points and 10 assists, Bojan Bogdanovic had 15 points, and Yi Jianlian and Joe Johnson each had 12 points.

All six of the Nets scored in double figures, which was quite good.

Jokic's performance in this game also picked up after a slump in the opening game.

He played 18 minutes, shooting 2-of-4, scoring 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, including a three-pointer from the outside, and no turnovers.

Of course, what makes the coaching staff more satisfied than the offense is his defense, which is no longer a defensive black hole on the court like in the first game, which is also the key to winning playing time for himself.

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