However, the Nets were significantly deeper on the bench, not only catching up with a 5-point deficit at the end of the third quarter, but also leading the Cavaliers by 5 points.

It's a 10-point shot on the outside.

At this rate, the Nets will not have a problem winning their first preseason game.

However, David Blatter seemed to be more concerned about winning and losing, and rotated back in the fourth quarter.

Tang Tian didn't change, it doesn't matter if you win or lose in the preseason, it's more important to inspect the players.

In the end, the Cavaliers won the game 103-95.

On the Nets' side, Bojan Bogdanovic faded out of the rotation due to defensive problems, but he was still significantly stronger than the bench players, he played the second half, shooting 4 of 7 three-pointers, and got a Nets-high 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, TJ McConaughey delivered 5 assists, and Jefferson Jr. contributed 3 steals.

Of course, the most interesting thing was Oden, who played 15 minutes, scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks, while also committing 6 fouls in the second half of the fourth quarter.

In his previous draft, because he was compared by the media to the combination of Chamberlain and Russell, coupled with the one-handed beating of Horford and Noah in the NCAA, as well as the physical test data comparable to that of a guard, he became the hottest pick in the 07 draft.

In the end, the Trail Blazers, who held the top pick, did not hesitate to choose him, you must know that the champion of the year was Kevin Durant!

One can imagine how much the fans expected him at that time.

However, after this game, I can feel that the Trail Blazers were somewhat fooled at that time.

The interior is always popular in the draft, and the media is often boastful, and the most well-known one-handed blast is just a game, with good physical fitness, but ruthless skills.

Speaking of which, although Oden spent most of his time recuperating from injuries in the Trail Blazers, he still played more than 80 games in the past two years, which is very similar to this one, the offense has no skills, mostly relies on eating cakes and secondary offenses, and the block is very strong, but he often can't judge it into a foul, and he averages more than 4 fouls per game in about 20 minutes per game.

Although the game was lost, the Nets gained a lot.

Tang Tian also has a relatively clear positioning for Oden.

It is unrealistic to expect Oden to become the so-called combination of Chamberlain and Russell in people's fantasies, on the contrary, it is more appropriate to position him as Capela, the "pie king" of the Rockets in his previous life.

And to be honest, now Oden's strength is not as good as Capela, he wants to squeeze into the rotation in the regular season, first of all, he needs to have more finishing means under the basket, after all, not every ball has a chance to dunk, and secondly, he must learn to block and judge, otherwise he will send a foul when he goes up, and Tang Tian will not be able to use him.

However, because of his physical fitness and no injuries, Oden's ceiling must be higher than Capela's, and when he can enter the rotation and polish his interior skills, he will have a chance to become a first-class interior in the league.

With positioning, then it's time to cultivate.

Pralim's talent is limited, Tang Tian also attaches great importance to Oden, after all, Jokic is definitely impossible to play the whole game, in addition to letting the assistant coach train Oden's finishing ability under the basket, he also specially hired Mutombo, who was idle at home, to help train Oden.

Training can't be achieved overnight, just like sowing seeds will not produce fruit immediately, just apply fertilizer and water well, and wait for it to grow naturally.

In the first two games of the preseason, Tang Tian mainly inspected the bench players.

In addition to Oden, McConaughey's performance has indeed been eye-catching, the white defender's playmaking skills are indeed excellent, and if he can't keep Livingston next summer, he will most likely be able to rise to the top.

The players were almost inspected, and with the deepening of the preseason, Tang Tian also began to focus on the run-in.

In the end, the Nets achieved a 5-2 record, including a 5-game winning streak in the back wave.

The key players, including Gordon, performed very well, and the most surprising was Devin Booker.

Although Tang Tian and the Nets are very optimistic about him, other media people don't think so, as a result, after 7 games, he averaged 14.6 points per game with a 44% three-point shooting rate, and the score was second only to Okafor of the 76ers among all rookies, far exceeding fans' expectations.

It seems that Rogers' advice was very useful at the beginning, and Booker's self-confidence was built quickly.

Booker's outstanding performance also gave Tang Tian greater confidence in the Nets in the new season.

The regular season is about to begin, and ESPN has also made a wave of strength predictions for the new season.

The Cavaliers are at the top of this list.

"If it weren't for the injuries of Love and Irving, they would have won last season's championship, and as long as they deal with the injury problem, they will be the biggest favorites to win the championship this season."

This comment is very standard and realistic, and ESPN's analysis this time has been agreed by most fans.

The defending champion Warriors followed.

"We don't know if Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson will be able to play as well as last season, but they have almost all of the team that won last season, and they may still not be favored by some, but they do have championship-caliber quality."

ESPN's analysis is a wave of strength to scare Barkley, but after winning the championship last season, a group of media that were slapped in the face have also changed their attitude towards them a lot.

"The Spurs went through a wave of underestimation last season, but they took LaMarcus Aldridge in the offseason, just imagine such a lineup, Parker, Ginobili, Leonard, Aldridge, Duncan, such a team you really can't underestimate them, let alone they have Popovich."

While fans lament the aging of GDP, they find that the Spurs are still strong, this is Duncan's 20th season, and the Spurs have not experienced a rebuilding period because he has not experienced in 20 years.

"Although they lost James Harden, they added two top interior players at once, Kanter and Adams, and they still have Westbrook and Kevin Durant, Harden's departure has made them decline on paper, but it also took away internal contradictions."

After the Thunder, the Clippers are in fifth place on this list.

"Tang Tian made the team get the most reinforcement in the summer, they kept the core of Deron Williams, Yi Jianlian and Jokic, while Joe Johnson was upgraded to Jimmy Butler, they also signed Eric Gordon and David West, they are the third, if not second best team in the East, and they selected Devin Booker to be a completely underrated scorer because of him, we ranked it ahead of the Raptors."

Unlike last year, ESPN is quite bullish on the Nets this year, placing them in sixth place among all teams and second among Eastern teams, ahead of the Raptors and Pacers.

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Teacher: That's right!

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