A wave of four consecutive wins allowed the Nets to gradually find a suitable way to play.

Good things come in pairs, and after this four-game winning streak, the Nets also ushered in a wave of sweet schedules, and their next few games were against the 76ers, Lakers, Timberwolves and Knicks.

The biggest feature of these teams is that they have a dismal record this season, although only a third of the season has passed, they have basically missed the playoffs and entered the swing mode ahead of schedule.

The Nets now have a 20-7 record, two and a half games behind the Cavaliers, and three more than the third-place Raptors.

The 76ers waited for Joel Embiid for a year, thinking of doing a big job in the new season, but Embiid was reimbursed for the season due to injury again, and the record was dismal year after year, and no free agent was willing to come, and now the team's starting five are Ismael Smith, Nick Stauskas, Robert Covington, Jahill Okafor and Nolens Knowle.

Such a lineup has no competitiveness in the league, and their record so far is 3-24, which is simply not too bad.

In the face of such an opponent, the Nets basically had no effort, and they already led the opponent by nearly 30 points in the third quarter.

The game also went into garbage time early.

"Greg is in good training form, let him go up and try it?" At the end of the festival, Frank proposed to Tang Tian.

This is not the first time that garbage time has occurred in the Nets' game, but Tang Tian has never sent Oden on the court before, and the main reason is that Oden's condition has not yet reached the playing requirements.

He spent honor points, invited Mutombo, and invested so much into it, naturally he didn't want to see the same Oden he saw in the preseason.

Oden has made significant progress in training, but he has recently reached a bottleneck and it's time for him to get on the pitch to get his senses, so garbage time like this is a good start.

Coming back in the fourth quarter, the 76ers still wanted to struggle a little, and they were still sent to a serious rotation lineup.

Isaiah Cannan, Hollis Thompson, Jerami Grant, Carl Landry and Jahir Okafor.

On the Nets' side, Tang Tian has already started to replace the bench in advance.

Livingston and Tyler Johnson on the outside, Jefferson Jr. and David West on the front, and Oden in the center.

The 76ers' offense, Cannan dribbled to the frontcourt, handed the ball to Okafor in the low post, and everyone else pulled aside to give enough space to play alone.

Okafor's technical characteristics are singles, and he seems to only be able to play singles, and he can't respond, and his passing ability is also very poor.

This kind of player, the bag on the weak side can basically prevent him, but Tang Tian and the coaching staff want to inspect Oden, so naturally they won't do this.

Okafor saw that there was no bag in the low post, and directly began to chisel Oden.

Oden's body is very thick, and he can't get in with a few hard tops.

However, Okafor's low-post technique is really good, and he immediately turned to the basket with Oden as the axis, and the timing was perfect, and the technical movements were completed in one go.

In the past, Oden had basically been overcome, but this time he stepped back to grab the basket and stretched out his hands to interfere.

Okafor turned around and noticed that Oden's interference was still there, and opted for a turnaround hook in the direction of the free throw line.

"Bang!"

After all, Oden is tall, and after his hand is straightened, it has a lot of impact on Okafor's vision, and the shot is obviously a little short.

Oden turned around and picked up the defensive rebound, and this time he defended it!

Tang Tian felt relieved in his heart when he saw this.

In addition to the training and cultivation of ability, after really deciding to cultivate Oden, Tang Tianwei instilled some basketball concepts in him from time to time.

Defense is more than just a block, and that's what he gives Oden the most understanding.

The top defenders in history have not had bad blocks, but just like propositions in mathematics, inverse propositions and propositions are not the same, that is, people with good blocks are top defenders, and this sentence is wrong.

Because defense is not only about blocking, defense includes card positions, top people, help defense, and rebounding protection...... When it comes to all aspects, the cap is just the most intuitive part of it.

Like Oden, he blindly wanted to cover the opponent before, and it was wonderful to cover it, but because of it, the fouls, leaks, loss of protection in the restricted area and the loss of rebounds were the most invisible but intuitive in technical statistics.

So if you want to play, doing a good job of defense is Tang Tian and the coaching staff's biggest requirement for Oden.

Judging from the round just now, his progress is really good.

West scored a goal in attack and Okafor was a bit poor in protecting the box.

Looking back, it was Okafor who played Oden in the low post.

The 76ers don't have to think too much about their current record, that is, they are training rookies, and Okafor is a tanhua, so he is naturally the focus of training.

The same low-post back play, but Okafor learned from the experience of the previous round, and continued to turn under the basket, Oden didn't eat Okafor's timing of the shot, and the latter scored from the side.

There's room for improvement in his defense.

Okafor was excited after scoring, waving his arms and roaring at the audience.

He was the most invincible presence in the NCAA and the favorite to win the championship, and not only did he lose to Towns, but he was also lower than the European Porzingis, and he was hell-bent on proving himself.

Not to mention that the counterpoint at this time is still the champion of "parallel goods" who has long been unable to mix.

The Nets' offense is still West, using experience to shake off Noll and kill the basket.

Okafor pounced and slipped the box clean.

It's the same as the last round, he just needs to turn or squeeze past to rush to the box and score the ball, but as a big brother, he still wants to push the young man a little more and stuff the ball directly to the right side of the basket before making physical contact with Okafor.

Auden was standing there.

A beautiful inside pass, Oden received the ball and faced the empty blue, and jumped directly to slam a two-handed buckle.

There were cheers from the audience, and Oden's finishing method was significantly more violent and ornamental than that of Pralim, who was a butter hand of the teacher.

Back on the defensive end, West also took the initiative to switch to Okafor, and turned around and read a few words to Oden, as if he wanted him to see clearly in the back.

Okafor eats West, and has a weight advantage, but he can't get rid of it with continuous turns.

Who is West, after his debut, he is famous for his mid-distance and low-post back, in other words, Okafor's skills are all leftovers from his play, not to mention that the strength does not suffer, but the experience is crushed.

Okafor ended up opting for an outside hook that turned.

At this moment, Auden seized the opportunity and leaped from behind West.

"Bang!"

Like a goshawk pounced on the rabbit covering the sky overhead, Auden's big hand waved over to cover the sky and the sun, and directly rewarded Okafor with a sturdy hat.

The whistle was incessant.

Oden was beaten by Okafor in front, and this bloody blow can be regarded as completely regaining face!