After a comfortable day of rest at home, Chen An returned to his normal life the next day, going to the team in the morning to host training sessions, discussing tactical changes with the coaching staff in the afternoon, watching videos to summarize the problems in the past four games, and discussing solutions to problems with everyone. As soon as I was so busy until the evening, I had to start preparing for the game against the Nets in the evening.

For this game, Chen An feels very relaxed, but other members of the coaching staff attach great importance to it, and outside fans and media also attach great importance to it, the reason is very simple, although the Magic has won four consecutive victories, but the opponents in the past four games are not too strong, and the more important thing is that no superstar is in the Nuggets, Suns or Timberwolves, the Bulls originally had it, but Rose was reimbursed for the season, which reduced the gold content of the previous confrontation between the two sides.

In the face of the Bulls without Rose, the Magic only narrowly won, so everyone hopes to have a team with enough weight and superstars on the team as a touchstone for the Magic now, so that everyone can see how the Magic is doing.

It is for this reason that despite the fact that the Nets' current record is only 2-2, they have Delon Brown. Williams and singles Joe, the outside world thinks that the Nets are very competitive, and they are just still running in. After all, at the beginning of the season, there was not enough sample for everyone to realize that DeLong's decline and the fact that the Nets were paper tigers.

"I'm sure it's going to be a battle of the dragons."

The broadcaster, ESPN, also attached great importance to this game, not only arranging a national live broadcast, but also inviting Magic team legend 'Penny' Hardaway as a guest commentator.

After the commentator started talking, Hardaway nodded in agreement: "Yes, although the current Magic team is gaining momentum, the Nets with Deron , Joe Johnson and Da Lopez will definitely be a test for the Magic team, at least tonight the Magic team will have some trouble on the defensive end." ”

It is not surprising that Hardaway has such an understanding, after all, Delong. Williams still averaged 21 points, 8.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game last season.

Da Lopez is also at the peak of his career, although this guy only played 5 games last season due to injury, but before the start of the season, the outside world has always thought that if he can stay healthy, it is not a problem to score 18+6 data.

As for singles, Joe still needs to be said? A reliable point of attack with the ball, although it has slipped from the top, is no worse than Rohr Deng, and look at how much trouble Rohr Deng caused the Magic when he played the Bulls before.

On paper, the Nets are very strong, so the outside world agrees that this game is watchable, but in Chen An's eyes, there is really no suspense in this game, the reason is very simple, the Nets have no offensive and defensive system at all, and both offensive and defensive ends rely on personal ability.

The game started quickly, and the starting lineup on the Nets' side:

Center Da Lopez, power forward Kim. Kardashian's ex-husband Humphries, small forward singles Joe, and the guard line consists of Deron and Bogans.

As for the Magic, there are no changes, with two guns in the backcourt and a forward line composed of Harris and Anderson, and the center is still Ucevich.

At the beginning of the game, it was really as expected by the outside world, it seemed that it was really a dragon fight, the two sides played back and forth, but after Chen An made adjustments from the first quarter, the process of the game quickly confirmed Chen An's opinion, and the Nets are not afraid.

Chen An's adjustment was very targeted, replacing Lillard with Beverley, replacing Harris with Old AK, and Green replacing Anderson, which was completely aimed at curbing the Nets' offense.

Through the first half of the first quarter, Chen An has seen very clearly, the Nets' offensive routine back and forth just a few times, Da Lopez singles in the low post, singles Joe singles, Delon singles or Humphries in high blocking.

In terms of the alignment of the starting lineup, Da Lopez's low-post singles did not work well, after all, Ucevic was tall and physique. Singles Joe did a few more than Harris, and Delong's high blocking and dismantling were also more effective, which seemed to grasp the shortcomings of the Magic, but with this adjustment, Chen An showed his pertinence.

Old AK did a very good job of one-on-one defense of singles Joe, and immediately contained the offense of singles Joe as soon as he got on the court. And Delon faced Beverley's defense, and he couldn't eat alone, and he wanted to use the high post to block and attack, but Humphries was not angry.

The Kim Kardashian's ex-husband was fierce last season, not only averaging 13.8 points, 11 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game at the peak of his career, but also showing strong finishing ability in blocking and picking with Delon, and his own defensive ability and rebounding ability are also extremely strong.

But it's a pity that in the past offseason, this guy was not only squeezed dry by Kim Kardashian, but also experienced a flash marriage and divorce later, and even gave this guy a breakup fee of 10 million after the divorce, but fortunately, Humphries still has a bit of manly temperament, and directly refused, not becoming a joke.

Just after these turmoil, Humphries completely fell this season and became the first fulfillment of the Kardashian family's curse in the NBA, the most intuitive manifestation of which is that the decline is very obvious in all aspects.

Speed, impact, finishing ability under the basket, defensive attitude, rebounding ability, etc., Humphries has declined in all aspects, from a quality blue-collar worker to a barely rotational level.

So in the face of Green and Beverley's defense, Deron and Humphries's blocking and dismantling effect was very poor, and there were even two mistakes, and Beverley directly broke the ball and counterattacked.

As a result, the offensive end stalled, coupled with the defensive end did not do well enough, in a wave of 12:0 attack, the score of the two sides became 31:17, at this time there were two and a half minutes before the end of the first quarter, and the Nets coach Avery was slow to react. Johnson called a timeout.

It's a pity that he doesn't have too many cards in his hand, the Nets are obviously a team with no team building ideas and systems, and their bench players also emphasize individual ability, so when the 38-year-old Starkerhouse and the future CBA Xinjiang celebrity Andre. After Bleche came on in place of Bogans and Humphries, respectively, the game quickly went away.

The reason is very simple, because Stackhouse and Bleche are both players who need to have the ball to play their power, don't look at Stackhouse is 38 years old, his main means of attack is still the pull-up jump shot, not to mention Brighter, whether it is a face frame or a low-post single, you must have the ball.

So after the two came on the court, the Nets quickly became a situation of four people watching on the offensive end, but the ability of others to rush to grab rebounds in the front court was not strong, and once they missed, they were converted. And Chen An's lineup is almost the best defense, even if Harden's lateral speed is not good, it is not so bad that he can't keep up with the 38-year-old Stackhouse.

It is precisely because of this that by the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides became 41:19, and the score difference was further widened, with a full 22 points.