Rondo is a true playmaker, who can pass the ball and never shoot, and he can get the ball to the right place whenever he sees his teammates running out of space. Rondo's disadvantage is that he has poor shooting and is easy to be a target for being let go. But with the Bobcats, it doesn't matter if he doesn't shoot the whole game, the Bobcats have people who can score. His teammates nicknamed him "Long Butou".

Bobcats head coach D'Antoni took advantage of Rondo's strengths, allowing him to play with the ball in the high post, allowing Hayes to run and cover his teammates for opportunities.

At 10 minutes and 48 seconds into the game, Hayes blocked Gallinari for Durant on the left side, Durant shook off the defender and ran into the interior without the ball, Rondo passed the ball to Durant from the right side, and Durant received the ball and hit a pull-up jump shot. After the switch, Simmons' height struggled to defend Durant.

At 10:14, Hayes covered Gerald Wallace on the baseline. Rondo broke through the middle and threw the ball into the air, and Wallace took the one-handed smash ball into the air!

At 9 minutes and 30 seconds, Rondo broke through on the right side with Lopez and passed the ball back to the high post. Lopez makes a pull-up jumper against Harris.

At 8 minutes and 24 seconds, Rondo cut through Wallace's cover on the right side of the baseline, received a pass from Hayes in the middle, and slipped under the basket to attract Boone's defense, passing the ball to Hayes, who was following up. Hayes scored with both hands on the ball.

7 minutes and 23 seconds, Rondo borrowed Wallace to cover and cut into the penalty area from the left side, Hayes hit the ball high and passed, and Rondo received the ball and dunked the basketball with one hand!

With less than five minutes played, the Bobcats led by eight points at 14-6 and Nets head coach Frank called a timeout.

There wasn't a single mediocrity in the Bobcat formation, and it was true. It seems impossible to win this game in an upset. Frank thought to himself. He thought the Bobcats' weakness was point guard, but Rondo, who came off the bench, scored 4 points and 4 assists in the opening game, acting like an All-Star. And the Nets' offense couldn't be opened, and Harris was constantly caught by the Bobcats, putting Josh Boone and Brandon Wright to shoot. In this case, he just hopes that his team will not lose too ugly.

Frank called his players together and arranged a defensive tactic to speed up the rotation position. He doesn't put too much emphasis on offense, and the Nets now have no scorers available, except for Harris, there are no strong offensive points, and it's useless to say more.

In the summer, the Nets had plenty of salaries, but they didn't bring in big-name stars, and they controlled their salaries, not to attract big-name stars whose contracts were about to expire, but because the team's big owner Ratner didn't want to play.

The tightening financial turmoil has brought great difficulties to the commercial operation of the Nets, because Ratner's main business is real estate, which is the key industry hit by the financial crisis. In this environment, several cores in the company were sent out by him.

The Nets have lost more than $20 million a year for the past three seasons, and the biggest player on the team in the new season is Harris, and tickets with reduced prices can't be sold. Ratner has not had a high commercial appeal for the team and has been dissatisfied with the loss, and he has been planning to sell the team and get rid of this big burden recently. He contacted many people, but in the context of the financial turmoil, no one was willing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to take over the Nets. What kind of team is playing, the boss doesn't care, what future can there be.

"Rajan, you've done a beautiful job. Continue to play like this and strengthen the breakaway ball. Others wait for the open space to appear, or shoot in a big and small situation. Continue to pack Harris when defending," D'Antoni emphasized: "After Rajan passes the ball, he should be careful to cut to the basket and disrupt their defense. You've done a great job. ”

Hearing the coach's compliment, Rondo was very proud, he only shot twice, and the shooting rate was 100%, all dunks. Shooting is not allowed, and it is simply not shot. With Hayes, Durant, Wallace and others to attract the defense, he doesn't worry about running out of chances. In one-on-one situations, he was confident of breaking through the defense and scoring.

The Nets' point guard, Harris, was not so lucky, getting caught every time he got the ball. James and Kobe Bryant have never been so miserable. His teammates are terrible. With the exception of him and Gallinari, the Nets have no one averaging a double-double per game. Bobby Simmons is averaging 9.2 points per game and backup power forward Ryan Anderson is averaging 8.2 points, which is the Nets' main scoring point, and if he wants to break through the ball, who can he give it to?

When the game restarted, Harris took the ball across the half court and passed it to Gallinari, the rookie who is now the Nets' No. 2 and focuses on developing them.

But today Gallinari met Durant, Durant's height is on par with Gallinari, with an arm span, speed, bounce, and all physical qualities. Gallinari was defended by such an opponent and could not play to his advantage. After Letra went to the high post to cover him, Gallinari shook off Durant, Gerard Wallace defended again, and Gallinari forced a shot and shot wide.

Hayes grabbed the rebound and handed the ball to Rondo, who quickly dribbled across half court and observed his opponent's position at the top of the arc.

The Nets are still defending the team, and the players are standing closer to the restricted area, in order to prevent the Bobcats from breaking through and putting shots. The only people who are more accurate on the three-point point playing the Bobcats are Hayes and Durant today.

Gerard Wallace cut to the basket and took the power forward position. Hayes started running off the ball in the bottom corner, and Lopez made an off-ball screen for Hayes on the left side of the penalty area, blocking Simmons, who was defending Hayes, and Boone had to switch to Hayes. At the same time, Durant at a 45-degree angle outside the left three-point line moved to the free throw line to attract the defense to relieve the defensive pressure outside the left three-point line.

Hayes ran 45 degrees from the bottom left corner to the right 3-point line, and through Lopez's screen, there was already plenty of space to receive the ball, and Rondo handed the ball to Hayes who cut in the air at the first time. At this time, Lopez is in the position under the basket, and the defender of him has become Simmons at 198cm. After Hayes received the ball, Boone didn't dare to slack off and stepped forward to try to stop Hayes from shooting a three-pointer. The Nets are defending the joint defense, but after the Bobcats' blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, the Nets players have problems with their positioning.

Hayes' passing skills are as lethal as his shots. He made a jumper and faked a real pass, and hoisted the ball to Lopez on the inside with both hands. At this time, Gerard Wallace ran to the high post again, attracting Wright's defense, Lopez and Simmons one-on-one, and the misplaced singles condition was formed, and Lopez relied on the advantage of height and weight to easily turn and hook to score. 16 to 6.

The Bobcats continued to extend their lead. Harris, the leader of the team, was a little anxious. He yelled at his teammates, "Give me cover!" ”

Gallinari is heavily guarded by opponents, Bobby Simmons' opponent is Gerard Wallace, and it is difficult to have good shots, and Harris is ready to attack on his own. He shouted so loudly that the Bobcats players were determined to contain Harris when they heard it, and Harris dribbled to the front court, handed it to Gallinari, and ran in the direction of Gallinari.

Gallinari is 208cm tall, has a big forward physique, and is also good at blocking and pick-and-roll. He blocked Rondo for Harris, and Durant didn't switch because Rondo's height couldn't have blocked Gallinari's shot. Hayes released Wright from the low post to bolster Harris. Harris makes a pull-up jump shot before Hayes rushes up, and the ball hits. 16 to 8.

The Nets have a big man like Gallinari, and the Bobcats don't defend themselves. Rondo dribbled the ball to the Nets' half, but the Nets still adopted a joint defense tactic, which was actually a big hole for the Bobcats. Hayes pulled outside the three-point line, covered Durant, and blocked Gallinari, just such a simple cover, the person who defended Durant became Simmons, Durant received a pass from Rondo, stepped into the three-point line, and scored a pull-up jump shot. 18 to 8.

The Nets trailed the score, and after a while, the Bobcats brought Bagnani on the court as a power forward and replaced Gerard Wallace. With one more big man pitcher, the Nets' joint defense has more holes.

The Nets had no choice but to change their defensive formation and defend the interior players. was evacuated from the inside line, and the Bobcats would hit Lopez that little bit again, and eat big and small. The Bobcats are responsible for the offense is Durant, Bagnani, Lopez three masters, Rondo and Hayes are responsible for passing the ball to respond to the offense, the first quarter of the game, Rondo delivered 4 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Hayes finished with just two points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists.

Harris of the Nets scored eight points in the first quarter and used nine shots. The Bobcats led by 16 points at 37-21 and decided the winner in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Bobcats made 5 substitutions up and 5 down. George Hill, Coronna Azubuke, Mike Miller, Carl Landry, Marc Gasol.

The Nets also took a break with several key players. The difference in strength between the two sides is obviously proportional, and the score is further widened.

Looking at the performance of the players on the field, D'Antoni whispered to Van Gundy: "George (Hill) really has a gap with Rajan, and when Rajan pulls it, the offense will not be well organized." ”

"There's Mike [Miller] on the court, he's very experienced, and as long as he plays Mark [Gasol], the Nets won't be able to defend. A point guard doesn't necessarily have to shoot well, although Rajan can't become a superstar if he doesn't practice shooting well, but his strength is also in the upper middle class. His passing sense, Chauncey (Billups) can't match either. Van Gundy laughed. Kidd is a point guard who is not good at shooting, and no one has ever doubted his quality.

D'Antoni is ready to give Ronon more playing time in the future, and when he is on the field, the ball moves most smoothly than when Billups is on the field.

Rondo didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two coaches, and he was now making some calculations in his mind. 'I'm sure I'm going to get a chance to play, there's no problem with a double-double in assists, with this group of tough teammates, as long as the cuts are in place, it's no problem to score 10 points, and if I can get a few more rebounds, I can get a triple-double in this game, right?' ’

Hayes has a triple-double this season as easily as any other player has scored in double figures. Rondo saw it in his eyes and was very envious, he also wanted to take three pairs at a time, and he was angry.

With more than four minutes played, D'Antoni called Rondo and Hayes to his side and said, "Rajan, a little while on the pitch." You have to pay attention to the backcourt rebounds, so that you can directly organize and launch a fast attack. Chuck, you see an opportunity and play a fast break. You only scored 2 points in the first half, don't be too selfless. ”

Rondo was even happier when he heard it, grabbing rebounds in this way was not his own data, it was the coach's arrangement.

The two sides did not call a timeout during this time, the Bobcats felt that it was not necessary, the Nets lost their temper, and the head coach was too lazy to make adjustments.

After the official timeout, the Bobcats made substitutions, with Hayes and Rondo coming on for Miller and Hill. The Nets also brought on Gallinari and Harris. At this time, Durant was not on the court, Harris passed the ball to Gallinari, and he cut inside, the latter had a cold hand today, and in the face of Azubuk's defensive three-point shot, Mark Gasol blocked, and Rondo grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed to the frontcourt. Hayes can roughly judge the ownership of the rebound ball just by looking at it, so he is particularly fast on the fast break, and after receiving a pass from Rondo, he easily lays up!

Rondo's stats added one rebound and one assist.

(To be continued)