After a home win over the Houston Rockets, the Brooklyn Nets welcomed the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat at home.

Against the Orlando Magic, the Brooklyn Nets handed their opponents eight straight defeats at home, with a score of 99-77, and despite the 22-point difference between the two sides, the process was more difficult than the result.

In the game, the Magic team hit two consecutive shots after the opening to occupy the running position, but the tall and strong shot and also sent assists to his teammates, and the Nets quickly took control of the game.

The Magic were completely outnumbered in the matchup, and the Nets gradually extended their lead, leading by 20 points at 74-54 at the end of the third quarter.

However, the Magic came back to catch up after the start of the fourth quarter, especially Nikola Vucevic on the inside, who scored consecutive points, and the Nets failed to continue the offensive momentum of the first three quarters, and the lead was constantly reduced.

At 5:17 in the fourth quarter, Magic center Vucevic scored a 2+1 basket and compressed the gap between the two teams to 9 points.

At this time, the Nets began to adjust their staffing, Anderson and Gambos replaced the starting Lopez and Humphries, and the Nets offered a "small lineup".

After the substitution, the Nets accelerated the pace of offense, and Gao Dazhuang sent three assists to Bogans in a row, and Gambos also hit three three-pointers in a row, and the Nets hit a 9-0 run to extend the difference to 18 points.

Subsequently, the Magic were unable to turn the tables, and the Nets played a triumphant song at home.

ESPN reported after the game: "The Nets, under the leadership of the tall and strong, controlled the game from the beginning of the first quarter and finally withstood the Magic's counterattack to win the victory. One of the Nets' "double stars" was tall and strong, with 35 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while Lopez also had 21 points and 4 rebounds. The Nets have played a strong game this season, with a 17-1 record against teams with less than 50% of the winning percentages."

The Orlando Sentinel reported: "Magic's starting small forward Afflalo is sidelined with a left leg injury, Redick is just 2-of-13 from the field, and Nelson is 3-of-12, and the Magic have been clean sheets by the Nets in the regular season for the first time since 2004."

But there were also discordant voices after the game, according to FOX Sports in the United States, Gao Dazhuang and Lopez were suspected of having a violent argument in the locker room, of course, both parties involved later denied it.

Bill Reiter, a veteran basketball columnist for ESPN, wrote in his column that it would be true if Tall and Lopez had a heated argument in the locker room. Then he really wanted to say, "Brooke." You're too bold! Dare to go wild on the tall and strong territory! ”

The Nets currently have a good record, with a 28-17 record that puts them in the top four in the East, but they also have a lot of problems, such as: lack of roster depth, monotonous offensive system, poor overall defense, etc.

But the biggest problem is with one person. He's Brook Lopez. He didn't fit into the Nets' existing system at all defensively.

Actually, he played pretty well in this game. He had 21 points and five rebounds in 30 minutes of playing time, but he was pressed to the bench again in the second half of the fourth quarter.

After the game, in the Nets locker room. Unlike the cheers of the rest of the Nets, Lopez was quietly packing his packages by himself, with no expression on his face.

In the subsequent routine interview, Lopez even expressed his envy of the friendship between the Magic players, he said: "It can be seen that the Magic players also have a good relationship off the court, which is exactly what our team needs to strengthen, even if we can't be the best friends off the court, but at least we should show that we like each other on the court."

Lopez's remarks also caused an uproar in the media, and Bill Reiter believes that he hopes Lopez will be more mature and not let down the team, teammates and fans who trust him.

Obviously, the "small problems" in the Nets locker room directly affected the team, and after beating the Magic by 22 points, the Nets lost to the defending champion Miami Heat by 85-105 and 20 points in a key battle, missing out on a three-game winning streak.

This is the third meeting between the two sides this season, and the previous two meetings with the Heat have been comfortably won at home, and it is still them who have the last laugh in this game.

The three "giants" of the Heat combined for 71 points, including James with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, Wade with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and Bosh with 21 points and 8 rebounds.

The Nets' "double star" Gao Dazhuang scored a game-high 27 points, with 7 rebounds and 9 assists, while Lopez only played 25 minutes and had 11 points and 2 rebounds.

The Heat led the game, James took the lead for the Heat, he first scored 3 points on the outside, and then staged a two-handed dunk, the Heat started with a wave of 9-0 small climax, and established a 25-point lead in the first half.

The Nets finally woke up in the final quarter, and Anderson, who came off the bench, grabbed rebounds in a row, and the tall and strong also hit a jumper at the whistle, and the Nets set off a wave of attacks.

But soon James was powerful again, first making a jump shot, hitting a free throw, and then completing a steal in the frontcourt, ignoring Wallace's block shot, and Bosh hit a consecutive 3-point shot from the outside, making the game completely lose suspense.

Although the Nets lost badly in the game, the Nets backup center "Birdman" Anderson grabbed 20 rebounds in 23 minutes of playing time, setting a new career high for rebounds in a single game.

Anderson has 15 rebounds in five games in his career, with his previous highest rebounds per game being 18 with the Hornets.

In an interview after the game, the Nets' core tall and strong praised Anderson's amazing performance: "Anderson's performance is amazing, and if it weren't for him, we would have lost even more embarrassingly."

Anderson "Birdman" himself was modest, teasing his height and bounce.

"Hopefully I can jump a little higher, or grow taller -- because that makes it easier for me to grab rebounds," Anderson said in an interview, "but I've found some other ways to grab rebounds now."

Nets head coach Johnson said that the reason why the Birders played more than 20 minutes in this game was not because of anything else, but "I put him on the court because he can really help us."

Coach Johnson said he likes Anderson's current performance, his energy, his popping up out of nowhere to grab a rebound, and his dribbling from one end of the court to the other, "He goes out of his way until he runs out of gas until he runs out of gas or passes out."

Coach Johnson also revealed that his original plan was to use Anderson after the All-Star break, as he wasn't sure how long it would take for Anderson to recover, but now, that concern is clearly unnecessary.

Coach Johnson also said that he would arrange some offensive tactics for Anderson, especially the aerial relay.

In the past, whenever he met big players like Tyson Chandler and Dwight Howard, Coach Johnson was the most afraid of them playing empty catches, but now, he wants Anderson to play this.

Anderson scored four points today, all of which were aerial relays against tall and strong.

"Before, we only had Tall and Strong and Wallace who could do the air-to-air connection in the fast break, and now, you see, we have an extra weapon," Coach Johnson said with a smile.

Regarding the loss of this game, Coach Johnson reluctantly told reporters: "Our biggest problem now is that we can't let Gao Dazhuang rest, Gao Dazhuang has worked the field, but the opponent is very strong against him, this is our Achilles heel, we need others to stand up."

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On the day of the game, the Nets officially announced that the team had re-signed center "Birdman" Chris Anderson until the end of the season.

The team loses, the substitute center shines all over the field, and the team's main center is embarrassed to face accusations from all sides.

Regarding his current role in the team, Nets center Lopez also gave his thoughts after today's game: "Everyone wants to play more time, whether it's me or anyone else, Anderson played really well today, I learned a lot from him, I hope I can adjust as soon as possible and help the team win."

Lopez says the experience is important for his career, and even if he doesn't get the same playing time as before, he needs to be able to provide energy as soon as he walks on.

Despite the recent rumors that the Nets are going to get Howard in a trade, according to multiple sources recently, the Brooklyn Nets will not be involved in the Dwight Howard trade, and the Nets are very skeptical that the Lakers really intend to put the Monster on the shelf before the trade deadline.

Meanwhile, Nets general manager Billy King told reporters that he had held a private meeting with the team's main center, Brook Lopez, and promised him that his name would not appear in any potential trade package. (To be continued......)