181 Mercury Dip
At a time when there was an external debate about whether Horn was an All-Star or not, the Nets started to lose.
And one loss is two games in a row, and after two consecutive losses, Black Horn's flame is even higher.
Many fans and commentators have come out to comment that Horn has only played well for a while, and now he is finally exposed.
The famous Horne black Jonathan started to go wild again on his Twitter: "Horne's performance has always been inconsistent, and his style of play was completely different during his time with the Hornets and with the Nets. This shows that his technique is not stable at all, and it would be a mistake for such an all-star to be selected. ”
Sports Illustrated reporter Rochester also said: "Horn is still a little early to be selected as an All-Star, and his performance with the Nets is not very consistent, and he didn't play very well in the first few games of the season!" ”
The media on CBS's side also made a data table, proving that Horn's performance has been up and down a lot, his performance has been very inconsistent, and he has not been tested in the playoffs.
The Black Tide is like water, and Black Horn's media and ball reviews are coming in waves.
Horn didn't expect that after the team lost such two games, so many people would come to hack themselves. In the face of such a large black force, Horn smiled slightly, and simply wrote on his Twitter: "See you on the field!" ”
Horn has been dismissive of the people who hacked him, these people just have nothing to do, Horn is not only defending his All-Star status, he is also chasing the Knicks' record.
The Knicks have played really well this season, they play small ball, and now they have climbed to second place in the East.
There is only one team in front of the Knicks, the Heat. It can be said that Anthony came to the Knicks, and this period of time was both fame and fortune.
The Nets are still a tough opponent. Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Thunder are currently the best young team in the league. The team is now fully out of play and currently sits second in the West, behind the Spurs' record.
The Thunder not only have a good record, but they also play their own style of basketball. Any team that plays their own unique style is very powerful.
The current style of the Thunder is XJBD, but the Thunder's blind play does not make sense with the messy blind play of other teams.
There are three less on the Thunder's side, Durant. Westbrook, Harden, all three are playing now. They all have the ability to take charge of themselves, a team with such a powerful young man can support it, and now the Thunder have three such good young people, and this team doesn't need too many tactics at all.
Too many tactics limit their talents, and it is enough to let these three people take turns to play freely. But then Harden left, the Thunder couldn't do it, and the two of them couldn't play freely. Three people are just right, which is also the reason for the popularity of the Big Three. The two of them always felt a little tired.
The Thunder have improved this season to a higher level than the previous season, and their style of play and their respective strengths have increased a lot.
At this time, the Nets met the Thunder, and 80 percent of the media predicted that the Thunder would win. Because the West is strong and the East is weak, the Thunder are still the top two teams, the Nets are ranked fourth in the East, and the Nets are ranked ninth in the entire league.
The Thunder wants to touch the Nets at this time, the Thunder side is also high-spirited, the players on the Thunder side have grievances with Horn, last season's playoffs, and the regular season There are a lot of grievances between the two teams.
Westbrook still holds a grudge against Horn, saying before the game: "This game against the Nets is definitely not an ordinary regular season, we have to give it our all, Horn still owes us a lot!" ”
Durant also said: "I haven't forgotten what Horn did to us in the playoffs, and now I have to get it back!" ”
Harden came back from the nightclub and said, "I've heard about it in the nightclub, Horn is more popular than me!" ”
The Thunder had enough strength to prepare for this game, and Horn's group of blacks saw that the Thunder was coming, which was good.
Jonathan immediately wrote: "The time has finally come to validate Horn, and the Thunder will show you how good Horn really is. ”
Rochester also said at this time: "The Thunder are a very strong team, if Horn can beat the Thunder, we can give Horn some applause!" ”
Paul, one of the stars with whom Horn has the best relationship, couldn't sit still at this point, and he supported Horn right away with the Clippers.
"Horn is a good player, I think he deserves to have a spot on the All-Star, and it's hard to ask too much of him!"
The media push and fan disputes made whether or not he could win the Thunder become a litmus test for Horn, as if the Nets could only prove themselves by winning the Thunder, and the more the media argued, the more this became a fact.
In the process of this argument, in fact, it was Williams who was the most angry, because when everyone was arguing, they simply forgot about him. Nobody pays attention to himself, and you say Williams shouldn't be angry.
The two teams argued for a long time, and the main game finally started on the home court of the Nets.
There were so many disputes before, and today's game went directly to ESPN's ace commentary pair, Mark Jackson, Van Gundy Jr., and Mike Green.
Before the game, the three of them also began to discuss the hot topic of Horn's All-Star entry, and Green said at the beginning: "I've never experienced this situation, a player who has been an All-Star and has gone through such a big controversy, I don't know what is the core of this controversy?" ”
Van Gundy Jr. began to say at this time: "From the data point of view, Horn averaged 26 points, 10.7 assists, 7 rebounds, and 1 steal per game, and being selected as an All-Star was nothing. But the point is, Horn's way into the All-Star! ”
"First of all, Horn's outside style of play made many fans feel that something was wrong and that this was not something that should be done on the inside. And then Horn's style of acting is also different from what fans are familiar with, first of all, Horn is not a player who became famous after entering the league, he is a player who suddenly rose last season, this sudden rise. It's questionable. Then Horn and Anthony's feud. The unforgiving in the mouth, as well as some ups and downs in the game, all give fans reasons to question. Horn's entire playing career has been a feeling of instability! ”
Mark Jackson also said at this time: "It's true that Horn has no controversial part in terms of his skills and role on the court, he is very good, but he is questioned. More stuff from the sidelines. The gap between him and Anthony and the 03 generation, I think is the key factor! ”
As outsiders, Mark Jackson and Van Gundy Jr. saw this matter very clearly.
At this time, the players of both teams were also on the court, and when Horn arrived on the court, Williams immediately came to Horn's side and said, "Let's give them a little bit of power today!" “
"Of course!" Horn didn't expect Williams to come to the fighting spirit.
At the beginning of the game, the Nets fought for the ball first, the Nets got the ball, and the game was very stable, Williams immediately passed the ball to Horn at the top of the arc, and then all three players of the Nets piled up to the bottom line. That gave Horn a lot of room to maneuver, and at the same time, Williams quickly ran to the baseline and went around in a big circle, using his teammates' triple cover to run out.
One opening. The Nets played a very stable match, at this time Van Gundy Jr. also said: "The Nets are really impressive now, they have broken out of the scattered system, from this one offense, it can be seen that the Nets' tactics are very beautiful, and it fits the team's situation!" ”
Horn saw Williams running out, and he immediately dribbled through the middle and broke through two steps to further compress the Thunder's space, and then turned around and passed the ball to Williams, who was completely open at this point. Because Horn got into the restricted area, his teammates shrank near the opponent's baseline, and the outside space was opened, and the Nets' tactics were a way to use space time and misalignment, and Williams was on the right way to score 2 points.
The Nets played an amazing match from the beginning, and the little general was the happiest at this time, he has been criticized for his rigid thinking on the offensive end, and now he has borrowed from Princeton and the pick-and-roll system to finally improve his offensive system.
The Thunder had enough strength to fight against the Nets before, but the Nets played a trick gun at the beginning of the game, using tactics to fight, not hard fighting, which made the Thunder have a feeling that they couldn't use their strength.
The Nets played a beautiful tactic in the opening game, and the Thunder also wanted to play a good-looking tactic when they came over.
The Thunder also started passing, Westbrook controlled the ball and passed it to Perkins, who turned around and passed the ball to Durant, who took advantage of a block from Ibaka to pass back to Seflosha.
The Thunder have the consciousness of seeking cooperation, but their cooperation has no program, no thinking and purpose of their own, and it is better to pass the ball around than to play blindly, and finally the ball is in the hands of Sefolosha.
Sefolosha's ability to handle the ball was very poor, he couldn't handle the ball, so he could only force one by himself, but Sefolosha didn't have the ability to play strongly, and the shot was also missed.
The Thunder played such a round, and Mark Jackson immediately said: "The Thunder played a very chaotic round this time!" Compared to the Nets, their coordination is very untargeted, neither forming a misalignment, nor opening up space, the ball is only transmitted between the outside lines, there is no chance to enter the interior at all, and there is no running without the ball when the ball carrier is in possession. ”
The Thunder couldn't find a match at the beginning, and the Nets were not polite.
The Nets came over again, their position and thinking were not as good as they were, and Williams came up with the ball and immediately played a high block with Horn. At the same time, the remaining three players of the Nets all sank to the baseline, and Williams controlled the ball to the side at the baseline position, and suddenly passed the ball to Horn, who was down.
The moment Horn got the ball, the three people on the baseline on the Nets' side also completed a cooperation, and Lopez used Wallace's block to run to the baseline position, and there was no player around him at this time.
Horn received the ball, and all the team's runs were formed in his mind, and he immediately made a pass to Lopez, who had no one in front of him, and took the ball with another easy mid-range shot.
"Brush!"
Lopez scored another 2 points, 4:0, and the media thought that the Thunder had won steadily, but the aura of the two teams was completely different at the beginning of today.
The Nets opened extremely calmly and did not mess up at all, with Horn and Williams playing blocking and dismantling in the high post, and the rest of the players seeking cooperation in the baseline with empty hands. The Nets' offensive thinking is obvious and clear.
Compared with the Nets, the offense on the Thunder's side stopped at this point, Westbrook dribbled over and passed the ball to Seflosha, Seflosha took the ball and waited for Durant to use the block to run to 45 degrees, and then Sefolosha passed the ball to Durant, to this point, the Thunder's tactics are completed, it can be seen that the Thunder's tactical goal is not to expand the space or form a dislocation, or to give the ball to Durant, Westbrook or Harden. As long as the ball is given to these people, the Thunder believe that it has formed a dislocation.
The Thunder have that confidence, and Durant has the ability to face Wallace's tight defense. Durant immediately showed his superb individual ability, and he took a probing step in front of Wallace and took a very confident quick shot.
"Brush!"
Durant's first individual offense in the opening game was also immediately shot, and the Thunder's offense said that there was no tactic at all, but their players were just powerful, and others didn't have the slightest solution.
The Thunder can play easily because they are stars and have a very hard defense.
The Nets didn't have that kind of condition, and Horn knew it, and when the Nets came over again, he immediately ran to the right to get the ball.
At the moment when Horn got the ball, the Nets started to run again, and the players cooperated with each other and ran each other, these routes are not visible to ordinary players, but in Horn's panoramic perspective, all the players' runs are imprinted in Horn's mind.
After Lopez pulled out to cover his teammates at this time, he continued to pull outside, and at this time, the Thunder's interior Perkins couldn't go out to defend.
Once Perkins can't defend, Lopez immediately suddenly cut to the basket with an empty cut, although Lopez's movement speed is not fast, but it is still much better than Perkins, Perkins didn't keep up with a step, Horn immediately found this opportunity, quickly gave the ball to Lopez, Lopez held the ball and took a step easily through the Thunder's defender to score 2 points.
Although the Thunder's offense at this time is strong, it can't withstand the close cooperation of the Nets, and the previous scattered Nets are connected by Horn's panoramic perspective, and the whole team actually has a sense of fluidity. (To be continued......)