Chapter 290: Nets' New No. 1
"Wonderful feeling" after the backhand dunk was successful, Gao Da Zhuang carried his own jersey with both hands, and the No. 1 number on the jersey was completely displayed in front of all the fans.
Gao Dazhuang didn't expect his first ball in the Nets to come so quickly, of course, after the goal, Gao Dazhuang didn't forget to give a thumbs up to Deron Williams, who had quickly retreated, which was also the first time that the Nets' new backcourt combination "performed" on the same stage, but the two showed such a tacit understanding.
However, the Warriors were not far behind, and after a series of passes, the team's power forward David Lee hit a turning hook shot under the basket to equalize the score.
2:2
"Offense", "Offense", "Offense...... The huge cheers resounded throughout the Barclays Center, and due to the arrival of the new signing, the Barclays Center, the home of the Nets, was packed today, and many fans wanted to see the team's star of hope perform for the first time.
It was still Delon who controlled the ball, and Delon had come to the Warriors' free throw line after turning his back twice in a row and dribbling, but this time he didn't wait for Delon to prompt, and the tall and strong man took the initiative to run towards Delon after a turnaround run.
"Peng", just at the moment when the tall and strong were about to approach, Delong also started with the trend, and after a very tacit blocking and dismantling cooperation, Delong, who got rid of the defense, took the ball and wiped it into the inside line.
At this time, the Warriors' Thompson immediately misplaced Delon and Curry formed a front and back wrapping position for Delung, but at this time, Delon responded with a backhand pass and passed the ball to the tall man who cut the air on the other side.
"Not good" At this time, Curry, the Warriors point guard, secretly said that it was not good, and immediately turned around and pounced on the tall man.
"Snap" Delong's pass only stayed in Gao Dazhuang's hand for a short fraction of a second, and was bounced back by Gao Dazhuang like playing volleyball.
In the surprised eyes of Curry and Thompson, the basketball went straight through the defense of the two and went directly to Deron under the empty basket, and the unmarked Delon scored easily with a pick-and-roll.
2:4
After the "good pass" goal, Deron Williams roared excitedly and ran to Gao Dazhuang's side, and with a "snap", the palms of the two hit each other hard.
The Nets fans on the sidelines did not hesitate to cheer, and many fans wearing Delon's No. 8 jersey and the tall No. 1 jersey greeted each other excitedly.
In fact, there have been many Nets fans who have questioned the team's use of an All-Star guard who has just entered the NBA for less than two months, but two wonderful goals in a row suddenly dispelled the doubts in the hearts of many fans.
"Defense", "Defense" At this time, Deron Williams commanded his teammates to deploy as the team's big brother, "good", and the continuous offensive success also boosted the morale of the Nets, and the harmonious atmosphere made the team seem more united than ever.
"Snap" The Warriors passed the ball to the scoring guard Thompson, Thompson received the ball and smashed the ball to the ground.
Although Thompson is a shooter-type player, he can skillfully dribble through his left and right hands, but his biggest problem is his mediocre physical fitness, speed, explosiveness, and bounce are average, and his ability to score one-on-one is relatively weak.
"Blocking" but just when the tall man stepped forward to intercept, he suddenly heard a reminder from his teammate Delon, and at this time, the Warriors point guard Curry suddenly appeared on the tall and strong wing.
With the help of his teammates' cover, Thompson managed to escape the tall and strong defense and dribble quickly into the basket.
Facing Evans, the Nets center sitting under the basket, Thompson made an emergency stop and made a feint to shoot with his hand raised, which instantly shook the Nets fierce Evans away, and then Thompson took advantage of the time difference and stepped sideways to the basket.
But just when the ball in Thompson's hand was shot, there was a "pop", and a palm suddenly appeared and pressed the ball directly on the rebound.
"What?" Thompson looked back in surprise and saw that the Nets' No. 1 was tall and strong, and he had firmly put the basketball in his arms.
It turned out that although the pick-and-roll just blocked Gao Dazhuang's first step, Gao Dazhuang quickly got rid of Curry and rushed to the basket with excellent speed, successfully blocking Thompson's layup.
The furious stance of "Oh", "Mygod" and "Unbelievable" also shocked the fans at the Barclays Center.
"Counterattack" Tall and Strong yelled after intercepting the basketball, and began to run towards the Warriors' hinterland with the ball.
The Warriors' reaction was not slow either, as Thompson, who was closest to the tall man, moved sideways, leaned down and reached for a steal.
"Stop you" But just when Thompson wanted to interrupt the tall and strong counterattack with a tactical foul, the tall and strong also bowed at the same time, and the body rotated with the trend, and a beautiful 360-degree back turned and passed Thompson in an instant.
After breaking through Thompson, the tall and strong instantly raised his speed to the extreme, and at this time, the only person on the court who could barely keep up with the tall and strong speed was Curry of the Warriors.
Curry was also very fast, especially without the ball, and soon, Curry was coming up from the tall wing.
Tall and strong glanced at Curry on the side, but still continued to maintain a high-speed dribble, but the two-handed dribble was changed to a one-handed dribble on one side, but this did not affect the tall and strong advance speed at all.
With a "snap", the tall and strong man immediately launched an attack as soon as he stepped into the opponent's paint area, completely ignoring Curry's defense, and directly rose into the air and attacked the basket.
Curry, who was completely ignored by the tall and strong, held back a breath of anger, and also took a big step to jump up from the side, raising his hands high, trying to intercept him in the air.
The bodies of the two "Peng" inevitably collided in the air, but Curry, who was thin in front of the tall and strong, obviously couldn't take advantage of it, and was directly knocked out of the bottom line.
At this time, a piercing whistle sounded in time, but at this time, the tall and strong man gliding in the air still controlled his body shape and changed hands to the layup with the help of the impact force, in the process of falling from the other side of the basket.
With a "brush", the basketball accurately fell through the net.
After landing on the ground, Gao Dazhuang hurriedly looked back at the referee, only to see the referee walking quickly to the front of the library, slamming his left wrist with a fist with his right hand, pointing at Curry and saying "Beat foul".
2+1!
"YEAH" shook his fist excitedly, and once again picked up the number 1 on his chest, and the basketball fans in the audience also carnivaled with this action of tall and strong.
Curry, who was on the side, was a little blue, obviously the Nets rookie wearing the No. 1 jersey brought him great impact, this is a completely different type of player from him, with a strong attack **, not only strong body but also delicate skills, just this counterattack actually made Curry helpless.
However, the tall and strong fast break also provoked Curry's offense**, and soon, Curry hit a half-volley with a stop-and-go jump shot without warning when he broke through at high speed.
Then the Warriors gave full play to their jumper team's housekeeping skills, constantly passing, blocking, and running...... Curry and Thompson hit two more three-pointers in quick succession to put the score in the lead, while the Nets missed consecutive offensive shots.
Delon frowned, the Nets' offense had problems again, in fact, when he lost six in a row before, Delon had already hinted at criticizing the Nets' offensive shortcomings in an interview with the media.
In DeLong's view, the "little general" Johnson's offensive system is monotonous and simple, which is an important reason why the Nets have only shot 39.6% from the field and 32% from three-point range this season.
"Hey", just as Delon was bent down to punch Curry, a voice planned Derlon's offense, and he looked up to see Tall Strong signaling his pass.
DeLong hesitated slightly, but still passed the ball to Gao Dazhuang.
As soon as the ball reached the tall and strong hand, the tall and strong figure suddenly became short, and immediately launched a frontal attack from outside the three-point line to the defender Thompson in front of him.
"Pap", "Pap", "Pap", ...... Tall and strong, the continuous rapid cross-step swaying forced Thompson to keep retreating, and Thompson obviously couldn't catch the rhythm of the tall and strong, at this time, the tall and strong accelerated and changed direction, breaking through Thompson's defense again.
With a "beep" whistle, the tall man burst into the basket and made a defensive foul on Boggart.
"Brush" and "Brush" are tall and strong and hit two free throws in a row, stabilizing the situation on the court of the Nets.
However, Warriors power forward David Lee grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds under the Nets basket and hit a rebound to extend the Warriors' lead again.
And Gao Dazhuang was still attacking Thompson on the wing, Gao Dazhuang used an extremely simple feint to cut in from Thompson's left hand side in an instant, Thompson kept sliding back and failed to catch up with Gao Dazhuang's footsteps, and could only watch Gao Dazhuang easily layup and score 2 points.
The tall and strong scored another layup, not only the Nets fans at the Barclays Center were boiling, but the Nets head coach Avery Johnson and the team's captain Deron Williamston were all in front of each other and applauded.
With the strong support of the team's owner, the Nets have drastically updated their roster this season and are ready to do a big game, but after playing a few good games at the beginning of the season, the Nets suddenly lost momentum.
In fact, the Nets' defense is not bad, ranking 10th in the league, but the Nets' offense has problems and is currently only ranked 25th in the league.
After the injury of the team's main center Lopez, the Nets' offense relied more on the outside, Evans and Humphries on the inside are blue-collar players who started on defense, and Wallace, the team's small forward, is also a strong defender.
Johnson, the Nets' former leading scorer, is a talented and hard-working player, but his lack of self-confidence and introverted personality often make him seem out of place with the team.
Its weak confrontation ability makes it often choose to project on the periphery, and its ability to make free throws is basically non-existent, and its scoring is basically dependent on the sky.
It just so happens that Delon is not a speedy breakaway player either, so opponents can often take a very targeted perimeter blocking strategy against the Nets.
The arrival of tall and strong has completely changed the situation, tall and strong and sharp breakthroughs make up for the shortcomings of the Nets, and tall and strong ability to make fouls, in the two months of the Rockets, tall and strong really learned a lot from Harden, so what makes Johnson and Deron happy is that the arrival of tall and strong is bound to change the current monotonous tactics of the Nets.
At 27:29, under the leadership of tall and strong, the Nets withstood the pressure in the first quarter and temporarily led the Warriors by 2 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Warriors equalized the score with a half-volley from Curry.
And the Warriors have obviously accelerated the pace of the offense, and Thompson looks like he is sparing his physical strength, forcing the tall and strong from the backcourt.
"Huh?" Gao Dazhuang frowned, although he was not afraid of the opponent, but Gao Dazhuang obviously did not want to fight with him in the backcourt, so he passed the ball to DeLong, and he ran down to the Warriors' basket.
Delon pushed the ball to the front court, when the tall and strong slipped out of the baseline and suddenly stopped and stuck his hand on Thompson, who was chasing behind him, and shouted for Delon to pass.
"Snap" Delong made a ground pass for the first time, and stuffed the ball to the tall and strong inside card position.
After receiving the ball, the tall and strong swung to the left with the momentum, and the left hand holding the ball also cooperated to the left.
"Turn around?" Thompson immediately stepped sideways, intending to block the tall man's turn.
But Gao Dazhuang suddenly did the opposite, dribbling with one hand, and turning around with Thompson stuck with the other, and when Thompson came back to his senses, he had lost his position, and wanted to fill the position and was blocked by Tall Zhuang's elbow on the periphery.
The tall and strong one spun and squeezed a space under the basket to meet Boggart's high-throw ball.
With a "snap", the tall and strong hit the board.
"Oh" The current Barclays Center once again let out a burst of cheers, and the tall and strong singles captured the hearts of many fans, and many fans even sang loudly with tall and strong posters and jerseys.
The continuous offense was not only recognized by the fans, but also made Gao Dazhuang's confidence more and more, just 20 seconds later, Gao Dazhuang received the ball near the free throw line, deceived Thompson's center of gravity with a virtual point, and then scored 2 points under the basket with a longitudinal cut.
In the face of the tall and strong breakthrough, Thompson's shortcomings have been infinitely magnified, in fact, the athleticism of the Warriors shooter Thompson restricts his offense in the NBA to a certain extent, but the bigger problem is on the defensive end, Thompson obviously lacks the ability to move sideways, so he is a little powerless for the tall and strong breakthrough.
As the tall man excitedly displayed his No. 1 jersey around the court and enjoyed the cheers of the fans, the Warriors replaced their main player Thompson with backup quarterback Jarrett Jack.
Stepping on Thompson's shoulder, the Nets' new No. 1 gradually rose into the air!