【Highlights】Grizzlies 118-104 Nets
It was a game that was extremely embarrassing for Nets coach Steve Nash.
When the Nets were consistently overpowered by the Grizzlies and gradually thrown away by their opponents in the third quarter, Nash had no strategy to deal with it, and could only watch the point difference between the two sides get bigger and bigger.
When the Nets are at most 28 points behind in crisis, the Nets will gather to discuss the solution on their own when the time is suspended, and Nash's figure will not be found in the camera.
When Nash had replaced the main player and was ready to surrender, the young players he had not been willing to send to the court helped the Nets turn the tide, giving the Nets a chance to turn the tables.
From pre-match preparation to on-the-spot adjustments to hiring people, Nash has no highlights, and on social media, doubts about Nash's coaching ability have once again struck.
No wonder Nash was scolded. When the Nets were plagued by the epidemic and many people were on the sidelines, their performance was respectable, the team style was tenacious, and the young players performed eye-catching. But now the players who have been quarantined have returned from the ban, and it is said that the Nets have played a very rich game, but they first lost to the 76ers, then were reversed by the Clippers, and today they suffered a three-game losing streak to the Grizzlies 104-118. After losing this game, the Nets have fallen to the third place in the East, playing the top four teams in the division this season, and the Nets are 0-7 and 1 wins.
Today's Nets have a very poor mental outlook, and their preparations are clearly not in place. It seems that LaMarcus Aldridge is suspended due to injury, and the Nets will not play for a while.
The lack of vitality of the players can not blame the manager, the players have to find the reason from themselves, but the Nets rebounds are exploded, offensive constipation, these problems, have to find the reason from Nash tactical arrangements, platooning. As long as the Nets' pre-game preparations are a little more meticulous, you should know that the Grizzlies are the strongest team in the league to rush for offensive rebounds, and there is no one. This season, the Grizzlies have reached 31 percent offensive rebounding.
Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are not a three-point team, their three-point shooting is the fourth-to-last in the league, and their three-point shooting rate of 35% is only 16th in the league. Therefore, the defense of the Grizzlies should be the priority to protect the basket, protect the rebounds, in the case of Dillon Brooks off-the-baton, the Nets outside defense to defend Desmond Bain can be, Morant and Jackson Jr. outside the line can be appropriately put aside.
The result? The Nets are still superstitious about changing the set of defenses. Originally, the height of the Nets was insufficient, and the players who were a little high were also changed to the outside line, how could the inside line not be exploded? How can defensive rebounds not be snapped up by opponents? Throughout the game, the Nets were snatched up by their opponents for 24 offensive rebounds, losing 29 total rebounds, and the Nets lost 8-29 net 21 points on the second score, and lost 10 points in the penalty area score 52-62.
Looking at these two defensive rounds, the problem of the Nets' defensive strategy and defensive alignment arrangement is very obvious. At 11:47 in the fourth quarter, the Nets had Clarkston and James Johnson on the field, and Brandon Clark blocked the next air-to-air dunk.
Clarkston is opposite Jarren Jackson, who is 0 of 5 three-pointers, and as the team's center with the strongest ability to protect the basket and change defense, Clarkston is not necessary to go to the position of Jackson Jr., who likes to stand on the three-point line. When the Grizzlies blocked the demolition, Clarkston changed the defense of Bain, who had a strong three-point shooting ability, and the problem was that Johnson also chose to change the defense in the first line of the blocking, leaving Clark to Patty Mills.
Half a minute later, the Grizzlies played the same tactic again, this time Clarkston was still in the top of the arc to defend Jackson Jr., Johnson changed the defense and left Clark to Cameron Thomas, and the Grizzlies naturally laughed at the meat sent to their mouths.
(In the face of a small defender with a basket shooting ratio of more than 10%, athletic ability and singles ability is not strong, and the passing threat is greater than the personal offensive threat, is it necessary to use such a defensive strategy as a big delay and a change of defense?) ）
In the past, the Nets couldn't prevent themselves from coming back by offense, but today they even dumbed up the offense. The starter, who only had empty cuts and counterattacks left, led Ja-Morante in the whole game, and the defense was not defended, and the offense also compressed the space of the Nets. Clarkston was heavily transferred to the outside defense, the advantage on the defensive end was gone, and the presence on the offensive end dragged down the space. It is equivalent to saying that the Nets starting five Tigers have 2 people dragging down the space, and the opponent can certainly unscrupulously defend James Harden, Kevin Durant, and pinch Mills's three-pointer.
In the rotation time, Nash actually played an 8-man rotation before entering garbage time, and Blake Griffin, Johnson, and Bruce Brown on the court were all the owners of the drag space. Don't look at Griffin scoring 2 three-pointers, but before today he shot 20% from three-point range this season, and when he stands on the outside line who will pounce on the defense? Without space, Johnson's so-called ability to respond, Harden, Durant, Mills' ability to lead the team in the connection section can not be played at all, and the Nets cannot play an advantage at every stage of the game.
The good news is that Kyrie Irving is coming back, and if there is no accident in the next away game against the Pacers, Irving will make his season debut and the Big Three will usher in a fit.
Irving's return does solve some of the problems on the offensive end of the Nets, and when the Big Three are on the floor at the same time, the Nets can attack and destroy opponents even if they are not defensive. With Joe Harris still recuperating from injury, Irving's ability to attack without dead angles and pull away space in halftime is what the Nets desperately need now. When Irving returns, the pressure on Durant and Harden will be alleviated a lot, and the Nets' offensive efficiency, which is currently only 10th in the league, can also be improved.
However, Irving is definitely not the Savior of the Nets, his return can not solve the Nets' lack of high-level defenders, rebound protection problems, his return can not solve nash's lack of coaching experience, and these problems are precisely the key to hindering the Nets to move to a higher level, is the fatal hidden danger that prevents them from becoming winners in high-end games.
What's more, Irving is still resisting vaccinations, and he may only be able to play away this season and not play at home. When the core players of the team continue to go in and out of the starting lineup, some players are affected by the high and low playing time, and some players are more extreme to be able to play the next game today and be squeezed out of the rotation by Irving, how to maintain the stability of the Nets, which is not enough?
During Irving's absence, the Nets changed the team's label and they became a more balanced team in attack and defense. After the return of Irving (including Harris), the Nets are likely to return to the superstar basketball mode that opened up the space big three last season. If that's the case, the Nets can only pray that Irving will be vaccinated before the playoffs (or that the local epidemic strategy in New York will allow Irving to play at home), and that the Big Three will remain healthy throughout the season.