According to Shams, Irving will make his season debut on Thursday, Jan. 6, in the Nets' game against the Pacers.
Generally speaking, the comeback of the team's important players will be selected at home, and try to choose a less powerful opponent, in order to take advantage of the time and place, so that the comeback players can integrate into the team as soon as possible to find the state of the game.
But Irving is not a special situation, can not play the home game, can only come back away. The opponent is not bad, the Pacers' 4-game losing streak is basically a lying flat appearance, the supermarket door is often open, just waiting for other teams to pick up goods.
And although the Nets can't fight a hard battle, the abuse is very stable, so that Irving can enjoy the joy of victory in the first game when he comes back, which should not be too much of a problem.
As far as the Nets are concerned, Irving is also very much needed. Since what can be attacked on the front line cannot be defended, and what can be defended cannot be attacked, it is better to return to last season's full firepower mode. If the Nets want to be in full swing, the Big Three are indispensable.
Klay's return is much more normal than Irving's, with a comeback at home next Monday, January 10.
This game is the only home court that the Warriors have been sandwiching between a 2-game and 4-game streak recently, and if this game is missed, the Warriors' next home will have to wait until the 19th Piston.
The Pistons are a good opponent, but for Clay, who has been on the field for two years, he must want to play as soon as possible.
And Kerr also recently said that Klay will be the starter as long as he plays, which means that both he and the Warriors are very confident in his state. With the Warriors' current position, they don't have to think too much about their opponents.
Clay came back and started directly, and Poole was bound to go to the bench. Just today Pooler scored 32 points in the face of the Heat, which may be a pity for some fans, but this choice is not only inevitable, but also the best.
The Warriors start to ensure defensive ability, the three, four and five positions can not move, Curry can not move, so only Poole can start. For Poole, he has his own ability to attack with the ball, but his ability is suppressed around Curry and Green, and when it comes to the bench, he has more balls, and his performance may not be worse than it is now.
At the same time, in order for the Warriors to get Klay back to his form as soon as possible, the best way is to let him play with Curry and Greendo, the three of them are the most familiar, as long as they can regain the tacit understanding of the past, Klay and the Warriors are comfortable, so he must play the starter.
It's just that for Clay, just coming back is a riding battle, which can be described as full of intensity.
For Warriors fans, in a few years, the familiar riding war is back...
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