1. The game between the Eagles and the Trail Blazers, shocking
The game between the Eagles and the Trail Blazers created the highlight of the two men. Trae Young scored 56 points, setting a new single-game scoring record for players this season, and Anfine Simmons scored 43 points, setting a new career single-game scoring record. These two are really strong, congratulations to them first.
Then it has to be said that the Hawks and Blazers, one defensive league is no. 3 to no. 3, one is no. 2 from the bottom, it's really bad and reasonable. If you watch the post-match data or live broadcast, you will feel that this game is dark and passionate, and if you look back at the video, you will find that this game is really... Outrageous...... Neither side of the coaching staff knows what to think:
Yang Qiang is not strong? strong.
Who defends Yang? Simmons Jr.
Is Simmons Jr. fierce? violent.
Who defends little Simmons? poplar.
I couldn't help but fall into deep thought...
I'm certainly not saying that if a player cuts the same high score equals an invalid score – the netizen who coined the term is a genius – in fact, this situation is very common, and at the moment when the backcourt is mostly driven, the situation that the two team point guards each cut 30+ may be staged every night, and you can't always say that the point guards of both teams have done useless work. The division of labor on the pitch requires developing hands to cut high scores and allow them to contribute less on the defensive end, which is not new. The point is, when you know that your top scorer is not defending well, do you want him to defend against the guy who is in hot form on the other side?
Trae Young, I think he's already one of the best offensive players of the season, why doesn't his EPM still rank in the top 10 of the league? Because his defense is still too slow;
Simmons Jr. proved himself to be a good offensive player last season, but the bad defense is also famous in Ten Mile Eight Village, and he is probably at this end of the gap with CJ.
Good guys, the two team coaches really dare to take these two people against each other, the scene in the first half is really unbearable, Young eats cover steadily every round, Simmons is steadily broken through every round, no one can prevent anyone, the two really fill the sense of existence. At the end of the second quarter, Young committed 3 offenses against Simmons Jr., and the Blazers still did not change their positions, and their heads were indescribable.
The defensive problem of the two teams is that if they are only arranged in the opposite position, the key is that you don't know what posture of the two teams is right. In the second half, the Blazers could not hold back, they took Powell to Young, according to the effect will be much stronger than Simmons. As a result, Yang still gives and demands, in addition to praising "Yang Niu X, the attack has entered the realm", the configuration and strategy of the Blazers are also absolute:
Yang block demolition, crossbow machine / Nance Jr. and Powell pinch Yang, Yang out of the ball, under the basket of little Simmons to assist in defense, no egg use - good guys, prevent Yang from encountering active injury, do not prevent Yang from encountering passive injury, little Simmons standing on the field can be splashed to death, the sense of defensive presence is full!
The Eagles weren't much better on this side either. The Eagles are really able to endure, ignoring simmons' state, and continued to let Young defend him in the second half, only in the connection section to let Yang defend McLemore or Covington.
This strategy is stupid, right?
But you can see the attitude of the opposite blazers can also understand why the Eagles are so defensive - Yang defends whoever holds the ball to do Yang, those who play Yang are sitting in the low position, although limited by low-level technology may not be able to score, but the confrontation is fierce, Yang is so defensive, a consumption is too large. On the other hand, Yang Fang's little Simmons, being rid of it is a matter of drinking a knife and seeking a quick one, so as to save energy.
The Hawks also have a problem – Capela can't defend Nurkic. Although Capela has a history of suffering losses when he encounters Nurkic, it is still a bit miserable to be directly eaten raw by the crossbow machine in a continuous low position, which is equivalent to the Eagles' few defensive strengths that still need to be protected by teammates.
Who's going to protect it? poplar......
The other players on the weak side had no one to assist in the defense, only Yang occasionally tried to pinch the top, he recovered from the top of the front arc with the lowest cost performance of the clamp - the clamping is a long way, the low players are not difficult to play, the weak side players can not take care of one defense and two - but also miss three points.
The two teams also have a variety of strange lineups connecting 1 striker 4 defenders or 2 forward 3 defenders. Objectively speaking, the Blazers' defensive resources are not rich, the Hawks are seriously attritional, and there are many extenuating circumstances on the guard, but everyone is small, and no one is too disadvantaged, and it can be seen that the defense on both sides is really not good.
After watching this video, it can only be said that congratulations to Yang and Simmons Jr. for cutting down high scores, no matter what defense is on the other side, the three-point ball is thrown by ability, Yang's body forward change, foul, feeding cake are all magic skills, and the level must be affirmed.
But if these two teams want to improve a little bit, they can't play like this.
2. What are the Nets doing?
The Nets are stuck in a vicious circle:
Supporting roles can not attack and defend at the same time, and most of the defensive supporting roles lead to poor space;
Poor space requires more tactical support, doing a better job of running positions and passing balls to solve pinch attacks and assist defenses, and the Nets are not strong in this regard;
Without enough tactical support, the superstar Carry is needed, but due to the rotten space, the superstar Carry does not move or Carrie is too tired;
The superstar has weaknesses on the defensive end, and the offensive end is over-consumed, and Mills and Ade are a minority of the Nets' supporting roles in the offensive thighs, and the defense is not good. Other defensive players need to make up for it;
Defensive players are generally small-sized athletes, or medium-sized strong men, self-preservation, and difficulties for the whole team, which require a certain number to be effective;
Defensive supporting roles are more offensive and more unsaved;
Therefore, it is necessary to change the offensive and defensive mix according to the type of opponent, but the coach is not a strong point in this regard;
Because strong teams generally have both attack and defense, the problem that the Nets are not easy to balance is more likely to be exposed, so the strong teams are all kinds of awkward.
These are still pure technical and tactical problems, and the psychological confusion of players is more difficult to grasp.
The Nets' game against the Grizzlies is not normal.
The Grizzlies are a rebounding team, no. 1 in the league with a frontcourt rebounding rate and no. 14 in the league with a backcourt rebounding percentage;
The Nets are a rebounding weak team, with 23rd in the league in frontcourt rebounding rate and 23rd in the backcourt rebounding rate.
It would have been normal for the Nets to grab the Grizzlies, and the question is, should the gap be so exaggerated?
After the game, the rebounding rate of the two sides was 46.9% to 22.2%, and the rebounding panel data comparison was 61 to 33. The first three quarters were even more shocking, with the Grizzlies rebounding rate exceeding 50% at one point, unlimited recycling of shooting opportunities, until the Nets sent water dispenser players in the fourth quarter, which slightly eased rebounding protection.
The Grizzlies continued the strategy of the 76ers and Clippers, and began to name Mills and Harden, which would have been nothing, the problem was that the Nets obviously recovered multiple players under the basket, still did not form an effective interference, no confrontation, when the opponent frequently scored under the basket, even fouls should be given enough attitude, but the Nets were just constantly shriveled by the opponent, and then watched the opponent strong up.
The Nets' mentality in the middle of the third quarter has been completely wrong, the offensive end of the space is bad, the defensive end of the body suffers losses, a bunch of veterans can not keep up with the vitality of the fierce guys, and can not organize an effective overall attack and defense, making people feel that this team is terrible.
But is the Nets so bad?
How hard does the team really work?
Why are the young people guarding the water dispenser completely different from the first and core rotation?
Harden's post-game speech seemed to point to something, what does that mean?
The team seemed to be out of control, and no one knew how to march in adversity. Durant and Harden can express attitudes with actions, but not with words to unite and motivate teammates, and Irving is a side effect in guaranteeing the team's centripetal force.
The Nets need the control of the head coach to keep everyone fighting spirit, but Nash did not prove that he has the ability to wear a suit or casual clothing, leading the team, he has left too many problems to the players to solve, and the Nets' current situation, obviously not the players themselves can solve, or the players may not expect Nash to help them solve.
In good times, many questions do not need to be solved and natural answers will emerge, just like when Griffin first joined last year, the Nets were at their best stage, everyone was brave, and every supporting role showed stunts.
This is not the case in times of adversity, where people doubt themselves and look at each other, waiting for someone to stand up and lead the way. If everyone has the self-consciousness to solve difficulties, then basketball does not need a coach, nor does it need a team leader.
At the beginning of the season on the Clippers, there was a serious lack of aggressiveness, which was not unrelated to the team configuration, and the player style was mainly projection, so the game was "quasi-win and iron loss". For a top team, this is not satisfactory.
So Lou made a change, and he put Mann in an important rotation position — Mann, the Clippers' few unreliable shooters, but full of energy and able to lead the charge.
Mann is a catfish released by Lou, using his youthful energy to add a fire to the Clippers' game and let the team know what the head coach is looking for. The Clippers played the most passionate playoff year, and the year of the unexpected exit was judged by two teams.
The Nets have new Griffin, Brown, and the four brothers who have risen strongly this season, taking over to inject passion into the team, but the passion of this thing, always the old face, will naturally fade after a long time. Even if the level of young people is not enough, but... They're young.
The Nets' lack of software may be more serious than the hardware flaws, and someone should step up and control everything and make the team realize that they are in a collective. I don't know if this person is in the team or not.