Beijing time on January 8, the NBA regular season continued, the second net team in the East ushered in a game with the third Bucks in the East at the Barclays Center, the last contest between the two sides dates back to the opening battle of this season, when the home Bucks team were all soldiers, the whole team scored 6 people in double figures, three people scored 20, alphabet brother is even more slashed 32 + 14 large double-doubles, and finally won 23 points, today came to Brooklyn, the Nets team is also determined to revenge, and hope to maintain their own ranking.
However, the second match between the two sides this season is more like a microcosm of the opener, compared to the previous game, the Nets still did not invest more energy in the defensive end, and did not make targeted arrangements for Alphabet Brother and Middleton. After the Bucks enter the position war, the alphabet brother and even Middleton's possession of the ball can find teammates in the empty position at will, and then shoot three points, giving the opponent a punishment for the loose defense, whenever the Nets want to close the score, the other side will have three points to respond, if this defensive performance continues, the Nets will still have no chance of winning the championship this season!
Looking at the offensive end in turn, in addition to the simple cooperation between Harden and Clarkston after the demolition, and Durant's single-handedness, there are not many tactics that can reflect the team's offensive advantage. Harden, the ball carrier on the team, even took a heavy step through the whole game, and then dribbled slowly through the half, and then made a lot of senseless stops under the opponent's defense in the front court, which would make the teammates who ran back and forth feel confused, and his own personal offense was in a state of nowhere, shooting 2 of 10 in the half, scoring 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, this kind of unmoving performance is worthy of such a high ball holding rate and the core status of the team? Home Irving can not play, the Nets lack a strong point that can be solved hard, Harden not only to comb the team offense, but also must stand up to share Durant's scoring pressure, where did the previous MVP-level state go? Is it possible that when you meet the defense of a strong team, you can only continue to pull your crotch?
Under the leadership of head coach Budenholzer, the Bucks gave full play to the advantages of the position war with the inside line and shooting advantage, and the counterattack war with the terrifying finishing ability of the alphabet brother, and constantly expanded the score. Portis, Matthews, Alphabet Brother and others have a very good grasp of rebounding, helping the team get a lot of second-attack opportunities. Facing a jumping man like Clarkston, the experienced Portis played like a child-like court boss, outside projection, inside strong play is everything, only half a game, he scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block data, the whole game to get 25 points, 12 rebounds, like this bias towards blue-collar players can play such a performance, enough to prove how bad the Nets' overall defense is.
Middleton burst out in the third quarter to shut down the Nets
In addition to the stable play of alphabet brother 31 + 7 + 9, Middleton's sudden outbreak in the third quarter is also directly brought the game into garbage time, in the face of the Nets' weak defense, he uses one three-point blow after another, facing Clarkston even played a 3 +1 amazing performance, whenever the Nets shrink the inside line, he can punish the opponent with shooting, and when the Nets are pressing step by step, the breakthrough of the alphabet brother can still cause damage, this advantage is really no way for the opponent.
Today the Nets' only stable scoring point is still the big brother Durant, the "standing stick singles" is still efficient, the whole game kd did not play in the second half of the fourth quarter, still played 36 minutes, with the efficient performance of 10 of 19 to get 29 + 9 + 7 data, but unfortunately teammates and he did not establish a good chemical reaction before, more often are personal breakthroughs and flanking singles, so Durant in the tandem team this aspect still needs to be improved.
At present, the Nets can only hope that Irving on the road can bring more help, but if the team system and the manager's tactical arrangements are not in place, they can still only drink and hate like last season, before their offense can cover up the shortcomings of defense, but this season even the offense is not very good, the lack of two aspects makes the team face the top two in the West and even the top three in the East, only 0 wins and 6 losses, this performance is really unspeakable.