The Bucks took on the Nets on the road, the second time the two sides have met since the opener. Irving couldn't play today, and the Bucks side took a break from Holliday, which should have been a game of equal strength, but the result was a big surprise. The Bucks beat the Nets 121-109, with Alphabet playing 27 minutes and then clocking out of work in three quarters, while Durant played 10 minutes more than Alphabet brother but still failed to lead the team to win. This game once again proves that the strong Nets are a pseudo-strong team.
This season's Nets, facing the top four teams in the East and West, have not tasted a single win, which is the most intuitive evidence. The Jazz and Grizzlies are not title-contending teams, but the Nets are still powerless to fight back against them, and with such performances, it is hard to believe that this Nets can regain its glory in the playoffs. If you want to find out the problem from this team, then only Durant has no problems, and other players, including coaches, have a lot of problems. Harden's highlight performance this season is few, but it is immutable to pull across the face of strong teams, and today's Harden still continues the playoff performance. Other role players, limited by Tiff Nash, are even more difficult to convince. If Irving hadn't made a comeback in the last game and saved the game at a crucial moment, the Nets would have lost five straight today.
Irving's return does solve most of the Nets' problems, but the problem now is that it is not realistic for Irving to be a full-time player, and the Nets can only optimize themselves from within if they want to seize the season. The Nets' lineup is not bad, they are not only Durant and Harden can be trusted, Mills and Aldridge are also relatively reliable veterans, and the Bucks' bench, the Nets should be more ashamed. The level of play a player can play at a high probability depends on the head coach's strategy, but the problem is that the Nets have a rookie coach on the table. Speaking in an interview after today's game, Durant said: "We played so badly, we still believe in coach Nash, he will arrange everything, even without Irving, he can help us win." ”
It's not realistic to trade players, and the Nets' chips are difficult to exchange in the trade market for players who can significantly improve the team's problems. At this stage, there is only one way back for the Nets - to change the head coach. However, Durant was stuck on this hurdle, when Nash was able to coach as a rookie coach, which was recommended by Durant, who had a good relationship with Nash during the Warriors period, so he came to the Nets and helped Nash as the team manager. Getting Durant to agree to a change of coach may be as difficult as trading Irving. This Nets is very similar to the Cavaliers in 2016, coach Blatter led the team when the record is not good, Terrenlu took the position and then soared to win the championship, perhaps changing the coach is the simplest and most effective way.
The problem facing the Nets today is very simple, that is, the offensive efficiency is low, all rely on Durant alone, and the defense is also unable to defend, harden daily stealth at key moments, as long as Durant's other players receive the ball, they can successfully defend it. However, Nash's tactic for Durant is also simple and effective, that is, through the cover to let Durant receive the ball in the middle distance, as long as there is a little shooting space, Durant can complete the shot and maintain a high shooting rate. Although simple and effective, after 35 games, the opponent also figured out the routine, and Nash did not expect to change. Griffin, an important character against the Bucks last season, did not get a chance to play today, so that he let the alphabet brother do whatever he wanted, and once the alphabet brother opened, the bucks lived together, nash did not even understand this truth. Nash inherited the layout idea of Enshi D'Antoni, everything is based on the attack first, but he did not learn its essence, in the layout of the attack is difficult to say, abandoning the players who delay the attack is very decisive.
Every day he chanted, "Owen's return can solve the problem." "Everyone is counting on Irving to come forward and save the Nets like he did in the last game. But since Irving's return to practice, the Nets have begun a losing streak, and the motivation of role players on the court is much less than before, whether Irving's return affects the atmosphere of the locker room, perhaps this is also a double-edged sword. But as long as Irving can return full-time, it is not impossible to trade role players, but this is all in the ideal blueprint, it is really not OK, the Nets or consider changing the coach...