The Nets are second in the East with 26 wins and 14 losses this season, the embarrassment is that the team's home record is 11 wins and 10 losses, the away record is as high as 15 wins and 4 losses, it seems that the home advantage does not have much effect on the Nets, especially before Irving is not vaccinated, can only play away games, so the team's away strength is stronger, in the face of the Bulls in the East, the previous 2 games the Nets have failed to win, as a potential opponent in the playoffs, if the game is lost again, it will be swept, so this game is crucial, Originally thought it would be an anxious game, but unexpectedly turned into a massacre, the Nets' maximum lead reached 38 points, allowing everyone to see how terrifying the Nets are!
Of course, the victory of the Nets in this game is not only the combination of the big three so simple, but the team's playing style has completely changed, in the previous game, the Nets intend to establish Durant as the absolute core of the play, because Durant's offensive ability to indiscriminately singles, the requirements for the lineup are not high, so the Nets on the court are equipped with strong defense, but the attack does not have the threat of outside projection of the players, coupled with Durant's singles tactics near the elbow zone, further compressing the space on the court, so that Harden completely lost the offensive threat, Although Durant's offense is in a state of insoluble, he cannot drive his teammates to play, so the Nets are often in a state where Durant is super god and the team loses miserably.
In the game against the Bulls, Nash was finally willing to make a change, in the starting lineup he replaced Duke with Edwards, replaced Clarkston with Sharp, not only that, the most important change was that the tactical core changed from Durant to Harden, completely by Harden to instigate the team to launch an attack, Edwards is a typical 3D player, the height and arm span are better than Duke, especially the three-point shooting ability, can completely open up the space, and the inside of The Sharp and Clarkston's false cover, the block is more solid, Allowing Harden to better use misplaced singles to find scoring or passing opportunities, penetrating the Bulls' defensive system, Harden blasted down 25 points, 7 boards and 16 assists in the whole game, completely returning to the unsolvable state of the Rockets' time, Sharp cut 10 of 14 under Harden's "feeding cake", cutting 20 points and 7 boards.
2017-18 season, is the peak of the Rockets, that year the team can play a section of the opponent, can also be behind 20 points to complete the reversal, but also the only team that can compete with the universe, the Rockets' starting is Paul + Harden + Ariza + Anderson + Capela, the bench has Gordon + Green + Bamot, the weakest link has always been the position of the big forward, and this season in the Nets, the big forward from Anderson to Durant, directly upgraded to the top, Paul became Irving, Edwards + Although Sharp is a rookie, but the function is almost exactly the same as the Ariza + Capela of that year, substitute Simmels replaced Gordon, Thomas replaced Green, Bemburi replaced Bamot, and was not weakened, the most important thing is that the Nets also have the league three-point king Harris and the experienced Aard did not appear, if the full return, this is simply stronger than the Rockets at that time.
Everyone knows that this Nets is Durant's team, the team wants to take Durant as the core is not wrong, but the current team has Harden, a player with his own system, want to win the championship to play his maximum value, this is not to weaken Durant's team status, just to make more reasonable use of the characteristics of the player, Harden came to the Nets also has no intention of fighting for the so-called boss, his heart only has the championship, hope that the Nets can be like playing bulls to maintain, they are still the most powerful contenders for the championship.