The first quarter net win 9 points, the second quarter lost 1 point, the third quarter lost 5 points, the last quarter lost 14 points completely collapsed, this is the Nets today 101-112 loss to the Kings of the game trend, the way of losing is not strange, whenever the opponent increases the defensive intensity of the imminent score, the Nets can come up with only the star singles, but unfortunately Irving's state today is average, in the case of backwardness, continuous strong shooting three points missed, as for Harden with injuries, it is more by his own strength to attract criticism firepower.
Draw a tiger not an anti-dog! The big core of the ball is reduced to four different
Fans who watched this game must have a feeling that the current Harden and normal Harden are not alone at all, although the normal Harden is not efficient, the scoring means are not much, but in regular time is still a big killer, he can create three-point opportunities at will, he can also create a large number of fouls, use free throws to solve the scoring problem, but today's Harden as an offensive initiator, but contributed a variety of low-level mistakes, coupled with eye defense and random shots, no professional star fighting spirit.
So what we see is harden as a routine, each round slowly dribbling to the front court, and then waiting for his teammates to receive, he does not have any desire to take the initiative to create an offensive threat, in the fourth quarter when the score is getting bigger and bigger, Irving and Mills are trying to create opportunities to chase points with three-pointers, Harden has completely lost confidence in the whole game of 5 three-pointers, the game is over, he handed over a 4 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 fouls and 6 turnovers, plus or minus of the lowest -21 in the game.
In fact, looking at the data alone, Harden at least played the role of the Warriors' Green, he was transformed into a tactical axis, responsible for the first transfer of the ball, Nash also began to deliberately learn From Kerr to create a rapid transfer of the ball passing system, learn the lessons of Durant's injury, he changed the 7-8 rotation to a 10-man long rotation, hoping that everyone on the team has a full sense of participation in the attack.
But the problem is that Harden as an MVP-level star, the Nets need him to score more, rather than continue to make a wedding dress for teammates, the result from the core of the ball to four different, on the other hand, the Nets lack of defensive culture, lost the basic plate of playing passing, players running without any rules and routines, the shooter's position is very fixed, it is easy to be recognized by the opponent at a glance, and then transformed into a mistake, hard to learn such a team-type offense, there is a suspicion of drawing a tiger not an anti-dog.
D'Antoni's hard-earned full-time number has been discarded by Nash
So what is the essential reason why Harden became a four-discrepancy? That is, Nash does not understand Harden's core values, although he has the same all-round skills and better passing skills as Green, but he is not a qualified defensive player, when he was under D'Antoni, Harden was given unlimited freedom to fire, even when the hand is cold, he has always had the confidence to attack, thus creating possibilities for improving overall efficiency, he can not defend, because the Rockets have enough inside blue collar and outside 3D, he can also switch between attack and passing, This has created a leader who can repeatedly play historical data.
However, this season D'Antoni left Nash, but he wanted to make Harden a pure organizational guard like himself, but he ignored the most important point, that is, Harden did not have solid basic skills, shooting efficiency is not top,His habitual way of playing is to open a path in a very uncertain situation, want to play steadily, reasonably handle every offensive launch, it is almost impossible, according to this trend, Nash has played Harden, even if Durant returns healthy, The Nets are still a second-round team because Harden has been unable to raise the ceiling and cannot come out of the circle of role players.
"There's not much to say, I've said enough. Nothing to worry about, we're not in order, it just happened to us. Harden is still that Harden, just like the Lakers' Westbrook, who has played for more than a decade and can't change much, and then it depends on who the Nets management will choose between him and Nash.