No Durant, no Harden, not even Irving is out, but it is such a "three no nets", but 104-89 victory over the Kings, ending the humiliating 11-game losing streak, first look at the data, the Nets' assists and shooting rate reached an excellent 25 and 51.2% of the game, in the absence of superstar conditions, they played a poor civilian team basketball, and nash, who has been criticized by the media and fans for most of the season, does not seem to be as good as expected.
The Nets are right! Ditch the Big Three in exchange for the alphabet Gocemes
The Nets sent a lineup in this game with almost no star flavor, sixth-man Mills was put into the starting lineup, Brown and Edwards supported the front, and Curry Jr. and Zhuang Shen, who traded from Philadelphia, became the foundation of the tactical system, the former shot 18 of 10, 3 of 8 three-pointers cut the all-around data of 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, like a core outside line.
The latter did not hesitate, he had 11 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 4-of-7 shooting, helping the Nets perfectly solve the problem of lack of height and hardness in the interior line, in addition to giving the Nets a 43-32 total rebounds lead, he could also act as a low-post cop.
Speaking of Drummond, we have to mention his experience with the Lakers last season, because James and thick eyebrows occupy a lot of restricted area space, coupled with the team's lack of reliable three-point shooters, resulting in Zhuang Shen can not find his own tactical positioning, and now came to the Nets, on the one hand, liberated Ade who is good at mid-range jumpers, on the other hand, also alleviated a lot of defensive pressure on the thin Clarkston, under the historical rebounding ability, the Nets A number of outside shooters must have great confidence.
In addition, Drummond has an additional role, that is, the playoffs for the Bucks' alphabet brother, as we all know, the alphabet brother's play style is based on breakthrough impact, what he is most afraid of is the kind of standing pile type big man, Drummond's traditional center can be called a nemesis-like existence, the Nets no longer have to fear the inside impact of the alphabet brother, but also reduce Durant's defensive pressure, just from the first game, send Harden to zero the transaction is really gambled.
Nash can also play the lineup out of the flower, Durant returns to restart the championship plan
In the past, when Harden was there, the Nets' tactical richness was very limited, either like the Rockets, he had a lot of ball power, the whole team played around a core, but history has long proved that this tactical ceiling is not high, or Harden has become a pure organizational defender to comb the offense, but wasted his offensive ability, but also exposed the flaws of unstable fixed-point projection.
In other words, Harden's presence doesn't actually have a positive impact on the Nets, or it's not suitable for Durant and Irving, and now Curry Jr., Johnson, and Simmons divide harden's roles, and they can do it more extremely.
From Nash's point of view, he can follow the Warriors' template, with Simmons as the central axis to develop the passing system, Curry Jr., Mills to ensure the projection stability of the outside line, Johnson, Clarkston and Ade to ensure the quality of the attack and defense of the inside, on this basis, Durant and Irving can perfectly solve the ceiling problem, and it is not difficult to play this lineup.
Compared with the Big Three lineup, the tactical points of the dual-core lineup are more clear, and the ball is more distributed to the role players, so that everyone has enough sense of participation and room to play, which is the most significant feature of a championship team, according to this idea, as long as Durant can return healthy, the Nets can get back on track.
Many people say that last year's Nets were actually just a stepping stone from the championship, in fact, it was already the result of Durant's best efforts, and the arrival of Drummond this season does have some sense of magic, I hope that this Nets, which is constantly rich in internal functions, can stop the decline and not live up to Durant's last peak.