This time, Tatum no longer has to struggle to support and fight three British.
Last season, the Celtics' first round of the remnants, the book strength was already weaker than the Nets two gears, and damaged Jaylen Brown, the bloody Kenba Walker and Fournier were tragically named by the opposite big three, except for a 50-point game under Tatum's gods, the Greenshirts had little to fight back.
Now that the feng shui has taken turns, the neatly formed Celtics have returned to the field, and Tatum has given the Duou Basketballs a 54-point killing performance.
Two months ago, the Celtics were 11th in the East with a record of 18 wins and 21 losses, when the Greenshirts were problematic and on the verge of collapse.
Spurs coach Uduka entered Boston, but the system construction was difficult to say; the start was slow and hot, Tatum's iron was outrageous, and Jaylen Brown, known for his efficiency and stability, could not maintain the All-Star level.
The concept of "building a team around the double probe flower two forwards" has once again been impacted by the outside world, although it bears the name of "Eastern Clippers", and the core of the house does not have the color of the brothers, the Celtics are naturally labeled as "high, low".
I thought it would be another futile season, but I didn't want the Celtics to play a wave of 21 wins and 6 losses, and February was even more overwhelming - "Squid" public opinion flipped and crowned the best manager of the month, Tatum was in a brave state, relying on the overall defense to drag into the swamp to strangle the opponent, the net victory over the opponent was 20+ such as chopping melons and chopping vegetables, and the defense led the league in the same period.
Coupled with the two optimization operations before the trade deadline, the Celtics welcomed back the Thesis to fill the inside line + trade to White to supplement the defensive resources of the backcourt, adding offensive launch points to kill two birds with one stone, similar to "this season to leave a backhand, and the next season to introduce the Big Three" statement, can also be temporarily over.
At this point, the Celtics' full defensive resume is online, the implementation of single defense hardware is excellent, the tacit understanding of the change of defense communication is obvious, which is perfectly in line with the concept of infinite change of defense, and the team can even sacrifice two sets of "full defense" lineups such as double probe flower + Rowe + Smart + White / Horford at any time, encircling and suppressing the inside giant beast or the main core of the backcourt.
Now that the eastern landscape is changing, it is difficult not to include the Celtics in the discussion of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Greenshirts are temporarily in fifth place, with only 1.5 wins left from the 76ers (second only to the Heat), and it is not inevitable to enter the first half of the zone as a spoiler.
"The future can be expected" is no longer "the future can be deceived"?
Internal and external troubles, the Nets have only won 3 of the past 20 games, and this time they have fallen out of the top eight, and the situation is really embarrassing.
I thought that New York's epidemic prevention policy was loose, Irving's "full-time" return was in sight, buying out the market, Nash played the love card to grab Dragic, if Durant and Simmons returned as scheduled, maintaining the nets around the base plate + strength puzzle of the big three, but there is still the confidence to imagine the future.
But Irving is still unable to play at home, Simmons, who was once lying flat, has been injured repeatedly, Harris, who has been injured for many days, has received an official season reimbursement for ankle surgery, and the Canadian epidemic prevention of the potential opponent of the playoffs, the Raptors, is meticulous, and it seems that everything is spreading in a direction that is not good for the Nets.
Last season, the Nets' offensive efficiency reached 117.3, and the horror even broke the NBA's historical record, and this is still based on the case of brothers and sisters, the offensive end of the achievement is unparalleled, but unfortunately it is not the basketball itself that beats them.
Nowadays, the top two-powered defender Harden has left, pushing the sharp weapon Simmons' position battle threat is really not flattering, the team can only put out the space lineup as much as possible to try to be compatible, as to how the chemistry is still unknown.
Being replaced by Cesculipin for Joe Harris is a feature-rich, minor upgrade, but if a group of shooters lack sufficient offensive developers to control the field to deliver cannonballs,
Coupled with the fact that the Duo duo is not essentially moving the ball to break the bag clip with a sudden score, feeding the team to the strength, with Nash's skill to pinch together, or do not have too high expectations.
For the Nets, the only positive is the unfortunate loss of the Cavaliers, the All-Star interior Optimus Prime Allen suffered an indefinite truce, the Cavaliers are afraid of falling into the playoff ranks, and the probability of the Raptors getting on the position is not small. Avoiding Toronto means Irving is unblocked, and the full squad's certainty of breaking through will add a few more points.
To know that in the absence of Harden's pressure, the Nets have also taken the lead, and the championship Bucks of the season are difficult to score, and the statement that "no organizer can win without the organizer" is not necessarily the golden rule.
This time, it's Simmons' turn to be the savior?
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