The 21-22 playoffs have been in play for a while, and there have been many black swan events: the Suns' core Booker is injured, the Bucks' Huns have suffered an injury, and the Timberwolves and Bulls have won home advantage. So we are all lamenting that there are too many magical things that can happen in the playoffs, and a little carelessness may bury the advantages accumulated in the regular season, and the transformation between win and defeat is also a matter of moments. Such a phenomenon is also very much in line with the idea in the Tao Te Ching, that things have two sides and can also complete their self-transformation with each other. Therefore, we see that the physical object must maintain an objective and rational posture, and must not be killed with a stick.
The showdown between the Celtics and the Nets ushered in the second game of the series, still playing at the home of the Green Army, and the pair was no longer what it was last season. After a brief correction, the Nets played a very fluid offense in the first quarter, leading by as many as 17 points at the peak of the first half. This is naturally inseparable from the play of role players, Dragic, Curry Jr., Brown are all in the lead, each incarnation of the Miracle to help the team to achieve the advantage, let us see the hope of winning.
But what happened after that? Durant and Irving's two core superstars performed across the table, and after entering the second half of the game, they could not resist the counterattack of the Green Army, and finally the opponent completed a major reversal of up to 17 points, losing 107-114 to Kaizi and suffering two consecutive defeats. According to normal logic, it is very reasonable for the Nets to lose two consecutive away games as the seventh-place team. However, judging from the course of the game, the Nets should have been able to take away one of these two games, but they still could not steal a victory on the road, so that the initiative of the series was still in the hands of Kaizi.
Why is this happening? What are Nash's limitations and shortcomings as a manager? So much so that the Nets played a worse offense than last season. Then follow the author to see the underlying logic behind these phenomena and how to adjust after the Nets?
First, three defenders against a double forward + a DPOY, there is a logical error in the employment arrangement. Irving and Curry Jr. are 188cm tall and Brown are 193cm tall, which naturally cannot be compared with the Green Army in the opposition of the outside line, so it is understandable that they cannot resist the ball-holding attacks of Tatum and Jaylen Brown in the fourth quarter. Whether in terms of height or size strength, the Green Army has an absolute advantage to storm the Nets' outside defense, which also doubles durant's defensive pressure. In fact, forwards Edwards and Sharp can try, but Nash is too superstitious about the defensive lineup and tries to destroy each other with offense.
Second, abandoning the two interior lines of Ade and Griffin, the use of people is too conservative. Knowing that these two men were once strong interiors in the league, but the Nets seemed to be hidden by the snow, and they were rarely seen on the court at the end of the season, Nash obviously did not consider the two of them in the playoffs. So that in the face of Horford and Thesis and other interior attacks, the Nets can not be contained, only durant and Chuang Shen, Clarkston is also difficult to change the situation, which is nash's rigid and conservative embodiment of people.
Third, let Durant top the inside line for a long time, and the offensive launch is too dependent on Adu. Why is Durant invincible during the Warriors era? That's because Cole is deeply aware that "good steel should be used on the blade" and will only be placed in the fourth position of the small ball lineup until the decisive stage of the key moment. Nash showed the bottom card early, so that the bamboo pole-sized Durant to resist the opponent's number four position for a long time was naturally to be consumed a lot of physical strength. Therefore, we have seen Durant's multiple offensive and unstable balls, shooting iron, most of which are the result of physical weakness.
In fact, during the Thunder period, Durant had such a phenomenon, that is, the 15-16 season with the Warriors' Western Conference Finals. What is even more coincidental is that Nash, as the Warriors' shooting consultant at that time, forgot about this matter and did not learn too many lessons and experience from it.
Fourth, the stage of Kaizi's momentum chasing points did not suspend in time to curb the momentum of the other side. As soon as the third quarter came, the Celtics showed a strong offensive desire and counter-attack climax, and when Horford was able to shoot a three-pointer, Nash did not call a timely time for a timely timely time to interrupt the opponent's momentum. You must know that in the past when the Spurs and the Warriors were in the war, but when the Splash Brothers single-handedly shot a three-pointer, Popovich would immediately call a timeout. Nash is obviously too much in the quality of the stars, leaving everything on the field to the players to solve, but this will dilute the role of the coach.
It was the above four major mistakes that led to the Nets' great start being buried, and Nash was obviously to blame. The Nets have not been able to achieve the expected results since the formation of the giant structure; once they are defeated by Kaizi, then Nash's firing will also be a high probability event, after all, the ability to turn decay into magic cannot be practiced overnight.