January 23, Beijing time: The day before yesterday, the Nets fought a double overtime at the Cavaliers' home court. KD was overdrawn and played for 50 minutes. The Big Three scored 90+ points, but they still lost to the Cavaliers, Sexton. People scored 15 points in the second overtime game. In this game, you can make excuses for the Nets to lose. For example, Sexton broke out, and all kinds of people hit the fairy ball. Everyone can defend. useless. But today the Nets once again lost to the Cavaliers, maybe they really need to find their own problems.
Durant did not play today. Before the game, Nash coach said that the absence of KD is an opportunity for Harden and Irving, and it can also develop the team's second team. As far as the game is concerned, Irving has no problems with his performance. Many people like to look for Irving's faults, saying that he plays alone and loses when he comes back. This kind of prejudice is too big. First of all, Irving’s personal performance in these two games is no problem. If he is not efficient in offensive efficiency, you can say that he is alone. But he has the highest offensive efficiency in the team in these two games. Today he made 14 of 24 shots. Scored 38 points and 5 assists. Without Irving's performance, the Nets would have been beaten early in this game. Secondly, before Harden came to the Nets, Irving also played the Jazz with Durant in a single core, and the Bucks and Warriors with Durant in a dual core, so the small sample winning percentage is not enough to explain the problem.
On the contrary, Harden's current performance is very bad. In the two losses to the Cavaliers, Harden scored 21 points a game and 19 points a game, his offensive threat is completely gone. Harden is a player who needs a lot of possession of the ball. Harden without the ball is always a wooden stake on the court, standing there without moving. This is his biggest problem all the time, even at the level of James. Players of the United States often give teammates pick-and-rolls when there is no ball, or find opportunities to cut open the basket, but Harden can't show this attitude.
Harden said that he came to the Nets to win the championship. He wants to partner with teammates like Durant and Irving, but is it really that easy to win the championship? In fact, during the Heat's Big Three, there were many problems at the beginning. For example, Wade and James played incompatible, and the team did not have a big center, but they all knew how to sacrifice.James increased the weight and played inside during the Heat. The Heat’s low basket attack is basically done by James. Even the defensive end Lao Zhan often changes the opponent's inside. For this reason, Lao Zhan also suffered a serious back injury after the end of the 2014 season. , Wade increased the ball-free play, Bosh also sacrificed some shots.
But who will sacrifice for the Nets now? KD has two big champions. He is the biggest of the three, and his style of play is not very dominant. The only possible change is to increase the weight and play inside, but he will definitely not be able to accept it after recovering from a serious injury. Irving also has a second-best champion, and he has proven that his style of play can win the championship. The only one who doesn't have a championship is Harden, so it is Harden that needs to make changes the most.
But is Harden really willing to change? At least for now, there is no sign that his current weight is the heaviest period of his career. Statistics show that Harden's movement speed on the court this season is one of the slowest. This figure faces some fast-moving people. As a defender, Harden is basically taken by one step. Harden, who can't even control his weight, wants to change his style of play that he has insisted on for many years.
Originally Harden was at least an absolute boss in the Rockets. Now he has come to the Nets. From the boss to the third, the team's poor defense makes the Nets look even more likely to enter the Eastern Conference Finals. Low, let alone talk about championship. Now the whole league is looking at the Nets and Harden's laughing stock. As O'Neal said, Harden has no retreat when he comes to the Nets. If he doesn't win the championship, he has failed. He has already pushed himself into the last desperate situation.
Looking at it now, the favorites for the championship are still the Lakers and Clippers. After watching the Nets' performance, the two teams are more at ease. In addition to offensive efficiency, the Nets are far from all aspects. The two teams are still far behind.
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