Author: Henying Shutan

The Warriors, who have a small lineup of five in death and are speeding up, have really strong offensive firepower.

But in today's league, any team that mismatches the Nets will be looking for death.

Seeing the Warriors change their formation, the Nets also decisively chose to change their formation, replacing Jokic, who lacked mobility, with Durant directly taking the center position.

Originally, it would be difficult to let Durant, who weighs 109 kilograms, play center, but the question is whether the Warriors have a five-meter-high East perimeter center with Green, who weighs 104 kilograms and weighs 2.01 meters.

Even that guy can play center, why can't Durant?

The player who replaced Durant at the power forward position was Harrell who was on the bench.

Although the standard brutalist forward Harrell is only 2.03 meters tall, his wingspan reaches an astonishing 2.24 meters, almost close to Durant's 2.28 meters, which is much longer than Leonard.

It is his wingspan and outstanding dynamic talent that support Harrell's capital to play in the league.

In the original 16-17 season, Harrell, who was playing as a substitute for the Rockets, averaged 18 minutes of playing time per game, but he could get 9.1 points and 4 rebounds, shooting 65.2% from the field, and his efficiency was quite good.

The Rockets did not choose to keep the brutal power forward in the East, but chose to trade him to the Los Angeles Clippers.

In the two seasons with the Clippers, Harrell's personal ability has grown and his statistics have exploded. As a substitute player, Harrell can contribute 16.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 18.6 points, 7.1 rebounds in the two seasons respectively. He has super athletic ability.

This makes his offense very impactful and his shooting percentage is also quite impressive.

Of course, Harrell also has weaknesses. First of all, as a perimeter player with a height of 2.03 meters, it is a bit strange. There are very few players in the league who are 2.01 meters tall but can mix on the perimeter like Green.

, Harrell does not have the defensive capabilities of Green.

At the same time, the offensive end relies too much on alley-oop dunks after cutting without the ball, and lacks the ability to shoot from the outside. At the same time, the footsteps on the outside are also very poor, and he does not have the ability to attack independently. This makes Harrell’s strength in chaos.

Played out and easily mis-pinned.

What's more important is that as the time in the NBA arena increases, injuries and age accumulate, the athletic ability that he relies on for survival will continue to slip away. Once he loses his athletic ability, he will quickly slip away.

In the 22-23 season, Harrell, who is only 28 years old, is close to the point where he can play without the ball. He can serve as a substitute player for the 76ers. He has very little playing time and only averages 5.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.

What are the development prospects and shortcomings of Harrell, but one thing is undeniable. At this stage, Harrell, with his youth, strength and impactful playing style, is very suitable for the image of charging into the small ball lineup.

With Harrell on the court, the Nets and Warriors, who also changed to a small-ball lineup, engaged in a mismatch battle in the second quarter.

It goes without saying that the Warriors lost to the Eastern Conference again.

In the second quarter of the game, the main point of attack revolved around the two splash brothers Curry and Thompson. As for the Nets, Wang Chao began to exert his strength, allowing Durant, who had a lot of kicks in the first quarter, to slow down.

One breath.

With one against two, it is no problem for Wang Chao, and he can't do it alone. He has Devin Booker, Bogdanovic and the newly debuted Harrell beside him.

The fact is that Wang Chao didn't take many shots in the second quarter. He scored 12 points on 5 of 8 shots. He also sent out 5 assists in a single quarter, including 3 for Harrell alone. Each time he failed. After a pick-and-roll screen, he cut to the basket and caught the ball and scored.

It turned out that the wrong attack caused the Nets to beat the Warriors by 6 points at 35:29 in the second quarter. At halftime, the score between the two teams was 71:57, with the Nets leading the Warriors by 14 points.

"If the Warriors want to win the Eastern Conference game, they must not miss the Nets. There is no team in the league that can win against the Nets. Is their offensive firepower too strong? Yes! Whether in the starting lineup or on the bench, they all have players who can score efficiently, and the Warriors, who are known for their powerful offensive capabilities, are also good at it."

"In the eastern half of the game, the Warriors must try to regain the power of Cousins, an All-Star player on the outside. In the first quarter, Cousins ​​did not perform very well and could not help the team take the advantage. If If this was not the case in the Eastern half, then the Warriors' loss in that game was not unjust at all."

Such a game turned out to be expected by most fans. After all, the Nets' current lineup, Wang Chao + Durant alone, is enough to beat 95% of the league's teams, plus other players. The players performed normally, and it is not surprising to defeat the Warriors at home.

In the third quarter of the game, the Warriors, unwilling to fail like that, launched a ferocious counterattack. Cousins ​​frequently attacked from the outside and finally suppressed Jokic to improve his offensive efficiency. Curry also showed off his power from beyond the three-point line. Hit 3 three-pointers in a single quarter.

Relying on the combined strength of Curry Cousins ​​and the Warriors, the Warriors once chased the point difference to single digits, but that was all.

Wang Chao, who had been in a semi-floating state in the first half of the game and scored 15 points, chose to start to exert his strength at that time. He first used the pick-and-roll screen of his teammates to score two three-pointers from the outside, and then successfully stole the pass from the Warriors. Scored a fast break, and finally broke through with the ball to attack the east basket, causing Cousins ​​to make a defensive foul and score 2+1 and made a free throw.

A wave of 11 points in a row widened the point difference between the two teams once again, and that time it was difficult for the Warriors to catch up with the score.

121:109, then the previous score of the two teams at the end of the game, the Nets narrowly defeated the Warriors by 12 points at home. The point difference was not particularly large, but the Nets were always in the lead from the beginning of the whole game, and The point difference basically never narrowed to more than 5 points. The game was basically one-sided, and the Warriors had no chance to counterattack.

Durant, who scored the highest score in the entire game, scored 37 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. In the first quarter alone, Durant scored 19 points, helping the team quickly establish a score advantage at the beginning.

Wang Chao was as usual, steadily contributing a triple-double of 31 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists.

In addition, the Nets had 6 players score in double figures throughout the game. In addition to the 68 points scored by Wang Chao and Durant, Jokic, Booker, Bogdanovic and Harrell came off the bench. All scores are in doubles.

Looking back at the Warriors, the team's highest score was Curry's 27 points, followed by Cousins' 25 points and 10 rebounds. But unlike Curry, who made 9 of 18 shots and hit 50%, Cousins's

It took 23 shots to score 25 points. He barely managed to score 25 points by relying on free throws.

Klay Thompson's performance was mediocre, and his score of 21 points can be considered satisfactory. The Warriors only had those three players in double figures. The remaining players, including Iguodala, Green and others, could not score more than 10 points.

Score.

In that situation, it was natural for the East to lose, and Cousins ​​was the biggest culprit for the Warriors' loss. He was unable to take advantage of the mismatch with Jokic, which caused the Warriors to miss the Nets.

The only advantage point is gone.

After the game, the media was full of criticism of Cousins.

"The Warriors currently have the highest salary outside the team. Although Cousins' performance in the regular season is considered excellent, his performance is not stable. As a center, he has a 45% field goal percentage, which is even higher than that of Cousins."

Here, especially if the mistake is in a key leg, the team will always be held back by poor performance."

"In the previous game against the Cavaliers, Cousins ​​misplaced Embiid and did not take much advantage, causing the Warriors to lose. Embiid was not the No. 1 pick in 2014 and could not take advantage.

The second-round pick Nikola Jokic is like this, it’s really weird.”

There is no other way. Whenever we lose, there must be someone who takes the blame.

As the leader of the team, Curry didn't have any big problems with his performance in the game. Thompson and Green also did their respective jobs in the game. If Cousins ​​doesn't take the blame for the loss, who will take the blame?

Blame?

That’s the same as Bosh, who always took the blame during the Heat’s Big Three era, and Kevin Love’s nickname, General Guafu, during the Cavaliers 2.0 era. No one can blame that kind of thing. Who made me the main player on the team?

The player who performs the worst among the players, if I don’t take the blame, who will take the blame?——

After defeating the Warriors at home, the Nets had no time to rest and got on a plane to Cleveland, preparing to face a strong enemy in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

It is indeed not an easy task to face two strong opponents in a row. It can be clearly seen that when the Cavaliers were defeated in an away game, Durant showed fatigue in the game. Obviously, he was tired in the previous battle with the Warriors.

The consumption is quite large.

Although Durant scored 37 points in the game, his scoring ability was not an ordinary performance, but after all, Durant was wrongly positioned by Green throughout the entire process, and it took a lot of effort for Durant to break through the wrong defense.

A lot of energy, and more importantly, the Nets' previous schedule was also relatively intensive, which led to Durant's fatigue.

With Durant not feeling well in his legs, the Nets were once behind at the beginning of the game, but the Cavaliers took the lead.

The out-of-control situation was quickly resolved by Wang Chao, who took a timely kick and made several long-range three-pointers to stabilize Donglai.

When the game entered the halftime break, the scores of the two teams were nearly even, and the game was inextricably tied.

Wang Chao has realized that in terms of real combat effectiveness, the Cavaliers are stronger than the Warriors. Although the Warriors have a better regular season record, they are not like James who can carry the entire team on their shoulders.

As a player on the offensive, Curry suffers

Due to his height, his offensive ability may be lacking after all. This may be because he has one FMVP among his four championships. Originally, the person who supported this point for the Warriors should be Kevin Durant.

Du has chosen to join the Nets.

The Cavaliers revolve around James as the core tactical point, with Irving and Embiid as their right-hand men, and role players such as Pau Gasol and Tristan Thompson. This lineup is better than the original Guofu General version.

Did the Cavaliers really seek too much strength?

Although Love once averaged 26+12+4 per game when he was in the Timberwolves, the statistics he produced in a bad team like the Timberwolves have no reference value. Moreover, his registered height is 2.10 meters, but his actual height is the same as that of James.

Similar to Love, his main strategy is more towards the outside small forward, and his shooting percentage is only about 45%. No matter how you look at it, Embiid is not suitable for the Cavaliers.

On the offensive end, he also likes to shoot mid- and long-range shots. Embiid is actually 2.13 meters tall. He is much more troublesome to defend than Love. Moreover, the Cavaliers have someone on the outside who can link up with Embiid to support each other.

Gasols form the twin towers, so it is naturally more difficult to pay by mistake.

Even comparing the current Embiid with the Warriors' Cousins, the former is not much inferior.

Cousins' performance will cause the Warriors to lose, but if Embiid performs poorly, the Cavaliers will not necessarily lose the game because they have James and Irving.

In that case, the question returns to its original point. Curry + Thompson or James + Irving, in the high-intensity and high-pressure defense of the playoffs, which team combination do I think is more stable?

Wang Chao even felt that even though they had won two consecutive regular season MVPs, it would be difficult for Curry and the Warriors to win an NBA championship. The Nets would definitely have made mistakes that season, and no matter whether Wang Chao joins them later

As for which team, the Cavaliers' lineup must be basically intact and the combination of James, Irving and Embiid as the top three picks, then it will be difficult for the Warriors to win.

The topic has gone a little far, so let’s get back to the point.

After the two teams were tied at halftime, the situation in the east half suddenly changed.

Originally, when the scores between the two teams were tied, the Cavaliers planned to continue to play steadily and rely on their outside advantage to accumulate advantages little by little to win the East game.

Unexpectedly, in the third quarter of the game, one of the Nets' perimeter players had a leg sensation, Devin Booker.

As the saying goes, if there is no light in the east, there will be light in the west.

With Durant not feeling well in his legs, Wang Chao chose to give more opportunities to Booker, Bogdanovic and others.

Then Booker actually seized the opportunity, hitting two three-pointers from outside the three-point line, and then hit three mid-range shots, scoring 12 points in a row, looking like a future super scoring Booker.

The Cavaliers unexpectedly showed up with Cheng Yaojin halfway through. Durant did not perform as well as he should have. Instead, Booker showed up. For a moment, his legs were messed up and he couldn't handle the mistake.

In the blink of an eye, the Nets took the lead in the third quarter.

I was begging for my life while I was sick. Throughout the fourth quarter, Wang Chao took over the game. No matter James or Irving on the Cavaliers tried to launch a counterattack, he would stand up and crush the opponent's goals with points.

It turned out that the Nets defeated the Cavaliers 113:108, winning the first meeting between the two Eastern Conference teams in this regular season at the wrong home court.

The Warriors were slaughtered first, and then the Cavaliers. In the two focus battles, the Nets lost all. What was even more disappointing was the outstanding performance of Wang Chao and Durant in the game, and even many role players on the Nets.

There are highlights, such as Booker.

Even the role players are so playable, so how do they make it difficult for other teams to play?
Chapter completed!