Build a Dream Dynasty - Chapter 973
On March 18, George and Porzingis were rested. The Nets beat the Denver Nuggets 119-81 at home and entered garbage time in less than three quarters.
Leonard played 35 minutes, made 14 of 20 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 38 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, directly destroying the Nuggets.
With Curry on the court, the Nuggets’ defensive focus is on his side. Naturally, they dare not flank Leonard. As a teammate, Curry’s character has nothing to say, not only for Leonard to contain the opponent’s defensive focus, but also for Leonard. He was willing to let Leonard take more shots. Curry himself only made 11 shots in the whole game, hitting 6 goals and scoring 16 points.
That is, in this game, the fans of Barclays Center chanted “mvp!” for Leonard for the first time, to build momentum for Leonard to compete for higher honors.
In a sense, the Nets’ large-scale rotation has objectively helped Leonard to obtain better data in the game, the ball is more concentrated, and Leonard has more penalty kicks as the main attack.
Not everyone can notice high-level data, but the gap between basic data is visible to the naked eye. Shortening the gap between Leonard and James’ basic stats will also help him compete for a while.
On March 20th, the Nets played against the Sacramento Kings at home. Joe Johnson was rested, and Wood and Teodosic were out due to injuries. Facing the Kings who had beaten them in the first round, the Nets did not soften at all and attacked hard. .
The Kings sent Cousins away in the All-Star Game, in exchange for Hield, Evans and others as well as two draft picks. The team was built entirely around Ben Simmons, focusing on quick offense and defense transitions and one-star four Shooting, the performance is decent, but the lack of an inside offensive fulcrum, the team’s offense is difficult to stabilize, and the Kings’ record has become turbulent.
In the playoffs last season, Antetokounmpo with the same style of play once created a huge threat to the Nets. In the end, Leonard went into battle himself, fighting Antetokounmpo to death in both offense and defense, and successfully shot Antetokounmpo badly. The general shortcomings of lower body strength are exposed. Against Simmons, Leonard also has a greater defensive advantage. Antetokounmpo has at least a physical advantage over Leonard. Leonard has a lot of effort to defend him, while Simmons has an offensive end against Lei. Leonard, it seems that all attributes are suppressed, except for passing, he can’t play his other skills.
In the whole game, Leonard scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Simmons, who finished with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, may not be particularly beautiful, but more importantly, Leonard is apart from James and Duran. All flanks except special can get the press.
George also scored 21 points and performed well, becoming the team’s second leading scorer.
The playoffs are getting closer and closer, and the Nets stars have adjusted their status through constant rotation, which is also of great help to their playoff journey.
On March 21, the Nets, who played back-to-back, defeated the Toronto Raptors coached by Casey 104-97. (57-15)
Leonard played 38 minutes, scored 38 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and the data brushed up. At the same time, he continued to play brilliantly on the defensive end, blocking DeRozan and making the Raptors’ top scorer 25 in the game. He made 7 of the shots and only scored 15 points, which is extremely inefficient.
The Raptors’ interior combination Howard and Ibaka performed well. Porzingis was hard to beat with four hands and was suppressed. This is also the reason why it was difficult for the Nets to win. The Nets won on the flank. Leonard’s huge advantage.
On March 24, the Nets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 107-102. (58-15)
Leonard continued his all-round performance, scoring 21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in the whole game, and the system Ariza completely exploded the genuine Ariza!
In this game, Harden played an MVP-level performance, scoring a double-double of 34 points and 10 assists. It was not until the end that the two sides were divided. Curry moved to catch the ball and hit a key three-pointer. Kills the suspense of the game.
The Nets played back-to-back against the Wizards at home and won easily. (59-15)
It was the Milwaukee Bucks (59-16) who ended the Nets’ winning streak again. Middleton became Mi Wenyuan in this game and made 15 of 22 shots and 9 shots from beyond the arc. In 7, he scored 44 points in the whole game, telling Brooklyn children not to cry at night.
With the victory of this game, the Bucks played with the Nets 2:2 in the regular season, and even doubled the Nets when Iguodala joined the team, and the Bucks also became a league-wide The most promising team to snip the Nets.
After winning the Nets two games, they were directly awarded the “Nets nemesis”. It can be seen that the Nets have been suffering for a long time in the league today, and everyone can’t wait to come out with an opponent to sanction them!
Losing to the Bucks will not affect the Nets’ continued occupation of the No. 1 position in the Eastern Conference. After Curry’s return, the team’s slashing and slashing performance, plus the three kills against the Cavaliers, have already disarmed the Cavaliers. Due to the absolute disadvantage in the relationship between wins and losses, the Cavaliers, who are still one game behind, can only overtake the Nets and return to the top position in the Eastern Conference by winning two more games with seven games remaining in the season. That is, if they win, the Nets must lose at least two games; if they only lose one, the Nets must lose three. . . . . . . Impossible to think about.
Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue chose to rotate James in the game against the 76ers. The team lost to the 76ers 111:116, and the gap with the Nets widened to 2 games. It can be regarded as basically giving up the competition in the regular season. The Nets basically locked the position of the Eastern Conference champion. Considering that the 76ers’ fourth position in the Eastern Conference is relatively stable, the opponents of the Nets in the first round have not yet been determined, but there are quite a few in the second round. The probability of hitting the 76ers. The Bucks and Cavaliers, the two teams that are regarded as rivals of the Nets, are very likely to fight in advance in the second round of the Eastern Conference for a chance to fight against the Nets in the Eastern Conference finals.
Jiang Mingliang was a little surprised that the situation had developed like this. how to say. After making the decision to rotate the lineup, the Nets actually gave up the idea of competing for the Eastern Conference championship in a sense, but the team still maintained a winning streak during the rotation, which made Jiang Mingliang feel that it was too strong to break the balance!
Jack Ma has something to say, even though the shares have been diluted to 8%, there are still so many! Jiang Mingliang now thinks like this.
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