The Godfather of Basketball

86 to 96, the Eagles seemed very uncomfortable with the high-intensity confrontation in the opening game. The wave broke out, but in the end it was still unable to come back.

Horford scored a Hawks-high 22 points and 11 rebounds. Korver fell short, making 1 of 9 three-pointers and scoring only 6 points.

For the Nets, Joe Johnson scored 18 points, Deron 15 points and 9 assists, Yi Jianlian 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Barton 7 points.

Jokic played well in his career playoff debut, scoring 24 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists on 10 of 16 shots.

1 to 0, the Nets slapped the faces of the experts and the media swollen as soon as they came up.

"Budenholzer proved how much a tactical system can change a team, and Tang Tian proved that he is the king of tactics."

"The performance of Jokic and the Nets is amazing, they are the new hope of New York!"

"It's really unbelievable. It's hard to imagine that this is the dead Nets last season. They have been reborn without all of us noticing!"

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The fans liked this kind of slap in the face, and praised Tang Tian and the Nets to a new level.

But Tang Tian was very calm. Even after the game, he kept the players in a state of mind.

The Eagles lost in the first game was more due to lack of preparation. If they were kicked out so easily, it would prove that the other teams in the regular season were all match-fixing. In any case, they are also the only team in the East to win A team with 60 wins, and Budenholzer's apprenticeship with Popovich is not incompetent.

The schedule of the playoffs is tight. When the Nets finished their first game, the first games of other groups also ended one after another.

In the West, the Warriors, Thunder, and Clippers all won their home opening games one after another. Only the Trail Blazers lost to the Grizzlies at home. Can't find North.

The Eastern Cavaliers and Pacers also all beat their opponents.

What is more interesting is the group of Raptors and Wizards. Before the start of the game, the official Twitter of the Raptors used the picture of the Iron Throne in the popular American drama "Game of Thrones" and added the words "King of the North".

This was originally an official way for the Raptors to boost morale, but Pierce, who joined the Wizards, was very unconvinced. After leading the team to win the game, he also posted a picture on his personal Twitter, putting himself in the iron On the throne, which means that he is the king of the north.

The strength of the two teams is not the strongest in the East, but the topic outside this game has made them the most concerned.

After two days of rest, the second game between the Nets and the Hawks continued at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta.

Sure enough, the Eagles made adjustments. Budenholzer put Pace Antiche in the starting center and put Millsap on the bench.

Antić is an undrafted player from Macedonia. He is 2.11 meters tall and weighs 118 kilograms. He averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds per game this season. He is the team's number one substitute insider.

He is simply a Jokic without passing ability, can shoot three-pointers, has good defensive ability and moving speed.

Jokic's personal attacks were limited against the Central European White Bears.

As for Joe Johnson, Budenholzer also learned from Tang Tian, ​​resolutely not switching defenses, and giving Johnson a certain amount of shooting space.

Johnson's post-up is still very strong, but only his shooting has not gotten better since he got to the Nets. He didn't make a few consecutive shots, and he lost most of his singles at the threat of one.

99 to 91, under the high-intensity defense of both sides, the score is still not high, but the Eagles finally won the game by virtue of adjustments.

The substitute Millsap almost blew up the Nets during the transition from the bench. He scored 28 points and 8 rebounds and was the number one contributor to the team's victory.

For the Nets, although Deron scored 26 points and 8 assists, he failed to lead the team to win the game.

Jokic's performance fell back, scoring only 11 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists on 4 of 11 shots.

After two games, the two sides drew 1-1.

As Tang Tian expected, and as his team members said, this round of the series is not as simple as the first game seemed. The 7.35% probability also shows that black eight is never a simple matter.

With two games to go, the game returns to Brooklyn.

Although they failed to go straight to the two cities as the fans expected, after stealing a victory from Atlanta, the Nets have already grabbed the home court advantage of the series.

The excitement and anticipation of fans in Brooklyn has never been greater.

The next two home games will be played in Brooklyn, and the Nets have great hopes for the black eight.

The fans are already in good mood and ready to do a lot at home.

In fact, even the New York fans next door, after witnessing the Knicks' unbelievable performance, gave all the help from the same city to the Nets, and the Barclays Center will definitely be monstrous.

The fans were enthusiastically looking forward to it, but after Tang Tian and the coaching staff of the Nets returned to Brooklyn, they never idled for a moment.

Budenholzer's two adjustments are very targeted. If the Nets don't make changes, it will be difficult for them to hold their home court.

During the regular season, opponents like to use players like Antić to stick to Jokic. Jokic later avoided this by increasing the number of low singles, but this Antić has a tough style of play. Fear of confrontation, the basket defense is also very good.

This is a surprise soldier.

Compared with Jokic, Joe Johnson has more problems. After all, the feeling of hand depends on the sky, which is not what Tang Tian wants at all.

"This Antiche, he didn't play a lot of time in the regular season. This season is even less than last season. In addition to the fact that the Hawks have Horford and Millsap, another reason is fouls. In 16 minutes, the number of fouls reached 2.1." Frank observed more carefully.

"Foul?" Tang Tian didn't notice this.

"Then it's easy to handle. Let Nicolado fall low at the beginning of the next game, and try to beat him at the beginning."

Frank nodded happily, his opinion was adopted immediately, completely different from the previous Kidd era.

"How to defend against Millsap is also a problem." Frank continued.

This is indeed a problem. Only Yi Jianlian can play against Millsap, but it is impossible for Yi Jianlian to play as both a starter and a substitute. In the position of a substitute power forward, whether it is Lavoy Allen or Scott, they all compete with Millsap. Sapp is not right.

"If Nikola can beat Antiche down early, Millsap will be forced up. Compared with the defensive problems, our bench firepower is still too weak."

Tang Tian's next words made the members of the coaching staff nod for a while.

Bojan Bogdanovic's performance was sluggish after becoming a substitute, Pralim and Lavoy Allen were only functional players, and only Livingston and Button scored sporadic points during the substitute stage.

"How is T-mac's condition?" Tang Tian said, looking at Roy Rogers, who is the team's second assistant coach and is usually in charge of team training.