The Godfather of Basketball

Feeling the enthusiasm from the home fans, the enthusiasm on the faces of the young players of the Nets became even stronger.

In the opening ceremony of the scene, Jokic and Bogdan jumped higher than before and shouted louder. These details show that they are very excited.

After the opening ceremony, the starting players of the two teams appeared one after another.

The Nets have Deron and Bogdan on the outside, Jokic and Yi Jianlian on the inside, plus small forward Boya Bogdanovic.

On the Wizards side, Wall and Bill on the outside, Porter and Pierce on the front, plus center Gortat.

Gortat and Yi Jianlian's jump ball, Gortat dialed the ball back to the Wizards' half, and the visiting team got the chance to attack first.

Wall pushes upfield, Beal and Pierce weakside pick-and-roll.

The core tactics of the Wizards have basically remained the same, and Wall gave the ball to Pierce.

After these few games, he has also learned to be good. When Pierce opened it, the two guns could follow suit. This is a typical meaning of Big Brother going first.

Pierce received the ball, but Yi Jianlian stood in front of him.

The Nets switched defenses in this game very decisively, leaving little room for the Wizards to misplace.

Pierce rushed to Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian directly confronted him in advance.

After all, it takes a lot of physical strength to fight against old age, Pierce took two steps and directly chose to turn around and lean back.

Yi Jianlian also flew to block the shot, causing enough interference.

"boom!"

Pierce's first try ended with a strike.

Jokic blocked Gortat and Joe Johnson received a defensive rebound.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene. Although it was only a defensive round, it was obvious that the Nets' defensive strength was improving.

This is a very positive sign.

Jokic received the ball from outside the three-point line, saw Gortat sticking it up, turned the ball back to Deron, and then directly picked and replaced, allowing Deron to misplace Gortat.

Although the Wizards don't want to change, Jokic himself is also an offensive threat, and Wall can only follow him when he goes to the basket.

Jokic took Wall to the basket, and the other point groups were stretched to the two wings, giving Deron enough space for singles.

Continuously changing directions, speeding up to the left and suddenly turning to the right, Deron used his iconic crosssover, although not as elegant as Iverson, but better in rhythm, his chubby body is like a cannonball , an acceleration is enough.

Gortat could only chase behind him but couldn't catch up. Wall came out to help defend. Deron directly lobbed the ball to Jokic inside. Jokic caught the ball and quickly put it to the basket to score.

The Nets took the lead.

In the Wizards' round, the same tactics, this time the Nets defended harder, and Pierce didn't have a good chance to catch the ball.

After Wall reacted, he called Gortat to pick and roll at a high position, and then returned the ball to Gortat, who pressed Deron and flew to the basket.

Jokic let Wall out to interfere at this time. Gortat didn’t have Jokic’s hands. He dodged sideways and missed a layup. When he wanted to grab another rebound, Jokic was stuck to death. .

This is also what Tang Tian reminded him yesterday, don't blindly rush to the board, block the opponent's center first, and then make a move according to the opportunity.

Deron jumps up and grabs the defensive rebound.

Deron turned around and pushed to counterattack. Bogdan walked like flying, received a long pass from Deron in the frontcourt, and directly layup and scored.

4 to 0.

The Nets played like a rainbow in the opening game.

"Defend! Defend!"

The enthusiasm of the home fans was already high, but now it is even higher due to the performance of the players on the field.

Wall pressed the ball to the frontcourt. This time he passed the ball to Bill who came out of the bag. Bill caught the ball and was stuck close to Bogdan. The reluctant shot was still a hit.

The fans at the scene were instantly excited.

The Wizards blasted the Nets in the last game, but this game is like their own basket, covering the opponent!

Tang Tian also nodded in satisfaction. The Wizards should feel good. Even with such a high-pressure defense from the Nets, their trajectory is still very positive, but this group of young people are really excited and working hard.

In other words, they used their efforts to increase the toughness of the shield a little bit more than before, which just blocked the Wizards' spear.

The Nets' frontcourt offense did not score this time, but looking back, Porter's outside three-pointer also failed to score.

The game lasted more than 5 minutes, and the score was 10-0. The Nets really covered their own basket through high-pressure defense.

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Pierce didn't wait for Whitman's reaction. He asked Wall to pass the ball in the frontcourt, and then called Porter to make a pick-and-roll. After facing Bo Yang, he directly changed to the basket.

Bo Yang's speed was slow, and his defense was weak. Tang Tian sent him on the court to open up space. Unexpectedly, the old Pierce was extremely calm at the critical moment, and he seized the weakness of the Nets and played.

Bo Yang couldn't defend himself in the penalty area, so he had to pay for a foul.

Pierce went to the free throw line, made two free throws against the noise all over the sky, and finally continued to score for the Wizards.

Tang Tian's reaction was fast enough, he got up and called McGrady up, telling him to prepare to replace Bo Yang.

Deron's breakthrough failed to score, and the Wizards counterattacked. During the counterattack, Wall scored a layup, and the Wizards chased for 4 points in a row.

Fortunately, Deron has rich experience. Seeing McGrady standing on the sidelines, he used rhythm to actively find a foul by Gortat when he was dislocated in the frontcourt.

The game entered a dead ball, and McGrady came on to replace Bo Yang.

The same tactic, or Deron playing Gortat.

The Wizards still didn't dare to help defend, which is why Tang Tian replaced McGrady instead of Joe Johnson. When Gortat was on the court, he needed the Nets to maintain the offensive space on the court.

Deron seized the opportunity this time and made an emergency stop at the free throw line.

12 to 4, the Nets firmly hold the lead.

Bo Yang went off, Pierce couldn't find a breakthrough, and tried to hit McGrady once.

McGrady's legs and feet are slow, but not much slower than the old Pierce, and his wingspan and athletic ability are better, and Pierce's fallback did not improve under interference.

The situation has completely turned to the Nets.

The point gap was stretched a little bit, and the Nets were getting more and more excited as they played. No matter who played, they went all out.

As Jokic said, they were a little confused in the first two games, but they still felt that they could win, and they were not convinced.

With more investment and higher intensity of defense, the Nets play hard.

On the other hand, on the Wizards side, after Pierce couldn't open it, the double guns gradually lost.

93 to 78. In the end, the Nets beat the Wizards at home and tied the series at 2-2.

The Wizards shot 3-for-14, Bill made 6-for-21, and even the veteran Pierce only made 6-for-16. The Wizards team shot only 39.7%.

78 points is also the lowest score since the Wizards playoffs. From the score, you can feel how much the Nets have invested in the defensive end tonight.