Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

In the third game, the alliance ushered in a focus battle.

New York Derby, Nets VS Knicks, many TV stations broadcast the game live.

Although this was only a preseason game, the Brooklyn Arena was still full because of the conflict between Lu Yong and Anthony, and the media also focused their attention on this grudge matchup.

Both sides have made harsh words during the offseason. Even if this New York Derby is just a preseason game, no one wants to be the loser.

Nets boss Tsai Chongxin came to the scene to watch the game in person. It was not clear what he was thinking on his face, but Boss Tsai must not be at peace at the moment.

In the past, the only league in the league that could be called a derby was Los Angeles. The gap between the Nets and the Knicks was so big that no fans would have any expectations.

However, as Lu Yong landed in Brooklyn, the situation instantly changed.

There are many outsiders who are optimistic that the Nets will win. Even if the Knicks have a stronger lineup on paper, the NBA's "bloodbath of their old club" BF has been around for many years.

In addition, the Nets defeated their opponents in the first two games of the preseason, which put a lot of pressure on the Knicks.

Lu Yong temporarily adjusted the starting lineup during the warm-up before the game.

Let LeVert, who is 1 meters tall and has a wingspan of 98 meters, replace Harris as the small forward, and the other four players remain unchanged.

LeVert has good defensive hardware and can fight against Anthony, a top wing player, and can also switch defenses with positions 1-4. He is the most oppressive defensive tool for the Nets on the outside.

The Nets' starting two defenders are not very good at defending. To deal with Anthony, LeVert's personal entanglement at this point will become very important.

Lu Yong understands Anthony just like Nelson understands Nowitzki. He was kept in cold storage for half a year last season and did not play a game in the playoffs. He watched Jokic climb on top of him and show off his power. Facing the Nets led by Lu Yong today, he must want to score high points and slap Lu Yong in the face with an unsolvable personal one-on-one.

Anthony has been waiting for this opportunity for too long. No matter what the new Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek arranges, he will not miss this opportunity, let alone hand the ball to Jokic.

Unless Hornacek has the same skills as Lu Yong and puts Anthony on the bench to freeze, Melo will definitely play in singles tonight.

Unfortunately, not all coaches have Lu Yong's courage and prestige.

It is impossible for the management to let Hornacek do whatever he wants. Even if Anthony plays blindly on the court, it is his head coach's fault.

From the moment Lu Yong refrigerated Melon in the playoffs, the gap between the two was forged.

The angrier Anthony gets, the less pressure the Nets have on the defensive end. Lu Yong arranged for LeVert to start just to pester Melo and teach Anthony a lesson in the preseason.

What's heartbreaking is that Lu Yong not only arranged for LeVert to pester Anthony, but also arranged for wing players to help defend against double teams. It was clear that he was crazy to target.

It's not difficult for a star like Anthony to break double teams, but what's difficult is, how could Anthony choose to pass the ball?

Lu Yong has always been confident in defeating the Knicks for this reason. The two have worked together for five seasons, and no coach understands Anthony better than him.

After the warm-up, the game begins.

Nets five: Russell, Mitchell, LeVert, Millsap, Lopez.

Knicks five: Brogdon, Butler, Anthony, Harrell, Jokic.

Looking at the lineup, the Knicks are indeed luxurious. The five starting players have all proven themselves on the highest stage of the Finals. Their ability to play fast breaks is also among the best in the league. No one is a rookie.

If you only look at the paper lineups of the two teams, the Knicks can beat the Nets by at least 20 points tonight.

Unfortunately, competitive sports are not games. In addition to the strength of the lineup on paper, tactics, player mentality, and on-field feel are all important.

Lu Yong doesn't know how the Knicks' shooting feels tonight, but he knows that the mentality of the Knicks players must not be very good.

There is no other reason. Anthony, who is declining and unwilling to admit it, is back. This is the Knicks' biggest failure.

This is indeed the case. The Knicks offense consists of Brogdon dribbling the ball across half court, and then others pull away and watch Anthony holding the ball in singles.

Even Jokic, who just won the FMVP last season, was used as a high-post turret. He couldn't touch the ball in positional battles and he tore his jersey in anger.

In one-on-one singles, Anthony couldn't get rid of LeVert.

After the triple threat, he rushed inside and was blocked twice by Lopez. In the end, he could only make a jumper against the defense.

Anthony's post-up skills have not fallen behind, but Lu Yong knows how to take action. As long as Anthony joins the ball, the weak-side attack will be there immediately. The two of them can stretch their long arms without fouling and can always create interference for Anthony's jump shot.

After more than 5 minutes of play in the game, Anthony failed to score consecutive singles, and was slapped by two big shots from Lopez. He did not dare to go to the basket. He made 6 of 1 shots and only scored 3 points and 2 rebounds.

Because LeVert was not used much last season, he was assigned to start against Anthony today. He played very excitedly and performed well on both offense and defense.

Of course, Anthony's sluggish state is not entirely due to LeVert's good defense, but also has a lot to do with his own declining state.

In Lu Yong's previous life, Anthony's offense has experienced a visible decline this season, averaging only 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 40.4%. He is no longer the all-powerful offensive kaleidoscope he was back then.

Although the butterfly effect instigated by Lu Yong did not cause Anthony's condition to decline too quickly, compared with his peak period, he is now at best the level of an ordinary star.

If you think about playing against Durant, you can only dream about it. Even Paul George is more efficient than him.

When he was the boss, Anthony had no problem playing like this. He didn't dare to scold his teammates even if he didn't get involved.

But now that many stars have emerged in the Knicks, Anthony's inefficient personal singles quickly caused dissatisfaction with Jokic and Butler.

Lu Yong was able to suppress the smell of gunpowder in the Knicks locker room because Butler and Jokic were brought out by him, and many emotions would not be vented in front of Lu Yong.

But Hornacek obviously doesn't have this face. It's very difficult to be caught between Anthony and Jokic. For the first time, he feels that coaching the defending champion is not pie in the sky, but a hot potato.

No wonder that after Lu Yong resigned, all the assistant coaches around him followed him to the Nets, and no one continued to work in the Knicks.

Now it seems that it is not that Nurse and others are out of ideas, but that Anthony has seen through the essence of the matter and is unwilling to take over the mess in New York. This is a wise move.

Butler and Jokic are still in hot shape this season, hunting for counterattacks, three-pointers and organized offenses.

The Knicks' best performer in this quarter was Jokic. He stretched out from beyond the three-point line as a fort, and from time to time he could also find teammates who had opportunities with his wonderful passes. The only drawback is that there are always people around to cause trouble, and sometimes you can't even touch the ball in positional battles.

It is difficult to score high points against Jokic in this way. Hornacek has been unable to determine the core of the offense, and it is difficult for role players to provide smooth offensive coordination.

In the second half, Anthony was forced to increase the number of passes, and the Knicks' offensive fluency immediately improved a lot, recovering some of the points difference. The Nets had just been rebuilt, and when the players were not yet well-cooperative, they relied on Russell and Mitchell's offense and the defense of the front three to still have the upper hand, leading 28 to 22 in the first quarter.

Anthony played the entire quarter, making 10 of 3 shots, 4 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 9 points, 3 rebounds, and no assists.

At first glance, Melo's statistics are good, but if you look closely, you can see that he takes more shots than he scores, his shooting rate reaches an astonishing 30%, and his expression is darker than coal.

New York fans were puzzled after watching the game. They felt that Anthony played too uniquely. In a preseason game, he did not adjust the tactics according to the coach's arrangements, but played alone outside the tactics.

Forget about singles, the key offensive efficiency is still shockingly low.

If the Knicks lose the game tonight, Anthony will definitely be the culprit. He will have to bear the blame if he doesn't want to.

In the second quarter, Lu Yong briefly emphasized a few offensive words and sent on the bench.

He asked Dinwiddie to play as tough as possible. The Knicks' backup point guard is Van Jordan. Ding Tianwang's height of 1 meters is comparable to a mismatch, and the effect of playing high will definitely be good.

Lu Yong has a clear idea of ​​Dinwiddie's offensive firepower.

In his peak season, he scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. This year, he has just reached the threshold of his peak period and is more than enough to play as a sixth man.

In the substitute battle, Dinwiddie, Hardaway, Joe Harris, Tucker, and Wood quickly defeated the Knicks substitutes.

Dinwiddie faced Van Jordan's defense and used his height advantage to score layups in two consecutive rounds. He also assisted Wood in a tomahawk dunk during the counterattack, showing off his physical talent in front of his familiar old club.

After Lu Yong left, Fan Jordan's tactical status in the team dropped a lot, and life was very difficult.

Hornacek is a defensive-minded coach who gave "Bald Mamba" Caruso more opportunities to perform.

Caruso is also very strong, but his offense is not as reliable as Van Jordan. In addition, after Harris left, Harrell became the starter, and Wood was poached by the Nets. The Knicks' original inside advantage collapsed instantly.

This wave of operations also directly caused the Knicks' second lineup to have poor firepower, and was pinned to the ground by the Nets and rubbed wildly.

伍德这节打出了极佳表现，4投3中，罚球2中2，在短短四分多钟的时间里就交出8分2篮板。

As long as he doesn't face Jokic, Wood's offensive efficiency is extremely high.

Lu Yong told Wood more than once that he should be aggressive after coming on the court. It doesn't matter if he can't score in the face of substitutes inside. As long as he attracts opponents to shrink to the basket, the outside shooters can get more shooting opportunities.

Wood completely let go, facing the defensive ball and hitting the basket. When double-teamed, he distributed the ball to his teammates, which was exactly the same as his playing style with the Knicks last season.

Hornacek stood on the sidelines and watched for a while, then began to direct the players to defend the zone.

The zone defense position indeed blocked the penalty area, but it still couldn't prevent the Nets' outside jump shots.

Dinwiddie, Hardaway and Joe Harris teamed up to score 7 three-pointers, and the three guns were full of firepower.

Tucker also hit a corner three-pointer, followed by Dinwiddie's breakthrough pass and hit the ball steadily. The Nets beat the Knicks with 8 three-pointers in a single quarter. The point difference quickly widened to 20 points, and the Nets defeated the game in the first half.

Hornacek stood on the sidelines with a look of disbelief. This lineup was obviously a strong one last year, but why did he suddenly pull it out of his hands?
  Can the Knicks beat the Nets by 20 points?

After halftime, he was slaughtered by the Nets for 20 points. Hornacek was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his head. He always felt that the "goddess after class" was waving to him.

The Nets had too many three-point shooting spots, and the Knicks missed out on the left side while missing out on the right side. A sense of despair quietly emerged from the bottom of Hornacek's heart. He was really panicking at this moment.

At halftime, Brooklyn commentator Jeff Vogt looked incredulous, "God! I can't believe this is actually a game played by the Nets. The offensive fluidity is much better than last year. The Knicks halftime Being 20 points behind is ridiculously weak, and I think Coach Hornacek may be fired before the playoffs."

Partner David Holder laughed: "Maybe it's not that the Knicks' offensive firepower is weak, but that the defense is too poor. Especially in the substitute matchup, the Nets had a crushing advantage, hitting everyone with 8 three-pointers. It doesn’t feel good.”

In the second half, the Nets continued to maintain their advantage and stabilized the score as Mitchell attacked the basket again and again. The young players played very energetically.

At the end, 126 to 97, the Nets won their third consecutive victory and also gave the New York management a big gift.

拉塞尔出场28分钟，14投7中，三分球5中2，罚球4中4，得到20分3篮板5助攻1抢断；米切尔16投9中，三分3中1，罚球8中7，斩获全队最高的26分3篮板3助攻1盖帽。

另外几位核心也都得分上双，洛佩兹14分7篮板3盖帽，米尔萨普15分11篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽。

勒维尔出手不多，体能都留着纠缠安东尼，7投4中，三分球4中2，得到10分4篮板1助攻2抢断。

On the bench, Dinwiddie had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Wood had 12 points and 5 rebounds, and Joe Harris also scored 11 points. A total of 8 people on the team scored in double figures.

尼克斯一边，安东尼22投7中，三分球7中1，罚球5中4，只得19分6篮板2助攻，还有全场最高的6次失误。

布罗格登10投4中，三分6中3，得到11分4篮板4助攻。

Butler had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and his performance was relatively stable.

Jokic scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, which looked good. In fact, his cooperation with Anthony was very inconsistent, making it uncomfortable from the beginning to the end.

Of course, what was uncomfortable was not just Anthony stealing the ball from him, but also Los Angeles' defense in the penalty area, which limited his shooting percentage to less than 50%.

After the game, Knicks fans suddenly lost their composure and had a bad feeling in their hearts.

The preseason match was massacred by 29 points. Although the team did not try its best, can the Knicks really beat the Nets in the regular season?

No one knows how much strength the Nets exerted tonight, and the first battle directly cast a shadow on New York.

Some experts criticized Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, believing that his cancerous style of play is hurting the team.

"I think it's time for Anthony to be traded. His behavior is hurting the team. Without Lu Yong, the Knicks can't even produce the most basic offensive fluidity."

"Lou created this Knicks with his own hands, and now he is leading the Nets in the rebuilding period to defeat them. In the summer, he said that the Knicks are not to be feared. Facts have proved that what he said is absolutely right."

At the press conference, Lu Yong did not add insult to injury and commented on Anthony's toxic singles.

There are some things that he doesn't need to say in person. Fans who have watched the game know what's going on. Anthony's reputation this season is over, and it will be difficult for him to prove himself again.

Lu Yong doesn't know what kind of record the Knicks can achieve this year, but one thing is for sure, the Nets have completely stood up after winning the New York Derby! (End of chapter)