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

The players returned to the bench and the game entered a break.

But the Nets fans at the scene were still immersed in surprise. They didn't expect that the Nets were so powerful and the Magic couldn't fight back.

Especially Rose's performance during that period of time excited the fans and exceeded their expectations.

"Is this really Rose? Oh my god! Rose's dream is back to its peak!"

"I'm in tears. The last time I saw Rose play like this in the playoffs was with the Bulls. Many people think he only relies on his physical talent to play, but today Rose showed a different version of himself in just two minutes. , even without the speed of his youth, his breakthroughs are still hard to guard against!"

"That one without slowing down and changing direction just now was so cool. I'm afraid he and Morant are the only ones in the league who can use it freely, right?"

On the sidelines, Lu Yong high-fived Rose who was taking a break.

Rose's performance just now was a bit like he was in his prime.

Although his explosive power and speed have dropped a lot, his experience and skills have become more and more proficient.

With Rose's current competitive state, it is no problem to start on a weak team. The second team he leads ensures the Nets' offensive firepower.

Many people think that it is not difficult to change direction without slowing down, but the way you play will hurt your knees.

But in fact, this technique is really not something that everyone can learn. It requires a lot of ball feel and balance when dribbling, and not everyone can practice it.

Through practice, players can improve their dribbling ability and balance, but this improvement is definitely not as good as Rose's innate style of play.

The most typical example is Westbrook. He often played like this when he was young, changing direction without slowing down and dunking without hanging on the frame.

But the way he changed the direction of his body was far less smooth than Rose's.

Not only fans think so, but most professional NBA trainers also think so.

It can only be said that Rose not only had explosive athletic talent when he was young, but also had good basic skills. After being tempered in the NBA, he became more agile. This is one of the reasons why fans like him.

Back in the second quarter, the Nets also slowed down their pace appropriately.

The ridiculously accurate hit rate also dropped slightly.

The Magic used this time to narrow down some points, but were still behind by more than 20 points.

At the end of the second quarter, the score was fixed at 76:51, with the Nets leading by 25 points.

Coming back in the second half, the unwilling Magic made a comeback and were ready to give it another try.

But the Nets didn't give the Magic a chance.

The main players performed very steadily. They rarely made mistakes even with a big lead and played steadily in every round.

Nets offense.

Brunson dribbled the ball outside the three-point line and waited for his teammates to pull away, then took a shot. Cousins ​​​​covered in the middle to block Fultz.

Brunson shot with his left hand, and Vucevic quickly changed defense, preventing Brunson from breaking through in a straight line. His long arm covered his sight and prevented him from shooting.

Brunson held the ball and drove to the three-second zone. He found a small gap in the gap and passed the ball to the center.

Cousins ​​made a cut to catch the ball and dunked hard with both hands!

"boom!"

78: 51.

Lu Yong sat on the sidelines and peeled oranges with a smile. Cousins' offensive performance was getting better and better. Compared with the victory over the Magic, this was what made him happiest.

The Magic attacked, Gordon forced a breakthrough with the ball, and Porzingis turned around to keep up with his huge pace.

Near the penalty area, Cousins ​​stepped forward to double-team.

Gordon jumped into the basket and distributed the ball to the outside. Vucevic received the ball at a 45-degree angle from the right, and Durant let go of Fournier to cover.

Vucevic shook the ball and then distributed the ball, and Cousins ​​rushed out to interfere with Fournier's shooting. The fast defense system was undoubtedly evident.

Fournier missed his jump shot due to interference. Durant grabbed the backcourt rebound and passed Brunson to play.

Brunson slowly dribbled to the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll with Porzingis.

Gordon switched defenses, Brunson rushed to the left to attract the defense, and opened the distance to Porzingis.

Porzingis caught the ball and went straight to the basket, took three steps to attract Vucevic to cover, and then moved the ball to the right.

Cousins ​​caught the ball and made a jump shot, hitting the board from close range.

80: 51.

The score difference is almost 30 points!

The Magic attacked, Fultz passed half court to Gordon, and ran to the weak side to open up space.

Gordon held the ball at the three-point line, and Vucevic gave Fournier an off-ball screen.

Fournier suddenly made an air cut to the basket, and Gordon delivered the ball in time.

Durant was blocked, Fournier caught the ball and threw the ball, which hit the net with a high arc, 80 to 53.

The Nets attack, Brunson is playing a pick-and-roll with Porzingis.

After attracting Gordon to switch defense, he hit the ground and passed the ball to the center.

Porzingis took the ball and went to the basket, relied on Fultz to get up, and scored a layup with his right hand, 82 to 53.

Yang Yi said: "The Nets played a lot inside today. Now the whole team is blooming more. Everyone is a strong offensive player."

Wang Meng nodded and said: "Yes, this is the Nets' lineup advantage. Everyone can attack. The Magic can't even catch a tight defense."

Lu Yong crossed his legs on the sidelines and threw the oranges into his mouth, looking as leisurely as on vacation.

The courtside cameraman gave him a close-up shot. This action was much more pretentious than Jackson Jackson's back then.

Although Lu Yong has not needed to rely on off-court behavior to increase his exposure rate, he has developed a habit over the years.

When the team is leading by a big score, I always feel bored if I don't eat something.

It's a trivial matter for the head coach to eat fruit on the sidelines, but if a photographer catches him drowsy, it will be troublesome.

It's a bit disrespectful.

The Magic attack came again. Fournier failed to break through the pick-and-roll in the middle, so he turned around and distributed the ball.

Vucevic caught the ball and shot from outside the three-point line, thinking of himself as a shooter, and there was a bang.

Cousins ​​protected the backboard and passed to Brunson.

Brunson brought Porzingis to the frontcourt to play a pick-and-roll, attracting Gordon to switch defenses and pass the ball to the center.

Porzingis misplaced the opportunity and squeezed Fultz away from his back to dunk. Vucevic made a timely defense and blocked him.

Porzingis didn't fight hard when faced with double teams, and passed a ball. Cousins ​​received it comfortably under the basket and dunked the ball with one hand and scored, 84-53.

The score difference is more than 30 points!

The Magic attacked and Fultz passed the ball to Rose. This time the tactic failed and Mitchell blocked the breakthrough route in time.

Rose swayed one meter away from the three-point line and missed the three-point jumper. Porzingis grabbed the backcourt rebound.

In the positional battle, the Magic's defensive formation began to shrink, making it clear that they planned to strictly guard the penalty area.

Brunson took two steps and passed the ball to Durant on the right. The latter leaned against Fournier in the corner, turned around in the middle and made a fadeaway jumper. He avoided the block and scored, 86 to 53. No matter how he defends Fournier, he can't make up for his lack of height and wingspan. He suffers too much from defending Durant and can only pray that Adu's own touch is not good.

Rose can't defend Durant, and the Magic's only forward defender, Jonathan Isaac, is out for the season.

Otherwise, the DPOY-level Isaac can give Durant some strength, so that he will not be as helpless as now.

The Magic attacked and Fultz finally scored in this round. Facing Brunson's breakthrough throw, he hit the board at 45 degrees, 86 to 55.

Although Fultz made the shot, it didn't quench his thirst. The Magic scored at this rate and couldn't catch up even if they were exhausted.

Looking back, Durant held the ball and played a pick-and-roll with Porzingis, breaking through with his right hand.

Fournier is relatively far away and is afraid of being passed by Adu in one step.

Durant didn't show any mercy when he saw this. He pulled up from outside the three-point line and threw a three-pointer.

The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and swoosh, it hit the net, 89 to 55.

Wang Meng sighed: "Adu's touch was too hot today. The only thing that can stop him from scoring is garbage time. No one can limit him one-on-one with the Magic."

Yang Yi said: "How many points the Nets can win in this game all depends on when the Magic surrender. This game is indeed easy."

Wang Meng smiled and said: "I think it will be difficult for other teams in the league to pose a threat to the Nets this year except the Lakers. The chance of winning is not impossible, but the chance of advancing is almost zero."

It's not just Wang Meng who thinks so, many experts also think so.

The Nets' comprehensive strength this year is ridiculously strong, and their offensive and defensive performance is even more terrifying than that of the Knicks.

Chinese fans who watch the game through live broadcast are very proud. This is a luxury battleship built by Lu Yong himself. He has made Asian head coaches completely famous in the NBA.

In the next round, Durant finally missed the Nets' first goal of the second half.

However, they still maintained a high shooting percentage after that, took decisive shots from the outside, and had a chance to grab rebounds even if they couldn't hit the Twin Towers.

Cousins ​​grabbed three offensive rebounds in this quarter, distributed them to outside teammates for shots, and received two assists. Porzingis grabbed two offensive rebounds and scored twice himself.

The Magic's overall defense and rebound control were not good. Head coach Clifford couldn't do anything even if his voice was smoking.

Six minutes later, Clifford called a timeout and replaced Mohamed Bamba and Vucevic to form the twin towers.

It wouldn't work without substitutions. The Nets were going crazy for rebounds in the frontcourt, so Clifford could only arrange for the Twin Towers to try.

Unfortunately, the magic after the substitution still didn't work.

The defensive intensity of the penalty area has improved, and rebound protection has also improved, but the offense, which was not strong, has become worse.

Without a three-point shooter, Bamba's average of 0.6 three-pointers per game is equivalent to nothing, which is not enough at all.

As a result, Fournier's offensive responsibilities became even heavier, and even though his arm was smoking, he could not narrow the point difference.

In just a few minutes, the Nets seized the opportunity to hit a climax, letting Clifford know that there was also a gap in the Twin Towers.

After this wave of climax, the last breath of the Magic players was also dispersed.

Until the end of the third quarter, they could not organize an effective offensive counterattack.

After three quarters, the Magic were already trailing by as many as 43 points, and the game completely lost its suspense.

The fourth quarter turned into garbage time.

The main players of the Nets were laughing and chatting on the bench, enjoying the joy of clocking out in the third quarter.

The main players of the Magic were all dejected, hoping that the game would end soon so they could leave this desperate place.

"Om~"

When the electronic buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the Nets defeated the Magic 146:97 by 49 points, easily winning their first playoff victory.

This is because Lu Yong didn't mean to kill them all. If he really wants to play hard, he can beat the Magic by at least 60 points!

After the game, a reporter stopped Durant who performed well.

"Kevin, today you contributed 25 points in just 31 minutes and got a good start in the playoffs. What do you want to say?"

Durant smiled softly: "There is nothing to say. This is just the first step on the team's road to the championship. I am glad that we have made a good start for the playoffs. I hope everything goes well in the future."

The reporter asked again: "During the game, you made many pull-up jumpers over your opponents, and you also performed several wonderful fast-break dunks. The Magic had nothing to do with you. How do you evaluate this Magic?"

"Well, the overall strength of the Nets is better than that of the Magic. They didn't lose unfairly."

Adu really didn't know how to answer this question.

A 49-point victory over the opponent at home, how can you boast about this?

To be honest, the Magic did not lose unfairly, and there was a gap in strength between the two teams that was visible to the naked eye.

The next day, several other first-round matchups in the Eastern Conference also had winners and losers.

Among them, the Nets' potential opponents in the next round, the Celtics and Heat, also have results.

In the first game, Heat star Butler came to earth and scored 43 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. He led the team to a 7-point victory over the Celtics and staged the only game in the first round to defeat the Celtics.

Atkinson believes that the Green Army is stronger than the Heat and is expected to catch up if they lose one game first.

But Lu Yong came to a different conclusion. After watching the video of the first match between the two teams, he told Atkinson directly.

'The Green Army has no hope of advancing, study the Heat. '

Atkinson couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

The series has only played one game, and the two teams are evenly matched. The Celtics even have the advantage of lineup depth.

Even senior analysts would not dare to give a battle report on the Heat's ability to defeat or defeat so quickly.

If anyone else said that, Atkinson would just take it as a joke or argue with him.

But this sentence happened to come from Lu Yong.

Atkinson wanted to use his theory to convince Lu Yong, but when he thought about Lu Yong's perspective on people (and things) over the years, he suddenly felt that his judgment was wrong.

Obviously, in his mind, Lu Yong sees the problem much better than he does.

He believed in the answer given by Lu Yong more than himself.

"Well, we are definitely going to advance in this series. In the past two days, I have gathered the coaching staff to start studying the Heat."

Atkinson shrugged his shoulders. He was the kind of person to take advice.

Lu Yong said so, and he would definitely do it.

After all, the probability of Lu Yong's analysis being wrong is much lower than his.

Lu Yong never gives conclusions easily.

The reason why he thinks the Celtics can't beat the Heat is mainly because the Heat's style of play restrains the Celtics. The physical confrontation of the pseudo-defense style happens to be what the young people in the Green Army fear the most, and Tatum is barely interested in a tough battle.

The two teams competed frequently in the previous life, with the Green Army losing more and winning less.

Now the Boston Twins have not yet reached their peak, but Butler has long been a championship defender.

Even if the Celtics struggle for one or two games, they will most likely be eliminated by the Heat in the end.

Lu Yong doesn't want the coaching staff to waste time on the Celtics. Directly tracking and studying the Heat can save the Nets from taking some detours. (End of chapter)