With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 304 The 9-game winning streak at the start, the Nets with overstrength
2016年10月26日，篮网队迎来16-17赛季季后赛的揭幕战，客场挑战波士顿凯尔特人。

The Celtics' lineup for the new season has also been upgraded on the basis of last season's original. This summer, they poached All-Star center Al Horford from the Eagles for $4 million in four years.

In a sense, Horford is similar to Brook Lopez, the Nets' main inside attacker last season. He also focuses on face-up shooting. Under the baptism of the small ball era, he also developed three-pointers. The ability to protect the ball and the basket is also very good. In the future, he will be selected as the best defensive second team in the 17-18 season.

The only disadvantage is that the general price of players in the league is more than 2000 million. This is the case for Al Horford, and the same is true for Brook Lopez.

In Wang Chao's view, it is a bit wasteful to give a maximum-salary contract to an inside player who is more functional and can only reach the standard of 14+8 points per game, but in the small ball era, this kind of center is indeed There is really no other way.

The Celtics have strengthened Horford, and in the new season, they have formed a team with the strongest 175 on the surface, Isaiah Thomas, as the core of offense, and cooperate with outside defensive champions Avery Bradley, Jay Crow Germany, as well as the starting lineup of insiders Al Horford and Amir Johnson.

This lineup is full of the coaching style of the up-and-coming head coach Brad Stevens, which is defense. Except for Thomas Jr. because of his limited height on the field, the other four players have outstanding defensive abilities. First-class athletic ability, I have to say that the style is very similar to the defensive-oriented Chicago Bulls led by Rose.

The original Celtics also began to rise from the 16-17 season. This season, the regular season should rank first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 53 wins, and they entered the Eastern Conference Finals in the playoffs and were eliminated by the Cavaliers. In the 17th season, the Celtics continued to break into the Eastern Conference Finals. Although they continued to be sanctioned by the James Cavaliers, they were second only to the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.

It's a pity that the strength of the Celtics is compared to the weak teams in the East, and the Nets are obviously not among them.

In the first game of the regular season, at the home court of the Celtics, the Nets used a large-scale massacre to tell the Celtics what individual heroism is better than teamism.

In this game, the Nets' starting lineup is Wang Chao, Booker, Bogdanovic, Durant, and Jokic.

Although Durant is slightly inferior in size as a power forward, there is no problem with his height at all, and Durant originally appeared on the field as the team's power forward when he was in the Warriors period, especially when the five death squads.

At the beginning of the game, the main tactic of the Nets was simple and straightforward, that is, all five players on the court opened up, and then Wang Chao passed the ball to Durant, allowing him to play singles with the ball.

All five players on the Nets are capable of shooting three-pointers, including Jokic at the center position. Therefore, the Celtics must guard one-on-one. In this case, they can only arrange Starting power forward Amir Johnson went to defend Durant alone.

Amir Johnson, who is 2 meters tall and serves as a striker, is indeed a defensive player, but he is relatively good at defense. After all, he has not been selected to the best defensive team even once in his entire career. In terms of the defensive system of the Walters, he is not an indispensable part. If there is no accident, he will be replaced by Aaron Baynes in the starting position next season.

How can such a player be able to defend himself against Durant, who is probably second only to Wang Chao in the entire league?
Durant, who has just joined the new team, has a strong desire to show his strength, and the space of the Nets really gives him a refreshing feeling. Defensive players, even as long as they pass the opponent and rush to the inside, there will be no hindrance.

This is something he never experienced when he was in the Thunder. When any team plays against the Thunder, they can defend the outside Westbrook, and the Thunder's inside Ibaka and Adams do not have any long-range shooting ability. , As a result, the opponent's big inside players are also concentrated inside. In this case, Durant's offensive environment is actually not good, even if he can still score an average of 30+ points per game in that environment.

This is actually the same as after Durant joined the Warriors. The Splash Brothers' three-point deterrent ability from the outside and the extreme offensive rhythm of the Death Five can make Durant's scoring easier and simpler.

Durant, who felt good, scored 7 points on 5 of 12 shots in the first quarter, followed by another 6 points on 4 of 10 shots in the second quarter, and scored 22 points at the end of the half. His scoring ability is fully demonstrated.

The Nets took advantage of this to lead the Celtics at home by 64 points 52:12 in the first half.

In the third quarter of the game, Durant's physical fitness declined, and his shooting percentage began to decrease. At this time, Wang Chao chose to take over the ball and scored 9 points in a row. Pulled directly to 12 points.

At the end of the three quarters, the 22-point difference between the two teams has basically announced the end of the game in advance.

As a result, in the fourth quarter, both Wang Chao and Durant were replaced collectively after only playing for less than 3 minutes.

Durant, who was sitting on the sidelines, had a satisfied smile on his face.

In the first game of the Nets, he played perfectly, scoring 34 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and his shooting percentage was as high as 64%, and these were obtained in three quarters.

Good data is not the key, the key is that he played very comfortably in the game. He is also a point guard. Wang Chao, who has changed from a striker to a point guard, can judge and grasp the timing of passing the ball better than Westbrook, who was born as a traditional point guard. At least one Harden gap.

Although his personal offensive ability is so strong, Wang Chao has never acted recklessly alone. As long as his teammates have a chance to open up, the pass can basically arrive at the first time. Many of them pass the ball without looking at people. Durant, who has played for several years, felt very novel.

When he came to the Nets, Durant actually had concerns. He was a little worried that Wang Chao would deliberately not pass the ball to him or reduce his number of shots because he was worried about him snatching the ball.

With the Celtics game, Durant's concerns have disappeared.

Joining the Nets may really be the most correct decision in his career!
In the first game, the Nets beat the Celtics 122:106.

篮网队的双核发挥都非常完美，杜兰特34分6篮板4助攻，王超27分12篮板14助攻三双数据。

The two cooperated tacitly in the game and complemented each other. When the game was at its peak, Durant even ran over to cover Wang Chao's pick-and-roll. You must know that this was just their partner in the first official game.

At the post-match press conference, Durant couldn't restrain his joy when interviewed by reporters, almost boasting about Wang Chao and the Nets.

"It was a fantastic game. I've never played on a team like this. Everyone on the court can shoot the ball, space the floor, make the offense very easy. They are all so good! And Wang Chao is by far the best teammate I have ever played with. You all say that his offensive ability is the top level in NBA history, but you ignore his passing ability."

"He hardly missed any open teammates in the game, which is really amazing. I feel that in terms of passing, Wang Chao is also at the top level in history. He can pass the ball with Magician, Stockton and Nash. comparable to the masters."

Durant's words almost didn't praise Wang Chao to the sky.

For a long time, the league has paid far less attention to Wang Chao's passing ability than scoring. Even in the past four seasons, Wang Chao averaged all assists in double figures and won the honor of three assist kings. It is generally believed that the reason why Wang Chao's assists High, just because he will always encounter double-teams on the field, so there are more opportunities to pass the ball to open teammates. In addition, whether it is in the Rockets or the current Nets, other teammates on the team are mostly fixed-point shooters. Basically catch and shoot, the direct assist rate is very high.

Durant was the first player to praise Wang Chao's strong assists, and by the way, he was a bit accusing.

After all, in the past few years, Durant has been partnering with an All-Star point guard, and there has always been a rumor that Durant can limit scoring only by Westbrook during the two teaming up.

When Westbrook was at the top of the game, he really didn't pass the ball to Durant. After a quick dribble for half court, he was hard-working. Many of the Thunder's games were due to the last moments of Westbrook's games. Continuous crazy misses lead to the ruin of a good game.

But now, Durant praised a seven-time scoring champion for his excellent passing ability, and also praised that playing with the Nets team was a wonderful experience he had never had.

This is clearly because the Thunder before the connotation was not good, and the partner Westbrook can't pass the ball to cooperate.

Listening to the high-spirited and eloquent Durant, who was completely excited, the reporters were also very happy and excited. Today's headlines are in hand!
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"Durant made his Nets debut with 34 points and led the Nets to defeat the Celtics in three quarters at 122:106!"

"Durant: The Nets are a very good team. I have never played in such a team."

"Durant: Wang Chao is a passing master, he hardly missed any open teammates in the game."

After the post-match interview about Durant was published in the newspaper, it caused a lot of repercussions in the league. These voices mainly came from Oklahoma City Thunder fans.

You guy, you just run away with a bucket, and you still want to belittle your old club after you run away?Said that the Nets are better than the Thunder, and Wang Chao is better at passing than Westbrook?Is this the reason you left the Thunder openly?
The Thunder fans were already extremely angry because Durant chose to leave, and they almost died of anger when they heard this. They flooded the Internet and launched all kinds of insults against Durant.

And when a reporter with malicious intentions asked Westbrook about Durant's various remarks after the Thunder game, the other party chose to remain silent after being stunned. Judging from his face, he was obviously irritated by these words.

How to make the couple turn against each other?Answer: "Can you do it, dog, the old king next door is much stronger than you."

Now, to Westbrook's ears, Durant is saying, "Can you do it? Wang Chao is much better than you."

Who is not red in this matter?

Westbrook is really very sensible to resist not to swear on the spot.

After the Nets won the first game, they played against the Pacers, Bucks, Bulls, Pistons and Hornets in the next few games. The only one that caused a little trouble for the Nets was Charlotte. wasp.

Joe’s Hornets are now recognized as one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference. Thanks to the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chao, they selected Anthony Davis, the No. Oladipo, and the team's own star Kemba Walker formed the Charlotte Three Masters combination, and with the growth of Big Eyebrow and Oladipo, the strength of the team is also steadily improving. In the past two years, they have been able to break into the playoffs every year.

The thick eyebrow brother Davis is really strong without considering the injury factors, especially in the 16-17 season. In the original time and space, the thick eyebrow brother who played for the Pelicans can contribute 28 points and 11.8 rebounds per game 2.1 assists, as well as 2.2 blocks and 1.3 steals data, selected for the best first team and best second defense, both offensive and defensive are extremely dominant.

Kemba Walker also averaged 23 points and 5.5 assists per game this season.

至于奥拉迪波，要到下个赛季也就是17-18赛季才能真正展现出超强的个人实力，场均数据提升到23+5+4的程度，但16-17赛季也可以稳定贡献16+4+3的数据，防守端表现也不错，作为一支球队的三当家可谓绰绰有余。

The Hornets with the three heroes of Charlotte are indeed considered to be the No. [-] role in the East, especially after the thick-browed Davis ushered in his peak this season.

In the game against the Nets, Davis blasted Jokic in the paint. Although there was a big gap between the two in terms of tonnage, the thick-browed brother couldn't stand Jokic at all in back-to-back singles. In terms of sex, the thick-browed brother who was at his peak and has not yet suffered serious injuries is much more flexible than Jokic.

However, the failure of a match point does not mean the loss of the entire game.

Brother Nongmei has overwhelmed the inside of the Nets, but he can't hide the fact that the Nets have completely blown the outside.

Wang Chao's dealing with Kemba Walker is no different from an adult bullying a child. Kemba Walker, who is known for his speed and agility, cannot get rid of Wang Chao's defense at all with his personal ability.

At this stage, Wang Chao's speed and agility are as high as 96. This value is even faster than Kemba Walker in the peak period. Even because of his height, weight and stride frequency, Wang Chao's speed when he starts instantly is faster than Walker. A little slower, but also relying on the advantage of height and long legs, the gap that fell in the first time can be made up in the second time by Wang Chao.

What's more, don't forget that among Wang Chao's defensive talents, there is a special talent for follow-up defensive players. If you want to get rid of Wang Chao simply by relying on speed, there are probably few players who can really do it in the history of the league.

As for the pick-and-roll cover, the effect is not particularly good, because another defensive talent of Wang Chao is called screen prediction, which can detect the movement of the pick-and-roll in advance and move around the screen. The pick-and-roll cover of teammates can't give Kemba Walker much. Chance.

The last of the Charlotte three heroes, Victor Oladipo is in a much better situation than Kemba Walker. He is facing shooting guard Devin Booker. The pressure on both ends of the offense and defense is not too much, but And that's all.

In contrast, the Nets' two offensive cores, Wang Chao and Durant's offensive Hornets, have no way to limit them.

整场比赛下来，两队一共有三人得分上双，分别是31分13篮板3封盖的浓眉哥安东尼.戴维斯，33分15篮板10助攻场均三双的王超，还有同样33分4篮板的杜兰特。

The result is that although the thick-browed Davis caused a little trouble for the Nets inside during the game, the Nets finally defeated the Hornets with a score of 117:104.

The victory of this game is also the sixth victory of the Nets. In the previous games, the Nets also easily harvested the game and won a wave of 6 consecutive victories!

With the lessons learned from last season, in fact, the Nets' winning streak at the beginning of the new season is also expected by most people.

After all, this is a team formed by Wang Chao + Durant, two of the top five superstars in the league. They don't even need any tactics to play the game, as long as the ball is handed over to Wang Chao and Durant. You can win more than 80% of the teams in the league.

What's more, in these six games, the Celtics in the first game and the Hornets are the only two teams that are more outstanding in terms of strength.

In fact, the intensity of the Nets' next schedule is still not high.

On November 11th, the Nets played against the Minnesota Timberwolves at home. The Timberwolves who did not get Towns and Love still stayed on the team were as bad as ever. After Butler joined in the season, he finally experienced what the playoffs look like. After Butler couldn't bear the fact that the two top picks could still get the maximum salary, he left the team angrily. The Timberwolves... No, it should be the Huskies to be precise He was quickly beaten back to his original shape.

In this game, Wang Chao and Durant clocked out of get off work in the familiar three quarters. The game was handed over to Jokic, Booker and a group of young players on the bench.

The same situation happened a day later, when the Nets challenged the New York Knicks away.

The rivalry between rivals in the same city is a complete joke.

The Knicks simply don't have the capital to compete with the Nets.

This summer, the Knicks also made a series of big moves, getting Derrick Rose from the Bulls through a trade.

Although because of Wang Chao, Rose no longer has the title of the youngest regular season MVP in history, but his strength in his peak period is still obvious to all, and he was indeed regarded as a representative figure of the league's future point guard.

But it's a pity that the butterfly effect changed Rose's honor, but failed to change his destiny. To be exact, Rose's playing style, and his unlucky encounter with a head coach like Tom Thibodeau who likes to kill the main force, is doomed Sooner or later it will be ruined by injuries.

Rose, who was ruined by injuries, was abandoned by the Bulls this summer, and he was packaged and traded to the Knicks. The bargaining chips were nothing but role players such as Calderon, Robin Lopez and Jerian Grant.

With this deal, the Knicks barely reassembled the Big Three lineup, Carmelo Anthony + Derrick Rose + Kristaps Porzingis.

As for the fighting power of this Big Three lineup... In the original time and space, the three brothers led the Knicks to a record of 29 wins and 53 losses with a fairly good attendance rate in the original time and space.

So when the Nets and Knicks faced off for the first time this season at New York's Madison Square Garden, it was a one-sided ruthless sling.

Wang Chao didn't take any serious shots at all in the whole game. He only scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. All the statistics were the lowest since the start of the new season.

Durant also only scored 24 points.

The poor statistics of the two are not restricted by the Knicks' defense, but simply because their playing time is too low. Both of them played less than 26 minutes, playing a little more than halftime.

The rest of the game is mainly played by the Nets and the Knicks as substitute players.

No way, whoever made the first quarter, the Nets directly played a wave of 38:22, leading by 16 points, and then scored 35:19 in the second quarter, leading the Knicks by 73 points at halftime 41:32 ?
The fans of the Knicks at home could not stand the fact that the team was beaten unilaterally before halftime, and they chose to leave early.

The two teams belonging to New York are no longer at the same level. The Knicks are not even qualified to be compared together.

Even the fan base, the Nets, which has gathered the two top superstars of the league, Wang Chao and Durant, is far larger than the Knicks.

There is no way, Anthony, Rose and others, who have already belonged to the balloon stars in the league, don't have many fans to support them.

The only thing Knicks fans can say now is that the Knicks, as the largest football market in the entire league, are far better than the Nets in terms of team market value, but this kind of spiritual victory method is really meaningless.

Fans of the Nets have long stopped confining their sights to competing with the Knicks in the same city. Their goal is the championship!
On November 11, the Nets defeated the Phoenix Suns 12:122 and won 104 consecutive victories. Then in the 9th game, they finally encountered a team that could be regarded as a strong enemy, the Los Angeles Clippers.

Although the Clippers are a traditional strong team in the Western Conference, their strength is just that. The upper limit of the Big Three composed of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and Jordan Jr. is not high. Not having entered is enough to explain the problem.

However, in this game, the Clippers felt very good. Seven of the team scored in double figures. The team scored 127 points in the whole game. have.

Facing the overwhelmed Clippers, the Nets finally lost to their opponents 121:127. The winning streak ended and the record became 9 wins and 1 loss.

It is not surprising that the Nets lost to the Clippers in an away game, because in this game, Durant was absent due to injury and Wang Chao was the single-core leader. He is hot, no matter how he shoots, it is only natural to lose.

Durant's injury was not suffered during the game, but during the training the day before the game. In fact, it was not a serious injury, but he felt a slight discomfort in his knee.

But Wang Chao did not dare to neglect, and directly arranged for Durant to take turns to recuperate from his injuries.

Since the 15-16 season, Durant has become a crispy warrior. Wang Chao knows this. In the first two seasons of the Warriors, Durant only played more than 60 games in the regular season. - In the 18 season, Durant played 19 games in the regular season for the first time. Everyone knows what happened after that. Durant was absent early in the playoffs due to injury. He made a forced comeback in the finals and suffered a severe ligament tear. He was directly reimbursed for the follow-up a whole year.

After that, even though Durant returned from injury and still played extremely efficiently, the injuries continued endlessly.

(End of this chapter)