Nowitzki himself didn't know what was going on today, and from the very beginning of the game, he was as ugly as he was obsessed, and he was even more so foreign when he was defending.

"Dirk!" stopped Finley as soon as the second quarter began.

Nowitsky glanced back and said lightly: "Michael, I know what to do!"

He did know what to do, and he calmed down after such a big appearance, and there was nothing more humiliating than that.

As soon as the game restarted, Nowitzki immediately made people see why he can be called the most offensive power forward in the league, not because of how strong he is with his back-to-back singles under the basket, but because of his striking range.

"Whew!" a three-point shot without defense is no different from a free throw for him.

After switching guards with Lamar, Dampoter's expression on his face can only be described as dumbfounded. Van Gundy had already reminded him before he went on the court to pay attention to Nowitzki's three-point shot, but he didn't pay much attention to it! First, because his defensive ability on the outside was not strong, and secondly, he did look at the long-range striking power of German tanks.

"Samuel, what did you do? You just gave the German enough space to have a cup of coffee before he shoots. If you can't, you don't have to come up and change your guard in the future. Lamar said with a frown.

Dampotter headed his head and said with a gloomy face: "I know, I'll pay attention next time!"

Seeing that Dampot was like this, Lamar didn't do anything more, reaching for Billups to get the ball and attack forward.

Of course, Dampoter, who had just suffered a big loss, would not just forget it, when it was their turn to attack. He immediately rushed to the Bulls' basket as soon as possible.

After the start, Nelson also had his own considerations about the changes in the team's defensive tactics. Originally, the old guy thought that Dampier's strength and experience could completely compete with rookie Dampoter, but the first quarter of the game made him realize that there is still a big gap between people and people's minds. Since Dampier didn't have an advantage, he simply found another way, so there was the current scene.

The defensive strategy against Shaq invented by Nelson Sr. was used in Dampotter at this time. If anyone thinks that this trick can only deal with those big men who have poor upper body strength, they are very wrong.

The current Dampot was completely restrained by Dampier's sudden move. His strength is strong, but in the entanglement with Dampier, he has never been able to control the balance of his body, and he can't send out his strength if he wants to, so he can only watch Dampier block all his receiving lines.

"Sure enough, I have some ability, I know how to deal with Samuel like this!"

Lamar looked at the two people who were entangled in the inner line, and couldn't help but praise in his heart.

Seeing a straight pass to the basket, it is no longer possible to hand it to Dampoter. Lamar had to think of another way, but the scrappy German in front of him was too difficult.

Nowitzki's style of play is on the soft side, which is an indisputable fact, and his lack of strength and mental quality is not up to par, which has always limited his development. But in terms of skills, this German is no worse than Garnett, Duncan, O'Neal and other league-level insiders. Whether he is attacking or defending, he has his own unique set of weapons.

"Come up and work so hard, can you hold on to the end?"

Nowitzki hugged Lamar tightly, and his face looked very relaxed: "I never thought that I would persevere until the end, as long as you are not happy, I think it is worth it!"

Seeing that there was no way to get rid of it in a short period of time, and there was little time left for the attack, Lamar could only choose to make a strong shot, but he ignored Dirk's experience.

Nowitzki reacted as soon as he took off, knowing that he was no match for Lamar in terms of jumping ability, so he didn't even think about blocking it.

At the moment when Lamar was about to make a move, Nowitzki very covertly hit Lamar's upper arm with his elbow.

Suddenly in pain, Lamar naturally couldn't control the basketball in his hand, and the ball thrown out also deviated from the trajectory.

"Rebound!"

After landing on the ground, Lamar didn't care about theorizing with Nowitzki, yelled, and then rushed to the basket to grab the rebound. But Lamar had just taken a step before he ran into Nowitzki, and both of them fell to the ground. Lamar's ball bounced out of the frame, and Dampier and Damper under the basket were also crowded together, desperately trying to get a good position.

Just choked up by Dampier's forward defense, and at this time it was not polite to grab the rebound Damper, and he stood up to Dampier behind him, not giving the other party a chance.

Dampier was not in a hurry, his eyes were always fixed on the basketball in the air, and he was not idle below, first raised his leg and knees on Dampoter's thigh, and then made a hidden shot and grabbed Dampoter's jersey.

"Damn bastard!"

Dampot cursed in his heart, but Dampier's sneak attack had worked, and the Haitian had lost the best time to jump, and could only watch Dampier jump from behind him and take the basketball player into his arms.

Seeing that the referee did not react, Lamar also knew that now was not the time for theory, so he quickly turned and ran back to guard against the counterattack of the Bulls.

However, the reaction of the Bulls was beyond his expectations, and there was no fast break, and they chose to play a positional battle to deal with this ball.

"Samuel, watch your man, don't let him get more than ten centimeters away from you. ”

"Got it!" Dampott replied, pulling out and following Dampier.

But is that all it takes?

Michael Finley was quick to give the answer, and after receiving the ball, he faced Battier standing in front of him, dribbled under his crotch, broke through with a short body, pulled the ball and turned around and made a backhand layup. The movement is light and feels like going back to 5 years ago.

Lamar watched the goal and roared loudly to vent the frustration of the first quarter Finley, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Looks like we've all looked at this team!"

Although Finley has begun to show his old age, his strength is still there!

As an MVP winner for future generations, Nash's strength is beyond doubt!

Nowitzki may not be able to attack under the basket, but he has too many ways to attack!

Inside Dampoter, who got caught up in Dampier's forward defense on the offensive end, was no longer able to exert his first-quarter power. Lamar, the soul of the team, also had no good way to do it for a while under Nowitzki's stubborn and stalking-style defense. In addition, Alan Houston, who originally wanted to rely on it, had a poor hand on the outside and frequently hit the iron. For a while, the Knicks' internal and external firepower was fully extinguished.

As a result, the Knicks fell into a tough battle at the beginning of the second quarter, and the scores of the two teams gradually shrank to three points.

Although Van Gundy already thinks highly of Nelson Sr., he still didn't expect him to come up with such a way to deal with the players in his hands.

He didn't expect Dampoter's weakness, although this big man of the strength type had a flexible body, his footwork was not very solid. And once in trouble, this high school player can easily fall into impatience and affect his performance on the field.

And the most effective way to deal with him is to go around the front defense, his movement is not flexible, when the opponent is around the front of the situation is difficult to get rid of, once he can no longer catch the ball under the basket, his power on the offensive end is greatly reduced.

The way to deal with Lamar is even more desperate, Nelson Sr. is willing to let Nowitzki give up the offense and defend, and Dirk's task after coming on the court is obvious, which is to pester Lamar for a period of time, even at the expense of his own offensive opportunities. For this reason, Nowitzki did not spare his own physical strength at all, and this kind of work could only be done by him, and the rest of the Bulls team was obviously not good.

Coupled with the strict defense of the bull outside players.

Three arrangements, just three targeted arrangements made the Knicks mess up, which shows that the mad scientist of the alliance of old Nelson does have the qualifications to stand on the opposite side of the Zen master.

In the face of the team's predicament, Van Gundy did not rush to call a timeout, he was still watching, looking for a good opportunity for the team to crack the opponent's tactics.

Van Gundy did not move, but old Nelson did not dare to be careless! Although he temporarily gained the upper hand in the fight with Van Gundy, Van Gundy was a long-famous old Jianghu after all, so how could he not have corresponding countermeasures. All he has to do now is to consolidate his advantage as much as possible before Van Gundy makes a move.

The idea must have been, and the old Nelson began to deploy troops frequently.

"What? isn't that going to work?" Lamar asked as he looked at Nowitzki, who was walking off the field. Playing against such an opponent, in Lamar's opinion, even if he loses badly, it is worth it. Nowitzki's stalking-and-stalking style of defending at all costs his strength gave him a sense of oppression even more than he did when he first faced Duncan on the court, and the German guy who has always been sharp in attack is indeed worthy of his name.

Nowitzki glanced back at Lamar and smiled, he was indeed exhausted by now! It was not easy for him to walk down the field at the moment, but he was satisfied. He has successfully completed the task assigned by the coach, and the rest of the time depends on his teammates.

"Lamar, you're the best guy I've ever met, and I'd love to take it on you. But now it's time for me! I'm obedient to the manager. ”

After Nowitzki walked to the bench without looking back, he was replaced by Devin George, a guy who was supposed to win the championship with the Los Angeles Lakers, because of the appearance of Lamar's butterfly, it is estimated that he will not be able to win the O'Brien Cup in this life.

Taking advantage of the Bulls' substitution, Van Gundy finally made a move. Bringing all the players together, Jeff Van Gundy didn't make too much of an assessment of the performance of the players just now, but directly took out the tactical board to lay out the next tactics. (To be continued.) )