Chapter 266: The second round of the playoff begins
On May 5, 2003, the second round of the playoffs of the Los Angeles Clippers began, and they will play at home against the Dallas Mavericks, who just went through seven games to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves with a score of 43, and entered the second round of the playoffs.
Another game played on the same day was the New Jersey Nets Boston Celtics in the East, the New Jersey Nets eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks 42 and reached the second round of the playoffs, their opponent, the Boston Celtics Black Six successful, 42 victories, the Indiana Pacers, the third in the East, met the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the playoffs, can their magic continue?
Before the start of the Los Angeles Clippers game, the league presented the trophy for the best sixth man on the spot, Ginobili won the award without objection, in the previous time, Coach Bill Fitch has won the best coach award, among the several awards that have been announced, the best rookie award was taken away by Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, and the most improved award was won by Gilbert Arenas, and now it is left, the best defensive player, and the regular season P, the two most important awards have not yet been announced, and the players in the Los Angeles Clippers, is the most favorable contender for these two awards.
Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Nick Van Exel, Michael Finlay, Rivra Frenz, the main lineup of the Dallas Mavericks, the lineup is already luxurious, the four members of the team have the strength of All-Stars, but in the center position, a little weak, but they play a fast offensive small-ball tactics, and the requirements for the center are obviously different from the traditional team.
Mad scientist old Nelson coach S Coach Bill Fish, one is the NB's thousand wins coach, the other is the NB thousand defeats, both of them have been inducted into the NB's Hall of Fame, is the league's legendary coach, however, the thousand wins coach Nelson Sr., has never led the team to win the NB championship, and the thousand losses coach Bill Fitch has led the team to win the NB championship twice, before the game, the competition between the two coaches has also become one of the focuses.
The starting lineup of the Los Angeles Clippers in this game has not changed at all, and now their two sets of lineups are very mature, in this case, the head coach generally does not make changes, Jason Green, Pau Gasol, Stephen Jackson, Tiger Washington, Chauncey Billups, these five people, when they appeared on the court, the starlight was not lower than the Dallas Mavericks, all of them had the strength of All-Stars, and Tiger Washington, Jason Green and Chauncey Billups trio, They are already superstar-level players in the United States.
In the first round of the Los Angeles Clippers, after the easy sweep of the promotion, some basketball experts began to discuss how to stop the Los Angeles Clippers, and came to the conclusion that the era of giants! They made a roster of players, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pearce, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, and they thought that if they put these six men together as a team, they would definitely be able to beat the Los Angeles Clippers.
Why six? Because of the Los Angeles Clippers bench lineup, there is also a Ginobili, not to mention these six people, whether they can appear in a team, it is completely impossible to arrange Allen Iverson in the position of the sixth man, in the eyes of experts, Allen Iverson and Ginobili both have, very strong singles breakthrough ability, the collision of the two must be very exciting, but have they ever thought about whether the answer will be willing to be a substitute?
This lineup, which only exists in the imagination, is simply impossible to realize. However, now the Dallas Mavericks are going to use their run-and-gun tactics to compete head-to-head with the Los Angeles Clippers, at the beginning of the game, the Los Angeles Clippers' first offense is still the opening fast break they have used countless times, Jason Green jumped the ball, and after Tiger went down quickly, he scored the first goal.
The Dallas Mavericks are running and bombing tactics, rampant NB, ten-second offense, is their forte, when facing them, many teams are very headaches, most teams, like the San Antonio Spurs, suppress the rhythm of the game, to limit them, but the Los Angeles Clippers, but never need this, fast attack! It's one of the offenses that the Los Angeles Clippers excel at.
The opening of this game, it was very exciting, the fans on the scene, after the opening did not sit down, both teams used a fast offense, the rhythm of the game, completely driven, Charles Barkley on the commentary bench couldn't help it, stood up to explain the game, the entire first quarter, Tiger and Billups, almost all of them spent in fast running and flying, all kinds of wonderful cooperation and dunks, constantly staged.
Defend? No, you don't. The starters of both teams took the offense to a higher level, and it was rare to settle the defensive position, Steve Nash's pass, Nowitzki's one-on-one duel with Pau Gasol, Jason Green's dominance under the basket, Tiger Washington and Billups' fast bursts, all the wonderful moments you want to see, you can find in this quarter.
In such a high-speed rhythm, the first quarter of the game was quickly over, and the Los Angeles Clippers 3730 Dallas Mavericks, both teams soared to a high score, which is rarely seen in the playoffs.
It's just that after the start of the second quarter of the game, the form on the court changed immediately, the Dallas Mavericks did not make personnel adjustments at the beginning, but the Los Angeles Clippers changed to the bench, the rhythm on the court slowed down from the fast pace, many fans instantly had an illusion that the team of the game had changed, the Dallas Mavericks suddenly saw a change of opponent, the Los Angeles Clippers seemed to have become the San Antonio Spurs, and the mistake became the main color of the Dallas Mavericks in this section, They were clearly a little uncomfortable with the change in tempo, especially the sudden increase in defence.
Steve Nash's current passing ability is very mature, but his weaknesses are still very obvious, Steve Nash's defense and ability to control the rhythm are still not much improved, and the physical limitations make his defense, like the team's defensive black hole, even Ragabel, who has a single offensive means, can find offensive confidence in front of him. In terms of rhythm, Steve Nash can complete accurate passing and receiving coordination in high-speed movement, but he can't slow down after the speed is raised, which makes his mistakes start to increase. To be continued.
(Po Sing Shek Academy)