Barkley commented: "Nelson Sr.'s defensive arrangement is to put people who average fewer points per game to shoot, and strictly guard the offensive core, that is, Terry, Howard, Nowitzki. As long as they receive the ball, they have to be defended, and Nowitzki goes straight to the trap. ”

"Kidd has been shooting poorly, 38 percent last season and just 41 percent this season," Smith said. At the peak of his career, he averaged 18 per game. 7 points, but the shooting rate is just 4 percent, which is to use the high number of shots to exchange for points. Not to mention Dampier, except for 12+12 in the contract year, he has not scored a double-double in any season. The Warriors' strategy was completely correct. The key to defensive tactics lies on both sides, and Jackson and Zhou Xuan must make up for the defense at any time. On the surface, Zhou Xuan is very easy to defend Kidd, but he has a more important task. ”

The master led the way into the door, and the practice depends on the individual. Now Zhou Xuan's defensive awareness is no different from Jackson's, and with Marion, there are actually three people on the court who are good at defense.

The players on the field adjusted themselves, and Carlisle was also thinking about countermeasures, and it was impossible to let two selfless people take on the offensive load. Kidd was able to break through on his own when he encountered this kind of defense in the early days, and now the years are not forgiving, and if he plays like this, it would be nice to have a 35% shooting rate.

Kidd has already thought of a way, Nowitzki changed to the low post to receive the ball, singled Marion turned to the middle, Jackson guarded, Nowitzki passed the ball to Howard, Zhou Xuan couldn't change the defense, Howard jumped and scored. 6 to 5.

Zhou Xuan attacked, the Mavericks also mixed defense, and Kidd was at the top of the arc. He has excellent height and weight, and it won't be a noticeable flaw when out of alignment. Terry is dedicated to defending Ellis.

Marion was still pulled to the outside, Zhou Xuan and Randolph blocked and dismantled, and Nowitzki changed defenses. If it is an ordinary defender, at this time, he will consider immediately passing the ball to the person opposite Dampier, but Zhou Xuan noticed that Terry's running position is to pass to the breakthrough route on the right side, and Dampier is also more out.

Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball to the left, and the three-point line moved horizontally to distance Nowitzki, Kidd was experienced, and knew that the position could not be sandwiched, and Randolph did not cut to the inside, and went to the right side to cover without the ball to block Terry and help Ellis get rid of it.

If Randolph cuts to the middle and isn't fast, Nowitzki can go back to the defense to keep up, and Kidd on the side also has time to chase Zhou Xuan to break through, but Ellis cuts in the air and disrupts all this. Zhou Xuan's high ball was hung back to Ellis, Nowitzki was slow to retreat, and Ellis received the ball and made a layup in the middle, which was extremely easy. 8 to 5.

Zhou Xuan opened with a series of good balls.

Zhang Li shouted: "Today, the Mavericks' defense line did not shrink very much, and the Warriors played a beautiful air cut this time." In the positional attack, Ellis's speed was also brought into play. Dampier was too slow, and he couldn't come back as soon as he got out. ”

Yu Jia said with a smile: "If he doesn't go out, the warriors will shoot directly on the periphery, and Zhou Xuan can always send the ball to the easiest place to score." ”

The Mavericks attacked, and this time Nowitzki didn't get caught because he was on one side with Howard and Terry, and the other side became a complete weak side. He took a step with his back to Marion and suddenly turned around and broke through to the baseline, Marion was shaken and followed from the side, Randolph let go of Dampier and stood under the basket.

Nowitzki found himself in the trap again, and both men on the perimeter were marked, jumping up and playing the ball low to Dampier on the left.

Zhou Xuan thought of two possibilities from the beginning of Nowitzki's singles with the ball, one is to turn around to the middle and jump shot, Marion can interfere, and if he doesn't enter, he will play a fast attack, and the other is to turn around and go to the bottom line, which is easy to be trapped, and the passing sight is blocked, and he can only give it to Dampier nearby.

So Zhou Xuan immediately let go of Kidd after Nowitzki's first move to make a false move, rushed to the baseline, and just broke the ball.

Dampier was also responsible for the ball, he stood still, did not cut closer to the basket, and now subconsciously took a step towards Zhou Xuan, wanting to block his fast-break pass. This step was a bad thing, Zhou Xuan turned around and dribbled towards Dampier.

Dampier is tall, Zhou Xuan's head is at the position of Dampier's arm, and after hitting it, he threw garlic under his feet and threw the ball forward. This is the trick he learned from Martin to cheat fouls, out-and-out fake falls, and the most artistic thing is that the ball is thrown in the direction of Jackson, even if the referee doesn't blow it, teammates can keep the ball. The referee blew the ......

Dampier innocently stretched out his hands to the referee, who ignored him.

"This kid has mastered the rhythm of the game, Jason [Kidd] can't even disrupt it, what the hell is going on? Why does he seem to be so much better than he was in the regular season? Carlisle frowned on the sidelines.

The Mavericks won the last time they played against the Warriors in the regular season, and Carlisle felt that Kidd was more layered than Zhou Xuan, and he did a better job of supplementing and assisting defense. At that time, he thought that if the two sides met in the playoffs, the Mavericks had a slightly inferior lineup, and they had at least a 40% chance of winning. But in just one month, Zhou Xuan has greatly improved. It's not just defense, there's something confusing about it.

This kind of thing that makes people feel confused is temperament. Because Zhou Xuan won the assist king and the best rookie, his self-confidence has once again improved a notch. When one is fearless, one can perform at the full level of competition.

Zhou Xuan faced Kidd, glanced to the left, and beckoned. Now even the experienced Kidd was fooled, and decided that he was going to find a blocker again. Kidd immediately moved to the right, aiming to wait for Randolph to cover the back side, so that Zhou Xuan could only rush to the left, and Nowitzki went to block the other side, limiting him outside the three-point line.

What he didn't expect was that Zhou Xuan suddenly made a three-point shot, not a dry pull, but a very low jump and threw it. Zhou Xuan has been practicing this rhythm of three points all the time, and he is only in one position at the top of the arc. Marion's shot is very low, but not easy to block because he shoots quickly. For smaller players, a quick shot is a good option.

The Spanish national team's god pitcher "Bomb" Navarro is this number. Zhou Xuan watched the Olympic Games and was deeply impressed by him, and later looked for a video of him playing in the Grizzly Bear. Navarro is not tall and barely jumps when shooting, but he can dodge blocks. Zhou Xuan had already started to try, and occasionally came to the last one in the game.

Kidd couldn't get it, and the ball arced and landed in the basket. 11 to 5.

The Mavericks attacked, and Kidd passed the ball to Terry.

Barkley said: "Kidd passed again, and he doesn't plan to go head-to-head with Zhou Xuan." ”

"Terry can single Jackson as well, the Mavericks need someone to step up and score right now." Smith said.

Terry played a pick-and-roll with Nowitzki and distributed the ball to Nowitzki. The German tank was also difficult to get out of the face of Jackson. The Warriors let Ellis defend Howard, who was much faster despite being at a height disadvantage, and Howard didn't get many good chances.

Nowitzki dribbles and attacks on his own, and every time he makes the playoffs, he can put up beautiful statistics, and he is not afraid of anyone to defend on the offensive end. He dribbled two steps forward, then suddenly turned around in the middle and unleashed his trademark "Golden Rooster Independence" step-back jumper.

Jackson jumped up and interfered with all his might, but he couldn't cover it, and the ball hollowed into the net. 11 to 7.

Nowitzki jumped back with his left leg support after turning, while bending his right knee, maintaining a buffer zone between him and the defender, leaning back sharply, and pulling away from the defender for a while, creating at least a meter and a half of space when added up, so that the opponent could only watch him shoot and hope that he didn't feel good.

Zhou Xuan had already analyzed Nowitzki's move, it was not a trick suitable for him to learn, if it was used by a short defender, the power would be greatly reduced, and it would be difficult to ensure efficiency. This kind of turnaround jumper is not something that anyone can play.

The Warriors attacked, and Zhou Xuan found Randolph to cover and dodge Kidd, and did not directly single. The Mavericks' positioning is inclined to zone defense, as long as he plays alone, others will shrink the defense, Ellis's air cut will also suffer, and the block can attract at least one big man on the inside to switch defenses.

This time it was Novitzki who defended it, Zhou Xuan accelerated with the ball and walked to the left side, attracting Nowitzki to the bottom line in one breath, and then took a step back, took the ball and got up, and put his hands in a posture of hanging inside.

It's not just shots that can be feints, it's also passes. Nowitzki, in order to be completely deceived, first thought was that Randolph cut in. He turned his head to the side, only to find that the fat man was still in a high position, and because he was still in a high position, Kidd did not dare to chase after him.

In this short half a second of distraction, Zhou Xuan calmly made a jump shot on the weak side and hit it easily. 13 to 7.

Zhang Reasonable said: "This is Zhou Xuan's personal 7th point, 3 shots, judging from the previous Warriors' games, if he opens up this point and feels very good, the opponent will almost lose." Because it's hard to pack him, his passing is very penetrating. ”

Yu Jia said with a smile: "Many people are worried that Zhou Xuan will not be able to maintain the level of the regular season in the playoffs, but as a result, he is playing better and better now, scoring more points than in the regular season, his assists are still stable, and he surprises people more frequently on the defensive end." ”

The Mavericks attacked, and Kidd couldn't return one, this time to Howard. Howard opted for a single-hander on the right side of Ellis, and after probing, he made a pull-up jump shot that missed.

Dampier hadn't touched the ball for a few rounds, but this time he finally showed his face a second time, and he was in a fierce position with Randolph, grabbed the rebound in the front court, and jumped up and shot with one hand across Randolph.

Randolph couldn't cover it, but the ball was missed. The indomitable Dampier took another rebound in the frontcourt, and Randolph chose to foul. His ability to jump in succession is terrible.

Dampier didn't shoot a lot of free throws either, 63 in the regular season. 8% shooting, and very few teams "cut" him. This time he played well, hitting both free throws. 13 to 9.

Zhou Xuan dribbled across the half court after receiving the ball, and this time the Mavericks players all felt pressure, thinking about the same question, how would he attack this time?