The playoffs were unfavorable, and they lost to the Rockets miserably, and the Mavericks' players were under a lot of pressure. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Even Nowitzki had a poor hand, only 5-of-19 shooting, and was criticized by coach Johnson by name. Only Josh. Howard was praised by the junior general.

Josh not only scored 17 points in the first game, but also grabbed 10 rebounds. Jefferson shot just 2-of-6 from the field. The weakness of the Mavericks team is that it is a little weaker, and Howard's hard work is exactly what this team needs.

And Josh was holding back his strength to show off his skills, and he had deep feelings for the calf. This relationship began when he was a junior in high school, when Josh's culture class was very poor and he was not admitted to a prestigious school, which led him to repeat his studies for a year and eventually enter Wake Forest University. He could have gotten into better basketball schools, but they didn't show enough sincerity, and the Wake Forest coach offered Josh a scholarship. Josh's senior year at military school had already developed a tenacious nerve, and he was no longer easily moved by a few verbal promises, but only cared about those who truly respected him.

In this case, Josh. Howard worked hard to hone his game and was named All-American and ACC Division Player of the Year in his senior year. At this point, he finally had the time to graduate from college, and he had already achieved enough results on the court to make it to the NBA league with his head held high. But what made Josh angry happened, in the '03 draft, all nine teams that tried him out gave up on him, causing his pick to fall not only out of the expected top 10, but even out of the top 20.

That's when the Dallas Mavericks extended a friendly hand. The Mavericks were only 29th in the first round of the draft, and they didn't expect to pick the more popular Josh, and they didn't have a tryout for him before. In this way, Cuban gave a chance to a player he was not familiar with, and Josh saw unprecedented sincerity and respect in Cuban. At the critical moment of the team's survival, he is willing to give everything to repay the trust of this Bole.

On April 25, the Mavericks played the Rockets at home, and the second game began!

It was Dampier who came up and jumped the ball again. The referee didn't throw the ball high enough, and Yao Ming was slightly dissatisfied.

Nowitzki held the ball high and didn't get a shot under Bosh's tight defence. The ball was handed to Terry, but Billups took the lead and broke the ball. Changxi transported to the front court and handed it to Yao Ming, and Yao Ming pulled it out to a more outward position and turned around and shot a jumper, 2:0.

The Mavericks handed it to Finley this time, and he burst to the basket and was surrounded by multiple defenders, and Yao Ming grabbed the ball and threw it to Maddie in the scramble. The latter drove straight into an easy layup.

Terry broke through to attract the defense and passed to the outside, and Howard stepped on the line and hit a big two-point shot to finally open 4-2 for the Mavericks.

The Rockets didn't panic, and the two superstars Yao Mai did a pick-and-roll to disrupt the Mavericks' formation. Maddie made a quick stop and pretended to shoot a jump shot but threw it high to Yao Ming, Yao Ming jumped sideways to the basket and flicked it lightly in the air, which hit the ball with four or two thousand pounds, and also caused Dampier to foul and play 2+1.

Nowitzki missed a jumper, but Howard struggled to grab the rebound and give it to Terry. Yao Ming defended very aggressively, expanding to the outside to exert pressure, Terry reflected that he quickly hoisted back to Dampier on the inside, Yao Ming fell back a little slowly, and Dampier made an easy basket.

Maddy's strong inside foul caused another foul on Dampier, and Johnson was forced to replace him. Van Horn came off the bench. Maddie made 2 free throws, 9-4.

Josh. Howard forced a breakthrough and made a very reluctant layup, but the ball slid into the basket after 3 turns. The audience also gave him a round of applause.

Maddy missed a three-pointer and Nowitzki hit a shot. But Josh steals the pass and slams directly to the basket for a violent dunk, 9:8!

American Airlines fans were thrilled, and when other players were out of form and couldn't shoot, young Josh. Howard stepped up and led the team alone.

But the Rockets weren't just focused firepower, and Billups stepped up with a three-pointer to open up the difference.

Nowitzki was not willing to let Howard concentrate on the front, Harris made a strong layup and was blocked by Yao Ming, and the king of Nuo Tianwang grabbed the ball in the air and hit 12:10

After a few more rounds, Yao Ming singled and caused Van Horn's fouls in a row, and Johnson looked bad and replaced him with a substitute big bamboo pole Bradley, hoping to fight Yao Ming with a high command.

Johnson's setup is also very targeted, he wants the outside line to strengthen the rotation to increase the package for Maddie, and the inside line tries to contain Yao Ming 1-on-1. But Bradley's strength was really limited, and Yao Ming turned around again and completed the score with a small hook.

Mavericks' Josh shoots a three-pointer! He still carries the team's offensive power on his shoulders.

Maddie gradually became a little impatient, the opponent's rotation is very fast, and he always suddenly forms a trap on him, not to mention shooting, even passing the ball is not easy. Maddie is gradually being beaten out of her anger and is about to vent.

Finally Starkerhouse was a little distracted, and Maddie slammed into the baseline to break through his defense. Bradley hurriedly stepped forward to help defend, and Maddie jumped high and his head was already flat to the basket. Bradley, the league's No. 1 highest, actually failed to form a disturbance, and was almost ridden by Maddie to complete the violent dunk!

"Oh my God!" Barkley couldn't help but be shocked, "Maddie can have one more nickname - the giant killer!" ”

"It's going to be in the top 10 of the week." CCTV's commentator Xu Jicheng commented.

Maddie was also very excited after completing this difficult dunk and beat his chest to applaud. His teammates also high-fived him in celebration. The ball also resulted in a defensive foul on Bradley and Madiga hit the free throw.

Josh. Howard was again, and he hit a pull-up jumper again. He scored 11 points in the first quarter.

"Come on, Rocket! Come on, McGrady! Josh roared that he had dared to provoke the previous MVP.

Tang Shuai also began to get anxious, this little-known Howard was too fierce. He gestured on the sidelines to let ace Maddie switch to Howard, but Maddie was so engrossed in the court that he didn't notice.

Lao Tang was actually a little worried, and the Rockets still firmly controlled the rhythm of the game. Yao Ming, who was in a slump in the last game, was completely worthy of the opponent this time, and he once again caused Bradley's foul 2 free throws and 2 hits.

Johnson's brows were tightly knit and his face was full of sorrow, and the Yao Mai combination was too lethal to the inside line. At the end of the first quarter, Dampier had 2 fouls, Van Horn had 3 fouls, Bradley had 2 fouls, and the Mavericks' center trio was plagued by fouls. No one can defend against the in-form Yao Ming, who has scored 17 points on 7-of-7 free throws. Relying on Howard's hard work, the Mavericks only trailed by 4 points to end the first quarter. (To be continued.) )