Chapter 53: The Pre-Christmas Streak

Every year when it comes to Christmas, the NBA arranges several interesting games, and this year is no exception. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

This year, the NBA has three games scheduled for Christmas, two on the West side and one on the East side.

The main attraction of the game between the Rockets and the Lakers in the West is the "Yao Shark" battle, since Yao Min joined the NBA, his showdown with O'Neal is a very attractive attraction, in the 02-03 season when Liu Han has not returned to the NBA, the Yao Shark showdown will always attract a lot of attention from the East, although Yao Min is now unable to shake O'Neal's position as the first center, but the potential it shows is expected.

The matchup between the Mavericks and the Kings is a confrontation between two tactical systems, whether Princeton defeats the "Run-and-Bomb" or the Bulls trample on the King, this matchup is also quite attractive to senior fans.

Although the Kings lost Webb, they still maintained their strong team style this season, and by December 20, the Kings with an 18-6 record could finish third in the West, and the matchup with the Mavericks was a preview of the playoffs for Western Conference teams.

Although the Christmas Eve game on the eastern side is a confrontation between two weak teams, the duel between James, the "strongest high school student", and McGrady, the scoring champion of the last two times, is still very attractive to some fans.

The Cavaliers traded Ricky by December at James' urging? Davis, who doesn't take the opinions of team management and coaching staff seriously, and James repeatedly snatches the ball, completely annoys everyone on the Cavaliers.

James has shown the demeanor of a leader since joining the Cavaliers, although he lacks outside projection ability, but his vision, passing and breakthrough are top-notch, and he is not a particularly sticky person, so the role players of the Cavaliers are quite convinced of James.

On the Magic's side, McGrady's scoring has dropped from the previous two seasons, but his passing and playmaking have increased, and if it weren't for the Magic's role players, they wouldn't be at the bottom of the league right now.

Maddie is one of the league's emerging icons in recent years, and her experience as a lone hero is very popular with Americans who advocate individual heroism.

The Mavericks have two games to play before they go to the Kings on the road, in addition to one game at home against the Clippers, and the game against the Trail Blazers on December 23, both of which are not too big for the Mavericks, after all, these two teams are still relatively restrained by the Mavericks to a certain extent.

Although the Clippers have a poor record, they have a group of very good foot movers and top physical guards in their starting lineup, and the Clippers also have an All-Star level interior player, Elton? Brand, who is not tall but has a very solid interior foundation and movement speed comparable to that of an outside player, is mainly due to the coach's coaching style that does not match the team's players.

The main reason why the Mavericks lost to the Clippers last time was that the rhythm was disrupted by these daring players on offense, and Liu Han, a top outside defender, was also missing in defense.

On December 20, the Mavericks' game against the Clippers officially kicked off at the American Airlines Center Arena.

As soon as the game opened, Liu Han gave the Clippers a big gift, and he risked the Clippers' layups or dunks to break through to the interior in defense in a row.

In this game, the Mavericks did not defend the joint defense, but used the tactics of man-to-man, the Clippers outside actually had average projection ability, that is, relying on strong physical fitness to repeatedly break through the attack basket, Liu Han was very accurate, and took two Margeti and one Brand in a row, the Clippers' opening offense came to a standstill, and the Mavericks used Liu Han's cover after holding the ball to block and dismantle the frequent shots on the outside.

In the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks hit a total of eight three-pointers, of which Liu Han hit four alone.

At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Clippers by 14 points.

In the second quarter, the Clippers leaked a lack of bench depth, and after their rookie center Chris Carman went off the court with an injury, the Mavericks' bench used a wave of attacks to extend the margin to 20 points.

In the second half, Clippers head coach Dunleavy did not make any changes to the team's tactics, he was originally a more traditional and conservative person.

In the third quarter of the game, the Mavericks further extended their lead, and Liu Han was even more firepower in this quarter, hitting 7 three-pointers in a single quarter, completely destroying the Clippers, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by as many as 47 points at most.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks started to clock in and out of work, and the entire fourth quarter of the game was completely reduced to garbage time.

Liu Han hit a total of 13 three-pointers in this game and scored 51 points, and the Mavericks scored a super high score of 136 points, and finally led the Clippers by 41 points to end the game.

After finishing the game against the Clippers, the Mavericks have only one game left before Christmas, against the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers have had ups and downs this season, they can beat strong teams like the Lakers and Kings, or they can lose to weak teams like the Warriors and Bucks, the team's performance depends entirely on the attitude of the players, and the Trail Blazers' gang of "bandits" is really difficult to control.

The last time the two teams met was on Nov. 7, when the Mavericks took the opponent lightly, and Liu Han made a gang of bandits from the Trail Blazers unable to find the right direction to exert their strength.

This time the Mavericks are coming to Portland, and the Trail Blazers are looking for revenge.

However, when the game officially began, the Trail Blazers' performance was not satisfactory, first Rasheed Wallace fell into foul trouble, and just over the first quarter he was saddled with a second personal foul and had to go off the court.

Without Rashid Wallace's strategy in the high post, the Trail Blaids' offense is in trouble, and Randolph's low singles are certainly very powerful, but now the Mavericks can wrap him up to their heart's content, without fear of Rashid shooting in the high post.

After the Mavericks built a nine-point lead in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers were locked in a struggling chase for points.

But chasing the Mavericks' lead is a well-known problem in the league, which requires a good mindset and sustained motivation, but often when the Mavericks gradually expand the score, many teams will unconsciously fall into rhythmic chaos.

The situation is the same for the Trail Blazers now, but it is impossible to expect this "bandit" in Portland to be stable to play, so when the Mavericks led by 19 points at halftime, the Trail Blazers fell into collapse in the second half.

In the third quarter of the game, Liu Han once again threw a magical performance, shooting 8 of 8 three-pointers, allowing the Mavericks to lead the Trail Blazers by 36 points before the start of the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks started to clock out again in the third quarter.