Chapter Twenty-Four: In the Spur of Tai Chi

At the start of the game, Nowitzki won a miraculous victory over Spurs' starting center Nesterovic, the big man from Ljubljana, Slovenia, who jumped early in the jump ball, allowing Nowitzki to seize the opportunity to win a rare time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Nowitzki's ball was snatched by Odom, and the Mavericks attacked first.

Liu Han took the opportunity to play quickly, but Bruce Bowen sucked directly on Liu Han's body like an octopus, which made it difficult for Odom to find a chance to pass, and the Mavericks turned to positional battles in desperation.

Liu Han didn't play an offense, and then he used Jamison's cover to get rid of Bowen's close pressing a little and then smoothly received the ball from outside the three-point line.

Bowen immediately bypassed Jamison to continue to chase Liu Han, Liu Han took the ball with both hands outside the three-point line, Bowen immediately jumped up and blocked, and other Bowen may interfere after being close, but for Liu Han, Bowen did not dare to be careless.

In fact, the defensive players in the league now will also do some research on Liu Han in normal times, but they will all feel that Liu Han is the most difficult kind of person to defend, with a long range, strong stability, and is not afraid of confrontation, in addition, Coach Nelson's recent deterrence tactics have also played their due role, and everyone will fall into a long period of thinking when defending Liu Han, because it is difficult for defenders to guess what Liu Han's next move will be.

Bowen flew up and jumped up to block Liu Han's shot, but Liu Han's raised two-handed ball was retracted, and at the same time dribbling to the left to break through, Bowen quickly spread his legs in the air, intending to limit Liu Han's breakthrough with unconventional movements, but Liu Han surprised Bowen again, Liu Han, who had just moved forward and seemed to accelerate the breakthrough, instantly adjusted his center of gravity, and at the same time jumped back with his feet outside the three-point line to shoot calmly.

Bowen's series of defensive moves were understood by Liu Han, but Bowen couldn't guess Liu Han's offensive intentions at all, and even if he could guess Liu Han's intentions, it was estimated that he couldn't defend it, because Liu Han's movements seemed simple but not anyone could do it, so that the smooth connection and rapid adjustment of the center of gravity required extremely high body coordination and control.

The ball hit the basket from beyond the three-point line, and the Mavericks took the lead from the start.

Popovich has no envy for Nelson, a player like Liu Han is every coach's favorite, but Popovich also knows that Liu Han will never come to his team, and he has no plans to trade Liu Han to the Spurs except for envy.

The Spurs are still slowly advancing at their own pace, although Tony Parker is actually very fond of high-speed advancement in his nature, but after coming to the Spurs, he gradually changed his ball control after being criticized by Popovich many times.

After Parker dribbled to the frontcourt, the Spurs' formation quickly rotated, with Duncan covering Parker high and Nesterovic falling low to take position.

Parker relied on Duncan to cover the ball and burst to the top of the arc to meet Jamison's help defense, Duncan took advantage of the situation to cut diagonally, Parker passed the ball from the gap between Jamison and Allen McGee to Duncan, but at this moment Liu Han suddenly gave up his defense Bowen appeared on the running line of the ball and cut the ball, and the Spurs' offense was directly seen through by Liu Han just now.

As soon as Liu Han broke the ball, the speed of the Mavericks was completely up, Odom, Allen McGee and Jamison rushed down, Liu Han directly threw the ball into the hands of Alan McGee, who also did not take the ball and crossed the middle again to follow up Jamison, Jamison hit the ball to the left with both hands, and Odom on the left side received the ball and flew into a violent dunk.

The spurs who "played Tai Chi" met the calf who played the "Six Veins Divine Sword", and the spurs suddenly couldn't play, and they were attacked by the calf at the beginning.

The Spurs' on-court players were not alarmed by the opening point loss, and under Duncan's influence, the Spurs players seemed to have a temperament of honor and disgrace.

However, there are still a lot of problems with the Spurs' offense, Nesterovic is basically an advantage point against Nowitz, but although Nesterovic is a European player, he lacks offensive means, and he can't even beat Nowitzki with his back, and Duncan is frequently sandwiched by Jamison and Odom, Parker's mid-range shooting is unstable, Bowen is completely disappeared under Liu Han's care, Ginobili does not perform well in the starting situation, and the Argentine seems to be more suitable to lead the substitute players to play.

By the 5-minute mark of the first quarter, the Spurs had scored just seven points, while the Mavericks had already scored 15 points, and the two sides didn't seem to be a team of the same grade.

Popovich had to call an early timeout, he could tolerate his team's poor performance at the start of the season, but he couldn't tolerate a big loss.

On the Mavericks' side, in addition to Liu Han's three-point shot, Nowitzki also hit a three-pointer, and Duncan couldn't defend him outside of the three-point line.

Relying on three-pointers and a rapid break, the Mavericks were able to lead by eight points so quickly.

Nelson was more satisfied with the team's performance, at least against the Spurs, the Mavericks should have played the offense, and the defensive players also had positive performances, especially Jamison and Nowitzki, one of them marked Duncan, the other marked the opponent's starting center, and the two often switched defenses, both of which had a certain effect.

Liu Han doesn't feel any pressure on Bowen's defense now, after all, he once educated Bowen in the game and caused the opponent to leave the court with an injury, and now he can abuse the opponent with a strong deterrent and more mature basketball skills.

Popovich made a change to his team's tactics after the timeout, with Nesterovic being replaced, Duncan being pushed to the center, and he also replacing the underperforming Ginobili, and the two players who were substituted were Malik? Ross and Robert? Hori.

Horry is an old friend of Liu Han, he expired his contract with the Lakers this year, and then came to the Spurs to sign a low salary, he doesn't care about money, he just wants to win a few more championships.

Marik Cross was Liu Han's rookie in the same year, but he was not drafted by the Charlotte Hornets until the 15th pick in the second round, but after coming to the Spurs, his defensive ability was developed by Popovich, and last season he could pick up 6.5 rebounds and 10.4 points in limited playing time, which is considered one of the "bandits" on the bench of the Spurs.

After the game restarted, the Spurs still played at a slow pace, but their main game now is Duncan, Duncan directly fell to the low post to play Nowitzki, and passed the ball when he encountered the Mavericks' package, and the Spurs gradually stabilized the situation.