Chapter 113: Don't let go of the old master Liu Han and fight to defend the pistons (II)
In the 03-04 NBA regular season, there is a consensus, that is, the Mavericks who completely turn on the acceleration switch are invincible, continuous rapid chase counterattacks will make a defensive team collapse in a short period of time, the ubiquitous three-point rain makes all coaches have scalp tingling, according to the current lineup of teams in the league, no team can keep up with the speed of the Mavericks. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
So Phil Jackson's timeout was indecisive, even though the Lakers still have a four-point lead.
But what Phil Jackson didn't expect was that the timeout failed to stop the Mavericks' already rising state, after Nowitzki, Odom also opened outside the three-point line, Liu Han also hit a three-point shot, and after just four rounds, the Mavericks actually led the Lakers by 6 points.
The entire American Airlines Center arena was already standing and watching the game in the sixth minute of the first quarter, and their excitement made them stand up, as did everyone.
"It's incredible, every time I see a scene like this, I think if I was wrong, should I also practice three-point shooting, this is not our NBA game back then."
Barkley was also made enthusiastic by the Mavericks' series of three-point rain, he never thought that the original three-point could be such bloody, when he dominated the interior line, he only felt that the confrontation between muscles was the coolest, but now he doesn't think so, and the attack wave like a wave will also make people adrenaline secrete.
"Haha, Charles, the most important thing you should have done was to lose the flesh on your ass, your body looked uncoordinated at the time, and you would lose your center of gravity if you shoot three points like this, haha."
Kenny? Smith seized the time to tease his partner.
Seeing that the opponent has a tendency to pull the difference apart, Phil? Jackson had to call a timeout again, he was a coach who rarely called a timeout in a game, but today he made an exception, the last time it was when the Lakers with Liu Han played against the Bulls with Jordan.
Phil Jackson, who replaced Malone and Payton after the timeout, felt the team needed more dynamic players right now.
However, the Mavericks, who have regained their form, are not something that the Lakers' semi-bench and semi-main lineup can stop.
Liu Han took over the game in the next four minutes, scoring 10 points on inside and outside shots, which brought his first quarter to 15 points, and more importantly, the Mavericks also had a big impact on the Lakers' offense after adopting a joint defense, and O'Neal was not as strong as he was at the beginning.
By the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks had stretched the margin to more than 10 points.
The second quarter began with a contest between the two teams on the bench, although the Lakers bench lineup was more experienced, but the Mavericks' bench was more powerful outside the three-point line, and at the same time, under the control of veteran Allen McGee, the Mavericks always controlled the rhythm of the game, if it wasn't for Derrick on the Lakers bench? Fisher scored six straight points from the three-point line, and maybe the Mavericks could stretch the margin to 20 points in the first half of the second quarter.
After Phil? Jackson replaced Malone and Payton, who had been rested for a long time, to control the situation, and the Lakers took the opportunity to catch up with a few points, but after Liu Han returned to the court, he hit consecutive three-pointers to pull the score away, and the Mavericks regained control.
By the end of the second quarter, the Mavericks had stabilized the margin at around 15 points.
After entering the third quarter, O'Neal began to attack the inside, but Nelson instructed his players to send O'Neal to the free throw line as much as he wanted, so the Mavericks used the "shark cutting tactic" against O'Neal with a 15-point lead, which made O'Neal very depressed, he is now a torment every time he goes to the free throw line, and the weight he has gained over the years has made him forget the yoga training that Li Rui gave him back then, and with the decline in the free throw shooting rate, he actually has a sense of irritability about the free throw in his heart, This exacerbated the drop in his free-throw shooting percentage.
Faced with such a situation, Phil? Jackson had to replace O'Neal with a rest and let Malone and Payton take the lead.
After O'Neal left the court, the Mavericks' style suddenly changed, and they began to play strong offense in the low post and blocking and pick-and-roll tactics in the high post, in addition to Princeton tactics.
Liu Han gave up holding the ball and let Odom be in charge of controlling the ball, Liu Han looked for a single opportunity in the low post, Nowitzki and Odom played a block and pick and roll in the high post, and if there was a chance, he shot himself, and if he didn't have a chance, he handed it to Liu Han in the low post or passed to Josh in the empty cut? Howard, the entire Mavericks' offense is like a kaleidoscope, so that the Lakers can't find a clue to defend, the man-to-man defense is basically no different from sending points here in Liu Han, and now there are no players in the league who can defend Liu Han alone in the low post, which is the meaning of dominance.
With three minutes left in the third quarter, the Mavericks stretched the margin to more than 20 points, and the Lakers were already in extreme passivity.
In the fourth quarter, the Lakers also tried to make a last-ditch fight, but under the Mavericks' ultra-high three-point shooting, the Lakers had little chance of catching up.
With less than five minutes left in the game, the Lakers replaced their main team and surrendered, and by this time the Mavericks had a 25-point lead over the Lakers.
120-97, the Mavericks beat the Lakers in their first home game, Liu Han cut a triple-double, and his 33 points were also the highest in the game.
The day after the Western Conference Finals, there was also a game in the East, where the Pacers' home court saw two defensive teams play a muscle-to-muscle clash of muscles.
The Pistons are very tough on the inside and the Pacers are top-notch on the outside, and two teams with the same defensive style but their own systems turn the game into a wrestling arena.
However, compared to the Pistons, the Pacers have an advantage in the bench, their bench players scored 19 points, while the Pistons bench only scored 9 points, which opened up the gap between the two teams.
The Pistons' off-ball running did cause the Pacers some problems, but it was trouble at best, and they didn't have a solution.
Hamilton scored a game-high 23 points, while the Pacers' O'Neal Jr. also scored 21 points inside along with 14 rebounds.
The Pistons? Wallace grabbed 22 rebounds with a lot of toughness, but his poor offense made 22 rebounds seem meaningless.
In the end, the Pacers had the last laugh in this defensive battle, 74-78, and the scores of each team were less than the Mavericks' scores in the third quarter.