Many years later, when Nowitzki scored 30,000 points before he retired, a reporter asked him if this was the most important game of his career, but Nowitzki replied after deep thought: "My most memorable game was Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals in '04, in which I learned how to play right, how to play like a core, if it wasn't for that game, I might not have been able to score 30,000 points at all." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

As Nowitzki said, everyone who watched that game will remember Nowitzki's performance, and in that game, he overpowered everyone, including O'Neill and Liu Han.

Back on May 27, 2004, the game was played in the third minute of the second quarter.

Xue Yuyang dodged and cut off Karim? Rush passed to Rick? Fox immediately stuffed the ball into the hands of veteran Allen McGee, who ran up to pick it up.

Allen McGee threw the ball directly to the front court after receiving the ball, Liu Han was already near the center circle at this time, and he still had Rick from the Lakers' back defense next to him? Fox and Finley.

Like a 100-meter race, the three rushed to the basketball together, but it was Liu Han who grabbed the ball first, and he was faster than the Lakers' two defenders.

Liu Han accelerated with the ball and rushed to the Lakers basket, and the Lakers' defenders did not give up the pursuit, they couldn't let Liu Han and the Mavericks play with momentum.

Liu Han jumped directly when he rushed to the Lakers' free throw line, and Finley and Fox on both sides of him also jumped to block Liu Han from behind, but what everyone didn't expect was that Liu Han was flying in the air with the ball in his right hand, but he suddenly changed hands, and then threw the ball back of his head with his left hand.

Finley and Fox could only watch as the ball flew back out of the middle of the three-point line, and at the top of the arc, Nowitzki followed.

Catching the ball, then jumping slightly, shaking the wrist lightly, the basketball flew to the basket in a wonderful arc, and Nowitzki's shot was very beautiful and perfect.

The basketball hollowed into the net, and the Mavericks overtook the score.

Nowitzki, who threw a three-pointer, raised his hands and made a three-point gesture with both hands, and he is now fully restored and seems to have a desire to burst.

The score was overtaken, Phil? Jackson immediately called a timeout, the momentum of the Mavericks has come up, he must interrupt this momentum, if the Mavericks continue to play like this, the Lakers have no chance at all.

After the timeout, the Lakers put all their main players back on the court, while the Mavericks still played with Liu Han and Nowitzki with three benches.

After the main team came on the court, the Lakers found a rhythm on the offensive end, and the Mavericks still wrapped up O'Neal's tactics, which gave the rest of the Lakers a lot of opportunities, Malone's high jump shot, Finley's breakthrough have been scored, but on the defensive end, the Lakers are not so smooth.

It's still Nowitzki, he seems to have suddenly opened his mind, in the past, his shooting style was biased towards the outside, and he shot directly after receiving the ball, relying on his height and high arc to bully the opponent, but today's Nowitzki is like a divine help, and his back play actually made O'Neill repeatedly deflated.

Nowitzki's back play is not particularly hard, just try to stay in the position, and then occasionally catch the ball and wait for his teammates to run, if the Lakers wrap him, he will pass the ball, and if he doesn't wrap him, he will turn around and shoot directly, O'Neal's height of two meters and one six meters to defend Nowitzki of two meters and three meters can't be blocked.

The Lakers' defense didn't dare to wrap Nowitzki too wantonly, after all, there was Liu Han on the outside, which was a bigger threat.

Nowitzki, who has opened his mind, has completely found his touch today, and he even took advantage of O'Neal's too close to shake O'Neal once under the basket with his foot, and also played O'Neal's two-and-one.

On the defensive end, the Lakers have no way to prevent the Mavericks' offense, they can only find a way on the offensive end, although the Lakers are in good shape today, but after all, their offensive efficiency is still not as good as the Mavericks, when it comes to shooting, there is probably no team in the league that dares to compare with the Mavericks.

By the end of the second quarter, the Mavericks had extended the margin to eight points, and Nowitzki scored 21 points alone in the second quarter, which made everyone have to look at the German.

After Liu Han joined the Mavericks, Nowitzki has been in a state of being underestimated, and many media believe that he will leave the Mavericks soon after, because his core position has been taken away by Liu Han, but now it seems that the Mavericks are not single-core, but dual-core, and Nowitzki's performance in the second quarter of the game is not lost to any superstar at all.

As the game entered the third quarter, the Mavericks made some adjustments, Liu Han and Nowitzki both went off the court for two to three minutes of rest, and the Lakers also took the opportunity to catch some scores.

However, when Liu Han and Nowitzki returned, the situation on the court was controlled by the Mavericks.

Liu Han noticed the change in Nowitzki's state early today, he assisted Nowitzki with all his strength in the second quarter, and in the third quarter, Liu Han frequently played classic blocking and dismantling cooperation with Nowitzki, with the help of Nowitzki, who was in full shape, although Liu Han's score was not much, but his assists had come to 15 just over halfway through the third quarter, and at this time the Mavericks had expanded the difference to 12 points.

The Lakers finally had some fluctuations as the Mavericks continued to widen the point difference, and the mentality of the players gradually became unbalanced, and even Malone and Payton were a little out of order, as untitled veterans, they were more desperate than others to win the game, but things often didn't work out in a hurry.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Lakers' offensive efficiency suddenly plummeted, and there were also leaks in the defense.

Nowitzki played more flexible in the second half of the third quarter, he was no longer obsessed with the low post back play, but also played blocking and dismantling with Liu Han, or relying on his teammates' cover pockets to shoot three points from the outside, although his speed was not fast, but the constant movement still made O'Neal who defended him tired.

By the end of the third quarter, Staples had already resigned himself to his fate, because the Mavericks had led the Lakers by 23 points by this time.

After entering the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers also tried to organize a wave of counterattacks, and they wanted to use fouls to interrupt the rhythm of the Mavericks, but the Mavericks did not have a particularly bad player on the free throw team, and Nowitzki, who was already completely overwhelmed, was unstoppable.

When the game entered the seventh minute of the fourth quarter, Phil? Jackson resigned himself to replacing the main team, and the Lakers surrendered early, and the Mavericks had a 27-point lead over the Lakers at this time.

In the end, the Lakers failed to hold on to either of their two home courts, 127-99, and the gap between the two teams looked a bit wide.

Liu Han scored double 20+ data in this game, 24 points plus 22 assists, his performance was very eye-catching, but today's protagonist is Nowitzki, 49 points plus 14 rebounds, Nowitzki is the real protagonist today.