Chapter 12 Evenly matched

Liu Han grabbed the rebound and did not continue to dribble the ball, but directly passed the ball to Odom, who had already run past half court, who did not continue to dribble the ball after receiving the ball but threw the ball high, and the Lakers basket Jamison flew up to catch the ball and dunked, and the Mavericks expanded the difference to four points. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

An offense of less than four seconds has shown everyone on the Lakers how terrible this Mavericks can be.

Right now, the Mavericks have a very good athleticism with the exception of Nowitzki, who is slower.

Such a swift and lightning-fast break was only seen in the "RUN-TMC" trio created by Don Nelson when he was coaching the Golden State Warriors, when the "TMC" duo of Hardaway, Mullin and Richmond averaged 72.5 points per game in the 1990-91 season, and the Golden State Warriors averaged 116.6 points per game that season, the highest in the league.

The current Mavericks are definitely a lot slower than the "TMC" combination at the time in terms of absolute speed, but fortunately, the Mavericks have no shortage of suitable passers, Jamison and Odom are players who are willing to share the ball, and they are not short in height, and they have very good athleticism, which can play a good role in positional battles.

Liu Han doesn't need to hold the ball all in the offense, he can give the ball to Odom or Jamison to organize again after he fails to break through, and he can also fall to the low post to find a single opportunity, but the Lakers are definitely unwilling to leave such an opportunity to Liu Han, everyone knows that Liu Han is a player who can go head-to-head with Jordan, and there is no difference between putting such a player in the low post and sending points.

The Lakers not only did not tie the score after a timeout, but even fell behind more, which made the Lakers players have some doubts about the head coach's tactical arrangement, especially O'Neal, who was originally unhappy with Phil Jackson, and now Jackson asked him to play less and respond more, O'Neal was very angry.

The game continued, after the Lakers attacked the half, O'Neal directly asked for the ball in the low post, but Payton did not give O'Neal the ball again, but passed the ball to the high post Malone, who took the ball and hit two points, O'Neal's single request attracted the attention of the Mavericks' defense, and Jamison was going to pinch O'Neal's, so his defensive Malone leaked.

The Lakers played well and their tactical thinking was clear, but O'Neal was very unhappy.

In the next game, the Mavericks began to implement the tactics arranged by Liu Han during that timeout, Liu Han dribbled the ball across the half, and even directly let Odom dribble the ball across the half, and then Liu Han fell low, and the Mavericks actually took the initiative to reduce the speed of the offense to play.

However, the Mavericks' style of play makes the Lakers very uncomfortable, Nowitzki does not enter the interior, but only covers his teammates in the high position, and if Liu Han gets the ball in the low post, the Lakers must have someone to go up to cover it, Payton alone can't guard against Liu Han at all now, but once Liu Han is trapped, the Mavericks' three points will make the Lakers extremely jealous.

With two minutes left in the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Lakers by five points, 30-25.

The Lakers made the first adjustment, although O'Neal stayed on the court, Payton and Malone were rested, Phil Jackson took over the team for too short, he was still in a state of exploration, and now there is no chemistry between "F4" at all, and he has to adjust the lineup again.

The Mavericks also made adjustments, Liu Han continued to play to lead the team's offense and defense, but Nowitzki and veteran Allen McGee were rested, rookie Josh Howard played, and "Big Bamboo Pole" Bradley also got a chance to play.

However, in the last two minutes of the first quarter, the Mavericks had some problems, Bradley was too slow, in addition to being completely taller than O'Neal, at most protecting defensive rebounds in defense, Bradley became a drag on the team in the offense, it is obvious that the 93-year-old leader is not suitable for the Mavericks' tactics at all, even if Liu Han intends to slow down to play, Bradley's running is not active enough.

The Lakers took advantage of the Mavericks' unsuccessful attacks to tie the score, and O'Neal gave Bradley two fouls in a row as soon as he came on the court.

By the end of the first quarter, the Lakers had tied the score at 32.

After entering the second quarter of the game, the two teams replaced the bench players, the Lakers side was led by Derrick Fisher to lead the team to attack, and there were rookies like Luke Wharton in the team, although compared with his father "Big Red Jellyfish" Bill Wharton, Luke Wharton was called scum by the Lakers in the second round, but I have to admit that Luke Wharton, as the second generation of stars, is not stage frightened at all.

The Mavericks' bench lineup is a little thinner, not to mention the performance of the two rookies, like Travis? Best, Edondo? A player like Nahura really doesn't really make much difference on the pitch.

Xue Yuyang also got the opportunity to play in the second quarter, although his confrontation ability is still very weak, and the strength of the upper body is insufficient, but the good movement makes up for these, which is why he has won the trust of Nelson, the speed of Xue Yuyang, who is two meters and two, is not much different from Jamison, which is rare among the yellow race, of course, Liu Han is an exception.

The Lakers relied on the excellent play of the bench to extend the lead to six points halfway through the second quarter.

After that, Nelson decisively sent the main players in advance, and Nowitzki appeared first, but he missed the three-point accuracy today, mainly because he was trying his best to learn Liu Han's three-point shooting posture, which made his shooting rate very low.

Next, Liu Han and others also appeared one after another, and the Lakers also began to replace the main players.

Liu Han began to take over the game after he came on the court, he increased his breakthrough, and then scored a strong attack under the basket, causing fouls on the Lakers' inside, and he also actively wrapped up O'Neal in defense, although O'Neal still scored several goals strongly, but his efficiency still decreased a lot.

Gradually, the Mavericks slowly caught up with the score.

The Lakers have four kings but they are not well used, Phil Jackson is testing the various combinations of the team's lineup, and at the same time is also testing the bottom line of each player, after all, there are many big names in the Lakers team, Phil Jackson needs to adjust their relationship, after all, he is a person who has worked with Jordan, and in terms of cooperation with big-name stars, Phil Jackson still has his own set of methods.

With one minute left in the second quarter, the Mavericks put the score behind the Lakers at 56-53.

Liu Han scored 16 points, along with seven assists and seven rebounds in the first half, while O'Neal was much stronger, chipped in a double-double in the first half, and 19 points and 10 rebounds were enough to show his dominance.

The two teams were almost tied in the first half.