Chapter 129: The True Embodiment of Speed (I)
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In the commentary booth at the American Airlines Center, Kenny? Smith was teasing Cuban again.
"It's normal, Kenny, Cuban is going through his team's Finals for the first time, and he definitely doesn't want his team to lose."
"Hey Charles, how do I think you seem to be a big fan of the Mavericks right now, are you a fan of theirs now?"
"Of course not, I'm just a fan of Chinese Liu, he's an amazing guy."
The game is about to start and most of the fans are ready and waiting for the excitement to begin.
A whistle sounded, and in the middle circle Rinowitzki preceded Ben? Wallace dialed in to the basketball.
Although Nowitzki's bouncing ability is completely incomprehensible to this? Wallace, but this time he chose the timing of the jump shot accurately, and Ben? Wallace height does have moisture.
Everyone on the Pistons team immediately returned to the defense as soon as they saw Nowitzki's jump ball win, and at the same time, Prince immediately stuck Liu Han's position to prevent the opponent from lifting up the speed at the first time.
However, the Pistons still underestimated the Mavericks' pursuit of speed, although the Mavericks players were a little nervous except for Liu Han, but they instinctively sprinted to the Pistons halfcourt, and Liu Han suddenly made a waist force as soon as he jumped into the air to grab the ball, and passed the ball directly to the front court without landing.
Odom, who had rushed to the three-point line, suddenly slowed down, also did not land in the air, and directly twisted his waist and turned to exert force, and the ball flew directly to the Pistons basket after Odom's pass.
Josh Howard, who rushed forward with his head covered at the beginning of the game, stepped into the free throw line and took off directly, the ball just reached him at the highest point, and Josh Howard stretched out his arms as much as he could to dunk the basketball downward.
Everyone on the Pistons was amazed at the Mavericks' extreme speed in their own half, watching Josh Howard reluctantly put the ball into the basket as the Mavericks' first offense took less than four seconds.
"Oh my God, it's so fast, I swear I almost couldn't keep up with this ball just now, my eyes can't keep up with the Mavericks' speed, it's horrible, they took the speed to the extreme."
With the easy scoring of the first goal, the entire American Airlines Center arena boiled, this kind of 100-meter race-like sprint is very easy to make people's blood boil, even the commentator Kenny was shocked, no team has ever dared to play like this in the first attack.
The Mavericks' downplay did make a difference, and the Pistons were stunned for two seconds before they started serving from the baseline.
Billups met Liu Han's tight defense just after half with the ball, he is a point guard who controls the rhythm, although his physical fitness is good among point guards, but he is much worse than Liu Han than Loops.
It is obviously impossible to use speed to force Liu Han, and Billups is also helpless against Liu Han's defense, he was forced by Liu Han to keep moving towards the dead corner, and in desperation, Billups could only pass the ball to Hamilton at the top of the arc.
However, Billups' risky pass was almost cut off by Josh Howard, who may have been a little unruly in normal times, but in the Finals, he was more active and relaxed than Nowitzki, Odom, Jamison and others.
However, Josh Howard's risky steal did not succeed, on the contrary, he was stuck behind by Hamilton using experience, and at the same time, Hamilton immediately made a shooting action at the moment of receiving the ball, Josh Howard couldn't stop the car and knocked Hamilton down, and the Pistons got a free throw opportunity.
The American Airlines Center arena was immediately booed as the referee's whistle blew, and today's American Airlines Center is comparable to the famous devil's home stadium in the league.
The Mavericks are full of vigor and like to take the initiative in both defense and offense, while the Pistons are more passive, their style of play is to try not to make mistakes, and then force the opponent to make more mistakes.
The game continued, but then the Mavericks' offense was no longer as extreme as the first offense, Liu Han steadily advanced to the front court and hoisted the ball into the hands of Nowitzki inside, Nowitzki received the ball and leaned against Ben? Wallace immediately turned around and shot independently, but unfortunately the ball bounced out of the basket, Nowitzki was obviously a little nervous today, Ben? Wallace's defense didn't do anything with his height and high shooting points, but Nowitzki was visibly shaking his wrist when he took the shot.
Basket Ben? Wallace got stuck and grabbed the rebound, and the Pistons slowly began to push forward in a leisurely manner.
The rest of the Mavericks immediately retreated to defense, but Liu Han pressed Billups again.
Liu Han put a lot of pressure on Billups at the beginning of the match, and he spread his arms and kept moving under his feet, killing Billups' line of travel.
Seeing that the referee had already passed more than five seconds, Billups had to pass the ball to Rashid in front of the court early? Wallace in his hands.
Just in Rashid? Wallace stopped to catch the ball when Jamison flashed out and cut it off.
The Mavericks didn't focus on offense as they usually do in today's game, they did the opposite, playing tight and pressing from the start of the game.
This is actually another manifestation of their speed, the Pistons will definitely have to increase their passing after pressing, and they will definitely not be too careful at the beginning, which is human nature, and the Mavericks will take advantage of the opportunity for the Pistons to gain a foothold and open the score first.
Jamison didn't dribble the ball more after breaking the ball, but threw the ball to the rebound, Liu Han fell from the sky under the basket, and scored a dunk when there was no one to defend, and Billups couldn't keep up with Liu Han in terms of speed at all.
The Mavericks' tactics seem to be a bit risky, but from another point of view, this just plays to their speed advantage, their average age is relatively young, and due to the presence of TCM physiotherapists in the team, the players' physical strength is more abundant than that of the Pistons.
The Pistons were a little dazed by the Mavericks' tactics, which was completely different from what they saw with the Mavericks in the game footage.
Billups' face was a little dark, and he was actually a little embarrassed that he had missed two of his passes, one of which had caused a goal to be conceded, which he did not want to see.