Chapter 103: Wolves Ravage Houston, Mavericks Encounter Fierce Enemies (4)

The day after the Mavericks' first game against the Timberwolves, the second round of the playoffs in the East and West was in full swing, but considering it was midweek, the maximum number of games per day was two. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On May 5, the game between the Spurs and the Lakers also officially began, and in the first game between the two teams, the Spurs had the last laugh.

O'Neal scored 32 points and added 15 rebounds in this game, but that didn't change the sluggish state of the rest of the Lakers' players, except for O'Neal, only Finley and Malone scored double-digit points, and one was 15 points, one was 13 points, and none of the others scored double-doubles, and among the Lakers' benches, only Derrick? Fisher and Medvedenko got the points, the others didn't get a single point.

On the other hand, on the Spurs' side, Parker finished Peyton in the game, and the 36-year-old Payton couldn't keep up with the speed of the French sports car, Parker scored 30 points on 13-of-23 shooting in the game, while Duncan's side scored 24 points more efficiently, not to mention his athletic scores, just those 13 free throws were enough to collapse the Lakers' interior defense.

95-85, the Lakers, who swept many teams in the early part of the regular season, showed their original form in front of the veteran Spurs.

On May 6, the Heat unexpectedly lost 81-94 to the Pacers, although Wade scored a team-high 22 points, but the Pacers' defense still made the Heat suffer, and this series should have ended with the Pacers advancing if it was unexpected, after all, the Pacers have much more experience and bench depth than the Heat.

On May 7, the Nets lost to the Pistons again, and the East continued the trend of strong defensive teams.

Compared with the embarrassing score in the last game, the state of the Nets in this game has recovered slightly, but in the face of the Pistons' defense from the inside out, the Nets still lack enough outside firepower, Kobe Bryant has practiced a lot in outside projection in the past two years, but he still can't change the team's situation alone, and his personality is too arrogant.

After this game, it will be the weekend's game, which will be the second matchup between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks and the second matchup between the Heat and the Pacers on Saturday, while on Sunday, the Lakers will play another game against the Spurs and the Nets and Pistons will move to New Jersey.

After the end of the last game, the Timberwolves looked a little indignant in an interview, and Garnett even sprayed directly, saying that the Mavericks would only use dirty tactics, and Fortson was a pervert, but Garnett's remarks were immediately punished by the league, compared to Garnett's bad record, Fortson is really a good person.

Although the Timberwolves were quite unconvinced, they still studied the game carefully after the game, and Sanders always believed that if they wanted to beat the Mavericks, they must first get Liu Han down, but how to limit or get Liu Han down is a difficult task to complete.

Coming to the American Airlines Center arena again, the players of the Timberwolves brought a trace of blood, maybe they were unwilling to fail, or maybe the coach or Garnett gave the team some "psychological counseling", Garnett was very powerful in the Timberwolves, and he also beat the team's rookie in training back then, but it was the rookie who left in the end, Garnett was not punished at all, in this world, there are not too many places that are really fair.

After the game started, Liu Han was the first to exert his power, and the Mavericks once again played a fourth-quarter game, and other players either pulled away or covered Liu Han, allowing Liu Han to break into the interior and cause the Timberwolves to kill.

The Timberwolves really hit the plan, and the inside line Elvin? Johnson and Garnett each paid a foul, but Liu Han noticed something strange in these two contacts with the opponent, the opponent's foul was quite ruthless, he did not hesitate, and went straight to Liu Han's vital point, if it wasn't for Liu Han's clever dodge, maybe he would have gone back to the locker room for treatment at this time.

After noticing the abnormality, Liu Han decisively reduced the number of times he broke into the inner line, and he began to fire more on the periphery.

Now Liu Han is not the stunned young man he was back then, Liu Han may not have considered being directly tough at all, but now Liu Han will not do this, he is a person who is about to become a father, he doesn't want to sit in a wheelchair or hold his child in bandages, and besides, not being able to break through does not necessarily mean that he can't defeat the opponent, and then think of other ways, the Mavericks don't have anything else, and the offensive firepower weapons are enough.

After the Mavericks' breakthrough decreased, the Timberwolves began to expand their defense, and the situation on the court changed rapidly, and the Mavericks' outside projection suddenly became inaccurate, and the Timberwolves began to fight the Mavericks' counterattack in the opposite direction.

Sanders dared to do this in such a game, after all, all teams in the league know how terrifying the Mavericks' speed is, and the Timberwolves now dare to play the Mavericks' chasing counterattack, which is enough to see that Sanders has actually changed.

The Timberwolves' counter-attacks have been effective because they still have an advantage in rebounding, and more importantly, the speed of both Sprewell and Garnett can play such counterattacks.

Maybe Sprewell can defend the Mavericks with a counterattack, but when Garnett rushes up, the Mavericks can't defend.

Five minutes into the first quarter, the Mavericks trailed the Timberwolves by six points.

Liu Han knew what he had to do at this time, as the leader of the team, he couldn't let the other party be unscrupulous in front of him.

Since the other party wanted to bring up the speed, Liu Han felt that it was necessary for the other party to really see the terrible speed of the Mavericks, he began to raise three fingers and gestured to his teammates, this is a tactic that was discussed before, and the Mavericks will be completely "running and bombing" next.

After Liu Han raised three fingers, the speed of the Mavericks suddenly exploded, Liu Han took the ball to the frontcourt, and then without the slightest reason to pass the ball to Nowitzki who came out of the cover pocket of Fortson, Nowitzki did not consider taking a three-point shot directly after receiving the ball, and the ball bounced in the front of the rebound and luckily rolled into the net, Nowitzki is now better at this kind of direct shot after receiving the ball.

Simple, direct, unreasonable, this is the way of play that the Mavericks have been following, maybe there will be a sudden failure of this style of play at the beginning, after all, no one can necessarily guarantee the feel, but this tactic plays more players will form a set of independent memories, as long as the rhythm arrives, almost the shot is almost the same.

The Mavericks have now imprinted this pure speed offense in their minds.