After the warm-up, the starting lineups of the two teams were released one after another.

On the Spurs' side, Terry Porter and Derrick Anderson on the outside, Sean Elliott on the perimeter, Duncan and David Robinson on the perimeter.

On the Mavericks' side, it's still the regular five Tigers of Nash, Sun Hao, Finley, Nowitzki and Leitner.

The game was about to start, and at this moment, Esley pulled Sun Hao and said something.

The general content is that there is a kind of antelope called the black horse antelope, because it is born with long horns, and is not afraid of lions or tigers.

Sun Hao probably knew what he meant, which was to encourage him not to be afraid of losing the previous two games.

It was impossible to be afraid, but after listening to it, he felt that he could tell Nowitzki about it when he had the opportunity to do so.

After all, the king of silver horns was born with horns.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Duncan turned the ball back into the Spurs' half court and officially kicked off the game.

The Spurs started with a simple and clear play, Robinson pulled to the free throw line, the other shooters spread their wings, and Robinson hoisted the ball to Duncan under the basket for a single.

This is the way the Spurs played at the beginning of the century, because Duncan has already shown strong offensive ability, and there is no need for other tactics at all.

What hammers, blocking, and dismantling are all evolved and assisted by Duncan's ability on the offensive end.

It was Leitner who defended Duncan on the Mavericks' side.

He was clearly unable to parry, and Duncan turned around and put the ball into the basket with a 45° wipe of the board.

The Spurs went first.

The Mavericks attacked, Nash and Nowitzki played a pick-and-roll, and Nowitzki caught the ball after the breakdown.

He squeezed past Anderson, who switched defenses, but just as he was making a move, Robinson returned to the basket and gave him a big risk!

Although he is 35 years old, "The Admiral" still averages 2.5 blocks per game this season.

When Duncan puts his focus on the offensive end, he is the biggest defensive barrier for the Spurs inside.

The Mavericks sent the ball out on the sideline, and Finley caught the ball and shook it to mid-range.

But Duncan's defensive area was huge, and he made a save to interfere with him, and his shot smashed out of the frame, and the rebound was collected by Robinson.

When it came to the frontcourt, the Spurs still used the same tactics.

Nowitzki assists in the defense, and Duncan passes the ball directly into Robinson's hands.

Robinson made the shot before Nowitzki could get back into the game.

The shot was too heavy and bounced off the back edge of the basket.

Duncan pressed Leitner with his long arm to grab the offensive rebound, and then made another shot that caused the latter's defensive foul.

Leitner was completely suppressed.

This is also a microcosm of the opening of the two sides.

The Spurs' twin towers overwhelmed the Mavericks on both ends of the floor.

The game went into Popovich's favorite rhythm.

The two sides played for five minutes, and the score on the court was 12-4.

8 points does not look like a big difference, but in this kind of huge slow rhythm, it is very difficult to catch up.

And the Mavericks failed to score for nearly two minutes.

Nelson Sr. was forced to call a timeout.

During the timeout, Popovich got up from his seat with a smile and didn't forget to look at the old Nelson in the next half.

The expression seemed to say, "That's it?"

"Speed! Bring up the speed! Don't get carried into their rhythm! ”

Old Nelson looked around and raised the decibel level and said.

When the Mavericks and Spurs play, it depends on whether the pace is fast or slow, and whoever enters the familiar rhythm will be able to take advantage.

"Steve, Sun, speed."

After arranging the tactics, he didn't forget to pull Nash and Sun Hao to remind him.

Coming back from the timeout, there were substitutions on the Spurs' side, with Danny Ferry coming on for Robinson and Duncan swinging to the No. 5 spot.

This is not an active substitution, especially at this point in time.

Obviously, this is David Robinson's age and lack of fitness to warrant his normal rotation.

In the first round after the timeout, it was still Nash's possession.

However, the Mavericks' offense has become much bigger than before, and the biggest change is that Nowitzki has also pulled to the outside.

The Mavericks have a lot of space on the court.

Nash broke through and Nowitzki caught the ball and hit a three-pointer.

"Bang dang!"

The shot was a bit short and slammed into the front of the basket.

If the game is compared to 2K, Nowitzki has entered a cold state after playing against Duncan.

Given the sideline camera, Popovich and Steve Cole, the assistant coach on the side, laughed and talked, looking at Nowitzki from time to time.

No one could hear what they were saying, but it was clear that it had something to do with Nowitzki.

And, obviously, not a good word either.

This is also a reasonable reaction, and Popovich's attitude in the pre-match interview has already shown that he is not interested in the current Nowitzki.

The Spurs attacked the frontcourt, and Duncan continued to play low singles.

The Mavericks shrink, and Duncan gives the ball to Ferry on the perimeter.

Ferry is a power forward with three-point range, shooting 42 percent from three-point range this season.

"Bang dang!"

However, perhaps it was just a cold hand on the court, and his first three-point attempt missed.

Nowitzki grabbed the rebound that popped up.

The Mavericks directly pushed the three-line fast break.

Nash dribbled past Bert behind his back, advanced to the front court and then distributed to Sun Hao, who followed up on the right side.

Sun Hao received the ball and made a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Hand up and knife down.

7 to 12!

The Mavericks broke the scoring drought on the court!

Duncan continued to divide the outside line in the frontcourt, and Anderson, who received the ball, still didn't have a three-point shot.

The Spurs' outside shooters were a little out of shape tonight.

The Mavericks pushed the fast break again, but unfortunately Finley's bottom corner three-pointer missed.

In the sound of iron, it was still Duncan, who turned around in the front court and hooked his hand into the frame.

The stone Buddha of the holy city is as stable as a rock.

7 to 14.

The Spurs continue to hold the lead.

And more importantly, the speed that the Mavericks were about to bring up was forced down because of the goal just now.

The smile on Popovich's face became more and more difficult to hide.

If you can't beat it, you can't beat it, and the old Nelson's tactics of shooting birds indiscriminately can't be elegant.

In the Mavericks' frontcourt position, the Spurs had a lot of defensive intensity, and a whistle suddenly sounded on the sidelines.

It turned out that the 37-year-old veteran Potter was a little unclean on his mouth and hands when defending Sun Hao.

Obviously, the fast-break three-point shot by Sun Hao earlier made the veteran a little unhappy.

You know, the Mavericks haven't scored too much in a long time.

A common foul, the referee also gave Porter some warnings by the way, and the game continued on the court.

Nowitzki was heavily guarded, Sun Hao ran without the ball, and came out to catch the ball with a three-point feint.

Potter struggled to chase after him, but this time he was completely shaken.

Sun Hao faked a real shot, and hit the inside line to see Duncan save and then score a basket against Leitner, who finally made a quick shot to score two points.

The Mavericks are a rare one-time position.

Duncan's front court catch continued to be covered, and this time the ball was in the hands of Porter.

Sun Hao didn't pounce very closely, but directly retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, using the trash talk that Deng Huade taught him before.

"You don't dare to shoot, you haven't scored three points from the outside."

"Cast it, I won't guard against you, but you won't be able to get in."

Very clean trash talk, but much to the annoyance of Potter.

When he was younger, he was also close to 17+10 in Portland for several seasons in a row, and he belonged to the stars of the last century.

Sun Hao didn't respect an old player like him at all.

He voted directly.

But just as he was throwing, Sun Hao suddenly pounced.

That posture, at first glance, is well prepared.

"Bang dang!"

Porter's three-pointer was interfered with and smashed out of the frame.

His expression was extremely surprised, because Sun Hao said just now that he was unguarded, and he was shameless!

Sun Hao ignored him at all and ran straight forward.

In fact, when Deng Huade taught him those trash words, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Because he thinks that these old fritters in the NBA are not so easily provoked.

But after so many games, he found that the reality was very different from what he imagined.

The biggest reason, I'm afraid it's his rookie status, and the trash talk that spews out comes with a disrespectful damage buff.

Unless it's an old fritter who has been immersed in trash talk masters like Bird, Payton, and Reggie Miller for years, it's easy to get supplied.

The Mavericks quickly attacked the frontcourt, and this time Porter finished the oil in the tank to catch up with Sun Hao.

After Sun Hao received the ball, he saw that Nowitzki had run to the front court, and after a fake pass, he collected the ball and stepped down his hip to make a direct three-point shot.

The ball was difficult, but with the dribble veteran badge, he could feel that the ball was getting rid of more smoothly, and he knew that eight or nine were not far from ten the moment he shot.

"Huh!"

Dallas' basket didn't disappoint him, leaving the door open for him to enter.

Sun Hao hit his second three-pointer!

"Try a little harder, and you'll be able to stop me."

After Sun Hao scored, he looked at Potter and said.

Jordan's classic trash talk, respects.

Potter himself opened the cavity first, but Sun Hao's counterattack was much more ferocious than he imagined.

This time, he was finally angry.

You must know that this is not the first time the two teams have played each other, and it is not the first time he has defended Sun Hao.

But Sun Hao's reaction this time was completely different from the previous two.

This is the kind of person who feels offended when something he is used to suddenly changes, even if it doesn't seem to be the way it should be.

"How dare you do that? How dare you say something like that? ”

He pushed Sun Hao directly, and pointed at Sun Hao with his finger, and his mouth kept spraying.

Sun Hao didn't respond, spread his hands, and retreated with an innocent expression.

The referee immediately blew the whistle and gave Potter a technical foul.

Come on, this is the Mavericks' home court!

Nowitzki was not far away, and he wanted to help, but soon found out that it wasn't necessary.

His little brother...... It's really going bad!

Popovich walked from the bench to the sideline and pulled Porter to the sideline to calm his emotions.

The brief clash was quelled, and the Mavericks made one free throw.

Nash made a technical foul and hit a free throw, and the Mavericks continued to serve the sideline!

This time, Nowitzki seized the opportunity and cut to the basket for his first two points of the game.

After Robinson went off, the Spurs' defensive intensity on the inside dropped significantly.

15 to 14!

After Robinson went down, the Mavericks launched a wave of 8-2 attacks to overtake the score!

Sun Hao scored 3 points, dished out 1 assist, and more importantly, his trash talk was remarkable.

Duncan pulled back a header to the basket for Lightner's second foul, and Nelson Sr. was forced to replace Lightner with Bradley.

Duncan hit both free throws to help the Spurs stay grounded.

But looking back, Sun Hao got rid of Porter by blocking and dismantling, cut in to attract the defense after receiving the ball, and distributed the ball to Nash in the bottom corner.

Nash hit a three-point shot and pocketed.

18 to 16!

The Mavericks overtook the score again!

It is an obvious fact that no matter whether Sun Hao sprays or not, Potter's speed and reaction can't keep up with the young Sun Hao.

Popovich noticed this as well, and he turned to call Daniels, the sixth man on the bench.

Sun Hao saw it.

Sun Hao had a lot of respect for Popovich before he crossed over, he was able to lead the Spurs to win so many championships, and he liked to play poisonous milk and cold jokes, which was very charismatic.

But after actually playing in the NBA, he found that some things were really glorified by the media, or forgotten.

At least at this time, Popovich feels more of a cold-blooded soldier, and he is very different from the image of the future.

Especially before the game of this one.

It's hard to imagine Popovich, who admired Nowitzki in the future, and belittled Nowitzki at this time.

I can't bear it.

"Greg."

He suddenly called out to Popovich.

Popovich turned his head, puzzled.

He didn't know what Sun Hao, a player from an opponent team, would say to him at this time.

"He can't stop me, let's change someone."

Sun Hao said a very plain sentence.

It's like a suggestion.

But in fact, it is a complete trash talk.

Especially, when Popovich was about to replace Potter off.

If this sentence comes out, then will he change it, or will he not change it?

This is a problem.

Nowitzki was standing not far away at this time, and he was directly dumbfounded when he heard Sun Hao's words.

Because Sun Hao is spewing trash talk at Popovich!

Spray the opposing head coach, and spray the opposite player, this is not a concept, brother!

Sun Hao's level of trash talk, who is this teacher, has soared so much that he has left him behind!