Before the fourth match, Nowitzki was undergoing thorough ice therapy and physiotherapy. Because in the last game, he used up too much of his energy. It's all sore, after all, it can't be compared with the young age of the year. He has been with Kobe Bryant for a year, and he will turn 36 in a month, although his form has continued into the 15-16 season, and he can average 20+ points per game in the "180 Club" playoffs. However, it is an indisputable fact that the overall state has declined.

Even if he enters "The.Zone", after a long time, it will be a kind of loss to his body.

This is very similar to Kobe Bryant last year, if it is in his 20s, it will be relieved in a few days, and he can continue to break out the next day. But at this age, the magic of the old man of time is becoming more and more apparent. Fitness and recovery are the first signs to appear.

"Dirk, you're fine, I heard the team doctor say ......"

"It's okay, people are old, that's it, it's a necessary process." Nowitzki can also see it, as a European player, he finally won both MVP and FMVP, and he is also the leader of the team, and he has no more extravagance in his career. Sean. Marion nodded, he and Nowitzki were a year old, but they were a little bit older than a month, so he could understand what Nowitzky meant.

When I was young, I didn't feel tired, and I thought I was just playing a game, so how could I be tired? I could play ten games in a row! But as soon as the age of 30 passed, the magic of time suddenly appeared, and Marion went from being unable to run to death before, to the extent that he needed to take a breath often. He's only been with the Mavericks for five years, and that's just 1/3 of his current 15-year NBA career. His personal honors are basically won in Phoenix. But the city of Dallas has also given Marion an indelible mark on his life.

Because, he got the ultimate honor for NBA players here, Larry. O'Brien Cup!

This reason alone is enough, no more is needed.

But the performance of the Mavericks after winning the championship, he sees it, so this season, after the end of his contract, he is likely to leave Dallas and leave the German's side. That's the difference between a role player and a team spirit, in a sense, Nowitzki is similar to Kobe Bryant and Duncan, they've been associated with this team all their lives, and it's basically rare to leave.

Therefore, prosperity, they are there, decay, they are also there.

In fact, Olajuwon is also one of them, many people don't understand, thinking that the Rockets are ruthless and unjust, but in fact, not everyone is as ruthless as the "God Operator" Riley. This fact is that the Rockets offered a three-year, 1,300 pension contract with all the salary space in both hands. But Da Meng refused, this was definitely a very good contract in that era, after all, it was an era when top stars were tens of millions. In the end, he negotiated with the Rockets, left Houston, and chose the Raptors. Some people will say that it is because the Raptors have a 3-year, 1700 contract, which seduces Big Dream. It's, ball blind.

First of all, you have to figure out the difference between signing a contract and actually getting a knife, Texas is a state with no personal income tax. So in fact, Big Dream went to the Raptors as directly as you think, 400 more. Because Canada's high-income earners actually have higher taxes than the United States. That's the main reason why a lot of players go to play for the Raptors but don't settle there. To make an intuitive analogy, if you have the same $12 million contract, you will pay about $5.92 million in taxes in Toronto, but if you are in Houston and you are in Texas, because there are no state taxes, you will probably only have to pay $5.12 million in taxes. And obviously, the bigger your contract, the more indirect you lose. Therefore, it is not that the Rockets are impersonal, and the dream of going to the Raptors is more because he does not want to accompany the Rockets excessively, and he wants to prove himself again and win the championship.

So as the soul of the team, you will usually be left unless you insist on leaving, and the pension contract will also help you prepare. Nowitzki is obviously not a big dream, and he probably won't play in the NBA for a city other than Dallas in his life. One city for a lifetime is another glory for him.

"You're fighting too hard, you're not good for your body, do you really think we can beat this Lakers team?" Marion asked suddenly. Nowitzki looked up and said after a while, "I don't think so." "It's all teammates, and there is no need to talk about some things." Then you still ......."

"I just wanted to cause some problems for the Lakers. Giving up victory to others, this is not our cowboy style, is it? Nowitzki said: "If you want to win, you have to pay a price, since the outside world says that we are just a roadblock, then let's do a good job of this roadblock, so that they don't have to work hard, they can't move away." ”

"That's it?" Marion asked.

"That's right." Nowitzki said: "By the way, prove myself, I'm not completely old. ”

……

On April 28, U.S. time, the fourth game of the Lakers vs Mavericks series, the current score is 2-1, and the Los Angeles people are temporarily ahead.

This game is a tough battle, because the two sides are fighting from the beginning!

The Mavericks seem to have been inspired by the last victory, and this game was played with determination and momentum, which did not make the Lakers comfortable at all. Three-point shooting, the shooting percentage is terrible, all of which reminds the Lakers No. 24 of a few years ago. It was the same with that series, after getting the Mavericks to shoot away, the Lakers couldn't resist it anymore.

So from the second quarter, Kobe Bryant began to take the initiative to make a move, increasing the number of individual attacks, and he was blowing up the opponent Monta. Ellis, but Monta. Ellis also began to use the pick-and-roll offense, no longer the same as in the previous games, stupidly having a one-on-one PK with the Lakers No. 24. This may be a drain on the team's overall energy, but at least Monta. Ellis's offensive ability has been liberated to a certain extent. Blocking and dismantling offense, even Kobe Bryant can't be completely defended, which requires the cooperation of teammates to defend. Simply one person can defend hard, except for the occasional robbery, most of them will still be blocked.

Jordan came too.

There's absolutely no way for a person to completely defend against pick-and-roll, and if someone tells you that, they're either joking or talking nonsense. The Mavericks have largely abandoned low-post frontcourt rebounding, relying on accurate shooting and occasional high-court rebounding. It's not impossible, but the premise is that you have to be right.

And it's the whole team to be accurate.

That's it.

Rebounding is at a disadvantage, it's not that they can't win, and the average number of rebounds that year when the Mavericks won the championship was less than that of their opponents. The Miami Heat has been the same for the past few years. Last season, the average playoff game was only 34+ rebounds, which was 4~5 fewer than the opponent's life! What is this concept? The average rebounds of the whole team are 1~2 less is a big number, not to mention the average of 4~5 per game?

However, Kobe's strong play allowed the Lakers to still take a large lead, scoring 50 points at halftime, and the opponent only scored 36 points. The score difference of 14 points is not small in the playoffs. The Lakers accumulated a lot of capital for the team's victory in the first half. But like the previous game, in the second half, when the Mavericks couldn't open the game, No. 41 stepped up.

Continuous projection, continuous scoring, Tang Qian has worked hard to defend, but because of the 25% decline in competitive state in this game, his defensive power is far less than that of the regular season. Moreover, besides, . D's eruption!!

This situation is the mentality of the team that played against the Mavericks back then, as long as it was a critical moment, the Germans would explode, and then forcibly rely on a super high shooting percentage to take away the game.

"Hot! You're going to have to defend him! Don't let him keep scoring! Do you understand? During the pause, D'Antoni said to Tang Qian, but ...... Do you think you just need to talk about it? Not so! Tang Qian now, unconsciously, has fallen into the biggest crisis in his life.

Unless, he opens the only round of the playoffs as a "demigod", which is still a chance to win.

But, right here? What should I do if I encounter an emergency later???

Yes, Nowitzki's is indeed a little restrained by him, and this super terrible style of playing inside and outside is a headache. Tang Qian's biggest advantage can't be played at all. But if you don't stare at him, do you want Gasol to stare at him? As I said before, Gasol's playoff statistics were blown up when he met Nowitzki! From scoring to hitting percentage, comprehensive suppression!

So you let Gasol defend, Nowitzki will only play more easily and more freely.

The Lakers have no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils, bringing out Tang Qian, who has high mobility and athletic talent, and defending the "German tank" outside the restricted area. This played a great role in the regular season, and the Lakers achieved a relatively large advantage in several games because of this group of matchups. But it was the regular season, and now, it's the playoffs.

Regarding the playoffs, there is a saying in the NBA that the regular season sweats, and the playoffs bleed.

It's not that the regular season isn't important, but in terms of intensity and intensity, the regular season isn't even half of the playoffs. There is an internet celebrity on Twitter who goes by the name "Imitation Emperor". He replied to fans on Twitter about the difference between the regular season and the playoffs, and this gentleman took a different approach and replied in a classic that was not rough:

Oh, and that's the difference between a hand and an airplane cup.

What do you not know what is called an airplane cup??? Then you should buy one and try it, a must-have artifact for a single dog, cough cough, it's far away, back to business, in short, this is a quite vivid metaphor. A lot of tactics can be used in the regular season, but when it comes to the playoffs, they immediately mute and don't work.

Also, there are people who are born playoff players.

For example, the Mavericks' No. 41, Nowitzki, is one of them.

His strength in the playoffs is completely different from the strength of the regular season, and this kind of situation of exploding without a word is also impossible in the regular season. Tang Qian's competitive state declined due to the influence of "inner demons", what about Nowitzki? Instead of falling, it will rise, and the full "The.Zone" will break out in an all-round way, and there will be a huge gap between the advantages of one and the other.

Tang Qian was a lot weaker, and Nowitzki was a lot stronger.

So......

Tang Qian lost defense again, was shot frequently by Nowitzki, and scored frequently.

This can't be helped, in fact, Tang Qian's defense is pretty good most of the time, but people just go in.

What can you do? It's like the opponent is defending Kobe, whether you can defend or not is your business, and whether you can score or not is my business.

Whether I hit or not, it's not your defense, it's just my own feel.

Nowitzki was like this tonight, which made Tang Qian feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

The hit rate is too high!! Tang Qian's defensive state is much worse than in the regular season!! So the restraint is even more obvious!!

The two sides were deadlocked until the fourth quarter, and the Lakers didn't know why, they seemed to be a little nervous, and Nash obviously passed several good shots, but they didn't shoot into the net, and they all slid out of the basket. However, the Mavericks seized the opportunity, Carter and Calderon each made a three-pointer, and the Mavericks immediately overtook the score. The Lakers played the whole game, first falling back.

After another layup was stealed, Kobe Bryant couldn't help it, and he began to enter the "black mamba mode" to forcibly take over the game.

Why was the triangular attack of the "Zen Master" invincible at the critical moment? It is because at certain points in time, the instability of role players will intensify, so it is more secure and stable to give superstars one-on-one singles.

When the overall operation is not good, it is necessary for the stars to stand up and rely on their individual ability to solve the problem.

In the future, the Warriors will introduce Durant, and it is because of this that Curry's ability to force a single kill and force one-on-one is still much inferior to Kevin. Durant's. Therefore, it will be easier to be restricted.

The Lakers need Kobe Bryant to do it now!

It's time to rely on your own abilities to solve problems!

Look at the "ball dominance" at the key moments of the regular season, but what about the key moments of the playoffs? Look at the "ball tyrant" even more!!

This season's Kobe Bryant, in this regard, is one of the strongest in history.

It's not a fake singles hit rate that is higher than the combined hit rate!!

At present, this is the only one since the statistics are available!! There is no semicolon!!

Monta. Ellis couldn't have defended Kobe Bryant at all, and the ball himself was scored and incidentally caused a personal defensive foul by the former, plus a free throw. Brush ~ plus free throw hit ~ Kobe Bryant scored three points to help the Lakers overtake the score again.

And what about this time? How did the Mavericks do it? It was also very similar, that is, he handed the ball to Nowitzki, and then the whole team pulled away, leaving him undisturbed to play one-on-one singles. Tang Qian looked at Nowitzki in front of him, his heart was very tense, he had the intention to defend this ball. Nowitzki turned on the spot, shook his footsteps, pulled it up and threw it!

And sure enough, it was! I guessed it! This ball must be guarded down!

As soon as Tang Qian kicked on his hind foot, he forcibly pounced, relying on his physical fitness and arm span, he was confident that he could block, at least he could cause a huge interference to Nowitzki!

Nowitzki didn't pass the ball, and at this time, to whom? No one on the Mavericks is as sure as they are!

Tang Qian's bullet speed was very fast, and it was enveloped in the past at once, and it was difficult for Nowitzki to completely open up the space for his shot even if he was a "golden rooster independent". However, he still has no intention of making a shot, and still maintains a shooting posture and is ready to shoot.

"You're so confident! You can't score this goal! Tang Qian stretched out his long arm and collided with Nowitzki.

If this is directly sealed, there will be a great chance that there will be no whistle.

But it was a bit counterintuitive that Nowitzki took a shot after the two men collided!!

What is this??? Why did he do this on purpose??? Do you make a foul???

Making fouls? Of course not, the Mavericks' No. 41 is to both shoot and make free throws!!

The basketball shot in a very awkward position, and the arc was terrifyingly high, and the probability of this "airplane ball" being scored was generally ......

The sound of brushing ~ basketball into the net made Tang Qian's eyes widen, he couldn't believe it, it was all thrown in!

At the same time, the referee blew the whistle, the Lakers fouled on the 29th defense, the goal counted, and one free throw was added!

Nowitzki staggered back a few times before he stabilized, and after seeing that he had achieved his personal goal, the old driver smiled and said: "Your defense is very sharp, if I don't overpower, it is estimated that it will be difficult to deal with it, and it is really under heavy pressure that people will break out." Super god state, I haven't been in for a long, long time. Thanks to your help. Oriental Kid. ”

"Your defense is very good, although it is not as good as when I saw you in the regular season, but you still deserve the first defense and DPOY."

"Come on, the future is yours."

Supergod ??? Is he supernatural??? Is this supergiant??? When you are forced to a certain extent, you will always make extraordinary moves and extraordinary blows???

The peak Nowitzki's fourth quarter and key shots are slightly better than Jordan's, otherwise how do you think the average of 48.5%+46%+94.1% per game in the 21 playoff games that year came from? The more intense and accurate the fourth quarter, 51.3% + 53.3% + 94.1%, infinitely close to the "200 Club", how did it come about?

The old driver is super god, and he is definitely the top offensive monster in history.

Especially in the fourth quarter, he really came to form, and Jordan was no problem.

Breaking the Lakers three times in the front and the Heat three times in the back, do you think ordinary people can do this?

For 12 consecutive years in his career, he shot the league's highest number of shots with a top-five shooting percentage in the league.

At the same time, he has been the first in the number of mid-range shots in the NBA for 8 seasons, and there are 3 seasons for the second, and in his 8 No. 1 seasons, the number of mid-range shots is not more than a point and a half compared with the second place, one or two, which is directly more than 100+ up and down!! It can be said that Nowitzki's dominance in mid-range shooting is equivalent to Curry's three-point shot, Kobe Bryant's singles, this level. It's a pity that Jordan's data doesn't, so there's one less battle for the pinnacle.

Until 2012, he was the No. 1 player in the NBA league in terms of field goals, and until 2015, he was No. 2. Coupled with his career 47.2% mid-range pitch and 47.4% mid-range pitch, who can call the board? Kobe, Durant, and even Curry, the all-time sharpshooter, are inferior to him in this one.

With so many auras added to his body, after the super god, Tang Qian felt that he was stumbling for the first time, and there was nothing he could do.

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