Chapter 202: Good Enough
Wang Xiao's feeling is really not wrong.
When the team's score was caught up little by little, the players on the Wizards' side obviously fell into impatience, and such a mentality was not conducive to the game.
The players' offense started to get disorganized, and many times, even if there were no good chances, they would try to force their shots and try to use the attack to open up the difference.
The result was no improvement in the team's offensive efficiency.
By the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks had tied the deficit by nearly 20 points.
Taking advantage of the break, Wang Xiao patiently enlightened the players, warning them not to be impetuous, as long as they stabilize their mentality and play at a normal level, they can win, Wang Xiao's words played a little role, after the start of the fourth quarter of the game, the players of the Wizards team gradually began to play their due level, hitting and shooting one after another, and the offensive efficiency rose sharply.
However, the Mavericks' offense didn't stop at all.
With Nowitzki as the core, the Mavericks' tactical system, while not complicated, is not at all easy to deal with.
The scores of the two teams staggered up and remained entangled until the final two minutes, when the Mavericks' sixth man, Jason. Terry stepped forward.
Terry, who was also voted Sixth Man of the Year, was much better on the Finals stage than the lost Harden, receiving a pass from Kidd at the bottom corner three-point line and then hitting a key three-pointer in front of Harden to help the Mavericks win in one fell swoop.
With Curry's three-point miss, the Wizards also lost the opportunity to equalize, and the big score between the two teams also came to 3:0.
The suspense was completely lost, and the Dallas fans rejoiced and celebrated wildly, as if they had won the first championship in the team's history.
In fact, there has never been a team in history that can stage a Jedi counterattack in a 3-0 situation, and the Mavericks are already safe enough to lift the O'Brien Cup, and the only suspense is whether they will win the cup in the next game or need to continue to struggle with the Wizards for a few games.
Mavericks fans were ecstatic, while on the other hand, many Wizards fans who came from Washington were very disappointed.
This season, the Wizards gave them too many miracles, 68 wins in the regular season, all the way through the Eastern Conference playoffs, defeating three groups of Big Three to reach the top of the East, but they didn't expect to fall short in the Finals.
Despite the disappointment, Wizards fans don't have too many complaints about the team.
They've done good enough.
You know, two years ago, this was just a team that was difficult to even enter the playoffs, and even the Wizards at the peak of Arenas, the best result was only the second round of the division semifinals, and only one season in the 04-05 season, and a year after reaching the second round, the Wizards were swept out by the Heat 4:0.
As for the other seasons, the Wizards have all been first-round picks.
The arrival of Wang Xiao has brought an incredible transformation to this team, and in the first season alone, the team has exceeded 50 wins in the regular season, and the playoffs have also been all the way to the Eastern Conference finals.
And now in the second season, the team has won 68 wins that can be ranked in the all-time winning record, and reached the finals! Even if it loses to the Mavericks, it is by no means a reason to be sprayed.
What to squirt? How to spray?
Take a look at the Wizards' opponents Mavericks, Nowitzki, Kidd, Terry, Marion...... None of these players are in their thirties, and they are just about to lift their first championship trophy in their careers.
What about the Wizards? Aside from Butler and Jamison, the oldest of the other players is 24 years old.
For them, their careers are still very long, and even most of their careers are still on the rise, and there is still room for improvement.
That's the most scary thing to think about.
It's just a team that's not mature, not quite at its prime, so what if they keep growing and getting stronger? Is there anyone else in the alliance who can stop them?
Many teams who thought of this couldn't help but gasp, and at the same time made up their minds in their hearts that they must poach the Wizards' players at any cost, and they must not let this team leave all the good players!
The salary cap and luxury tax have always been the league's way of balancing the strength of teams, on the one hand, to prevent deep-pocketed teams from poaching an entire All-Star team with high salaries, and on the other hand, to prevent some teams with unique vision from poaching all talented and potential players.
For the vast majority of NBA players, high salaries are hard for them to refuse, and a team's salary cap and luxury tax make it impossible for them to keep all the players they want with their maximum salary.
Of course, for the Wizards, the crisis is far from coming.
Curry, Harden, Green, and Beverley all have contracts that don't expire until 13 years, and George's contract, which is a year later, won't expire until 14 years.
Butler has renewed his contract ahead of schedule, and Jordan Jr. is the only one on the team whose contract has expired.
And even if in 13 years, in order to ensure the health of the salary, some players have to be released, Wang Xiao can still use the advantage of the foresight of the traverser to select another batch of potential stocks.
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The topic is a bit further off, and while the vast majority of people think the finals are over, the series has only lasted three games.
Losing three games in a row has made the Wizards' players very disappointed, especially when they just won the regular season MVP, and they are full of energy to make history and become the youngest double MVP in history. (The youngest FMVP was taken by Magic Johnson at the age of 20.) )
But the reality is so cruel, not everything is smooth sailing, fortunately Curry and others are still very young and have a lot of time to realize their dreams.
(I decided to lose to the Mavericks from the beginning, on the one hand, because I felt that it was too early to win the championship in my second year of coaching, and on the other hand, I felt that the championship of the old boys of the Mavericks was not easy to come by, and I didn't want to take it easily.)
I read book reviews and some people say that the Wizards' lineup can crush the Mavericks without suspense, and I personally feel that I dare not agree, in any case, Curry Harden and others, in the book are still only 22 years old, they are far from reaching the height of the future, whether it is personal ability or experience, the reason why such results and data can be achieved in the regular season, on the one hand, is the plug-in role of the protagonist system, on the other hand, the league is still relatively unfamiliar with small-ball tactics, and there is no good solution. And the Mavericks' 11 years can be described as the peak, the playoffs all the way through, the second round 4:0 Lakers, the West Finals 4:1 Thunder, the Finals 4:2 Heat, you can't think of the Mavericks as the champion because of James' abnormal play in one or two games, right? What are the Celtics Bulls who were eliminated by the Heat?
All in all, I'll reveal this plot as soon as possible, and then it's going to be an exciting draft soon, guess what kind of sassy operation the protagonist will have? )