Dampier, who was whistled for a technical foul, immediately shut his mouth. Nowitzki, as the boss of the team, naturally has to stand up and speak for his teammates at this time.

Nowitzki walked up to the referee and wanted to explain to the referee that Dampier had no ill intentions just now, but just complained a little bit about whether the technical foul was too much.

The referee hugged his hands to his chest and listened carefully to Nowitzki's explanation, but he did not mean to cancel the technical foul, and then the two parted after saying something.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Roy executed a technical foul free throw.

Steady hits.

30 to 28

Pritchard's timeout paid off in the first round.

Kidd controlled the ball to the front court and slipped two laps down the left side, and Dampier was already in the Trail Blazers' box against Chandler to ask Kidd for the ball.

It looks like he's not happy with the technical foul he just whistled for, and wants to get some dignity back at home.

"Look at this ball, Dampier was just blown a technical foul by the referee, this is to want to have one himself, and he actually took the initiative to ask Kidd for the ball." Director Zhang looked at the screen and said.

"Yo, Kidd really gave him the ball, see how he plays."

"In the restricted area, dribble, back to the back ~ want to single Chandler, ouch, this little hook, it's a pity, just smash the basket."

"It's okay for this Dampier to dunk a blue or something under the basket, but this technical work is still very good." Dampier failed to beat Chandler alone, and Yang Rui hurriedly came out to explain.

"Yes, but I can't stand people wanting to fight, seeing that Xue Ding didn't get the ball, I fought back!"

……

"Beep!"

Xue Ding was fouled by Terry on the way to get the ball and counterattack, and the number of fouls on the Mavericks team in the second quarter had not yet arrived, in order to prevent Xue Ding from playing a quick counterattack, Terry could only take the initiative to foul Xue Ding.

The ball from the sideline was driven out and given to Xue Ding again, Kidd led the defense at the top of the arc, and Nowitzki sat on the inside.

After the round just now, the whole Mavericks team has now improved their defensive awareness and did not give Xue Ding a chance to break through easily.

The Mavericks' defense was also perfect, directly defending the Trail Blazers' offense to 24 seconds, and finally the ball missed in Batum's hands and was whistled by the referee for a 24-second violation.

In the second quarter of the game, the shooting rate of the two sides was still not high, but the physical confrontation between the two sides increased, especially Dampier and Terry, which directly led to an increase in the number of fouls and free throws on both sides in the second quarter.

Xue Ding made six free throws in the second half of the second quarter alone, and scored five of them.

At the end of the second quarter, Lu Yi scored 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal in the first half.

The score was tied at 52-45 at halftime, and the Mavericks led by seven points at halftime.

After the halftime break between the two sides, netizens on Baidu Tieba have begun to discuss the process of the second half of the game in the NBA bar.

Senior fans understand that the singer posted a post in the N bar "Xue Ding's state was sluggish in the first half, can he turn on the god-killing mode in the second half?" 》

"Xue Ding played too badly in the first half, Roy and they have created so many opportunities for him, and the ability to grasp the opportunity is a little poor, if it weren't for the 6 free throws in the first half, the half-time score is estimated to be a double."

"Xue Ding's performance is a bit too bad compared to the regular season."

"Sure enough, the playoffs are the touchstone for stars, I hope Xue Ding will play well in the second half."

"Didn't the Trailblazers rotate the main players some time ago, I heard that they were also given a holiday, and they won't be on vacation these days, Xue Ding and Yaya are tired of being in the house every day."

"Please let me go Xue, he's still young, save a little use..."

"Ade's injury has a really big impact on the Trail Blazers, Xue Ding didn't feel good in the first half, Chandler and Roy's play was acceptable, Blake really can't replace Ade's injured vacancy, and the bench is really a god pit, the lead can be turned over by the Mavericks in two or three minutes, and if it can be stabilized, it will not fall behind in the first half."

"Let's see how Pritchard adjusts in the second half, this is Xue Ding's first playoff game, let's give him more time to adapt to the rhythm and intensity of the playoffs......"

……

Netizens in the post bar gave a lot of suggestions for the first half performance of the pioneers, and some criticized Xue Ding for wasting too many opportunities, if he could grasp it once or twice, he couldn't fall behind.

Some criticized the Trailblazers' bench, there was no offense on the field, and the defense could not be defended, and the substitute was sent up.

The post of Understanding the Emperor quickly reached thousands of comments, and the reply floor reached more than 200 floors in just a few minutes.

In the Trail Blazers' locker room.

Faced with the situation of falling behind in the first half, Pritchard was also at a loss, there were so many people he could use, and the players on the bench had been tested by two regular season games, and there was no one who could satisfy Pritchard to come out.

Taking advantage of everyone's break, Pritchard took the tactical board again and said to several key players: "Boys, we may have to change the style of play in the second half, you may need to stay on the court more, and at the same time, we have to add intensity to Dirk's defense, Jason. Kidd, we can let him go outside the three-point line, and we can even let him shoot, but we can't let him easily pass the ball to the rest of the Mavericks, which is huge for our Shanghai.

At the same time, Xue, you have to cooperate with Tyson to block and dismantle more, and you have to increase your shots outside the three-point line, and your three-point shooting percentage is very good.

Steve, when you're under the basket, you have to grab as many rebounds as possible and increase your ability to play the second game, which is important for us, and we can't always let go of those frontcourt boards.

And Nicholas, if you have the chance, you can also shoot a few more times outside the three-point line, you don't necessarily have to play their inside, and now we don't have an advantage on the inside, and I hope we can hit more three-pointers, after all, that's one more point than two.

As for Brandon, you need to protect the ball and pass the ball out at the most opportune time, and if you can, you can try to make more kills to the basket. ”

……

"Come on kids, let's win this race at the American Airlines Center."

Pritchard laid out the tactics for several of the main players, and then laid out some tactics for the two bench players, and then the whole Trail Blazers team gathered around to cheer on.

Fifteen minutes of half-time ended quickly, with players from both sides walking out of the dressing room and back to the pitch at the 13th minute.

At this time, the audience who went to the toilet had not fully returned to the field, and the seats in the stadium were sparsely empty