The timeout came back and the game continued.

This time, Carlisle chose to let Nowitzki go off the field early and replaced him with Drew Gooden.

Obviously, although Nowitzki scored eight points, his physical energy was too much under the confrontation with Uncle Huo.

Carlisle wanted to give Nowitzki a break while he was still ahead.

"The good game continues, alas! When he came back from this timeout, Carlisle actually took Nowitzki down! TNT commentator's Dell Curry said as he looked at the Mavericks' players on the court.

"I think Carlisle should want to give him more time to rest, although he has scored 8 points in the last 5 minutes, but it can actually be seen that Howard has caused him a lot of problems, and the physical consumption is also very large!" Michael Joe said.

Xue Ding holds the ball in the front court.

In the face of Kidd's defense, he suddenly accelerated and rushed to the basket, and Haywood, who was inside, could not come up to help Kidd defend.

"Assist Master (Lv 2)"

Xue Ding saw Batum cutting in from the right side, and passed the ball through a ground pass.

Batum catches the ball and scores an easy layup.

"Good ball, this ball is beautiful from Xue Ding!"

"It's really good to play together, and the timely pass of the air cut is just right, and then we have to see if the Trail Blazers can seize this time when Nowitzki is not on the court to catch up with the score!" Director Zhang said.

"Defend back, hurry up and defend back!"

Pritchard reminded loudly from the sidelines, pointing at Butler, who was secretly hurrying down.

As he spoke, the moment Kidd received the baseline serve, he made a long pass directly to Butler, who was about to go down, and Roy desperately chased after him.

Butler dangled a false shot, shook Roy up from the chaser, cleverly played the time gap, and put the ball firmly in the basket.

"This ball is really too undeserved, the defense is too slow!" Dale Curry said.

"Hey, this goal is a bit undeserved, and after the goal, he was directly hit with a counterattack! The Trailblazer's alertness is a little too low! Yang Rui said.

"This kind of ball is too undeserved, giving the opponent such an easy opportunity to score, the impact on morale is too great, if the Trail Blazers have this attitude today, then they will be very dangerous in this game!" Director Zhang said worriedly.

"What are you all doing, walking around the field? It's the playoffs! ”

Pritchard, who was very dissatisfied with the retreat just now, roared angrily at the players on the sidelines, venting his dissatisfaction.

Chandler gave the ball to Xue Ding on the baseline.

Xue Ding held the ball and advanced quickly, Roy came up to catch the ball by covering, Xue Ding gave the ball out, and at the same time Xue Ding made a cover for Roy non-stop.

"Huh!"

"Brandon! Three points! Hit!!! The DJ shouted passionately with a long note, and as the ball passed through the net, the fans at the scene also burst into cheers.

Roy shot directly from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball cut a wonderful arc in the air and hollowed into the net.

"Beautiful, Brandon hit the first three-pointer of the game for the Trail Blazers!" Dale Curry said.

“nice！”

"Roy made a decisive shot, and if I'm not mistaken, it should be the Trail Blazers' first three-pointer of the game!" Yang Rui looked down at the data and said.

"That's right, this shot should be the first three-pointer the Trail Blazers hit today, and what the Trail Blazers need now is to be able to shoot from the outside, so that they can force the Mavericks' defense to expand outside, so that they can open up the space!" Director Zhang analyzed.

But unfortunately, Roy's three-point shot didn't keep their hand going.

Batum missed three open three-pointers in quick succession from the left and right corners, and Roy also missed one at the top of the arc.

But the good thing is that Nowitzki is not on the court, and the Trail Blazers' defense doesn't give the Mavericks too many easy scoring opportunities.

The first quarter ended, 28-24!

The Mavericks have a four-point lead for the time being.

"It's a pity that the Trail Blazers didn't take Nowitzki's break to catch up with the score, the Trail Blazers trailed by 4 points at the end of the first quarter, and Nowitzki got a 6-minute break in the first quarter, which is not good news for the Trail Blazers!" Director Zhang said.

"That's right, Nowitzki's absence was originally an opportunity for the Trail Blazers to chase points, but they failed to take advantage of this opportunity, and the outside line was delayed!" Yang Rui echoed.

"At the end of the first quarter, let's take a break and watch the second quarter of the battle between the two sides!"

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"Welcome back, the second quarter of the game between the two sides has begun, the Mavericks temporarily lead the Trail Blazers by four points in the first quarter, and see if the Trail Blazers can catch up in the second quarter, or if the Mavericks can continue to expand their lead!" Yang Rui read the oral broadcast skillfully.

Both sides began the second quarter with a rotation lineup, with the Trail Blazers bench with former assist king Andre Miller in charge.

And Pritchard still left Batum on the court just to be on the court.

The Mavericks, on the other hand, put Jose Barria, the master of the war, as the No. 1 spot, replaced Jason Terry, the best sixth man, and kept Butler on the court.

Obviously, despite the Mavericks taking the lead, Carlisle was very cautious.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Butler and Jason Terry hit shots one after another, while Barria also used his speed to burst to the basket and throw a shot.

The Trail Blazers, under Miller's organization, have also played back and forth with the Mavericks.

The two sides bit the score tightly.

The Trail Blazers attacked, and Miller directed his teammates to run.

Oden suddenly lifted up to block Barria, Miller burst under the basket with the ball, attracted the bag and found Batum who slipped to the bottom left corner to distribute the ball.

Batum received the ball and adjusted it, and shot the ball steadily outside the three-point line.

The ball crossed a wonderful arc in the air, and the hollow net with a "boom"!

"Good ball, Nicholas!"

At the moment when the ball entered the net, Xue Ding, who was sitting on the bench, was the first to jump up to the bench and applaud Batum on the sidelines.

"Oh, it's finally in, Nicholas finally hit his first three-pointer of the game, the Trail Blazers need his three-pointers so badly!" Dell Curry sighed.

"As long as he can shoot threes, the Trail Blazers will be much better!" Michael Joe said.

34 to 32!

With Batum's three-point hit, the Trail Blazers also chased the difference to just two points.