On Feb. 26, the Suns flew to the road to take on the Mavericks.

Joe Johnson had a good shooting touch in practice, and Guo Xu suggested that he shoot more and play a good opportunity to play his career masterpiece, because the Mavericks' defense is very bad.

The Mavericks are inferior to Guo Xu this season, and one important starter, Josh Howard, was cut out by the Suns in 2003, and his task is to deal with the opponent's outside arrowhead.

In the past, it was often said that Howard missed two free throws in the G5 overtime in the Battle of Kings Mountain in the Finals, and used up the last timeout in the middle of Wade's free throws in the last 1.9 seconds, so that the Mavericks had no good chance to attack for the last time.

People often ignore that he averaged 16.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1 steal per game in the playoffs that year, and was the team's third scoring point and the best defensive player on the wing.

In 2003, the Mavericks drafted a player who was not in the flow, and now he can't play, the wing defense is a mess, and the Mavericks are missing Howard, and they don't know when they will be able to reach the finals.

Nelson Sr. currently starts with Jason Terry and Devin Harris at double guard, with the occasional Starkerhouse starting to bolster the defense. Stackhouse will be out for 6-8 weeks with a right knee injury before the All-Star break, and now the Mavericks have a weaker perimeter defense.

The Achilles' heel of the Mavericks is not the outside defense, but the center position, the "second center in the West" Dampier is injured and absent, and the Mavericks' No. 5 position is unavailable today.

Dampier was also a blue-collar worker at the time, not a big deal.

The "Russian Yao Ming" signed by the management in the summer could not play at all, he and Ha Seung Zhen were in a situation, he had height but no skills, and his movement speed was too slow, and even the "big bamboo pole" Bradley was better than him.

Bradley is slow to move, the league's tallest player can't defend against pick-and-rolls, and can't play for long periods of time.

The Mavericks' third center is the non-draft Congolese player DJ Mbenga, who is 213cm tall and weighs 111 kilograms, but he has little offensive ability. His ceiling is an "8-minute player" who can play a dozen in the second quarter and garbage time.

The Mavericks are currently only ranked sixth in the West and should be able to make the playoffs, but they thought that the first round would be difficult, and if the Mavericks met the Rockets, they would not be able to beat them.

Since the two teams win the game offensively, every time they meet, they attack fiercely and are very popular, this game is broadcast live on ESPN in the United States, and CCTV5 in China is also broadcast live.

Suns starters: Guo Xu, Howard, Joe Johnson, Marion, Stoudamire.

Mavericks starters: Terry, Devin Harris, Finley, Nowitzki, Mbembenga.

When the players played, Zhang Reasonable introduced: "At the beginning, the Sun played a small-ball tactic, and it must be a wild attack, and the Mavericks have weaknesses in defense, so they will play double guards as soon as they come up." ”

Xu Jicheng said: "If Guo Xu doesn't attack like he did on the court, the pressure on the Mavericks will be a little less, and it will definitely be easy for him to single out the two defenders of the Mavericks." ”

Zhang Li said: "Guo Xu has become more selfless this season, he likes to pass the ball to help his teammates play, and his teammates can't open him before he goes on his own." It's good to play like this, and if young players dare to take responsibility for offense in the playoffs, the Suns are even better. ”

Guo Xu stood in the middle circle and gave Joe Johnson a look, who nodded, understanding.

He was responsible for the main attack at the beginning, and he wanted to strive for super data, not only to fight for a big contract, but also to fight for a nickname.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Joe Johnson's highest score in a single game was only 42 points, which was obtained when the Hawks had the ball. He has never had a nickname in North America, "Contemporary Jordan", "Singles Joe", and "Embarrassment" are all nicknames ridiculed by Chinese fans. Nicknames like "The Flash", "Black Mamba", and "Big Shark" can be regarded as real nicknames.

Xiao Si jumped the ball to win, accurately dialed the ball to Guo Xu, Guo Xu dribbled two steps and passed the ball to Joe Johnson, who was fast. He got the opportunity to single Harris and relied on the opponent to force the basketball to score, 2-0.

The Mavericks will have a natural misalignment as long as they start with two guards, and this weakness is too obvious.

The Mavericks attack, the Suns use a hybrid defense, the perimeter is marking, and Xiao Si does not go out near the restricted area, waiting for someone to attack.

Mbenga has no range and can be released outside the box, and if he goes to the low post, Xiao Si will go up and carry it. Guo Xu defended Terry, Joe Johnson defended Harris, and there was also a mismatch on the court.

Harris relied on his speed to force a breakthrough and change direction past Joe Johnson, attracting Smalls to defend the ball under the basket, and Mbenga scored easily on the rebound. 2 to 2.

The offense was good, but the elder Nelson pouted on the sidelines and didn't applaud the new disciple.

He didn't really like Harris very much, and he gave Harris a lot of opportunities to perform because no one was available. He found Harris to be poor playmaker, poor mid-to-long-range shooting, and completely incomparable to Nash.

Nelson Sr. likes players who can shoot, and Harris will never be Nash, and it has nothing to do with offense, it's that his wrists are too stiff. It's hard for this kind of person to be a pitcher, and after decades of coaching, Nelson Sr. has seen a lot.

The sun attacked, Guo Xu held the ball and waited for his teammates to pull away, observed the defensive position, and gave his teammates a code.

Xiao Si flanked Joe Johnson off the ball to cover Finley, and Guo Xu split the ball to the flank.

Finley was a little slower to follow, Mbenga switched out, and Joe Johnson dribbled and passed to the empty cut, who squeezed Finley and jumped up and smashed the ball with his right hand. 4 to 2.

Guo Xu's style of play Joe Johnson will also do, but the speed is slower when running, and it is not easy to get a direct shot. He has the ability to organise and break through with the ball, which makes him an excellent all-rounder.

The Mavericks attacked, because the center couldn't pull away, the tactics couldn't be played, and Mbenga went out to cover and was let go, a real tactical finisher.

Finley singled Howard to turn around and shoot iron, Mbenga grabbed the rebound in the front court, shot from close range, and hit the iron again under the interference of Xiaosi, Marion grabbed the rebound and passed it to Guo Xu to launch a counterattack.

Guo Xu advanced to the front court at full speed and passed to Joe Johnson, who relied on Harris to force a layup, scored and caused a foul. He also hit a free throw, 7-2.

Joe Johnson clenched his fist when he returned to the defense, Guo Xu could see that he was very excited, it was quite rare for this person to have a celebration.

The Mavericks attacked, Terry ran without the ball, relied on Nowitzki to cover and get rid of it, and after receiving the ball, he changed direction and broke through, causing Marion to foul and hit both free throws. 7 to 4.

As long as Terry is given enough possession, he is much more reliable on offense than Harris. But Nelson Sr. didn't like Terry either, thinking he was like a short shooting guard, with average playmaking skills, and he couldn't compare to Nash.

The Sun attacked, Guo Xu first played with Xiao Si in the middle to block and dismantle, and then dribbled the ball to the right side to open the distance.

This side is the weak side, with only Joe Johnson in the bottom corner, Junior running two more steps to cover two teammates, and Marion and Howard pulling away on the left side.

Guo Xu played very coolly, the Suns lineup was super strong, and the opponent couldn't have obvious loopholes in every position if he wanted to defend himself. If he doesn't attack with the ball, passing to Howard and playing Harris alone is an opportunity.

Terry was in place, and Xiao Si didn't have time to cut into the middle and stand still. Guo Xu dribbled the ball to his left hand under his crotch and took a step to the right side. Terry didn't take a feint and stepped forward to form a close-fit.

Guo Xu leaned on Terry with his back, shook his right shoulder slightly, handed the ball to his right hand with his left hand, and quickly held the ball with his right hand and turned around to the bottom line. Terry was attracted by his shoulder-shaking feint, and this step did not keep up and was overcome.

Guo Xu quickly made an easy layup under the basket, and Nowitzki and Mbenga both stood outside and had no time to make up for the defense. 9 to 4.

The Suns started with more flowers......