Guo Xu played with complete confidence in the regular season, and he said that it was not crazy to win the championship this season, and it was really possible to do it. Because in the regular season, he singled out Nash, Parker, Bibby and other guards with high scoring efficiency, and the Suns have the ability to compete with all teams!

In the second half of the first quarter, the Sun pressed the Mavericks to play, just two simple routines, one is Guo Xu singled out Nash, and the other is Guo Xu gave the ball to Joe Johnson, who relied on Xiao Si's side to cover the running position without the ball to catch the ball and shoot, and without a direct shot, he attracted Xiao Si to change the defense or chase the dribble to find a pass to the empty cut.

The Mavericks' two defensive weaknesses were caught by the Suns, and Nash couldn't block Guo Xu, so he could only interfere as much as possible. Van Exel's is shorter than Nash, and it is difficult to interfere with the shooting after Joe Johnson, and when the interior is changed, he has a bad confrontation and cannot stop Xiao Sikong.

The Mavericks can only fight with the Suns to attack, and they are still single-based under the active change of defense by the opponent's three forwards.

The Suns led 34-23 in the first quarter. Guo Xu had 11 points and 4 assists, better than Nash's 7 points and 3 assists.

Guo Xu rested in the second quarter, and the usual rotation after the Suns entered the playoffs was to let him rest for a few minutes in the second quarter, and the rest of the time as long as the score difference was not large, until the end of the game.

The two teams competed on the bench and were evenly matched.

The Mavericks have a strong lineup, led by Van Exel, Finlay, swingman Laga Bell, and power forward Walter Williams can pull away and shoot three-pointers, and the only weakness is center "Big Bamboo Pole" Bradley.

The Suns' rotation lineup is also good, Alston, Kirisek, Jacobson, Kukoc, Nene have the same tactics as in the first quarter, and four people can shoot three-pointers.

The Suns mainly rely on these 10 rotations, veterans Gugliotta and Scott Williams are marginal people, and Morris Evans is responsible for guarding the water cooler, and he will not have a chance to play unless there is no one available for injuries.

In the second half of the second quarter, the two sides sent their main players one after another, and Nowitzki scored consecutive points, and at halftime, the Suns led by only one point.

At this time, the Suns coaching staff found that it was not a good idea for Nene and Xiaosi to play together, and they were less effective at defending Nowitzki than Haslem, and they were tall and couldn't block shots, and they were prone to being passed by guards after being blocked.

The playoffs must be strengthened, and Guo Xu's proposal to bring in Haslem last summer was too crucial.

Haslem, who had rested the entire quarter in the second half, came back on the pitch and was better at both the individual Novitzki and the pick-and-roll.

One less quality superman, the sun can still open up the situation on the offensive end, that is, the style of play in the first quarter, the positional battle Guo Xu and Joe Johnson are the main attackers, and when counterattacking, several people are fast, Guo Xu launches a counterattack, who has the opportunity to shoot.

The Mavericks were able to defend against the Lakers because the OK combination rarely played blocking and pick-and-roll coordination, and the role players couldn't get the pass and didn't have the opportunity to hold the ball and misplace the point of Van Exel.

Now that the Sun is under the organization of Guo Xu, as long as the Mavericks dare to send double guards, they will immediately pull the two guards and fight endlessly, and the positional battle will shoot at the people of the two guards, bypass others, and divide the ball when they encounter the bag.

At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led by 19 points, 97-78.

At the beginning of the last quarter, Guo Xu, Marion, and Nene continued to lead the team, and Kukoc and Kirisek came up to play for a while, although the defense was slightly inferior, they continued to suppress the Mavericks by attacking, and the difference widened to 26 points at most.

"After entering the playoffs, Alston's playing time has been shortened, and the Suns don't use two guards much, and now they defend much better than they did in the regular season," Zhang commented. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "In the last series, Van Exel averaged 20 points per game, and today he was dumb against the Suns, and it became a defensive hole. If Nelson Sr. uses Bell, Griffin, and Nahoola, the offense will be worse, and the Mavericks will not be able to adjust. ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "O'Neal said at the press conference that he was optimistic about the Suns to advance, and he really said it. With Guo Xu here, the Suns' offense is very reasonable. Kobe Bryant can't do it, so he throws it at the person himself. ”

Guo Xu triggered a huge butterfly effect, and the famous commentator "Wei Ping-Bryant" became "Wei Ping-Guo", and the results and data determine everything, which is very reasonable.

The Mavericks couldn't catch up with the score, and the game entered garbage time early, Guo Xu was replaced with three minutes left, and the data was fixed at 27 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, 9 of 15 shots, 4 of 9 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws.

The Suns scored double-doubles with six players, Smalls had 24 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Joe Johnson had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and Marion had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Mavericks also had three players scoring 20+ points as a team, but Nash, who scored the most, only had 22 points and 7 assists, and Finley and Nowitzki both had 20 points. As in the previous two seasons against the Lakers, the two teams fought hard to attack, and the Mavericks lost with dignity.

In the end, the Suns got off to a good start 124-106.

After the game, the two teams were interviewed by the media, and Maverick coach Nelson Sr. praised both his disciples and Guo Xu when commenting on the game.

"Steve is brilliant, he's a star point guard, and we lost because Jason is the best guard in the NBA, and he always makes the right choices on the court, and he not only scores, but he also makes his teammates better. I think it's lucky for a newcomer to the league to play next to Jason, who is an MVP-caliber star and very selfless. ”

The reporter asked, "Do you think the long use of two guards was the reason for the Mavericks' loss?" ”

Nelson Sr. shook his head and said: "No, if we want to win, we need Van Exel's attack, he is an important sixth man in the team, and no one is better suited to lead the bench than him." ”

If the Mavericks' sixth man is a pure shooting guard, they have a good chance of winning the championship this year, but unfortunately the lineup is not so perfect, and the Mavericks have indeed strengthened their offense after trading to Van Exel, but they have major flaws on the defensive end.

This can't be said to be a failure for the Mavericks' management, when they didn't give out a great chip, and Juwan Howard's high-salary, long-term contract has become a well-known bad contract in the league, and it can be earned in exchange for useful people.

D'Antoni said modestly in an interview: "It's just the first game, it's too early to say that we qualified, but we don't have any pressure, before coming to Dallas, our goal was to win an away game, the Mavericks lost home-court advantage, and it was already very beneficial for the Suns." ”

Guo Xu said that when he said his feelings, he directly said that the Suns would eliminate the Mavericks, not as low-key as the coach.

"We will definitely qualify for the Western Conference Finals, I have confidence in myself, I have confidence in my teammates, our momentum can make up for the lack of experience, we are strong!"

Guo Xu's confidence is actually given by the old Nelson, after only one game, he can be sure that the old Nelson has not changed from before, that is, he fights to attack, if the Mavericks play badly in a certain section, he will make adjustments on the offensive end, never considering taking into account the defense.

In the regular season, the team that fights with the Suns to attack basically has nothing to do, and if you want to win against the Suns, the best way is to slow down the pace to slowly grind the position, ensure the success rate of the offense, and at the same time quickly return to the defense to ensure the defense, disrupting the Suns' fast offensive rhythm, so that you have a chance of winning.

The Suns, who play fast breaks, are the strongest, and once the opponent is fast enough to defend, there will be trouble if the hit rate of the 7-second run is not high. The Mavericks' double guard is equivalent to letting the Suns counterattack and play casually, and today Joe Johnson and Marion forced layups against Nash in multiple rounds, and this kind of misalignment can only be fouled, and it can't be guarded alone.

Nelson Sr.'s extreme coaching style doomed the Mavericks to failure......