In the 2002-2003 season, in the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks were tied by the Trail Blazers in the case of a 3-game lead, and the two sides started the seven-game battle as scheduled, before the game, the Trail Blazers' starting center Dale Davis could not play due to injury, the Trail Blazers let the old Sabonis as the starting center, the first three quarters of the game The two teams played very intensely, Nowitzki and Van Axel combined to score 31 points, and the Trail Blazers Sabonis and Randolph combined to score 30 points to help the Trail Blazers lead the Mavericks by 2 points.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Tianzun made two three-pointers, two free throws, and two baskets to score 12 points in a row, and the Mavericks were Van Excel's gods, two mid-range shots in the early part of the fourth quarter, a three-point shot and 7 points, and then a steal of Bunch Wells, assisted Nash to score two points on a layup, and then Van Excel's breakthrough scored 2 points, assisted Nash to hit an open three-pointer, assisted Nowitzki to play two plus one, and then personally handled it, Face Pippen and hit a killer three-pointer!

In the end, the Trail Blazers knelt in front of Van Axel, who exploded in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks defeated the Trail Blazers 4-3 to advance to the second round. Nowitzki continued his brilliant performance in the first round of last season, averaging 29.9 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in seven games, shooting 52.1% from the field and 56.0% from three-point range. Van Axel averaged 15.3 points and 5.0 assists per game, becoming the second contributor to the team's victory!

In the second round, the Mavericks met last year's old rival, the King of Saramento! The scene of last year's 1:4 fiasco is still vivid, and this year, while maintaining the original team, the Kings also recruited the former cornerstone of the Mavericks, Jim Jackson, to be even stronger, this time, can the Mavericks get out of the way!

In the first game, Webb scored 23 points in the first three quarters of the game and led the Kings to win the Mavericks with a score of 98:76, but the Mavericks did not give up hope, Finley and Tariq Wahad combined to score 21 points, but the King's Bobby Jackson scored 12 points in the final quarter to ensure the King's final victory, and at the end of the game, Van Axel, Finley and Nash scored 60 points, but the Kings were more firepower, Peja Weber combined to score 50 points, and the bench Bobby Jackson scored 23 points alone, Although Nowitzki scored 18 points and 11 rebounds on 7-of-13 shooting, Nowitzki's performance was still not enough.

In the second game, Van Axel achieved 14 of 19 from the field and hit 5 three-pointers to score a career-high 36 points in the playoffs! led the Mavericks to slaughter the Kings 132:110, Van Excel This player is unknown to many fans, he used to be the boss of the Lakers before Kobe, playing alone, but he has strong ability, no one is afraid when he really goes crazy, and he is nicknamed "Fan Maniac"! Unfortunately, the Kings met a van Axel who had gone mad.

Old Nelson: Fan Fan, what did you eat in the last game? So crazy?

Van Exel: Crazy? I just like the way you look like you've never seen the market! Come, keep your eyes open, Uncle will make you look even crazier!

Although Van Axel played a very good performance, but after the game, the Mavericks received a very good news for themselves, Kings power forward Chris Webber in a scramble, knee landed, injured and left the game, the season is reimbursed, and Webber's knee injury also ushered in a major turning point in his career, after recovering from injury next season, he will not be as brave as he used to be.

In the third game, in the last minute of the game, Bibby's desperate three-point shot allowed the Kings to overtake the Mavericks by 2 points, but at the critical moment, Van Axel yelled at Nelson Sr. in the last 3.8 seconds of the game-

"Old man! Keep your eyes open and see clearly! ”

Then Fan Maniac hit the equalizer with a solid mid-range shot! These two points are just 2 of the 15 points scored by Fan Maniac in the fourth quarter! Both teams went into the first overtime!

In the first overtime, the Kings' Christie hit two three-pointers to help the Kings take the initiative, but in the final 16 seconds of the game, Nash assisted Wilt Williams to score a basket to tie the score again, and the game went into the second overtime! Who to watch in the second overtime! I saw that the fan madman yelled at old Nelson again-

"Old man, keep your eyes open and see clearly!"

Fan Maniac, who has completely gone crazy, scored 8 points in the second overtime, helping, no, leading the Mavericks to win this game with difficulty, and throughout the game, Fan Maniac hit 6 three-pointers on 14-of-26 shooting, and refreshed the playoff score high he had just created to 40 points!

While Peja scored 39 points on 14-of-30 shooting, Nash had 31 points and 11 assists, and Nowitzki grabbed 20 rebounds despite being disadvantaged on the offensive end, scoring 25 points on 9-of-21 shooting.

In the fourth game, the Mavericks were in a rare slump, with the whole team shooting rate of only 37.9% and only scoring a measly 83 points, and Fan Maniac, who played well in two consecutive games, was also dumb in this game, scoring only 5 points on 2-of-11 shooting, while the Kings scored double-doubles for all six of the team, and finally the Mavericks lost to the opponent 83-99.

You can't expect Fan Maniac to stay crazy, if that's the case, he'll be called Fan Jordan instead of Fanmaniac...... But in the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, Fan Madman went crazy for the third time......

In the fifth key battle of Tianwang Mountain, when the Mavericks trailed by 7 points at 54:61 in the first half, a wave of 29:10 attacks was played in the third quarter, reversing the game in one fell swoop, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Kings 112:93! In the sixth game, the two teams almost poured their whole team strength into a duel, Finley and Nowitzki almost did not rest the whole game, but the effect was not good, the offensive efficiency was not high, Finley scored 21 points in 7 of 15, Nowitzki scored 21 points and 12 rebounds in 5 of 14, the absolute fate of the team, it was still Fan Maniac, he shot 15 of 23 and scored 35 points with the third highest score in the playoffs in his career! And the Kings are all soldiers, Peja, Divac, Christie, Bobby Jackson all scored 20+ points and finally the Mavericks lost Game 6 109:115, and entered the tie-break for two consecutive series!

In the final game, Nowitzki, who had been suppressed for the whole series, finally rose, scoring 30 points and 19 rebounds on 12-of-20 shooting, Van Axel scored 23 points, Nash handed out 13 assists, the Kings almost exhausted the last bullet of the team in the last game, and were no longer able to maneuver with the Mavericks, four quarters of the game, none of them won the Mavericks, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Kings 112-99, following the 1987-1988 season, the second time to reach the Western Conference Finals!

Evaluate this round of the series, five games, Van Excel went crazy in three of them, Fan Sanmad contributed the top three points in his career playoffs, 40 points, 36 points and 35 points, an average of 25.3 points per game, becoming the first contributor to the team's victory! And the Mavericks' opponent in the West is still an old friend, the San Antonio Spurs.

Two years ago, the Mavericks lost 4-1 to the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals of the playoffs, when the Spurs' twin towers became the Mavericks' biggest monster, and in just two seasons, the Spurs' structure was completely different. Although David Robinson has not yet retired and is still a starter, Robinson, who has reached the end of his career, is actually the sixth man of the team, in other aspects, the team has dug Tony Parker in the starting guard, and the other guard is defensive master Bruce Bowen, in addition to Stephen Jackson, Manu Ginobili and other excellent cadres.

Before the season was played, the first bad news came from the Mavericks, big center Sean Bradley was almost reimbursed because of a knee injury, and he couldn't play for a few minutes even when he played, which made the combination of defensive Duncan one less.

In the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks fell behind by 7 points in the first three quarters, and under the leadership of Nowitzki's 12 points in the fourth quarter, they scored 30:19 in a single quarter**, and finally narrowly defeated the Spurs 113:110, ushering in a good start.

The Mavericks had prepared a big gift to Duncan a few years ago - Lafrentz, but the Mavericks were defeated by the king and had no chance to show it...... Although the Spurs lost, Duncan scored 40 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists on 14-of-20 shooting, and was still as solid as a dog, but Nowitzki shot 38 points on 10-of-19 shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds, which was on par with Duncan, and Finley and Nash combined for 14-of-29 to score 48 points to take away the game.

In the second game, the Spurs quickly adjusted their state, Duncan was still solid and scored 32 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists on 11-of-21 shooting, Malik Rose on the bench scored 25 points to lead the Spurs to a 119-106 victory over the Mavericks, Finley scored 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Nowitzki scored 23 points and 10 rebounds on 8-of-19 shooting.

In the third game, the Spurs won again, Duncan scored 34 points and 24 rebounds on 12-of-19 shooting, while the Mavericks' highest scoring was the bench Fan Maniac, who scored 16 points, and Nowitzki scored 15 points on 7-of-20 shooting, and the Spurs won two games in a row against the Mavericks 96-83.

Duncan's steady and efficient play almost made the Mavericks cry......

Maverick: Brother, please abuse lightly.

Duncan: I'm just playing normally......

Maverick: Then you should shoot less, we really can't bear it......

Duncan: OK, no problem.

Duncan's side got it, but there was a second bad news from the Mavericks, as Nowitzki hit a knee in Game 3 and was out for the season......

Duncan: That'...... I don't blame you for that......

In the fourth game, Duncan only made 14 shots in the whole game, hit 8 of them, scored 21 points, grabbed 20 rebounds, and led the Spurs to beat the Mavericks 102-95 in three consecutive games, Fan Maniac was promoted to the starter, and scored 20+ points with Finley and Nash, but it couldn't stop the Spurs' strong offensive, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili both scored 20+ Stephen Jackson also scored 17 points.

In the fifth game, the Mavericks trailed the Spurs 76-81 in the first three quarters without Nowitzki, but in the fourth quarter, Fan Maniac scored 12 points and led the Mavericks to play a wave of 29:10 attacks, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 103-91.

At this time, the calf is really out of food.

In the sixth game, Duncan finally stopped, scoring 18 points and 11 rebounds in 8 of 20, playing the worst game of the series, but Stephen Jackson scored 24 points in 8 of 14, Malik Rose, Stephen Cole, and Ginobili also got the last double-double points, and the Spurs' play was not very good, but the Mavericks were even worse, scoring only 78 points in the game, and Fan Maniac made 19 shots in exchange for a team-high 19 points, and finally the Mavericks were eliminated by the Spurs 2:4, Duncan is still the threshold that the Mavericks can't cross, averaging 28.0 points, 16.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 3.0 blocks per game in the series, and shooting 56.9% from the field.

It is worth mentioning that after the Spurs stepped on the Mavericks, in the finals, defeated the Nets with the same 4:2 and won the championship that year, this result made the Mavericks full of expectations for the future, if Nowitzki was not injured in the third game, if the other players played better and then lost, the final result may be completely different, the Mavericks are bad, just so lost, just so lost, so lost, so, the Mavericks in the 2003-2004 season, began the craziest reinforcement in team history!

The 2003 draft was hailed as one of the best NBA drafts, and the rookies of the year gave birth to many Hall of Fame-level, All-Star-level superstars, and the second round was not too good, producing many excellent role players, and Josh Howard, who was selected by the Mavericks with the 29th pick in the first round, belongs to the excellent column.

Howard is 201 cm tall and can play the second or third position, Howard's appearance is really not flattering, he laughed, grinning with two rows of white teeth, and the corners of his mouth were grinning behind the roots of his ears, in general, he looks similar to me, and Howard is always among them when every magazine selects the ugliest stars in the NBA, but although he looks average, he is low-key and powerful!

Howard is an honorable player in college, with very comprehensive skills, long arm span, excellent physical fitness, and good offense and defense, but Howard played 4 years in college and was about to turn 24 years old when he was drafted.

And the calf not only picked up this big bargain, but also a big bargain waiting for the calf to pick it up.

Marquis Daniels, 198 cm tall, No. 2 position, 22 years old at the time of the draft, was considered famous in college but not very loud, the Mavericks observed Josh Howard's video and found that Marquis Daniels, who was opposite him, was also a talent, the Mavericks originally planned to select Daniels with a second-round pick, but this pick was traded to the Nuggets by Nelson Jr., the son of Nelson Sr., and then signed Daniels with a year's salary.

But Josh Howard and Daniels are not the most important additions for the Mavericks in the new season, before the draft, the Mavericks put Van Axel, who played well in the playoffs last season, plus Avery Johnson, three water coolers to the Warriors, got the Warriors' starting power forwards Antoine Jamison, Chris Myers, Danny Fortson and Keely Welsh, the latter three are just ordinary role players, and it is clear that the real reinforcement of the Mavericks is Antoine Jamison.

Jamison is 206 cm tall, serving as a power forward, on the offensive end, Jamison is sturdy, tough on the ball, and has kaleidoscopic offensive skills after taking the ball, especially the half-hook throwing after dribbling and moving sideways, this kind of offensive method that makes it difficult for others to ponder and learn, is simply perfect on Jamison's side, Jamison's defensive end is at a medium level but definitely not bad, Jamison is the first round of the No. 4 rookie in 1998, But at the end of the draft, he came to the Warriors by exchange with Vince Carter at the No. 5 position, and in five years with the Warriors, he has grown from a role player to a quasi-star player with 20+ points, and has completed two consecutive back-to-back scoring 50+ feats!

But it's not without reason for the Warriors to give up Jamison, Jamison has a silent and introverted personality, doesn't like to show his head, just wants to play in peace, has no leadership ability, such a character, it is difficult to become a star and a guarantee for the ticket market, even if it is directly pointed out by the Warriors management, Jamison still hasn't changed, in the five years that the Warriors stayed, the Warriors didn't make a single playoff game, so he was disheartened and sold to the Mavericks, Jamison except for his rookie season, the other four seasons were all Warriors' starters, But when he came to the Mavericks, he became Nowitzki's substitute, such a gap in treatment, the average star is very resistant, but the introverted Jamison gladly accepted the role, played diligently throughout the season, without the slightest complaint, averaging 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and after the end of the season, won the league's "Best Sixth Man" award this year, and Jamison also became the second Best Sixth Man award in the history of the Mavericks after Tapre.

You think that's the end of it? Not yet......

In 2003, the Celtics hired Danny Ainge as the team's general manager, and Ainge, known as one of the NBA's most cold-blooded general managers, traded the team's cornerstone All-Star-caliber power forward Anthony Walker plus potential guard Tony Decker to the Mavericks as soon as he took office, with the chips being the Mavericks' 2004 first-round pick, big center Lafrentz, and two water coolers, Chris Meeks and Keely Welsh.