Three years ago, in the playoffs, the Mavericks had a narrow encounter with the SuperSonics, and in the end it was the Mavericks who won the final victory, and three years later, the SuperSonics can be described as a big change, and the team's trident has been replaced by Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel and Dalle Eris.

Chambers doesn't need to be introduced too much, he is still a stable output of 23.3 points this season, and McDaniel is the superSonic's fourth pick in the first round last year, and he can average 23 points per game this season, but these two are the team's top scorers, and Dalle Eris, who averages 24.9 points per game, is!

Speaking of which, Eris is still a rookie of the Mavericks, No. 9 in the first round in 1983, 201 cm tall, and can shoot three points in both offense and defense, but in the Mavericks, he has been pressed by Aguirre and Blackman, and there is no chance to perform, he has played a total of 221 games in three years, but he only played 7 starts, playing only 15 minutes per game, scoring seven or eight points, and then the Mavericks felt that there was no training value, in order to get the sixth man of the supersonic Al Wood, the Mavericks sent Eris to the supersonics, who would have thought about it, carelessly, Another god was sent away, and Wood said that he was hit by injuries and retired after playing for a year with the Mavericks without making any outstanding contributions. And Eris seized the loophole that the SuperSonics did not have a suitable small forward and quickly rose to the top, averaging 7.1 points per game last season, averaging nearly 25 points per game this season, shooting 51.6% from the field, and successfully won the most improved player of the season!

On April 23, 1987, the first battle between the Mavericks and the Supersonic began, and the Supersonic knelt under the all-round fire attack of the Mavericks, and the Mavericks scored 9 points and scored 151 points in the game!

The Mavericks, who won the first game easily, were a little relaxed in the second game, Dalle Eris scored 32 points in the game, and the Mavericks' highest score was Aguirre who scored 28 points, and in the third game, the Mavericks knelt down again, kneeling on Eris, Eris was like a god in this game, the ghost file killed the ghost, the Buddha blocked and slaughtered the Buddha, the whole game shot 18 of 28, 43 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and 8 frontcourt rebounds were all career highs! The Mavericks fell behind 1:2 in the first two games, and the Mavericks lost again in the fourth game, Chambers blew up the Mavericks' interior line, scoring 31 points on 11-of-16 in the game, and McDaniels and Eris also scored 20+, on the other hand, the Mavericks' overall shooting rate was only 37.1%, and Aguirre played one of the worst performances of the playoffs, scoring 13 points and 8 rebounds on 4-of-13.

After five games, the Mavericks were beaten by the SuperSonics in three consecutive games with a one-game lead, and were eliminated by the SuperSonics Down, Dalle Eris, the former Mavericks abandoned the player, became the Mavericks' lingering nightmare, averaging 29.5 points, 8 rebounds, 4.3 front boards and 3.8 assists per game in four games, shooting 55.7% from the field!

Undoubtedly, such an outcome was unacceptable to the Mavericks' management, and at the end of the season, the team's decorated head coach Motta stepped down and John McLeod stepped in.

McLeod is the meritorious coach of the Suns, before this season, he coached the Suns for 14 seasons, 479 wins and 533 losses, cultivated a group of early Suns meritorious stars such as Paul Westfale, Walter Davis, Alwan Adams, Dick Van Asdale, etc., and also brought the Suns to the Finals, but in the late stage of McLeod's coaching, the Suns' record sank seriously, and the team was also in turmoil, the team wanted to sell, McLeod and management had disagreements on young players and squad depth, In the end, he was fired and left, and took over with the Mavericks this season, hoping that the team can repeat the glory of McLeody when he brought the Suns to the Finals.

In the 1987 rookie conference, the Mavericks were again clumsy, and the 20th pick in the first round drafted guard Jim Farmall, who played only 136 games in total, starting only one game, and averaging 5.3 points per game After five seasons, Farmar retired and announced that he would become a musician...... The 33rd pick in the second round was selected Steve Erfurt, who played a total of 169 games in his four-year career, starting three games and averaging 4.4 points per game.

With Dalle Eris and Mark Price in front and Schramf in the back, it's really good for others, and they have left some bad ones, and the Mavericks have continued to have problems in looking at people, which has seriously affected the team's subsequent development.

The team's lineup has basically not changed from last season, Aguirre is still the team's stable killer, in the 77 games played, Aguirre scored 20+ points in 61 games, scored 30+ points in 22 games, averaged 25.1 points per game, ranked eighth in the league, and was selected to the All-Star team for the third time in his career, Blackman showed a slight decline, averaging 18.7 points per game, the lowest in five seasons, and shooting 47.3%, the lowest in his career.

Derrick Haber continued to improve this season, on November 14, 1987, the Mavericks defeated the Trail Blazers, Haber scored a career-high 35 points on 12-of-21 shooting, and on April 9, 1988, the Mavericks slaughtered the Nuggets, Haber once again scored a career-high 35 points, and on November 10, 1987, the Mavericks defeated the SuperSonics, Haber sent a career-high 16 assists and turnovers only 1, successfully revitalizing the team. Haber is averaging 17 points, 7.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game this season, and after four years of training, Derrick Haber has not only continued to improve on the offensive end, but also has his own defensive skills, and he has become a quasi-All-Star level guard in the league.

Of course, there is another person who has to mention, that person is the team's main center James Donaldson, this season's Donaldson averaged 7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, from the data point of view, it is very average, but Mark Eaton, who beat 7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.7 blocks, was selected to this year's All-Star team and became the first center in Mavericks history to be selected as an All-Star.

This year, the Mavericks have 53 wins, finishing second in the division by one and facing the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs.

Two years ago, the Rockets were still a Finals-level team, and the team relied on the twin towers of Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson to bring the Rockets all the way to the Finals stage, but in these two seasons, Sampson was plagued by injuries and his form declined greatly.

Without Sampson, Olajuwon is like a trapped beast, although he averaged 37.5 points, 16.8 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 2.8 blocks per game in the playoffs, but the help given by others to Olajuwon is really meager, four games, the Mavericks won 3:1 easily, the whole team of 6 scored double-doubles, and in the second round, the Nuggets stood in front of the Mavericks.

The Nuggets' style of play is completely different from that of the Rockets, the Rockets are the only one, Olajuwon is fierce, and the others are useless, but the Nuggets have played all season, and the six members of the team have averaged double-doubles per game, the boss is small forward Alex Inglish who averaged 25 points per game, the second is point guard Fatleaf averages 18.9 points per game, and the third is the Mavericks veteran, Jane Vintzon, a year after Vinteson was sent to the bullets, joined the Nuggets, and became a sharp knife on the Denver bench, averaging 15.4 points per game.

In the first game, the Nuggets taught the Mavericks a lesson, and Leaf beat Haber, with 30 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, plus a 12-of-17 shooting rate, the Nuggets easily won 126-115 at home against the Mavericks, and Haber contributed 17 points and 5 assists on 6-of-13 shooting. The Mavericks' waiver Venterson scored 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting.

In the second game, the Nuggets were more aggressive, Leaf, Inglish and the team's starting center Danny Charles combined to contribute 64 points and 30 rebounds, while the Mavericks sacrificed Blackman, scoring 31 points on 13-of-23 shooting, and Roy Tapree, who was sitting on the bench and was not on drugs, scored 18 points in the last game, and scored 27 points and 12 rebounds in this game to help the Mavericks beat the Nuggets 112-108 and equalize the score.

In the third game, the shooting percentage of both sides was not very high, Inglish scored a game-high 23 points, Leaf played a triple-double of 11 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Mavericks relied on Tapre's 15 points and 15 rebounds and Schramf's 14 points to hold on to the end, they also led the Nuggets by 9 points in the first three quarters, but in the final quarter, the Nuggets played a 29-18 offensive to take the game away in one fell swoop. In the fourth game, Aguirre, who had played poorly in the previous three games, finally stood up, scoring 34 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 14-of-20 shooting, and Tapre continued his good momentum again, scoring 24 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists on 12-of-20 shooting, leading the Mavericks to defeat the Nuggets 124-103, and the big score became a 2-2 draw.

After that, the Mavericks did not give the Nuggets a chance, winning two games in a row to win the Nuggets, and in this round of the series matchup, Taprey's play was crucial, although he was a substitute, but he averaged 31.8 minutes of playing time per game, more than starting center James Donaldson, averaging a team-high 20.5 points and a team-high 14.2 rebounds per game, Blackman averaged 21.3 points per game, shooting 58.4% from the field and the performance was no different from the regular season, but Aguirre dragged back slightly, averaging "only"18.5 points.

After stepping past the Nuggets, the Mavericks reached the Western Conference Finals for the first time in history, and at this time, they were still standing in front of their old rival, the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the playoffs two years ago, the Mavericks' interior group was beaten by Abdul-Jabbar is still vivid, two years later, the Lakers' lineup has not changed much, to say that the biggest change is that they are two years older, Byron Scott and James Worthy are both 26 years old, James Johnson is 28 years old, Michael Cooper is 31 years old, if the age of the outside lineup is the year of playing, then the age of the Lakers inside line is their death hole, Starting big forward Michael Thompson is 33 years old and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 40 years old!

In the first game, the Lakers exposed the problem of lack of depth on the inside, Roy Spree took what he wanted on the inside, scoring 18 points, 20 rebounds and 8 rebounds in 7 of 11 from the field, while Abdul-Jabbar only had 17 points and 5 rebounds, but the Lakers still won the game, they used Worthy and Scott to offer Aguirre in turn, under the package of the two defensive masters, Aguirre played abnormally, scoring 18 points on 8 of 18, while Worthy scored 28 points on 12 of 17, Scott scored 23 points, and Magic had 19 points and 12 assists.

In the second game, the Mavericks lost again, although Aguirre scored 28 points on 11-of-16, but at that time others felt cold, Perkins scored 16 points on 8-of-12 If the performance was acceptable, Blackman scored 14 points on 15 shots, Harbour only had 6 points and 8 assists, and the Lakers beat the Mavericks by 22 points under the leadership of Scott's 30 points and Magic's 19 assists.

The Mavericks who returned to the home court woke up like a dream, only then did they realize that the inside line was the weakness of the Lakers, McLeod asked not to shoot three points outside, threw the ball inside, gave up the bag Scott, and instead gathered under the basket to grab the rebound, to put it bluntly, it is your fate if you shoot to death, but if you can't shoot me, I must win the rebound, and then dream of chiseling inside.

Who would have thought, simple and rough tactics, received a miraculous effect, the third game Mavericks won the game 106:94, look at the score is quite big, but in fact the game is very intense, the Mavericks in the second half of the final quarter to pull the score away, the whole game Mavericks grabbed a total of 52 rebounds, while the Lakers only 33, the biggest contributor is undoubtedly Tapley, the infinite star of hope turned the Lakers upside down throughout the game, looking at the data although 24 shots 7 of 21 points are not eye-catching, But in fact, it was his shot opportunity that was obtained by fighting for frontcourt rebounds many times, and Tapree grabbed a total of 20 rebounds in the whole game, including 11 frontcourt rebounds! Aguirre had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Perkins contributed 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven rebounds, and the three interior players combined to get Abdul-Jabbar and Thompson fouled, and they both got five fouls throughout the game.

In the fourth game, Haber, who has been suppressed by the Magic, kicked it, scored 35 points in 12 of 21, and Aguirre scored 26 points, at that time the Lakers had a Magician law, that is, Magic Johnson's score cannot be the highest in the team, as long as he is the highest score in the team, the Lakers will lose, unfortunately, in this game, the Magic scored 28 points, the highest in the team, and the team also lost the game 104:118, and the big score came to a 2:2 draw!

In the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, this time, the Magic's score was not the highest on the team with only 15 points, but he delivered 20 assists! The consequence of this is that the Lakers shoot as a team as a team with a shooting rate of up to 60%! The Mavericks are only 42.3%, the gap between the point guards, directly determines the trend of the game, although Harbour also scored 19 points and 6 assists, but compared to the Magic, his gap is clear at a glance, Aguirre scored a team-high 31 points, but the Mavericks still lost to the Lakers 102:119.

The importance of the sixth game is obviously self-evident, Lakers coach Pat Riley and Mavericks coach McLeod both used a miserable seven-man rotation, but the Mavericks who finally won, Aguirre's strong attack in the last 3 seconds allowed the Mavericks to win the Lakers by 2 points, and the Mavericks played seven people, six scored double-doubles, and in the final tie-break, McLeod was still a seven-man rotation, and in the end it was still six people who scored double-doubles, but lost to Lakers Worthy, Johnson, Scott's three-person 20+, Johnson played a quasi-triple-double, 24 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists, and in the end, the Mavericks were eliminated by the Lakers 3:4 in the playoffs for the third time after seven fierce battles. After the Lakers reached the finals, they defeated the Pistons 4:3 and won the final championship, and Worthy was crowned FMVP.