In the 2005 playoffs, the fourth Mavericks in the West, met the fifth Rockets in the West, from the record point of view, between the two teams, the Mavericks' style of play is more flexible, and the Rockets are based on the combination of inside and outside, as soon as the series starts, the Mavericks' two home courts, all of which were conquered by the Rockets, there is no doubt that the biggest contributor to the Rockets being able to win two away games is Maddie, Yao Ming was trapped in a foul in the first game and only played 20 minutes, Maddie scored 34 points alone, In the second game, Yao Ming scored 33 points on 13-of-14 shooting to blow up Daniel, but Maddie had 28 points and 10 assists and hit the final 2.2 seconds of the game.

When Maddy made that shot, Kuban, who was standing on the sidelines, had the same face as Nowitzki didn't shoot in last year's playoffs.

But then, the unwilling Kuban used off-the-plate tricks and sent a video clip to the NBA league arbitrator, all of which were videos of Yao Ming's moving blocking and walking, although some clips were not walking and moving blocking and dismantling, but the details could not stand the replay of frame by frame, so Yao Ming's every move was all exposed under the microscope, and in the next 5 games, Yao Ming was blown a total of 21 fouls, and the whole round of the series, Yao Ming averaged 4.4 fouls per game in 31.4 minutes per game, an average of once every 7.1 minutes, and Yao Ming's bench and interior partner were even worse, starting power forward Ryan Bowen averaged 5.42 minutes per game to receive a foul, substitute forward Scott Padgett received a foul every 6 minutes, and as a comparison, Nowitzki only received a foul every 13.25 minutes on average, even if the main defense of Yao Ming's internal lethality, Yao Ming's Dampier averaged only one foul per game, but it is obvious that Dampier's interior lethality cannot be the same as Yao Ming.

Of course, the Rockets' defeat is not all a referee's factor, and Terry is the Rocket's killer, the demon star averaged 18.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, shooting 52.0% from the field, and an incredible 60.6% from three-point range.

After stepping on the Rockets in the first round, the Mavericks' opponent was the Phoenix Suns, who made Kuban extremely heartbroken......

The Mavericks gave the Suns an assist king and regular season MVP in vain this season, but I didn't expect retribution to come so soon, the playoffs are really right, these two teams are advocating offense, and the series is also exciting, and in the whole series, there is no game where a team scores less than 100 points!

In the first game, the Mavericks were pressed to the ground by the Sun and rubbed, and the 102 points scored by the Mavericks were considered a decent performance, but the Suns scored 127 points to completely beat the Mavericks into a sieve, and there is a joke here, when the season was not yet played, the Mavericks tried to trade Shaquille O'Neal to the Lakers, but O'Neal went to the Heat, and Dampier released his words, saying that he was the second center in the West after O'Neal, and was slapped in the face, An average of 9.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in the regular season is the level of a qualified starter, but in the playoffs, in the first round, even Yao Ming was plagued by fouls, facing Dampier with an average of 21.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, with a shooting rate of 65.5%, and in the second round of the playoffs, he was caught by Sun center Amare Stoudemire.

If Yao Ming is a technical stream, then Stoudemire's pure physical flow, extremely good physical fitness, nicknamed "Beast" / "Little Overlord", in the first game, Xiao Si shot 13 of 21 and scored 40 points and 16 rebounds, while Dampier was abandoned after 15 minutes, 2 shots and 0 points did not get 6 rebounds, and 3 turnovers, and was scolded by the uncharacteristful Nowitzki after the game.

And the team's former main control Nash 11 points, 13 assists and 6 rebounds, the performance was tepid, but in fact, in the Suns team at that time, in addition to Nash, there was also a former Mavericks veteran - Jim Jackson, Jackson mainly played as a substitute in the Suns at this time, this game was good for the Mavericks, did undercover, played 23 minutes and 4 shots 0 did not score a point, sent 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

If it is because of the lack of playing time in the first game, then you can pull out the second game, and after being scolded by the team's big boss, Dampier was ashamed and brave, although he was beaten by Xiao Si and was troubled by fouls, but, 8 shots and 7 shots scored 15 points, 12 rebounds, 7 rebounds and 7 frontcourt rebounds, but in comparison, Xiao Si hit 30 points, 16 rebounds and 7 front boards in 9 of 20, but the most brilliant thing in this game was not Xiao Si, but Nowitzki's Mavericks, although Nowitzki's performance throughout the game was not the best, but he hit a key jumper in the last 7 seconds of the game, which also made Xiao Si's 30+16, Marion's 23+15 rebounds, and Nash's 23+13 assists go down the drain.

In the third game, the Mavericks lost to the Suns by only 5 points at 82:87 in the first three quarters, but the situation changed suddenly in the fourth quarter, and the two Mavericks veterans dominated the game, Nash scored 10 points with a single shot and free throws, Jim Jackson took over as a starter, and in the last quarter he also scored 9 points with consecutive shots, leading the Suns to play a 32:20 offensive, and finally the Mavericks hated 102:119 at home, Nowitzki only scored 21 points in 24 shots, and Xiao Si is still the omnipotent Xiao Si, Dampier (4 points, 4 rebounds, 4 rebounds), who had 37 points, 14 rebounds, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks, doubted his life, while Nash had 27 points and 17 assists.

In the fourth game, Nash was still omnipotent, scoring a career-high 48 points on 20-of-28 shooting! This is completely to see the performance of the fire in the eyes of the old owner, how well Nash played, how much Kupan's heart hurt, but the Mavericks still won, not in Josh Howard's 29 points, but in 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks Dampier finally suppressed Small, so that the latter only got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 turnovers on 3-of-8 shooting in the 43 minutes he played.

Nowitzki: Nana, please be abusive, have you forgotten what we were doing?

Nash: I'm already from Phoenix, you forgot about me!

Nowitzki: You bad guy! It's still good to be Gigi.

Jim Jackson: Hey, hey, hey......

In the first two battles, the two teams played a 2:2 draw, and the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, how to say, is still Nash! The fire-breathing Nash in his eyes shot 13-of-26 and scored 34 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for a triple-double, Smalls also scored 33 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks, and only scored 2 points on 0-of-7 shooting, but grabbed 14 rebounds, including 8 rebounds Dampier, Jim Jackson played the best game of the series, scoring 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting, and the Mavericks were defeated by the Suns 108-114, which also made Nowitzki's 34 points and Starkerhouse, who scored 29 points in the explosion, useless.

Game 6, how to say, or Nash!

Kuban: My heart hurts......

In the last 1 minute of the game, the Mavericks were still 2 points ahead of the Suns, but then Nash shot three points outside, the ball bounced on the basket, and then fell into the net, the Mavericks instantly fell behind by one point, Nowitzki singled Marion, attracting a double bag, Josh Howard got a chance under the basket, scored an easy backhand layup, and took the lead back, with 43 seconds left, Marion forced Nowitzki not to score, Nowitzki won the rebound, With 27.9 seconds left, Jim Jackson immediately fouled Nowitzki, and with Nowitzki's free throw accuracy, the two points were secure, and at this time, Suns coach D'Antoni also had a helpless expression.

Nowitzki lived up to expectations, two free throws hit steadily, the Mavericks' lead extended to 3 points, it is obvious that Mavericks coach Johnson arranged a three-point defense, put two points of tactics, Nash after blocking and dismantling with Xiaosi single-handedly killed Nowitzki in the middle, easy layup to score 2 points, Suns big player Quentin Richardson tactical foul on Stackhouse, the latter still lived up to expectations, steadily hit two free throws, at this time there were only 11.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks once again held a 3-point lead! Everything is moving in the Mavericks' favor!

But at this time, Terry made a big mistake, which gave Nash a chance - Nash went all the way down after holding the ball, Terry who defended Nash followed all the way, Nash pretended to break through the inside line, Terry immediately contracted, forgetting coach Johnson's tactical deployment of three points and two points, after Nash feints, Terry just hesitated and came out of a small gap, Nash jumped directly on the left side and shot three points and hit! Starkerhouse misses a three-point shot, overtime!

In overtime, Nash didn't give the Mavericks any chance, and combined with Marion to score 18 of the team's 19 points, but in the final 2.6 seconds of the game, Terry floated in the air and hit an incredible magic three-pointer, rewriting the score to the Mavericks 126:128 Suns, Nowitzki fouled Marion, Marion used his lame shooting posture to send the ball to the basket twice, the Mavericks hated 2:4 at home, and ended the season's journey. Nash put up a supermatch of 39 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists in Game 6.

Throughout the series, Xiao Si beat Dampier and grabbed 12.5 rebounds with an average of 28.89 points per game, while the hacker Marion averaged 23.3 points and 12.2 rebounds per game, but the real hero of the team's victory was Mavericks veteran Steve Nash! Nash finished the Mavericks' guard line, averaging 30.3 points and 12.0 assists per game, shooting 55.0% from the field and 41.9% from three-point range.

With Nowitzki's strong three-point shot missed, Mavericks owner Mark Kuban was like a dead face for the third year in a row......

In the 2005-2006 season, the Mavericks officially opened the era of "Little General" Avery Johnson, compared with the Little General's master Nelson Sr., Johnson's coaching style is more modest, without giving up the offense, strengthening the team's defense, especially playing the Suns last season, the pain of being blown off the interior by Xiao Si is still vivid, Daniel's unashamed words "I am the second center in the West" lost the Mavericks' character, so, at the end of the offseason, The Mavericks immediately set their sights on the big center with good defensive ability, and soon, one person came into the Mavericks' sight, he was Desaquenna Diop, who was 213 cm tall.

Diop is a young player who jumped directly into the NBA from high school, at the age of 23, Diop is huge, excellent strength, outstanding defensive ability, is the eighth rookie in the first round in 2001, but at the same time, Diop entered the NBA too early and the technology has not yet been fully formed, the offensive end is not very good to leave the restricted area, occasionally a little too far small shot, on the defensive end of his height and weight is a natural barrier, but the defensive habits are not good, easy to mess around, resulting in Diop often trapped in fouls, Playing time can not be guaranteed, it was the Cavaliers who selected Diop, trained for four years, did not grow, averaged 1 point and 3 rebounds per game, and was abandoned at the end of the four-year rookie season, coincidentally, the Mavericks just lacked a defensive center, and because of the existence of Dampier, it was not required to play for a long time, so a 3-year contract of 6 million US dollars, the Mavericks signed Diop, it turned out that this signing made the Mavericks earn more, Diop As he gets older, his style of play is becoming more and more mature and stable, became an indispensable player in the Mavericks' revival.

In addition to the addition of defensive player Diop on the inside, the Mavericks also added to the defensive system on the outside, a veteran base salary worth $800,000, signed Adrian Griffin, a defensive titan who had played in the Mavericks for two seasons, but neither Diop nor Griffin was the biggest variable for the Mavericks this season.

It was in this season that the NBA issued an "amnesty clause", because Alan Houston, who was on a contract with a 100 million yuan contract for the New York Knicks, was unable to play because of injury, and because of the existence of this big contract, the Knicks were unable to bring in reinforcements to make further adjustments to the lineup. But not included in the NBA's salary cap, this clause is "version 1.0 of the amnesty clause", and in 2011 there was also a "version 2.0 of the amnesty clause".

And this clause soon fell on Finley's head......