Chapter 10: The Fight with the Calf

On April 25, 2007, the second game of the first round of the playoffs, the Golden State Warriors played away against the Dallas Mavericks, the Mavericks showed real strength in this game, the Mavericks in the third quarter of Nowitzki and Josh Howard combined to score 17 points under the leadership, played a wave of 33:22 attack wave in a single quarter, a wave took away the game, the whole game The Mavericks strangled the Warriors' main point guard Baron Davis is the key to winning, the last game Mavericks' main guard Devin Harris played a full 37 minutes, But there were only 19 minutes in this game, and the Mavericks used the stronger Jerry Starkerhouse to limit Davis, resulting in the latter only 13 points and 2 assists on 5-of-12 shooting, Stephen Jackson scored 30 points on 9-of-16 shooting, and Monta Ellis scored 20 points on 8-of-15 shooting, Matt Barnes led the strength of the Norwegian King in this game, playing 21 minutes, six fouls, only 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 turnovers, and Terry on the Mavericks' side shot 12-of-23 and scored 28 points, The performance was very good, Nowitzki scored 23 points and 7 rebounds on 7-of-15 shooting, Josh Howard has consistently scored 22 points and 11 rebounds steadily, Devin Harris, who was beaten by Baron Davis in the last game, was basically playing again with the bench in 19 minutes, and the result was very efficient, scoring 15 points and 4 assists on 5-of-7 shooting, and the physically strong Jerry Starkerhouse defended Baron Davis, he got 17 points and 8 rebounds, Another old acquaintance in the Mavericks is Eric Dampier, a power center who has played for the Warriors for nine years, and Dampier only got 2 minutes of performance time in the first game between the two sides, and Dampier started 14 minutes in this game, scoring only 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 5 fouls.

Seeing this, please don't underestimate Eric Dampier, Dampier is tall and big, even against O'Neal on the court, his strength does not suffer, although the offense is not good, but it is definitely a big shield on the defensive end, but unfortunately this year the Mavericks are playing against the Golden State Warriors who play very weirdly.

If you take a closer look at the lineup of the Warriors this year, you will find that there is no orthodox center in the Warriors lineup, the only Biedlins who is more than 210 cm tall is still a mobile center, and the old Nelson got a bunch of muscular, about two meters tall forward swing people to play on the court, this strange staffing will only exist in the team coached by the old Nelson, this system has led to the fact that the Warriors have no ability to play alone on the inside, and the whole game is a sudden point - sudden point - sudden point, A player rushed in with a bag of explosives, couldn't rush in and then threw it out, the four muskets on the outside lined up, taking turns to volley, this is actually where the old Nelson's tactical system is, to put it simply, it is "shooting birds indiscriminately", whether there is a bird to stab a stick first.

The third game between the Warriors and the Mavericks made Jason Richardson a great moment, he played an extremely perfect performance in this tough battle, 12-of-19 shooting, 30 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, 17 points in the first half, and nowitzki, who scored 16 points in the first half, Baron Davis also contributed to it, he scored 24 points and 5 assists on 9-of-18 shooting, without a single turnover, Stephen Jackson scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, but only 4-of-12 shooting, Monta Ellis scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 5 turnovers and 4 fouls on 6-of-11 shooting, Harrington didn't play well in the second game of the Warriors, only 1 of 8 shots, and this was immediately started by Biedrins, who lived up to his mission, and scored 10 points and 10 rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting in 23 minutes of the game, and Harrington, who was relegated to the bench, only got 14 minutes of performance opportunities in this game, getting 7 points and 8 rebounds, The most tragic person in the last game of the Warriors was Matt Barnes, who played 21 minutes and left the court with six fouls, and the most tragic person in this game was him, but in this game Barnes lasted 2 minutes, played 23 minutes, graduated with a full foul, and scored 7 points and 4 rebounds on 3-of-7 shooting, in fact, Barnes is such a player, as long as the coach has a look, it is a matter of one sentence to rush up and down the sea of fire on the knife mountain, and the main reason for the loss of the Mavericks is still on Nowitzki, Norsky King scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 6-of-12 shooting in the first half, and was immediately "invisible" in the second half, scoring 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals on 1-of-4 shooting, Josh Howard scored 20 points and 9 rebounds on 8-of-17 shooting, Terry and Devin Harris both scored 14 points and 5 assists on 4-of-11 shooting, the latter had 8 points and 5 assists, and Jerry Starkhouse scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-9 shooting.

After three games, the Warriors actually led 2:1! This surprised everyone, in fact, think about it, the strength of the two teams is not a world apart, and the Warriors' tactics just restrain the Mavericks, for many years, the Mavericks have been the Spurs, the Lakers are imaginary enemies, and the common feature of these two teams is that the interior line is very strong, so the Mavericks spared no expense to leave the interior defensive giants Dampier and Diop, last year's playoffs Mavericks and Spurs after seven games of victory more firmly the Mavericks for this team building model, but unfortunately, they faced the Warriors in the playoffs, The Warriors don't have any serious centers, although Dampier and Diop have excellent defense, but these two guys don't have any interior offensive ability, and they basically kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 on the court, and the physical condition of the Mavericks' main guard Devin Harris is too different from Baron Davis, and the Mavericks have to passively change formations, plus the Mavericks' proud offense did not play its original strength under the special care of the old Nelson, and the defeat is reasonable.

The third game, for the Warriors and the Mavericks are a very important game, if the Mavericks win, then the two teams will return to a starting point, the Mavericks who have the advantage of book strength and home court advantage will undoubtedly be more advantageous, if the Warriors win then the Warriors lead 3:1, in the history of the NBA, in the case of 1:3 behind, it is undoubtedly very difficult.

On April 29, 2007, the fourth game between the two sides officially kicked off at the Warriors' Oracle Arena, in the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks' Josh Howard felt hot, he scored 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in a single quarter, and the Warriors scored the most in the first quarter Baron Davis, who scored 12 points on all four shots in a single quarter, and the Warriors fell behind 21-27 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Warriors' bench, Michael Petrus, known as the "French Jordan", suddenly broke out, he scored 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting in a single quarter, while Josh Howard of the Mavericks scored another 6 points, and the first half was played, and the two teams were tied at 49. In the third quarter, Jason Terry and Jerry Stackhouse combined to score 17 points, while the Warriors' Baron Davis and Jason Richardson combined to score 18 points to confront it, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two teams tied at 77, Petrus received Harrington's assist and scored two points, and Terry also scored 2 points on the Mavericks' side, Josh Howard led the Mavericks to force after blocking Baron Davis's shot, and Jerry Starkerhouse hit all four consecutive free throws to increase the score to 83 points, The Warriors relied on Stephen Jackson's shooting to break the team's three-minute scoring drought, and with seven and a half minutes left before the end of the game, Jerry Starkerhouse hit a three-pointer and a layup to lead the Mavericks to 88:81 by 7 points!

The limelight of the game is developing in the direction of the Mavericks' advantage, but who would have thought that the Mavericks suffered three minutes in the black, from seven minutes before the end of the game, until the last four minutes of the fourth quarter Nowitzki shot two points, the Mavericks did not score for three minutes in the most critical fourth quarter, and the Warriors took advantage of the situation to catch up, Stephen Jackson hit two free throws, Jason Richardson hit a three-pointer, and after Nowitzki scored two points in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter, Stephen Jackson shot a three-pointer again, The Warriors are 89-90 and only trail by 1 point! And there are only three minutes left in the game!

At the moment of the fight, Jason Richardson steals Josh Howard, and then Baron Davis bombs the basket to score two points, and the Warriors take a one-point lead! Jerry Stackhouse misses a three-pointer, Davis assists Biedrins to play an offensive against Nowitzki and makes a free throw! The Warriors' lead extends to 3 points! It's a pity that Biedlins, who once shot 30.6% from the field, didn't make this goal, and in the last minute and a half of the game, Jason Richardson made another contribution, he stole Jason Terry to force Josh Howard to foul, and after Richardson made one of two free throws, the Warriors' lead has expanded to as many as 4 points|! Although 4 points are not much, but like a trench, then Jerry Stackhouse made a mistake, giving the opportunity to the Warriors' Baron Davis hit a 2-point Warriors' lead has been extended to 6 points, in the last 45 seconds of the game, the Mavericks Terry hit a key three-pointer, the Warriors only led the Mavericks by 3 points at 96:93, but in the last 23.9 seconds of the game, Matt Barnes received a pass from Stephen Jackson and shot a three-pointer that almost killed the game! Why say almost! Because Nowitzki hit another three-pointer with 3.9 seconds left in the game! However, Norsky played a little late, and there was not enough game time, Devin Harris could only foul Baron Davis, who and Petrus made one of two free throws next, but these were enough for the Warriors to take away the final victory, and the final score was 103:99.

The Warriors' Baron Davis was the first contributor to the team's victory, with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 12-of-17 shooting, Jason Richardson scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals on 7-of-15 shooting, and contributed two crucial steals at the most critical time of the game, and both were converted into scores, which were also indispensable, Stephen Jackson scored 19 points, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 6-of-14 shooting, and Michael Petrus, who came off the bench, scored 16 points and 5 rebounds on 4-of-9 shooting. Matt Barnes had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-8 shooting, and Mavericks leader Nowitzki once again played a game of polarization up and down, in the first half, he scored 11 points and 9 rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting, in the second half he scored 12 points and 6 rebounds on 4-of-12 shooting, Josh Howard had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-13 shooting, and Jason Terry had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-19 shooting. Jerry Starhouse came off the bench to finish with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-14 shooting, Devin Harris played 20 minutes and finished with 8 points and 3 assists on 3-of-5 shooting, and the rest of the players who didn't have a standout performance.

After four games, the Dallas Mavericks, who ranked first in the league in the regular season, were cornered by the Warriors, falling behind 1:3, and the team that can turn the tables in NBA history can lose with one hand, and no matter who wins or loses, this series will be remembered by NBA history.