Chapter 52: Loopholes
"Little General" Avery Johnson is 41 years old and is considered a representative of the young coaches in the league.
In '04, Avery Johnson took over the coaching whip from Nelson Sr. as the head assistant and began his legendary coaching career.
The Mavericks have also become a championship-level team that can attack and defend in his two years of tuning.
He was keenly aware of the Mavericks' predicament on the court.
The 76ers, who switched to running and shooting, ran with the whole team, and Allen Iverson and Andre Iguodala were the two engines of the team, and no matter who was the first to carry the ball, they would push forward.
Because of the presence of a big center, the Mavericks are at a disadvantage in terms of overall speed.
"It's not consistent, we have to slow down, slow down, play our success rate, the 76ers can't stop us from attacking." Avery Johnson reminded players not to be led astray by the 76ers.
The Mavericks are also a team that prefers to run a little bit and basically give up on the low-post offense.
Especially Nowitzki, the team's top scorer.
Dirk Nowitzki, who was 28 years old at this time, was tall and had long arms and accurate shooting. But his style of play is more like that of a shooting guard, with top-notch face and frame ability, inconsistencies in the lower handset, and poor confrontation, and his ability to become an All-Star is entirely due to Nowitzki's mastery of the superb shooting that can still shoot the ball even after the upper and lower body are disjointed.
It can often be seen in the game that Nowitzki's body is out of balance, twisted into something, and the shape of his hand is still the same at all.
Avery sticks to his offensive philosophy, and has previously encountered run-and-gun teams, like the Suns, who are pure small-ball tactics, and he is sure to win, not to mention the 76ers who look half-.
Buckley and Smith were slightly embarrassed by the commentary.
Smith laughed heartlessly: "Didn't you say that the 76ers lost iron, how did they start the game, it seems to be better than the Mavericks." ”
"It's only temporary, absolutely, what kind of tactic is such a blind three-point shot?" Barkley still believes that the Mavericks can win, and what he looks down on the most is floating outside, unrealistic tactics, especially seeing that the originally optimistic "fighter" Allen Iverson has also begun to score three points outside, and there is even more of a heartache in his heart.
"What a good guy, all ruined by this hateful Chinese coach!"
"I think it's OK, the 76ers have done a good job defensively, and in the last few rounds, they haven't given the Germans any chances."
Smith sang the opposite tune and jokingly said: "I'm behind the 76ers, I'm ready for the 76ers to win, a string of loud cheers, without ventilation, hahahaha......"
On the field, the Mavericks' signature running position.
The wings flew together to make an air cut to the inside, the big interior players withdrew to prepare for the outside to fire, and the 76ers quickly switched defenses, but Kyle Korver was a little unable to keep up with Harris's footsteps and was cut to the basket by the latter.
Bowler was a little slower to defend and Harris hit a layup.
The 76ers were unable to defend against the Mavericks' offense, resulting in the team having to fall into a positional battle in this round.
Iverson picked up the ball from mid-range and broke through, was caught by the Mavericks' defense, hit the ground and passed the ball to Andre Iguodala who went diagonally up.
Iguodala jumped high, and the Mavericks' disadvantage of poor interior talent was reflected, and they could only watch the No. 9 air strike blow up the frame.
"Bang!"
Iguodala grabbed the basket with his muscular arms and swung around the basket before landing.
An athletic team that can run and jump!
Wang Tomorrow was very satisfied with the 76ers' attack, and Iverson went around the inside line and there was an opportunity. Iguodala's air cut is also just right, and the two always have a tacit understanding that they don't have with other players.
The 76ers retreated quickly, and the Mavericks finished the baseline ball and found that they were left alone in the half.
"Damn, are these people rabbits?"
Jason Terry couldn't help but complain in his heart, it felt like he was playing against someone from the track and field team.
Nowitzki hit a big three-pointer against Al Harrington's defense, the Mavericks' first three-pointer, and the Mavericks' offense picked up, trailing the 76ers by four points 9-13.
One round later, Nowitzki stepped on his feet again, and the Golden Rooster made a free-standing step-back jumper, hitting two points, which felt scary.
The Mavericks chased the score frantically to 11-13.
The king called a timeout tomorrow.
"Well done, boys!" Wang Mingming high-fived every player who came down, and the team actually performed well, but during this time, Dirk Nowitzki felt so good, and Al Harrington was already working defense.
"Coach, I ......." Harrington was a little frustrated, Nowitzki was six or seven centimeters taller than him, plus his arm span, he really couldn't do anything about it.
"It's okay," Wang comforted him, "you have to continue to put pressure on him, you have to know that no matter how strong your conditioning ability is, if you can disrupt his ball when you defend at the first time, you can still interfere with his shooting rhythm." ”
Wang Ming made a gesture of putting his hands together and raising his head, and El Harington nodded.
"Andre, Al, you two don't have to worry about fouls, I ask the two of you to defend Nowitzki together."
The first thing Wang made tomorrow was to switch the two forwards and let Andre Iguodala join the defense against Dirk Nowitzki.
The two teams' confrontation performance is very exciting, especially after the 76ers have played fast recently, the style of painting has changed, and the team's offense has become as smooth as flowing water, even in the face of the Mavericks, they can also play super offense.
On the sidelines, Smith said with a smile: "Charles, this is the situation you expect to predict, what adjustments do you think Wang can make in this wave of timeouts tomorrow?" ”
Barkley said: "I think he's going to replace Al Harrington, as I've said a long time ago, the Germans are not good at defending at all, and he prefers to use a bamboo pole type player like Al Harrington to defend. ”
Barkley said that Al Harrington is a bamboo pole, but in fact Al Harrington is not a bamboo pole at all, and is very strong, weighing 114 kilograms is definitely excellent for the power forward position, and even 3 kilograms heavier than Nowitzki. It's just that for a long time, Al Harrington has been playing outside, and with the title of "defensive hole", Barkley has led to the fact that this player is not tough.
As long as it's not a tough player, it must be very bamboo.
Wang's assessment of Al Harrington tomorrow is that he can fight, but he can't defend.
"Toot ~"
The suspension ends.
"Didn't even replace Al Harrington!" Barkley was slightly surprised, and then, feeling like he had been slapped in the face, predicted viciously: "The Chinese coach will definitely pay for his stubbornness, Al Harrington has become a German ATM on the field!" ”