Chapter 31: The Cowboys of Dallas
Hu Qingniu and Popovich and the young GDP duo spent an unforgettable Christmas Eve together on the beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk.
He told the four of Popovich's old man and apprentice a legendary story that is popular in China, Journey to the West. Although Ms. Pearl Race has translated this work, not many people in the United States know about it.
The reason why this story is told is that Hu Qingniu was touched by the four masters and apprentices of the old man Popovich, and how similar the four masters and apprentices in the Journey to the West are to them.
The wayward elder brother is also the strongest Duncan.
The second senior brother of the ever-changing aura is also the most bullied by the senior brother Ginobili.
The hard-working third junior brother is also the Parker who listens to the master's teachings the most.
Plus the real backbone, Popovich, the master of chicken soup.
It's the perfect master-apprentice quartet.
The four of them listened with relish, Duncan finished the cake before he knew it, and Popovich licked the bottle dry. This dinner also made Hu Qingniu and the Spurs form a friendship, although Hu Qingniu still politely declined Popovich's offer of a job as the Spurs' No. 1 assistant coach.
The Wizards will travel to Dallas the next day to challenge the Mavericks, who are the biggest players this season.
The current Mavericks are one of the best Mavericks in history, and with the arrival of the talented European Bird, Dek Nowitzki, and the basketball-loving billionaire, Mark Cuban, the Mavericks finally bid farewell to the dark 90s and gradually got on the right track.
This season, the trio of Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley, and Steve Nash have shown the soul of the team, with quick counter-attacks and league-leading three-point shots. When the Wizards read the scouting report, they all felt that the Mavericks' habits were very consistent with what Hu Qingniu emphasized.
The Mavericks were early mover before the future Suns because they had a Derk Nowitzki that pioneered the era of big pitchers. After Nowitzki's appearance, big men who can shoot are becoming more and more popular.
The Mavericks seemed effortless against the Wizards, who were crushing more thoroughly than the Warriors. Against Tyronn Lue, who was well-known on the defensive end, Nash still played with ease when he didn't have a physical advantage, and every Mavericks player on the court scored in the first quarter.
"Nash" is the team's booster and controls the tempo very precisely. The Wizards can't be fast if they want to, they can't slow down if they want to, and the Mavericks' rhythm is as steady as Mount Tai.
Jordan also played very depressed, the opponent didn't fight with him at all, just kept shooting, especially the opponent's yellow-haired big man, who hit threes in front of him like a guard.
The game quickly lost suspense, and Hu Qingniu had nothing to do, the rhythm was not as good as the opponent, and the shooting was not as good as the opponent, which was very difficult.
At halftime, old man Doug scolded him with a slap in the face, and no one said anything. Everyone is tired from back-to-back away games, especially with the team only having seven players in rotation. The last win over Spurs has already drained the players of too much physical reserves.
At the start of the second half, perhaps it was Old Doug's anger that made the players nervous. The Wizards are finally playing with some energy.
Tyronn Lue scored three points through cover one after another, and Kwame Brown also suppressed the opposing "big bamboo pole" Sean Bradley, who was later dunked by Maddie's classic ride, this gentleman is a famous soft egg in the NBA, although he is 2.29 meters, but his body is too thin.
Kwame Brown grabbed rebounds in the Mavericks backcourt in a row, seemed to have confidence, and even began to single Bradley in the position, and made a decent move in status, although the ball still didn't go in.
Footwork can be learned by many interior players, but the final finish is the most test of a player's talent, and almost every player who feels good about finishing is innate.
Hu Qingniu thinks that Kwame Brown will definitely be a good player with Jordan Jr. as a template, and he doesn't need to occupy too much of the ball, the important thing is to play efficient basketball. Except for the size of the palm of the hand, Kwame Brown's body hardware is the best choice.
The rest of his teammates are starting to play, and it's time for Jordan to step up, although the fourth quarter is his favorite, but if this game doesn't exert any more power, he will have to sit on the bench as a spectator in the fourth quarter.
Michael Finley's defense as a whole is not bad, and his athleticism is excellent, but it is a little lacking when it comes to Jordan.
Jordan has now slowly adjusted his style of play, and in short, it is a more healthy style of play than during the three-game championship period after 96-98. At that time, Jordan's physical fitness declined with age, and he developed status footwork and step-back jumpers. Now Jordan is so lazy that he can do one less virtual shaking, just one less virtual shaking, and he can be half a meter ahead and never take a meter first.
The dunk is almost gone, even if it is an unguarded empty blue, Jordan only dunks lightly, never jumping more.
Even Jordan, who was so lazy, was extremely uncomfortable to guard because of his excellent experience and skill. The eerie rhythm of the dribble is one of them, and Jordan's dribbling and break-through often go from a smooth rhythm to a slow rhythm with a strange feeling. It's not just the slow movement of the ball, but the slowness of the whole body's coordination, and the speed at which you turn around and look up. This made the young Finley always overdo it and often miscalculated.
As Finley got used to the slow tempo, he found that he was often thrown off by Jordan's lightning starts. This kind of defensive pressure is really tormenting.
Despite the challenges the Mavericks had on the defensive end, they were unrelenting on the offensive end. The two sides started to fight each other, and the scene became good-looking. The audience also became passionate, Americans love to dance by nature, and everyone can improvise a segment.
Jeffries followed Nowitzki all over the court, and before the game, Hu Qingniu pulled him and said that Nowitzki was his best template in the league at the moment. The trajectory of Jeffries's life has become different from history, Hu Qingniu's vigorous training has made him continue to improve, both technically and physically, Jeffries is better than him in history.
Jeffries used to be satisfied with dreaming of being a rotation player, but now Hu Qingniu has given him hope that he wants to be a star player. Nowitzki in front of him is his template, a big man who shoots three-pointers.
Although the game scene has become good, the Wizards do not seem to be weak. But the hole in the first half was too big, and five minutes into the fourth quarter, the Mavericks replaced all of their starters. The crowd applauded enthusiastically, and the team's performance this season was enough to make them dream of winning the championship in June.
The Wizards lost 108-127 to the Dallas Mavericks.
The second game of the Southwest three-game tour ended in a crushing defeat for the Wizards. In the next game of Houston, Yao came.