Chapter 580: The X Factor
The four "balloon stars" showed their talents, withstanding the Mavericks' fierce offense and their impregnable defense. In the end, he hit three points and won a full house.
Several veterans high-fived each other and cheered each other on. In their bones, there is still a trace of arrogant iron-blooded spirit!
"Joe. Johnson kept his center of gravity in the air, and it wasn't easy to do so under Iguodala's pressure. Now that the Nets have played their game, let's see how the Mavericks respond! ”
The local basketball commentators in Brooklyn waved their fists excitedly one by one, that Chinese, now you should know the power of the Brooklyn Nets!
In fact, Yiyang has never underestimated the Nets. But it's not that if you meet a strong enemy, Yiyang will definitely retreat. The Nets are tough, can they be the league's No. 1 tough?
Garnett has been by Nowitzki's side, and his reinforcement has undoubtedly made up for Pierce's height disadvantage in the No. 4 position. No way, Durham Porter really doesn't pose much of a threat on the offensive end, which allows KG to focus more on Nowitzki.
The advantage of the inside line disappeared, and Yiyang could only start to attack from the outside. He passed the ball to Iguodala and cut in from the middle himself. After cutting into the three-second zone, he suddenly made a right-angle turn and went outside the three-point line.
Yiyang made such a circle, allowing him to open a distance of two steps between him and Delong. Iguodala replayed the ball to Yiyang and told him to continue attacking.
This distance is actually quite embarrassing, and if Delong pounces on it, he will be broken through by Yiyang. If you don't go up, Yiyang can shoot three points.
After thinking twice, Delong did not continue to pounce, but let Yiyang take two steps. It's better to let Yiyang shoot a three-pointer than to let him break through.
But that's not the case, if you put the current Yiyang to shoot three points, it's actually as dangerous as letting him break through!
Seeing that Delong didn't press up, Yiyang jumped and shot directly outside the three-point line. Garnett immediately reflexively stuck in position, and even did not hesitate to use a dark elbow to hit Durham Porter, but also to protect his territory in the restricted area.
However, Garnett didn't get a chance to grab a rebound at all. Yiyang's three-point shot has a high arc, but it is very accurate when he falls. The basketball went directly through the net, and the 3-point lead that the Nets worked hard to gain was easily filled by the Mavericks!
"Hey, this ball Delong should stick tighter!"
"It's so fast that he can easily get rid of Williams even without off-ball coverage."
There was a wail on the commentary stage, there is still too much gap between this group of veterans and MVP-level players. Yiyang's three-point shot undoubtedly reminded everyone, don't forget, I scored 42 points in the last game!
Kidd held his head and shook his head, and sure enough, what he feared most came up. Yiyang, this guy, you really don't know how to restrict him. Let him break through? That would be tantamount to suicide. Let him shoot threes? That's chronic suicide.
That guy Stojakovic shouldn't have taught Yiyang to shoot three-pointers!
Then the Nets went on offense, and they finally experienced what a death blockade is.
"Singles Joe" received a pass outside the three-point line and was ready to go head-to-head with Iguodala, but Iguodala's inseparable entanglement made the former "Eagle King" unable to even get half of the shooting space. It seems that "Three Minutes Jordan" has not yet ushered in his moment of transformation.
Singles don't work, Joe. Johnson passed the ball to Livingston, the youngest player in the Nets' starting lineup.
Although Livingston has been working in the league for many years, he is still young because he participated in the draft in high school. This season, Livingston has been one of the Nets' best-playing players. Although his fame is not large, his contribution is not small at all.
Livingston received the ball and accelerated directly to break through, and he thought that the premise of the center of gravity was Tony. Aaron couldn't get back in time.
However, it wasn't the opportunity that greeted Livingston, it was Tony. Aaron's strong body!
"Tony blocked Livingston and he didn't give him any chance at all. Want to be in Tony. Allen's defense under a single break? Livingston might as well choose to shoot a three-pointer in the middle circle, maybe the success rate is higher. "Mike. Brin teased, and Livingston took Tony. Allen, a defender who relies on defense to stand in the league, thinks too simply.
After Livingston was forced to stop, the Nets' smooth offense came to a standstill. He tried to pass the ball to Pierce, but Nowitzki's long arm blocked the way. He wanted to return the ball to Delong, but Delong was also entangled with Yiyang.
There was no way, Livingston had to hit the ball into Garnett's hands. Garnett catches the ball in the three-second zone and slams it back!
But Durham Potter didn't move, and now KG can no longer rely on strength to crush the opponent.
There was no way, Garnett had no choice but to lean on Dareham Potter to hook his hand. However, this reluctant hook was turned away by the basket.
"Damn it!" Garnett scolded unwillingly, now that he can't even Dale Potter?
"The Nets' offense was eaten to death by the Mavericks, and they have been patient enough, but the super defensive lineup that the Mavericks spent a lot of money on this summer is not something that can be defeated with patience alone."
As he spoke, the Mavericks had already played halftime. Yiyang, who was originally strolling around, suddenly accelerated, which caught Delong off guard!
Three years ago, DeLong was able to crush Yiyang on the defensive end with his strong body. But now, Yiyang can already rely on Delong to force his way into the penalty area.
When Yiyang entered the penalty area, Delon, Garnett and Pierce surrounded him. Against an MVP-caliber player, it's no surprise that the trio is in a row.
However, instead of being tossed to the basket, the orange basketball came out of the crack and flew into Nowitzki, who was pulled into the middle range.
Pierce reacted and immediately made up for it, but Dirk's high shot point that is difficult for even interior players to interfere with, how can Pierce's fake interior line touch?
"Brush!" The sound didn't sound pleasant to Nets fans at all, and Nowitzki finally scored. Garnett doesn't have three heads and six arms, and he can't be around Dirk all the time.
From trailing by three points to beating by two points, the Mavericks played with ease. Yiyang doesn't know why the Heat lost to the Nets twice in a row, but he knows very well that he will not follow James's old path.
"Damn, that kid is just playing with those old guys." Terry, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't stand it anymore, and Yiyang's relaxed expression showed that he hadn't made 100% effort yet. Even so, the Nets were a little overwhelmed.
Kidd knew Terry wanted to play, but the game had just begun, and he couldn't have disrupted the rotation so quickly.
"Look at Jett again, look at ...... again"
"Hey, don't forget we still have Mirza." Terry reminded again. "You can see how he feels when I was training yesterday."
Hearing this, Kidd looked at a large white man at the end of the bench who was quietly watching the game.
"Well, I know, Jett." Kidd clenched his fists, hoping that the match didn't develop to the point where it was up to Mirza to win.
Back in the game, the Nets' offense is still struggling. Deron repeated his old trick this time, fishing Durham Potter out of the box and then passing the ball to Pierce, allowing him to get Nowitzki off and score.
But Nowitzki is not stupid, and the German is probably one of the smartest players in the league. Pierce was snapped once, and Dirk deliberately let Pierce take a few steps this time.
With the advantage of height and reach, Dirk can interfere with the shot in time even if he takes a few steps. But if Pierce wants to break through, it won't be so easy.
After hesitating for a while, the former Celtics striker still chose to make a move. Pierce's shooting is very standard, and his movements are steady. But there is a problem, the speed of the shot is too slow.
Nowitzki took a step of his own and raised his long arm, almost completing the block directly. This huge disparity in height seriously interfered with Pierce's shooting. In the end, the offense ended with the Nets playing iron. Pierce's misalignment doesn't work anymore either.
The Nets' players don't have time to regret their offensive failures, as they will face a more aggressive offense.
So far in the game, Yiyang has delivered two assists and hit a three-pointer. In other words, all of the Mavericks' goals so far have come from Yiyang.
This time, Yiyang did not play with the Nets slowly, but directly and quickly advanced, shuttling through the crowd.
When Yiyang entered the Nets restricted area, the players of the Nets had not completely retreated into place!
Facing Garnett's guarded basket, Yiyang suddenly used a European step layup in the process of rapid advancement!
Garnett was shaken away by Yiyang's realistic feints, and when Yiyang jumped up and made a layup in front of his eyes, KG wanted to complete the block, but he could only jump so high that his palm couldn't touch the basketball that Yiyang lifted. In this way, the "Wolf King" could only watch Yiyang make a layup, and the gap came to four points!
Sometimes, people really don't accept old age.
"The Nets' defense is on the verge of being crushed, do you see his easy pace? Garnett wants to fight with Yidou, unless he is five years younger! ”
The four-point gap is not big, but it has already sent Nets fans into deep despair. If we continue to play like this, it is only a matter of time before the difference is widened.
Under the suppression of Yiyang's control of the whole court, by the 7 minutes of the first quarter of the game, the difference had become 8 points.
18-10, 7 minutes, the Nets scored only 10 points. Aside from the first five points, they scored just five points in six minutes. Such an offensive efficiency can be described as low.
DeLong's mid-pitch and Joe. Johnson's half-guessed three-pointer was the source of all the Nets' scoring in the six-minute period.
At this point, Kidd had to call a halt to the game. The situation is worse than he imagined, the Mavericks are not just strong in Yiyang right now, on the defensive end, they are strong in all five positions!
You know, the French god tower that Kuban selected this summer has not played at this time!
"What to do? What to do? "Kidd kept asking himself this question in his head, and when he was a player, he just had to listen to Carlisle when he was in timeout. But now, he has to tell the group of players in front of him what to do!
The noise at the scene, and the visible score difference on the big screen, all made Kidd's blood pressure soar. Sometimes, the position of manager is even more stressful than the players!
Eventually, Kidd's eyes fell on Terry and the big white man named Mirza. Now that you can only gamble?
"Jet, Mirza! Next, I want you to go on the court and score and open up the offensive situation! Kidd made up his mind, since it was all death, it was better to gamble!
"Hey Mirza, why are you still stunned? Let's go! And I'm going to give the league some first colors and voila! Terry stood up and patted Mirza excitedly. Telitovic's shoulder. The big white man looked confused, and he wanted me to open up the situation on the head of the Mavericks' defense? Am I crazy or Kidd is crazy?
"Come here! Do we pause a lot!? Seeing that Telitovic didn't react for a long time, Kidd couldn't help but yell.
Mirza was only then sure that the coach and Terry were not joking with themselves!
The timeout ended quickly, and Carlisle's side was already on the rotation. Marion replaces Dirk and Gobert replaces the old Haitian. Tony. The trident of Allen, Yiyang and Iguodala remained on the court, and these three were the absolute mainstays of the Mavericks, and they also played a lot more minutes.
On Kidd's side, he used the 2.11-meter-tall center Andrew. Bra switched to a sweaty Garnett. Naturally, Terry finally came on to replace Livingston. Both substitutions are regular rotations and nothing special. But surprisingly, the 2.06-meter-tall white striker Mirza. Telitovic came out early.
Marion swallowed, that guy was a whole number older than himself. Soon, though, the "hacker" regained his composure. This season, he has been in the No. 4 position for so long, and he has also played against countless big men. A little-known big white man shouldn't bring any trouble.
And so the game started again. At this point, the Nets' focus on the court is undoubtedly Terry. Everyone knows that as long as this guy is against Yiyang, he will definitely explode. If the "Jets" three-point shot is open, maybe the Nets still have a chance.
After half-time, Delon did give the ball to Terry. Although Terry is only 1.88 meters tall, he is not very strong. But he's in the face of Tony. When Aaron was in this gate, he was full of confidence.
Yiyang kept an eye on Delong while observing Terry with his peripheral vision. That old boy, what's the trick?
Terry didn't have any tricks, but called in Brache to block him and break through.
Breakout Tony. Aaron, it seems that the "jet" will inevitably be shot down.
Just when all eyes were on Terry, Telitovic suddenly ran away from the three-second zone and pocketed beyond the three-point line.
He did this just to make room for Terry to break through the attack, but as everyone knows, Terry's guy directly distributed the ball and sent it to Telitovic.
Telitovic was stunned for a moment when he received the ball, and asked me to open the offensive situation, is it true?
Marion was also confused, if such a big man can shoot three-pointers, how can I interfere?
The two bewildered forwards looked at each other for a fraction of a second, and then Telitovic took a shot. Marion tried his best to block, but couldn't reach the ball. Telitovic's reach is 2.18 meters! Relative to his height, it's already very good! Marion wants to block, naturally it is not simple.
The "anti-aircraft guns" opened fire on the outside line, and Kidd's heart was in his throat. Does the X-factor work today!?
The basketball slammed into the front of the basket, and Kidd let out a sigh. But when the basketball fell for the second time, it fell directly into the net!
"Telitovic hit a three-point shot! Haha, this white forward broke the Nets' scoring drought! "Mike. Brin smiled, and Kidd giggled.
On the field, Terry high-fived Telitovic, who was still confused after scoring the goal.
"Are you ready, boy! Today, we're going to overturn the league's No. 1 spot! ”
In Brooklyn, victory never comes by itself.