"It's a shame we couldn't beat the Pacers on the road, it's a real shame that we just came close to winning Game 1 of the Finals, the Pacers are a very strong team, especially Meng, he's the strongest player I've ever seen, and he dominated the game on both ends of the floor today."

"What's next? We're going to try to keep that from happening again in the next game. ”

At the press conference after the game, the old Nelson regretted that he failed to win the first game of the series, and the old Nelson also expressed his appreciation for Meng Xu sincerely, 25 points in the fourth quarter, 35 points, 17 assists, 8 rebounds, 6 steals and 5 blocks, in addition to rebounds, Meng Xu's remaining four statistics are all the highest in the two teams, and what is even more rare is that Meng Xu sent 17 assists at the same time, only 1 turnover. Although the old Nelson was very unhappy about Meng Xu's sudden explosion and the Maverick's "inexplicable" loss, the old Nelson really had nothing to say about Meng Xu's performance today.

And the old Nelson's words also caused an uproar in a piece of media at the scene, the old Nelson, who has been in the coaching career for nearly 3o years, has witnessed the era of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson's magic bird competition, and the subsequent Jordan era, but the old Nelson now says that Meng Xu is the most powerful player he has ever seen, which has to be reminiscent of something, it can be expected that in tomorrow's newspapers and online forums, the discussion about who is stronger Meng Xu or Jordan will definitely lead to a fierce war of words.

Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle, who was sitting next to Nelson Sr., first thought after hearing Nelson Sr.'s words was that this old boy must be killing us, but Rick Carlisle didn't react too much, because he still had hole cards useless, no matter how cunning Nelson Sr. was, no matter how cunning Nelson Sr. was, no matter how much he killed, it would be in vain in the end.

Although he kept praising Meng Xu's performance, but in the heart of the old Nelson, he was thinking about the next game, and through this game, the old Nelson also showed a shortcoming that the Mavericks must improve at the moment, the Mavericks scored an average of 1o6 points per game this season, and conceded an average of 1o1 points per game, both of which are the highest in the league, and the average number of shots per game has reached 89, and each game has to shoot 6 more times than the Pacers, compared to the Spurs, Slow-paced teams like the Pistons have an average of 1o more shots per game, which is also a common feature of small-ball tactical teams. But in terms of three-point shooting, the Mavericks are only in the middle of the league, hitting an average of 5.5 three-pointers per game, which can only rank 11th in the league. Today's game was a good one, with the Mavericks hitting 5 of 14 three-pointers and the Pacers hitting 11 of 24 three-pointers, losing to the Pacers by 18 points on three-pointers alone.

Therefore, after the game, Nelson Sr. was thinking about improving the Mavericks' three-point shooting strategy, in the Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Antoine Walker, Michael Finley, Antoine Jamison all had a good three-point shooting ability, except for Antoine Walker, they all shot more than 35% from three-point range. But when I think of this, Nelson Sr. has a headache, if you really strengthen the Mavericks' three-point shooting tactics, how should Antoine Walker arrange? Although after coming to the Mavericks, Nelson Sr. told him to reduce the number of three-point shots, but the shooting paranoid still averaged 4.6 three-point shots per game this season, but the shooting rate was only a pitiful 26%.

"That's a big problem!" Thinking of this, old Nelson sighed.

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On June 6, 2oo4, at the Bankers' Living Arena in Indianapolis, the second game of the O3-O4 season finals officially began.

In the first series between the two sides, due to Nelson Sr.'s excellent tactical adjustments, the Mavericks and Pacers, who were not favored before the game, played inextricably, and once took the lead, but Meng Xu's sudden explosion in the middle and late fourth quarter made all the efforts of Nelson Sr. and Mavericks in the first three quarters of the game come to naught.

According to the practice of the series, unless there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, the two teams will not take out all their strength and all their hole cards at the beginning of the series, but will test each other first, and at the same time let the players under their command adapt to the rhythm of the finals.

In the second game of the Mavericks and Pacers finals, both sides coincidentally chose to change formations, perhaps because both sides decided not to hide or reserve anything, and to show all their strength.

First of all, on the Pacers' side, after James Posey's suspension ended, James Posey returned to the lineup as the Pacers' power forward, after James Posey played power forward, Jermaine O'Neal was pushed to the center position, and the remaining three outside lines were small forward Tyshawn Prince, scoring guard Reggie Miller, and organizational guard Meng Xu.

And the Mavericks also lined up a lineup that was different from the last game, Dirk Nowitzki was pushed to the No. 5 position by the old Nelson, and Antoine Jamison, who played the sixth man for a season, turned out to be today, and he still played the No. 4 position, except for the changes in the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, the Mavericks' three outside lineups still maintain the lineup of the last game, small forward Antoine Walker, scoring guard Michael Finley, and playmaking guard Steve Nash.

"This old fox!"

"This little fox!"

When Michaels and Magic Johnson in the commentary box introduced the lineup of the Pacers and Mavericks to the fans and the audience in front of the TV set one after the other, Nelson Sr. and Rick Carlisle, who were standing on the sidelines, turned their heads to look at each other, looked at each other, and both showed a smile.

Obviously, whether it is the Pacers or the Mavericks, their change of formation in today's game is greatly unexpected by the opponent, a center and a lineup of four swing men is Rick Carlisle's killer feature, and the Mavericks, after the lessons of the last game, Nelson Sr. is also very bold to make changes to the Mavericks' lineup and tactics.

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