Chapter 176: Playoffs Preview

But Totoro's guess is still quite accurate, Nowitzki is really a fake throw this time, and Totoro, who is not shaken, stepped forward to card the lower plate of the German tank, further compressing his space, and this time the old driver is completely out of the space to break through.

"You want to compare your body with me, hehe, although I'm soft, I'm also a No. 4 position, are you too naïve?"

It's just that the Germans didn't panic, Nowitzki's shooting on the outside has been criticized for being soft, but those people must not have watched the game of the young German when he worked with Nash, he was originally a violent player who could fly away, and when he first debuted, his physical fitness was still the first in Europe.

Thinking about it, Nowitzki put it into practice, and he put his shoulder on Totoro's chest, trying to use his real . The weight of the number four position to crush the chinchilla this pseudo. No. 4 position, but the reality is much beyond the old driver's surprise, Totoro was indeed taken a step back by Nowitzki, but the old driver himself also took a step back, their confrontation this time was actually half a catty against eight taels, and neither of the two took advantage of the weight.

The old driver was surprised, he hurriedly wanted to make a shooting move, but Totoro followed up again, the old driver would really be so bad that Totoro was not good, he was not reckless, and gave the ball back to Kidd, wanting the other party to reorganize again.

But the Rockets' defense this time was obviously premeditated, Totoro's defense was only the first step, when Totoro and Nowitzki were entangled in the bottom line, the other members of the Rockets had already quietly surrounded Nowitzki, just waiting for him to be cornered and pass the ball.

Iguodala grabbed the basketball in front of Josh Howard, Battier grabbed the basketball in front of Stackhouse, and finally Lowry grabbed the basketball in front of Kidd with old arms and legs.

Johnson had gray hair off the court, and Kidd also looked sad, and the Mavericks were in third place in the West with a 42-1 9-loss record before the All-Star break, but after Kidd came, they lost three in a row to give up the third place.

This originally had little to do with his head coach, but Kidd's trade was facilitated by him, and now the old monster is acting so badly, he is no less blamed by Mavericks fans than the culprit Kidd.

Today was supposed to be a shameful game for them, but now it seems that the Rockets are still a little bit of a bad one.

Including Carlisle and Cuban, they never felt that anyone in this league could defend Nowitzki before, a big man over seven feet is mainly based on mid-range and three-point shooting, and the shooting rate is maintained at 45% all year round, and he also has a passable dribble breakthrough, which is not a big man's style of play at all, but Nowitzki has gained a foothold in the league by shooting and has become a superstar, which is a miracle in itself.

But Totoro's appearance told them one thing, no one in the league can't be prevented, and if there is really a player who can't be prevented, it must be himself and not Nowitzki!

The Mavericks don't believe in evil in the next round, and continue to give the ball to Nowitzki to let the old driver play strongly, in fact, this is also a way for the Mavericks to have no choice, who else are they besides the old driver?

Counting on Dampier to beat Yao Ming? Counting on Josh Howard, who has been injured over and over again, to blow up the young and strong Iguodala? Counting on Stackhouse to punch through Battier? Counting on Kidd to blow Lowry on the offensive end? They might as well expect this to be more reliable than to expect the sow to go up the tree.........

If Harris hadn't been traded, the Mavericks wouldn't have a point of attack now, but now it's useless for them to regret it, once the old driver doesn't move, the Mavericks lose is inevitable, and they don't have a reliable second scoring point at all.

This story tells us that trading is a very serious matter, a good transaction, an Eastern team on the edge of the playoffs immediately turned into a championship, a bad transaction, a team that is striving for a championship immediately fell out of the playoffs in minutes, not every star player to the team can adapt, a team's manager and head coach are really very important team guides, a discerning guide can create a dynasty for the team, and a manager with a quick IQ can destroy a team, Specifically, you can see Isaiah Thomas, the general manager of the New York Knicks.

The Rockets beat the Mavericks in the first quarter, with a score of 26:14, and those who don't know still think that the Rockets are playing against the Nets, who are the bottom of the league, rather than the Mavericks, who are fourth in the West.

In fact, although Totoro's defense is powerful, it is not so good as to limit the superstar, he can defend Nowitzki into a zz today, there are many reasons in it, first, Totoro is born to restrain the Germans, Totoro is tall and strong, and the strength is not bad, and the speed is very fast, just to restrain Nowitzki Bosh's skillful inside, and the second dragon is not in good shape today, and the team's consecutive losses after the All-Star have also affected the state of the old driver, so Totoro can play this phenomenal defensive performance.

The Rockets got all the defensive giants into the starters, and the bench lineup put out a long and strange formation of pure interior players like Gasol Jr., Randolph, and David Lee, but the bench lineup on the Mavericks' side still had no way to take this kind of strange formation, and the Rockets opened up a little difference in the bench lineup.

However, there is a saying that superstars can't be sluggish forever, and Nowitzki rose up in the second half of the second quarter, repeatedly forcing the ball to shoot in defiance of the dragon's jumping block, and the Mavericks once closed the score to within 15 points.

If there is a second person in the Mavericks lineup at this time, the Mavericks may really be able to tie the score, and then overtake the Rockets with momentum, but the Mavericks just don't have this scoring point.

Kidd is here, and it stands to reason that he should be the second leader of the team with an annual salary of 2,000 US dollars, but the old monster said that he is really not the one who does this job.

The Rockets stabilized the situation, Yao Ming took the lead in making a series of hook shots to set an example, and Totoro completed two wonderful 2+1 dunks on Nowitzki, and the only remaining bit of morale of the Mavericks was gone.

Nowitzki is really much stronger than himself in 06, although there were a lot of controversial penalties at that time, but in the 0:2 situation, he was chased four sets in a row, and the Mavericks themselves also had big problems, and Nowitzki, as the core, also took the main responsibility.

"Soft egg" was also called at that time, he is really not wronged to have this title, no one expects him to be able to limit O'Neal's offense on the inside, but when the team is headwind, he, as the leader of the team, should stand up and carry the game instead of farting early, his attitude represents the attitude of the whole team, the team boss has given up, what are the others fighting for?

So in the third quarter, Nowitzki still played the game and struggled to the death, but reality is reality, and the gap does exist, the Mavericks refused to give up the game, and the Rockets were not careless, and the Mavericks had no chance of turning the tables, and the futile struggle was only in vain.

96:75, the Mavericks' score of 75 in the third quarter is definitely the result of the Rockets' release, who doesn't want good data? That's directly tied to the player's salary, and who doesn't want to get good numbers on the premise of winning? So now those main players have learned how to control the score, and always control the score between 10-20 in the first four quarters, so that the opponent will not give up the game and win the main force early, and the Rockets can also justifiably take the main players on the court.

And then on the defensive end, the Rockets also kept waterproofing, so that the opponent continued to score so that they would not be pulled away by their own score, which is a very advanced game skill, and I think Jordan led them to do this when the Bulls were in the dynasty.

By the end of the fourth quarter, the Rockets still beat the Mavericks 124-98 by 26 points, and 8 of the team's players scored double-doubles, Yao Ming, Totoro, Iguodala, and Randolph even played 20+.

The next game to Atlanta to challenge the Hawks is another crushing game, and people hoped that the Hawks' new Hawks king Joe Smith would look good for Totoro and at least cause him some trouble, but when it really started, people found out that now even an All-Star level player like Joe Johnson can't completely limit Totoro as a pervert.

It's not that Totoro has become stronger, although his strength has been tempered by more than half of the NBA regular season, but today Totoro completely defeated the Hawks with a pick-and-roll and no ball.

My Neighbor Totoro has become smarter, he knows that the new Hawk King's defense and physical fitness are not bad, so Chinchilla will not be with others this time, and use the team's defense to bypass Joe Johnson to form a dislocation, if Joe Johnson insists on following him, Totoro will give the ball to the Hawk King who refuses to change the defense, and the Rockets will be another big vacancy.

At the end of the game, Totoro 42 points and 10 rebounds shined all over the court, and he told the world with practical actions that the Eagle King can only bully and bully himself when he was a rookie, and he is already countless better than himself when he was a rookie, and now an All-Star level player can't be compared with himself at all.

110:96, another big win without suspense, although the Hawks' other All-Star guard Joe Smith scored 32 points on Iguodala's head, but it couldn't stand up to the Rockets' advantage in several other positions, and the outburst of the old Hawks just made the Hawks lose a little decently.

February 14th against the Trail Blazers, all fans are looking forward to this game, the Trail Blazers have been very strong recently, Oden is back to health, Roy is at his peak, Aldridge has grown, plus Bartoum, Blake These famous players, the Trail Blazers have finally gathered a group of young talents with a high draft pick after a few seasons of low swing, and the Trail Blazers are now getting rid of a weak team.

The Rockets won 5 in a row after the All-Star Game, and the Trail Blazers also won 5 in a row after the All-Star Game, especially when they just defeated the Lakers who are the first in the league in their own rose garden in the previous game.

Before the game, Adelman also took this game very seriously. If the situation in the West has not changed much, their Rockets should be the sixth Trail Blazers in the West, and the Trail Blazers also hope to be able to face the Rockets in the top four teams in the West, the Lakers are the first in the West, the book lineup is too luxurious, the Spurs have Duncan, the old stone, it is estimated that 1v2 can kill the fledgling Aldridge and Oden, just relying on a wave of 10 consecutive wins from the ninth in the West to the fourth in the West, the Suns are not good, Gentry seems to have found the right way to open the Suns, this 1 0 consecutive wins in the public Nash averaged 32 points and 10 assists per game, Xiaobawang averaged 34 points and 7 boards per game, both of them played MVP-level phenomenal data, and it is logical for the solar to determine a wave of ten consecutive wins, and now the Phoenix people are gaining momentum, and this momentum is likely to continue into the playoffs, and the Portlanders don't want to face a group of crazy people who are hanging up now.

So everyone will play seriously in this game, and it is more serious than the regular season level, this is the preview of the first round of the playoffs, whoever wins can get a psychological advantage, although Rose Garden is the first time in 6 years to enter the playoffs, and they don't want to win the championship when they get started, but entering the second round of the division is their set goal.

As soon as the game began, the Rose Garden Arena was full of Trail Blazers fans, all of whom wore Trail Blazers' home white jersey-colored shirts to turn the place into a sea of white, but there was a small pinch of dazzling red in each large patch of white, which made the Trail Blazers fans very unhappy.

How hot is Totoro right now? The league and the U.S. media have tried their best to deal with the news about Totoro, such as the last game when he exploded 42 points on the Hawks' home court, which is definitely a headline event for a rookie, but Totoro only mixes a small page in the lower right corner of the web page, which is an unfair treatment.

But even so, Totoro has a conservative estimate of about 500,000 loyal fans in the United States, except for the Houston base camp, the others are evenly distributed in every American city, no matter where he goes to play, he can always see fans in the stadium who dress themselves as dragons, which is also a thing that touches him.

In the opening jump ball, Totoro replaced Yao Ming in the middle circle of the court to replace the little giant jump ball, and he is ready to go on a killing spree today, while repaying those fans who have supported him for a long time, while protesting against the snub of the American media with practical actions.

Today, I'm going to get another 40+, and you won't let me make headlines if you have the ability! If you target me again, I'll get a 40+ every game, and see how you end up then?