The Mavericks are also a team that can play pick-and-roll, and they used a lot of pick-and-roll offense against the Lakers to attack the Lakers' point guard and interior footwork disadvantage, and the effect is still good. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Carlisle had also thought about using pick-and-roll to poison the Knicks before, but considering that the Knicks' outside speed and turning speed were too fast, and the height of the inside line was not bad, this set of tactics may only be effective against teams like the Heat, but it was still too risky to deal with the Knicks, who were already very good at blocking and pick-and-roll, and the Mavericks coaching staff finally ruled out this option after evaluating the risks before the series began.

But now the calf is already in the time of indiscriminate treatment of diseases, if both horizontal and vertical are dead, of course, any ability is quickly taken out to make a last stand. At this point, there is no need to assess the risks.

The Knicks players said they were surprised that the Mavericks changed their style of play every once in a while today, and in the second quarter, they actually played-for-tat with themselves to block and dismantle, is this going to imitate to the end?

If the Mavericks want to play blocking and dismantling, they must first replace Barria, because Kidd can't play this tactic, and the old monster has almost no ability to go deep into the restricted area after blocking and dismantling, and at most he stays outside the three-point line and throws a three-point shot, which is too good to defend.

But Barria doesn't seem to be that difficult to defend either, this little man doesn't have a consistent three-point shooting ability, so he can think with his ass that he will definitely find a way to slap in after the pick-and-roll. However, nowitzki, who cooperates with him, will have a variety of options at this time, such a big man who can shoot three-pointers and cut without the ball, and even as long as he takes the opportunity to catch a basketball near the penalty line, he is already a great threat, thinking that this is why the Mavericks often play a dozen blocks and pick-and-rolls, and Nowitzki is their main weapon in blocking.

Wu Huang must follow Barria closely when defending the Mavericks' blocking, don't look at this guy's small size, but his kung fu is not bad at all, he has both speed and confrontation ability, and if he is not careful, he will be smashed into the frame by the basketball.

The media has always underestimated this guy, if it weren't for the fact that this round of the series was restrained by Wu Huang's long arms and height close to the No. 2 position + the top footsteps of the No. 1 position, and I don't know what this little guy would be like if he was replaced by the Heat! Even if Emperor Wu came to defend it personally, he would need to do his best. Wu Huang didn't spare any effort in defending Barria in this series, how many point guards in the entire league have his defensive ability?

So Barria is also unlucky, he finally reached the finals, but he just ran into such a pervert as Emperor Wu, otherwise this little man from Puerto Rico would have a chance to become famous, how could he be ridiculed for his height defect like now.

The Mavericks then ended up with a pick-and-roll offense for three consecutive rounds, and the result was beyond many people's expectations, Nowitzki once pulled to the outside three-point shot after the pick-and-roll, and once assisted Chandler to score on the basket after receiving the ball down, and only one offense failed under the interference of Wu Huang, such a success rate made Carlisle feel that there was a play, and it seemed that the pick-and-roll could continue to play.

At 5:06 in the second quarter, the score was 46:45, and the Mavericks continuously used the Knicks' good blocking to create a large number of scoring opportunities, and actually narrowed the gap to only one point.

Wu Huang was a little embarrassed, he just felt that Nowitzki's pass was not good, but he didn't expect the old driver in a desperate situation to be forced out of the potential of passing, and he had already received two assists in a few minutes. What's even more embarrassing is that the Knicks' blocking efficiency is not high, because Chandler's footwork and arm span have too much impact on Xiao Si's offense, and Barria, a small man, also has a good performance when defending the pick-and-roll, and can often get rid of Xiao Si who is responsible for covering with a squeeze. On the contrary, his size is very suitable for defensive blocking, whether it is turning around and squeezing past the screener, or keeping up with Wu Huang's breakthrough, such a calf-like figure is very suitable.

"No, no, no, you can't fight the block." Wu Huang knew that he couldn't play against the Mavericks in a rash manner, and after the Mavericks' offense opened up during this time, the defensive end became more and more oppressive, at this time he had many options, and Wu Huang quickly chose the plan that had the greatest impact on the morale of both sides - star singles.

The Knicks quickly changed their offensive formation to a 1-4 high post under Wu Huang's gestures, completely ignoring D'Antoni's setup during the timeout a minute ago, and let the blocking and dismantling go to hell for the time being!

That's why Barkley mocked the mustache as a puppet, and don't forget that the coach can often be heard during NBA timeouts, and while it won't let you hear the real tactical details, it will give you an idea of what the team is going to play. Therefore, Wu Huang always changes the formation on the field, which is undoubtedly slapping D'Antoni in the face, and the better the effect of his on-the-spot change of formation, the more D'Antoni's face is hot.

This is the embodiment of Wu Huang's more and more experience, in fact, he is not the only one in the league who does this, Kobe Bryant and James often put aside the coach's arrangement, even Jordan was no exception, the Bulls during the second three-in-a-row championship period often abandoned the triangle offense in the fourth quarter and switched to Jordan's god mode - this was Jordan's idea, he thought that the triangle offense limited him and Pippen, so he always threw the Zen master's triangle offense aside when the fourth quarter was deadlocked.

The 1-4 high post attack is a very good position to resist the pressing defense, and there are many tactics that can be played in this formation, but it is most suitable for the star to go it alone, because there will be four pass options, which can effectively involve the opponent's defense and pull the blue down, and then give the protagonist more space to play alone and break through.

"Of course I'm the main character." Wu Huang's change of formation made the Mavericks not react in time, Chandler was successfully pulled outside by Xiao Si, Wu Huang did not completely get rid of Barria with the help of Monroe's positioning cover, but with the height advantage he still forced a goal in the penalty area, right on Barria's head.

"I'm curious, do you keep your face tight every day because of your height?" After Wu Huang scored, he mercilessly damaged Barria's height.

"I'm curious if you're talking so much because your life is too short." Barya's counterattack made Wu Huang stunned, this guy still talks trash talk?

"Honey, that's my line!" Wu Huang thought it was quite interesting, but trash talk had to poke at other people's points to be useful, so this kind of trash talk could only have a funny effect for him.

In the face of the Mavericks' pick-and-roll offense, the Knicks replaced O'Neal in the final four minutes of the first half, and the fat man was tasked with sticking to the box. As long as he guards under the basket, Wu Huang can boldly participate in the inclusion of Nowitzki. And at this moment, even if Barria hits the basket, it is difficult to shoot under O'Neal's pair of giant palms, even if it is O'Neal who is too fat to jump.

The Knicks themselves started a 3-2 position on the defensive end, with three defenders on the perimeter for limited packing.

D'Antoni believes that the Mavericks' blocking and pick-and-roll mainly rely on outside projection to finish and score, so he deployed a lot of defensive forces near the three-point line, and the two defenders under the basket are actually only O'Neal in the restricted area, and Xiao Si is more often in the middle to help defend, and is often pulled to the outside by Nowitzki to become a 4-1 defensive position.

There is no big problem with this arrangement, the Mavericks do rely more on outside shots to score, no matter what tactics are played, the Mavericks only have mid-to-long-range shots that are the best way to score, so as long as they pinch this point to defend, there will be no big problems.

In the last 2 minutes and 29 seconds of the first half, Wu Huang saw an opportunity on the defensive end, almost pounced on Nowitzki as soon as he received the basketball, and then cut the basketball with a knife action that Yao Ming was very familiar with.

The Knicks fans had just burst into cheers, and Wu Huang had already led his teammates to quickly complete a quick counterattack. The Mavericks couldn't keep up with the Knicks' counterattack speed after losing the ball, and Wu Huang easily assisted Gallinari to complete the dunk!

Carlisle shook his head on the sidelines, Barria's passing heat was too far worse than Kidd's, his intention to pass the ball was not difficult to predict, he always passed the ball like this in front of Wu Huang, isn't that still looking for death?

The Mavericks hurriedly replaced Kidd here, and the Mavericks have begun to score no points in more than a minute, after the Knicks figured out the Mavericks' blocking and dismantling, Barria's shortcomings in passing ability were infinitely magnified, and he almost made a passing error in the last offense, so Carlisle hurriedly replaced Terry with Kidd, ready to play a double point guard lineup.

Kidd's biggest task with the Mavericks is to manage the distribution of the ball, and it's okay to let Barria play a fixed routine, but most of the time he can only play the role of a-stirring stick, and once the opponent chokes his role, the Mavericks' offense will be thrown into chaos.

Barria's problem is that he can't handle basketball well, which will leave the Mavericks' offensive tactics in a chaotic and monolithic state, and Carlisle must replace Kidd to preside over the overall game, otherwise the scoring drought is not far from them.

In fact, the Heat also have the same problem, they got Bibi, who can only shoot three points, and they also want him to distribute the ball of the Big Three, so as to save the team's operation from falling into chaos at a critical moment, after all, James and Wade at this time have not figured out who is the boss, and if there is no point guard with enough experience and experience on the court to distribute the ball, there will be problems.

Generally, teams with more than one star have a veteran point guard to distribute the ball, like the Lakers' old fish, Bibby during the Kings, Billups during the Pistons and Nuggets, Rondo in the Green Army, the Nets and now Kidd, etc., these people's contributions to scoring are only incidental, their real role is to distribute the ball, as long as they can figure out when to pass the ball to whose hands, and let the stars who don't receive the ball not complain, this is a very, very successful point guard, But that's easier said than done, otherwise the Heat wouldn't want an NBA-level Bibby with only experience and awareness.

Wu Huang said that Kidd's inability has nothing to do with him, these are all adjustments for the Mavericks to solve their own problems, but they have nothing to do with restricting him.

During this time, Wu Huang's individual offense began to work, and the Mavericks' defense was poked by him with a big hole, and poor Chandler was still late in the first half, and he couldn't avoid his third foul.

This guy may not know that the better he defends, the easier it is to get planted in fouls, not only Wu Huang, but also Iguodala and Xiao Si want to get this guy who can play the most inside of the Maverick first, and the chick at that time will be easy to deal with.

As soon as Chandler got off the court, Wu Huang and Iguodala immediately scored six points in a row in the Mavericks penalty area, and it only took a minute for people to see the role of this big man on the defensive end.

At the end of the first half, the score was 59:54, and the Mavericks struggled to catch up for the entire quarter, but in the end they only tied with the Knicks in the second quarter, and they didn't even close the gap by one point, but the Mavericks had played well enough in this quarter, and the physical exertion was quite high.

The Knicks players were talking and laughing as they walked off the court, exchanging ideas about the successful first-half cooperation and the failed offense and defense, but they were generally satisfied with their performance, including Wu Huang, who had a total of 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in the first half, which was impeccable.

"You could get the FMVP and the first championship ring of your career in an hour, what do you have to say about that?" During the intermission, Wu Huang was naturally stopped by reporters.

"I need to remember the people who said, 'I'm going to get nowhere,' and even though I haven't heard them for the last year, they've been my motivation to keep going. Now I'm going to have half a game and I'm going to be successful, I hope I don't forget those words, I can't imagine how proud those people will be after the defeat, I want them to see what I did. After Wu Huang finished speaking, he didn't give the reporter a chance to ask a second question, and decisively pretended to be forced to run, and compared it chicly.

Yao Ming smiled a little gloating at the moment: "Five years ago, the Mavericks couldn't stop Dwyane Wade. Five years later, they couldn't stop Hugo either, and today Emperor Wu has a chance to make Ewing's dream come true. There was another sentence he didn't say, "Avenge me!" ”

Remember the summer of three years ago, when the Celtics formed the Big Three, Patrick Ewing said, "I want to have a second superstar to partner with, so maybe I have a championship." That's Ewing's sentiment when he was in the Green Army's Big Three, and he understands why LeBron James will abandon the Cavaliers for the Heat this summer. But if the Knicks win the championship in the end, perhaps he should be even happier, because Wu Huang has fulfilled his long-cherished wish that year - a superstar leads a team to win the championship.

Strictly speaking, the Knicks only have a superstar of Wu Huang, and Xiao Si's condition is good, but it is still too reluctant to call him a superstar with his current ability, and now Xiao Si is at most a level player with Bosh, and his comprehensive strength is a little inferior to Nowitzki.

So if the Knicks win the championship, it will be a combination of a superstar + a star similar to the Lakers, and Iguodala is Odom's role, but it is by no means a giant model.

The Knicks haven't really beaten the Mavericks yet, but at the moment all the home fans think the Knicks will win.

Having said that, Ewing, who was also watching the game today, has always been envious, even jealous of Wu Huang and his huge influence, especially in the second season of his career, he reached the highest stage of the finals, and everyone knew that he would win the championship sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so early.

In the NBA superstar game, most of the time, the more superstars, the more championships. Shaquille O'Neal switched to the Lakers and teamed up with Kobe Bryant to bring the championship, and switched to the Heat to team up with Dwayne Wade to bring the championship. The Celtics combined the Big Three to bring the championship. Pau Gasol joined the Lakers and teamed up with Kobe Bryant, also bringing a championship. The league has grown to such an extent that it seems that only teams with two or even three superstars can win the championship.

In the 98-99 shutdown season, Ewing's team had no shortage of stars, Alan Houston, Larry Johnson, and Sprewell, but unfortunately the opposite Spurs had two superstars, David Robinson and almost the best power forward, Tim Duncan. This may be the reason why Ewing lamented that he didn't have a superstar partner. However, in the 93-94 season, although Ewing still did not have a superstar partner, neither did Hakeem Olajuwon, who eventually defeated them to win the championship, and the latter's superstar partner Clyde Drexler only came to the team the following season. Without superstar teammates, Ewing didn't win a championship, Olajuwon did, and that's the gap between the two in NBA history, and it can only be said that the Gorillas still lack real dominance in the playoffs.

Wu Huang returned to the locker room and saw that his teammates were not as excited as in the third game, and his heart was immediately relieved, it seems that the defeat is still affecting them to this day, and at this moment he only hopes that these teammates will not drop the chain for him in the second half.

The Mavericks' locker room is a little depressed at the moment, and the big guys don't talk much, but the players' faces are not a decadent look of losers, they are not depressed because they are behind, and most of the Mavericks players still have the determination to continue to fight.

It's just that Carlisle knows that there are some things that you can't do if you want to, too many things are easier said than done, and he, as a coach, sees it most clearly at the moment, so he has no confidence to win than many players.

"Maybe we're not ready for such a moment, are we?" Carlisle himself was thinking that the Mavericks had not been favored, and in fact, he had no expectation of reaching the Finals even before the playoffs began.

In fact, few people thought that the Mavericks could win the championship before, the Lakers, Spurs and Thunder are the most favored teams in the West, especially the defending champion Lakers and the Spurs, who once suppressed the Knicks in the regular season, and even many Mavericks fans are more optimistic about these teams, but they didn't expect to go to the finals in a daze, and they were not ready to win the championship at all.

At the moment, the Knicks felt that the 20 minutes of halftime passed too slowly, and they couldn't wait to get out of the game and take out the Mavericks and get the championship they coveted.

The Mavericks are the opposite, they want to rest for two hours, these old guys feel like their stamina is about to be exhausted after the first half, who keeps them chasing points but just can't catch up, this is the most tiring thing for the players, especially when the heart is too tired.

The Knicks players finally returned to the court early, and at the moment the sexy cheerleaders were still throwing gifts to the home fans, and a group of players waited in the tunnel for three minutes before returning to their own court.

Another three minutes later, when the Mavericks players came out, they saw that the Knicks players were already warming up with a basketball over there, and Wu Huang also put on an impatient look.

"Is it so sure that you can beat us in such a hurry to start the game?" Terry complained in his heart.

"Not to mention, we're so confident!" In the first attack of the second half, Wu Huang cut off Kidd's pass when he came up, and easily widened the difference to 7 points with a broken ball counterattack.

Madison Garden was boiling at the beginning of the second half, and although Kidd was blown up by Wu Huang in the finals, this kind of shot of being directly cut off is still rare. This shows that Wu Huang is getting stronger and stronger in the face of Kidd, once he is familiar with Kidd's technical movements and game habits, he will be able to give full play to his physical advantages, and Kidd may not even be able to do a good job of sorting out the team after a few more games.

"Old fellow, what else do you do when your experience and skills start to work?" Wu Huang shows a very evil smile to Kidd after scoring the goal, which is usually the same expression that the villain usually has when he ravages the protagonist. (To be continued.) )