Chapter 219 The duel is staged

The two sides opened the game with Dampier of the Mavericks winning over Marc Gasol and stabbing the ball into his own position first.

The Mavericks attack first, with Jason Kidd holding the ball.

Kidd's pace is not fast, steady and steady has become the biggest characteristic of his career, when he was young and at the peak of his youth, he would also increase his speed and play small ball tactics, but since the injury entangled him, coupled with the lack of physical strength as he got older, steady play has become his biggest characteristic.

However, this is not a small amount, the Dallas Mavericks are not a fast-break run-and-shoot team like the Phoenix Suns, which will reduce the quality of the defensive end a lot, and a team that is not good on the defensive end will obviously not be able to go far in the playoffs.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Carlisle is convinced of this, he is a typical academic coach, and defense is naturally one of his coaching creeds that he can't shake.

Jason Kidd moved slowly, waiting for all his teammates to settle down before he began to look at the situation on the field unhurriedly.

Even though Kidd's actions are like an old man, Li Shihao knows that Kidd is not a little vigilant in the process of dribbling, and the experienced Kidd often takes "slow pace and slow action" as his external disguise, and often deceives many young people into rushing to the brain and stepping forward to gamble on steals.

Li Shihao has seen a lot of such pictures in the game highlights, and the No. 1 newcomer in the opposite position is often played by Jason Kidd.

Nowitzki, as the Mavericks' first point of attack, attracted most of the Timberwolves' attraction, Kevin Love firmly locked Nowitzki's position, not giving him a chance to catch the ball easily, and Marc Gasol on the side was also eyeing the defense, ready to make up for it at any time.

Kidd didn't hesitate and passed the ball straight to Terry. As soon as Terry received the ball, he immediately moved laterally, and as soon as he moved, the formation of the entire Mavericks team also changed rapidly, and Nowitzki and Dampier both reacted quickly to pull out and cover Terry. Firmly blocked Li Shihao and Brewer behind him, preventing the two from approaching.

This blocking speed is very fast, and it doesn't give the young Timberwolves a chance to react, which is enough to see the hard work behind the Dallas Mavericks, and the tactical execution alone is amazing.

Terry, who got the opportunity to cover, and there was no one around him to defend him, Terry was very decisive to stand outside the three-point line, and jumped up on his knees at the top of the arc. A three-point shot flew high overhead, the arc of the parabola was very high, but this long-range shot was very accurate, and after flying over everyone's heads, it was directly planted into the net, setting off a burst of nets.

The opening game was the first to start, and the Mavericks took advantage of Terry's three-pointer to score three points strongly.

3:0 start.

After Jason Terry hit the three-pointer. He didn't look too happy, and he obviously had a flat attitude towards this three-point shot. Just a slight high-five with his teammates.

Li Shihao's eyes shrank slightly, and he looked at Jason Terry without speaking, and his eyes flashed with light and dark.

Jason Terry is a well-known short guard in the league, and his position on the court is more suitable for a two-way guard, and his height is undoubtedly too short to play a shooting guard, and he will be targeted. It's hard to get away from your opponent and get a chance.

But he's very skilled, and if he gets a shot through his teammates' pick-and-rolls like he did just now, his shooting percentage will undoubtedly be high, and it's as simple as eating and drinking for him.

Jason Terry's jumper is superb. This season, he has contributed a lot of firepower to the bench for the Dallas Mavericks, just taking the three-pointer just now, for example, he only shot 36.5% in the regular season, and on the stage of the playoffs, the shooting rate can rise a little more, reaching about 40%.

That's a terrible number, even if he makes two or three three-pointers per game in the playoffs, Terry can score a lot of points, plus free throws or two-pointers, it's easy to score a double-double.

John Terry is clearly an IQ player who is very good at playing, and such players know how to avoid opponents' strengths reasonably and create advantages for themselves, which is one of the reasons why Terry can play better in the playoffs than in the regular season.

However, Timberwolves head coach Frank Vogel had already noticed the energy contained in Jason Terry before the game, and this game specifically asked Ryan Gomez to pay more attention to Terry.

Just now, the Mavericks sacrificed a two-man blocking strategy, which caught the Timberwolves off guard for a while, and only then did Terry get a chance to make a shot, but then, there will not be such an easy opportunity.

The offense and defense switched, the ball was held by Li Shihao, and this time it was the Timberwolves' turn to attack.

Li Shihao can clearly feel that there is a pair of bright eyes on the side of the court looking at him without blinking, which makes him have to play with twelve points of attention, he understands whose gaze it is, if the performance is poor, it is difficult to imagine what kind of tone the latter will use to "laugh" at himself.

As soon as Li Shihao held the ball, the Mavericks moved their attention to Li Shihao as if they were facing a big enemy.

This season, Li Shihao's scoring ability has obviously attracted the hearts of many teams, this Chinese kid's scoring ability is not bad, in the league's No. 1 position, only Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Deron Williams These famous point guards are better than him, like Jason Kidd, the No. 1 position on defense, in terms of offensive ability, is even far inferior to Li Shihao.

Jason Kidd obviously won't let Li Shihao easily break through his defense, defense is his housekeeping skill, if he is easily broken through by Li Shihao, then he is not particularly faceless.

However, Jason Kidd obviously wouldn't have thought that Kobe Bryant had "secretly taught the opportune time" and gave Li Shihao a lot of ways to counter Jason Kidd.

has a lot of experience, but Li Shihao didn't use him for the first time, and now the game has just begun, and it's too early to use it at this time.

Li Shihao faced Jason Kidd's defense, walked around the three-point line directly, his eyes kept paying attention to the running of his teammates at the same time, and suddenly, he noticed the position of Kevin Lefu from the gap, and the defensive attention over there was obviously weaker, Li Shihao did not hesitate at all, and immediately hoisted the ball to Kevin Lefou, who held the ball and stood inside, and the Mavericks' formation immediately panicked, Jason Kidd immediately felt that the Timberwolves were going to open the situation with Kevin Lefou, and hurriedly used Dampier on the side to make up the defense. At the same time, he also moved under the basket, ready to support at any time.

But I didn't want to, Kevin Love's move was just a false pretense, and Li Shihao immediately moved to the left side while he was on the side of the Mavericks' formation, and there was an opportunity to vacate the position immediately.

"Whoosh-"

Kevin Love's pass flew in time. returned to Li Shihao's hands, Li Shihao did not hesitate, jumped out of his hand, and his hand fell with a knife, which was a three-point cold shot and hit steadily.

3:3！

The same three-point cold shot in return!

Li Shihao exhaled lightly from his mouth, pulled the wrist guard on his arm with his right hand, and his eyes were cold.

Carlisle, who was on the sidelines of the Mavericks, couldn't help frowning when he saw the scene in front of him. There was a bad feeling that the worst was finally coming true.

The Timberwolves' bench lineup is not strong, but the starting lineup is very powerful, if that's all, forget it, the key is that the Timberwolves' lineup is too young, and the abundant physical strength will not have much problem even if they play the whole game.

The Timberwolves can't easily let go of every point in their lineup, and once they let go, the opponent will make a decisive move. It's not the regular season, it's in the playoff arena. It is a state where every goal must be fought for, and any mistake that drops a point cannot be tolerated.

Mavericks head coach Carlisle knew he had to find a solution to target the Timberwolves' starting lineup.

In the playoffs, Lee Se-ho's tactical status was elevated, and Frank Vogel was well aware. When it comes to the playoffs, you can't expect role players to step up and withstand the pressure for the team and lead the team to victory, and Lee Se-ho, as the core of the team, gives him more tactical initiative. Let him play a bigger role, such a tactical arrangement is the most sensible.

Jason Kidd's offensive ability is not outstanding, so relatively speaking, Li Shihao's defensive burden is lighter, Frank Vogel when formulating tactics for Li Shihao, he also instructed Li Shihao to pay more attention to Jason Tree, and if necessary, he can make up for Ryan Gomez's leaks to prevent Jason Tree from finding a chance to shoot.

Although Ryan Gomez's lateral speed is not enough, it is not much faster, and it is difficult for Ryan Gomez to not miss the defense against Jason Tree, who is shorter than him, so Frank Vogel's instructions are necessary.

As it turned out, Frank's prediction was correct, Ryan Gomez's defensive ability is not bad, after being mentioned in the Timberwolves' starting lineup this season, Ryan Gomez quickly adapted to the rhythm of the starting lineup, at least the defensive end has been dragging his feet, but tonight in the face of Jason Terry's desperate running to find an opportunity, Ryan Gomez was a little unable to keep up.

The Mavericks' offensive tactics include a lot of pick-and-rolls, and when the rest of the Mavericks' players deliberately block and roll for Jason, it will be much easier for Jason Terry to get rid of Ryan Gomez.

However, fortunately, Li Shihao's sense of defense is not inferior, and he can always plug the gap in time, not giving Jason Terry a chance to shoot in an empty position, and can only let the hopeless Jason Terry pass the ball to the rest of the players.

The Mavericks obviously don't stuff too many ball-possession eggs into Jason Terry's basket.

Seeing that Jason Terry and the old demon Kidd were struggling to find a suitable opportunity for a while, Nowitzki needed to activate this.

Kidd squeezed inward, Nowitzki immediately understood, ran out of the three-point line, Kevin Love did not hesitate, immediately followed out of the three-point line, sure enough, Jason Kidd's pass came as promised, Nowitzki's back gently leaned against Kevin Love, like an ape-like long arm lightly, he controlled the basketball in his hand, dribbling slowed down the rhythm, Nowitzki jumped directly and jumped, directly using the signature "Golden Rooster Independence".

This hand obviously made Kevin Lefu extremely uncomfortable, and the "Golden Rooster Independence" was enough to make any opposing defender have scruples, after all, it was related to his personal safety, and once he accidentally defended too aggressively and hit Nowitzki's hard knee, it would be a lot of fun.

The players in the NBA generally train very strictly, and their muscles are very solid, and if they are lightly beaten on the basketball, they may lose their faces, not to mention the lower body hitting the signature "Golden Rooster Independence".

The German tank did not find the offensive state for the first time, although the block of this ball Lefu was difficult to cover in place, but it still caused a certain psychological impact on Nowitzki, the basketball did not hit the net, but hit the basket iron, bounced high, and the rebound was easily grabbed by Marc Gasol under the basket.

In terms of rebounding, the Dallas Mavericks are really not enough to see, in the four games of the regular season, none of the Dallas Mavericks' rebounds surpassed the Timberwolves, all of them were suppressed, the Timberwolves' Mark Gasol and Kevin Love are two big men on the inside, and there is no need to worry about rebounds at all.

Barkley in the studio watched this scene and couldn't help but comment: "Although the Dallas Mavericks have a very good record, ranking second in the West, but in the first round of the playoffs, I think they are against the Timberwolves, and the chances of winning are not great, their interior line is poor, the offense is not enough, and the rebounding is not as strong as the Timberwolves, it is hard to imagine what the Dallas people can rely on to win?" ”

Kenny Smith couldn't help but glance at his old partner next to him when he heard this, and when he saw Barkley's brick-like focused and serious expression, he couldn't help but sneer: "Mr. Charles, can you grab rebounds can prove anything, you are a league's big forward position with a deep knowledge of rebounding, but it's not that you can't beat Michael Jordan's Bulls, you have to understand, rebounds can't say anything!" ”

Charles Barkley was obviously poked in the foot, and couldn't help but retort in a rough voice: "Kenny Smith, you have to understand, Michael Jordan has a 'big bug' Rodman next to him, that guy's rebounding is like hell, who will be better than him?" ”

Kenny Smith shook his head when he heard this, glanced at Charles Barkley with disdain, and continued to add fire: "Mr. Charles, Mr. Jordan's first three-in-a-row championship period, there was no 'big bug' Rodman's help, I would like to know what forces stopped your impulse to win the championship at that time?" Sow? ”

Charles stopped speaking when he heard this, his cheeks bulged angrily, his eyes were as for breathing fire, Kenny Smith's partner was too black with him, and there was no "royal law"!

Kenny Smith ignored the dissatisfaction of Charles Barks next to him, for him, there are many dissatisfaction with this "flying pig", Michael Jordan is not remembered by him every day, Michael Jordan made this pig not fail to win the championship in his career.

Kenny Smith coughed lightly, sorted out a warm smile, and smiled in front of the camera: "Audience friends, let me see the highlights just now." ”

(To be continued.) )