Chapter 238: The Sorrowful Calf

Jason Terry and the old demon Kidd hugged Dampier who had an emotional outburst for the first time, Dampier's eyes were spewing fire, and his strength was terrifying, and the two of them barely grabbed him.

The Mavericks' Dampier was so angry that he even wanted to smash the basketball in the face of the bald referee Crawford, smashing the latter's head and bleeding so that he could let out a bad breath.

Dampier's reason for impulsiveness is simple, his multi-million annual salary contract is about to expire, and there is one year left on his contract after this season's playoffs, but he has not been notified of an early contract extension from Mavericks management.

Dampier panicked, knowing that his declining role on the defensive end this season had become the biggest obstacle to his big contract, and that as Jason Kidd gradually put the team together, his offensive possession became increasingly scarce, and on the offensive end, to put it bluntly, he had been reduced to a fringe man.

With his defensive role declining and his stats shrinking significantly, Dampier understands that his worth is being questioned.

Dampier is not willing to let this go, he still wants to get a big contract with an annual salary of tens of millions, but who will give him this contract except for the Dallas Mavericks?

And the opportunity to find a big contract was put on the playoff stage by Dampier.

But the imagination is beautiful, the reality is cruel, in the first few games, the Dallas Mavericks' interior defense was broken by the Timberwolves several times, and even to the point where the team's leader Nowitzki was betrayed.

This undoubtedly means that Dampier can no longer defend against the Timberwolves' offense, and his ability to defend under the basket is declining, which is a sign that his value is no longer expensive.

Especially in the last game, as the team's starting insider, he was actually blown up by the substitute player Dacomi Risic on the opposite side. There was no room to fight back, and the latter played himself with his skilful footsteps under the basket, but Dampier was unable to fight back.

Dampier, who has no ball, has completely reduced to a bullying existence.

Yes, when the bald referee Crawford's whistle blew, and the target was still pointed at himself. Dampier, who had been holding up infinite anger in his heart, couldn't hold back any longer, and broke out directly, shouting at the referee Crawford next to him.

The Timberwolves fans in the stadium were overjoyed in their hearts, but they didn't expect that because of Dampier, the game would turn around again.

At this moment, Mark Cuban, who was watching the ball game in the open air in the Dallas mansion, couldn't help but scold angrily, his heart was full of anger at Dampier, a victory that was very likely to be obtained, but at this moment it seemed that the chance was slim.

It's really stupid as a pig!

Crawford, the bald referee who came back to his senses on the field, did not hesitate in the slightest. Immediately gave Dampier in front of him a foul to expel him from the game, and let the latter roll straight off the court.

Jason Kidd's heart sank, and the worst finally happened, and Dampier was sent off.

Jason Kidd understands the gravity of this, and Dampier is the Mavericks' interior defensive centerpiece, and while his role has started to decline this season, he's still been an integral part of it. But once he's off the court, the Dallas Mavericks' box will be open in an instant. Reduced to plains.

The Dallas Exclusion Zone, which has no buffer zone, is bound to be trampled by the rampaging Timberwolves.

The worst time came, after Dampier got off the court, the Mavericks' defensive grade instantly dropped a lot, and Li Shihao understood that the opportunity had come, and was ready to let Marc Gasol open up the situation in the interior single.

As soon as this killer feature came out, it immediately made the Dallas Mavericks lose one after another. The score was gradually pulled apart.

Although the bald Crawford on the court is still angry, he is not stupid, and he understands what will happen to the Dallas Mavericks after the Mavericks center Dampier is sent off.

So he began to make up for the Dallas Mavericks in other ways, such as giving Nowitzki more free throw opportunities.

Pity. It didn't work, the gap between the scores was still widened, and the Timberwolves were more efficient offensively than the Dallas Mavericks.

Nowitzki is not a traditional interior style of play, his scoring is rarely strong under the basket, more like an outside player floating outside projection, even if the shooting percentage is high, it is not as efficient as the basket offense.

As soon as Dampier got off the court, the Dallas Mavericks, whose defensive ability was not at the forefront of the league, completely entered an undefended state in their restricted area, and Marc Gasol played how to play.

The last three minutes of the third quarter were completely reduced to Marc Gasol's singles time, and Marc Gasol put his new hook to the arsenal this season to the test over and over again on the Dallas Mavericks.

This season is Marc Gasol's second season in the NBA, and not only did he quickly adapt to the NBA's defensive intensity and pace of play, but he also learned a lot of interior skills from his older brother, Pau Gasol.

Pau Gasol is one of the four big forwards in the new century, and the rest of the big forwards in the league are more or less inferior to Pau Gasol.

Mavericks coach Carlisle looked at the situation on the court at the moment, and his heart was full of sorrow.

The Dallas Mavericks have lost their chance to win the series and are almost kicked.

At this moment, the third quarter has just ended, 82:70, the Minnesota Timberwolves are completely in control of the score, maintaining a double-digit score gap and slaughtering the Dallas Mavericks.

At this moment, the Dallas Mavericks, who have been reduced to fish to be slaughtered on the chopping board, have lost their fighting spirit, and the team's restricted area has been breached again and again, and anyone who encounters such a thing will feel a sense of powerlessness and even a little hopeless.

When you desperately grab the rebounds, when you desperately bombard the score, they are all pulled back by the opponent with an easy offense, such a sense of powerlessness has been deeply enveloped in the hearts of all the Mavericks players on the court.

At this time, Mavericks coach Carlisle actually missed the team's original substitute Diop, if he was still here, the Mavericks' situation at this moment would definitely not be so embarrassing and down.

Last year, in order to strengthen the team's roster, the Dallas Mavericks traded away the team's originally good bench interior Diop, which was just to increase the team's overall strength, but the effect was very unsatisfactory, and it also reduced the team's interior strength.

It's really more than worth the loss!

The suspense of this game is gone, and the Dallas Mavericks are about to face an embarrassing 3-1 situation.

As the second in the west, they are very likely to face another Black Seven tragedy, and they seem to have experienced such an embarrassing situation in the past two years.

That time, it was a Black Eight tragedy, and the object was themselves!

(To be continued.) )