Carlisle ended his coaching career with the Pacers shortly after the round ended peacefully.

This news may just be a little emotional exchange among Pacers fans, but it is a big signal in front of the management of each team, and many teams that want to rebuild have begun to actively contact Carlisle.

If the battle between the Pacers and Wizards is the departure of a superstar and the rise of a new superstar, then the Suns vs. Mavericks game is a fierce collision of Mars and Earth.

Avery didn't contribute much on the offensive end after Nelson Sr. left the Mavericks, but on weekdays, he desperately told his players how to defend in the game, in fact, he knew that on the offensive end, Kidd was very disgusted by someone who was far worse than his own player status and told him how to structure.

In the locker room, as a coach, Kidd can't be calmed, and Kidd doesn't give Avery much affection on the court, especially in the game against the Kings, listening to Avery constantly talking about strengthening the defense, Kidd even slapped his face with the tactics he arranged when he played directly on the court.

After Scott, Kidd has had enough of the incompetent coaching from his coach and has instead played his own game according to his own experience and instincts.

In the first game, Kidd followed his own style of play to implement a one-on-one fierce collision with the Suns, the Mavericks' offensive style still retained the one-man offensive mode left by the old Nelson, and Nowitzki faced Cotter's defense, but his strong frontal offensive ability was still limited by Kort a little.

Carter faced Joe's defense, from the beginning of carelessness to the end of the all-out, Carter still in this game to teach the individual ability of singles Joe, the two still do in this game to do back and forth, Joe's defensive ability is very strong, but Carter's breakthrough is not so easy to defend, and Carter's defensive ability has been criticized by fans.

As for the collision between Xiaosi and Chandler on the inside, the comparison between Marion and Josh should actually be more regarded as a passing duel between Kidd and Nash, the two did not compare their offensive capabilities, but began to compare the operation of tactics, and began to play the pass battle between the two sides, except for the single threat points in each team, everyone else is the target of their mobilization, and every pass of the two of them is the route that Gong Feng will choose to think, which is also a rare playoff game in the NBA where the ball is dueled by passing.

After the emergence of the substitute lineup, of course, it was the duel between Terry and Barbossa, one of the two is known for their all-round ability on the offensive end, and the other is a trick that is eaten all over the world, but in terms of actual function, the performance of the two is not far behind.

The bench duel between the Mavericks and the Suns is actually a slight advantage on the Suns' side, and Bradley, the Mavericks' main center in the past, has already been defeated by injuries at this time, and his height is now not suitable for the rapid rotation of the two sides.

But both teams are now considered to be the seven-man rotation method in a normal playoff team, and in practice, the rotation ability of the two teams is not much different.

In terms of the final comparison, it can be considered a matter of seconds as to who wins the final on both sides, and this round of the series is also the first game in which Nash has consciously controlled the number of turnovers, Kidd's pass has always been known for his steady and ruthless passing, and Nash's pass is called ethereal (weird?). Hard to find? It is very imaginative.

In this way, the comparison of passing masters will eventually become a comparison of who makes fewer mistakes than whom, but no matter how small the battle is, in the end there is still a winner and loser.

Before the first game, both sides were also the type to rest, and the feeling was also very good, and the fans were almost engrossed in watching the whole game, and the two sides who scored were indeed very beautiful.

In the first game, the Suns won the game at home by four points, 134-130, and the total score of 134 was beaten in 48 minutes of regular time.

In the second game, Avery finally forced his defensive strategy when he might anger Kidd, let the Mavericks limit the Suns' scoring, and let Kidd be mainly responsible for defending Nash after he came on the court, but Kidd still felt bitter when he looked at the tactical board and looked at some of the defensive tips that the assistants came up with.

Kidd, who didn't want to have a conflict with the coach during the game time, could only discuss with other main players behind his back, and at the beginning of this game, Kidd adopted his past squeezing defensive method in the Nets, always squeezing the Suns' passing and offensive space, and resolutely counterattacking after grabbing rebounds, increasing the opponent's turnovers.

In the playoffs, the winning team will not easily change its own tactics, and in D'Antoni's view, the Mavericks are nothing more than a single strong defensive routine to deal with the game, but D'Antoni believes that his player's defense is not a soft persimmon, let alone a team that can overcome by emphasizing defense, as for the team's turnovers, D'Antoni still believes that Nash will self-regulate for this.

It's just that in the second game, Kidd and the Mavericks began to press forward and compress the Suns' ball-handling offensive lineup, and they did not switch in the offense, but began to attack the position that the Mavericks are very good at.

From this point, it can be seen that Kidd has treated Nash as a core figure of his level, and began to choose positional offense in this game, and it can even be considered that Nash's rotation offense is a stronger existence than Kidd.

Although the Suns' positional offense is also very good, and the three-point offense based on blocking and pick-and-roll is also decent, but in this game, Kidd did not use his own passing too much to dominate the offense for the team, but focused on defense, and Nash's offense was greatly disturbed by this.

In today's league, the existence of the top three assists list, it can also be said that in the comparison of the three core point guards, Nash, Gong Feng and Kidd, the three of them have their own strengths, but in terms of defensive ability, Gong Feng and Nash and Kidd are quite far behind.

Kidd's defensive prediction and reserved defensive method are all Gong Feng has to be extremely cautious to deal with every time he meets him, Kidd puts all his attention on defense, and naturally thinks that all of the Suns need to rely on Nash to rotate, and other people's ball-holding offense becomes not a concern.

Let's not talk about anything else, but Kidd's idea was indeed validated in this game, the Mavericks did not have Kidd's pass, as well as Carter's singles, and Nowitzki's singles, both of whom were the team's second and third cores.

Although Nash still scored 20 points and 9 assists under Kidd's defense in this game, the game was still under Kidd's tired defense, and the Mavericks still won the game without danger.

Of course, the attack in this game was not as fierce as the previous one, and both sides only finished up with just over 100 points.

At this moment, Avery hyped up in front of the media that the strength and experience of the Mavericks' defensive tactics are also among the top in the league, which clearly shows that the Mavericks will be a team with both offense and defense in the future, and the Mavericks' rotation will become commonplace.

D'Antoni stole the limelight in the face of Avery by bowing his head and falling into deep thought, without denying or discerning, but in the third game, he directly slapped the Suns in the face at the Dallas home court, in this game, the Suns started Barbossa for the first time and returned Kort to the bench.

With Barbossa, the Suns have five players who can attack with the ball, and such a lineup is naturally the strongest offensive combination of the Suns.

After the five of them are together, in the high-speed rotation of the Suns, Nash has naturally become a key point, but it is no longer an indispensable point, Kidd's targeted defense has become incompatible, and the Suns have also taken measures to tighten the interior in this game, giving up the three-point shooting of Kidd, Josh and even Carter.

In this way, the Suns are naturally aimed at Chandler's basket defense and rebounding, which is the cornerstone of the defense that the Mavericks can win in the second game. (To be continued.) )