At the scene of the game, the coaches of the two teams used the opening minutes to once again arrange the tactics and tactical points to pay attention to to their players.

Cuban still sits behind the home team's bench in a plain jacket, and although Cuban is no longer the open-mouthed madman he used to be, every word he says and every action he makes is likely to make headlines again.

After the game began, the Mavericks got the first wave of offensive possession. Collison has made a name for himself as a new signing to the Mavericks, and he has been a good role player for both the Hornets and the Pacers.

What Nowitzki did at this time was not to block with him, but to receive the ball in the high post. Maybe he's trying to make a high-ranking strategy? The answer is no.

Nowitzki is facing Boozer's defense, and what he wants to do is use the way he plays best to attack Boozer.

Nowitzki is an all-round player who excels at mid- and long-range shooting, as well as scoring on the inside with his tall stature. One of his great scoring tactics is a left-handed ball from inside the three-point line, followed by sitting with his back to a defender and then turning back to shoot, his tall stature allows him to avoid most defenders.

Against Boozer, Nowitzki did the same this time. He first started suddenly, using his body to lean on Boozer to break through, and when he broke through to the left side of the free throw line, he turned to sit with Boozer on his back and pushed inside, and after two steps forward, he suddenly turned left and completed a backward jumper with one leg up.

That's right, this is Nowitzki's stunt "Golden Rooster Independence".

"Boom!"

It's a pity that the strength is a little worse, and the ball didn't go in! It seems that Nowitzki's body is still not recovering to its best.

Although the attack didn't go in, Nowitzki's physical coordination was back. His movements this time are extremely smooth.

As for Nowitzki's offensive skills, many pundits classify them as alternative.

Nowitzki has perfect shooting skills, the scoring range covers the entire half, and there is no dead end, he can attack from any position, especially the backward shot, 7 feet tall and a large angle of the back, it is almost an undefensible offensive method, and because of the extremely high arc, the basket area is large, and the shooting rate is relatively high.

In addition to his step-back, he is also very capable of breaking and three-point shooting, and because he has the flexibility that a player of his height does not have, he often uses the change of pace and rhythm to break through, and when Nowitzki is facing an outside player, he can use his height advantage to directly pull out the jumper.

It is worth mentioning that Nowitzki's ability to fight fouls is also first-class on the inside, and no matter how the defender pushes him, Nowitzki's hand shape will never change at the moment of shooting, so he can often play 2+1, which may have a lot to do with the handball he practiced in his early years. Coupled with his perennial free throw shooting rate of over 85 percent, it would be unwise to try to foul Nowitzki to score at any given time. And because of the ability to hold the ball that is rare among big men, Nowitzki also has the ability to kill, especially in recent years, with several strikes every season. Not long ago, he smashed the whistle to kill the Bucks, which illustrates this point.

Not only that, Nowitzki's vision is also very good, and he can see the movement of his teammates while holding the ball, especially the high-low type of passing, which is quite penetrating.

In recent years, with the improvement of his desire to attack inside, inside-out passing has gradually become more abundant, and when Nowitzki falls into the low post single, the ball can also form a direct shot opportunity for teammates.

It should be noted that Dirk has a strong dribbling ability compared to other big men, his left and right hand dribbling skills are balanced, especially the left hand dribble, almost reaching the level of the right hand dribble, good dribbling skills combined with stride, which makes Dirk have a strong lethality when breaking through.

However, after all, Dirk's height is over 210, which makes him vulnerable to being stolen by smaller players when dribbling and causing mistakes. Dirk sometimes mistiming his breakaways (such as against Celtic when Rondo was on his side and still chose to break through and was tackled) to create a chance for the opponent to break the ball.

Regardless, Nowitzki is definitely a rare talent in the NBA. With ESPN's commentator Bill? Simmons' words: "Dirk is the highest caliber white forward since Big Bird Bird."

Looking back, the Bulls are ready to attack. Sun Xiaotian ran out to catch the ball, and it was O.J. Mayo who defended him. Sun Xiaotian is superior to Mayo in both body and strength.

Sun Xiaotian took advantage of Noah's cover and successfully entered the Mavericks' restricted area. Carman, who was following the defense, hurriedly retreated at this time.

Sun Xiaotian saw that Kaman's big hands had appeared in front of him, he instinctively stopped, and then switched to a left-handed dribble, wanting to break through from Kaman's left hand.

Like most right-handed players, Karman's reaction to the left is usually one beat slower than on the right-hand side. Sun Xiaotian suddenly stopped the ball and made a feint. Seeing this scene, Kaman didn't dare to slack off at all, and flew out directly.

Sun Xiaotian smiled slightly, thinking, "Fooled!" ”

When he shook Karman and made a low-handed layup again, there was a "pop", a crisp sound that resounded throughout the American Airlines arena.

Sun Xiaotian was slapped in a big hot pot, and it was none other than Nowitzki.

Although Nowitzki's early years of defense were often criticized, it was not to the extent of failing, due to tactical needs, Nelson Sr. and later Johnson generally assigned him lighter defensive tasks, and he did a decent job, not to become a sieve.

But don't expect Nowitzki to freeze the opposing player completely, as Nowitzki doesn't seem to know how to use his nimble feet to stick to his opponents, and he has a mediocre sense of the opponent's offensive line when defending, often being thrown off by the opponent's first move.

Similarly, the ability to supplement defense and assist defense is also quite average, and it can even be said that it is a deviation, and it is basically impossible to notice the loss of teammates, and the defense is average.

However, the backcourt rebounding ability is good, the card position ability is good, and the backcourt board is 7+ all year round. may be due to the fact that the offense is too outward, the frontcourt board ability is very average, and there is basically no rushing ability, and the judgment of the rebound landing point is not very accurate. Personally, I think that part of the reason why Cuban signed Dampier's sky-high contract with a huge loss was that Dampier could make up for Nowitzki's rebounding shortcomings!

However, Nowitzki's maturity and experience over the past few seasons have been evident in the team's defensive end. Especially after Carlisle came to the Mavericks, the defensive blood he injected into the Mavericks seemed to nourish Nowitzki.

opened with a big hat Sun Xiaotian, it seems that if Sun Xiaotian wants to make a fuss on the inside of the Mavericks today, it is difficult to say whether Nowitzki agrees or not.