Chapter 113: Maverick's Surprise
At the beginning of the second quarter, Lin Fei simply did not play. In the first quarter, Lin Fei's body may not have been hot, so he ended up like this. But obviously Nelson's idea is just that good iron has to be used on the blade, and now the Warriors are leading by more than a dozen points, it doesn't matter, it is not impossible to send their own bench lineup to maneuver around, and from the perspective of lasting combat effectiveness, these benches must also be relied on, and Curry is undoubtedly the core of the bench lineup. This player, who deserves to be a starter on most teams in the league, is also particularly hard working when leading the Warriors' bench lineup, and has been providing consecutive assists since the beginning of the second quarter. The Warriors are like that, just when the morale is up, even if they come off the bench, they can't be stopped.
Carlisle had no choice but to use a large number of substitutes to hold up the situation. I don't know what Carlisle said to the players at the end of the first quarter, but in the second quarter, the Mavericks' style of play was desperately suppressing the rhythm, almost every offense was pressed to the last 5 seconds, while the Warriors tried to use only 5 seconds for each offense.
The Mavericks' style of play is clearly slow and fast. The Warriors did not reduce their speed at all, and perhaps the coordination of the bench was a little worse, but the rhythm and speed of the offense were still controlled by Curry, so the offense was still sharp. The Mavericks were solid, and the two teams were almost tied halfway through the second quarter, with the Warriors still leading by more than a dozen points.
This is nothing more than a huge positive for the Warriors. The Mavericks are all old arms and legs, which is simply not enough for them to compete with young players like the Warriors, and the more physical strength is needed, the more difficult it is for the Mavericks to support.
Imagine the first few games! The Mavericks easily got the opponent in the first round, while the Warriors fought seven games, and they were all surprisingly intense. In the first game, the Warriors played well, perhaps because of better physical strength, after all, they rested for two days and recovered a little, and they lost with dignity. But in the second game, it was completely impossible to find the defeat of the southeast and northwest, and the players even felt a little struggling when they ran in that game, coupled with Lin Fei's ban, it was reasonable to lose badly. But after two days of rest again, that is, in the third game, the Warriors undoubtedly have no reason to have physical strength, and the Warriors undoubtedly have a great advantage in physical strength.
The Mavericks play slowly to try to be stable and grasp every offensive opportunity, and on the other hand, they just want to better save energy, because against a running team like the Warriors, you have to be prepared to run a marathon.
** Approaching, Nelson motioned for Lin Fei to play. Lin Fei jumped up from the bench with a "boom".
Every time Lin Fei is given one more minute, Lin Fei will have one more minute of performance time, and if Lin Fei is given one minute less playing time, the Warriors will have one less minute of ultimate attack power.
With the Buddha-like applause in the bowl, Lin Fei appeared on the stage.
Now Lin Fei is not leading the team's main lineup, but a veritable substitute lineup. There was no main lineup (Lin Fei was also a substitute in this game), and the Mavericks immediately opened the lineup.
Defending one after the other, this way is what Thunder coach Scott Brooks tried first, suppressing Lin Fei's offensive power to a certain extent. At the same time, someone appeared near the midline position at any time, ready for an ambush. Kailai really did everything for Lin Fei. Throughout the history of the league, except for those absolutely dominant-level centers who can enjoy the treatment of several people at the same time to assist in defense and make up defense, that is, Chamberlain, O'Neal, etc., forward players and guards rarely let people use 3 people to defend, even the great god Jordan, Black Mamba Kobe, the answer Iverson, Maddie They rarely enjoy such treatment when they are at their peak, and even if they do, it is only a moment! But now it seems that Carlisle has the momentum to suppress Lin Fei to the end.
The Warriors attacked with the ball and gave it to Lin Fei, and Lin Fei ran quickly when he received the ball, almost without a gap. The Mavericks' eyes were focused on this player, one step forward in the middle line, Kidd directly defended, but Lin Fei couldn't find Kidd who changed direction and shook directly, and then easily passed, but after a step, Terry directly blocked the way and stretched out his hands, that is, a pair of balls can pass, people can't pass the momentum, at this time Lin Fei slowed down slightly, that is, a turn, re-examined the situation on the field, Kidd, who was passed by Lin Fei just now, is now also catching up, But it was still Terry who defended Lin Fei, who held the ball and wandered around the middle line, looking like he was planning to pass the ball. But Terry understands that Lin Fei is coming for him, and he must prevent Lin Fei from dying.
Lin Fei accelerated, and Terry almost didn't move, not that he was too late, but he felt that Lin Fei, a flexible and speedy defender, would definitely not have such a simple passing move, because basically everyone who had defended Lin Fei was used to his gorgeous change of direction and fast passing. When the players defending Lin Fei are not focused enough, Lin Fei may show a step ahead, because his movements have always been simple, but when the defenders are focused, Lin Fei will choose to change direction continuously, because this can avoid more contact with the defenders and better maintain his rhythm. But this time Terry was wrong, Lin Fei just passed Terry in one easy step, and Terry could only look helplessly, but after passing, Kidd immediately made up for it, the distance was almost only 50cm, Lin Fei turned around quickly, and Terry was also pasting it up at this time, Lin Fei saw that the situation was not good, and his teammates almost did not have much position to receive the ball, Lin Fei simply turned around and jumped directly, and shot one step to the front of the middle line. Everyone's eyes widened again, they couldn't believe that Lin Fei actually played such a difficult shot, passing, turning, changing direction, jumping, leaning back, shooting, maybe a player is very good to complete near the 3-point line or within the 3-point line, but Lin Fei is playing an ultra-long-distance three-point near the middle line!
The route of the ball flight was a bit outrageous, and it grazed the Nets out of the bottom line.
The Mavericks all started cheering. Finally saw Lin Fei miss! I finally saw the hope of victory, and I never felt like this feeling, it was like my own team had completed a stunner, or the team had successfully defended and avoided an opponent's stunner. Terry and Kidd even started high-fiveing each other, as if they were getting carried away.
Maybe Lin Fei should really be replaced, as a professional player, he should not make such a low-level mistake. In fact, Lin Fei should have passed the ball a long time ago, because basketball is a five-person sport after all, and Lin Fei, as a point guard, must always think about the existence of his teammates.
But Nelson doesn't seem to mean to replace him.
Don't wish he was God, he was a man. It was already 5 shots and 5 hits before, but now I lost one, which is normal! But fans seem to have gotten used to the kid playing with outrageous goals and outrageous hit percentages. From time to time, something outrageous can be regarded as adjusting your appetite, otherwise it won't be a big deal.
The joy of the Mavericks players was in stark contrast to Lin Fei's still grim face. Maybe the Mavericks players have forgotten what happened, they are still behind by more than a dozen points, the situation is still absolutely passive for them, but now they are still surprised by an opponent's missed shot, which is really incomprehensible. It feels like the Mavericks only care about Lin Fei's shots, and they don't even pay attention to their scores. Maybe there are some top defensive masters in the league who are surprised to see the opponent miss the shot, for example, Battier said that when he defends Kobe, he will be extremely happy to see Kobe Bryant's shot, but now the whole Mavericks team feels like this. Incomprehensible.
It was a long time before the Mavericks started teeing off and attacking.