Chapter 979: A Cow Not to Be Underestimated

In the first quarter, the Mavericks' watch was groggy, and the players played without a bit of passion, let alone cowboy style.

This angered their fans, and since Nelson Sr. left Dallas, Warriors-phobia seems to have befallen the Mavericks' heads, with some fans roaring angrily: "We invested the most money, we had the most stars, but we did the most things!" ”

The Mavericks' annual salary this season has reached more than $85 million, ranking third in the league, but for the "pseudo-Western traditional powerhouse" that has been eliminated in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs three times in the past four years, they seem quite far from the top of the world.

Three years ago, they were created by the Golden State Warriors to create a black eight miracle, and last season as the third seed in the West in front of the San Antonio Spurs early, they have been quite "aggrieved" in recent years.

While the Mavericks are still one of the most watched and deserving teams in the league, there is little to no one who feels like they have a championship and no one who feels like they can pull off a zΓ o miracle when they are not favored in their own right.

Last season's Mavericks were highly regarded for almost all of the regular season, especially after they traded for Brandon Haywood and Caron Butler, a team that is considered the only sniper powerhouse in the West that can truly snipe the Warriors and Lakers in the playoffs.

Unfortunately, they suffered another setback after a good regular season result, and the Mavericks were the underdogs this time after meeting their old enemies Spurs, who they easily defeated in last year's playoffs. 2-4, a series that was not too intense and stalemate, allowed the Spurs to win respect and make the Mavericks a laughing stock again.

With Chandler, Mavericks fans thought their team would improve, but now it seems that their team, despite their sharp offense and decent defense, to say that they can beat the Warriors to advance to the Finals seems to be just a joke, which is unacceptable to them.

The Mavericks are located in Dallas, where the local fans are very hardcore, and the ball market can only be said to be medium in major cities in the NBA, but the fans are very loyalist, and this is why the Warriors fans can suppress them, so now the team table is not good, and the fans are booing in unison.

As the second quarter was about to start, Carlisle called everyone to his side, pointed to the fans behind him and said, "Listen, gentlemen, now we are playing the regular season, but this regular season is more important than the playoffs, if we continue to lose to the Warriors, we will lose confidence in facing this team!" The fans will lose confidence in us, too! So, please give all your strength and go ahead and give these bitches a little color to their California bitches! ”

Before Chamberlain arrived with the Warriors, the Mavericks were the only two teams in the league with foreigners as the boss, and the other was the Nash-led Suns, both of which had a problem, that is, the locker room atmosphere was relatively mild and rigid, after all, it was not a native American, and many things were not easy to communicate.

It's rare for such a team to play the kind of deafening counterattack because there is no strong enough leader to turn the tide at a critical moment.

Turning the tide here is not about the score, but about morale and fighting spirit, just like Jordan in the Bulls, once the team is out of his control, he will use his roar and roar to get everyone up and get back on track.

Now, amid the boos of the fans, the Mavericks have finally exploded.

Thick accumulation, the Mavericks are black eight and black seven are really suppressed for too long.

At the beginning of the game, it was the Mavericks' possession, Kidd calmly took the ball across the half court, West kept reaching out, but it had no effect on the old Kidd, but was teased by him: "Boy, you want to steal me?" Haha, it's good to be young, dare to think about anything, come on, come and steal me, oh yes, I'm past you kid......"

West was passed away, and secretly scolded you in my heart for being an old immortal shameless, obviously Nowitzki blocked me, what do you mean by passing me?

Anyway, Kidd broke through, and after he broke through, he quickly plunged under the basket, so that Chamberlain understood that this old guy also had explosive-like energy in his body, and he didn't dare to let go of him, so he could only follow.

HOWEVER, KIDD WOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED THE BALL BY HIMSELF, AND AFTER HE TOOK CHAMBERLAIN, HE CAME TO A NO-LOOK-PASS, AND THE MAN RUSHED IN WITH THE BALL, FLICKED HIS WRIST BACK, AND THE BALL FELL INTO NOWITZKI'S HANDS.

Nowitzki got the ball and quickly shook his shoulder twice, West's face changed a little when he saw this scene, he hurriedly pounced, but Nowitzki swung his shoulder and pushed him away, and then the German tank jumped up and put on a golden rooster independent posture, West pounced and wanted to block him, but he almost hit the foot of the chariot......

As soon as the game started, the old man was naturally unhappy, so he roared dissatisfiedly on the bench: "People who are optimistic about themselves!" Change defenses quickly, and defend ruthlessly! Do you ****** want to finish this game and be called a softie?! ”

West gritted his teeth, and he gave Chamberlain a look, which was the rhythm of his own attack.

Chamberlain ran out to cover him, but Kidd was cunning, Chamberlain just stuck him, he moved to the side and then fell to the ground screaming, at that time Chamberlain was still running, and naturally the referee blew a covering foul.

Chamberlain was helpless, pointed at Kidd and shouted, "Man, this is obviously a fake fall!" If you don't believe it, let's watch the replay, damn it, do I have a gang in me? Before he even touched him, he just fell to the ground, damn it, it's fucking hilarious! ”

The referee made the decision, and Kidd got up with a wicked smile, winked at Chamberlain and went to catch the ball and prepare to attack.

Nowitzki never goes to the inside and the center to grab food, in fact, he is the representative of the outside drifting inside, so that the space on the inside is opened, and the guards have enough space to charge, if he is on the same team as Wade and James, it is perfect.

Kidd passed the ball to Chandler, but the boxing champion was really not suitable for this offensive technical work, and the defensive skills of Ibaka against him were not bad at all, Chandler made a false shot, but was almost steal the ball by Ibaka, so frightened that he hurriedly passed the ball to Bubois, who came on as a substitute.

Without a doubt, Boubois was the Mavericks' biggest discovery last season – his rise surpassed the three-point burst of Jason "The Ageless" Kidd, the efficient performance of Nowitzki, and he, along with compatriot Parker, inherited the prestige of the French sports car.

What are the highlights of Bois? 40 points in a single game? This is certainly a very conspicuous highlight, but even more dazzling is Boubois's terrifying number: as a shooting guard, Bouis has an efficiency rating of a terrible 18. 59%, which ranks 6th among all shooting guards, behind Dwyane Wade, Manu Ginobili, Kobe Bryant, Brandon Roy and Joe Johnson.

Boibouis's true hit percentage is as high as 61. 7%, with an effective hit rate of up to 59. 4% - For comparison, look at Kobe's number jΓΉ: true shooting percentage of 54. 5% with an effective hit rate of 48. 8 percent -- and throughout Kobe's 14 seasons in his career, he has never had a true shooting percentage of more than 60 percent, and an effective shooting percentage of 51 percent.

In other words, if you compare all the rookie seasons, Kobe Bryant in the same period, in the case of close playing time, is far less outstanding than Boubois.

Boibis has also played with confidence this season, he is full of power, like a sports car with a large displacement, whining when he gets the ball, and rushes inside.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was already able to return to the defense at this time, and when he saw Boubois rushing straight into the penalty area, he unceremoniously immediately followed.

As a result, Boubova immediately passed the ball to Kidd on the outside, and Kidd continued to hold the ball to the inside, he went directly to Chamberlain, stuck the opponent and then passed the ball to Nowitzki.

Ibaka has switched to Nowitzki, but in the face of the latter's golden rooster independence and broken children, there is nothing he can do about the macho man, watching the ball fly over his head and fall into the hoop.

Chamberlain saw that something was wrong, and the team's leading score was caught up in a blink of an eye, so he stood up, first hit Chandler under the basket and dunked, and then broke through from the high position, teased Chandler with delicate footsteps, rushed to the basket and threw to score, which was considered to stabilize the Warriors' position.

However, after Nowitzki scored two goals in a row, he also found his senses, and in the next four minutes, the German tank staged a jump shot, a basket, a breakthrough, three points, 2+1 and other inside offensive tricks, one person cut 12 points in a row, and the Warriors had to call a timeout!

called a timeout, old Nelson didn't know what to say, this was Chamberlain's personal defense, if Chamberlain's defense was beaten into a sieve, then there was nothing to say.

It's not that our army is not strong, but that the enemy army is too fierce.

In the second half of the second quarter, Butler and Terry, the pair of scoring twins, landed on the court together, as soon as the two came on the court, it was a three-pointer for one person, and Chamberlain's cold sweat suddenly flowed out.

But at the end of the first half, the Mavericks still took the lead and defeated the Warriors 47-43.

Nowitzki's offensive firepower was still very ferocious, and Terry and Butler were also the icing on the cake, and after a wave of 14-5 offensive climax, the Mavericks had rewritten the score to 61-48.

Seeing Nowitzki, Terry, and Butler form the three musketeers camp, the Warriors were panicked.

Nowitzki's awesome Warriors are clear from top to bottom, and Terry is also a strong contender for the best sixth man, and the Warriors have been mentally prepared for the outburst of these two, but what is Butler's outburst?

Butler was indeed the league's best small forward in the league to bite the straw and shoot the basketball, and in 2007-08, Butler really shot 55 from the field. 8%, with an effective hit rate of up to 50. 1% with an efficiency value of up to 20. 59. That season, Butler was the only man at the No. 3 position behind LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony.

But isn't Butler now the super small forward who can shoot from behind the rebound?

In the 2009-10 season, Butler used jump shots for 72 percent of his offense, and only 5 percent of his dunks and rebounds combined. And Butler's true shooting percentage in the Mavericks is only 50. 9%, and the effective accuracy rate is only 46. 4%, compared with the peak, almost down 10%. In terms of efficiency, Butler dropped even more, with just 13 in 2009-10. 77, which ranks 18th among all small forwards in the league.

The embarrassment of Butler is that he is a good pitcher, a good passer, but poor ball handling. He can get away laterally, take advantage of his quick shooting speed, and he can also play near the free throw line. But the problem is that in the Mavericks, the free-throw line singles are Dirk Nowitzki's right, and Butler doesn't have a comfortable offensive opportunity.

Today, it was not up to the norm, the Mavericks fired more, and the Warriors were exhausted.

At the critical moment, Curry hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside to help the Warriors temporarily defuse the crisis, but then Nowitzki returned the favor in the same way.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks led the Warriors 78-59, and Terry and Butler combined for 20 points in the third quarter to become the executioners of the Warriors.

The Warriors aren't the kind of team that doesn't get motivated, and they're resilient!

In the final quarter, Chamberlain led the team to launch a counterattack, he blocked Nowitzki and Chandler's shots in the restricted area twice in a row, the style of play was full of aggression, and the continuous offense caused the Mavericks to foul defensively, leading the Warriors to a wave of 10-2 small climax, chasing the score to 69-80.

Seeing that the counterattack was about to succeed, Nowitzki, who was caricatured by fans as a 'soft egg', stepped up again, and after he hit a three-pointer from the outside, he then blocked Curry's layup, and scored two more points with a dunk.

At this time, the Warriors may not have a chance to fight back, but the old Nelson was very angry, and he directly came up and down and replaced the main force together.

Until the end, Chamberlain and other main players did not get a chance to play, and the Mavericks finally got a chance to laugh to the end, and finally defeated the Warriors 96-82, ending the opponent's eighteen consecutive wins.