After the blood exchange, the Mavericks did not play well, and the results after the player exchange were also unsatisfactory, Zuihou could only rank seventh in the West, and faced the Western upstart Hornets in the playoffs and lost 1:4, and the "little general" Johnson was also fired.

Now that they face the Timberwolves, a famous fish belly team in the West, they are already in trouble

At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks still had a 2-point lead to end the game, but as soon as the second quarter came up, Randy Foye, who had just returned from injury, gave the Mavericks a big gift, shooting 3 of 3 and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 8 points in an instant, catching the Mavericks off guard

The Mavericks then called a timeout, and their bench finally got to work, with Starkerhouse hitting a 3-pointer to stabilize the situation, followed by an immediate assist for a dunk by Buss

The basketball game is really a sudden change, and no one knows what will happen in the next second! After the Mavericks' main team played, they suddenly lost their hand, for a team that mainly shoots, the loss of hand is really a very scary thing, especially when the whole team loses the feeling together, the Mavericks start to play iron, Nowitzki shoots three-pointers, misses! Kidd made a three-point shot and missed! Terry makes a three-pointer and misses! Josh Howard, well, he didn't have a chance to shoot at all, so General Johnson asked the players to strengthen the breakthrough, but when it comes to breakthrough ability, only Terry is okay

After halftime, the Timberwolves actually led the Mavericks by 13 points at 55-42!

"What's going on with you guys!" Little General Johnson was furious in the locker room, pointed at Josh Howard's nose and scolded: "A rookie will defend you like a dog, ** you still want to be an All-Star, to hell!" “

"Your sister!" Howard's eyes were red when he was scolded by Johnson, he scolded secretly in his heart, lowered his head, and didn't look at Johnson's eyes, he really wanted to say to Johnson, he knew to lose his temper here, you can do it!

Don't blame Johnson, he already feels that Cuban's patience with him is almost to the limit, the Finals the year before last, being overturned by the Heat in a good situation has already caused cracks in the close relationship between the two, after this transaction, if the playoffs can't go a little further, then it will be an ironclad thing to get out of class, so he is under a lot of pressure! So when the team was blown up against the Timberwolves, a weak team in the West, he lost his bearings

In fact, the Timberwolves have gradually had the shadow of a defensive team under Whitman's creation of a season, such as players like Jefferson, Telfair, and even Gomez, who has left, has made great progress, especially in defense, everyone has heard a famous saying, defense wins championships, and Timberwolves players understand better that defense wins the heart of the head coach and further wins playing time, such as Zheng Ke, who is now the main player of the iron fight, he took this route

"Good shot, the Timberwolves hit a three-pointer at the start of the second half, unbelievable, they're now 16 points ahead!" TNT's host said excitedly

After Channingfrye made a three-pointer, he waved his fist to cheer himself up

After halftime, the Mavericks gradually showed the momentum and attitude of the playoff game, and although Channingfrye hit a three-pointer, the Mavericks players were expressionless, as if they were the ones who were leading

Coming back to the Mavericks offense, Kidd handed the ball to Nowitzki, who fell to the low post single, and the Timberwolves did not choose to wrap the clip, after all, the Mavericks didn't feel good in this game, but immediately, the German tank scored two points with a standard Golden Rooster independent step-back jumper, telling the Timberwolves the consequences of not packing

Nowitzki then hit a three-pointer and a mid-range jumper, and his performance alerted Whitman, who shouted at Zheng, "Wrap him, Zheng!" Don't let him take it lightly! ”

Zheng made a gesture that was okay, and then resolutely wrapped up Nowitzki

Zheng Ke's bag is just right, he is the most mobile player on the Timberwolves court today, his speed is the fastest, wrapping Nowitzki, interrupting Ski's touch, and at the same time being able to quickly pounce on players in all positions, in the case of the other players of the Mavericks The feel has not exploded, this tactic is very successful!

The Mavericks are still behind

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks still trailed by 12 points, 64-76!

"It's not okay to go on like this!" Kidd frowned, thinking to himself, he is now the team engine of the Mavericks, and if he doesn't play convincing results, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this new team! He turned his head to look at Nowitzki, the soul of the team

At this time, Kidd also turned his head, and the two looked at each other, and what Kidd saw in Nowitsky's eyes was not confused, but a strong sense of war, and the Germans were always so belligerent, just like their ancestors, the Germans

"Jason," Nowitzki said, "even if we lose, it's not a big deal, we're still in the run-in period, it's normal for our form to have some ups and downs!" ”

"Of course," "So we should let go and not be bound by those rules and regulations, and play our individual abilities, right?" Jason Kidd suddenly figured out this verse, and he said so heroically

In terms of individual ability, Kidd and Nowitzki are both at the level of top superstars, if there is a system that can connect the two of them very well, then the championship is not far from them, just like the Celtics, their Big Three played such an amazing record in the first year of cooperation, and the tacit understanding between each other is a reason, and the complementary styles are also a reason, and more, I am afraid that the Rivers system has formed the kind of successful cooperation between each other

So when Kidd and Nowitzki broke out together, the Timberwolves found themselves a little understaffed, and the Mavericks suddenly played a wave of 8-0 small climaxes in the middle of the fourth quarter after the main players returned to the court! In one fell swoop, the score was only 5 points away!

The Timberwolves asked for a timeout

"Don't panic, everyone!" Whitman held the tactical board, blushed and explained: "It's no big deal for them, everyone knows that individuals can't win the team!" No matter how good Nowitzki and Kidd are, they can't make up for the weakness of their teammates! "We're going to focus on Al next, Al, is there a problem?"

Jefferson replied sullenly, "No problem, Coach!" ”

"Okay," "I'll rearrange the No. 3 tactic, Zheng Ke and McCantz swap positions, McCantz stands at the 45-degree three-point line, Channingfrye is a little further away, pay attention to the cross-cover outside the three-point line, once Jefferson is trapped, then"

After Whitman arranged it like this, he felt that there was more room for Jefferson, and it was still the guy Dampier who defended him, so Jefferson once again ate Dampier alone, this time with a small left-handed hook after turning!

The offense and defense rotated, the Mavericks still handed the ball to Nowitzki, who fell into the middle distance, he made a virtual point, Channingfrye looked too nervous, or maybe Nowitzki's shot was too accurate, so he was deceived into the center of gravity, Nowitzki saw this, dribbled on the left side of the big step, and then easily jumped!

"Huh!"

hit again, he was really too accurate, in this game, he had already scored 31 points, and he broke the Channing Fry who was defending him!

However, the Mavericks did not find a way to defend Jefferson, Jefferson also played very well in this game, Dampier couldn't limit him at all, as long as the other players added a pack, Jefferson either attacked and made fouls, or passed out, and then the Mavericks found that they had played for so long, and the score was still 7 points, and about 8 points did not change

It wasn't until the end of the game that the Timberwolves defeated the Mavericks again 98-93 at home, and the score was not high

As soon as the game ended, Zheng Ke received a long-lost system voice in his head: "Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission - double killing the Mavericks!" ”

This made Zheng Ke's face full of smiles, and even when he stepped forward to hug and greet the Mavericks players, he frowned at Kidd, Nowitzki, Josh Howard and others, this kid is so unkind, we have all lost, and he is still smiling so brightly

An article in "Sports World" after the game wrote about this game: Throughout the game, the Mavericks have always been in the rhythm of the Timberwolves, and the performance of the two leading stars looks good, but Jefferson is obviously a head taller, he really led the whole team, while the German is just blindly attacking individually Of course, we can't deny the chance of winning and losing this game, Kidd's arrival has not catalyzed Dallas is one reason, and the lack of the Mavericks' whole team in the second half of the second quarter is also another reason. We were pleasantly surprised to see the growth of many of the Timberwolves' youngsters in this game, Channingfrye who threw in 3-pointers, Zheng Ke who locked up Josh Howard, and Telfair who was able to give the ball to Jefferson consistently, and we have no reason not to believe that these young players will have a bright future