dunk to the ground, Chamberlain raised his arms with his head raised violently, his straight and slender body, his arms stretched angrily, and a huge V-shaped appeared on the court.

"Victory! Victory! Victory! The Warriors fans shouted, the Mavericks fans were terrified, and at the same time, the same blood was surging, this violent dunk was too enjoyable.

Haywood's face was blue and white, Chamberlain was riding him, for a center, what could be more insulting than riding a buckle? In particular, he also paid for a foul for it.

On the Warriors' bench, West and Iverson high-fived and celebrated, the group laughed, and Barnes shouted in a weird way: "Z, I'm going to give you a baby!" You've done a great job! ”

Curry, Billups and Jackson rushed up together to bump Chamberlain into their chests.

The referee came over and asked Chamberlain to take the free throw, and he took the ball and looked at Cuban and yelled, "Boss, didn't you dunk the basket this time?" Are you cool what I did?! Don't talk, I know what you're trying to say, this time I only deducted one, and it's nothing to deduct one, right? Nice, more enjoyable in the back! ”

Speechless, Cuban turned his gaze to Dampier and motioned for the latter to strike back at Chamberlain.

But how does Dampier fight back? Before he could think of anything, Chamberlain spoke to him first: "Mr. Second Center, be careful what I do to you, I will ride you today no matter what!" ”

Dampielton froze.

At 5-2, the Mavericks regained possession.

Kidd jogged with the ball, he couldn't be fast, everyone knew that the team's outside lineup was a big problem for the Mavericks, their guards were not fast enough, Kidd was 37 years old and couldn't keep up with the league's young point guards, and Butler was 30 years old, Terry and Marion were both 32 years old, and they were no longer young.

The team can expect something from Bob Ey -- but he's still young, and considering that in the first round of the playoffs last year, the Spurs relied on their outside rotation and excellent offensive ability to restrain the Mavericks, and this season, the Mavericks don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Don't think that the "old" label can only be attached to the Spurs and Celtics, and the Mavericks, who have Kidd and Nowitzki, are not too young. In other words, the Dallas Mavericks are showing signs of old age.

Last season, they and their opponents both made fewer free throws, turnovers and offensive rebounds than the league average, and the low levels of the three "dynamism numbers" are characteristic of the team's aging.

The Warriors are using this to restrain the Mavericks, and the opponent's slow pace of attack gives them time to deploy defense and more time to rotate defense, which is what the Mavericks can't stand the most.

Kidd dropped the ball to Nowitzki on the inside, Chamberlain pushed him wildly, the Germans couldn't stand this, he couldn't stand it at all, naturally he couldn't attack, he could only leave the penalty area with the ball, Chamberlain chased him to the death, chasing him all the way to the three-point line.

King Nuo was helpless, Chamberlain got serious, the quality of the defense was unimaginable, and he gave the ball to Butler.

When Butler got the ball, the Mavericks fans were in good spirits.

The definition of small forward in modern basketball is probably inseparable from keywords such as "scoring", "breaking", "fast break", "outside shooting", "outside defense", "sharing part of the rebounding task", so Caron Butler is such a standard small forward representative.

He is constantly being compared to Paul Pierce, who is just as strong and even better at running and jumping, but still far from the technical details of Pierce, who is known for his all-round and flashy offensive skills.

During his time with the Wizards, Butler played power forward for a while, and that experience honed Cuaron's masterful low-post offensive skills, giving him the best back-frame ability among outside players. In addition, the shooting feel is good, and the open opportunities are fairly accurate, but the technical details are still not refined; Aggressive and aggressive, but correspondingly, occasionally acting as a black hole on the pitch, the ability to handle the ball needs to be improved.

Butler took a step back when he got the ball, then flicked his hand and lowered his center of gravity and rushed forward, as fast as a sharp arrow.

Jackson was a step slower, and Butler immediately passed him and rushed into the box, only for Ibaka to block from the front.

Butler sneered and changed direction to pass Ibaka, but another huge body pressed up: Chamberlain returned to defense!

At this point, Butler finally got nervous, and turned around to retreat, and Jackson was waiting for him behind him. Butler's breakthrough just now was not to pass Jackson, but to let Jackson let him go.

In this way, Butler fell into the three-man bag, he hurriedly put away the ball, and the old and spicy Jackson slapped it, smashed the ball directly, grabbed it in his hand and passed it to Curry on the outside.

Curry passes the ball to Billups and follows him from the wing in a small circle, so that when Kidd and Marion are in front of Billups alone, Curry is leisurely outside the three-point line.

Billups passed, Kidd horran's color changed, Curry got the ball without a single opponent around, he raised his arms gracefully, his legs bent and jumped, his wrists flipped softly, and the ball was projected.

The ball slid through the air in a graceful arc and then fell into the hoop. ”

Hearing the sound of the basketball entering the net, Curry closed his eyes and smiled, he liked to listen to this sound the most, it was so beautiful.

The opening 8-2 was a rhythm that Carlisle couldn't stand it and called a timeout.

Old Nelson had a smile on his face, the disciples fought so hard, not for victory, but to vent his anger as a coach, with such a disciple, how could he, the coach, not be happy?

During the timeout, Nelson Sr. urgently deployed a new tactic, he drew lines on the tactical board, and said, "Attack the ball, boys, our next strategy is to attack the ball, you know what I mean, right?" Breaking the boundaries between offense and defense, we focus on defense, but we need to add an offensive element to the defense, and at the same time force the offense to contain a defensive component! ”

"The Dallas people are so old, they're not the Mavericks, they're the old Mavericks, so we're going to close the players and kill them! Don't leave them a single room to live! ”

"If it's Kidd with the ball, then defend him from close range or even close to him, and consume his body at any cost. If Butler is in possession of the ball, then to snatch the ball from him, to compress their space to move, to weaken the quality of their movements, to cut off the connection between them, that's what we're going to defend again! ”

Nelson Sr. still focuses on defense, and the Warriors players do the same, defense first!

Carlisle didn't make any substitutions after the timeout, after all, it was only a minute and a half into the game, and it was too early to send an ambush on the bench now.

Similarly, Iverson and West are still on the bench.

Sharpen your knives!

Upon their return, the Mavericks focused their offense on Marion and Butler, with Nowitzki acting as a gun mount and transferring the ball in the high post and Kidd using his experience to cover for his teammates.

The Warriors were caught off guard by them as Chamberlain was taken high by Nowitzki and Marion seized the opportunity to cut into the box and swerved on a jumper over Ibaka's head to score two points.

Billups passed the ball to Curry, signaling him to break through the ball, Butler hurriedly stepped back to defend Curry, Kidd was anxious and shouted: "Culon, keep an eye on him!" Don't let him shoot, let him break through! Never mind! ”

Butler's defensive awareness and skills are not top-notch, his defense relies on excellent athleticism and defensive enthusiasm, he used to steal a lot, because he has a pair of fast hands, in front of his defense, the ball carrier should always pay attention to the safety of the ball in his hand, because if he is not careful, he will watch a fast break dunk.

On top of that, his contribution on the defensive end is only rebounding, and he averages six rebounds per game, which is quite impressive among outside players. This advantage was especially evident in the Wizards' fast-break system, where a rebound in the backcourt often meant a five-second blitzkrieg.

But when it comes to the Mavericks, his ability to rebound and fast-break isn't very useful, and his teammates are too old to keep up with him.

Curry took advantage of this, he held the ball and slashed forward, then twisted his waist and changed direction, and Butler stepped back again, which was his knee-jerk reaction.

Curry had already mastered this in the video, he dribbled under his crotch to stabilize his body, and then jumped up, shot out with one hand on the ball, and accurately sent a mid-range shot.

Haywood served to Kidd, and Billups slid up and reached for the ball in his arms. This set is useless against a veteran like Kidd, who will instead turn it into an opportunity, carrying Billups sideways and quickly changing direction to get past his opponent.

Billups didn't care, turned around to catch up, still pushed and blocked him, Kidd protected the ball well, but it was much more difficult to get around, and it took more effort.

Butler could only respond, and as soon as he got the ball, Curry and Billups seemed to see the hungry wolf of the fat sheep, and they pounced on him, one stuck him and the other reached for the ball.

This is the arrangement of the old Nelson, if the impatient Butler gets the ball, then the Warriors will force the steal, and there is no need to worry that he will pass Kidd, because Kidd's shooting is very unreliable, especially 2 points, which is outrageous.

Kidd has good three-point ability, but he doesn't usually shoot on his own, because he's a perfect traditional point guard who always gives his teammates the first offensive opportunity.

Sure enough, Butler panicked, and although he struggled and was not tackled, he also lost a good chance to attack and could only pass the ball to Nowitzki.

Chamberlain waved his arms, Nowitzki passed Marion, who swooped in quickly, Ibaka followed, he entered the box and threw a shot, Ibaka stuck him and then jumped up and slapped the ball down.

Under the tutelage of Chamberlain and Bowen, Ibaka's defensive skills are getting better and better, and his blocking level is getting better day by day.

The Warriors seized the opportunity to play a fast break, Jackson grabbed the ball and handed it to Billups, who then jammed Butler sideways and passed the ball to Curry, while Jackson blocked Marion, and Chamberlain and Ibaka ran forward with Curry leading the way.

This is a defensive tactic, and the Warriors pay Billups and Jackson, who are the least suitable for fast breaking, to jam the opponent's fastest moving Butler and Marion, so that their own superior horses against the enemy's inferior horses will naturally have a higher chance of winning.

Nowitzki and Kidd followed up in time, the former was just putting on a show, his defense was too unreliable, and Kidd's defense was good.

From 1999 to 2007, Kidd was named to the All-Defensive Team in the league every year, four times in the first team and five times in the second team. He was known for his physical entanglement, timing, and steals, which was the foundation of Kidd's fast attack in his youth. At his peak, Kidd was not only a master of man-to-man defense, but also a perfect team defender, adept at using help to break up the opposition's offense and quickly transition between offense and defense.

Kidd can defend point guards like Paul and Delon, as well as top positions like Kobe and Carter, and even occasionally fight small forwards such as James and Anthony, but he has no tricks against big guys like Chamberlain.

Curry led the offense and once he was in the free throw area, he passed the ball to Chamberlain.

Chamberlain got the ball at a speed that did not decrease, and went straight to the basket in three steps, Kidd shook his head helplessly, gave up the luxury of continuing to defend, and watched the opponent impact the dunk, he knew that to stop Chamberlain at this time was to bring humiliation on himself.