Chapter 554: Team First
When Li Feng made a free throw, Tyberdu quietly replaced J.R. Smith.
It was not a big substitution, but it still caught everyone's attention, because the wind was really not right today.
Carlisle looked cautiously at J.R. Smith's thin figure with a pair of eyes, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what the old guy was thinking.
At this time, Yang Yi also said in China:
"The Knicks have been replaced by J.R. Smith, which is a step up the offense. But what can J.R. Smith do to take on the offensive duty? That's the key question. β
Li Feng hit one of two free throws from the free throw line, and the Mavericks grabbed the rebound, at which point Carlisle stood up and yelled at the team.
The Mavericks' offensive tactics immediately changed, before the Mavericks were crushing the inside, but now J.R. Smith is on the court.
Mayo immediately hit JR Smith with the ball with his back, and JR Smith didn't know how much faster than Mayo at his feet, but JR Smith was really not good at back strength.
Mayo pressed J.R. Smith in two steps, and immediately turned around and shot another mid-range.
The Mavericks opened with a hot offensive hand, crushing inside, combining inside and outside, and now taking advantage of the Knicks' defensive weaknesses to fight to the death.
The Mavericks' offense is all on point, so it's very efficient, and an efficient offense isn't always reasonable, but there must be more cases of reasonable offense and high efficiency.
The Mavericks aimed their offense at J.R. Smith, and Tyberdeau was also mentally prepared for this situation.
After the Mavericks took the lead, Tyberdu immediately came over and asked his teammates to take care of J.R. Smith, while replacing J.R. Smith's defender with Collison.
The game was tweaked slightly, and the Knicks returned to the offensive end, and the use of J.R. Smith was revealed at this time.
The Knicks came running. J.R. Smith immediately ran around the baseline without the ball. For the Mavericks, the off-ball tactic is a fairly familiar tactic, and the Mavericks have never lacked movement without the ball, at this time JR Smith came up to run without the ball, and the Mavericks immediately blocked JR Smith.
While the Mavericks' attention was on J.R. Smith, Li Feng suddenly cut from the flank towards the inside of the box.
Li Feng suddenly cut in, and Dragic on the outside immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, and it was only at this time that the Mavericks noticed that the Knicks also played a trick gun, and J.R. Smith was attracting attention, and the real killer was here with Li Feng.
The calf contracted urgently, but Li Feng caught the ball and flickered. Then the back of the head was passed back to Dragic, at which point Dragic became vacant, and Collison, who had just defended him, went to trap Li Feng.
Dragic took the ball in the open space and shot a three-point "Whew! β
The Knicks' three-pointer is also here! Moreover, the Knicks' attack changed the previous situation in which Li Feng alone supported the overall situation.
J.R. Smith is off the ball. Li Feng cut through the air, and finally Dragic scored three points. The whole team was in tandem.
The Knicks met the Mavericks who had been prepared for a long time and did not fall behind. On the contrary, it is better and better, which is a surprising thing.
Carlisle also understood a little when he arrived at this scene, and it turned out that the Knicks had been prepared for this situation for a long time.
Both teams scored in succession in the opening period, either causing the opponent to foul, and in just a few minutes, both teams adjusted. It can be seen that the excitement and intensity of the competition are dΓΉ.
Now that the game has been played, there is a bit of a picture of the dagger, the Mavericks are coming again, and J.R. Smith is no longer defending Mayo. Instead, go to defend Collison.
Collison and Jr Smith came, and he didn't have the habit of attacking with his back, so he only attacked with the breakthrough he was best at.
But once Collison breaks through, the Knicks are also a team defense, and the team forms a chain to squeeze Collison into the encirclement.
He immediately turned around and threw the basketball out, and the Mavericks reorganized themselves and found that J.R. Smith was basically unable to play, so the Mavericks could only continue to come up and crush the inside. When the basketball was passed to Durham Porter.
Dalem Porter didn't have the calmness he had before, because time was running out, and he didn't have time to grind calmly.
Bowler's hasty shot 24 seconds before was naturally ineffective.
The Mavericks finally missed a goal, the Knicks grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and Monroe also understood that today's game was a battle of rhythm.
Immediately passed the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng ran forward with the ball, at this time Cousins came over to delay Li Feng's speed, but Li Feng ignored him at all, and knocked Cousins away with a sudden collision as soon as he lowered his head.
To hit the calf, the Knicks had to be fast, so fast that it could not be more than enough to hit the calf's sore spot.
Sure enough, once Li Feng rushed to the hinterland of the Maverick unreasonably, it was too late for the Maverick to come to defense, because the Maverick's group of players were too old.
The Mavericks' players can't catch up, Li Feng is almost facing the empty blue, and in the face of such an empty blue, Li Feng is a violent dunk.
"Bang dang!"
Li Feng also hit a violent dunk, and this time the Knicks finally tied the Mavericks.
As soon as the game opened, the two teams met each other and it was still a draw.
It was a draw, and it seems that neither team got a bargain, but the Mavericks came prepared, the Knicks came unintentionally, and it was the Knicks who had some advantages.
Carlisle thought that he could have a surprise start, but he didn't expect that the beginning would be a hard fight, but at this time, he had already opened the bow and had no turning back, and the Mavericks could only continue to fight with the Knicks.
The Mavericks turned around and continued to play crushing with the Knicks, but the Mavericks' offensive intensity was not as strong as the opening.
After all, at the beginning, the players have the best body and the highest concentration, which is especially important for the calf, because the players of the calf are all old men, and the disadvantage of the old man is that the body is not good.
The offense on the Mavericks' side finally weakened, and the pressure on the Knicks' side on the defensive end suddenly eased a lot.
However, at this time, the Knicks' offense also stopped a lot, because the Knicks' offense still relied on Li Feng's strong play, and Li Feng also needed to take a break, when the Mavericks' offensive was a little sluggish.
Li Feng also took a little rest here, because Li Feng knew. This game has just begun, and it is not yet time to fight hard, and there is still time to fight hard in the following games.
At the end of the first quarter, the two teams played a draw, 22-22, the score was not high, but the game was extremely exciting.
At the end of the first quarter, Carlisle's face was gloomy as water, but Tyberdu did have a smile on his face.
Tyberdu naturally has a reason to laugh, and a cunning team like the Mavericks is ready to pit itself once. The final result is actually not up or down, and this result is naturally considered to be a victory for the Knicks.
At this time, Yang Yi and Su Qun's broadcast in China was also discussed:
"In the first quarter of today's game, the Mavericks played very seriously, more seriously than ever, but the Mavericks didn't win against the Knicks in such a serious situation. This is because compared to the seriousness of the calf. The Knicks' Li Feng is ferocious, unprecedentedly ferocious. In the first quarter, Li Feng scored most of the team's scores. He scored 14 points. β
In this case, the Mavericks can't completely kill the Knicks, but Li Feng will be troubled by his body at the beginning, and the next game will depend on Li Feng's body. Half depends on the play of the calf. β
Su Qun also interjected at this time and said:
"Although the Mavericks played very seriously today, the Mavericks' performance was very average. Nowitzki, Collison and Mayo are all overperforming, which is a bit worrying. β
"Definitely. These three people must also be guarded against! β
Yang Yi also agreed with Su Qun's statement, the game was only in the first quarter, and the two teams were still evenly matched, but the subsequent performance was still very unpredictable.
At this time, Li Feng sat on the bench, drinking water slowly, and was also thinking about the situation in the second quarter.
From the first quarter, the Mavericks' defense was biased towards positioning and overall defense, and the best way to face this defense was to split their whole.
But in the first quarter, the Knicks honestly didn't do it, and they didn't fully play fast-paced, and the scoring basically relied on their own half-court heads-up. Although it is possible to win the game like this, it is still too troublesome, so in the second quarter, my first task is to drive the rhythm.
The two teams took a slight break, and the second quarter began.
In the second quarter, both the Knicks and Mavericks came off the bench, with Livingston, J.R. Smith, Kirilenko, Jones, and Vucevic on the Knicks' side.
The Mavericks played on Bois, Carter, Dante Jones, Carman and Brandon Wright.
In terms of the thickness of the bench, the Knicks are even thicker than the Mavericks, and the Mavericks' bench lineup is a little more rudimentary, but don't forget that the Mavericks have never been a team that relies on lineups to win games.
The second quarter started with the Knicks' ball, and the core of the Knicks' bench lineup was still the outside double of J.R. Smith and Livingston with Jones as the axis.
So as soon as the Knicks came running, Livingston immediately came up and made a high pick-and-roll with Jones.
Playing high with Livingston's height is indeed quite threatening, but at this time, the Mavericks' backup point guard Boibis is not slow at his feet, and he comes to chase Livingston.
At this time, although Livingston passed Bubois half of the body, but the Mavericks' team defense was too good, and there were already people in front of him to help defend, Livingston's ball could not be played lightly, he only passed the ball to Kirilenko on the wing.
Kirilenko didn't rush to attack with the ball, but turned around and passed the basketball to Jones, who took the ball and moved a step to the wing, and then passed the basketball to J.R. Smith, who crossed with him.
J.R. Smith took the ball up and took a step back, made a shooting gesture, and immediately attracted the defensive attention of the Mavericks, but suddenly made a ground-hitting pass and passed the basketball to Livingston, who was empty on the baseline. (To be continued......)