Chapter Eighty-Four: Decline

After the road game against the Suns, the Mavericks have to play three consecutive road games.

March 11th.

Back-to-back play for the Trail Blazers.

In this game, the Mavericks' main team played steadily. In the first half, he had an absolute advantage, especially Dampier used his tonnage to suppress the starting center of the Trail Blazers, Joel Pulzbilla, who is two meters and one hundred and six meters tall.

Both are heavy centre-forwards. Dampier not only didn't allow the opposition to score points defensively, but also scored in the penalty area.

Head coach Carlisle saw that Dampier was in good shape on the pitch. In the first half, there was no substitution of Wang Dachun. It wasn't until the second half that Wang Dachun had a chance to play.

In the second half, Wang Dachun came on as a substitute for Channing Fry. He also pressed Forlan well on the court, and Forlan only got three rebounds on the court. Didn't get a point.

The Mavericks won the game 93-84. Wang Dachun played 18 minutes and scored 6 points and 9 rebounds.

March 13th

Away game against Golden State Warriors. The team started to fatigue in this game. Wang Dachun was treated as a star for the first time in this game.

Not only was he caught by Bitlins and Anthony Randolph on the court, but after he got the rebound, he steals directly and doesn't care about fouls, because now we all know that Wang Dachun's free throws are terrible.

Don Nelson, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, is also known as Nelson Sr. It's a fast break tactic, and it's done to increase the number of rounds.

And the Warriors' Stephen Jackson and Monta Aires both have very hot hands. At one point, the score was stretched to nearly 20 points.

In the end, the Mavericks lost the game with a score of 110:119.

Warriors Jackson and Monta Ellis. The two scored 60 points in a row.

Nowitzki finished with a team-high 27 points and nine rebounds.

Wang Dachun because of consecutive free throws. He also won a second double-double. 12 points and 13 rebounds. 3-of-8 from the free-throw line.

March 15th.

Away to the Lakers.

Bynum was injured and did not play in this game. The center forward position is played by Gasol. Odom mentioned the starting power forward position.

Phil Jackson continued the same tactics used against the Mavericks in the first two games. Kobe Bryant and Ariza kept hitting the inside basket.

Wang Dachun was dragged out by Gasol to fly a kite. Once again, Wang Dachun's frame protection effect was minimized.

In addition, the Mavericks are in a very low state at all times. Back-to-back away games. Severe physical decline. In the end, the Mavericks lost the game 89-107.

Bryant scored a game-high 28 points. Ariza scored 26 points and Gasol scored 25.

The Mavericks only had Dek Nowitzki and Jason Terry score in double figures.

Wang Dachun played 18 minutes as a substitute. He only had 5 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

The Mavericks ended a four-game losing streak with two wins and two losses.

Back to the first game at home. It's to meet the challenge from the Detroit Pistons.

In the end, 103:100 narrowly defeated the Pistons.

Dampier, who had been in the doldrums for more than half a season, began to gradually find his form. He played 33 minutes in this game and scored 20 points and 13 rebounds. It took a lot of scoring pressure off Nowitzki.

In this game, Nowitzki easily scored 30 points. Wang Dachun came off the bench for 15 minutes. He had five points and eight rebounds.

On March 19, they played the Eagles away.

The Mavericks won the game 95-87.

Dampier continued to explode, playing 35 minutes and finishing with 15 points and 16 rebounds.

Wang Dachun's playing time was compressed again. Played 13 minutes. He had four points and six rebounds.

On March 22, he played the Jazz.

The Mavericks won the game 110-101.

Dampier played 37 minutes and had 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Wang Dachun played 10 minutes and scored 2 points and 5 rebounds.

March 25th.

Playing at home against the Golden State Warriors.

The Mavericks narrowly beat the Warriors 96-93.

Dampier played 33 minutes. Efficiently scored 26 points and 10 rebounds. Be the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

Wang Dachun played 12 minutes and scored 4 points and 8 rebounds.

March 29th.

Away game against Nuggets.

The Mavericks lost the game 91-101.

Dampier continued to be efficient in this game. He had 19 points and 12 rebounds.

If it weren't for Carmelo Anthony's second-half outburst and Josh Howard's point missing. He scored a game-high 43 points.

The Mavericks aren't going to lose this game.

Wang Dachun came off the bench for 10 minutes and scored 2 points and 9 rebounds.

After this game, the Mavericks' March game also ended.

The Dallas Mavericks currently have a 43-30 overall record and are in seventh place in the West.

Mavericks Training Gym.

Wang Dachun was doing free throw training at this time. It's 10 p.m. He was the only one in the basketball hall.

It's not that he trains diligently until late every day, but he can't be quiet in his own heart. If you want to do some training, it's hard to relieve yourself and feel a little anxious.

The March game has been played, and the league's latest stat rankings have been released. Wang Dachun's ranking has not changed except for the position on the foul list.

He has dropped from averaging 2.2 blocks per game to 1.8 blocks per game on the block list. The ranking also slipped from third to seventh.

And his average number of rebounds per game has also increased from 9.7 rebounds to 9.3 now. It has fallen out of the top 10.

And recently, the media has also begun to sing about his performance. Some even say he was short-lived.

In fact, none of this Wang Dachun cares about, what he cares about now is the playing time. He averaged just 12.3 minutes per game in March.

Recently, Dampier's performance has been very stable, averaging 15.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, and his efficiency is also very high, and his playing time has reached an average of 30.5 minutes per game, directly compressing his playing time.

And when Nowitzki was chatting in the locker room, he mentioned more than once that Dampier's performance during this period of time made him feel less pressure on the inside scoring.

Although Nowitzki is telling the truth. I just feel uncomfortable in my heart, and I feel a little bit abandoned.

When Wang Dachun continued to practice smashing baskets. The door to the training hall was pushed open. Wang Dachun looked back and saw that it was William.

William hadn't even come over before the voice came.

"Man, I knew that I didn't get through when I called you just now, so you must be in the training gym."

Wang Dachun was quite happy to see William. As a scout, it is difficult to see Willian in the training gym.

"Hey, long time no see, what are you busy with during this time." Wang Dachun and William hugged each other. asked.

"It's still the same. See where you can find another guy as good as you. William said with a smile.

"No kidding, man, I'm the guy who averages less than 5 points per game! It's good there. Wang Dachun said a little self-deprecatingly.

"Looks like you've been in a bad mood lately. Do you want me to go out for a drink with you? William asked with concern.

"Man, you know me, I don't drink." Wang Dachun replied.

"I forgot about it." William patted his forehead.

"Man, what's the matter with me? Go ahead! From what I know of you, you should be at home with your two daughters at this time. Wang Dachun said half-jokingly.

"Actually, it's nothing. It was Mr. Nelson Jr. who asked me to talk to you casually. William said.