Spurs home on April 18.

Wang Dachun and his teammates had just finished warming up before the game. Back on the bench.

Wang Dachun sat on the bench and watched the crowded stadium around him.

That's the playoffs. The crowd was significantly larger than the regular season. The auditorium was densely packed with human heads.

Today is Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, home of the Spurs.

Wang Dachun is still full of expectations, and he doesn't know how long he can play today. Wang Dachun still has a little contradiction in his heart, he wants to play by himself, but he is afraid that he will affect the team's record after he plays.

Today's starting lineup for the Mavericks is:

Jason Kidd, Antoine White, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, Eric Dampele.

The starting lineup for the Spurs is:

Tony Parker. Roger Mason. Michael Finley. Tim Duncan. Matt Bonner.

The game begins.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Dachun had no chance to play, so he could only watch the game from the sidelines.

The Spurs have been pressing the Mavericks in this quarter of the game, and Nowitzki was defended by Duncan on 1-of-5 shooting, scoring only 2 points and 2 rebounds.

Josh Howard was also defended by Michael Finley for just six points, and it took seven shots to get it.

The best performer was Dampier, who scored 2 points, 5 baskets and 2 assists despite only taking one shot. And Matt Bonner, who defended, didn't score a point.

And the Spurs are all on the hot side. The shooting percentage was above 50%, and Michael Finley scored 8 points on 3-of-4 shooting and had two assists.

This also made the score of the two teams gradually open in the first quarter of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 18-29 and the Mavericks trailed by 11 points.

Second quarter of the game.

In the first quarter of the game, Dampier has been chasing Matt Bonna, and the physical exertion is more serious, and head coach Carlisle sent Wang Dachun off the bench to buy Dampier time to rest.

Spurs head coach Popovich saw Wang Dachun on the court and thought that Wang Dachun was still a big threat to the Spurs' interior, so he directly replaced Matt Bonner and replaced Druguden to defend Wang Dachun.

In Popovich's view, Wang Dachun is only better defensively, and there is no threat on offense. But Wang Dachun's protection of the interior frame should not be underestimated, especially at present, the Spurs mainly rely on Tony Parker's interior breakthrough and Tim Duncan's interior offense.

And Druckolden is a league veteran, and he has the most experience in picking up this kind of rookie. In order to reduce the resistance on the inside in the second half, this rookie must be beaten.

It has been a tumultuous two years for Drew Gooden, especially since he was traded from the Bulls to the Sacramento Kings in February and cut by the Kings in March, and the Spurs signed him to a temporary guaranteed contract in order to deepen their bench depth.

An NBA bum, like him, he knows what he has to do on the court. The dirty work on the field is tiring, and he has never done it less.

The head coach put himself on the court for this Mavericks rookie. He also has the confidence to let Wang Dachun pay a few fouls in a quarter, and he can definitely do it.

Wang Dachun is now smart, and every time he will first look at the information of the players who are opposite him. It is good to understand what characteristics the other party has, what badges they have, and how should they deal with it?

I've just read Gooden's stats, and this guy should be the kind of jack-of-all-trades that Coach Solano used to say. There will be some everything, but none of them seem to be proficient.

Except for close shots and rebounds of nearly 170, the rest of the stats fluctuate between 110 and 120, and there are no badges or special skills. It shouldn't be difficult to cope with on your own.

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The Mavericks attacked, and Kidd dribbled to the frontcourt. Pass the ball directly to Nowitzki, who is on the inside. Nowitzki didn't feel good today, shooting 1-of-5 from the field in the first quarter. Seeing that Duncan was still difficult to shoot defensively, he passed the basketball to Josh Howard on the outside.

Josh Howard broke through to the inside and forced a layup, but the ball didn't go in and was defended by Michael Finley.

Gooden, who stuck Wang Dachun on the inside, was ready to take this rebound off. However, his height is only 2.08 meters, and his arm span is not excellent, even if he barely stuck Wang Dachun behind him, Wang Dachun was still behind him and got the rebound in his hand.

Wang Dachun after getting the rebound. Seeing that his position was not bad, he was familiar with the dunk, and he got up and prepared to dunk, Gooden wanted to hold Wang Dachun and prevent him from getting up, but Wang Dachun still forced the goal according to his physical advantages.

20 to 29.

Wang Dachun scored two points in the opening game of the second quarter.

The reason why he took the initiative to attack was obviously a change in Wang Dachun during this period of time, if it was before, he would definitely pass the ball out.

Now for the sake of data, for the sake of rewards, he tries to score as much as he has the opportunity, unless he is not sure that he will have a basketball pass. He didn't have the ball in the first place. If he can't get in, the manager won't blame him.

Gooden was a little faceless by Wang Dachun's supplementary dunk, and the old man Popovich explained to him before he played, trying to find a way to beat Wang Dachun. It didn't take much to make the family score two points. Looks like I'm going to have to work harder.

Spurs attack.

Parker was circling the perimeter looking for a breakthrough. The Mavericks are still relatively tight on Tony Parker's defense.

This season, Tony Parker has improved his shooting percentage a lot from last season, averaging 22 points, 6.9 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game, especially his breakaway, which is a great threat to the Mavericks' interior line.

The Mavericks' defensive strategy against Tony Parker is to break through the pinch shot. As soon as Parker broke through to the inside, the two immediately stepped forward to steal the bag.

Parker did intend to break through to the inside by himself. He made three of six shots in the first quarter and scored eight points with two fouls.

Tony Parker dribbled the ball on the outside for a while, and suddenly accelerated to change direction twice in a row past Kidd, and Kidd's old waist really couldn't turn. I can only watch Tony Parker break through himself.

Antoine White, who came to assist, was preparing to block Tony Parker's offensive lane. Tony Parker scrambled sideways and shook White to the side. Parker continued to accelerate into the box, ready to score the goal.

At this time, Wang Dachun was being druguden. Tossing upset. This guy is so disgusting, he keeps making small movements, pinching and dragging on his waist. When he was moving inside just now, this guy had to step on his feet and try to trip himself, but the referee didn't seem to be surprised by this kind of action and didn't mean to make any judgment.

The defensive intensity in the playoffs is really much greater, and if you put it in the previous regular season, you will definitely be whistled for fouls.

Although it was by Drew Gooden. But his task was to defend the restricted area, and seeing that Tony Parker was already up and ready to go to the basket, he was also blocked in front of him by Gooden sideways, and he couldn't defend Tony Parker's layup.