188. Victory in the first battle
The cheers of the fans at the scene came to an abrupt end, where did Spider-Man come from?
Nash was equally shocked.
He has excellent vision, and when he catches the ball and counterattacks, he has already seen the position of all his teammates and opponents, and Spider-Man is clearly on the baseline at that time.
So when he went to the basket, he deliberately chose a handsome posture and jumped as high as possible, wanting to highlight the stretch......
As a result, I was capped!
Fans who watched the live TV broadcast had an advantage at this time, they not only saw Li Ao's 28-meter cap through the whole stadium in the long shot at that time, but also got repeated replays in fast and slow motion!
Nash, who came back to his senses, quickly got up and pressed Li Ao to steal.
Li Ao lifted the ball, and Nash jumped up with all his strength to grab it...... Wipe! There is still a finger distance between them and the ball that Li Ao is holding!
The fans can't stand it anymore - Steve, let's give up!
Being chased is just miserable.
It's so bleak that you can't touch the ball that others are holding when you jump up!
Nash pressed it impulsively at first, but he actually calmed down quickly, and originally planned to give up the retreat, but when he thought that the opponent's first reaction when he encountered a rush was to lift the ball, he immediately remembered that the opponent could not control the ball.
Actively pressing, in order to create an 8-second violation for the opponent.
As the top playmaker in defense, he knows how to defend in any situation, but he can't defend it.
But just when Nash felt that the 8 seconds were almost up and the defense was about to succeed, Li Ao waved his hand and passed it to his teammates who ran to the middle circle.
The teammates obviously knew better than the opponent that their Spider-Man was poor in ball control, and they ran over as soon as they reacted.
The Mavericks did have players who reacted to come to defend the pass and catch the ball, and Finley ran out with Greg Anthony, but the Clippers ran up to catch the two, and Odom also rushed from the three-second zone, but Juwan Howard didn't follow.
The picture of the Mavericks' backcourt working hard made the fans feel sad when they saw it.
Li Ao immediately ran to the front court after the ball, and Odom quickly advanced to the outside of the three-point line.
The Mavericks had three players inside the three-point line and defended smoothly, but it was a bit of a mess.
Nash followed Li Ao and Finley to press Odom and stay at the top arc, Juwan Howard defended in front of Greg Anthony, and Nowitzki followed the big Q......
Every player in the Mavericks panicked, and the Kings used tactical coordination to create misplaced individual opportunities and play a top-four offense in the league.
Their defense is collectively misaligned this time, how can they defend?
The kind-hearted Spider-Man didn't let his opponent continue to panic.
Li Ao came to the right side of the free throw line and asked for the ball directly, without having anything on his back.
After receiving Odom's pass, Li Ao picked up and jumped under Nash's sticky defense......
The game has just begun, Li Ao waved for a while, and when he was slightly restricted by sticking to the start, it was easier to find the bonus of shooting feeling after completing the hat chasing with the 'hat chasing master level 5', and shot directly.
Entered!
The fans at the scene booed Li Ao.
Catch Nash and bully him alone, right?
At the very least, you should carry your back! People Nash don't want to lose face!
The Clippers players excitedly retreated, Spider-Man started with a violent dunk, the chasing hat that ran all over the court, and the mid-range shot of Hiko's body, the morale of the Clippers was high!
Li Ao scored two goals in a row, and the effect of 'Cheer Up Worker Level 1' was superimposed, and the momentum of the Clippers was directly full!
When it came to the Mavericks' offense, the Mavericks players were a little overwhelmed in the face of a momentum, active defense, and rough against the Clippers.
Nowitzki, Finley, and Bradley, who played in the playoffs for the first time, Nash and Juwan Howard, who played in the playoffs but were not much different from those who had not, and the five major starters of the Mavericks were all shocked by the momentum of the other party.
Nash's first instinct was to find the boss to play a single game, but Finley didn't ask for the ball, but Juwan Howard opened his hand to ask for the ball, and he hoisted the ball over.
Juwan Howard received the ball with his back to the high post, leaned on Odom, couldn't move, he turned around and pretended to break through, Odom listened to the words of the defensive captain, stretched out his hand to cover the air, Juwan Howard faked his movements to break through, burst into the inside, and turned around in the face of O'Neal Jr.'s supplementary defense......
O'Neal Jr. defended the ball very well, and Juwan Howard was forced to jump forward to avoid the block when he hooked his hand, and hooked the basket around his neck!
The ball bounced off and O'Neal Jr. grabbed the rebound before Bradley.
The Mavericks players stepped back aggressively, but were a little discouraged.
When you need to play singles, you have the ability and don't stand up and take the initiative to ask for the ball.
Juwan Howard has ambitions, and when he was traded to Dallas, he said in an interview that he was here to lead the team, taking responsibility on his own initiative, but lacking in ability.
When the Clippers attacked, they fell into a positional battle, and Odom singled Nowitzki in the high post and broke through the ball.
This time he didn't dare to make a fuss, and he played decently.
Odom played steadily, and although he lost his brilliant pass, he also lost the strange operation of being kicked by a donkey.
And with the starting lineup of the Mavericks, the Clippers only need to play steadily on the offensive end.
Replacing Mexican striker Edondo Nahura, who has a strong style of play and a tough defense, with Juwan Howard, is not as simple as adding a defensive hole.
The front line assistance defense and supplementary defense are gone, the poor defense of Nash and Nowitzki, and the inability of Bradley to carry people inside are all exposed.
And the offensive end didn't play much better, with five starters, arguably none of them having playoff experience, Nash only played garbage time, and Juwan Howard's only playoff game was a few years ago.
Nervous, uneasy, worried, and excited, the Mavericks offense is getting hasteer and hastier.
Nelson Sr. had a whim, wanted to attack in the playoffs in this iron-blooded era, and was caught off guard by the opposite side, but he was shot at the ground.
And Gentry chose to play steadily and defensively, and he did the right thing!
In the first quarter, the Mavericks played a mess and the rhythm was fast, but they shot very iron, scoring only 19 points on 23 shots in the first quarter, making 7 of 23 shots, and the shooting percentage will be 30%.
The Clippers, on their side, only made 21 shots, but shot 11-of-21, including 2-of-4 three-pointers, plus 4-of-4 free throws.
Under the leadership of Li Ao, who played 9 minutes and scored 9 points, 2 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks, the team scored 28 points in a single quarter!
In the second quarter, the Mavericks played a little better with more players off the bench and fewer players in the starting lineup.
Because the Mavericks don't have many players who can play fast, when it comes to rotating the lineup, Nelson Sr. arranges a regular style of play.
However, in the first quarter, he was pressed to play, and he also saw the big hat of Spider-Man's full-court running, and then Bradley and veteran center Mark Bryant who came off the bench each received a shrinking hat from Spider-Man, and the Mavericks were demoralized in the second quarter and played better together, but the performance was still very average.
At 11 minutes and 44 seconds in the second quarter, Li Ao received the ball and relied on playing Greg Buckner, a backup scoring guard, and turned around to shoot a long two-point shot.
The score came to 53-41!
In the final attack of the first half, Finley burst into close range and threw a shot over the head of Chris Mime, who was making up the defense...... As if he wanted to prove himself, he hit the ball very hard, very hard, and shot very hard and hard, and the frontal throw hit the rebound directly and bounced back.
Chris Meem grabbed the bounced ball first, and after he passed it to the receiving big Q, the whistle blew at the end of halftime.
Li Ao played 8 minutes in the second quarter, shooting 3 of 6, plus 1 of 2 free throws to score 7 points, plus Big Q and Margeti each scored 5 points, and other people's goals, playing a 25-22 score in a single quarter, extending the lead to 12 points!
In the third quarter, Nash chose to come by himself and turned on the singles main attack mode.
He played 11 minutes, made 7 shots, made 3 of 7 shots, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 9 points and 1 assist, which was on par with Li Ao, who scored 8 points on 2-of-5 shots and 4-of-4 free throws.
However, Nash was his main offense, and in addition to his nine points, there was also a three-pointer he made when Nowitzki seized the opportunity to shoot, and the others combined for only five points.
And Li Ao only responded to the shot in this quarter, focusing on defense, he scored 8 points, and his teammates scored 17 points!
78-58, the Clippers stretched the difference to 20 points in one fell swoop!
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Played 29 minutes, 9 of 16 shots, including 0 of 1 three-pointers, plus 6 of 8 free throws, Li Ao scored 24 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal and 5 blocks, clocking out in the third quarter!
Sitting on the bench and watching Blevin Knight take Big Q and Margeti up to play garbage time, Li Ao felt incredible.
Opposite, too...... It's too vegetable!
With the Mavericks sending such a starter tonight, Li Ao knew that the opponent's defense would definitely collapse, and as long as the mad scientist didn't restrain his stupid heart, he would either blow up the opponent or play himself to death.
But I didn't expect the opposing offense to play so poorly, and I didn't score an average of 20 points in the first three quarters.
He's all ready to compete with the Mavericks in shooting.
Li Ao looked at the statistics in the hands of assistant coach Larry Larue, the game has entered garbage time, and on the Mavericks' side, the old Nelson has replaced all the other starters except for putting Nash on the court to see if he can struggle.
On the court, Blevin Knight came to garbage time and played back and forth with Nash for assists, and the other four starts of the Mavericks have been fixed.
Finley finished with 10 points, five rebounds and one assist on 4-of-15 shooting, plus 2-of-4 free throws.
The performance was staggeringly poor.
Li Ao remembered a news he had read in his original time and space, and among the big-name stars cut by the Houston version of the amnesty, Finley ranked first.
In 02, the contract was renewed for 5 years ahead of schedule, which seemed to be the maximum salary of 80 million US dollars in total salary, and it only took effect in 03, but Cuban laid off Finley in 05.
After Li Ao watched the news, he checked the lineup of the Mavericks in those years, although Finley averaged 15 points per game in the 04-05 season, the main reason for the decline in data was that the Mavericks had introduced Starkerhouse, Jason Terry, Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels, the two geniuses of the 03 class, had already played, and there was also a talented rookie Devin Harris who needed to make a shot.
Finley fell that year because of the plummeting shooting power, and in order to cooperate with his young teammates, he also took the initiative to practice fixed-point catch-and-shoot three-pointers, developed a beautiful catch-and-shoot three-pointer, and averaged two goals per game with a 40% shooting rate.
Li Ao has always wondered why the Mavericks cut Finley, and finally Finley became the hero of the Spurs' 07 championship.
Now he understood.
Ancient Garbage Brothers......
As a pitcher for the Spurs and just a role player, Finley looked naturally good in the playoffs.
But the Mavericks needed Finley to carry the team forward in the playoffs, and he became a soft-footed shrimp.
Since we have players like Terry and Starkerhouse, who are fearless in the playoffs, and are not weaker than Finley, it is better to lay off Finley and pay less luxury tax.
Although Juwan Howard was more ambitious than strong, he dared to fight, shooting 6-of-15 and 4-of-4 free throws to score 16 points.
Nowitzki, Li Ao as an opponent has sympathy.
The Silver Horn King, who was still in the leveling period, just met three of them who were suitable to defend against him, and there was a surplus in the wheel battle.
Nowitzki has yet to develop a close-range shot and is shooting just 29.5 percent from close range.
There's O'Neal Jr. and Chris Meem under the basket, and when Matt Haprin or Odom defends Novitzki, there's a shrink rim threat from Lee.
The Clippers only need a player with excellent height and arm span to stand up to Nowitzki on the outside and not let him catch the ball easily, and he won't dare to cut in.
At 10:24 p.m., the final whistle blew.
106-84, Clippers slaughter Mavericks!
The final whistle sounded, and Li Ao received a prompt to complete the task.
'The strongest newcomer', the completion is surprisingly easy.
Nash had 20 points and seven assists, and when he's the team's top scorer, you know how bad his team's offense is.
Li Ao had 5 blocks in the third quarter, more than the opponent's entire team, and the opponent only had 4 blocks.
9,000 achievement points were taken, and the 18,000 achievement points crossed out by upgrading the 'High Lord' quickly earned back half, and I also got 1 basic attribute point!
At the same time, he also grabbed the home advantage in the first game!
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Four games were played on the first matchday of the playoffs, and two games were as expected.
The Magic beat the Celtics.
In the game between the Suns and the Trail Blazers, the two teams played back and forth in regular time, and with three minutes left, the Suns still led by three points at 86-83.
But in the end, the Suns were killed 7-0, and the Trail Blazers came back to win 90-86.
In the critical moment, 3 minutes, the Suns scored 0 points.
Just like when the curtain call game played the Clippers, when the two teams were struggling to defend and the score was scorching, the Clippers had Li Ao, Matt Halplin, and Boykins to score, and the Suns were pressed to beat every moment they came.
But the other two games left fans stunned.
The Heat, a super-ironed team that averaged just 86.5 points per game in the regular season, thought they would be able to break the skin of championship contenders even if they don't go far in the playoffs.
As a result, Carter beat the Heat for a single game of 50+, and the Raptors slaughtered the Heat by 26 points.
What also surprised fans was the performance of the Mavericks, people didn't think they were sure to win against the Clippers, they were all newcomers to the playoffs, but they were second in the West, and it was outrageous that they were pressed all the way.
The worst is Nash, Li Ao's pursuit hat that started from the bottom line and was 7 meters apart, took Nash to the first place in today's top five balls!
(End of chapter)