warrior godfather

Chapter 386
The Mavericks attacked, and Kidd followed Carlisle's instructions and hung the ball to Nowitzki, asking him to score through post-up singles first, trying to change the Warriors' defense.

After receiving the pass from Kidd, Nowitzki leaned back, waiting for his teammates to open up space, with a dignified expression on his face.

The Warriors defended him not Green, but Chandler, which made him dare not be careless. He has played against Chandler many times and knows his defensive strength well.

Soon, the Mavericks players settled down and cleared the space on the strong side for Nowitzki to play singles, but Butler and Green are watching him, and it seems that they may give up their defenders at any time and step forward to attack.

Nowitzki also noticed this, and with a heartbeat, he began to beat Chandler.

boom!
Chandler did not give an inch, withstood the impact of Nowitzki.

boom!
Nowitzki leaned in again, and Chandler still exerted a very tough confrontation, only taking a small step back.

And it was the gap of this small step that allowed Nowitzki to seize the opportunity. He turned to the right, raised his right knee, stepped forward, leaned back slightly, and threw the ball.

Chandler tried to defend, but Nowitzki's right leg separated him so that he did not interfere with Nowitzki's shot.

brush!
The basketball bounces into the hoop, 3:2.

"Good shot! The golden rooster is independent, and Nowitzki doesn't hold back as soon as he plays." Zhang Weiping praised.

Looking back, the Warriors did not play off the ball anymore, Curry held the ball and Green picked and rolled, the Mavericks did not switch defenses, Nowitzki took two steps up, but still tended to shrink, staying at the free throw line, mainly Rely on Delonte. West squeeze screen.

And this gave Curry the space to shoot a three-pointer, and Curry did not hesitate to use the cover to pull up and shoot.

Bang!
However, Curry missed the three-pointer that he was determined to win. The basketball bounced out of the basket, was protected by Heywood under the basket, and passed to Kidd. Curry shook his head in surprise, then restrained himself, and quickly retreated. Defend.

"Curry made a three-point shot - missed! It's a pity that Curry's shot was not completely defended by Nowitzki. Although there is not much space, it is a very good opportunity for him." Yu Jia said .

On the sidelines, Zhang Yu didn't pay much attention to Curry's strike, but instead clapped his hands to show encouragement.

The Mavericks attacked, Kidd continued to hang the ball to Nowitzki, the others pulled away, and Nowitzki played back singles.

Zhang Weiping smiled and said:
"It seems that the Mavericks' game strategy today is very clear. It is to let Nowitzki open up, wait for the Warriors to change their defensive formation, and then create opportunities for others."

"Then what if Nowitzki can't open it?" Yu Jiaming asked knowingly.

"It's difficult for the Mavericks. As long as Nowitzki plays a little bit badly and the Warriors are not afraid of his singles, the Mavericks will be completely out of trouble." Zhang Weiping said.

"Okay, let's see if Director Zhang's judgment is accurate..." Yu Jia nodded, drawing the audience's attention back to the field.

He can also see these tactics, but he has to ask them out and let the guests answer, so that the audience can understand.

On the court, after being scored by Nowitzki in the last round, Chandler learned his lesson and stuck to him tightly, not giving him a chance to turn around and shoot.

Nowitzki didn't have a head iron. After sitting hard twice, he suddenly turned around and wiped past Chandler. Chandler followed, but he was still a step behind inevitably. The two entangled each other. Came to the Warriors restricted area.

Seeing this, Green immediately let go of the defense against Heywood, and rushed towards Nowitzki, trying to pinch him, but Nowitzki leaned hard on Chandler, and raised his right hand high before Green could pinch him. With a flick of the wrist, the small hook hit the cricket and scored.

5: 3.

Green picked up the dropped basketball without delay, quickly stepped out of the baseline, and threw it hard to Curry. After catching the ball, Curry turned around and ran towards the frontcourt.

"The Warriors serve the baseline quickly, and catch the Mavericks by surprise before they get back on defense!" Yu Jia said.

The Mavericks retreated in a hurry, but their attention was on Nowitzki's singles, and they were a little slack. The retreat was chaotic, and the person following Curry became Kidd.

After running for half the court, Curry changed direction and then accelerated, and rushed past the slow-footed Kidd, ignoring Marion who was pounced, and adjusted his rhythm slightly. One step outside the three-point line, Raise your hand and make a super long three-pointer!
Bang!

Seeing this scene, the Warriors fans half-raised their hands subconsciously, preparing to celebrate Curry's three-pointer, but a crisp sound of iron striking made them hold back their shouts, shook their heads in disappointment, and shook their hands again. put it down.

Seeing the missed shot, Curry looked annoyed and annoyed, as if he didn't believe that he would miss the three-pointer, but at this time Kidd protected the rebound and hit the Warriors halfway. Curry I can only restrain my thoughts, retreat to the backcourt, and devote myself to defense.

On the sidelines, Zhang Yu frowned slightly after seeing Curry hit the iron, and his slightly hunched figure, which was leaning on the back of the chair, slowly straightened up.

On the field, the Mavericks attacked, and it was Nowitzki's singles. The Warriors did not attack immediately as before. Although Green and Butler were eager to try, according to Zhang Yu's instructions, they did not need to attack before Nowitzki entered the penalty area. Go forward and double-team.

Although Marion's three-pointer is not accurate, his impact is still there. Butler dare not completely ignore him. The same is true for Haywood. No matter how rough his hand is, he is also under the basket. Green must stay with him. Next to him, prevent Nowitzki from making an internal pass, creating an opportunity to directly threaten the basket.

After Dirk Nowitzki hit Chandler twice, his movements became more comfortable. This time, he turned from his back to the frame, and suddenly raised his hand, as if to make a shot. Chandler's nerves were tense, and he jumped immediately. Standing up, throwing his arms up, trying to interfere with his shot.

But Nowitzki only feigned a shot. After deceiving Chandler, he became short and rushed into the paint from the left side of Chandler. Green immediately came up to help defend, but he was too short. Cisky played high and high, Green couldn't interfere with him at all, and succeeded in wiping the board.

7: 3.

Zhang Weiping said:
"Hey! Nowitzki scored seven points in a row. He is in such a good state today that Chandler can't guard him at all. You know, Chandler is a strong contender for the best defensive player in the regular season. If he keeps playing like this, Then the game will be interesting.”

Yu Jia echoed:
"Yes, before the game we all said that the Warriors had the upper hand, but that was based on the performance of Nowitzki in the regular season. Today, Nowitzki played the style of leading the team to win the championship last season, and the result is hard to say. "

Nowitzki scored consecutive goals and Curry hit the iron continuously, which made the Warriors fans on the scene gradually quiet down. The golden ocean in the auditorium was no longer ups and downs. active.

"Dirk, well done, just do it!"

"Let's go, Dallas!!!"

The Warriors fans next to them glared at them, and some people uttered obscene words, but they were unmoved, and they still cheered loudly for the Mavericks and Nowitzki.

On the court, the Warriors sent out the baseline ball. After Curry dribbled the ball halfway, he played a pick-and-roll with Chandler. Like Nowitzki, Haywood did not completely defend, but only raised two steps, but still maintained the confrontation. The control of the penalty area left a little gap for Curry.

Although Curry missed two shots, he didn't hesitate at all. After bypassing Chandler's screen, he made some adjustments, pulled up and shot.

Bang!

However, Curry still missed the three-pointer that he was determined to win. Fortunately, after the long rebound bounced out, he was picked up by Butler near the baseline. An offensive round went nowhere.

7: 5.

On the sidelines, when Curry hit the iron with a three-pointer, Zhang Yu stood up from his seat with the help of his seat, frowning deeply, walked two steps quickly, and came to a place near the center line, until Butler picked up the offensive rebound and the second attack was completed. After that, the brows relaxed a little.

After Curry missed the shot, his expression suddenly became very ugly. Even if Butler made a successful shot, he shook his head again and again, very dissatisfied with his shot just now.

The Mavericks finally changed their offensive routine at the turn of the round. Kidd and Nowitzki played a pick-and-roll. Chandler was afraid of Nowitzki's shot and didn't switch defenses. Kidd made a decisive three-pointer and the basketball went into the net.

10: 5.

"Kidd hit a three-pointer! This shot is a bit like the three-pointer Curry made just now. It was a direct shot through a screen." Yu Jia said.

Zhang Weiping added:

"Actually, Kidd has always liked to shoot the pull-up three-pointer. When he was inaccurate in the three-pointer, he always shot like this, but he always hit the iron. Later, he practiced the three-pointer, but he played it reasonably. Today, I guess Seeing Curry shoot like this inspired him."

On the court, Curry took the baseline ball from Green, took two heavy shots, and brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Green wanted to come up to cover, but was rejected by Curry, and could only retreat to the bottom corner.

Afterwards, Curry bent down to face Delonte West, stuffed the braces he had chewed for a long time into his mouth, narrowed his eyes slightly, and assumed a singles stance.

Zhang Yu kept staring at Curry, and seeing his expression, his heart sank. He knew that Curry was competing with him.

Curry has always had this habit. When he can't make a three-pointer, his mentality will be out of balance. He will start to get closer to himself, and he must make a shot. Then he will start to shoot a lot of unreasonable three-pointers, regardless of the situation on the court. , Regardless of the difficulty of the shot, he was only thinking about making three-pointers, but when he hit every three-pointer, Curry was not obsessed with shooting three-pointers, and was happy to pass the ball to his teammates.

Delonte West saw that Curry was going to play singles, and felt a little nervous. He stared at Curry's every movement, his muscles tensed, and he was ready to interfere with his shooting at any time.

The Warriors are now the hottest team, and Curry is the hottest superstar, and everyone fears his scoring ability.

But no matter how careful Delonte West is on defense, his perimeter defensive ability is very average. Curry just made a simple double change of direction, and he was completely shaken away, raising his hand and throwing a three-pointer. He could only look back at the trajectory of the basketball's flight, watching it getting closer and closer to the basket.

Bang!

Seeing the basketball bouncing out of the hoop and falling into Haywood's hands under the basket, Delonte West let out a long sigh of relief, and then turned to look at Curry in great surprise.

He never expected that Curry missed this three-pointer!
Although he immediately rushed back to Curry with all his strength after being yellowed, and the time left for Curry to make a shot was only a short moment, but for Curry, it was already equivalent to an absolute vacancy. I watched Curry a lot of game videos, and I was very impressed with his ability to shoot three-pointers with the ball.

Curry himself was also full of disbelief. He looked down at his hands and shook them twice before retreating to the backcourt.

"Curry missed a three-pointer! He has missed three shots in a row. It seems that Curry really didn't feel good today." Yu Jia said with some regret.

Looking back, the Mavericks attacked, and Kidd and Nowitzki played a pick-and-roll. After Nowitzki rolled out, he received a pass from Kidd and immediately attracted the defense of Chandler and Butler. For the air-cut Marion, Marion took three steps directly after receiving the ball, and after confronting Green who came to help defend in the air, he put the ball into the basket.

12: 5.

"Di-"

At the same time as the goal was scored, the referee Tony Brothers' whistle blew. In order to block Marion's attack frame, Green made a big move and was whistled for a defensive foul. Marion won 2+1 Chance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yu couldn't hold back any longer. He came to Tony's side and called the first timeout of the game.

The two sides walked back to their respective benches. The difference was that the Mavericks players were in high spirits, while the Warriors players were slightly silent.

Zhang Yu and the team members who left the field clapped hands one by one, took the tactical board from Silas, dragged a chair, sat in front of everyone, and said:
"Stephen, you will reduce your attack with the ball later, we will change our tactics..."

Hearing this, Curry nodded with an unnatural expression on his face.

"...Drummond, you are supporting at a high position, Tyson, Jimmy, you will cover for Clay more later, Clay, run according to the tactics, you are the first shot point, shoot when you have the opportunity, understand ?” Zhang Yu looked at Clay and asked loudly.

When Clay was warming up, he also noticed Clay's fiery touch. At this time, Curry was out of focus. The first adjustment he made was to increase Clay's shots.

"Okay." Clay nodded heavily.

On the stage of the playoffs, he was not as calm as before, and his voice was much louder.

"Very good, but we still have to remember that although the focus of the offense is on Clay, everyone must keep moving and look for scoring opportunities at any time. Whoever has the best opportunity, pass the ball to whoever!" Zhang Yu finally urged , the pause is also over.

When everyone walked back to the court, Zhang Yu came to Curry, stared into his eyes, and said solemnly:

"Stephen, calm down, don't worry, find your hand slowly, this game is very long, and this round of the series will be longer."

Curry took a deep breath and said:
"I see, boss, I was a little impatient just now."

Zhang Yu smiled in relief, patted Curry on the back, and watched him walk towards the field.

The current Curry is young and energetic, and he has gone smoothly since college. He has not suffered any setbacks or blows. He is still very competitive and needs time to mature.

(End of this chapter)