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Chapter 369 O'Neill is the No. [-] Center Forward, Lu Yu...isn't a Center Forward (Subscribe)
Another important star of the Mavericks is Marbury who came to the Mavericks last summer because of Lu Yu's trade.

Many people say that Marbury is a lone wolf and performed poorly in the NBA. In fact, he did not perform well. His poor performance came after he came to the Knicks. Under the magnifying glass of New York, Marbury's personal shortcomings are infinitely magnified.

In fact, in the past few years since Marbury entered the league, his personal data has risen steadily, and he has grown into a star with an average of 20+ points per game. The most important thing is that his average assists per game has remained at around 8 all year round.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Marbury in the NBA period was a player with distinctive characteristics and outstanding personality.

Born on the street, he has a highly ornamental style of play and is deeply loved by fans. However, in contrast, his efficiency and true shooting percentage are not ideal, which has also caused tension with many coaches.

However, because of his aloof nature, the "lone wolf" used to go his own way, which also caused his rapid decline in the later period, leading to the tragedy from "son of New York" to "New York's most unpopular athlete".

It is precisely because of these reasons that Marbury was able to come to CBA to realize his self-worth at the end of his career. It is also because of his immaturity in his youth, which further shows the invaluability of the responsibility and leadership qualities of the "old horse" period. .

Marbury, nicknamed "Lone Wolf", those who haven't watched him play must think that he likes to play alone and don't pass the ball. In fact, he is not. , with an average of 13 assists per game, how can a player who plays very uniquely become the most successful foreign player in CBA history?
"Sports Illustrated" launched the "Who is the player you least want to be a teammate with?" Marbury became the least popular player. The 30-year-old professional golden age, faded out of the NBA and came to China to play CBA. Marbury, who was not popular in the United States, became a favorite in China. He won three CBA championships. After retiring, he became the head coach of the Beijing Enterprises Men’s Basketball Team , Continue to compete in the CBA as a coach.

Why did the United States, which claims to be culturally inclusive, fail to accommodate Marbury, and the well-regulated CBA allowed him to have a second spring?

Many legendary superstars came from the 1996 draft. Iverson deserved the No. 4 pick. Kobe came from behind. Ray Allen and Nash are all excellent guards. Marbury was the fourth pick in the first round of the draft. The pick, among guards, is second only to Iverson.

In his rookie season, Marbury averaged 15.8 points and 7.8 assists per game, and was selected to the first team of the All-Rookie Team in the 96-97 season. The two grew up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon became the hottest combination in the league.

However, Marbury, who is accustomed to playing with the ball, lost in the power struggle for the right to shoot and the team boss. The Timberwolves valued Garnett's potential more and could only send away Marbury, who was at odds with Garnett.After switching between the Nets, Suns, and Knicks, Marbury always became a frustrated team because he couldn't integrate into the team or had differences with the coach.

However, Marbury's personal performance has always been stable and efficient.He averaged 19.3 points and 7.6 assists per game in his career. Except that he didn't get enough playing opportunities with the Celtics in the end, in the other 12 seasons, he scored in double figures and had no less than 5 assists.

Marbury during the Knicks period was the brightest period of his career. The team's tactics revolved around him, and the atmosphere in the team was relatively harmonious. Only because his father was hospitalized with a heart attack, the team did not tell him in time, and Marbury failed to meet. The last time his father saw him, there was a gap between him and the head coach Thomas, which eventually led to him being abandoned by the team again.

That happened in an away game against the Suns. At that time, Marbury's father in the stands had a heart attack and was sent to the hospital for treatment. Thomas, as the coach, did not stop in order not to affect Marbury's performance. Tell the latter about this, when Marbury arrived at the hospital, his father had passed away.

After this incident, the two broke up completely.

Since then, Marbury's condition has gone from bad to worse and can never return to the peak.

In the final analysis, it's not that Marbury is too independent, but that Marbury failed to reach a higher level. His independence is not enough to win the team, but he has become a backer.

Speaking of playing alone, in fact, Iverson and Kobe in the same class are more independent than Marbury. Iverson has absolute strength. He singled out Jordan in his rookie season. His debut is the peak, and Kobe is also alone. However, under the halo of O'Neal, he chose to endure and enrich his wings until he was able to fight against O'Neal and forced the team to choose one of the two, which completely intensified the conflict.

Marbury, without Iverson's talent and ability, without Kobe's hard work and forbearance, stood out and failed to be a hero. Instead, he became a role that his teammates didn't like.

In the final analysis, Marbury's ability is still not enough to provoke the backbone of an NBA team, he can't be the hero of the team, and he can't be the boss of the team.

The drama of winning and losing is deeply performed by Marbury. If his score increases by about 5 points, and he wins two or three scoring champions, he will not be called a lone wolf, nor will his teammates dislike him. , On the contrary, the players on the field are more willing to give him the ball. This is the charm of a hero.

After coming to the Mavericks, Marbury still has this problem.

This is the second time in his career that he has worked with an outstanding power forward, the first being Garnett as a rookie.

In the early days of their debut, Marbury and Garnett were regarded as the most promising duo in the league.

The two entered the playoffs in the first year of cooperation, and the two hopeful stars who could show their strength in their rookie season should have gone further.

It is a pity that after Garnett got his wish and got a big contract, Marbury was not willing to be left behind. He was proud and asked for a maximum salary. In a small ball market, the Timberwolves had no choice but to dismantle this pair of unlimited potential. duo.

That time it was because of a big contract, but this time I came to Dallas, there was no contract.

In order to keep Nowitzki, the team would rather not have Lu Yu's approach, which also made Marbury realize that this team is Nowitzki's team and no one can replace it.

So this time he really felt at ease as the second child.

The effect is really good. The Mavericks have passed all the way. Both the record and the style of play have been greatly improved compared with last season.

After playing, Lu Yu greeted his teammates first, and then went to the technical stage to sprinkle a handful of chalk. All the fans cheered together, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

Lu Yu occasionally finds time to do iconic moves that other stars haven't done yet. As long as he does it, it will be his own in the future, and it has nothing to do with other stars.

In this game, fans are looking forward to something between Lu Yu and Marbury.

Although the two of them are not players in the same position, last summer, Marbury's kick to Lu Yu made Lu Yu dream of breaking Athens. It is true that Lu Yu doesn't like Marbury, but if he wants to take revenge on him, I really didn't think about it.

Nash and Nowitzki hugged each other very touchingly, just like the Cowherd and Weaver Girl came to meet each other, Lu Yu automatically made up the picture of the two picking up soap, which was dirty.

Nowitzki also took the initiative to say hello to Lu Yu. Last year, Nowitzki was miserably abused by Lu Yu at the power forward position in the regular season. This year, Lu Yu finally went to play center. Thank God, he came over and whispered twice In other words, don't switch defenses when you ask him to defend, you don't have to be so tired, everyone plays casually in the regular season.

Lu Yu didn't believe his nonsense, he said so before the game, and on the court, one by one was desperate.

Sun starting: Nash, Richardson, Marion, Haslem, Lu Yu.

Mavericks starting: Marbury, Josh Howard, Michael Finley, Nowitzki, Dampier.

Dampier was selected by the Pacers with the 1996th pick in the first round in 10, and he went to the Warriors after playing for one year.In the first four seasons of the Warriors, the "golden generation" lottery pick was plagued by injuries and failed to perform in line with his worth.

The 2003-2004 season was Dampier's last season with the Warriors and his contract year. He averaged 74 points and 32 rebounds in 12.3 minutes in 12.0 regular season games. The number of offensive rebounds ranks first in the league, so he joined the Mavericks with a high salary.

It erupts as soon as the contract year is reached, and it fades away after the contract year is over.

That's the kind of people I'm talking about.

He is a typical power center, and his personal bench press record is second only to O'Neal and Ben Wallace.

Strong rebounding and block blocking ability, most of the points come from the layup in the penalty area and the second offense after grabbing the offensive rebound.

Dampier has a certain low-post singles ability, but due to the Mavericks tactics, there are few positional tactics specially designed for Dampier. Of course, this is Dampier's own complaints, so his data this season has dropped to 9.2 points and 8.5 rebounds. 1.85 caps.

In Lu Yu’s previous life, this season, Dampier issued a declaration that “Sharks are the No. 14 center in the West, and I am the No. 13 center in the West.” Unfortunately, Yao Ming made 40 of 16 shots when the Mavericks played against the Houston Rockets in the playoffs. The field goal percentage, and then against the Phoenix Suns, Amare Stoudemire scored [-] points and [-] rebounds.

This time, he said he is the league's second center.

In his eyes, O'Neal is the No. [-] center, and Lu Yu... is not considered a center.

How can a center run outside to shoot a three-pointer.

As a result, when he was jumping the ball, he was directly crushed by Lu Yu. When Lu Yu passed the ball to his teammate, he also made a turning movement in the air, showing off his super strong ability to stay in the air.

This is simply impossible for Dampier, who is two centimeters off the ground.

Nash dribbled one step, and directly stuffed the ball into the frontcourt with both hands.

Marion got rid of Finley from the right side, caught the ball and jumped up in two steps, dunking and scoring, 2-0!

Zhang Weiping sighed: "It was too fast. The Suns launched an offense just after kick-off, and Lu Yu gave the ball to Nash during the jump ball, and never saw him participate in this offense. It was all up to the Suns themselves." active running."

Sun Yiping said: "This attack only took less than three seconds. It's hard to imagine that the Mavericks haven't settled down in three seconds."

Mavericks attack, Marbury breaks through, Nash retreats a step slower, Marbury hits a mid-range jumper, 2 to 2
The Suns attack, Lu Yu catches the ball from outside the three-point line, and Haslem picks and rolls. Nowitzki expressed a headache. After attracting Nowitzki and Dampier to attack, Lu Yu points the ball to the middle and Haslem shoots from the free throw line. , the basketball enters the frame.

4 is better than 2
After the Mavericks passed the ball several times, Finley was interfered with an air cut layup, Nowitzki took off the rebound and made a tip-up, 4-4
Lu Yu hit the pick-and-roll to break through and pass the ball to the outside. Richardson used the off-ball screen to catch the ball. A foul was caused, and two free throws were made, 5 to 4.
Cooperating with the Mavericks, Marbury came out of Dampier's cover, received a pass from Nowitzki, and made a three-point shot, 5 to 7
Although both teams played well, it is obvious that the Suns entered the state a little slower, while the Mavericks made no mistakes in these few shots and scored frequently.

But soon, Dampier was suddenly sieved by Lu Yu. Facing Lu Yu's attack, he did not show the posture of the league's second center at all. After all, he is a powerful center, so it is no problem for him to be a meat shield inside. , Let him pull out to defend, let him run with Lu Yu, he can't catch up with Lu Yu.

In the basketball of this era, Lu Yu is simply an anomaly. There is no center who plays like a guard on the outside, which makes the teams in the entire league a headache.

首节结束的时候，陆余已经拿到了12分4助攻4篮板2抢断1封盖的数据，丹皮尔除了拿到3个篮板之外，其他数据全部挂零。

In the competition for the inside position, Lu Yu alone crushed the Mavericks inside.

Nowitzki played quite well, and he was still used to shooting from the outside, scoring 6 points and 3 rebounds.

On the contrary, Marbury played well, but his performance alone could not save the Mavericks from the fire.

In the first quarter, the Suns led the Mavericks by nine points 33 to 24.

In the second quarter, Lu Yu rested. After the Mavericks rotated, they started chasing points continuously. This is the only weakness of the Suns at present. They lack too much substitute strength, so every time Lu Yu leaves the court, D'Antoni will keep more than two main players. Stabilize the situation on the field.

It's a pity that they didn't stabilize this time. The Mavericks slowly recovered the score. At halftime, the two sides actually tied.

In the third quarter, Lu Yu started to show his power, scoring 16 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds with sudden shots, and a total of 28 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Even.

Nowitzki broke out in this quarter, how he made shots from beyond the three-point line, very much like Lu Yu last year.

When Lu Yu was playing power forward last year, he was frustrated with his opponents from the outside, so Nowitzki can understand Haslem's feelings very well.

If nothing else, he has no problem scoring 30+ in this game.

But the whole team of the Mavericks didn't smile at all, because it looked like the game was tied, but no matter how they looked at it, it looked like they lost.

Because everyone knows that when the score is deadlocked, Lu Yu will definitely reap the game in the fourth quarter.

(End of this chapter)