NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 106
Both sides jump the ball.

Samuel Dalembert wins the ball.

In addition to looking at the height and wingspan of both parties, the jump ball also depends on some skills or probabilities. There are times when a small man beats a big man with a jump ball.

Besides, Samuel Dalembert is a big man himself.

Calderon has the ball.

Generally speaking, the team's first attack will be handed over to the team boss.

However, Nowitzki is not so competitive after winning the championship, and sometimes he can be used as a support.

Of course, it is also related to Nowitzki's older age. Nowitzki doesn't need to worry about data issues and won't get a contract. Cuban will never treat Nowitzki badly in terms of contract.

Even Nowitzki himself voluntarily reduced his salary to renew his contract for the team's reinforcement.

Nowitzki like this is willing to be the green leaf of the team and hand over the stage to others.

Nowitzki didn't want a position, but opened up space for the team.

Nowitzki does not attack, Monta Ellis is not welcome.

Monta Ellis was traded to the Bucks by the Warriors.

In this summer, Monta Ellis signed a two-year 1600 million contract with the Mavericks who chose to join this year.

For the sake of his contract, he is not welcome if he can get the data.

Facing Iguodala, Monta Ellis rushed in directly after dribbling the ball continuously.

Monta Ellis's first step was top in the league. Iguodala obviously didn't take it too seriously tonight, and was directly passed by Monta Ellis.

Seeing Iguodala was passed by with a step, the Timberwolves' defense did not keep up, and Monta Ellis scored two points in the opening game.

Timberwolves 0:2 Mavericks.

"Focus!"

Su Chen shouted loudly from the sidelines.

This kind of simple score was scored by the opponent, but it hurt morale.

Iguodala doesn't seem to be excited about the regular season, even though he has corrected his attitude.

However, Su Chen did not intend to make too many changes to Iguodala.

It doesn't matter how Iguodala paddles in the regular season, as long as Iguodala can show the hard work of the playoffs FMVP, that's enough.

He wanted to paddle in the regular season and just paddled.

But after being yelled at like this, Iguodala became a little more serious.

Timberwolves bout.

Still a corner position.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler made interspersed moves with the ball, allowing Butler to find a chance.

Calderon was not as strong as Butler, and now he was half a body behind, Calderon had to increase his defensive actions.

beep!
Under Calderon's defense, Butler directly caused a foul.

At the same time, Calderon's interference did not play a big role, and Butler still put the ball in.

2+1!

Butler made a muscle-flexing celebration while roaring.

The Mavericks' double backcourt size is no match for anyone in the Timberwolves on the court.

Neither Calderon nor Ellis is good at defense.

Usually when facing other teams, because the guards of other teams do not often have guards with too strong inside ability.

Even with a breakthrough guard like Westbrook Rose, Marion can still lead the defense.

But Marion is useless for the Timberwolves team.

Of the five Timberwolves, whoever played Calderon and Ellis were misplaced.

Needless to say, Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the core of the current team.

Iguodala's breakthrough ability should not be underestimated, and although Luol Deng has now transformed into a 3D role.

But in the absence of Rose last season, he was still the one who carried the Bulls forward.

It may be difficult to beat other defenders, but to beat Ellis and Calderon, it is very easy.

In the next round of offense and defense.

The Mavericks contributed a lot of firepower in the backcourt. Calderon also played well tonight, hitting three-pointers frequently.

But as Iguodala was serious, and Butler took the initiative to defend Ellis from entanglement with him, the Mavericks' offensive dropped suddenly.

On the contrary, the Timberwolves' offense made the Mavericks a little overwhelmed.

The Timberwolves stopped playing the horns and continued to cut in through the pick-and-roll to find Calderon and Ellis' defense.

At the same time, Su Chen also made arrangements to play the Mavericks with unlimited changes, that is, to bring out the Mavericks' double backcourt to play.

When a team has a defensive colander, it's a struggle to hide him.

Not to mention the Mavs have two defensive colanders.

Anyway, it's a change, whoever hits them is a misplacement.

Halfway through the first quarter.

Timberwolves 18:13 Mavericks.

The Timberwolves played an efficient round, and the Mavericks' defense was close to destruction.

beep!
Carlisle called a timeout.

"The Mavericks' lineup was restrained by the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are the team with the highest average height of players. When you play against such a team, you have to make sure that they match their size."

"Otherwise, the Timberwolves will infinitely target your weaknesses just like Ellis and Calderon."

The on-site commentator saw the situation on the field and analyzed it.

The on-site commentary can be seen, and Carlisle will naturally not fail to see it.

And the Timberwolves seem to be playing their cards, just to let you beat the two good scorers.

Although the Mavericks lost a lot of points, the 13 points were basically played by the two guards in the backcourt.

The Mavericks' performance in the regular season is not bad now, but also because the two firepower points in the backcourt are always maintained.

With the defensive strength of the Timberwolves, the two guards in the backcourt still contributed 13 points, all of which belonged to them.

To replace these two is tantamount to saying that the Mavericks lost the firepower of the two main perimeter players.

But if these two are not replaced, how many points will they lose in their defensive rounds.

Pause ends.

The two sides returned to the field again.

Ellis was substituted and replaced by DeJuan Blair.

But Calderon is still on the field.

The double guards are both core players of the team, and one must be left on the court no matter what.

Back after the Mavericks' offense.

Calderon called a tactic, but because the Timberwolves players' athletic talents were too explosive, they didn't run out of the tactic at all.

There are too few events now.

But if the data samples are convincing, the Timberwolves' defensive efficiency must be at the forefront of the league.

The Timberwolves have too many elders, not to mention the long-armed and long-legged Gobert, but a group of forwards and elders are already oppressive enough to defend.

Seeing no chance, the others also threw the ball to Nowitzki who asked for the ball in the low post.

Guarding Nowitzki is Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Today's Giannis Antetokounmpo, under Milosevic's training, not only has more means on the offensive end, but also has a stronger body in the game.

His defensive ability is also improving rapidly.

His defensive conditions are too good, as long as Giannis Antetokounmpo learns some basic skills and his own defensive awareness.

At this point, Giannis Antetokounmpo is the defender of the league's first echelon, that is, a team of defenders.

The new king of the Timberwolves and the old king of the Mavericks played against each other for the first time at this moment.

Nowitzki turned his back directly and hit Giannis Antetokounmpo twice.

Of course, Nowitzki didn't really want to hit Giannis Antetokounmpo to the basket and complete the finish by hitting back, which is obviously difficult.

Today is the first time the new generation and the old generation of players have played against each other.

After the driver of Nujiang Ouwei put Giannis Antetokounmpo on his back a few times, he planned to collide with Giannis Antetokounmpo again, and then reacted to make an open shot.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is on defense, but his eyes are not on Nowitzki's ball handler, but on Nowitzki's footwork.

Just at this time.

After pretending to be Giannis Antetokounmpo, he should have formed a counter-push force and formed his standard golden rooster independent move.

But when Nowitzki slammed back hard, Giannis Antetokounmpo directly chose to withdraw the stool.

Nowitzki, who had no point of support, fell to the ground, and the ball in his hand was about to fall off.

Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn't polite to Nowitzki.

Seeing Nowitzki fell to the ground, he reached out and forcibly grabbed the ball.

After all, Nowitzki is not a young man. He fell down just now because he wanted to catch the ball, but he didn't use the way of protecting his hands.

Giannis Antetokounmpo feels no guilt at all.

Don't say that Nowitzki wasn't brought down by him, so what if he did?
After Giannis Antetokounmpo grabbed the ball fiercely, he launched a fast break directly.

He said he launched a fast break, but it was actually because there was no one in front of him.

Of the five Timberwolves on the court, all of them can shoot three-pointers.

Giannis Antetokounmpo looked unstoppable after he charged.

boom!
Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks hard.

Timberwolves 20:13 Mavericks.

The point difference between the two sides also widened to 7 points.

Nowitzki had already got up from the ground at this time, and returned to defense after halftime.

Looking at Giannis Antetokounmpo in front of him, Nowitzki couldn't help but sigh, are all the current rookies so vigorous?
If he was at his peak, he would definitely score with Giannis Antetokounmpo.

It doesn't even need to be too peak, even in the past few years, facing an athletic man like James, he also has the ability to beat the opponent by soaring points.

But Nowitzki's mentality is different now.

Of course, when it's time for him to attack, he will also help the team.

The next attack, Nowitzki used more offensive skills.

Completed the score against Giannis Antetokounmpo with the signature shot of the Golden Rooster.

The second half of the first quarter.

It became a battle between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nowitzki.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is younger and more physically fit.

Even though Nowitzki's skills are still top-notch, many times he no longer supports his ability to use these skills perfectly.

With the end of the first quarter.

Timberwolves 32:23 Mavericks.

The Mavericks' point difference did not catch up, but was expanded to 9 points.

In the second quarter of the game.

Carlisle also made some adjustments.

But no matter how Carlisle adjusts, he can't change the team's defensive problems.

Now the Mavericks can only rely on offense to fight against each other.

Nowitzki, Ellis, and Calderon's defense is not very good.

Among them, Nowitzki has fallen too much on the defensive end because of his age.

These three are the main offensive points of the Mavericks.

At the same time, Calderon is not only scoring, but also responsible for sorting out the team.

The quality of the Mavericks' strikers is very average, and there are basically no high-quality strikers except Marion.

Besides, Marion is not what it used to be. As he grows older, Marion's defense also declines.

The Mavericks can't play an all-forward lineup to defend the Timberwolves.

But the Timberwolves can also maintain a good offensive rhythm with an all-forward lineup.

Not to mention McCollum and Curry.

Except for Muscala, all the starters have the ability to control the ball, and Josh Smith and Su Chen also let him practice the connection with Gobert.

In the second half of the second quarter.

Josh also played a pick-and-roll with Gobert for a while.

Basically, Gobert picks and rolls for Josh, and Josh rushes in after the pick and roll, looking for opportunities to throw shots or layups.

If the opponent's defense focuses on him, Josh can also throw the ball into the sky and let Gobert complete the lob.

Although this offensive routine looks simple, it is very difficult to defend.

But this is also a test for players who execute tactics.

Gobert can only catch some lobs, which require court vision from the ball handler.

Like traditional point guards, they are generally not tall. Unless they are a top pass master like Paul Rondo, ordinary point guards basically cannot find a point for Gobert to throw a lob under the cover of a long man.

Josh grows tall and jumps high, so he naturally has a wide field of vision.

For this new role, Josh was not too interested.

But after practicing a few times, Josh found that he and Gobert played the pick-and-roll with a tacit understanding as if they had cooperated a thousand times.

Coupled with the fact that he has achieved good all-around data in actual combat, Josh is also very happy.

He wasn't originally the kind of explosive scorer.

The work of organizing and connecting teams to score by the way is quite suitable for him.

It's just that the Timberwolves are getting better and better, and the Mavericks are not so happy.

When Gobert was on the court, the Mavericks' main center Samuel Dalembert happened to be resting and rotating.

Gobert was facing Bernard James, a center with a mediocre height of only 2 meters. Gobert also played a dominant inside line under the off-peak travel.

This made Samuel Dalembert have to come back early.

He did make Gobert less aggressive after he came back, but because he played early, his physical strength declined further.

For center players, playing for a long time consumes a relatively large load.

Because Nowitzki's defense against Giannis Antetokounmpo is not ideal, so he needs to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Such a high-intensity defense of the opponent's core offensive members made Samuel Dalembert a little overwhelmed.

He was not a very powerful character, just an ordinary starting center.

Gobert wants him to defend, Giannis Antetokounmpo wants him to defend, and Jimmy Butler still needs him to defend when he breaks through.

With the decline in physical strength, Samuel Dalembert's defensive efficiency is also getting lower and lower.

The entire Mavericks started, basically relying on him to defend.

Even if he couldn't defend, the entire Mavericks' defense line was basically no different from having no defense.

(End of this chapter)