The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 135
Dallas is not a small place like Oklahoma City. As the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest city in the U.S., Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington form the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolis, covering 12 counties , with a total population of 687 million, is the fourth largest city in China and the largest metropolis in the south.

Therefore, Dallas has always been an important sports center in the Ugland. It not only has teams from the four major leagues, but also the FC Dallas team of the MLS (Major League Soccer).

It can be said that it is a battleground for professional sports strategists.

Among them, the Dallas Cowboys can be called one of the most successful teams in the NFL (football) at that time. They have entered the Super Bowl 8 times and won the Super Bowl 5 times. They are also the team that has entered the finals the most times in the NFL.

In addition, the NHL's Dallas Stars have won a Stanley Cup, and neither the MLB's Texas Rangers nor the NBA's Mavericks have won a championship.

Therefore, the most popular team in Dallas is undoubtedly the Dallas Cowboys. However, with the sudden emergence of the Mavericks and their breakthrough into the Western Conference Finals, they have become the biggest dark horse this year and the most watched team in the city of Dallas.

Of course, this is also because this year's Super Bowl is over.

Ever since, tonight's Ugland Airline Center Gymnasium, this luxurious and huge arena, with flags waving, crowds of people, the 19200 seats in the arena are full of spectators.

Although the big score was tied at 1:1, the fans of the Mavericks saw the hope of the team reaching the finals again, so they cherished it very much, and even the cheers on the scene were a little louder.

"Everyone, although we have lost the home court advantage now, as long as we can win a victory in Dallas, the home court advantage will return to our hands, and the balance of victory will fall to us again! Come on everyone, strive to win this One match!"

"come on!"

Dallas' away locker room can be called the most luxurious locker room in the NBA.

Compared with the narrow and small locker rooms of other visiting teams, the locker room here is not only very spacious, but also luxuriously decorated and well-equipped. In this regard, Cuban really has nothing to say about the players.

As the boss of the team, Durant is doing the final morale boosting work for the team.

"Okay, let's go and win this victory!"

Although Durant's words were very tough, his performance on the field was in stark contrast to the present!
Ibaka hits the iron with two points!
Nowitzki hits the iron with two points!

Sefolosha made a mistake!

Kidd made a mistake!

Durant hit the iron!
Marion strikes!
After the start, the game was boring, as if the basketball was covered and no one could score!
More than 3 minutes after the opening, the score is still 0:0.

Nowitzki gets the ball with his back again, with Lip behind him.

Tonight's Li Pu, the defensive work is relatively small, because Nowitzki feels average tonight, and the previous two shots ended in fruitlessness.

But when Nowitzki took the ball this time, Li Pu still didn't dare to take it lightly, that is the Novitzki who will be named God this season!
Sure enough, Nowitzki moved, and his turnaround shot was very confusing, which forced Lip to take off.

But this time Nowitzki did not choose to shoot, but took a step forward, and it seemed that he was going to turn the shot into a layup.

Li Pu's reaction was extremely fast, and he quickly took off for the second time after landing, and the speed even caught up with Nowitzki who jumped earlier than him.

Nowitzki was also taken aback by Li Pu's actions. When he was about to be blocked by Li Pu, Nowitzki reacted very quickly and passed the ball directly to the bottom corner.

At this time, Deshaun Stevenson in the bottom corner just got an open opportunity. After receiving the pass from Nowitzki, he did not hesitate and directly chose a three-pointer.

The ball went in!
As a 00 draft pick and now a 30-year-old veteran who has been struggling in the league for ten years, Stevenson has never been a reliable shooter, and his three-pointers fluctuate greatly.

The reason why he was able to secure the starting position in the Mavericks is his defensive ability.

Relying on his excellent defensive ability, he and Tyson Chandler formed the Mavericks' inside and outside line locks, which is the core of the Mavericks' outside defense.

No one thought that it would be him who broke the deadlock in the game?
I thought that after Stevenson made this goal, the offense of both teams would return to normal, but what people did not expect was that only the Mavericks recovered their offense.

Kidd transferred the ball from a strong side to a weak side in a wide range, and passed the ball to Peja. Peja hit a three-pointer again. The score has reached 18:8, and the Thunder fell behind by 10 points again.

Brooks had to call a timeout.

Seeing that there were more than three minutes left in the first quarter, and the team didn't even score 10 points, all fools knew that there was something wrong with the team's offense.

"Don't fight, don't make mistakes, we have to calm down and believe in ourselves..."

At this time, the weakness of Brooks is reflected. Obviously, the team's offense has problems, but he has repeatedly fed chicken soup.

His on-the-spot command ability is far from that of Carlisle. Apart from constantly pouring chicken soup on the players, there is no other way, and he cannot make any effective tactical choices to deal with the team's unfavorable situation.

Sure enough, after the timeout came back, the Thunder's offense still didn't improve.

The shortcomings of the Thunder players' youth have also been revealed, and their self-regulation ability is far inferior to those old fritters!
In this way, at the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Thunder by 27 points 12:15.

With the tone laid in the first quarter, it can also be said to be a big hole dug. Even though the Thunder's offense returned to normal in the following games, it is really difficult to fill the huge hole of 15 points.

Even until the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Thunder still only recovered 1 point and were still 14 points behind.

But I have to say that the Thunder's scoring explosiveness is really amazing.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder suddenly woke up and once played a 10:0 offensive climax, narrowing the point difference to only 4 points.

But at the critical moment, Nowitzki, who had only a little over [-]% of his shots tonight, made a layup with an outside breakthrough, successfully scored and sealed the victory.

At 93:87, the Mavericks made another trip at home and won the game.

Two days later, on May 5, the fourth game between the two teams continued in Dallas.

From the very beginning of this game, the two teams fell into a heated battle.

Now that the match has been played, both sides have already revealed their trump cards, and they are all too familiar with each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Therefore, the competition is nothing more than strength, mentality, state and luck!
Nowitzki turned around with a back hit, attracted the pinch and then scored the ball. Marion went down and made a layup!

With this crucial goal scored, the Mavericks finally completely took the initiative.

The Thunder's Durant finally made a three-pointer, but God seemed to have made a joke with him. He stepped on the line and only counted as 2 points.

Therefore, due to lack of time, the Thunder could only foul. With Nowitzki making two free throws, 96:100, the Thunder lost by 4 points.

In this way, after four games, the total score has reached 3:1, and the Thunder are in a desperate situation!

(End of this chapter)