At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 42 The irresistible Du Zhe
After Humphries came on the stage, Du Zhe felt that the offensive pressure he faced dropped sharply. At least he no longer had to be on tenterhooks like he did when he faced Nowitzki just now.

Although the Mavericks have replaced some substitutes, their overall strength should not be underestimated.

Especially after starting guard Rodrigo Beaubois came off the bench, Jason Terry came on as a substitute, making Warriors guards Curry and Ellis somewhat overwhelmed.

Jason Terry - The Jet soaring over Dallas, although not tall, has outstanding speed and precise three-pointers.

Although he mostly played as a substitute in the Mavericks, he averaged more than 30 minutes of playing time per game. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that this is the so-called "fake substitute, real starter."

Terry's precise shooting and scoring ability, coupled with Kidd's organization and offensive ability, can be said to be a match made in heaven. These two guards, both named Jason, together form the anchor of Dallas' backcourt.

Fortunately, Kidd is not good at attacking himself, and now that he is in the twilight of his career, his desire to make shots is even less high.

But Terry is different. Nowitzki is not on the court, so he is the Mavericks' primary firepower.

The only good news is that Terry didn't seem to have a good shot from the outside today. He could only rely on mid-range pull-up jumpers to open up the situation, which gave Du Zhe some opportunities to flank him.

Faced with Du Zhe, a striker with both strength and height, Terry had no choice but to distribute the ball.

But Du Zhe, who is experienced in defense, is also very particular about his position selection when flanking. He always consciously blocks the route of Terry's pass to Humphries.

In this way, Terry will not be able to pass the ball to Henry Firth who is in half or open in the first place.

When the ball changed hands twice and reached Humphries, Du Zhe had already returned to his defensive position.

After struggling like this several times, Humphries only hit one goal in three attempts, and Terry was also made miserable by Du Zhe's double attack.

The reason why Du Zhe targeted Terry so much is that the opponent is currently the most offensive player on the field, and there is another reason.

This season, he aims to win the Best Sixth Man Award. As the winner of the Best Sixth Man Award last season, Terry is obviously a strong contender for this award. His peers are extremely jealous when they meet, so Du Zhe naturally does not want to Let Terry perform well.

After several flanking attacks, Terry, who was out of temper, chose to take a risk and pass the ball. But how could Du Zhe, who was on the passing line, give him a chance? After easily intercepting the ball, he entered the fast break rhythm that the Warriors are best at. .

Terry could only curse inwardly for bad luck, and turned back to defend helplessly.

Du Zhe, who was advancing with the ball, faced Ellis and Curry who had already passed the half-time, and hesitated slightly on the choice of passing the ball.

Is it passed to Curry?Or to Ellis?
After hesitating for a moment, Du Zhe threw the ball to Ellis on one side.

In addition to Ellis's stronger fast break ability, Du Zhe also has a deeper consideration.

After he came on the field, Ellis obviously became a little constrained. He obviously felt good in the first quarter, but in the second quarter he hit three irons in a row.

These three attacks were not all difficult offensive choices, but Ellis's movements were stiff, obviously he hadn't come out of the psychological shadow brought by Du Zhe.

Although Ellis is alone, he is obviously indispensable for the Warriors who are short of major generals this season. With this in mind, Du Zhe decided to take the initiative to break the deadlock and allow the opponent to recover early.

After all, only by winning can you gain system points. Even if he wants to become stronger as soon as possible, Du Zhe has to find a way to unify the team.

Only by becoming strong enough can he gain enough voice in the team, and he can take the initiative no matter whether he stays or leaves in the future.

After receiving Du Zhe's pass, Ellis was obviously a little surprised.

After all, Curry, who has a better relationship with Du Zhe, also ran out of space. It seemed that Du Zhe should give Curry this easy scoring opportunity.

However, Ellis didn't hesitate after catching the ball. He used his bullet-like speed and dunked easily.

Seeing Du Zhe who was giving him a high-five to celebrate when he returned to defense, Ellis held out his palm after hesitating for a moment.

This forced this unruly and prickly player to get to know Du Zhe again.

From the anger when he was crushed in a one-on-one duel, to the humiliation when he was teased in front of the whole team, to the despair when he heard the news of the suspension, and finally to the surprise when the opponent took the initiative to plead for himself, Ellis was stunned for a moment. Mixed feelings and mixed flavors.

In the subsequent offensive rounds, Ellis finally returned to normal and began to try some pick-and-roll cooperation with Du Zhe.

Ellis' breakthrough, coupled with Du Zhe's three-pointer, is quite powerful when combined.

Du Zhe, who is full of energy, constantly picks and rolls and moves on the outside looking for offensive opportunities, which makes Humphries, who is an insider, miserable.

As an inside blue-collar, although his speed is not too slow among inside players, he is still somewhat unable to keep up with Du Zhe's footsteps.

Du Zhe, who seized the opportunity, made two of three shots and scored 6 points. Unfortunately, the two hits were not connected together, which prevented his microwave talent from being activated.

After Humphries was pulled to the outside by Duzhe, the Mavericks' internal barrier was reduced to Drew Gooden alone, which opened up space for other Warriors players to break through.

Seeing that the Warriors were difficult to deal with, Mavericks coach Carlisle had no choice but to let Nowitzki reappear, hoping to suppress the Warriors' momentum through confrontation.

Facing the defensive pressure brought by Nowitzki, Du Zhe could only do his best.

On the defensive end, he either went around the front and used hand-to-hand combat to consume Nuo Tianwang's physical strength, or he added some small moves in the close defense to disturb the opponent's mentality as much as possible.

After all, Du Zhe is now challenging a strong enemy as a weakling. Within the limits allowed by the rules, he must use all means to limit the opponent as much as possible.

On the offensive end, Du Zhe made crazy moves without the ball. With Nowitzki's size, trying to keep up with him was not only difficult, but also very exhausting.

But due to Du Zhe's current firepower on the outside, the Mavericks dare not let him go easily.

After the last few rounds, the unbearable Carlisle made adjustments, allowing Drew Gooden to continue to accompany Du Zhe in circles, and Nowitzki entered the inside to defend Mickey Moore.

I have to say that Carlisle's adjustment was quite timely. As a role player, Gooden is relatively replaceable. He can just replace him when he is tired. Unlike Nowitzki, who needs to stay on the court as the core of the offense. superior.

And Du Zhe, who wanted to activate his microwave talent as soon as possible, had to change his style of play. He no longer activated his stealer's glove skill in the second half as usual.

After the next catch, Du Zhe directly aimed at Nowitzki to launch his skills.

【Back and back jump shot】: 45——97
Acquire talent - strong pitching master.

Next, facing Gooden's defense, Du Zhe chose to take the initiative to break through with the ball.

Sure enough, his front-on breakthrough ability with the ball is still very rubbish. Even when facing an inside player like Gooden, he was forced to stop without taking two steps, and could only protect the ball with his back.

But Gooden panted heavily and raised his hands high.

With Du Zhe running around all over the place, he was already filled with anger.

Isn't this Huaguo boy good at running?This time I was forced to stop, let's see how you continue to run.

On the other hand, Morrow and Curry came forward on their own initiative, wanting Du Zhe to pass the ball over.

After all, from their point of view, being forced to stop at this position is indeed somewhat unfavorable to Du Zhe. Not only is it not the range of attack he is good at, but he will also make mistakes if he is not careful.

But Du Zhe instead signaled them to open up space, as if they wanted to play singles.

Not only Curry and Moreau were full of doubts, but Gooden, their opponent, was also confused.

Could this Chinese player still be like Nowitzki, able to put the ball into the basket with just one turn?

Impossible, absolutely impossible. Guden quickly gave up this unrealistic idea. He felt that he had seen through the opponent's tricks.

After making up his mind, Gooden stretched his hand forward and tried to take out Du Zhe's ball.

This allowed Du Zhe to seize the opportunity and directly turn over and shoot a jump shot. The action of the jump shot cannot be said to be exactly the same as Nowitzki's Golden Rooster Independence, but at least it is a [-]% to [-]% imitation.

Under the surprised eyes of his opponents and teammates, the ball hit the board and hit the frame.

In his previous life, as a football fan, Du Zhe's favorite thing to do on the road was to imitate the shooting postures of various stars while walking.

Although this often attracted strange looks from others, he still enjoyed it.

What he liked to imitate the most back then was Nowitzki's golden rooster independence. After all, this move is very iconic and highly distinguishable.

The moment he took action, Du Zhe felt that his past life memory and imitation skills were at work at the same time. At that moment, he felt like he was possessed by Nowitzki.

Seeing this familiar shooting action, Nowitzki's expression became solemn.

This golden rooster independence is a unique skill that he has cultivated after years of hard work, but luckily today, Du Zhe learned this trick just by meeting him.

Who is this guy?Nowitzki, who was just surprised by Du Zhe's defensive ability, now had to re-examine the young man in front of him.

At this time, for Nowitzki, who is determined to compete for the championship and want to get rid of the title of "soft egg", Du Zhe is no longer an ordinary opponent, but a potential threat on his future championship road.

The German chariot couldn't help but sigh, the old Nelson's vision is getting more and more vicious, and he can find such a ruthless person from the Development League.

Du Zhe, who had activated his microwave talent, felt as if he had entered a strange state.

There seems to be an imperceptible film around him. Whether it is the fans' shouts, the DJ's cheers, or the roars of teammates and opponents on the field, they all seem to be very far away from him.

Although he could hear these sounds clearly, they had no impact on him at all.

In the next round, Du Zhe asked for the ball directly and called Mickey Moore half a step outside the three-point line to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

Taking advantage of the gap when his opponent Gooden was blocked, Du Zhe chose to shoot a three-pointer directly.

Just like in daily training, Du Zhe hit the ball easily and comfortably, making 5 of 4 shots and hitting three goals in a row, bringing his score to 11 points.

In the next round, Du Zhe hit Terry in a pick-and-roll and hit an independent golden rooster, hitting his fifth goal of the game and scoring 13 points.

In the third round, Du Zhe went around to defend Nowitzki and cut off Kidd's pass. This time he did not choose to assist in the fast break, but directly made a chasing three-pointer from outside the three-point line.

After the microwave talent entered the state, Du Zhe's touch can only be said to be getting hotter and hotter. Facing the open three-point line, he scored another three-pointer and scored the 16th point of the game.

After several consecutive rounds, the Mavericks, from coaches to players to fans, all realized that something was wrong with Du Zhe, and Master Drew Gooden, who directly faced Du Zhe, was Alexander.

In the next round, he tried his best to block Du Zhe's turnaround jump shot, but unfortunately he used too much force, not only failed to block it, but even paid for a foul.

2+1!The referee whistled and pointed to the free throw line.

Standing on the free throw line, the Dallas fans booed Du Zhe like a tsunami, trying to stop the Chinese player from attacking.

It's just that in Du Zhe's opinion, the boos from the opposing fans sounded so sweet at this time.

A crisp free throw was his best response to the boos from the home fans.

Du Zhe made 8 of 7 in a single quarter and scored 19 points. Du Zhe single-handedly broke the balance between the two teams.

After completing this free throw, there was not much time left in the second quarter. After the Mavericks completed an ultra-long three-pointer, the first half of the game finally came to an end.

This made Mavericks coach Carlisle heave a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his players felt pretty good in the first half, otherwise the team would have been defeated long ago based on Du Zhe's performance.

Now he can only pray that after the intermission, Du Zhe's touch will cool down a little bit, otherwise this game will be really bad for the Mavericks.

After halftime, the Warriors 60:54 and successfully overtook the Mavericks.

Ellis and Morrow both played the entire half. Ellis scored 12 points in the first quarter and scored 14 points on 6-of-14 in the half.

And Morrow performed well in the first game, making 10 of 5 shots and scoring 13 points.

Rookie Curry played quite well, making 7 of 3 shots and scoring 7 points.

杜哲则是拿出了19分4板1助2断的惊人表现，8投7中的效率更是冠绝全场。

On the Mavericks side, it is naturally Dirk Nowitzki. With 11 of 5 shots and 9 of 7 free throws, he scored 17 points and barely maintained the Mavericks. The crazy score was defeated.

At this time, everyone on the Mavericks bench was frowning, waiting for coach Carlisle to say how to restrain Du Zhe, who was playing crazy.

"Teaming! Du Zhe must be double-teaming, otherwise the team will die faster today!" Carlisle threw down the tactical board fiercely, making up his mind.

(End of this chapter)