Countercurrent and become a superstar

Chapter 130 The Mavericks, who have changed their way of life, are probably already thinking about preparing for the next round of games!
June 4, American Airlines Center.

Night falls.

At this time, in the first round of the 03/04 playoffs in the G2 game, the Mavericks faced off against the Nuggets. The starting lineups of both sides remained unchanged.

From the beginning of the game, the Mavericks set up the game defensively. Oh no, it should be considered offensively.

Anyway, I just copy the defensive work from the first game, shrink back to the penalty area and be a tortoise, protect the home of the basket, and then, while surrounding the two-point offensive area, cut Anthony and Andre Miller and the Nuggets team The tactics are continuous and easy to teach. The Nuggets use the mid-range shooting skills of individual stars from the outside to test the Mavericks' defense...

"The Mavericks' defensive tactical goal is very clear, which is to guide the Nuggets and Mavericks to compete for shots and the quality of the stars' personal abilities..."

But in this rhythm, the advantage lies with the Mavericks.

Whether it is the quality of the stars or the shooting, they can control the Nuggets to death. If they want to use the teamwork between the two to defeat the Mavericks as a whole, they will not give this opportunity to the Nuggets. Team.

On the court, the Mavericks seem to have a defensive layout, but it is actually based on their offensive advantages.

Bang-dang——!
Anthony singled out Finley with the ball, stopped suddenly, fell back and made a pull-up.

Then, Andre Miller called on Nash, broke through, and jumped out to try a three-point shot, which also clanged and missed.

"Anthony is still too young.

If you can't attack, you can't attack the Mavericks at all.

Andre Miller is just a point guard, and his little offensive firepower can't kill the game either..."

The stars can't hit, Camby and Lahirio are too rough, and there is no good shooting space in the penalty area when rushing to the basket.

There is no choice but to try to use role player Wash Leonard to break the game.

Miraculously, Wash Leonard took this incredible opportunity.

Received Miller's pass in the open space and shot a three-pointer...

Swish-!
Accurate hit.

……

With the help of Nene Lahirio's screen, and then receiving Miller's pass, Wash Leonard took an open shot, then played music, and then hit.

Swish-!
"Tin Yang was blown away like this!!
Tan Yang cared enough to wipe Nash's butt, but not his own.

Of course, there is also a reason, that is, the Mavericks chose..."

When defending, the Mavericks stayed in the penalty area and acted as a turtle. Nowitzki and Walker did not extend the defense. Although Camby and Lahirio were very rough and did not have elite mid-range shooting skills to test the Mavericks' defense, they could Don't talk about martial ethics.

Instead of playing straight-up, use two-on-one, using Camby or Lahirio as a high-post screen to help Wash Leonard get rid of the offense.

Tan Yang could only curse and spread his hands. His opponent, Wash Leonard, was just a mediocre role player, but the Nuggets arranged tactics for him, giving him unlimited shooting rights, plus some Arrancars. Named Nash's micro-management, attracting Tan Yang's help.

Under a series of attacks, no matter how strong Tan Yang's defense is, what can you do to withstand such a tactical attack?
With Nash on the left and unscientific team support on the right, Tan Yang's defensive hands and legs were tied up. He could only watch Wash Leonard become the most beautiful one in the first quarter of the game. young.

He made 9 of 6 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 15 points and 2 rebounds in a single quarter. Under the leadership of the magical Wash Leonard who suddenly exploded and had full offensive firepower.

After the first quarter, the Nuggets clung to the Mavericks' score.

The score is 28 to 29! !
At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks only had a 1-point lead.

This is basketball, everyone has the time to eat dumplings and dominate everything on the court.

Qin Yang made 5 of 3 shots, 4 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 8 points, 3 assists, and 1 rebound. Under the background of this person, they all looked dim.

The Mavericks players did not panic. The question was to test the star quality and mid-range shooting ability. The Nuggets relied on the explosion of role players to temporarily solve the problem. However, in the rotation game in the second quarter, they will continue to pose questions to test the Nuggets' endurance and ability. How deep is the bench?

The quality of the stars, the shooting and the depth of the bench, every problem can overwhelm this young Nuggets team.

Nowitzki, Walker, Jamison, Josh Howard and Qin Yang.

On the commentary table, Mike Breen shook his head and sighed when he saw the rotations of both sides.

"too difficult!!
Whether it is soft power or hard power, the Nuggets, a team that has just completed reconstruction, lags behind the Mavericks, who have the qualifications to win a championship.

Especially for the Nuggets' bench depth, they still need to rely on Boykins, who has an absolute loss of 165.

You know, Boykins' defense is a scoring problem..."

Boykins, who is strong offensively and absolutely weak defensively, is as good as a nine-turn large intestine. If you don't eat it, you can't judge him. If you eat it, you have to eat shit.

If his offensive firepower is not reused, the bench depth will be lost, but if he is allowed to play, the defense will be a fatal flaw. If he does not kill 1,000, he will suffer 800 losses.

As the second quarter started, something strange appeared on the court.

In the first round of the Nuggets, Boykins broke through Tan Yang's defense into a sieve, got in, and then used fast and slow to hit a mid-range two-pointer with an emergency stop. The Nuggets' offense suddenly There is no water.

Oh no, I lost my shooting accuracy.

……

Bang-dang——!
Anthony leaned back and shot, but the shot missed.

Boykins resisted Tan Yang's block and continued to miss in the emergency stop.

Immediately afterwards, Francisco Elson, who came on the bench, rushed to the basket for a layup, but also missed.

A full 5 minutes passed, and the Nuggets only scored a two-point goal with Boykins' goal. The rest were all mistakes or mistakes.

The Mavericks' offense actually didn't have full firepower, but with the opportunity created by Tan Yang calling Boykins on, they still scored 7 points.

The score was 30 to 36, and the point difference was only 6 points. It seemed that the suspense of the game was still there, and the Mavericks' lead was not much.

However, the next game.

The Nuggets shot themselves to death.

安东尼5投1中，安德烈米勒4中1，首节爆种的沃什莱纳德3中0，博伊金斯3中1，琼巴里2中1……

The Nuggets' outside offensive group was all inked, and the penalty area and two-point area were blocked by the Mavericks who piled people into the penalty area. Neither Camby nor Hilario could find a chance to dunk.

In the second quarter of the game, Camby and Hilario actually scored 1 point together.

The Nuggets' outside shooting was not strong, and there was no room for inside and inside offense. They only scored 11 points in a single quarter.

On the commentary table, the groom Albert shook his head.

“It’s very possible that the Nuggets’ mentality on offense is broken.

The Mavericks played a very nice half of the game, but boy, they didn't continue to play the fast-paced run-and-gun game they're good at.

Instead, in the second quarter, he lowered the tempo and fought a positional battle with the Nuggets, and then repaired the Nuggets.

The Mavericks, who have changed their way of living, are likely to have adapted in advance in the next round of games..."

Not even a possibility, but a certainty.

The Nuggets, like the Mavericks, are also a team that likes to play run-and-gun and fast-paced offensive basketball.

However, the Mavericks' offensive system is more than several floors higher than the Nuggets.

They are all run-and-gun teams. The Mavericks have already established an offensive system for when they can't run. They use a simple version of the triangle offensive tactic and Tan Yang's reasonable basketball tactics of directing traffic, but the Nuggets are using this "run" system. , turned into a "men's track and field event", keep up the good work, and bring in a few "running men" to make running and bombing bigger and stronger...

As long as the Mavericks stop running and slow down the pace to play positional battles, the Nuggets can only hope that Anthony, a superstar with the talents of a super scorer, can break the game. If the game cannot be broken, the role players will be reverted to their original form, unable to use explosive seeds to break the game, and their shooting skills will be their shortcomings. They will be stuck in offense and will be unable to shoot, so it makes sense.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks suppressed the offensive rhythm and the team only scored 25 points, but it was enough.

At the end of the first half, the score was 39 to 54. The Mavericks took a 15-minute lead and entered the locker room to rest.

……

“Star quality, long range shooting and depth.

Just the three questions raised by the Mavericks are already difficult to withstand given the strength of the Nuggets.

Now the Mavericks have another way of arranging the rhythm of the game, especially blocking the penalty area and limiting the Nuggets' advantageous interior twin towers.

The Nuggets were completely screwed.

The only way to break the tie is very likely to be their plateau home court..."

Having a plateau home court to weaken the Mavericks, and then relying on their adaptability to the home court and their relatively improved strength to defeat the Mavericks seems to be the only life-saving straw for this Nuggets team.

In the second half, the Nuggets, who had no "life-saving straw", found that they could not solve several problems raised by the Mavericks, and then chose to overturn the table.

"Hey, the Nuggets can't answer the questions raised by the Mavericks, so let's try to ask the Nuggets questions too.

They also suppressed the offensive rhythm and increased the defensive intensity to the extreme..."

bring it on! !
Let’s hurt each other! !

Not to mention, the Nuggets suddenly asked the Mavericks a question. In a different way, they really caught the Mavericks off guard.

After all, the Mavericks are also a shooting-oriented run-and-gun team, and they are not good at and don't like to play defensive games.

In the third quarter, the Nuggets overturned the table and only scored 19 points. However, unexpectedly, the Mavericks only scored 17 points.

Off the court, Nuggets head coach Jeff Bzdelik was surprised.

The reason why I asked the Mavericks questions and changed their play style was actually to do experiments for later games in the series.

Even if they lose, they still have to force the Mavericks' flaws.

This is the routine operation of the knockout round.

It's best if you can reverse it. If you can't reverse it, then treat this game as a simulation of the next game.

Unexpectedly, the effect was unexpectedly good.

This Mavericks team, which has an elite offense, is not good at playing positional battles with the intensity of the playoffs! !
It's a pity that this level of counterattack, coupled with the deep hole dug in front, made the Nuggets difficult for the Mavericks in the third quarter, but it was not enough to turn the tide of the game.

The fourth quarter of the game was just a formality.

Om-!
As the buzzer sounds, the game time ends.

The score was 101 to 83. The Mavericks took another game with an 18 advantage. After defeating the Nuggets, they expanded the lead to 2-0.

Nowitzki made 22 of 10 shots and scored 25 points and 10 rebounds.

覃洋15投7中，三分10中3，进账17分8助攻4篮板，纳什20中6，进账14分9助攻，沃克8中2，约什霍华德9中1，贾米森4中1……

The Mavericks' efficiency in this game was not efficient, but it was enough to deal with a team of the Nuggets' caliber.

After all, Anthony made 13 of 5 shots and scored 15 points and 9 rebounds. Andre Miller made 14 of 6 shots and scored 12 points and 5 assists. He is an alien quasi-double star with a hip performance.

Plus Camby is 9 for 1 and Hilario is 6 for 2...

If Wash Leonard hadn't exploded and scored 24 points, the Nuggets would have lost ugly.

……

April 4, Pepsi Arena.

The G3 showdown moved to the home court of the Nuggets.

As soon as the first quarter started, Anthony went crazy.

First, he held the ball at 75 degrees for a three-pointer on the left side. He stepped forward and then made a pull-up. He faced Finley's block and scored a three-point goal.

Immediately afterwards, the three threats broke through, chased Finley, and went to the basket for a layup. While causing Nowitzki's thug to foul, he also sent the damn basketball into the basket.

“The Nuggets’ star is tough.

Hey, Miller didn't just let Anthony be beautiful.

He continued to hold the ball and hit Nash, broke through and went to the left.

Finley didn't dare to rush over to help defend. Anthony's offense was open and there was a threat of three-point shooting. He had no choice but to kill his teammates rather than being stupid..."

Swish-!
Got it! !
Star quality, coupled with mid-range shooting, these two problems raised by the Mavericks will be solved immediately when they return to the Nuggets' territory.

Anthony made 3 of 3 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 11 points, 1 assist, and 1 rebound in a single quarter. With the qualities of a superstar, Finley did not dare to let go.

Then, Nash was miserable.

Andre Miller breaks through and goes to the left. He can use Anthony's offensive restraint to dismantle the Mavericks' zone defense and calmly target Nash, the "unpreventable" point.

5投3中，罚球2中2，单节输出8分2助攻，投篮那叫一个坚挺。

“Now I can shoot accurately from long range.

The two problems raised by the Mavericks were solved one by one.

However, the Nuggets asked the Mavericks to improve their defensive intensity, but the Mavericks couldn't solve it..."

If it were any other team, it probably wouldn't be able to break it.

The referee's whistle was biased towards the Nuggets.

The Nuggets break through the penalty area and lay up, either rushing to the basket and scoring, or they can cause damage and go to the free throw line to make free throws.

On the contrary, the Mavericks broke into the penalty area and did not take free throws unless they were beaten.

So, while the Mavericks' offense was misfiring, the Nuggets' inside play also started to flourish, and they played a game that ended both inside and outside.

After the first quarter, the Nuggets took an 32-point lead with a score of 21-11.

In the next rotation battle, the Mavericks did not have any advantage.

After all, the Nuggets are desperately trying to defend, and here comes a guy who I don’t understand about offense, so don’t even think about it. Anyway, it’s their side that’s in the lead. As long as the Mavericks’ offense fails, they have more hope of having the last laugh.

Om-!
As the Nuggets relied on their home court advantage to solve the Mavericks' problems one by one, and the presence of the plateau home court threat reduced the Mavericks' offensive status, the Nuggets came back with a strong start.

The score was 96 to 107. The Mavericks failed to score 100 points and swallowed an 11-point disadvantage. They lost the game and the score was tied at 1-2.

The Nuggets return home and can still compete with the Mavericks.

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(End of this chapter)