Legendary star

Chapter 692

"We lost the previous two games, but we never thought of giving up the finals. Every team that enters the finals has only one goal, and that is the championship, and we are the same."

"Being behind 0 to 2? It's not a big deal, because the next game is in Dallas, we will have three home games, as long as we win these three home games, then the balance of victory will be tilted to our side. "

"Do you have confidence in this game? Of course, we have always been confident in the game, and this is our home court. We will find our familiar rhythm of the game here."

On the afternoon of June 2006, 6, at the press conference before the third game of the finals between the Pacers and the Mavericks, the head coach of the Mavericks, Avery Johnson, looked as if everything was under control, and participated in the news The reporters at the press conference were communicating, and the reporters in the audience completely ignored Rick Carlisle, who was sitting next to Avery Johnson.

No wonder Avery Johnson is high-profile. As a team that has lost two games in a row, the Mavericks really can't lose anymore. If they are 0-2 behind and there is hope for a comeback, then 0-3 behind Then you can prepare the vacation tickets in advance, and as the head coach of this team, Avery Johnson naturally has to show a look of confidence, otherwise the head coach has no confidence, how can you let the following players Bring up the fighting spirit to do the last fight.

Facing Avery Johnson, who was in the limelight, Rick Carlisle, who was sitting next to him, watched all this very calmly. As a new-generation coach who won the best head coach twice and won a championship, Rick Carlisle -Carlisle is not as popular as Avery Johnson sitting next to him. If you only look at his resume, Avery Johnson is even more exaggerated than Rick Carlisle. He won the best head coach in his rookie season. Just led the team to the finals, coached so far, the winning rate of the regular season is nearly 80%, the head coach with the fastest 100 wins in the NBA, coaching the Mavericks for two seasons, Avery Johnson has won a series of records, and even The media publicly touted Avery Johnson, calling him the future No. [-] head coach in the NBA. With such a dazzling name, even if Rick Carlisle's team had won two games in a row in the Finals, the focus was not on him. It'll be here with Rick Carlisle.

In front of Avery Johnson who stole the limelight, Rick Carlisle chose to keep a low profile because he didn't know what would happen in today's game. The home whistle at the Aviation Center has reached the point of being blatant, and before today, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban put pressure on the league and referees, so Rick Carlisle is also very worried about the progress of the 03-04 season finals repeat.

Mark Cuban put pressure on the referee not once or twice. In the finals of the 03-04 season, Mark Cuban put pressure on the league when the Mavericks were behind. Mark Cuban, who had tasted the sweetness, slammed the referees in the playoffs last season, thinking that they were taking too much care of Yao Ming. After Mark Cuban slammed the referees, he lost two games in a row. At home, the Mavericks, who fell behind 0 to 2 to the Rockets, came back to life, and finally reversed the Rockets with a total score of 4 to 3. The turning point of that round of the series happened after Mark Cuban slammed the referee.

And now, when Mark Cuban does the same thing and starts yelling at the referees when the Mavericks are behind, considering what happened in the previous two seasons, Rick Carlisle has to worry that the league will be in the Mavericks. What kind of tricks are they doing at home, and the one-sided finals are obviously not in the interests of the league and sponsors. For these vampires, they wish they could play a full 7 games in each series, because only in this way can they get more benefits.

Rick Carlisle's worries became reality. After the start of the third game of the finals, the Pacers were called 11 fouls by the referee in the first quarter alone. Jermaine O'Neal, James Posey, Tony -Allen had to sit off the court for two fouls, especially James Posey, who was in charge of defending Dirk Nowitzki, had two fouls in only 3 minutes on the court Replaced by Rick Carlisle.

The end of James Posey is a huge loss to the Pacers' defensive system, because among so many players in the Pacers, James Posey has the best defense against Dirk Nowitzki, because Dirk - Nowitzki's attack range is wide, and he will often shoot three-pointers beyond the three-point line, so when Jermaine O'Neal and NN-Hilary are defending Dirk Nowitzki, they often There will be a situation where you can't follow.

And James Posey, although he does not have an advantage in height, but compared to Dirk Nowitzki, James Posey has excellent mobility and is not weak in strength. Dirk Nowitzki will play very uncomfortable every time he meets James Posey. In the first two games of the finals, under James Posey's defense, Dirk Nowitzki Key's shooting percentage is only in the early 40s, and it's not just Dirk Nowitzki. In all games, as long as the opponent has a shooting inside, Rick Carlisle will send James Posey to "take care" of him. Long-term defensive experience has enabled James Posey to figure out a way to deal with those big men who like to float outside.

Without James Posey's constant harassment, Dirk Nowitzki quickly recovered his touch. In the first half alone, he made 16 of 11 shots and scored 27 points. Tony Allen's end, It also completely released Jason Terry, the guard nicknamed the Jets, and finally ushered in his first explosion in the finals. He scored 19 points and 7 assists in the first half.

Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry gave the Mavericks an 11-point first-half lead over the Pacers, and Rick Carlisle was ready to go into the third quarter. Using the full-court press to restore the situation on the court, but 3 defensive fouls in 4 minutes made Rick Carlisle completely give up this idea. In order to express his protest, he played less than 4 minutes in the third quarter. At the minute, Rick Carlisle replaced all the main players and sent a group of substitutes to play the game.

　Thank you for the reward I want to wake up the world.

　　Thank you 1025 Long 1025 for your reward.

　　The issue of the whistle has always been a topic full of controversy. In fact, there are many teams in the NBA that are more or less taken care of by the league. When the Lakers played against the Kings, the Mavericks and the Rockets, the whistle was so black that it was horrible to look at.

　　
　
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