Almighty legend life

Chapter 639

A loss is nothing to an NBA team with 82 games in the regular season, but it is not a small thing for the Mavericks to be defeated by the Grizzlies. Twenty or thirty points for a Grizzlies is the same as playing, but now the winner is the Grizzlies, which deserves most teams to study this game.

The reason why the Grizzlies were able to beat the Mavericks in this game was not an absolute defense. They arranged a tight defense against Liu Han and a more relaxed defense against the other players of the Mavericks.The Grizzlies' defense against Liu Han is not a high-intensity close-fitting press, but a continuous and cutting defense. If a player like Liu Han defends too closely, the opponent may find him Defensive loopholes, but this continuous, cutting-off defense will make Liu Han slowly lose the rhythm of the game while scoring or assisting.

Although the Grizzlies' defensive strategy has a certain degree of contingency, because in this case, one of the Mavericks' players may break out and the Grizzlies will be doomed, but it has to be admitted that James Posey and Sean Battier It really made Liu Han's efficiency drop.

Although Coach Nelson severely criticized the Mavericks players during the game, he did not make too many comments on the game after returning to Dallas. The various training plans of the team and the individual training of each player are still as usual This makes the players of the Mavericks feel uneasy, especially Nowitzki, who can be said to be taught by coach Nelson. He is actually afraid of Nelson in his heart, and he did not perform well in the last game. Naturally, I feel uneasy now that I missed the shot due to the extra space. If Nelson scolded him at this time, maybe Nowitzki would feel better.

Nelson's cold treatment of the team made the big guys start to think about themselves, including Liu Han himself, thinking about whether he made a mistake in the last game.

The old coach is an old coach after all, and he has a good grasp of the players' psychology.

After returning to Dallas for a day of rest, the Mavericks ushered in their next regular season game. Their opponent in this game was the Trail Blazers known as the "Portland Gang".

The current Portland Trail Blazers team can be said to be a very powerful team, but it is a pity that the team is not so harmonious. What's going to happen, whether it's Rasheed? "Don't eat the tricks and get upset"? Wallace, or Zach? "The points are mine, and the rebounds are mine"? Randolph, and Bang Odd? "I love marijuana and I'm proud"? Wells is a well-known "bad element" in the league. The head coach Maurice Cheeks has contributed a lot to making such a team operate normally.

For this game, Nelson is still a regular style of play, and even the team's lineup has not changed much. You must know that the opponent is a well-known inside team in the West. The insiders have their own kung fu, and they are well-known insiders in the entire West.

If the Mavericks play the Trail Blazers with this lineup, maybe the inside line will be blown into scum by the Blazers.

But Nelson just didn't make any changes, and still played according to the previous regular lineup.

Sure enough, after the start of the game, the Trail Blazers kept attacking the Mavericks inside. Rasheed Wallace attracted the defense with a high post, Zach Randolph played a strong single in the low post, and Bunch Wells relied on weight and physical advantages Enough to crush Odom, these three points alone make the Mavericks extremely uncomfortable.

The Mavericks were able to increase their speed during the offense, but after the opening, the Mavericks players felt collectively cold. Only relying on Liu Han's strong attack from the outside did the Blazers not open the score.

Liu Han tried to increase the breakthrough in the offense, but unfortunately the opponent's protection of the inside line was really excellent. Bunch Wells and Zach Randolph took turns to double-team Liu Han, while "Little Flying Squirrel "Damon Stoudemire actively wandered around Liu Han again, trying to cut off the connection between Liu Han and other teammates. The Mavericks' previous smooth offensive cooperation could not be played out.

The Mavericks lineup also has a big problem with rebound protection. Nowitzki has great offensive skills but has no awareness of defense. It is even more difficult to protect rebounds. We can only rely on Jamison and Liu Han to protect rebounds. But under the active fighting of "data brush" Randolph, the Mavericks lost a lot of backcourt rebounds in the first quarter.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Mavericks were 8 points behind the Trail Blazers.

Nelson made adjustments and replaced the substitute players ahead of time. Liu Han was still on the court. The Mavericks started to play conventional tactics, and high center Bradley regained the chance to play.

After Bradley came on the court, the Mavericks' rebounds were guaranteed, but the offense still had problems. Liu Han could be fearless and harden the opponent alone, but he was only one person after all, and the attitude of other Mavericks players became weaker and weaker. stand up.

At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks trailed the Blazers by 10 points.

The performance of the Mavericks in the second quarter was still poor. After Liu Han took a break, the offense of the Mavericks completely stagnated. Everyone else wanted to recover their touch as soon as possible, so they hit the iron on the outside, which made the Blazers rebound even more. There are many.

At the end of the second quarter, the Mavericks trailed by as many as 18 points.

After the start of the third quarter, Liu Han used consecutive three-pointers to narrow the gap between the two teams to 12 points. However, the Blazers took advantage of the Mavericks’ mistakes and played a 10-2 spurt. They opened up the gap again. to 18 points.

After entering the fourth quarter, the Mavericks became weaker and weaker. Liu Han alone was powerless. At this time, the team finally exposed a loophole. The pursuit of extreme speed made the players ignore the protection of other aspects, such as the lack of rebounds. Let the Mavericks fall into a state where the "engine" cannot be ignited. No matter how high-speed the attack is, no matter how powerful the attack is, it needs a starting point.

In the end, the Mavericks lost to the Trail Blazers by 22 points at home. Although Liu Han scored another quasi-triple double and scored 43 points at the same time, the team lost by a big score, and the Mavericks suffered a two-game losing streak.

Immediately after the nine-game winning streak, there was a two-game losing streak. The Mavericks began to receive more doubts. Even Liu Han was suspected by some media. They commented that Liu Han was a data brush and was useless to the team.

(End of this chapter)