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Chapter 659 The Winning Streak Before Christmas Part [-]

After the game against the Celtics, Liu Han had no time to catch up with Paul Pierce. Both the team and he had to leave for Minnesota in freezing weather. Before Christmas, the Mavericks faced a difficult schedule.

Back-to-back away games against the Timberwolves are hard work, not to mention the combat effectiveness of the opponent, just the temperature of minus 20 degrees in Minnesota and the heavy snow that almost closed the airport are enough to make the Mavericks vigilant.

In addition, Garnett and Cassel in the Timberwolves desperately want to seek revenge from the Mavericks. In the last matchup between the two teams, the Mavericks beat the Timberwolves by 34 points, which made some people very upset. Scored 67 points in that game, which is the highest personal score so far this season, which made Garnett and others even more upset, because they became Liu Han's background board because of that game.

This time when the Mavericks visit Minnesota, the Timberwolves will naturally set up a long-term goal for the Mavericks and "treat" the visiting "guests".

In response to the defeat in the last game, coach Philip Sanders summed up his experience. It is obviously impossible for Sprewell or a certain player to defend Liu Han alone. The key to defeating the Mavericks is to be able to Whether to limit Liu Han's performance, although this is a difficult task, but it is what the Timberwolves must do. Another point is to cut off the connection between Odom and Liu Han. The Mavericks are actually hiding Odo in their offense. Odom is a "pseudo-core", Nowitzki is more of a terminal weapon in the game, and Odom is the key figure connecting the team besides Liu Han. He has height and good skills, and he is not afraid The key to confrontation is a good career. Although these statistics may not be able to show it, they are real. Coach Sanders studied the tactics of the Mavericks in detail after the last game. He has to admit that, Nelson does have his own unique tactical insights.

Another point is that Sanders hopes that Garnett can play a greater role in the offense in today's game. After all, the Mavericks have too many outside firepower points, and it is still difficult to completely defend. In terms of thinking, although Sanders has always insisted on the tactics of balancing offense and defense, he is not an overly pedantic coach.

Sanders and the Timberwolves planned well before the start of the game. They felt that they had thought of every detail, but in the real game, the Timberwolves still encountered various accidents. First of all, they did not perform well.

In the first quarter of the game, except for Garnett's inside attack and high jumper to help the Timberwolves stabilize the situation, others like Sprewell, Gary Trent and Trenton Hassel had little performance.

The Timberwolves did not defend against the Mavericks' multi-point offense. Although it was two consecutive back-to-back away games, the Mavericks are in good shape today. Trent and Hassel tried to defend Liu Han, but Nowitz But Kee has sprung up suddenly. He hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, and also caused Garnett's foul on the inside storm.Although Liu Han was specifically targeted by the Timberwolves, he still used his super long range to hit two three-pointers. In addition, the low-post singles also made the Timberwolves want to die.

After the first quarter, the Mavericks had already led the Timberwolves by as many as 15 points.

Sanders had to allow Garnett to return to the court early after only a 3-minute rest. In the second quarter, Garnett led the Timberwolves substitute to close the point difference to 5 points in 6 minutes.

After that, the Mavericks gradually replaced the starters, and the situation returned to the Mavericks' control.

The Mavericks' offense is more blooming, and their defense is zone defense, forcing the Timberwolves to conduct more outside offenses. The Timberwolves, who lack shooters, are even forced to face the Mavericks' zone defense and can only let Garnettra take a three-pointer from the outside.

At the end of the halftime game, the Mavericks widened the point difference to double digits again. Although Liu Han received a closer defense, he still scored 24 points in the halftime.

Faced with such a situation, Sanders had to change his tactics in the second half. The team originally focused on defending Liu Han, ignoring Nowitzki and other role players of the Mavericks. This made them unable to defend at both ends. Give full play to the characteristics of your own team.

After the start of the second half, the Timberwolves returned to the team's traditional tactics, emphasizing the protection of inside cuts, while strengthening breakthroughs and outside-in attacks.

However, the Mavericks are really overwhelmed today. In addition to Liu Han's stable scoring, Odom, Jamison and Aaron McGee all scored three-pointers from the outside. The Timberwolves did not close the score in the third quarter. Expanded to 21 points.

In the fourth quarter, the suspense has basically been lost. Lacking outside firepower, it is almost impossible for the Timberwolves to chase points in a short time. This is what makes the Mavericks so good. It will be more difficult to catch up.

With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves handed in their guns and surrendered. At this time, they were already behind the Mavericks by as much as 27 points.

Liu Han scored 39 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. He didn't have many assists today, and holding the ball is basically the end.

The six Mavericks scored in double figures. Except for Dirk Nowitzki's 21 points, the scores of others were relatively average.

After this away game, the Mavericks' record came to 20 wins and 4 losses, still maintaining their first place in the league.

After two consecutive back-to-back away games, the Mavericks can finally return to Dallas. Liu Han can’t wait to go back to his home in Baiyan Lake. Now he wants to see Anna all the time, which has affected his state to a certain extent. Liu Han's state will decline in every away game.

Anna has been pregnant for nearly two months now, her body is relatively weak, but the morning sickness is not very severe, but Liu Han is still unconsciously worried about Anna.

In fact, Anna realized that something was wrong after her menstrual event last month, but she was a little worried or did not tell Liu Han for other reasons, which led to the subsequent fainting incident.

After staying with Anna at home for a day, Liu Han had to reluctantly leave home and return to the court. Next, the Mavericks will face the challenge of the Clippers. Although the Clippers are not a strong team, the last two The Clippers played against the Mavericks at home. Liu Han was absent from that game, but Nowitzki was present.Now back in Dallas, the Mavericks look forward to revenge.

(End of this chapter)