Almighty legend life

Chapter 698 Regular Season Finale ([-])

2004年4月1日，西方愚人节，03-04赛季NCAA决赛在圣安东尼奥AT&T中心球馆打响。

In the game, Emeka Okafor, the core inside player of the University of Connecticut, dominated the game. He scored 24 points, 15 rebounds, two blocks and four assists in the game. The Georgia Institute of Technology, which entered the NCAA finals, was completely blown away. UConn also defeated its opponent 82 to 73 and won the second NCAA championship in five years since winning the championship in 1999.

Okafor has done his part to become the MOP of this year's semi-finals, and he is also considered to be the biggest favorite to win the No. [-] pick in this year's draft.

Nobody from the Mavericks came to watch the game because they still have a game against the Kings on April 4st.

After losing to the Spurs in early March, the Mavericks have never lost a game. Even if they challenged the Kings in an away game the next day after beating the Suns on March 3, the team still won steadily. What the Kings are most afraid of now is The Mavericks are such a tough offensive team.

In the game against the Kings on March 3, the Mavericks beat their opponents 11 to 127. The Kings' defense could not stop the Mavericks' torrent of offense, but their offense could not play the same effect as the Mavericks. Even Adelman The Princeton tactics have been brought to the extreme. Even though the Kings played a very gorgeous offense, the Kings still lack enough championship background. The words after the championship are the same, never underestimate the heart of a championship, and what the Kings lack is the iron-blooded fighting spirit. They over-pursue the team's gorgeous offense.

In the next 20 days, the Mavericks played another 10 games, including the Pacers, the Nets and other strong teams in the East, as well as teams with superstars like the Seventy-Sixers and Magic, but the Mavericks went very smoothly. won the game.

After more than half a season of tempering, the Mavericks have gradually acquired the demeanor of a champion. Nelson has gradually worked out the most suitable formation for the Mavericks through various bold "experiments". They know what their tasks are after playing, and they are also willing to make their own efforts for their teammates. This makes the Mavericks still have the same performance in this stage of the game.

In these ten games, the Mavericks also encountered some troubles. Not to mention the fierce confrontation with a team with strong defense like the Pacers, even weak teams in the East like the Eagles and Heat may cause the team to sink if they are not careful. capsized.

In the home game with the Eagles on March 3, the Mavericks met Stephen Jackson who was "open".

Stephen Jackson was selected by the Suns with the No.97 pick in the second round of the 17 draft. However, after being selected by the Suns, he was sent to the Development League. Stephen Jackson, who was stubborn and withdrawn, even fell into a In a situation where there is no ball to play.

But in the end Jackson survived. He won a one-year short contract with the Nets in the 00-01 season. The stable state has gained Popovich's trust.

In the next two seasons, Jackson gradually became the No. 11.8 player in the perimeter defense of the Spurs. At the same time, his shooting ability has been further developed. By last season, he had averaged [-] points per game.

This season Jackson signed a contract with the Eagles again, where he has become a stable starter.

In the game against the Mavericks, Stephen Jackson made 23 of 14 shots and scored a team-high 39 points. At the same time, he successfully cut off the connection between Liu Han and the rest of the Mavericks in defense, so that Liu Han fell into a solo fight Among them, this once limited the Mavericks' overall offense.

The two teams were unable to decide the winner with 1 minute left in the game.

However, at the last moment, the Mavericks still came out on top. Liu Han hit a key three-pointer and the Eagles' hard work was wasted. In the end, the Mavericks narrowly beat the Eagles by 111 to 110 at home.

In addition to the game with the Eagles until the last moment to decide the winner, the Mavericks' match against the Heat is also full of thrills.

The Heat gradually found their own rhythm after the pain at the beginning of the season. Although Stan Van Gundy was coaching the team for the first time, he gradually formed his own style. Unlike his younger brother Jeff Van Gundy, he advocated offense Balanced with defense, and at the same time more trusting of outside players, the Heat have also formed their own new system. The team's performance has now reached 7 wins and 34 losses after experiencing a 37-game losing streak except for the season. Enough to get them into the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

And the new core of the Heat—the rookie Dwyane Wade is also growing rapidly. After the first fight with Liu Han, Wade began to recognize himself, and at the same time gradually clarified his own characteristics. Now he is already a player. An indispensable core figure on both ends of the team's offense and defense.

In this home game against the Mavericks, the Heat focused on Liu Han. Wade, Eddie Jones, Karen Butler, Haslem and other perimeter defenders took turns to mark Liu Han. At the same time, the Heat When the Mavericks started to speed up, they deliberately found fouls or paused to interrupt the Mavericks' offensive rhythm. This once caused the Mavericks to fall into a lot of chaos.

Liu Han handed over possession of the ball to Odom to organize the offense after being surrounded by heavy siege. However, facing the former owner, Odom did not perform too well, and his mentality was still greatly affected.

However, in this game, the Mavericks still had someone to use their own abilities. Nowitzki repeatedly shot from the outside to help the Mavericks bite the score.

At the last moment of the game, Liu Han broke through for a layup and scored [-] plus [-] to help the Mavericks lead by two points. However, Wade also made a layup and caused Dirk Nowitzki to foul and made two free throws. The game was eventually dragged into overtime.

In overtime, Liu Han's low-post attack played an effective role and helped the Mavericks take the lead for a while, but the Heat's backup point guard Alston made a three-pointer at a critical moment to help the Heat tie the score again.

The Mavericks had 13 seconds left for the last chance to attack.

Liu Han attracted most of the defensive attention in the final attack. Nowitzki finally received Liu Han's extreme passer after attracting double-teaming to end the game. The Mavericks finally had the last laugh.

These two thrilling games also made the Mavericks and everyone realize that there are no underdogs in the NBA.

(End of this chapter)