NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 893 The old driver can't keep up

At this time, Terry passed halftime and ushered in Rondo's personal defense.

He passes the ball immediately, avoiding the passiveness of being close behind.

Once close, Marion's double-team will be upper body immediately.

Josh pulled to the left three-point line and received the ball two steps outside. At this time, Terry bypassed Rondo, and he immediately passed back.

Terry took the ball and quickly passed it to Nowitzki on the right wing.

Stoudemire and Dampier still followed the tactics and moved around the basket, keeping Li Ba firmly under the basket.

The Mavericks have one less player on the perimeter, three-on-four, a little passive.

But the Mavericks opened up the Suns' defense through rapid movement and ball transfer, and did not allow the Suns to double-team successfully.

And Terry is very flexible, rookie Rondo lacks experience and is often dumped.

In the end, Nowitzki seized the opportunity to single Marion and made another three-pointer.

4:6, the Mavericks lead by 2 points at home.

"It's beautiful, it hit again. The old driver scored two three-pointers in the opening game. Are you going to explode again today?" Yu Jia exclaimed.

Sun attack.

Li Ba slowly entered the frontcourt, and his teammates took their positions, waiting for him to take his place.

At the top of the arc, Rondo controls the ball while moving.

Li Babi passed him and entered the top of the arc.

The Mavericks became nervous, especially Dampier, and they were afraid that Li Ba would do the same thing as last time.

That is to say, Dampier has thick skin and thick flesh. If Stoudemire had such a strong collision, he might be injured again.

But not this time, Li Ba entered the paint, leaned on Dampier, turned around and asked for the ball.

He plays hard at the basket, the biggest intention is not to attack by himself, but to use his strong play at the basket to attract the Mavericks' offense and let the outside line get open shots.

Rondo passes the ball.

The first one to help out at the basket was... Terry.

As a point guard, Terry rushed to the basket without hesitation.

Rondo felt ashamed of being emptied like this by his opponent, and he vowed to practice his shooting more during the offseason.

The second to help defend the basket is Stoudemire.

Under the basket, Dampier tried his best to support Li Ba behind, preventing him from turning around and attacking the basket. At the same time, his left hand kept shaking up and down on Li Ba's left side, preventing Li Ba from passing the ball to Marion, who was emptied by Stoudemire on the right wing.

As long as he persists for a second, not even a second, Terry will come down, then Stoudemire, and the double-team will be successful.

That's what he did with them in the last match, and they won in the end.

But it's useless, how can Dampier's arms be as long as Li Ba's?He was still separated from Li Ba, so he couldn't affect the latter's pass at all.

The reason why Li Ba made many mistakes in the last game was that he missed outside shots. He grabbed the rebound and played the second offense. How can a person guard against him?

As soon as Terry rushed into the paint, he saw Li Ba turn right suddenly, hold the ball in his left hand, get up directly, press down on Dampier's head, it was a one-arm dunk, teammate Dampier didn't react at all, just Was detained.

"Pretty!"

Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

At this time, the referee blew his whistle, Dampier did not take off to defend, and blocked the foul, Li Ba added a free throw.

"In the last game, the Hammers seldom played strongly. The main reason was to divide the ball immediately after attracting double-teams. As a result, they lost. Today, they played proactively, and they played three times in a row." Yu Jia said again.

"In the regular season, it's impossible for the hammer to play at its full strength, and it's impossible for him to really cover both ends of the field. He can use the ball to feed the outside line, and he will play better in the playoffs." Zhang Lili laughed.

Li Ba made an extra free throw, 7:6, and the Suns led by 1 points.

Mavericks attack.

The Suns were still pressing at halftime.

"Rajan, follow him to death!"

Li Ba pointed at Terry and shouted at Rondo.

"Understood, boss!" Rondo quickly replied.

He is just inexperienced. He was thrown away by Terry twice in a row on the last ball, failed to keep up, and failed to create a double-team opportunity for Marion.

Terry passed the center line, Josh Howard and Nowitzki were still outside the three-point line on the left and right wings, and the three of them used continuous passes to pull the Suns' defense and prevent double teams from forming.

But the Suns had four players, which put a lot of defensive pressure on the Mavericks. Nowitzki moved a little slowly. As soon as he received the ball, Battier blocked him and cut off his pass to the center. line.

Seeing that Marion was about to pounce, he could only choose to make a strong shot.

Even if he misses the shot, two-on-one at the basket may lead to a second attack, so his shots are decisive and bold.

It was one meter away from the three-point line, plus the distance of one step back, it was almost ten meters away from the basket. The ball missed.

The moment the ball was shot, Li Ba, Stoudemire and Dampier huddled together under the basket.

But the moment the ball entered the paint, Li Ba suddenly squeezed out towards the front of the basket. At this time, the ball hit the basket, bounced towards the front, and was caught by him.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Suns' outsiders all turned around quickly, and the Mavericks had the advantage.

Li Ba landed on the ground, took a step forward, away from Stoudemire behind him, and threw his right hand to Rondo.

Rondo catches the ball, slows down immediately, pulls away from Terry, and passes it to Battier.

Of course, Battier is faster than Nowitzki, and he surpassed the latter by a bit.

Nowitzki is a power forward playing the third position. Facing the Suns' fast break tactics, this is the only weakness of the Mavericks' starting lineup.

Battier catches the ball, misses it, and throws it in.

Marion rushed to the horse, flew up, and pressed the ball into the basket.

"This fast break is good. Nowitzki played the third position, which still dragged down the speed of the Mavericks' outside line. The Suns still formed a situation in the frontcourt where more players played less." Zhang Reasonable said.

"Terry went to defend Rondo just now, and he was a step slower. Nowitzki couldn't keep up. Only Josh Howard could keep up. It was really slow. It seems that the Mavericks' starting lineup still has weaknesses. Will General Johnson adjust?" Yu Jia said.

In the next first quarter, the two sides scored 34:28, with the Suns leading by 6 points.

The Suns played well on the offensive end. Li Ba beat Dampier consecutively in the first quarter, directly blowing him up. In a single quarter, he made 6 of 6 shots and 4 of 3 free throws. Dampier made three fouls and scored 15 points and 8 Rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block.

Today, the Mavericks' offense was far away from the paint. He didn't do much to help the outside line. He only blocked Stoudemire 1 time at the basket and robbed Dampier 1 time.

In terms of fast break, it is mainly an outside fast break that grabs backboards. Taking advantage of Nowitzki's weakness, he played well.

Overall, the offensive end played well, but the perimeter defense was still not very good.

The main weakness is Rondo, who can't keep up with Terry's rhythm and can't create double-team opportunities.

The Mavericks felt good again today. Nowitzki made 3 three-pointers in one quarter, followed by Terry who made 2 more, plus one from Josh Howard. The Mavericks threw six three-pointers in a single quarter. .

In the second quarter, Li Ba did not play.

Today he feels that there is no chance of a five-double, so there is no need to play the whole game.

Taking advantage of Li Ba's absence, the Mavericks chased up points in the second quarter and played half of the main players.

The main players of the Suns basically rest in rotation, and they are all on the bench. The main reason is that Rondo played for 3 minutes, so that he can hone more.

After halftime, 56:56, it was actually a tie.

(End of this chapter)