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Chapter 142 The Gap
"Reggie, the cooperation between them is getting better and better, especially Yan, who has fully adapted to his new role."

On May 2009, 5, after the Kings arrived in Dallas, they put into intense adaptive training, making final preparations for the first game of the conference semifinals to be held tonight. As soon as the lineup match started, assistant coach Tyrone Corbin was delighted to find that the main lineup headed by Yan Hua and John Salmons cooperated more and more tacitly. The timing of the ball has also improved a lot compared to before.

Although at the end of the regular season, the Kings established a new tactic with Yan Hua as the core, but because the new tactic took a short time to adapt, whether it was Yan Hua as the core or John who ran tactics around Yan Hua- Salmons and others failed to meet the requirements of the coaching staff, and Yan Hua, who was established as the core of the tactics, followed by good and bad performances. When the game went smoothly, he was like a god. Both ends dominate the court. When the game is not going well, both the offensive end and the defensive end are so-so.

However, in today's intra-team match, Yan Hua's performance gave Tyrone Corbin a bright feeling, whether it was an attack in the low post, or handling the ball after encountering a double-team, or even a confrontation with his teammates. The cover and cooperation all seemed very organized.

"It's still not enough!" Reggie Toyes, the head coach, has noticed the changes in the tactical and spiritual levels of the Kings. The next round of the playoffs made the Kings team full of excitement. After the 6-game series, the cooperation of the Kings under the new tactics is getting better and better, and there is more and more tacit understanding, but Reggie Troyes knows very well in his heart that the Kings This kind of progress and fighting spirit is useless in front of the Dallas Mavericks.

Because the Dallas Mavericks are also a team that finished the first round of the playoffs. Although they blacked out the third Spurs in the West as the sixth in the West, the Spurs that were hacked by them , Compared with the Nuggets, they are only strong but not weak, and compared to the Nuggets who have not broken through the first round of the playoffs in [-] seasons, the Mavericks have only reached the finals three seasons ago, their playoffs The experience is undoubtedly richer, and after experiencing the reversal of the finals and the black eight in the playoffs, the minds of the Mavericks are undoubtedly more tenacious. It is really difficult to stage a miracle in the first round in front of Niu.

So don't look at the Kings players who are playing the training game very relaxed, and they seem to be in good condition, but as the head coach, Reggie Toyce, has always had a straight face and can't smile at all.

Since the Kings eliminated the Nuggets and entered the second round, Reggie Toyce took his assistants into the video room, watching the series video of the Mavericks and Spurs day and night, and studying their offense , Study their defense, study every detail of their series with the Spurs, but the more you study, the colder Reggie Troyce's heart becomes.

In the first round against the Nuggets, although the Kings were at a disadvantage in terms of strength, the Nuggets could not crush the Kings. At least on the inside, because of Yan Hua, the Kings had the absolute upper hand. The Nuggets couldn't completely limit John Salmons. In the 6-game series, John Salmons averaged 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists per game. King's rotation lineup is basically the same, so the king can complete the black seven miracles on the Nuggets. In addition to the Nuggets' own factors of underestimating the enemy, their own strength is also a very important aspect.

Facing the Mavericks, the Kings can be said to be at a disadvantage in all aspects except for the center position. The first is the fourth position. Even with the help of Yan Hua, the Kings' fourth position is also at a disadvantage to Dirk Nowitz. There is nothing he can do about it. There is no doubt that the Mavericks beat the 1th position. Josh Howard and Antoine White on the front line are defensive champions, let alone the 19.6st position. All the point guards of the Kings are tied together, and they can only be blown up by Jason Kidd. In terms of rotation, the Mavericks have the best sixth man this season, Jason Kidd, who can score [-] points per game. inside.

At 5:4 p.m. on May 8th, the players at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, the first game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Mavericks and the Kings started as scheduled, exactly as Reggie Toyce expected, the five starters of the Kings on the field In addition to Yan Hua who can gain the upper hand against Eric Dampier, the other four Kings players are all at a disadvantage. Drew Gooden, who started at the fourth position, was defeated by Dirk Nowitz The base exploded.

Drew Gooden, Spencer Hawes, Dante Green, and Reggie Troyce have changed three people in the fourth position, but they have never been able to limit Dirk Nowitzki , while Nowitzki played 40 minutes, 25 of 14 shots, 5 of 2 three-pointers, 17 of 16 free throws, scored a game-high 46 points, and also grabbed 13 rebounds.

In addition to Nowitzki, the Mavericks' Josh Howard also scored 23 points in today's game. Jason Terry, who came off the bench, scored 21 points. With 13 assists, he almost scored a triple-double. With the whole team performing well, the Mavericks beat the Kings 12-9 at home by 109 points.

"This is the gap between me and the top players in the league!" In the first game of the series against the Mavericks, Yan Hua made 19 of 10 shots and 7 of 4 free throws. He scored 24 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 This kind of data is absolutely outstanding, but compared with the Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, it undoubtedly pales in comparison.

Before today's game, Yan Hua thought about exchanging for an experience card to use in the game, but Yan Hua wanted to rely on his true ability to fight against the Mavericks, and take a look at himself and Dirk- Nowitzki, what is the gap between the Kings and the Mavericks? After all, Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks is a star higher than Carmelo Anthony of the Nuggets, even if Yan Hua relies on experience Card's ability, he was lucky enough to defeat the Mavericks in the first game, what about the following games?Yan Hua will have to face his true self sooner or later, and judging from the results of this game, even if Yan Hua uses the experience card, it may not be able to help the King defeat the Mavericks, because the strength gap between the two sides is too great up.

(End of this chapter)