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Chapter 231 Bullying

Rick Carlisle's tactical arrangement today is quite anticipating the enemy's opportunity, whether it is to let Dirk Nowitzki take the third position, or let Sean Marion start the field, cooperate with Eric Dampier Double-teaming Yan Hua was beyond Reggie Toyce's expectations, so in the opening tactical arrangement, the Mavericks had already taken the lead and had the upper hand.

However, successful tactics may not always lead to successful results. In the first round of the game, Yan Hua scored 2+1 under the defense of Eric Dampier. Yan Hua's 2+1 this time is definitely not a good sign for the Mavericks, because Yan Hua's singles this time is also outside of Rick Carlisle's tactics.

Therefore, Rick Carlisle, who was a little bit proud just now, pulled his face down and looked at Eric Dampier with a puzzled expression. Before the game started, Rick Carlisle He also told Eric Dampier many times, as long as Yan Hua is behind his back, don't let him get close to the basket, and leave the rest to Sean Marion.

But when Rick Carlisle's exhortations were still ringing in his ears, Eric Dampier inexplicably jumped up in the first defense at the beginning of the game, not only easily lost the defense position, Yan Hua took the opportunity to make a defensive foul. Facing a master foul maker, if he couldn't control his movements, he would know the consequences after thinking about it.

"Why did I jump up just now? Why did I jump up?" Eric Dampier, who was called for a defensive foul by the referee, looked at Yan Hua who walked to the free throw line, and his head was also full of confusion. Eric - Dampier still couldn't figure out why he jumped up to cover Yan Hua just now.

Eric Dampier, who is 35 years old this year, is already an out-and-out old man in this NBA full of young people. In addition to the old problem of knee injury, Eric Dampier He has long been out of the category of jumping people, and he can't even jump if he wants to. Outstanding strength and defensive awareness are the capital that Eric Dampier can still gain a foothold in this league.

Although Eric Dampier's strength is enough to withstand Yan Hua's back-up attack, but his floor style old man's style of play cannot prevent Yan Hua's outstanding athletic ability in one-on-one. Eric Dampier's style of play and characteristics are definitely tailor-made when double-teaming an inside line with excellent foot movement and excellent post-up singles ability. This is why Rick Carlisle let Eric Ke - Dampier top defense behind, so that Shawn - Marion from the main reason for double-teaming.

However, Eric Dampier was shaken by Yan Hua's fake action when Sean Marion's double-team was not in place. As for why he took off, even Eric Dampier himself I don't know, I only know that the moment Yan Hua completed his turn and made a move, Eric Dampier's body responded without the control of the brain at all, an instinctive and very natural reaction. Reaction.

Eric Dampier, who had thought clearly about the cause and effect, felt his scalp go numb in an instant, and his body knew it by itself. For an old man with floor leakage, even if he wanted to, his physical condition would not allow him to jump like a jumper. Jumping like a person, flying around in the air, but in the defense just now, Eric Dampier actually flew up, and he flew up uncontrollably, just think about it , Eric Dampier felt incredible, but this incredible did not make Eric Dampier feel excited and excited, but made him feel a burst of fear.

"Dirk, I will never lose to the same opponent twice in a row!" After hitting the free throw, Yan Hua turned to Dirk Nowitzki, who was standing beside him, waiting for rebounds in the backcourt, with a look on his face. He calmly said a word with a strong sense of declaring war.

"Whether you will lose to me twice in a row, you will only know after you try it!" Facing Yan Hua's declaration of war, Dirk Nowitzki also gave his own response immediately, but verbally Response is not enough for Nowitzki.

When the head coach of the Mavericks was Nelson, Dirk Nowitzki played the third position more than once, and even played the second position, so after being adjusted from the fourth position by Rick Carlisle After arriving at the third position, Nowitzki is also very familiar with it, and can adapt to his new position without any adjustments or special arrangements.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Dirk Nowitzki reached out to Jason Kidd for the ball. After taking the third position, Nowitzki no longer needs to use pick-and-rolls and screens to find offensive opportunities. Because facing John Salmons, who is more than ten centimeters shorter than himself, as long as Nowitzki holds the ball, it is an excellent offensive opportunity. Apart from the open space, what is the offensive method that is easier to score than a misplaced attack up?

Although he was more than ten centimeters shorter than Dirk Nowitzki, when Nowitzki arrived in the frontcourt, John Salmons posted it without hesitation. Facing an offensive player who was taller than himself, he naturally couldn't Give him too much room to catch and adjust, and let him smack you directly over your head.

However, John Salmons' close defense did not work for Dirk Nowitzki. After receiving a pass from Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki slightly Adjusted the posture of holding the ball, leaned sideways on John Salmons who was close to him, and then pushed John Salmons to the three-point line with a very bullying side.

John Salmons, who is not physically strong in the third position, naturally couldn't prevent Dirk Nowitzki's back attack, so when Nowitzki pushed back for the first time, John Salmons Ermons was out of position, and Nowitzki took the opportunity to turn around, fade back, and shoot a jumper.

"It's such a hooligan." Yan Hua witnessed the whole process of Dirk Nowitzki's singles against John Salmons at the basket. After the basketball shot by Nowitzki was caught, he shook He turned his head and glanced at Nowitzki, who was already retreating.

With such a tall height, facing a defensive player who is more than ten centimeters shorter than him, he still uses a post-up single, and the way of shooting after the back-turn is actually a fadeaway jumper. This is a bit too bullying, let alone John- Salmons, even Yan Hua, is afraid that there is no way to interfere with Nowitzki's fadeaway jumper in this situation.

ESPN once had a program dedicated to commenting on Dirk Nowitzki. In that program, the host and several commentators described Nowitzki's fadeaway jumper like this: "If you have Yao Ming You have the height of Derrick Rose, but you still can't reach Dirk Nowitzki's jumper when he is 4 feet in front of you.

Yan Hua bullied Eric Dampier, and Nowitzki bullied John Salmons in turn. The series between the Mavericks and the Kings started like this.

(End of this chapter)