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Chapter 620
On the evening of December 2007, 5.

With seven or eight seconds left in the game, the coach of the Golden State Warriors, Nelson Sr., walked quickly towards the Mavericks bench.

He hugged Avery Johnson, Devin Harris, and Dirk Nowitzki without smiling.

Should he be happy?He should really be happy, how happy is it to lead another team to make a comeback and kill the old owner who abandoned him?

The sea of ​​yellow in the Oracle Arena is mixed with dots of almost negligible blue. Those people, those things, those years... Old Nelson can't forget, it's a part of his life.

He didn't want the old man to see his smile, and he didn't want to show the slightest bit of joy. Tonight has passed, and a new history has been born, and that's enough.

No one knows whether the Mavericks will regret it. If the Mavericks did not show mercy in the final game against the Warriors in the regular season, perhaps there would be no "Black Seven Miracle" today.

The coach of the Mavericks, Avery Johnson, was the first to come to hug the old Nelson. Two years ago, the old Nelson "Zen" Johnson, who also received the hug from his mentor, was also grateful. But full of bewilderment.

"I have said a lot about failure. We didn't play the game that the second team in the league should play... Now, I don't want to say any more." Avery Johnson finally chose to remain silent.

Losing to Nelson Sr. may not be considered a failure for him.

He can have today's achievements, and he should even thank the old Nelson, even if it is a kindness, even though it may ruin a superstar who is about to hold the MVP trophy. (Bai Jidong: ??)

Nowitzki still blamed himself and was very frustrated, but he didn't have a temper. He didn't kick over chairs in the tunnel or smash all the glass he saw in his usual way.

In the past ten years, any team that swept the same opponent in the regular season, once they met again in the playoffs, the side that won the regular season basically won the series, which seemed to be an inescapable problem. curse.

The Dallas Mavericks, who were swept by the Golden State Warriors in the regular season this season, also did not escape this curse. In the first round of the playoffs, they were eliminated by the No.7 Golden State Warriors 4-2!

After returning to the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, the Golden State Warriors made a big effort and created the most powerful "black seven" miracle in history!
If you don't watch the playoffs, this season will be the most colorful season since the Mavericks joined the NBA.

The record of 67 wins in the regular season and the league record of 3 consecutive victories of more than 12 games created in the season are the first time in team history.

But it is such a regular season victorious team who was eliminated by the eighth in the first round of the playoffs. While allowing the opponent to successfully create a "black seven", it also wrote an embarrassing record for itself-in the history of the NBA , The team with more than 65 wins in the regular season won the championship.

Ironically, the Mavericks not only failed to win the championship, they were eliminated in the first round.

"I received a message that those who voted for Dirk as the MVP have notified the league to change their votes, and they have all apologized to the White Wolf." Bill Simmons inadvertently exposed a German chariot Embarrassing news.

"Indeed, Nowitzki scored 13 of 2 shots and 6 of 0 three-pointers in the sixth game between the two sides. He only scored 8 points. His performance is indeed a bit sorry for the title of MVP in the regular season. I support these voters. , but expressed contempt for their sloppy performance."

With a record 67 wins in one round, as the head star, Nowitzki has become the target of public criticism.

Regardless, the key reason the Mavericks were eliminated in the first round was Nowitzki.

As the saying goes, "Success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He". Nowitzki is a talent discovered by the old Nelson father and son. They trained Nowitzki into an NBA superstar in the Mavericks. Naturally, Nowitzki's characteristics and shortcomings are in Old Nelson is in control.

Nowitzki was under the control of the old Nelson throughout the series. In the first game, Nowitzki scored 16 points on 4 of 14 shots. Even if the Mavericks won the second game, Nowitzki only had 23 points, which was not as good His regular season level.

Nowitzki scored 20 points in the third game but shot less than 50%. In the fourth game, Nowitzki played comprehensively, but the Mavericks still lost.

Game 30 was Nowitzki's best game in this series. He scored 12 points and 15 rebounds. He made two three-pointers at critical moments and led the team to a 0-[-] score.

And that game, they won!
Nowitzki averaged 24.6 points and 8.9 rebounds in the regular season, but in the playoffs, his scoring average was only 19.6 points, which was 5 points lower than his regular season average.

The freezing of the team leader directly paved the black carpet for the Mavericks' exit.

This is the biggest farce of the year.

For the Timberwolves, a great enemy fell, and Casey breathed a sigh of relief.

Tonight's game also decides another unresolved matter -- the Timberwolves' semifinal opponent.

The outside world expects Kobe and Bai Jidong to meet in the semifinals.

It's a pity that the more powerful Suns refused to be beautiful. They wanted to go further in the playoffs, so they went up and down in the sixth game, sent the Lakers away, and came to the arena in the semifinals to challenge the Timberwolves. Issue a gauntlet.

Since Nash came to the Suns, Phoenix has become a force to be reckoned with in the West.

OK disintegrated, the Lakers dynasty collapsed, Garnett was isolated and helpless, and the top three in the Western Conference consisted of the Suns, Mavericks, and Spurs.

These three teams have entered the ranks of the league's first group and write new legends in the playoffs every year.

Until the arrival of Bai Jidong, he brought the Timberwolves the championship gene.

Bai Jidong, who wanted to prove himself, showed amazing brilliance and led the Timberwolves to win the championship in one fell swoop.

Since then, another strong team has emerged in the West, with a dominance similar to the OK Lakers, making other teams in the West breathless.

In order to break out of the West, the four teams of Japan, Ox, Horse, and Wolves must defeat at least two of them. It is so difficult, needless to say.

The Timberwolves are becoming more and more unique. They have won 70 consecutive years in an unprecedented two years, and they have won three consecutive championships.

Now, the Sun once again stands in front of the Timberwolves to issue a challenge.

The Suns lineup is very stable, still the same few people, Nash, Stoudemire, Marion, Bell, Barbosa and the increasingly coquettish French magician Dior.

Bai Jidong greeted them one by one, and when the match started, the two sides would be mortal enemies.

"That was the only good-natured smile I gave you before the series ended, and after that, even if you saw me smile, it was a malicious smile."

"Stop talking nonsense." Bell didn't want to waste words with Bai Jidong at all.

The opponent is a running and bombing team like the Suns, and Casey's inside starting lineup has also made adjustments to win, allowing Himien and Garnett to play on stage.

Garnett served as center, responsible for the jump ball.

The little bully can't jump the wolf king, the Timberwolves got the ball,
Ukic holds the ball, moves steadily across half court, and passes to Garnett.

Nash defends Ukic, and the Timberwolves are very familiar with Nash's defense.

Ukic's instructions were also clear, that is, to attack him by surprise and catch him by surprise. Make sure Nash realizes how bad his defense is, and it's best to let his teammates realize how bad he is. Wouldn't it be beautiful to be in a mess?

The Timberwolves study Nash, and the Suns will study Ukic.

Although Nash's defense is hopeless, he still needs to take some corresponding measures.

Nash brings Ukic into an offensive zone he doesn't like, then takes a big step off and asks him to shoot.

With such a large open space, if you don't make a shot, you will definitely be ridiculed. Ukic stubbornly shot the ball and didn't make it.

"The position just now was not the scoring area for the Croats. This shot was a bit abrupt." Ebert commented.

Tonight, they invited the star of the Sun -- "Thunder" Marley to be the guest commentator.

Marley approved of Ukic's shooting: "If there is a chance, it should be shot. Not every coach can accept players wasting opportunities, but every coach can't tolerate players missing opportunities."

The Suns first launched a strong attack from the inside, and Stoudemire's layup was interfered by Garnett.

Marion grabbed the offensive rebound, jumped up to hook, and was interfered by Himien again.

Bai Jidong grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly.

Bell defended the whole time, trying to make Bai Jidong stop.

Bai Jidong is not an out-of-control sports car that can't be stopped when he steps on the accelerator, he carefully observes the running position of the mansion, and he also pays attention to the movement behind him.

This is Bell's chance, he wants to seize this second opportunity and drag Bai Jidong into the positional battle.

Ideal is plump, reality is skinny.

Garnett followed up, running in from the middle, and when Garnett got there, the defense was irrelevant.

Bai Jidong passed the ball, and Garnett jumped up with the ball, stretched his arms, and dunked with his bow and axe.

"A thunderbolt dunk from Kevin Garnett!" Albert yelled.

Marley said: "White Wolf's passing is very important. He attracted the attention of Raja and made Phoenix neglect the marking of KG. This is the key point! Without the attraction of White Wolf, KG would not be able to run so far Good location, the two really have a tacit understanding and a perfect understanding."

The Sun's attack came very quickly. Zonda dribbled the ball, and in less than a second, he locked the position and guided it with precision like radar. The ball was given to Barbosa on the right.

Battier's defense was only a small step slower, and Barbosa made a three-pointer and went into the basket hollow.

This is the style of the sun, the attack is thunderous. (The speed of the defensive end is also thunderous)
"It's okay, don't worry about it." Bai Jidong reminded his teammates.

Ukic dribbled the ball halfway and called a pick-and-roll.

Bai Weidong shouted, Simien went up to pick and roll, Marion followed, and blocked Ukic for Nash.

Ukic passed a pass to Simien who was disassembled, but Nash couldn't guard against Simien, and gave his opponent an excellent shooting opportunity in vain.

For an insider like Himien, every shot is precious. How can there be such a good opportunity?

Himien can't wait to play against the Suns in every game, so that he can get many opportunities every game, and his scoring data will definitely increase.

Considering their game style, fast offensive rhythm, and a lot of rebounds, the rebounding data must also be rising.

Looking at it this way, playing against the Suns is simply an auspicious day for stats.

(End of this chapter)