NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 119 Critical Moments
Joe Johnson left the field, and the Suns first let Martin play for 2 minutes.

Kevin Martin has no problem with his scoring ability now, and he is also very threatening with Russell's pass.

It's just that his defense is still a bit worse, so at the critical moment, the Suns replaced Horry.

The Suns signed Horry for this kind of time. Marion can return to the third position. When defending, pay attention to it. Nowitzki can properly pinch at this point.

Now the Mavericks Dampier and Nowitzki take turns to go to the fifth position, constantly changing players, playing very carefully.

Horry's pace is also relatively slow, but there is no problem in playing positional warfare.

At 1 minute and 55 seconds, Nowitzki came in and caused Marion to make two free throws for a foul, and the Mavericks caught up with the score.

Joe Johnson's sudden problem still had an impact on the team. Iguodala did not have that kind of threat on the outside, and the Mavericks were a lot easier on the defensive end.

Russell signaled everyone to calm down. With one hand, he bypassed Terry's defense with one hand and made an accurate hit to the ball to Stoudemire, who hadn't completely run out of position.

The ball happened to be everywhere, and Stoudemire caught the ball just to get rid of the defense on his side. Unfortunately, the ball was still interfered by Nowitzki. He was not as tough as the opponent at this time, and he missed a mid-range shot not far from the basket. .

At this time, it can be seen that Nowitzki's level is definitely higher than that of Stoudemire. He is the support of the Mavericks on both offense and defense.

Looking back, the Mavericks still let Nowitzki play.

Nowitzki still didn't vote directly, but chose to make a strong shot inside.

At his peak, Nowitzki would often wipe it down first, to make damage or shoot from a closer range, and he would be more confident.

Stoudemire was a little bit helpless. At this time, the Suns lineup was bigger than the Mavericks. The Mavericks were a small lineup, and the Suns played Horry again, so Stoudemire wanted to face Nowitzki.

But Stoudemire couldn't help Nuo Tianwang's team had expected that Marion would help defend at this time.

The Mavericks are targeting Terry, Nowitzki, and Finley from the outside. If Nowitzki walks inside, they can almost let go of two pincers. Defending a team with a clear core like the Mavericks needs to be firm.

Nowitzki played very resolutely, and the Suns' defense was also very resolute.

This time Marion succeeded in assisting the defense and directly slapped Nowitzki's layup.

This is Marion's sixth big cap, worthy of the sun's defensive gate, and the defense is invincible.

The successful defense also allowed the Suns to find an opportunity, and they counterattacked directly.

Russell caught the ball and dribbled two steps quickly, and then saw that Stoudemire had already run to a similar position, and immediately made a long pass, and someone in the middle of the Mavericks intercepted it. They also thought of many ways to deal with this move.

But Russell's pass looked prone to mistakes, but it was calculated to the extreme. The basketball bypassed the Mavericks' defensive player and sent it to Stoudemire.

Stoudemire started straight away, and no one could stop him now, and the Suns took the lead with a dunk.

In the last tens of seconds, the Mavericks requested a timeout. They were not only talking about tactics, but also letting Nowitzki rest for a while. From the last 3 minutes, Nowitzki has been playing center, and Dampier is useless. Being able to sit below is a huge drain on Nowitzki.

After playing again, the Sun's defense against Nowitzki became tighter.

Terry came over this season. Everyone knows that the probability of Nowitzki playing at the critical moment of the Mavericks is [-]%.

They kept pouring the ball from the outside, and finally the ball was handed over to Nowitzki.

In the last few seconds of the attack time, the other Mavericks players pulled away, and Nowitzki played singles.

At this time, Marion is in front of Nowitzki, because the position is relatively outside.

But as the attack time was approaching, Horry rushed over to pinch.

However, facing the two defenses, Nowitzki did not panic. He used a difficult move with a backward move and forced a two-point hit.

The Sun's home fans all took a breath, it's amazing!
The Mavericks tied again, but the Suns did not pause at this time.

When the Mavericks paused in front, D'Antoni had already arranged tactics.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides played very anxiously. Although the Suns still had a timeout, they had to save it.

The rest of the time is almost an attack, just over 1 second longer.

Russell controls the rhythm, and at this time he can use up the offensive time as much as possible.

Of course, he is also observing, the initiative is in his hands, and the head coach believes in him.

He has experienced this kind of scene many times in the mock battle, and he feels very confident.

Wait until the clock runs out, call a screen, and then the team can run the play.

But that's not the only one. After many simulated battles, Russell's ability to read defenses has reached an unbelievable level.

He dribbles slowly to the three-point line, but the opponent doesn't think he will do anything before the screen comes up.

With Joe Johnson out, the Mavericks felt that Russell might be looking for Stoudemire for the ball.

There is also a relatively small probability that it is Horry. Horry's shots at critical moments have proved it many times.

But they almost believe that Russell will not come by himself. Of course, they will pay attention to the three-pointer and will not give Russell a chance to attack.

Russell has been keeping an eye on the Mavericks' defensive attention as he presses toward the three-point line.

It is a relatively safe way to press to the end, but he will not let go of the opportunity to score easily.

Because the time may not be accurately pressed, it will be more troublesome if there is a problem at the end.

Take the lead when you have the opportunity to lead, this is Russell's view.

With only a few seconds left, Russell gestured for his teammates to cover.

The Mavericks' defensive attention is also concentrated, but they are more focused on other places, because the Suns' cooperation is about to start, and the Suns' running at the moment of the pick-and-roll is the most complicated in the entire league, because only Russell can pass at this moment. Play every possible ball.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Russell actually wiped it inside one step ahead.

When Stoudemire was about to mention it, it happened to be a period of change for the Mavericks' defense.

They also didn't expect that Russell would burst out by himself, which is very rare.

At other times, the Mavericks' inside line can come up to defend, and Russell can bet to death at once.

But at this time, the Mavericks' defense has followed the movement of the Suns' players. The key point is that they still think that Russell will pass the ball, and they did not resolutely stop him.

It was just such a moment, it was already too late, Russell was not very fast, but it was a blink of an eye from the three-point line to the basket. As soon as Nowitzki stepped forward, Russell wiped in beside him.

He turned around subconsciously, and saw Russell's chic layup.

When the defense was the tightest, the Mavericks players seemed to be stunned collectively, watching Russell drive straight to the layup and the Suns added 2 points.

(End of this chapter)