NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 158 Mavericks Are Difficult
Fans easily accepted the setting of Russell killing the Quartet, and cheered for it.

However, the Mavericks players couldn't accept it, and neither could their coaching staff.

They prepared for the regular season opener for several days and carefully studied the countermeasures, but the situation is completely wrong now.

What the hell is going on, the assist king started playing Wushuang, this alliance is going to be messed up.

The Mavericks were underprepared, and they were underprepared for days.

At this time, someone vaguely remembered that Russell said that he practiced offense hard in the summer, but this is unscientific.

The distance of Russell's shots is getting farther and farther, and the Mavericks players don't know how to defend at all. Russell only missed after hitting 5 consecutive three-pointers, and he missed the shots himself.

Seeing that the Suns had already led by 10 points at halftime, Coach Johnson mechanically asked for a timeout.

He didn't know what was going on with Russell, but it didn't hinder him from making a decision, "Russell's touch is too good. From now on, we can't let him shoot."

After returning to the court again, the Mavericks' defense was much tighter, and the Suns took the lead in attacking Russell in the pick-and-roll tactics.

Anyway, Varejao is a blue-collar center. As a strong team in the West, the Mavericks have rich experience in defending against scorers.

It's not that they are bragging, how to defend against scorers is much better than their point guards.

However, Russell, the core player of the Suns, is still a top pass master.

Russell kept hitting three-pointers, making the Mavericks forget Russell's true identity, so he immediately revived the opponent's memory.

It's so hard to guard Russell when shooting and passing are incredible.

The point is, the Mavericks are not prepared for this.

Next, Russell switched between shooting and passing, keeping the Mavericks' defense on edge.

He didn't even need too complicated tactics, just a cover, and the opponent didn't even know what he was going to do next.

Because his range is far enough, the range of the Suns' pick-and-roll tactics has also been expanded. For the first time, the Mavericks felt that half of the playing field was so big.

"My God, Russell seems to be scoring 20 points easily."

"It's just shooting. It's extremely accurate. I didn't expect shooting to be so exciting."

"I don't know how many points Russell can score today. If he can keep... It seems that the Suns' offense will not be affected without Stoudemire."

Relying on Russell's surprise, the Suns easily took the lead, and the Mavericks could only rely on the personal abilities of Nowitzki and Terry to support them.

Of course, the game still has to be down-to-earth. The Suns have improved on the defensive end, but they are not as good as Russell.

Terry can still single Russell, how to defend Nowitzki is also a big problem.

However, the Mavericks have no offensive power at the fifth position, and the Suns' small lineup can be played with confidence.

In this case, Dampier can't stay on the field for too long. Varejao can completely lock him up with his anxious offense. Not even close.

And he couldn't keep up with the small lineup, so he had to sit on the bench.

Varejao didn't play for a long time either. If the Mavericks also play a small lineup, the Suns will of course have to accompany them.

This season, the Suns have more people on the bench who can play. Martin can score when he comes up, and Wallace is still trying to adapt, but his defense and impact can't be stopped by the Mavericks' rotation.

Ariza and other players are not bad. The Mavericks' proud substitute group, Stackhouse, Van Horn, Daniels and Harris, did not take advantage of it.

There is no doubt that the bench lineups of the Suns and Mavericks are the first in the league this season, and the Suns' overall lineup seems to be stronger and more reasonable. This is the case where they gave up Stoudemire.

The key is that the salary of the Suns is much less than that of the Mavericks.

After careful calculation, everyone will find that there are too many outstanding young people in the sun array.

Either young people or veterans, there is basically no salary pressure.

It's just why the sun's vision is so good, the picks are not wasted, and it is less scientific than Russell's runaway.

As the Suns entered halftime with a double-digit lead, there was silence in the Mavericks locker room.

They also plan to abuse the Suns and avenge last season's playoffs.

They thought they could do it easily without Stoudemire, but they didn't expect that things would not develop according to their expectations.

"Russell has become more troublesome..." The Maverick soldier's mouth was full of bitterness.

"It must be luck. He can't be so accurate the whole game. It's impossible in the second half."

"However, our defense still needs to be adjusted. Maybe he was too comfortable in the first half."

"And our offense must be played out. We are not weaker than them."

There is still some reason to be afraid of the intermission after winning the game. Although the Mavericks are a little confused and unwilling, as a strong team, they have made many responses.

If there was no intermission, Russell would have difficulty reacting to beating them to death.

In the third quarter, the Mavericks began to defend desperately, and Dampier did not hesitate to move physically. Anyway, he will be replaced soon. If the Mavericks use a small lineup, Van Horn and Nowitzki will be fine. up.

In fact, Dampier is still a bit useful on the defensive end, especially in positional warfare, but the shortcomings are too obvious.

The Mavericks also strengthened their defense against Russell, that is, the way against Stoudemire, delaying the pick-and-roll first, and then going back to pounce on Varejao.

In addition, strengthen the defense against the rest of the sun.

Since Russell can't be dealt with for the time being, at least everyone in the sun can't be woken up.

Therefore, Russell's score continues to rise, delaying the outside line is not as convenient as delaying the inside line, he can always find a chance to make a shot.

The Mavericks don't dare to make up their minds to attack now, because it gave him a chance to explode.

In terms of offense, the Mavericks are now simply playing singles. They let Josh Howard play mid-range, and they let Daniels play on the bench, mainly to consume Joe Johnson.Josh is not bad, Daniels is much worse.

How to say about Joe Johnson's consumption, it does have a little effect, but it doesn't help the overall situation.

Now that Russell's scoring ability has skyrocketed, the Suns don't need Joe Johnson to play singles from time to time.

As for the consumption of Russell, because Terry's touch in the first half was only average, the Mavericks felt that it would be better to get rid of others first.

But now it seems that it is too difficult for them to chase points like this.

The Suns are not only good offensively, but also defensively. The Mavericks don't feel comfortable no matter how they play.

The head coach of the Mavericks had no other choice. He asked Nowitzki to rest for a while, and then the Mavericks made a trick when Novitzki came on the court again, which was to give the ball to Nowitzki and the others to do it Defense, use the stars to determine the outcome.

The regular season has only just begun, and the Mavericks have to work hard, which is too difficult.

(End of this chapter)