NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 223

"Beautiful! Russell hit again, and his efficiency was the highest among all in the third quarter. He hasn't taken too many shots, but every shot can make the Mavericks feel deeply powerless."

"Nowitzki made a tip-up. Nowitzki really spared no effort. I don't know if he can reach the last moment of the game like this... But now, he helped the Mavericks chase points."

"The ground hit like a textbook, Iguodala, who has been hiding in the bottom corner, cuts inside, and a tomahawk dunk is very domineering. Although Iguodala has not won the slam dunk championship twice, his dunks are really powerful .”

"Nowitzki blocked Marion's layup, and Nowitzki was speechless on both ends of the floor."

"Terry's goal, he's also a threat from the outside."

"Joe Johnson's counterattacks, down-to-earth shooting, showed his solid fundamentals."

In the third quarter, the defensive strength of both sides increased, and the Suns had fewer chances to hit the basket. Many shots were the personal strength of the stars, and the game was very intense.

Because Nowitzki worked hard in advance, the Mavericks did play slightly better, and they caught up with the score.

But the strong points on the Sun's side have been more fully rested, and it's hard to say who took advantage.

Soon, the final battle of the final quarter came.

Nowitzki went down to rest for a while because he worked so hard, but he only rested for more than a minute.

In just over a minute, the Suns re-extended their lead by 4 points.

At this time, Russell is also resting below, but the Mavericks still can't fight. It is really difficult for the Mavericks without Nowitzki. Niu's other two strong points were locked.

No kidding, the Suns' defense is that strong right now.

It seems that their defensive efficiency is not as strong as the defensive teams such as the Spurs and Pistons, because they have a fast pace.

In defending the perimeter in positional warfare, they are really worse than those two defensive teams.

So the Mavericks have nothing to do, and Nowitzki is tired.

Russell has gotten rid of this fate this season. He can rest for a while, and then go up to lead the team to kill the Mavericks again with plenty of energy.

Whether tactically or psychologically, Nowitzki is the foundation of the Mavericks.

As soon as he came on the court, the Mavericks scored, and the score immediately caught up, and the results were immediate.

After more than a minute, D'Antoni couldn't help it and replaced Russell.

Russell came on the field tens of seconds earlier, but it was not a big problem.

Russell's physical strength has not been overdrawn this season. Let alone a few more minutes in the playoffs, there is no problem in fighting for seven or eight games.

The Suns this season can be said to have been planning the playoffs a long time ago.

With Russell's burden not heavy, and a private nutritionist watching over him, he didn't have any injuries this season.

There are many people in the league with better physical fitness than him, and there are not many players who can really keep healthy throughout the season. This requires the efforts of both players and the team, as well as some luck.

Russell has all these, so he can explode in the playoffs with stronger combat effectiveness than in the regular season.

Russell didn't talk nonsense when he went up, he just scored directly.

Then pass the ball Wallace rushed in to challenge Nowitzki, resulting in a foul by Nowitzki.

Nowitzki didn't foul much and blocked shots, but after all, it was difficult to block the impact of the sun's explosive men.

The Mavericks are going to score at this time, so the defensive players have already gone down.

The Suns don't accept death, they will play the outside line if they have the opportunity, and the Mavericks will go in when the inside line is weak.

If you can kill Nowitzki a few more times, don't play the game, just surrender the Mavericks.

Of course, Nowitzki will not work hard in this regard, so the sun can score if he rushes in.

Halfway through the final quarter, the scores of the two sides were still very close.

The Suns also began to attack Nowitzki in an all-round way. They only defended Nowitzki and three-pointers, and they did whatever else.

Of course, it’s not that easy for the Mavericks to get mid-range. The players on the Suns court are all statically gifted, and long arms interfere with shooting very effectively.

Of course, at this time, the Suns don't want to find an easy chance to score.

Wallace is not Stoudemire after all, it is impossible to ignore the defense at the basket and rush up.

Therefore, the situation was about to start with the star singles, and Russell took over the game without hesitation.

No matter how much the Mavericks strengthen their defense, it can't solve Russell's point.

If Russell is on a weak team, of course he can be locked up, even if the other four Suns are not weak, there is no way to do this. Obviously the team spends a lot of money, but it is so strong.

But the Suns are just enjoying this season. Next season, Stoudemire will play with a maximum salary, and Russell will renew his contract later. The team will definitely have to change a group of people.

Now that the Mavericks know they can't defend, they just focus on other people's three-pointers and can use offense to decide the outcome.

But at this time, Terry's efficiency also dropped.

Terry is a bit of a nerve knife attribute, but the defensive convulsions against the Suns have not been very good.

As time passed, the scores of the two sides were still about the same, with the Suns leading slightly.

The Mavericks are also getting more and more anxious. Nowitzki tried to shoot directly from the three-point line twice, but missed.

Terry also tried from the three-point line and missed.

Under tight defense, that is to say, Russell made an unreasonable move.

In the last 2 minutes, the Mavericks started to play micromanagement.

On offense, put on Van Horn, on defense, on Griffin, to defend Russell.

The difference of 3 points is really not much, one or two goals can solve the problem, but the Mavericks just have no chance.

The Suns were on guard, but Van Horn had two chances, but he missed both.

At the critical moment, coach Johnson chose to keep him on the court, which was really a mistake.

But other people may not be easy to use, anyway, the sun is to stare at the three strong points of the Mavericks first.

Because Nowitzki has been flanked, Terry singled twice at the last moment.

Terry only hit a two-pointer, and the Mavericks were still behind.

For the Suns, Russell hit two points and assisted Marion to score two points.

Time is running out, and Nowitzki is already actively fouling.

In the last few tens of seconds, he really wanted it, but the Suns fouled very hard and didn't give them a chance to 2+1.

Although Nowitzki made two free throws, but the game has no time, the Mavericks must use foul tactics.

When it comes time to compete for free throws again, Nowitzki will not lose in this regard, but the Mavericks are behind after all.

The Suns didn't play any penalty tactics, they just defended seriously.

As Nowitzki hit the iron again with a three-pointer, the game came to an end.

The winner is the Suns again. They won the match point 3:0 in the series and pushed the Mavericks to the edge of the cliff.

The poor Mavericks only lost by 3 points, but these 3 points became a hurdle they couldn't get over.

(End of this chapter)