Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 177 Malone's Elbow and Nash's Fang
Regrettably lost in the Finals last season, Larry Bird made frequent attacks in the off-season and recruited a large number of players who hoped to hold O'Neal's thigh to hit the championship.

In addition to Gary Payton, the Pacers also strengthened the No. 91 pick in [-] at the point guard position, former All-Star player Kenny Anderson, to make up for the vacancy of Terry Brandon's season reimbursement due to injury. In order to prevent the embarrassing situation where no one was available at the point guard position at the final moment of last season's finals.

With the joining of Hawley, Grant, Byron Russell and others, the depth of the Pacers' lineup has suddenly increased a lot, and there are reliable substitutes in each position. Trickland and his ilk basically had no playing time.

O'Neal is still brutal, Reggie Miller is old and strong, Al Harrington is making rapid progress, and the Pacers, with a wave of 10 consecutive victories, come to challenge the Lakers and vow to avenge their shame.

However, the Lakers also made targeted reinforcements for O'Neal's strength. Zen Master also made adjustments to the starting lineup. Garnett was moved to the small forward position, and the starting center was Ostertag. Tester came on as a substitute.

Facing his former suffering master, O'Neal was restricted back to the surface of the earth. His performance of 26 points and 11 rebounds was barely qualified for him, but this performance was not enough to help the Pacers beat the equally high-spirited Lakers.

Billups and Gary Payton hurt each other. One made 8 of 2 shots and the other made 9 of 2 shots. pressure.

Miller, who is one year older, is at a disadvantage in the face of the stronger and more mature Kobe.

77 to 99, the game that was originally predicted to be sparks hitting the earth and the preview of the finals ended hastily like this. While ending the opponent's 10-game winning streak, the Lakers also expanded their winning streak to 6 games, winning 15 games. A win-2 record ends the November schedule.

I don't know how the schedule is arranged. The Lakers' first opponent in December is still the San Antonio Spurs.

Although David Robinson's data is not brilliant, his role on the court is not something that Olowokandi can easily replace. Popovich's process of trying to build a new twin tower is destined to be full of twists and turns. Olowokandi With only a body, but not enough golf intelligence and skills, the Spurs can't play many routines. Since the start of the game, Duncan has been dragging the team forward, with a record of only 9 wins and 9 losses.

Facing the old rival Lakers, the Spurs dragged into double overtime in the first game, and lost the second game directly, and gave Malone the oldest triple-double record.

In this game, the Spurs showed their determination to win from the very beginning. Parker and Ginobili took turns attacking the inside line. Hit very firmly.

The Lakers, who had just easily defeated the Pacers in the last game, seemed a little drifting. After the opening, they were unable to enter the state. They were beaten by the Spurs in an 8-0 start. It was not until the 5th minute of the game that Kobe hit the first ball Scoring sports.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Spurs still maintained a 10-point lead. Unexpectedly, in the last quarter, the situation changed suddenly. The Lakers sent a backcourt combination of Kobe and Wade to attack the Spurs' defensive weakness Tony Parker. The two took turns The breakthrough made the Spurs' defense overwhelmed. Duncan fouled five times because of his continuous defense. The Lakers played an 3-11 offensive climax within 0 minutes and directly reversed the score.

Although Duncan continued to respond on the offensive end and scored 30 points and 15 rebounds, the Spurs could not save the defeat. The Lakers relied on Garnett's tip-up at the critical moment and Kobe's final two free throws to defeat the Spurs 90-86. The Spurs completed the triple kill of the opponent in the season.

Just after a difficult victory over the Spurs, the Lakers' Texas Devils will come to the second stop, back-to-back visits to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks.

After sealing the "unlucky" silver-gray jersey, the Mavericks seem to have found a way to make five stars. Nash switched to playing off the ball as a shooter. Rookie Josh Howard, together with Jamison as a bench killer, the Mavericks have won 10 of the last 8 games, and their record has returned to the third place in the Western Conference, second only to the Lakers and the introduction of Sprewell, the Timberwolves with an unprecedented lineup.

Since owner Mark Cuban, the Mavericks are looking forward to bloodbath the Lakers at home.

It's a pity that things backfired. The Mavericks' lineup's internal and defensive flaws are too obvious. Walker's tactics as the core Nash as an off-ball shooter are even more reckless. You can also rely on the personal abilities of the stars to win, but this kind of random shooting Bird has no routine, and will immediately show his original shape when he encounters a strong team.

Walker has a ball in his hand, I have the world, he scored 21 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 8 turnovers. Nowitzki played very awkwardly, from the old driver to the standing Mamba, the whole team He only made 13 of 2 shots in the game and barely scored 10 points by relying on free throws. Except for the team-high 14 rebounds, his performance was lackluster.

If Malone hadn't swung Nash down with an elbow when grabbing a rebound in the third quarter, which instead inspired Zonda's small universe, the Mavericks might not have survived the fourth quarter.

Nash, who lost a front tooth, returned to the court after a simple treatment of the wound, and scored 3 three-pointers in a row, helping the team narrow the point difference to single digits.

But the Mavericks have too many holes in the paint, and Nash's scoring performance alone cannot make up for it.No matter Dirk Nowitzki, Walker or Jamison, they are not expected to do dirty work. Garnett unscrupulously received rebounds in the interior and scored a large double-double with 19 points and 23 rebounds. In rebounding, the Lakers have an absolute advantage in rebounding 11 to 59.

These extra second offensive opportunities, while helping the Lakers score, also suppressed the Mavericks' fast break. 114 to 103, the Lakers won another away game, Kobe scored a game-high 32 points, and Nash scored a team-high 30 points for the Mavericks.

After the game, Malone's elbow was judged to be a malicious foul, and the league imposed an additional one-game suspension on him.

Coincidentally, the Lakers' opponent in the next game is Malone's old club, the Utah Jazz.

"I was still worried about what kind of mentality Carl would use to play against the Jazz. Now it's all over. I want to say sorry to Steve. He is a good guy and a fighter. A lot No one would go for that rebound under the circumstances, but Steve was very brave. Even if it offends people, he was delayed with the Mavericks. In a different environment, Steve can achieve amazing things .” For Malone’s suspension, Jim responded to the media in this way.

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