Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 344

At the crossroads of "win or go home," the Mavericks exploded with energy. Michael Finley stole Nene out of bounds with 5 minutes left in the game, and the referees turned a blind eye.

Jim also knows that it is impossible to win this stalemate game. How could the league end such a "wonderful and intense" first round of strong dialogue in five games.

With 10 points left and 2 minutes left, Jim came on the bench.

112 to 101, the Mavericks pulled back a game at home. Josh Howard performed bravely, making 18 of 13 shots and scoring a career-high 34 points and 11 rebounds in the playoffs. The young man in North Carolina, who had his legs broken twice to correct the deformed leg bones, spoke to his biological father for the first time at the age of 9. When facing the camera, he was too excited to speak.

"I have been working hard all this time to wait for this opportunity, and now, I have done it!" In the end, Josh Howard left such a sentence.

The victory of the Mavericks delayed the time for the old Nelson to leave get out of class. Mark Cuban was even considering whether to extend his contract if the Mavericks could reverse the Lakers' victory and enter the next round, and give him another year to prove himself Basketball concept.

As everyone knows, the old Nelson over there has already lost patience with Cuban's xjb operation, and he has long thought about finishing his work and giving up this year.

Stevens, on the other hand, was glum about the referee's favoritism.

"On the bright side, we can still sell one more home tickets. At least judging from the progress of the game, Josh Howard's hand feeling couldn't be better today. In addition, the referee is also helping, and the Mavericks have not been able to pass the game. No matter how wide the points difference is, Dwyane will come back in the next game, we have nothing to worry about, and we will send them home the day after tomorrow.” The league’s field control has existed since ancient times, but with the development of the gaming industry, it has become more and more The more blatant it is.

"In short, we can't be careless in the sixth game back at home. If we lose the ball and drag it to the tiebreaker, and then go to the Mavericks' home court, then anything may happen, such as being slaughtered for 40 points. What."

Stevens was a little puzzled, how miserable was it when he was slaughtered for 40 points?
Two days before the game, the Lakers were practicing emergency tactics, and how to deal with it if someone else's touch broke out.

There is also good news for the Lakers. After nearly two months of injury, their assaulter Dwyane Wade finally got rid of the worrying knee injury and announced his comeback.

"Wade's significance to the Lakers is not just 20 points per game. When he is on the court, his breakthrough threat is always the object that the opponent needs to beware of. Invisibly, the defensive pressure on Kobe and others has been relieved a lot. Let the opposing team lose sight of the other, he can also deliver an elite performance on the defensive end, his steals and blocks are impressive. In my opinion, if the two sides play normally in this game, the Mavericks will have a lot of bad luck. We can look forward to The Lakers advance to the next round." James Worthy, a famous Lakers star, appeared at the commentary booth at home as a guest commentator.

"Like you were with Kareem and Magic?" He was partnered with Mike Breen.

"It's not the same. At that time, although Irwin was the core, I was the first scoring point, but all the offenses had to be initiated from Irwin, but now in this team, anyone can initiate the offense. Anyone can end, Kevin's offensive and defensive performance reminds me of Kareem, and he can also support; Kobe's scoring ability is beyond doubt, even in our era, he can still be the team's core One of the core." Worthy didn't favor the old over the present, anyway, they are all Lakers players, so they should be praised together.

A few people here are chatting, and the players over there have finished warming up and are ready to kick off.

The Lakers jumped to the ball, Billups was on the wing, Garnett set a screen for Artest, Artest came out from the baseline, ready to receive the ball, and Finley's defense was also in place.

Billups did not pass the ball rashly, and Kobe also used Garnett's cover to get out. Artest feinted to attract attention, and Kobe then caught the ball and launched an attack. This is the regular routine of the Lakers, but the Mavericks obviously don't like this routine. Be prepared.

Josh Howard forced his way past Garnett's screen, leaving no room for Bryant.

Of course, there is also a reason why Garnett's screen quality is not high. In the next second, he used Artest's screen that he had just pocketed just now, and went straight to the basket. Billups understood, and the basketball flew over the defense Nowitzki's fingertips were caught by Garnett in the air and slammed into the basket.

"Brilliant triple screen! Kobe got all the defensive attention, and Dampier didn't notice that Artest had set up a screen behind him." When you gesture, you can predict what will happen.According to incomplete statistics, the Lakers are the team that utilizes the most off-ball screens in the league, even surpassing the Sonics.

An alley-oop ignited the enthusiasm of the home fans. The Lakers need such an offense to mobilize their momentum.

The Mavs attack, Terry holds the ball and calls a screen.

But this time the Lakers did not rush to double-team, but directly switched from Garnett to Terry.

Covered by the long-armed and fast-moving Garnett, Terry didn't dare to shoot rashly, but just fed the ball to Dampier who cut inward.

Seeing that Billups was defending, Dampier decided to do it himself, but Billups lowered his center of gravity, and Dampier didn't move at first.

When Dampier fully stored up his power and made a strong push again, Billups fell to the ground in response, and Dampier made an offensive foul.

Back on defense, Terry complained to Dampier.

The Lakers served the ball, and Billups passed the ball to Garnett in the high post, then ran to the wing and joined Artest in an elevator play for Bryant, locking Josh Howard behind the pair.

Terry pounced on Kobe immediately, and Artest and Billups immediately went to the baseline to open up space, and Garnett also distributed the ball to Kobe.

When Kobe hit Terry with the ball in singles, he naturally caught it with his hands. After pressing down to the low post, he turned around and made a jumper. Terry's block could only reach Kobe's elbow.

Haslem is still in the starting lineup, using a half-round defense against Nowitzki, followed by Garnett to help defend at any time. Once the Mavericks throws a lob to Nowitzki, the German will immediately fall into double-teaming among.

The ball was handed over to Josh Howard, who performed well in the previous game, but in the face of Artest's full-scale marking of the league's first perimeter iron gate, Josh Howard's immature individual singles immediately showed flaws.

Artest unleashes five prongs, cutting the ball away when Howard is about to shoot, and then passes to the fast-moving Billups, who pulls up outside the three-point line and throws his trademark chasing shot. Body three points.

7 to 0, the Lakers started very smoothly.

(End of this chapter)