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Chapter 179 Playoff preview

But Totoro's guess was quite accurate. Nowitzki really made a fake shot this time. Totoro, who didn't eat too much, took a step forward and got stuck in the bottom plate of the German tank, which further compressed his space. The driver completely has no room to break through.

"I want to compare my body with my body, hehe, although I am soft, I am also a number four anyway, are you too naive?"

It's just that the Germans didn't panic. Nowitzki's shooting from the outside has been criticized softly, but those people must have never watched the young German's game when he cooperated with Nash. He was originally a player who could fly A violent player who escaped from the ground, when he first debuted, his physical fitness was still No. 1 in Europe.

After thinking about it, Nowitzki put it into practical action. He pushed his shoulder against Totoro's chest, trying to crush Totoro's fake No. [-] with his real No. [-] weight, but The real situation was far beyond the old driver's surprise. Totoro was indeed pushed back by Nowitzki, but the old driver himself took a step back. Their confrontation this time turned out to be half a catty. Didn't take advantage of the weight either.

The old driver was surprised. He wanted to shoot in a hurry, but Totoro followed him like a shadow. Give it back to Kidd, and want the other party to reorganize.

But the Rockets' defense this time was obviously premeditated. Totoro's defense was only the first step. When Totoro and Nowitzki were entangled on the bottom line, other Rockets players had already quietly surrounded Nowitzki. Surrounded, just waiting for him to pass the ball when he has nowhere to go.

Iguodala tapped the basketball in front of Josh Howard, Battier tapped the basketball in front of Stackhouse, and finally Lowry snatched the basketball in front of Kidd with old arms and legs. No matter how experienced the old monster was, he could only look at Lowry's back and sigh, thinking that it was good to be young.

Johnson had grey-haired off the court, and Kidd had the same grimace. Before the All-Star Game, before the old monster came to the team to report, the Mavericks held the third place in the Western Conference with a record of 42 wins and 1 losses. After De came, they gave up the position of the third in a wave of three-game losing streak.

This had nothing to do with his head coach, but Kidd's transaction was facilitated by him alone. Now that the old monster is acting so cheating, he is no less criticized by the Mavericks fans than Kidd, the culprit.

Today was originally a game for them to avenge their shame, but now it seems that the Rockets are still a bit difficult to deal with.

Including Carlisle and Cuban, they have never felt that anyone in this league can guard Nowitzki before. A big man over 45 feet mainly focuses on mid-range and three-pointers, and his shooting rate remains at [-]% all year round. At the same time, he also has a passable dribbling breakthrough. This is not a style of play owned by a big man at all, but Nowitzki has gained a foothold in the league by relying on shooting and has become a superstar. This is a miracle in itself. .

But the appearance of Totoro told them that no one in the league is unstoppable. If there is really a player who is unstoppable, it must be him and not Nowitzki!
The Mavericks didn't believe in evil in the next round, and continued to give the ball to Nowitzki to let the old driver force it. In fact, this is the Mavericks' way.

Counting on Dampier to beat Yao Ming?Counting on Josh Howard, who has been injured over and over again, to beat the young and strong Iguodala?Count on Stackhouse to break through Battier?Expect Kidd to blow up Lowry on the offensive end?They are counting on this rather than counting on the reliability of the sow climbing the tree.
If Harris had not been traded, the Mavericks would not have no offensive points now, but it is useless for them to regret it now. Once the old driver does not carry, the Mavericks will inevitably lose. There isn't a solid second scorer.

This story tells us that trade is a very serious matter. If the trade is good, a team on the fringes of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference will immediately become a championship team. Falling out of the playoffs, not every star player can adapt to the team. A team's manager and head coach are really very important team guides. A guide with unique insight can create a team for the team. The dynasty, the IQ manager can destroy a team, the specific can see New York Knicks general manager Isaiah Thomas.

The Rockets beat the Mavericks in the first quarter, with a score of 26:14. People who didn't know thought that the Rockets were playing against the Nets, the last in the league, instead of the Mavericks in the fourth in the West.

In fact, although Totoro's defense is good, it is not so powerful that it can restrict superstars. There are many reasons why he can defend Nowitzki into a zz today. The cat's height, arm length, strength does not suffer, and the speed is very fast. It just restrains the skillful insider like Nowitzki Bosh. The second dragon, Nowitzki, is not in good shape today. The team's losing streak after the All-Star also affected The state of the old driver is why Totoro can play this phenomenal defensive performance.

The Rockets put all the defensive champions in the starting lineup, and the bench lineup has a long lineup of pure inside players such as Gasol, Randolph, and David Lee, but the Mavericks' bench lineup There is nothing to do with this strange formation, and the Rockets opened up a little point difference in the bench lineup.

But there is a saying, superstars can’t stay in the doldrums forever, Nowitzki rose up in the second half of the second quarter, forcibly ignoring Dragon Jump’s blocks and throwing in the ball many times, the Mavericks once approached the score Within 15 minutes.

If there is a second player in the Mavericks lineup at this time, the Mavericks may really be able to tie the score and then overtake the Rockets with momentum, but the Mavericks just don't have this scoring point.

Kidd came over. It stands to reason that with an annual salary of 2000 dollars, he should be the team's second leader, but the old monster said that he is really not the one to do this job.

The Rockets stabilized the situation, Yao Ming took the lead in setting an example by repeatedly hitting hooks, Totoro completed two wonderful 2+1 split dunks on Nowitzki, and the last bit of morale left by the Mavericks was gone.

Nowitzki is really much stronger than himself in 06. Although there were a lot of controversial penalties at that time, but in the case of 0:2, they were chased for four consecutive comebacks. The Mavericks themselves also have a big problem. As the core of the problem, Nowitzki also bears the main responsibility.

"Soft" was also called at that time. It is really not injustice for him to have this title. No one expects him to be able to limit O'Neal's offense in the interior, but when the team is facing headwinds, he should be the team leader. Standing up to carry the game instead of farting early, his attitude represents the attitude of the entire team, the team boss has given up, why are the others working hard?

So in the third quarter, Nowitzki still played the game and struggled for death, but the reality is the reality, and the gap does exist. The Mavericks refused to give up the game, and the Rockets were not careless. The Mavericks had no chance of a comeback. It's just a waste of effort.

At 96:75, the Mavericks' score of 75 in three quarters is definitely the result of the Rockets releasing water. Who doesn't want good data?That is directly linked to the player's salary. Who doesn't want to get good data on the premise of winning?So now the main players have learned how to control the points, and always control the score between 10-20 in the first four quarters, so that the opponent will not give up the game and win the main players early, and the Rockets can also justify themselves Take the main players on the field.

Then on the defensive end, the Rockets also keep waterproofing, so that the opponent's continuous scoring will not be pulled away by their own score. This is a very advanced game skill. I think Jordan led them to do so during the Bulls dynasty.

At the end of the fourth quarter, the Rockets still beat the Mavericks by 124 points 98:26. Eight of the team scored in double figures. Yao Ming, Totoro, Iguodala, and Randolph even scored 8+. Isn't the Rockets all happy and happy?

The next game going to Atlanta to challenge the Eagles is another crushing game. Before the game, people hoped that the new Hawks king of the Eagles, Joe Smith, would give the Totoro a good look, or at least cause him some trouble, but people really fought Only to find that even an All-Star player like Joe Johnson can't completely limit Totoro, the pervert.

This is not to say that Totoro has become stronger, although his strength has been improved after more than half of the NBA regular season, but today Totoro completely used the pick-and-roll to defeat the Eagles without the ball.

Totoro has become smarter. He knows that the new Eagle King's defense and physical fitness are not bad, so Totoro will not face him this time, and use the team's defense to bypass Joe Johnson abruptly to form a dislocation. If Joe Johnson Insisting on following him, Chinchilla gave the ball to the guy Eagle King refused to switch on, leaving the Rockets with another wide open. .
At the end of the game, Totoro shone with 42 points and 10 rebounds. He told the world with practical actions that the Eagle King can only bully himself when he was a rookie, and he is already infinitely better than himself when he was a rookie. Star-level players can't compare with themselves at all.

110:96, another big victory without any suspense. Although Joe Smith, another All-Star guard of the Hawks, scored 32 points on Iguodala's head, he couldn't stand the advantages of the other positions of the Rockets. The outbreak of the Eagle King just made the Eagles lose a little bit more decently.

On February 2th against the Trail Blazers, all fans are looking forward to this game. Recently, the Trail Blazers are very strong, Oden is back to health, Roy is at the peak, Aldridge has grown, plus Bartom, Blake, etc. Famous players, the Blazers finally gathered a group of young talents by relying on high draft picks after several seasons of poor performance. The Blazers are now impressively out of a weak team.

The Rockets won 5 consecutive victories after the All-Star Game, and the Trail Blazers also won 5 consecutive victories after the All-Star Game, especially when they just defeated the Lakers, the league's No. , They can even handle the league's No. [-] Lakers. Could it be that Guy can't handle the No. [-] Rockets in the Western Conference?

Before the game, Adelman also attached great importance to this game.If the situation in the Western Conference does not change much now, their Rockets should be facing the sixth Trail Blazers in the Western Conference, and the Trail Blazers also hope to be able to face the Rockets among the top four teams in the Western Conference. The lineup is too luxurious. The Spurs have Duncan as an old stone. It is estimated that 1v2 can kill the fledgling Aldridge and Oden. , Gentry seems to have found the correct way to open the Suns. In this 10-game winning streak, Nash averaged 1 points and 0 assists per game, and Xiaobawang averaged 32 points and 10 rebounds per game. A wave of ten consecutive victories is also logical. Now the Phoenix people are gaining momentum, and this momentum is likely to continue into the playoffs. The Portland people don't want to face a group of lunatics now.

So everyone will play this game seriously, and it will be more serious than the regular season level. This is the preview of the first round of the playoffs. Whoever wins will gain a psychological advantage. Although Rose Garden is the first in six years this year Entering the playoffs for the first time, they didn't expect to win the championship, but entering the second round of the division is their established goal.

As soon as the game started, the Rose Garden Arena was full of Trail Blazers fans. They all wore shirts in the color of the Blazers' home team uniform, turning the place into a sea of ​​white, but there were a handful of them in every large piece of white. The dazzling red made the Blazers fans very upset.

How hot is Totoro now?The league and the American media have tried their best to deal with the news about Totoro as cold as possible. For example, he scored 42 points at the Hawks' home court. For a rookie, this is definitely a headline event, but Totoro is only on the page of the website. Mixed into a small format in the lower right corner, this is unfair treatment.

But even so, it is conservatively estimated that Totoro has about 50 loyal fans in the United States. Except for the Houston base camp, the others are evenly distributed in every American city. No matter where he goes to play, he can always play in the arena. Seeing those fans who dressed themselves as flying dragons was also something that moved him quite a bit.

At the opening jump ball, Totoro replaced Yao Ming and came to the middle circle of the stadium to replace the little giant jump ball. Today, he is going to make a big killing spree. While rewarding the fans who have supported him for a long time, he will use practical actions to protest the American media's treatment of him. left out.

Today I am going to get another 40+, sir, if you have the ability, don't let me make the headlines!If you target me again, I will get 40+ every game, and then we will see how you end up?

(End of this chapter)