Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 200 122 [The mentality is broken]

That's right!

Rick Carlisle put Dirk Nowitzki on the court at the last minute. Dirk Nowitzki replaced Harris Barnes and formed a twin tower combination with DeAndre Jordan.

"Rick Carlisle intends to improve the height of the inside. Obviously, he wants to strengthen the team's inside defense"

Many people saw the intention of Rick Carlisle's substitution adjustment.

Of course, for Dallas Mavericks fans, they naturally want to see this scene, although Dirk Nowitzki didn't play much tonight, even though he is old.

However, tonight's game is already Dirk Nowitzki's last participation in the Christmas game in his career. His playing at the last moment, in addition to game factors, can highlight a kind of inheritance.

Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown apparently didn't expect Rick Carlisle to put Dirk Nowitzki on the court at the last minute.

However, he was just surprised, and didn't have too many worries, because Dirk Nowitzki is no longer the superstar who fought alone against the Big Three of the Heat.

For the Philadelphia 76ers' possession, Ben Simmons passed the ball directly to Jimmy Butler after advancing the ball into the frontcourt. During the timeout just now, head coach Brett Brown's tactical instructions were very clear, that is, give the ball to Jimmy Butler will handle it, because only Jimmy Butler is in the hottest state during this period.

On the left side of the top of the arc, after receiving the ball, Jimmy Butler was immediately blocked by Jiang Hao. This scene was quickly watched by everyone.

Whether it is for Jimmy Butler or Jiang Hao, this is a challenge!
However, as an attacker, Jimmy Butler's pressure will naturally be greater. In other words, he must take action immediately, and he can't spend it with Jiang Hao like this, he can't afford it.

In the next second, Jimmy Butler, who was holding the ball, leaned against Jiang Hao with his back. For him, if he wanted to pass Jiang Hao's level, he had to rely on physical confrontation to make it more or less possible.

Jiang Hao has to admit that even after entering the league for more than a year, his physical fitness can be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes, but in front of the league's top players with strong physical fitness, he still feels a little bit in physical confrontation. strenuous.

Of course, he didn't hold back from that.

When Jimmy Butler got the ball on him, she also chose to stick to the defense at the same time.

Facing Jimmy Butler, Jiang Hao dare not say that he has an advantage in height, but at least he won't suffer.

Therefore, after the two entangled for a few seconds, Jimmy Butler chose to pass the ball very helplessly.

There is no way, facing a guy with strong defensive ability like Jiang Hao, unless Jimmy Butler has the ability to ignore all defenses, otherwise he really dare not shoot directly.

After all, it is now the final moment of the game, and any shot he makes is closely related to the final result of the game.

In this case, even if the head coach Brett Brown has given him enough trust, he has no room to gamble.

Joel Embiid's rebound shot actually hit.

2 points!
He helped the team narrow the point difference to 3 points.

Joel Embiid on the court roared at this time.

For him, the past few minutes just now are indescribable, and his rebuttal Shenzhen is in a state of confusion.

He is grateful that the head coach still maintains his trust in him, and he also thanked Jimmy Butler for still choosing to give him the ball in this situation.

Jiang Hao didn't show any change in expression towards Joel Embiid's shot, because everyone has reached the limit of the ball, and the opponent can still make the shot under such circumstances, which is something no one can do.

After Dirk Nowitzki came on the court, he definitely didn't come to play soy sauce. No, the Lone Ranger's offense, when Luka Doncic advanced the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Jiang Hao, he immediately took the lead Time pulled out from the inside, quickly moved to a high position, and immediately reached out to Jiang Hao for the ball.

For non-professional fans, their first reaction after seeing this scene will definitely be: Why does Dirk Nowitzki directly ask the bayonet for the ball?

But for those professional fans, they will react immediately, which is why Rick Carlisle sent Dirk Nowitzki to the field at the last moment. Attack, unless there is a particularly good opportunity.

And his real purpose of asking Jiang Hao for the ball at this moment is actually to act as a transfer station.

Sure enough, when Jiang Hao handed the ball to Dirk Nowitzki, the latter stood directly at the free throw line.

For a seasoned veteran like Dirk Nowitzki, he knows how to defend and handle the ball, and this in itself is what he is good at.

The players of the Philadelphia 76ers are not fools, and they quickly realized Dirk Nowitzki's purpose of holding the ball in the high position.

Therefore, everyone took action immediately, and the key object of care was undoubtedly Jiang Hao.

In an instant, Jiang Hao was basically surrounded by Philadelphia 76ers players.

Everyone obviously knows that Dirk Nowitzki will hand the ball to Jiang Hao to complete the finish with a high probability in the end.

But is that really the case?

When Jiang Hao on the right side of the top of the arc was surrounded and Fang Luka Doncic was heavily defended, everyone ignored DeAndre Jordan at the basket.

So, the final result of the Dallas Mavericks' offense was that Dirk Nowitzki in the high post unexpectedly hoisted the ball directly to the basket, and DeAndre Jordan was facing the Philadelphia 76ers below the basket. When Saric was playing, he abruptly completed the dunk with better physical confrontation.

Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown shook his head helplessly. She was actually dissatisfied with Joel Embiid's performance on the defensive end just now.

It’s still an old problem. In the face of a strong player like DeAndre Jordan, Joel Embiid always behaves very evasively. If he can compete hard with DeAndre Jordan at the basket for the ball just now, then DeAndre Jordan It is impossible for Andrew Jordan to complete dunks so easily.

Brett Brown understands Joel Embiid's concerns, but sometimes, if you care too much, it won't work.

Physical fitness is important, but if you cherish your feathers too much because of this, then such a player is not worthy of a championship.

When DeAndre Jordan completed the dunk, the point difference came to 5 points again. For the Philadelphia 76ers, it is obvious that the situation is more serious, because compared with before, the point difference has not changed, but the game time can be further improved. decreased.

"I have to say, for the Philadelphia 76ers, they are further increasing in terms of the possibility of losing this game, the game time is the last 2 minutes, their biggest problem now is not being able to solve the defense, in other words , they are doing a scoring swap with the Dallas, but the embarrassing fact is that the Dallas started 5 points higher than them"

Shaq O'Neal conducted a wave of rational analysis.

"I don't think Joel should stay on the court anymore. Although he just completed a rebound shot, he is simply committing a crime on the defensive end. This kid has a problem with his mind tonight."

Compared to Shaq O'Neal's rational comments, Charles Barkley is not polite.

For him, strictly speaking, this game is a game where the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are all flesh.

On the one hand, he is Jiang Hao’s die-hard loyalist. He certainly wants to see Jiang Hao win the first Christmas game of his career. On the other hand, the Philadelphia 76ers were his old club when he was a player. Philly, now as a commentator, he also hopes that his old club can rise.

But to be honest, Joel Embiid's performance in tonight's game as one of Philadelphia's hopes for resurgence is simply a disaster.

He felt that Joel Embiid seemed to be afraid of confrontation, and his physical fitness didn't seem so thin.

So why is this?

Is it the fear of getting hurt?

In short he Charles Barkley had difficulty understanding this.

On the court, Jimmy Butler finally got his wish this time. Facing Jiang Hao's defense, he successfully hit a mid-range shot, which made Shenzhen let him shout.

For him, this score is too important.

But for Jiang Hao, the ball is nothing. Although Jimmy Butler once again helped the Philadelphia 76ers narrow the point difference to 3 points, the ball belongs to the Lone Ranger at this time.

Jiang Hao had already controlled the ball and pushed forward, and after coming to the frontcourt, he even waved to all his teammates. The meaning was very clear, that is, he would not complete the shot until the last moment.

The Lone Ranger players now absolutely trust Jiang Hao [-]%, so even Dirk Nowitzki is fully cooperating with Jiang Hao at this time.

In this case, the Philadelphia 76ers suddenly became nervous.

Jimmy Butler and Ben Simmons immediately double-teamed Jiang Hao at the top of the arc. No matter what the ball is, the bayonet can't be easily shot and hit, otherwise the game will be really difficult.

When double-teaming, Jimmy Butler certainly couldn't let Jiang Hao dribble easily, so he would reach out from time to time to try to complete the steal.

However, Jiang Hao's ball-handling skills are very good and did not allow Jimmy Butler to steal successfully. However, with the loss of this offensive time, he was further double-teamed by Jimmy Butler and Ben Simmons. When the 24-second attack time is up, if he wants to make a shot, there is only one last way left.

That is a forced shot, facing the defense of Jimmy Butler and Ben Simmons to complete a very risky forced ultra-long-range three-pointer shot.

So, can he finish it?

For Jiang Hao at this moment, he is extremely confident. Although Jimmy Butler has a strong defensive ability and is a top defensive expert in this league, so what?In the eyes of his bayonet, there is only the basket.

Therefore, amidst the stunned expressions of many people and Jimmy Butler's thoughtful and terrified expression, Jiang Hao just made a shot at a distance of 1 meter from the top of the arc.

brush!
Many people absolutely believe that after the game is over, the league should take a bayonet for a urine test. Is this fucking human?

Under such circumstances, the bayonet dared to make a three-point shot, and what was even more exasperating was that he succeeded.

have to.

The 5-point difference turned into 6 points, but there was only one minute left in the game.

Jimmy Butler's hands even trembled a little at this moment, and to him, this was even a blow.

Because in the previous round, when he faced Jiang Hao's defense alone, he finally chose to pass the ball instead of forcing a shot, because he was not confident at the time, and he retreated when facing Jiang Hao's defense Yes, because he feels that there is only one kind of player who still chooses to shoot in that situation, and that is historical-level scorers, players such as peak Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

But what about now?
He did what Jimmy Butler didn't dare to do with the bayonet, and it was even more difficult. The most hateful thing was that he was allowed to do it.

So, Jimmy Butler felt like he was being slapped hard.

Is the bayonet standing in front of him just now a player similar to Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant?

He doesn't think so. Although the current meal is excellent, it has definitely not reached that height.

However, even if he didn't reach that height, he did what a player of that height can do.

So, Jimmy Butler felt fatally hit.

At this time, the entire American Airlines Center Stadium was overwhelmed by the cheers of the mountains and tsunami.

The bayonet is too strong. He was born for such a big scene. To be honest, not many people thought that Jiang Hao could hit the three-pointer just now. Even in everyone's opinion, Jiang Hao's successful completion of the shot was ridiculous.

But what is the result?

This guy not only completed the shot, but he also completed a very beautiful three-pointer.

With a 6-point lead, with 1 minute left in the game, it seems more and more possible for the team to win this Christmas game, so there is no reason for everyone to be unhappy.

Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown requested a timeout again, and he certainly didn't want to give up.

But to be honest, he called this timeout as if there was nothing else he could do other than emphasize defense.

Because he already has some idea in his heart at this moment, first Joel Embiid, and now Jimmy Butler, both of them have problems with their mentality.

From this point of view, Brett Brown hated the bayonet. In one game, he forcibly defeated his two core players.

For Brett Brown, he is not only worried about the outcome of this game, he is even thinking about the next game, if Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler can't adjust their mentality as soon as possible, then the next The game is not too long.

After all, compared to the five-game winning streak before this game, they will play a three-game winning streak in the next week after Christmas. With the strength of the opponents not weak, Brett Brown is a little worried. The team's next state

(End of this chapter)