basketball kingdom

Chapter 55 Main Task
Randall's impact on the inside was very decisive, driving the opening rhythm and helping the Lakers recover the point difference.

Nick Young and Xu Tian didn't get much possession of the ball at this stage, mainly because the running position involved the Mavericks' defense and opened up the offensive space for the three main attackers.

The Mavericks are mainly driven by Dirk Nowitzki and Pachulia.

The Lakers' defense can't limit these two at all. Although they played well on the offensive end, they are still behind.

With 6 minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter, the Lakers trailed 15-21.Scott called a second timeout at this time and began to make the first substitution adjustment.

Scott and Mark Madsen discussed the details of the rotation. After the timeout, Clarkson and Lou Williams replaced Kobe and Nick Young, and Nance Jr. and Black replaced Hibbert and Randle.

Xu Tian still returned to the court and led the team to play in the last few minutes of the first quarter.

Deron was not as young as Xu Tian, ​​so he couldn't play the full first quarter and was replaced by Raymond Felton by Rick Carlisle.

After Xu Tian controlled the ball for halftime, he dribbled the ball laterally against Felton, successfully attracted the defense of Devon Harris, and passed the high pass to Clarkson who was let go.

Clarkson made an assault with the ball, and before Samuel Dalembert's help defense was not in place, he stopped and made a mid-range shot.

The basketball bounced a few times on the hoop, but in the end it still didn't want to go into the hoop and rolled out of the hoop.

Charlie Villanueva had already got stuck in the position ahead of time, quickly took down the defensive rebound, held the ball with both hands to avoid Nance Jr.'s steal, and passed the ball to Devin Harris.

Harris, nicknamed Pluto, is 191 cm tall and is characterized by fast speed.He holds a world record for the fastest player to dribble from one end of the court to the other in 3.9 seconds.But apart from this feature, there is no advantage.

After halftime, Felton received a pass from Harris and dribbled to direct his teammates to move.During the period when Nowitzki and Pachulia were off the court, the Mavericks had no absolute offensive strength and could only try to play more.

Xu Tian was defending Felton, and when he directed the offensive movement, he used his right hand to try to grab the dribbled ball.

Felton underestimated Xu Tian's defensive area, and he was a little careless when dribbling. At this time, Xu Tian interfered with the dribble with his hands, and he had no room to protect the ball.

Louis Williams went down the front court quickly, Xu Tian's pass was in his hand in time, and he ended the offensive round with a dunk.

The audience stood up to cheer for Louis Williams.In the first half of the first quarter, both sides focused on offense and defense on the inside, but they never dunked. Now that a dunk finally happened, the audience naturally wanted to celebrate.

Felton was robbed once by Xu Tian. After coming to the frontcourt again, he dribbled the ball a lot more carefully. At the same time, he used his left hand to block Xu Tian's position, leaving him no space to steal.

Villanueva is a veteran, and quickly discovered Felton's plight on the offensive end, and mentioned the top of the arc to help him cover.

Nance Jr. was with Villanueva. He was at a disadvantage in height, but he was faster than Villanueva. He quickly switched to Felton, preventing Felton from breaking through the inside.

Parsons was still on the court, took the initiative to run over and took the ball from Felton, and dribbled the ball to attack the inside.

Although Black's defense was in place, he still couldn't block Parsons' layup, and he scored two points with a high throw.

15-23!

Xu Tian dribbled the ball across the half court, and before Felton's defense was in place, he accelerated towards the inside.

In order to limit the Lakers' outside offense, the Mavericks are now using a 3-2 zone defense. There are only Dalembert and Villanueva inside, and these two can only come to help defend.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball to change his dribbling speed, and when Villanueva got stuck, he passed the ball through the crotch to Black on the inside.

Black's dunk ends the offense, 17-23!

Mark Jackson saw Xu Tian's pass and said: "People say that Xu's pass is very spiritual, and I agree with this! His pass is not fancy, but he can always pass the ball comfortably players, allowing them to attack without having to adjust."

Mike Breen waited until his partner had finished speaking, and then said: "That's right! Xu Tian's passing left a deep impression on me in the first game. Anyone in the league who can pass the ball like him, I am sure." Basically Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry, Chris Paul and a handful of other point guards that come to mind.”

Boss Kim was the most uplifting in the audience.He knows what kind of trough the Lakers have gone through, and now seeing Xu Tian sort out the Lakers offense so well, even as a fan is happy enough, not to mention that Xu Tian is also his daughter's boyfriend, which makes him even more excited .

Xu Tian basically didn't play much offense in the first quarter. In addition, he received little physical confrontation and was still in a state of abundant physical strength, so he was naturally handy in defense.

Rick Carlisle served as the head coach for the first time in 2001, when he coached the Pistons, and won the honor of the best coach in his first season.

In 2008, the Mavericks signed Carlisle, who had retired from the Pacers coach, with a four-year contract, making him the team's ninth coach.Carlisle lived up to expectations and led the Mavericks to the only championship trophy in team history in 11.

With this championship trophy, Carlisle became the cornerstone coach of the Mavericks, and everyone in the team is worthy of status except Nowitzki.This is why Rondo had conflicts with him last season, and Rondo left in the end.

Carlisle stood on the sidelines, looked at Felton who was helpless in the face of Xu Tian, ​​and quickly beckoned Barea to his side.

Jose Barea was a member of the Mavericks' championship team in 11. Although he was only 183 centimeters tall, in the finals that year, he left behind a screen that blocked James' fast break. players.

Barea's offensive ability is much stronger than Felton's. Carlisle wants to use him to consume Xu Tian's physical strength on the offensive end, so that Xu Tian will not play too smoothly.

Harris dribbled the ball into the interior, dribbled the ball hard for a layup, and beat Black's thug foul.

Barea walked on Harris' free throw and replaced Parsons, who hadn't rested yet.

Standing outside the three-point line, Xu Tian was a little puzzled when he saw the Mavericks dispatched three guards.He knows that Carlisle likes a honey rotation, but it is still puzzling for him to play three guards at the same time.

As soon as Xu Tian thought of this, he turned his head and saw Clarkson standing on the left side of the free throw line, and suddenly remembered that the Lakers also had three guards.However, his height is 201 centimeters, and he can completely play the third position. The opponent's three guards do not have tall players.

Harris made two free throws and rewritten the score to 17-24, with the Mavericks leading by 7 points.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball across the half and found that the defender had become Barea.

Barea came up with a mission. As soon as Xu Tian dribbled the ball, he rushed up to exert a physical confrontation.

Xu Tian knew that Barea was very powerful, so he dribbled the ball to avoid his body contact.

The defender facing Louis Williams is Felton. He has some advantages in speed. After getting rid of the defense, he continues to run towards the weak side.

The basketball came to the front of Louis Williams' running position ahead of time, he caught it firmly with both hands, turned around and shot directly.

The basketball draws a perfect arc and hits the net with precision.

The referee made a three-point gesture and declared the goal valid.

Lakers 20-24 Mavericks!

Xu Tian saw Louis Williams' turn around and didn't adjust his shot. For some reason, he thought of Ray Allen's shot that retreated beyond the three-point line in G13 of the 6 Finals.

This kind of accurate shooting players will anticipate various situations that will happen on the field in advance, and specially strengthen the difficulty of shooting training in normal training.

Carlisle came to the sideline and called the Mavericks' first timeout of the game.

Kobe got up from the bench and high-fived Xu Tian who was walking over.

Thackeray enthusiastically took the towel from Maples and handed it to the players on the court.

Nick Young was in a good mood, smiled and said to Xu Tian: "You should pass the ball to me more, so we won't fall behind."

Xu Tian wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, and said, "You will lead the team at the beginning of the second quarter, and you can attack more at that time."

Scott called the players together and said: "The Mavericks are defending a 3-2 zone defense now, and they defend well from the outside. If they can't open shots from the outside, they need to make more breakthroughs and attack their penalty area."

Xu Tian understood that what Scott said was correct, and nodded in agreement with his tactical arrangement.

Scott walked up to Xu Tian at the end of the timeout and said, "It's still up to you to control the ball, try not to consume too much energy, just keep the point difference on the court."

Xu Tian nodded in response to Scott, and still returned to the court to play.

Barea dribbled the ball across the half, and before Xu Tian could react, he accelerated towards the inside.

Xu Tian's speed was faster than Barea's, but Barea's breakthrough was so powerful that he was completely passed.

The average height of NBA players is about 2 meters. Even for point guards, the ideal height is more than 190 centimeters.However, there are many players who are not tall in the NBA. They can enter the NBA entirely because of their excellent skills.

Barea carried Nance Jr., who was defending, and picked the basket with his left hand.While hitting the basket and hitting the shot, it caused Nance Jr.'s thug foul.

Xu Tian walked to the left side of the free throw line, ready to grab possible rebounds.

Kobe understood Xu Tian's defensive style and knew that Xu Tian was not very good at defending small guards like Barea who focused on breakthroughs, so he secretly sweated in his heart.

Spectators behind the backboard hit the inflatable sticks in their hands, making noise in an attempt to interfere with Barea's free throw.

This is a common method used by home fans to interfere with away team players' free throws. As for the effect, it depends on the psychological quality of the free throw players.

Xu Tian looked at the basketball thrown by Barea, and soon knew that the free throw would be hit, and completely gave up the idea of ​​grabbing the position.

As expected, the basketball hit with a spin wipe.

(End of this chapter)