King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 155 Summary after the game and preparations before the game
At last halftime ended, the Kings were 38:63 behind by as much as 25 points, and the happy Mavericks fans had already begun to celebrate their victory. Nowitzki’s 24 points and 8 rebounds in the halftime made the Kings understand that they wanted to defend. Me?Then come over honestly and continue double-teaming!However, Westphal did not choose to double-team in the second half. Instead, he switched to a variety of different people to defend. In the next game, they can find a better way to win.

"Is Westphal out of his mind? He double-teamed well in the first half, why did he suddenly give up this style of play?"

"I can't help it. Westphal has already used this game as training. He expects to find someone in the team who can limit Dirk Nowitzki. He already played at the beginning of the second quarter." It was very good, but the game was still pulled away. Why? It is because Nowitzki only needs to attract double-teams and pass the ball to anyone. With the Mavericks sharing the ball, they will definitely be able to find the point guard to shoot. They pass the ball very quickly, and there is nothing we can do with our defensive system!"

This point of view has also aroused the approval of many people watching the Kings game. Indeed, the Kings must now find a way to defend Nowitzki. If there are one or two people who can limit his singles shooting rate to about 40%, it will be considered a success. Yes, it is true that this game has reached such a point, it is better to regard this game as training, and see how to change tactics in the future.

After Whiteside was completely blown away, Westphal continued to look for the next player who could defend Nowitzki. "Chinese Garnett" Yi Jianlian came on the stage. Yi Jianlian also has both height and wingspan, and moving speed Yes, defending Nowitzki may be good, but this time Nowitzki has adopted a different method. He directly faces the frame and singles Yi Jianlian. , his lateral movement speed is no longer comparable to the peak.

At this moment, Nowitzki is playing just like him in 03. At that time, his style of play has set off a special boom in the league. A star with the size of a power forward plays like a shooting guard. He shocked the entire league greatly, and his excellent movement made him invincible against big men's defense.Facing Yi Jianlian now, he seems to have regained his lost youth. He broke through Yi Jianlian one after another and showed his precise mid-range shots, especially the first step after the three-threat breakthrough. It is hard to believe that this is a 213cm big man. !

However, this is the fact. At the end of the whole game, Westphal did not find such a person. Dirk scored 24 points on 15 of 38 shots and led the team to beat the Kings by 23 points. The biggest point difference in a game, other than the previous matchup between the Bulls and the Bucks in the Eastern Conference with a difference of 25 games, the Bulls only narrowly won by 5 points, and except for this game, the biggest point difference was only 10 points Immediately, criticism from the media came one after another. Their praise may be late, but the criticism is definitely released on time.However, this was only the first game, and the media were relatively restrained. They simply said that "the dark horse defeated Dallas", and the rookie encountered a rookie wall in the playoffs.After all, what attracts the most attention is that the eighth Grizzlies in the West actually defeated a strong team like the Spurs 101-98 at home.

The inside of the king was still very shocked by the disparity in this game. Although they had learned many things before the game, they were not dazzled by the media's touting, but they didn't think they were powerless against the opponent. Especially in the first quarter, they were led by 19 points, and the halftime was turned into garbage time. This was an extremely huge blow to the smug Kings.

Cousins ​​blamed himself for his performance. He was completely lost on the offensive end by Chandler in this game. He scored 19 points and 7 rebounds on 16 of 7 shots. For his evaluation, you must know that at the beginning, he thought he had the advantage in the match. Although Chandler only scored 12 points and 11 rebounds in the matchup with him, the data does not seem to be too bad, but you must know that Chandler These 12 points only took 8 shots.

In the next few days, a group of young Kings locked themselves in the training hall and started training. They were preparing for the second game in Dallas two days later. They didn’t want to return to Sacramento with a 0:2 record. .

"Run, run the defense." Westphal yelled loudly in the training hall, "Defense wins the playoffs, that's the truth, if you're still like the first game, then the Mavericks will definitely be clean Give you a sweeping 4-0, don't underestimate their anger in the playoffs."

He Yixiang finally tasted the power of team defense from the Mavericks. He has always played mediocre against teams with good defense this year. In this game, he scored 18 points and 9 assists on 23 of 9 shots, which can only be said to be quite satisfactory, but The 6 turnovers also gave the Mavericks a lot of opportunities for fast breaks and counterattacks. Naturally, they are very serious about the joint training of the team defense this time. To be honest, He Yixiang is the steal king this year. His physical fitness and defensive judgment ability allow him to It is easy to become an excellent single-defense player on the perimeter. What is lacking now is only a little experience and better defensive habits.

Looking at the players who are sweating profusely on the training ground, Westphal is not only a little sad in his heart, this year's Mavericks are a little bit better!But after seeing the players working so hard, even now he is facing the defending champion Lakers, he is not so afraid of the Heat of the Big Three!After intense training, the team's pressure from the first game has gradually disappeared. They are young people, and sadness comes and goes quickly, not to mention that they still have this indomitable momentum.

Two days later, the king is about to usher in the crucial second battle. The key to this battle is whether the opponent's core Nowitzki can be restricted. For this reason, Westphal has also done a lot on this matter. Since it is obvious that a single defense cannot limit Nowitzki, double-teaming is inevitable, but how to deal with the shots of other Mavericks players after double-teaming is the most important thing.

Now that he chose double-teaming, naturally, the man marking the front is also very important. Yi Jianlian defended fairly well in the last game. Nowitzki hit him with dribbles and breakthroughs in several attacks. It can be seen that for Nowitzki The dry pull can still play a certain restrictive role.Then the task of double-teaming is given to He Yixiang and Iguodala. After all, their stealing ability is very good. The main purpose is to prevent Nowitzki from dribbling happily.

(End of this chapter)