King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 168
Three days later, the Kings came to Dallas again. It was different from the ease a week ago. Now the Kings are facing a win or go home game. After the Kings players came to Dallas, they did not spend as much money as they did the first time. Little time is spent on shopping or visiting the scenery of Dallas, whether it is the absolute main force of the team like He Yixiang, Iguodala, Cousins, or the third team with almost no playing time, they come to Dallas. One thing is to get into the training hall and start training. After all, they have worked hard for a season and finally entered the playoffs. They don't want to leave this stage just like that.

On April 4, when the fifth game came, many Mavericks fans at the American Airlines Center came to the arena with slogans of 29:4. They hoped that the team could win this round of games at home and get a longer rest time , because they are likely to face the defending champion Lakers in the next round.

After four games, the two sides are already familiar with each other's routines, but this time Westphal decided to take the initiative to change teams, because judging from the previous games, unless the three cores play well at the same time Otherwise, it would be very difficult to win. This time he replaced Landry, who was DNP due to defense in the previous few games. Obviously, he was going to fight against the Mavericks.

At the beginning of the game, Landry, who had accumulated several rounds of full form, was the first to explode. He played a pick-and-roll with He Yixiang on the right side of the top of the arc and then ran to the left. At the same time, Iguodala came up and made another beautiful for him Without the ball to cover, this also allowed Landry to go straight to the basket extremely smoothly. At the same time, He Yixiang's pass also tore through the Mavericks' defenses like a sharp sword, and it was passed to him. Landry caught the ball and took advantage of the situation. Dunks, the dunks succeeded on the first ball, which also allowed the Mavericks to see the king's determination in the game of life and death.

Landry is indeed stronger offensively, but he seemed a little weak when defending Nowitzki. Nowitzki directly cut to the waist, Kidd sent the pass, and Nowitzki received the pass Without pausing after the ball, he turned around and leaned back. At the same time, he added his golden rooster independence and super high parabola. Landry had no way to interfere with this ball at all, and could only watch it helplessly. The ball went in.

"Hey, Omi, watch out for double-teaming!" Iguodala was a little dissatisfied. This ball should have been double-teamed by Casspi in the past, and the frontal defense would not be of much use to Nowitzki. In the past few days, they watched the videos of the previous games together, so Westphal decided to adopt as soon as Nowitzki received the ball, the player closest to him on the outside would directly double-team, and at the same time Other players enter the assist defense state to prevent the Mavericks from making empty cuts and three-pointers without the ball.

As Iguodala, who is the best defender and has the deepest understanding of defense, he has also become the team's man who directs the defense on the field. Originally, he would not be so strict on his first mistake, but now this is a game of life and death. Little mistake.He Yixiang also walked over, patted Casspi on the shoulder, and comforted him.

Fortunately, immediately afterwards, Casspi used a three-pointer to atone for his sins. This time it was Iguodala who passed the ball to him. Casspi, who was ambushing in the bottom corner, also raised his knife and swiped the net hollowly.The two also happily clapped hands after the basketball went in, and Iguodala's dissatisfaction with Casspi on the defensive end just happened 1 minute ago.The current king can be said to be united and just want to win this game.

Next, Nowitzki played a little helplessly. Every time he caught the ball in a familiar position, the nearest outside players of the Kings always surrounded him very quickly and did not give a chance to shoot. At the same time, he passed Afterwards, the King's rotation defense appeared to be very fast, and the Mavericks had to seize the occasional few fleeting opportunities to shoot three-pointers. However, under the interference, the Mavericks only made 5 of 1 three-pointers at the beginning. On the contrary, Nowitzki scored a three-pointer directly against Landry's defense at the top of the arc.

And the Kings played a very good offense under the tandem of He Yixiang and Iguodala. Casspi, Landry, and Cousins ​​all got a lot of open shots. Halfway through the first quarter , The Kings have already led by 16 points 9:7.

"Well done, this is the defense I want to see. Although Nowitzki is still very accurate, but I have to say that his shots are much less than the previous three games."

"Indeed, the key point is to take good care of the Mavericks' other three-pointers. The key point is to contain the Mavericks' offense."

The team played a good defense for the first time in a long time, and the king's forum suddenly felt a lot more happy. The offense is not a big problem, and the focus is how to defend the Mavericks.But at the same time, many people raised doubts.

"The starting firepower of the Mavericks is really mediocre. They still have three major scorers on the bench. Terry, Barea, and Stojakovic. The three of them combined to average points per game in the first four games of the series. After scoring 40 points, the real test of the king's defense will be after they play!"

"Besides, I think the defense just now is too much for the king. If I guess correctly, why should I rest early? In the half-quarter of the game just now, he was the starting point of the offense, and Nowitzki deliberately Inadvertently, every attack was launched next to He, and He double-teamed 5 times, and then quickly returned to the defense after passing the ball, and his physical strength was very exhausted."

It can be seen that there are many rational fans of the Kings. They were not complacent because of their initial lead, but analyzed the situation of the game with reason and evidence.However, as expected by the fan just now, He Yixiang began to rest after only playing for half a quarter. He just said that He Yixiang’s excessive physical exertion was not unfounded, and it was Udrih who replaced him.

"It's Udrih? I'm still relieved about his offense. After all, he played very well as a starter last year, but when it comes to defense, even if he has been in a defensive team like the Spurs for several years, I have no doubts about him. The defense still doesn't have much confidence."

"I can't help it. Why must I save my strength? I don't want the scene of the second game to happen again."

Whether Udri's playing will make the king's good defensive system still function well is a big question mark. It all depends on whether the king can maintain the state of unity in the first quarter.

(End of this chapter)