King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 216

With Cousins ​​off the field, the King's offensive threat in the interior has been reduced by more than half.Now we only need to keep an eye on the King's three-point shots from the outside.Crisp, Taiwan, this game is a sure thing.

But Cousins' fate aroused He Yixiang's combat effectiveness.

Looking back, He Yixiang directly faced Carter and shot a three-pointer. There was no pick-and-roll, no fake action, just so straightforward, directly against Carter's defense.

He Yixiang, who didn't feel very good in the whole game, exploded in the fourth quarter. This goal is already the eighth point of the four quarters.

"Come on, don't give him a chance to shoot. Let him in, we have defense." Carlisle commanded anxiously standing on the sidelines.It would be a bit embarrassing if this game was overturned.

Terry relied on the pick-and-roll to reach the inside line, and made a pick-and-roll shot, but the ball was directly picked off by Da Baibian in the process of rising.

despair?At this time, the words that rose in Terry's heart turned out to be like this?Even if today's game is finally won, this one cap will nail him to the pillar of shame.

He intends to take advantage of the opportunity of Cousins ​​being sent off to attack the inside.But forget that Whiteside is a better rim protector for guards than Cousins.

"The king's penalty area is now guarded by me. Don't think that you can do whatever you want when Cousins ​​is off." After taking off his hat, Whiteside looked very domineering.

The King quickly launched a counterattack, and Iguodala's counterattack layup was indeed caught by Marion, and the same big cap was given to the King in return.Marion's idea was very simple, since his offense was frustrated, he shouldn't make the king's offense too comfortable.

The defensive system that the Kings started training at the beginning of the season is the first time it has worked. This season, the Kings have played such a high-intensity defense for the first time. Nowitzki was disturbed and missed two jump shots.

Although no matter who it is, there may be downturns in every season or even every game, but this is also closely related to the King's defense.

On the offensive end, He Yixiang's two consecutive three-pointers made Carter a little nervous.Today's young people are better than each other. Thinking about myself back then, this kind of unreasonable three-pointer was only developed after I entered the league for two or three years.

He Yixiang took advantage of Dabai Bian's cover to go around a pick-and-roll and went straight to the basket.

Nowitzki seemed a little flustered, should he make up for the defense?He Yixiang's breakthrough was not fast, and he was ready to use a high-throw pass to Whiteside's hands at any time.

All of a sudden, he rushed into the inside line with the ball in both hands, took the first step to the right, and made a gesture with his right hand to pick the basket. When Nowitzki hurriedly made up for it, he took a step to the left in the opposite direction and easily counterattacked. basket succeeded.

"European step, why use the European step to pass Dirk directly." The live DJ at the American Airlines Center shouted hoarsely: "After this goal is successful, our score advantage is only 9 points."

With 5 minutes left in the game, the score has narrowed to single digits.The fans of the Mavericks are a little helpless and a little sad. Is this game going to be overturned again?Originally, as last year's champions, their record this season was not good, but now facing last year's defeat, they were chased so hard when they led by 20 points in the fourth quarter.

As the leader of the Mavericks, Nowitzki is a little helpless. The departure of Chandler this season has made the Mavericks' inside defense stretched.

Heywood was originally defeated by the competition with Chandler. His offensive ability is not bad compared with Chandler, but what the Mavericks team lacks is not offense. Their offensive players Not much.

Last year's finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki played Ibaka and Bosh on the offensive end.

Terry, this super sixth man, can score close to 20 points per game every time he stands on the bench.

Not to mention Barea, Marion, and the newcomer Odom, all of them can be regarded as good offensive players, what they lack is defense.

Compared with Chandler, Haywood is more than a little behind in terms of movement speed, wingspan, or jumping, let alone their defensive awareness.Without Chandler, the Mavericks allowed nearly [-] more points per game in the paint this season.

For the ball just now, if Chandler had just guarded the penalty area, it would be difficult for He Yixiang to get such an opportunity for this ball. Such a layup would probably add a block to Chandler's technical statistics.

Nowitzki frowned and settled down. Since the defensive end cannot be defended and this problem cannot be solved, then I will beat you on the offensive end. Now it is us who have the advantage of the score.

After Terry passed the three-point line, he directly gave the ball to Nowitzki. The three threats raised their hands and shook Yi Jianlian in the first step, and then quickly rushed to the inside.There is still Whiteside guarding the inside.

"I don't care if you are the MVP of last year's Finals or a top superstar in the NBA. Now that Cousins ​​is off the court, I will guard this restricted area." Whiteside jumped directly, jumping very high, and blocked the area. restricted area.

Nowitzki also took off directly at the same time. The two players made direct physical contact in the air. This ball Whiteside took off directly and did not press down. It was a clean defense and a very clean body contact. Wiecki flies back directly after contact, and at the same time he succeeds in a fadeaway jumper.

Nowitzki hit back again, and the two sides began to fight each other, and no one could defend the other. As long as the Kings scored in the last few minutes, Nowitzki would give a powerful counterattack.

In the last minute, the score was still 1 points away. The king's fierce pursuit in the past few minutes was actually defended by Nowitzki's attack alone.At this time, He Yixiang and the Kings finally had to accept the defeat of this game.

92:97, the Kings had their first defeat of the season at the American Airlines Center, but this was a game full of drama. They were originally trailing by 20 points in the fourth quarter, just when everyone thought the game was going to end like this , He Yixiang stood up and led the team to close the score to 9 points.

But just when everyone thought it was a wonderful comeback and the whole momentum went to the king's side, Nowitzki stood up again and continued to maintain the close point difference.

In the final quarter, the two superstars faced each other, and the King finally had to fall short, losing his first defeat of the season at the American Airlines Center.

(End of this chapter)