Legendary basketball manager

"Shu~"

The basketball is hollow into the net, and it goes very simply.

5: 0!

This is not over yet. In the Rockets' offensive round, the Mavericks once again relied on team defense to let the ball finally fall into the hands of Paul George.

Facing Kidd's defense, George made a three-pointer after shaking outside the three-point line...

Miss!

The ball bounced high and was a long backboard.

Relying on his keen sense of rebounding, Kidd took the first step and won the ball.

At the same time, at some point, Marion quietly ran towards the Rockets' half court.

With a big wave of Kidd's hand, a long pass accurately delivered the ball to the hacker.

When Marion received the ball, the front was wide open, and only McGrady was chasing after him crazily.

Without hesitation, he took two steps in three steps, and used the safest way of dunking - the common people's dunk, and sent the ball into the basket.

The moment the ball hits the net...

"Bang~"

McGrady's big hand hit the backboard hard!

Marion was a little apprehensive.

If he had just been one second slower, T-MAC would have finished nailing the big hat!

Fortunately, he didn't think about showing off his skills, and only used the most unpretentious dunk method, which escaped the fate of being capped.

7:0, the Mavericks made a fantastic start!

This situation surprised the two commentators of CCTV.

"Hey, the Mavericks are very fierce today! I guessed that they would play differently today, but I didn't expect the difference to be so big."

Zhang Weiping commented in a timely manner.

"The Mavericks' defensive strength has been significantly improved compared to the previous game. The Rockets' first two offenses, one was terminated by Ben Wallace, and the other fell on George. And these two people happened to be the Rockets' starters. It’s rather uncertain.”

"Carlisle has definitely worked hard these two days, and these two defenses have been too successful!"

"The next step is to see how the Rockets respond, and see who can stand up and solve the problem."

Su Qun said with emotion.

As soon as the two finished speaking, the Rockets had already completed their attack.

And the person who stepped forward is naturally the core of the team-Tracey McGrady!

With the help of Yao Ming's screen, he went to the outside to catch the ball.

After receiving the ball, McGrady did not have an easy shot because Marion was in place very quickly.

But it doesn't bother T-MAC either.

I saw him dragging the ball with his left hand, making a breakthrough, but suddenly pulled it up the next moment, and directly shot a three-pointer...

Bingo!

At 7:3, the Rockets finally broke the deadlock.

After scoring the goal, McGrady still looked sleepy, as if everything was at his fingertips.

Marion, who was defending him, raised his hand to his teammates apologetically.

"It's okay, this kind of score has to be given."

Nowitzki said lightly.

The other players had similar thoughts and nodded in agreement.

The game continues.

Kidd passed the half court with the ball and came to the top of the arc to organize.

Instead of asking for the ball in the low post, Nowitzki ran an off-ball pick-and-roll with Chandler near the baseline.

With the help of cover, the German tank managed to get rid of Ben Wallace.

Yao Ming was worried that the opponent would find an opportunity, so he ran out with Nowitzki.

Upon seeing this, Kidd handed the ball to Nowitzki with a ground pass.

While receiving the ball, Nuo Tianwang turned to face the basket, then raised his hand and made a gesture to shoot.

His shooting threat was so great that Yao Ming subconsciously jumped to interfere.

Nowitzki succeeded, and immediately crossed to the penalty area to kill.

Ben Wallace moved laterally to make up defense.

Nowitzki stopped suddenly, and Big Ben inevitably bumped into him from the side.

"Beep!"

At the same time as the whistle sounded, Nowitzki completed the shot with a half-lost center of gravity.

The ball bounced off the backboard, and after a few laps on the rim, it still rolled into the net.

Two points scored, but also a penalty!

Nowitzki shook his fist silently, his eyes determined.

He walked to the free throw line and made the extra free throw.

10: 3!

In an offensive and defensive transition, Curry handed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

After receiving the ball, Yao Ming didn't make any extra moves, just turned around and shot backwards...

hit!

10: 5.

Looking back, the Mavericks handed the ball to Nowitzki again.

Seeing that the Rockets didn't mean to double-team, Nowitzki waved his teammates away.

At the same time, Ben Wallace kept exerting physical confrontation behind him.

But Nowitzki's lower body is very stable, even if the waist is supported by the opponent's forearm, it is still as stable as a rock.

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

He tried to rely on two hits, but it was very difficult to advance. After all, Da Ben was also the one who defended against O'Neal back then.

However, Novis is basically not a power style of play.

When his plan failed, he immediately changed his tactics - he swung his shoulders to the right, and the next moment he turned to the left and turned to the bottom line.

Ben Wallace was not deceived, a lateral move continued to block Nowitzki, and the defensive steps were very neat!

Just when people thought that Nowitzki was forced to the bottom line and was already "at the end of the road", Nowitzki forced a fadeaway jump shot...

His shooting point is extremely high, and his shooting speed is not slow.

The bounce is as strong as Ben Wallace, struggling to take off, but still can't get the ball off the cap.

The basketball draws a beautiful arc and hits the net!

12:5, the Mavericks continue to maintain the lead!

After scoring the goal, Nowitzki looked very excited, and he even yelled at Big Ben: "Go on, you almost blocked me!"

Da Ben was taken aback when he heard the words.

In his impression, Nowitzki is not the type of player who can talk trash.

Such a sudden sentence made Ben Wallace stunned.

But he quickly reacted, nodded to Nowitzki, and the corner of his mouth raised a subtle arc.

In the next round, the two met again on a narrow road.

This time, Ben Wallace stepped up the intensity again.

Before Dirk Nowitzki received the ball, he fell into hand-to-hand combat.

The two kept entangled in the low post, and the referee watched nervously from the sidelines.

In the end, under the interference of Big Ben, Nowitzki failed to catch the ball.

However, the old Kidd had a flash of inspiration, taking advantage of the tonnage, forced Curry, and scored an extremely difficult layup.

Nowitzki showed his left arm to the referee while retreating.

The originally white arm was now "white and red", and there were even a few scratches of different shades.

Coupled with Nowitzki's angry expression, it's hard not to feel that he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Ben Wallace.

The referee nodded helplessly, indicating that he knew.

What he didn't know was that after Nuo Tianwang turned his back to him, his angry expression disappeared instantly.

Not far away, Da Ben watched this scene thoughtfully.

............

One minute later, Nowitzki came to the low post again to ask for the ball.

Although Ben Wallace noticed something strange, he still actively invested in defense.

While others were struggling to move and defend, the two of them started fighting again in the low post.

Finally, Kidd found an opportunity and passed the ball to the low post.

The next moment, an "accident" happened.

After being pushed by Ben Wallace with his forearm, Nowitzki staggered two steps forward and almost fell.

Seeing this, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth.

Da Ben behind him immediately understood...

Emotion Nowitzki was doing "bedding" work just now, for the whistleblowing of this foul.

As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of cheating.

The big Ben of the old Jianghu was not angry because of this, but gave Nowitzki a thumbs up.

"I'm going down to rest, our team can still defend you."

Ben Wallace said lightly.

In addition to the previous foul, he already had two fouls on his back, so he had to rest.

"No one can guard against me today. It's the same when Jesus comes, as I said."

Nowitzki changed his humble character in the past and said confidently.

On the sidelines, Mark Jackson turned his head to look at the bench and shouted, "Yi, get ready, it's your turn to play."

Yi Jianlian stood up from the bench, took off his sports coat, and walked excitedly to the technical stage.

Griffin looked at Yi Jianlian who was passing by with a subtle expression.

The game restarted with the Mavericks serving from the sideline.

Marion took the basketball from the referee, and the other Mavericks began to move according to the tactics.

Nowitzki came to the low post again, stepped off his horse, and got stuck for the ball.

His generous body completely covered Yi Jianlian behind him.

Marion didn't think much about it, and passed a lob pass.

But the next moment.A yellow-skinned figure suddenly jumped out, and intercepted the ball with a horizontal hand!

It's Yi Jianlian!

He had already predicted that Marion was going to pass the ball to Nowitzki, so he bowed his back and was ready to go.

The moment the ball left Marion's control, Ah Lian rushed to Nowitzki and blocked the ball.

Yi Jianlian completed the whole set of movements in one go, with a clear purpose, and he has the demeanor of defending the gate!

After a complete steal, UAE immediately handed the ball to Curry next to him.

Rocket No. 30 advanced quickly with the ball, and suddenly received the ball two meters outside the three-point line, and shot a three-pointer.

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

12:8, the Rockets approached the score.

After the ball was scored, Nowitzki, who tried hard to return to the defense but had no effect, was not at all discouraged.

He made a downward movement with both hands, signaling his teammates to remain calm.

After changing sides to fight again, Nowitzki came to the low position again.

This time he was much more cautious, keeping an eye on Yi Jianlian behind him from the corner of his eye when he was stuck.

Coupled with the fact that the passer became Kidd, Nowitzki successfully received the ball this time.

In the past two days, he studied a lot of Yi Jianlian's game videos.

The more he analyzed, the more surprised Nowitzki became.

This big man from the East has always improved his skills step by step!

Specifically... Yi Jianlian always improves his game by leaps and bounds at some point in time!

For example, Yi Jianlian's three-point shooting was very unstable before joining the Rockets.

Even in the first few games after the Rockets, his three-pointers were not flattering.

But after a period of time, Yi Jianlian suddenly changed his shooting posture.

So far, his three-point shooting rate has been rising, and he is now an excellent shooter!

In the playoffs, Yi Jianlian suddenly awakened his defensive skills—whether it was single defense, assist defense, or the ability to protect rebounds, a qualitative leap had taken place.

The more Nowitzki studied his recent videos, the clearer a figure in his mind was the legendary star Rodman!

They are so similar on the defensive end!

How did Rodman play?

You can know a thing or two after seeing the picture of him fighting Karl Malone.

He is very tough on the defensive end, and he will constantly use small moves to irritate his opponents. To sum it up in four words-stalking.

But Nowitzki didn't panic.

On the contrary, after getting to know his opponent, he already had a countermeasure in mind.

Look back to the present.

After receiving the ball, Nuo Tianwang leaned back slightly, sensing the defense behind him with his back.

He didn't rush to attack, but waited until... Yi Jianlian couldn't bear his temper and tried to cut the ball from behind.

At the same time as Ah Lian shot, Nowitzki turned in the opposite direction and easily completed the extraordinary!

"BANG!"

After Nowitzki dunked with a light hand, the score came to 14:8.

This is the result of his research-Rodman's defensive skills, like his character, are relatively aggressive.

As long as you keep your mind calm and wait for the opportunity calmly, he may show his own flaws!

After eating the sheet, Yi Jianlian clapped his hands angrily.

Clearly, he wasn't happy with his performance.

After the offensive and defensive transition, Yi Jianlian took the initiative to step up and set up a pick-and-roll for Curry.

The Mavericks didn't dare to be careless, Butler and Nowitzki decisively chose to switch defenses.

Of course, Curry would not let go of this kind of small opportunity to play big, and immediately signaled his teammates to pull away.

But when the Rockets' other players moved to the right side of the court one after another, Kidd, who was in charge of defending George, suddenly stepped forward to help defend.

This sudden attack caught Curry by surprise.

He was quickly cornered by Nowitzki and Kidd.

At this moment, it seemed to be a repeat of the scene where the Heat double-teamed Rose two days ago.

But Curry doesn't have the jumping ability of Rose, who can jump high and force the ball out.

After he was pressed to the sideline, he could only protect the ball in his arms, waiting for his teammates to respond.

But the two pairs of long arms of Kidd and Nowitzki blocked in front of them, and Curry's sight was completely blocked, and he couldn't see anything at all.

He was going to call a timeout.

But as soon as his eyes turned to the referee, Kidd's big hand hit the basketball in his arms.

Curry quickly stopped the time-out start, and lowered his body to protect the basketball.

But it's too late...

Kidd's hand is like a powerful pliers, firmly grasping the basketball.

No matter how Curry twisted his body and tried to pull the ball out, it didn't help.

"Beep!"

The referee stopped the game.

Scrimmage!

Curry let go of his hands speechlessly, spat out the braces halfway, his face was full of joy.

McGrady stepped forward and patted him on the back, and said with a smile: "You will have to face this sooner or later."

Curry nodded, humming.

Immediately, he and Kidd walked to both sides of the free throw line.

The referee threw the ball high, and both of them jumped hard.

In the end, the young people had better explosive power, and Curry turned the ball to his own camp.

But luck favored the Mavericks this time around.

The only Mavs player on the Rockets' half, Nowitzki, happened to be standing where the ball landed.

He lightly stretched the ape's arm, and directly accepted the basketball.

Yi Jianlian reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward to defend.

But after Nowitzki took a step with his right foot, he made a retreat like a guard...