NBA: Fusion of two talents to dominate the entire league

After defeating the Phoenix Suns, the Nets defeated the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers at home. The 5-game winning streak also created the best start in the Nets' history. In these 5 games, Roy averaged 25.9 points, 13.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks, shocking the entire league. It was said that Tim Duncan was a full-level big man when he entered the NBA. Now Roy is even more exaggerated than the first year of the Stone Buddha. Just based on his performance in the first five games, he not only won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Year last week, but also the Eastern Conference Player of the Year. His arrival made the Nets quickly forget Kenyon Martin. This In the last season, Martin's score dropped sharply in the Nuggets because of Kidd's absence, from 16.9 points and 9.5 rebounds last season to 13.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Roy's data is almost twice his.

At the beginning of the season, many basketball columnists who knew basketball criticized the Nets fiercely, but now they all disappeared.

The media also stopped discussing who was stronger between Martin and Roy.

One is a rising star, and the other is obviously a system player or a man who eats cakes with serious defects.

Now the scene has become a one-sided praise for the Nets' sharp vision and the stroke of genius at the beginning of the season.

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On November 13, the Army Air Force Arena in New Jersey ushered in a new enemy,

The Dallas Mavericks from Texas, who started with 5 wins and 1 loss, also had a wonderful start.

It seems that losing Nash, one of the three horses, has no effect on them at all.

Roy will also face his biggest challenge since entering the NBA today, the German tank Dirk Nowitzki.

Nowitzki broke out in this season, averaging 28.6 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the first five games.

The two players' data are comparable, but Roy knows that his data is inflated, after all, he played a lot in garbage time.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spent a lot of money this season. Except for not renewing Nash's contract, he can be regarded as a generous owner at other times.

In addition to Nowitzki, the team also has Finley, one of the three horses of the Mavericks, Stackhouse, the third pick of North Carolina, Terry of the Jets,

Dampier, the second center in the league, Bradley, the one who was dunked by McGrady, Devin Harris, one of the fastest players in the history of the league, Van Horn, Josh Howard,

On paper, the Mavericks' lineup is luxurious, and each of them is a well-known figure.

So far, the two teams are ranked first in the East and West respectively.

Before the start of the game, the media began to hype the duel between the league's top power forwards.

It is a veritable battle for the top spot in the league. Although it is only a record of 5 or 6 games, major newspapers are completely happy to do it for sales.

Before the game, Nowitzki, who is also an international player, showed his goodwill to Roy and said that this year's best rookie must be Roy.

Roy humbly said that he still has a lot to learn from Dirk.

Both sides shouted modestly and friendly.

The media who smelled the fishy smell and wanted to make big news were confused. What about the agreed tit-for-tat and the agreed pre-game gunpowder smell?

How did it become saying good things to each other and praising each other? How can we write our news?

Which reader wants to read a headline like "The battle for the top spot in the league, two forwards, flirting and appreciating each other"?

A headline like "Two forwards appreciate each other, look at each other affectionately, and are full of affection. New and old stars live in harmony" doesn't look like serious news?

So many media began to use their expertise.

"Nowitzki hinted that this year's best rookie has been selected, and the league's credibility is hard to convince the public"

"Roy claimed that he must learn from Nowitzki and exposed the league's veterans suppressing newcomers"

Looking at the newspaper, Roy was speechless. Damn, the future UC was misled by these reporters' reports.

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As the two teams finished warming up, the game began.

Both starting lineups:

Mavericks: Terry, Finley, Stackhouse, Nowitzki, Dampier

Nets: Kidd, Carter, Jefferson, Roy, Chandler

Dampier unexpectedly won the ball over Tyson Chandler.

The team leader Kidd was a little unhappy. Chandler smiled awkwardly. Just now he seemed to be in a trance. The referee whistled and threw the ball into the air. He stood there motionless.

In order to ease the embarrassment, he quickly caught up with Dampier who ran to the inside.

Terry, who got the ball, pushed forward quickly. This was his first season in Dallas and he had to give 120 points.

After all, his predecessor Steve Nash was too good, which put a lot of pressure on him.

Jason Terry broke through the ball and passed it to Nowitzki in the waist position.

No. 41 Nowitzki facedRoy No. 42,

Just this jersey number gives people endless room for imagination. It would be a waste if this number is not tit-for-tat.

A large number of reporters on the sidelines opened their eyes wide. The much-hyped battle for the top power forward started directly in the first round.

Sure enough, these two people are like their girlfriends. They say no, but their bodies are still very honest.

You can say that Nowitzki's defense is average, but his offensive ability is definitely at the historical level.

His early flexibility is not even inferior to that of a small forward.

Nowitzki's skillful dribbling and full of blond hair reminded Roy of the Silver Horn King again.

The simple crotch dribble, the change of direction and the shake, Roy was not fooled. Nowitzki followed with a dribble to the left and a fadeaway jump shot directly in front of Roy.

The high arc matched with Nowitzki's height and fadeaway angle,

For the first time, Roy felt that his arm was still It was not long enough. Although Roy had tried his best to jump up, Nowitzki's offensive rhythm was too good.

He used the shaking to deviate Roy's center of gravity. When he jumped again, he was half a beat late.

The basketball flew over Roy's fingertips and into the basket.

2-0

Roy was not upset, but laughed. It turned out that there was no false reputation. The offensive ability of the German tank was the first time he had seen it in his life.

It seems that he has watched too few videos of Nowitzki and underestimated the heroes in the world.

Roy passed the ball to Carter who was nearby.

Carter rolled his eyes at Roy and pointed at Kidd, his meaning was obvious.

"Man, you still have to give Kidd the ball when dribbling across half court, otherwise he won't touch the ball many times in the whole game except for assists."

It can be seen that Carter is very relaxed. Since he came to the Nets, the burden on him has been reduced a lot.

The burden of the team's offense does not need to be carried by one person. He is relaxed, his shooting percentage has begun to increase significantly, and he has become more cheerful.

It seems like he has returned to the original Raptors. The 27-year-old suddenly feels energetic.

Kidd dribbled the ball across the frontcourt.

Nowitzki was already standing at the three-point line waiting for Roy.

The two smiled at each other.

The atmosphere was so intense that it would be unreasonable not to play one alone.

He gestured to Kidd to give him the ball. The older brothers in the team still understood young people.

After passing the ball, they distanced themselves and left the two of them to play one-on-one.

Roy dribbled the ball and slowly walked to a 45-degree angle.

He changed direction and swayed under his crotch. His movements were exactly the same as Nowitzki's. The only difference was that Nowitzki was fooled by his fake move and jumped up.

Roy dribbled a step to the left and made a fadeaway jump shot without any interference!

The media said they loved watching it and the audience enjoyed it. Although the two did not argue, this direct confrontation undoubtedly had more advanced trash talk before the game.

The basketball language on the court was much more interesting than the pale description in writing.

The expressions of the two were subtle. Roy indicated that his round was successful and it was time to move on to the next round.