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Chapter 136 This Is How the Bucks Work

The Bucks' streak of home games continues.

In tonight's game, they will also usher in a very strong opponent, the Dallas Mavericks.

"This summer, the Lone Ranger team can be regarded as one of the teams in the Western Conference that has made the biggest moves in the trade market."

"They first renewed the contract of the veteran Kidd, then successfully signed the big fish Marion in the free market, and then successively won Gooden and Tim Thomas to strengthen the bench lineup."

Marshall gave his own insights on the Mavericks. Like the current Bucks, this is a team with almost no weaknesses in the lineup.

Tyronn Lue said: "The Lone Ranger team must do a lot in the West this season. They also rank fourth in ESPN's championship rankings."

Li Lai nodded, agreeing with what the two said.

However, the strength of the lineup is one thing, and how strong the lineup can play is another matter. At least in the West where the demons are still dancing, a strong lineup never means winning the game.

Of course, the head coach of the Mavericks, Rick Carlisle, is not a rich man. If Tyronn Lue is the future tactical master, then Carlisle is the current NBA tactical master.

before the game starts.

Barkley looked at the detailed data in his hand and said: "The Bucks have won two consecutive victories. Of course, except for the opening game against the Lakers, where sparks hit the earth, they played against the Rockets last night. They were completely abused."

"So it's hard to have a clear answer to what the strength level of the Bucks is this season."

Kenny Smith said: "However, both Popovich and Phil Jackson talked about it in post-match interviews. This season's Bucks have completed their transformation, at least in the championship battle. seat."

The two hold their own opinions, but regardless of whether the current Bucks have the strength to win the championship, Barkley and Kenny Smith have at least reached a consensus on one point, that is, the Bucks this season are very strong, and no matter how bad they are, they are still the top teams in the league. , but whether it is possible to win the championship on the basis of a first-class team, this still needs more proof in the following games.

Tonight's game is the best opportunity to prove the Bucks, because the Mavericks are not only a first-class team, but they are also considered to have a great possibility of a championship this season.

Bucks starting lineup: Westbrook, Curry, Artest, Rasheed Wallace and Yi Jianlian.

Mavericks starting lineup: point guard Kidd, shooting guard Jason Terry, small forward Shawn Marion, power forward Dirk Nowitzki and center Eric Dampier.

Game start.

Dampier made a successful jump ball, and the Mavericks first attacked.

Kidd held the ball very steadily, and made gestures to indicate the team's next tactics while walking.

Now there are not many top field masters like him in the league. Even if Kidd's current average is only 10 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, his role in the Mavericks is irreplaceable, and players like him, It is simply impossible for the data to reflect his ability.

Kidd held the ball high, Marion covered the bottom line without the ball, and the Jets Terry ran back to the other side without the ball.

This is the Mavericks' favorite tactic, relying on Terry's off-ball running to divert defensive attention while cutting the opponent's defensive formation to achieve the goal of clearing the penalty area.

Curry, who is also good at running without the ball, is very alert and has great experience in defending Terry's running without the ball. He always actively follows the opponent's back and does not allow the Mavericks to play a smooth off-the-ball offense.

Seeing that the first wave of tactics was not completed, Nowitzki quickly dropped to the post, Kidd passed the ball steadily, and the rest of the players immediately drove beyond the three-point line.

Nuo Tianwang is going to perform singles.

Rasheed Wallace, who has very rich defensive experience, knows that Nowitzki has a height of 214cm. Although his wingspan is not exaggerated and only 215cm, this guy can be independent. Defensive offensive techniques.

So Rasheed Wallace desperately exerted force, hoping to push Nowitzki out of the basket to a greater extent.

Nowitzki dribbled with his back. Instead of squeezing into the basket, he was pushed a step further.

But such defensive strength did not affect him, and then a feint breakthrough with sinking shoulders and lowering the center of gravity, Rasheed Wallace could only take a step back, but at this step, Nowitzki kicked the golden rooster independently with one leg .

Swish!
Go in!

"The combination of Dirk Nowitzki's sudden shot is too perfect. Rashid is almost completely in place, but if he can't defend it, he can't defend it. No player can keep an eye on Nowitzki's breakthrough. Watch his shots."

Marshall looked at Rick Carlisle, the head coach of the Mavericks, with admiration. The reason why Nowitzki was able to get such a comfortable one-on-one offensive opportunity was that Terry ran around the court without the ball, so his strength A strong coach has such characteristics, and his tactical arrangements are always surprisingly meticulous.

Tyronn Lue proposed to replace O'Neal in advance during this time period, because Rasheed was obviously worried that Yi Jianlian would find it difficult to defend Nowitzki in the interior, so he broke through the main defense.

Of course, Li Lai is very clear. If Yao Ming is the most incomprehensible offensive center among the centers this season, then Nowitzki is the most deadly offensive among the power forwards. Therefore, the Bucks want to win the defense of the Mavericks. Nowitzki is one of the key link.

Li Lai didn't plan to take O'Neal ahead of time, because even he would be difficult to help defend Nowitzki, and at the same time, such a substitution would greatly affect the Bucks' performance on the offensive end.

Switch offense.

Yi Jianlian took the initiative to raise his hand for the ball from beyond the three-point line, and he also discovered his advantage in matchups.

He was guarded by Eric Dampier, a self-proclaimed No. [-] center in the West, an old-school center with extremely slow feet.

Yi Jianlian held the ball in a high position, and Dampier followed him in a panic, because standing in front of him was a big man who was better at shooting three-pointers than Nowitzki, and his range was extremely far.

But it was Dampier's pounce, and Yi Jianlian directly accelerated towards the penalty area.

Nowitzki rushed over to help defend, and passed the ball inside easily with a combination of strikes, and Rasheed Wallace dunked down and scored.

Kenny Smith said: "Mavericks, don't forget that Yi Jianlian is also a big man who is very good at passing the ball. It is really irrational for them to switch defenses like this."

Barkley would like to say that the problem with this ball is not in Nowitzki's defensive choice, but that Dampier was easily passed by Yi Jianlian in the first step, so the Mavericks can only face the situation of less defense and more defense .

It would be fine if they were facing other teams in the league. It is not impossible to defend less and more, but now facing such a Bucks team that is good at offense, it is really difficult to defend.

Carlisle, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked at Li Lai very vigilantly.

The opponent's tactic was too simple. Yi Jianlian made such a simple breakthrough, and then the Bucks had an easy scoring opportunity. Guard down.

Because Yi Jianlian is Tianke against Dampier.

The Bucks focused on Yi Jianlian for the next four consecutive rounds. In addition to missing a three-pointer, Yi Jianlian made 4 of 3 shots and scored 7 points and 2 assists. 20:14 Take the lead.

Carlisle couldn't sit still when he saw this posture.

The opening game of the new season has just begun. The two giant coaches of the league have praised the Bucks' offense one after another. Carlisle, who is also a master of offensive tactics, was still a little unconvinced by this, so he did not have the chance to draw with the Bucks in this game. The idea of ​​arm wrestling.

After all, the Mavericks' offense is also one of the best in the league.

But judging from the current picture on the court, the Bucks' offense is really fierce.

Carlisle quickly called a timeout, and replaced Dampier, who had been hit by various targets, and took Drew Gooden.

"The Lone Ranger team has put on a small lineup and pushed Nowitzki to the center position. They are going to fight the Bucks offensively."

Since Carlisle became the head coach of the Lone Ranger last season, he has been promoting the team's main offensive tactics, and even let Nowitzki play as a center for nearly 10 minutes in a game.

Compared with Nowitzki's solitary seeking defeat on the offensive end, his deterrence on the defensive end is not strong, so the formation of the Mavericks almost voluntarily gave up the defense of the inside line, and can only attack extremely.

Originally, most commentators and head coaches in the league did not agree with Carlisle's coaching strategy. After all, defense is the eternal god, and offense is just a gorgeous performance in the regular season.

Isn't the Suns team that didn't make the playoffs last season a living example?

However, the reality is very embarrassing. In addition to the 7-game losing streak at the start of last season, the Lone Ranger team played more and more smoothly in the following games. In the end, they not only entered the playoffs, but even eliminated them 4:1 in the first round. The spurs.

The Spurs were the favorites to win last season.

If it weren't for the fact that Melo Anthony was too incomprehensible in the Western Conference semifinals, the Mavericks might have gone further.

This is also the reason why Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks this season, tried his best to trade Marion. Season met Anthony that guy.

Li Lai looked at the court excitedly. He also wanted to see whether the small lineup of the Mavericks had a better offense or the Bucks were better.

on the field.

Kidd's advance speed this time is very fast, and he is actively strengthening the offensive rhythm.

Nowitzki ran without the ball inside, from the right waist to the left, and then used Drew Gooden's pick-and-roll to get a very comfortable low singles position.

Yi Jianlian followed the defense closely, but the offensive space that Nowitzki gained after the off-ball pick-and-roll was so good that he was not sure about defending the opponent's offense alone.

Fortunately, the experienced Rasheed Wallace rushed forward to double-team, but Marion suddenly cut into the penalty area from a 45° angle on the weak side.

"There's room! This is a great opportunity!"

Nowitzki hit the ground and passed the ball, and Marion caught the ball for a layup.

Snapped!
"Artest's return defense is very fast!"

Marion was directly destroyed by Artest's cut ball when he made a layup, Yi Jianlian picked up the rebound, and the Bucks made a fast break counterattack.

Carlisle frowned slightly. He suddenly found that the two strikers of the Bucks defended really well, and the defensive cooperation was very tacit, especially in the two points of defense against cutting and passing.

Yi Jianlian made a long pass, and Westbrook took the ball crazily and quickly, but Curry had already run deep in front of him.

Westbrook hesitated, and finally passed the ball.

After receiving the ball, Curry saw that there was no one three meters behind him, and excitedly took three steps for a layup. At this moment, he felt as if he was possessed by Carter, and his body was extremely light. He even thought of the old hooligan who had retired Flying Jordan, he is now in the air like the opponent, staying in the air like flying.

boom!
Duang!

Curry slammed the basketball on the rim so hard that his body almost bounced and fell to the ground, and the basketball fell.

Fortunately, Terry behind him thought that the ball would go in Curry, so he didn't return to the defense in time, but at this time the opponent had already reacted and was desperately returning to the defense.

Curry blushed and got hot, quickly picked up the basketball and jumped up again.
boom!
Fortunately buckled in, but still barely.

Westbrook slapped his face behind him, and he really regretted passing the ball so much.

Artest shook his head helplessly. His dunk was ugly, but he could make it. This bastard primary school student is really ashamed.

The fans at the Bradley Arena at the scene let out a cry of cooperation, and some fans even couldn't help laughing. The rookie they selected this year is really cute. It seems that he was the one who did the ass dance last time.

Curry was also amused by his own fans. He shamelessly showed off his big chest muscles to the audience, then patted his chest and said confidently: "I'm Milwaukee Carter!"

Fans: Carter, you sister, you Karaski fly the plane.

In the next round, Milwaukee Carter suddenly got rid of Terry's defense by running back from the bottom line. Westbrook's pass was fast, Curry received the ball comfortably, and made a three-pointer with a beautiful arc.

Swish!
Go in!

Curry was about to dance again to celebrate, but seeing the fierce eyes of Artest and Rasheed Wallace, he had no choice but to dance the shoulder-shaking dance.

But in Terry's opinion, such a shoulder shaking action is a full-fledged provocative action. The key is that this guy's temper has always been a powder keg, and he will be on fire at one point.

Terry chased after Curry, put his mouth on the other's ear, and greeted him rudely.

The elementary school student was about to be scolded and cried. As a rookie, when had he seen such villains on the court? He raised his hand and hurried to the referee.

But before the referee arrived, Artest and Wallace had already covered Terry.

"Boy, who are you bullying?"

"You don't know who is guarding the territory of Milwaukee?"

"5 years ago, you had to lie down and go out tonight, believe it or not?"

"The elementary school student can only be bullied by us, but we don't allow others to make trouble for him."

In this way, Terry was hit by the chest by Artest, and then by Rasheed Wallace.

Terry was still not convinced, he jumped up and wanted to have another confrontation with Artest, who knew that the opponent suddenly exerted a dark force at this time, and directly flew him into the camera booth.

Barkley grinned and said: "Terry doesn't even look at who is standing in front of him, they are the Beast and Roaring Heavenly Venerate, how dare he mess with these two?
Lambiel couldn't save him when he came. "

Curry looked at the two big brothers who often bullied him with a moved face, and was about to say something when Rasheed Wallace walked over viciously and put his arms around Curry's neck for an education.

"Don't you believe that I told you to stop dancing your ass on the court, and now you are being cleaned up?

Not only Terry wants to beat you, I want to beat you too! "

Curry was very uncomfortable when his neck was stuck, and he called out: "Big brother, help."

At the end of the first half, the Bucks maintained the lead with 60:55.

It wasn't until this time that Carlisle finally realized that the Mavericks were no match for the Bucks at all when compared to a small lineup, because they had three players who were very good at defending a small lineup, Westbrook, Artest and Larry. Sid Wallace.

So don't look at the Bucks' inside defense is only the average level of the league, but their strength in front line and point guard defense may be regarded as the top five in the league.

In the second half, Li Lai suddenly gave Villanueva and Iverson a lot of playing time, because at this time the Mavericks' substitute players were Jose Barea and Dampier.

Barea is a model of short players. Compared with Kidd, his defense is completely heaven and earth. As for Dampier, it is still a long-standing problem not to be able to defend.

Villanueva's excellent open three-pointer and Iverson's breakthrough made contributions in this period of time. The Bucks gave proof of their strong team in the third quarter. They played a wave of 16:4 to decide the game. The high slot of victory and defeat.

In the fourth quarter of the game.

Li Lai walked near the center line, raised his right hand and made a number 3 gesture.

"Now, it's time to end the game."

The elevator door tactics reappeared. Carlisle obviously did enough homework before the game. Faced with Curry's continuous off-ball running, he asked the Mavericks players on the field to switch every screen to keep up with Curry's speed.

Li Lai smiled slightly.

"Carlisle is worthy of being a tactical master. Under the template of the game between the Bucks and the Lakers, he thought of infinite switching to limit Curry's offense. I, Li Lai, would like to call you a tactical genius."

However, it is not so simple to defend the elevator door tactics!
The wisdom of countless coaches in previous lives failed to find a complete solution. Carlisle only thought for a few days, but he still couldn't solve this abnormal tactic.

After the Mavericks decided to switch defenses infinitely, the players defending Curry quickly became Nowitzki.

Curry was afraid of Nowitzki's height and wingspan and did not force a three-pointer, but took the initiative to hit the inside with one shot.

Yi Jian hits the ball and it's Terry who defends him.

Yi Jianlian split the buckle with one hand, and Terry only touched Yi Jianlian's chest when he took off to block the shot.

The Bucks scored again.

Carlisle smiled helplessly off the court.

The Lone Ranger team, which is already behind, still can't defend against the elevator door tactics. How can they play against the Bucks?

Sure enough, at the end of the game, the Bucks won the game 120:110.

诺维斯基全场26投13中，罚球8中7拿下了33分8篮板，这个数据已经十分出色了，但是雄鹿队仍然赢了。

In an interview after the game, Carlisle shook his head and shrugged when asked by reporters what he thought of the game.

"Before the appearance of the Bucks, there was only one offensive team called the Suns in the league, but everyone knows that the Suns are the dragons of the regular season and the worms of the playoffs."

"And now, there is a team in the league that is better at offense than the Suns. Of course, I hope they are also the worms of the playoffs. Otherwise, the Eastern teams, you may have great trouble this season. "

These reporters were extremely shocked by this passage. This is already the third coach in the league to praise the Bucks' offense.

One of the reporters asked curiously: "The Lone Ranger team has been one of the best offensive teams in the league since last season. Why does Coach Carlisle praise the Bucks' offense so much?"

Hearing this, Carlisle was extremely helpless, and he remembered the double striker combination that restricted the Mavericks.

"I want to give full marks to the Bucks' off-season operations. The whole world seems to be underestimating the man named Li Lai."

"Not only is he top-notch in coaching the team, but also the management and operation of the team cannot be underestimated."

"In my opinion, there are only two possibilities to beat the Bucks. One is to limit their offense, and the other is to fight against them."

"I don't know if any team can do the former, but I don't think any team can do the latter."

"Because if you want to compete with the Bucks offensively, you must have a more flexible small lineup, but they have three players who are very restrained against small lineups."

"That's what the Bucks really were operating in the summer, thinking far ahead."

And this kind of person who can both coach players and participate in the operation of the team reminds Carlisle of the evergreen tree in the NBA, the bad old man in San Antonio, who is also an all-rounder who is very good at doing such things.

　I have a cold and a headache, just one more tonight.

　　Sorry guys.

　　If tomorrow is better, I will work hard to add more.

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(End of this chapter)