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Chapter 403 An honor, but also a fiasco!

The Mavericks lost the first game of the first round very desperately.

Although it is a high probability event for the Mavericks to lose the game, the 26 points are still too ugly. In the first round, the east and west are added together. In the first eight games played, the Mavericks lost the worst.

You know, the regular season and the playoffs are two worlds.

The regular season is okay, but in the playoffs, when the exposure rate increases greatly, every team and every player will show their best form. After all, the highlight of a season is all in one or two months. Lia, and the Jazz are the same. They are all ready to hit the championship this season. Judging from Jerry Sloan's meticulous attitude and not wanting to give up even garbage time, he still has quite high expectations. He doesn't want to give the Mavericks , Give Li Shengli any chance to come back.

There is nothing wrong with being careful, but Jerry Sloan is really a little overwhelmed, and he has a high opinion of the current Mavericks.

6 points behind in 18 minutes!

How can this be reversed?

Li Shengli couldn't think of a way to make a comeback. He scored 23 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks even when he was double-teamed. There is no way for the gods to save him.

It's not wrong to lose!

Even if Li Shengli didn't want to admit it, the Mavericks were still far behind the Jazz in terms of hard power compared to the whole team, and this was clearly demonstrated in the second game of the first round...

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It's still the Jazz's home game, and it's still the same routine.

Malone led Felton to block Li Shengli with all his strength, because the first game proved the feasibility of this double-teaming plan, Jerry Sloan, who has always been pragmatic, had no reason not to continue using it, and the facts also proved... a new trick, Eating all over the sky is real.

No one is a fool. The Jazz tasted the sweetness in the first game, and the Mavericks also suffered enough, so the G2 game faced double-teaming, and it was directly caused by Li Shengli's time difference and a turnaround jumper to beat Felton, not asking for a violent dunk. Pleasure, just want to score steadily and steadily, of course... If the Jazz's double-teaming speed is too fast, the ball that should be scored will still be scored, and Kidd and Curry performed much better than in the first game.

Throughout the first half, the main players of the two sides were on the field at the same time, and the fights were still back and forth. The score was so tight that each team's temporary lead would not exceed 2 points, and they rose alternately.

But in the second half, both sides faced the problem of rotation. Not only the feel and state of the players on the field must be considered here, but also the physical fitness and the number of fouls. At this point... the key to the confrontation of the game appeared again.

The Jazz are the absolute main force. Malone and Stockton are amazingly powerful together. Even if they are separated, they can play a huge role. Therefore, Jerry Sloan's rotation staggers the two, and each leads the team for a few minutes. , There is no need to worry about the rotation of other positions.

But for the Mavericks, when Li Shengli took a break, the team's offensive rhythm stopped abruptly.

At this time, Kidd, who led the team alone, wanted to cry. After all, what he needs is a teammate who is strong in attack and good at running, so as to create mobile opportunities for his teammates. The defense is in place, even if his several passes are quite subtle, but in the blink of an eye, the defender will block him, without the ability to attack, it is completely useless.

Pick and roll to break the defense?

Basically useless, Kidd is not Stockton, the offensive efficiency of the two is very different, but the offensive shortcomings limit the use of pick-and-rolls. The defense only needs to focus on the inside players who do pick-and-rolls That's fine, otherwise, playing a high pick-and-roll with Li Shengli... the effect is superb.

Back to the game.

There were back and forth in the first half, and the rotation in the second half cheated.

It took only 6 minutes for the Mavericks to lose by 6 points. With this backward point difference, when Li Shengli played again, he couldn't catch up even if he tried his best. The point difference was always stuck at around 6 points until the game At the last second, he failed to hold on to 6 points, and lost another 2 points in G8.

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Match point?

The Jazz have grabbed the match point!

To be honest, except for the tiebreaker against the Bulls, Li Shengli has never had the experience of being robbed of the playoffs by others, and almost all the pressure was brought back to the base camp Dallas by him and a group of teammates, waiting The third game is coming.

Is it a fine-tuning of conventional tactics?

Or is it a counterattack with a major change in tactics and a last stand?

The Mavericks don't have many choices, because what can be seen in the first two games is enough, and it can be expected that...in the slow rhythm of the Jazz, their hope is still slim, and the only way is to speed up. Fight the line of fire to break through and break out of the constraints of slow positional warfare.

For this reason, before the third game, Gordon moved out the "positional blurring" concept that former bishop Mota boasted, and created a starting lineup with one shot and four quick shots.

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Change is the inevitable law of the development of things.

The one-for-four rapid-fire start is not risky, because the Mavericks have already stepped on the sideline of the game, and they will be sorry for themselves if they don’t fight once, and there are traces of this tactical thinking... because the Mavericks can’t defend if they really fight hard. To live in the Jazz Shuangsha's benchmark pick-and-roll, it is better to sacrifice this defensive part directly, maximize the speed of offensive and defensive transitions, and turn the original positional offense into a fast break, and Li Shengli's problem of being double-teamed will be easily solved.

The effect of the first quarter was amazing, and the Mavericks caught the Jazz by surprise.

Kidd was completely released in the first quarter of this game. The assist he is good at is not the moment when he blocks the split, but the vision control and opportunity distribution of the fast break during the march. However, the defensive rebound controlled by Li Shengli created too much for him. More frontcourt '4X100 meters' relay fast break.

As a result, the Mavericks led the Jazz in a rare single-quarter score. Even if this fast break system is only in the initial stage of construction, the Jazz are scalp numb from this super fast fighting rhythm.

However, there is no unsolvable concept in tactics. The difference is whether there are enough capable players to deal with it. The Jazz have it. Jerry Sloan, who holds the match point, can also see clearly that the Mavericks will eventually take a hit.

It's true that the Mavericks are fast, but the Jazz can't be fast?

Obviously, the Jazz have also increased their speed from the second quarter, not to increase the offensive speed, but to increase the defensive speed, not seeking stable marking, but seeking to interfere when shooting.

For a while, the Mavericks' offense in the second quarter was messed up. The four-speed shot in the established tactical system required speed and accuracy. Germany is also completely unable to control the field.

The watershed of the game came too fast!

All the way forward for the Mavericks are blocked!

From the collapse in the second quarter to the complete defeat in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks entered the playoffs again after four years and stopped in the first round, and they were still swept out 3:0.

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As far as Li Shengli is concerned, this result is definitely the worst one he expected. This season is also his worst result so far, but at the same time he also knows... It is unrealistic for the Mavericks to win the championship this season. The gap between strong and weak is sometimes really difficult for him to make up for himself.

Fortunately, everything is developing for the better.

The atmosphere in the team is harmonious, the relationship between generals and coaches is good, and the management also intends to strengthen in the future, and the Dallas Mavericks rushed to the playoffs from the bottom of the Western Conference last season. This span is already very large, exceeding everyone's expectations.

It's always good to have progress and keep improving.

Li Shengli is now waiting for a tough guy to stand beside him, and next season is bound to go further than this season, and what he is thinking about is... the younger brother who is a high-ranked rookie in this draft.

(End of this chapter)