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Chapter 122 122. Battle Mavericks 3
Liu Ren has always felt regretful, if Carter was given a shark, if McGrady hadn't left the Raptors back then, if Carter had gone to Magic earlier...

Too many ifs made Carter's career, like Tracy McGrady's, brilliant and brilliant, but it became ordinary early on.

Just like Liu Ren's other regrets, what would happen if Yao Ming teamed up with Kobe after his rookie contract ended?You must know that Yao Ming was a rookie between 98 and 04. This wave of rookies is not like the later rookies. After the rookie contract ends, he can leave freely!
It wasn't until after the labor agreement was reached in 06 that new regulations were introduced that rookie teams after 05 had the right to match with their home team first, and various provisions for early contract renewal.

Therefore, James, Anthony, Wade, Bosh, Paul and other talents can only renew their contracts for three years when they renew their contracts in advance.

However, most of the rookies at the beginning of the century were relatively loyal. Few rookies trained as core players left the team after finishing their rookie contracts, and usually renewed their contracts.

So Yao Ming rejected the pursuit of the Lakers and signed a five-year contract with the Rockets, which was also the last contract.

Liu Ren occasionally thinks, if Yao Ming went to the Lakers at that time, with Kobe, a guard who is good at partnering with super insiders, with Kupchak's ability, he would definitely be able to get one of Garnett or Gasol, Yao Ming would still Retired due to overwork and injury?
One must know that Master Zen is best at conserving the physical strength of the players. If he sees that Yao Ming is too tired in the regular season, he might just give Yao Ming a vacation, let him rest casually in the regular season like O'Neal, and come back to show off in the playoffs.

Then Yao Ming will retire so early?Maybe they are still stirring up trouble in the alliance now.

There are also Kobe and McGrady, Kobe and James, these two combinations are reasonable no matter how you look at them. They are both a combination of scoring maniacs and good at organizing, and they are both strong in defense. Can they surpass Jordan Pippen's achievements?
It's a pity that all of this can only exist in regret.

Carter entered the league two years later than Kobe, but he is one year older than Kobe. At the age of 37, he is no longer as strong as he used to be. He can only play as the sixth man in the Mavericks, averaging 12 points per game.

I have to say that Carlisle is really good, and the five players he sent were all played by him.

After the Lakers won a few games in a row, the stinky problems began to show up again, and the defensive end began to relax, giving the Mavericks a lot of scoring opportunities.

Although Whiteside was on the inside to help defend, the young people on the outside didn't learn well. They learned Kobe's traffic command and defense last season, and started playing when they took the lead.

Fortunately, Nick Young was really accurate. Whiteside robbed Blair and Crowder of rebounds, and the score was not forced to close.

The second team played for more than six minutes. Carter scored 7 points with a low-altitude flight and scored 4 of 10. Before the official timeout, he made a three-pointer to help the Mavericks close the point difference to 11 points.

The score became 39-50.

After the timeout, both sides replaced with the strongest lineup, and the Lakers replaced Antetokounmpo, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Gasol, and Whiteside.

The Mavericks replaced Calderon, Carter, Marion, Nowitzki, Dalembert.

The Lakers want to expand their advantage before halftime, and the Mavericks want to narrow the score before halftime, otherwise they will be under too much pressure in the third quarter.

However, the Lakers have always had a bad problem. This problem hadn't appeared at the beginning of this season, especially after experiencing a losing streak after extensive injuries, they played very focused one by one.

However, he has won a lot recently, and this problem has begun to occur again. There have been some signs since the last game against the Nuggets.

Start to wave when you are ahead!

Including Liu Ren.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Ren wanted to pay back Carter's three-pointer just before the timeout, and made a three-pointer against Marion's defense!

It's hard to tell what the feel is, sometimes it's gone if you say no.

Liu Ren's three-pointer was too wide.

Looking back, Carter beat Nick Young so hard that the latter made two free throws for a defensive foul, and the point difference became 9 points.

Then Nick Young wanted to pay Carter back, but he still missed a three-pointer after dribbling the ball under his crotch continuously from the outside.

Whiteside grabbed the offensive rebound and missed the second offensive throw. Dalembert fought desperately to grab the defensive rebound.

The Mavericks fight back!

Nowitzki followed up with a mid-range hit!
Seven points difference!

At this time, the Lakers didn't feel nervous at all. They all thought that it would be easy to defeat the Mavericks. They were very confident and thought it would be easy to widen the point difference.

What the Lakers thought was right. Even if their previous games were tense, as long as they got nervous, they would hit the opponent with a small climax of more than a dozen casually.

But things seem to be a little different this time.

The Lakers team suddenly felt freezing point!
And the two 36-year-olds Carter and Nowitzki on the Mavericks broke out today!Even hits.

At the end of halftime, the Mavericks successfully overtook the score!

61比60，卡特单节20分，诺维斯基单节11分，两个老头在后半节的6分钟拿到21分！
The Lakers only scored 10 points in the second half of the quarter!
But no one in the Lakers felt nervous from top to bottom. They all felt that as long as they exerted their strength, they could overtake and open the score in two or three moves.

In the third quarter, after the Lakers lineup of Marshall, McCollum, Wesley Johnson, Antetokounmpo, and Kaman came on the field, the Mavericks got off to a 21-2 start, and the point difference was widened. After 20 points, the Lakers began to react, it seems that the situation is not good!

D'Antoni quickly replaced Nash, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Gasol, and Whiteside, trying to catch them back in one go.

However, the Lakers' outside touch has not recovered for a long time. By the end of the third quarter, the point difference has remained at around 20 points.

75 to 93, the Lakers trailed the Mavericks by 18 points after three quarters!
"The Mavericks played beautifully in these two quarters! It's really unexpected to push the Lakers to this point." Barkley said.

"The Lakers are too careless. I think they will definitely counterattack in the fourth quarter. 18 points is not a big problem for them." O'Neal is blindly optimistic about the Lakers. It is a strong team with a good record this year, ranking second in the Western Conference.

"Yes, it is not difficult for the Lakers to win more than ten points in a single quarter, but their hand feeling is a big problem now. The outside shots are not accurate. The Mavericks can rest assured to play zone defense. The Lakers have no offensive strength inside. Plus Saul has been suppressed against Nowitzki all these years, it’s really hard to say in this game, maybe the Lakers will fall in Dallas.” Kenny Smith is always the most objective one.

Liu Ren was very annoyed. He didn't care until the Mavericks opened the point difference to 20 points. Even after being opened to 20 points, he was still not in a hurry, thinking that he could recover in two or three strokes.

But it turns out that's not the case!

The feel was gone all of a sudden, Liu Ren was 5 for 0 in a single quarter from the outside line, a rare and extremely bad feel!

Nowitzki and Carter on the opposite side scored 70 points in three quarters, and three-quarters of the Mavericks' points were scored by these two old men.

"Inside!" Liu Ren's eyes flashed, only this breakthrough point!

(End of this chapter)