NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 253 Consecutive away games before the playoffs (25)

After a short day off, the Bobcats started their continuous road trip again.

In the next three games, the Bobcats challenged the Mavericks, Spurs and Sonics respectively.

This wave of schedule can be called a devil's schedule.

Because these three teams are currently three of the top four in the Western Conference, and the other is of course the number one Suns in the league.

Facing this kind of schedule, and it is very dense, Liu Rui is also very distressed, but even if he is distressed, the game must continue.

Facing the Mavericks, all the generals of the Bobcats opened fire and staged a battle with the Mavericks.

The score between the two sides was very high. At halftime, the two teams played amazingly:
70:76
At the end of the half, the Bobcats were temporarily behind the Mavericks by 6 points.

Back in the second half, the two teams switched sides to fight again, but after several rounds of fighting, with Nowitzki and Terry hitting key goals one after another in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Bobcats regretted losing on the road.

Regarding the loss of this game, Liu Rui didn't have much to say. After all, there is indeed some gap between the two teams in terms of team configuration.

Instead of complaining about these things, it's better to be ready for the next game.

In the next game, the Bobcats will challenge the Spurs non-stop away.

Facing the Spurs, Liu Rui directly chose to give up the game tactically because he was still on a continuous away trip.

Put all the main players on the bench and take out the team's second team to fight against it.

Put the physical strength of the main lineup in the next game against the Sonics.

Due to the absence of the main lineup, under the absolute gap, the Bobcats finally lost the game without any suspense.

The gap between the two teams this season is still very obvious, although in the last match this season, the Bobcats won one game over the Spurs with Martin's buzzer lore.

But that game, after all, brought together the right time, place and people. It was Liu Rui's special means against Duncan that he barely won the game.

And now the Bobcats are on their road trip in the West, and there are still several games to play.

So there is no need for a deadlock with the Spurs.

After all, for the Spurs, if the two sides really want to let go and play, the Bobcats' winning rate will never exceed [-]%.

Even with the addition of Liu Rui's special methods, the Bobcats' current winning percentage is not too high. Rather than doing this, it is better to choose to give up tactically.

The Bobcats, who lost this game, were not too discouraged.

After flying to Seattle, everyone in the Bobcats still has a day's rest in order to adjust their state and meet the next game with the Supersonics.

The Sonics can be said to have sprung up this season, and they were not favored by people before the game. However, as the season progressed, Ray Allen and Lewis in the team were not only selected as All-Stars at the same time.

So far, it has led the Supersonics to the fifth place in the West.

And because of the division, the Sonics are likely to rise to fourth place in the West in the end.

Because besides the Supersonics, the two strongest teams in the Northwest Division are the Timberwolves and the Nuggets.

Compared with these two teams, the Sonics have a great chance to eventually become the division champion of the Northwest Division.

Facing the Supersonics, the advantage of the Bobcats to bloom more points has finally been reflected.

Because the entire Supersonic team has been led by Ray Allen and Lewis so far, which is quite similar to the Wizards Gemini.

In this game, under the key care of Wallace, Lewis played very hard.

In addition, once the main lineups of both sides are off, the Bobcats will quickly crush the Supersonics.

So this also led to the Supersonics having to greatly increase the playing time of their main lineup.

After three quarters of fighting between the two teams, after coming back in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats, who were obviously in better shape, began to exert their strength.

Facing the inside line composed of Fortson and Jerome James, Okafor and Jefferson directly sieved it.

This made the two teams that were leading each other in the first three quarters, after the fourth quarter came up, it directly became a unilateral massacre by the Bobcats.

Faced with the fierce offensive of the Bobcats, the head coach of the Sonics, McMillan, called a timeout several times.

However, the personal ability of the players is here. After returning to the court, not only did the situation not improve, but the point difference became wider and wider.

Seeing that the team was unable to recover, McMillan shook his head helplessly, replaced his main lineup in advance, and announced that the game had entered garbage time.

In the battle between the two benches, at the end of the game, the Bobcats played on the road with:
112:101
11 points to beat the Sonics.

While ending his two-game losing streak, he also avoided falling out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference and continued to sit on Diaoyutai with a slight advantage.

After defeating the Sonics, the Bobcats have only the last two games left in their Western Conference road trip.

After these two games are over, the Bobcats will return to the East.

It is definitely a huge advantage for players to run around for a long time.

In the last two games in the West, the Bobcats' opponents were the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors.

These two teams are currently ranked sixth in the Western Conference and the other is the bottom of the Western Conference.

In terms of probability, the Bobcats are likely to end their trip to the West with a record of one win and one loss.

But obviously, Liu Rui is not satisfied with this result, because his goal is to win both games!

First, they challenged the Rockets in an away game. For the first time in this game, Liu Rui did not use the recent Twin Towers lineup in the starting lineup.

Instead, the old star Divac was included in the starting lineup, because on the defensive end, whether it is the current Divac, Jefferson, or Okafor, they will definitely not be able to guard Yao Ming in a single defense.

So for Yao Ming's defensive strategy, Liu Rui has always double-teamed.

After all, the Bobcats are on the front line, but they have a defense master, Gerald Wallace.

If nothing else, Wallace definitely has a place in the best defensive team this season.

As for the award for the best defensive player, Liu Rui dare not guarantee it.

After all, the competition for this award is extremely fierce in the league.

Compared with Jefferson's presence on the court, Divac can use his shooting ability on the offensive end to greatly restrain Yao Ming.

The forced Yao Ming had to pull out to the three-point line on the defensive end.

Once Yao Ming leaves the penalty area on the defensive end, the Bobcats will have a lot of options on the offensive end.

As for why Divac was used instead of Wang Zhizhi, who also has shooting ability.

Because Wang Zhizhi's body is too thin, Divac can at least use his body to withstand Yao Ming's back when he is in the low position.

Today, Divac suffers only from footsteps, so Liu Rui will still choose to double-team Yao Ming while using Divac...

(End of this chapter)