Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 139 The Rocket Loses to the Mavericks

Toyota Center, the Rockets fans have been in a mood of ups and downs these days. Although they lost the battle of Tianwangshan, the team's prospects are very pessimistic, but the fans still maintain full enthusiasm. Today, the Toyota Center is full again.

The Rockets didn't show any expression when they played, and all of them were cold-faced, especially McGrady. This game cannot be lost. This is the first time McGrady participated in the playoffs on behalf of the Rockets. If he loses this season, the season is over. I want to play against Kobe in the second round to see who is the best player.

"Look at Tracy, how long has it been since he played such a serious defense? He really treats Terry as Kobe!" Steve Kerr was surprised by McGrady's performance today. In Toronto's top defense, McGrady has rarely fought like this since he won the Most Improved Award, except for the occasional matchup with Kobe and Iverson to show that he can't lose to anyone's defense In addition, he has completely become a player with strong offense and weak defense.

But after playing today, McGrady took the initiative to mark Terry. Terry really didn't know that McGrady had such a defense. After he entered the league, McGrady was one of the best offensive players in the league. He didn't expect McGrady's defense to be equally strong!
It has to be said that winning three games in a row made the Mavericks start to relax, and the smooth pick-and-roll cooperation in the first three games made the Rockets have no way to deal with it.In this game, Van Gundy deployed all defensive tactics in this game, and the offense gave McGrady the right to fire unlimitedly. In short, it is necessary to strengthen the defense.In addition, McGrady was very angry, so everyone saw a completely different Rockets team. The most obvious feature of Van Gundy's defensive strategy is stability, but now the Rockets are full of energy.

McGrady and Terry are facing each other, and Nowitzki comes up for a high pick-and-roll. Usually, Howard will make up for Terry at this time, and the Mavericks will cause a dislocation, but this did not happen today. McGrady came up to cover Noveth. Key squeezed between Howard, who was preparing to defend, and blocked Terry tightly, preventing him from breaking through and entering the inside line.Coupled with McGrady's height and long arms, Terry's good pull-up jumper has no room to play in front of McGrady.

McGrady played very aggressively tonight, not only locking up Terry, but also helping defend Harris. McGrady is really a very talented defensive player. McGrady has a keen insight in judging the opponent's breakthrough route. It can easily block the opponent's breakthrough route, and with Sura's assistance, the Mavericks' outside double guns were abolished by McGrady.Later, when Nowitzki exerted strength, McGrady even switched to defend Nowitzki. McGrady took advantage of his height and arm length to go around the front, and the effect was quite good.

On the offensive end, McGrady is also strong. Terry's defense is equivalent to paper for McGrady. Because Yao Ming is restrained by monsters inside, McGrady chooses to shoot from the outside more. He made 22 of 14 three-pointers and 10 of 6 free throws. He scored 14 points and blasted all the Mavericks outside.

Not only Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming also showed his dominance, struggling to beat the No. 30 center in the Western Conference, with 11 points and 105 rebounds. The No. 98 center in the Western Conference is a joke in front of Yao Ming. [-] to [-], the Rockets finally won the sixth game and dragged the game into the tiebreaker.

"What's going on! Damn it, Terry, can you make a shot? Even one ball!" Humphries wailed.

"That guy is finally serious." Kobe watched McGrady propping up the Rockets' offensive and defensive ends, and smiled with satisfaction. This is the McGrady he knew. It seems that this year's playoffs will have a good show.

The seventh game between the Rockets and the Mavericks was really a head-to-head confrontation. On the one hand, McGrady, who is going all out, and the Rockets, who may be the second dominant traditional center in the league, are on the other side, who has the league's best inside scorer and a bunch of powerful Player's Mavericks.On the one hand, defense is the core, and on the other hand, an offensive strong team trained by Nelson in the early days. The seventh game of the two sides in Dallas was inseparable. However, the playoffs are where the defense is played. I have used up all the cards I can use, and now the two sides are comparing the on-the-spot adaptability of the coaches and players of both sides.

At this time, Van Gundy revealed that he was not suitable to be the head coach at all. Van Gundy actually let McGrady defend Nowitzki with all his strength in the crucial fourth quarter because he saw McGrady defending Nowitzki well in the last game. The offense of such a big man caused McGrady to suffer a great loss of physical strength, and the loss of McGrady's suppression of Terry and Harris from the outside line, the two were fully fired, and McGrady was defended by Nowitzki. McGrady was in the end. There is almost no offensive physical strength at all times. With McGrady's persistent consecutive missed shots at the last moment, and Nowitzki did not have much impact because of McGrady's defense. This small defense strategy may be miraculous once in a while, but Nowitzki is [-] feet tall and super lean back. It is not only McGrady who is [-] feet [-] inches who can stop him. As a result, McGrady's hard-fought desire to win was wasted by Van Gundy. After seven games, the Mavericks In the end, they defeated the Rockets and joined the Lakers in the second round.

"It's a pity. I thought we were going to compete. It seems that we can only wait for next year." Kobe expressed his regret to reporters after the game between the Rockets and the Mavericks. However, from the perspective of winning the championship, Kobe is Hope the Rockets lose to the Mavericks, the Mavericks always look easier to deal with than the Rockets.

The second round of the Lakers' home game against the Mavericks is determined to start on May 5.

In addition, other games in the first round have ended, and some teams have already started the second round.The Pistons and the 76ers unexpectedly reached the tiebreaker. In the end, the 76ers still lost to the Pistons in the life-and-death battle due to the depth of the lineup, and missed the second round.The Bulls easily defeated the Pacers [-]-[-], and the Wizards also defeated the Celtics [-]-[-]. The Spurs defeated the Sonics in six games and advanced to the second round.

The second round between the Suns and the Spurs has already been played. Under the leadership of Nash, the Suns took the lead. The second round between the Heat and the Wizards has ended two games. Stable Wizards, who knows that the two teams are tied 1-1, and the difference between the two games is within 5 points.

"Finally we can play again tomorrow!" Kwame stretched after knowing who his opponent was. Well, the Mavericks are not the opponent he would like to meet, but the road to the championship is always full of obstacles. Already prepared.He didn't complain, but was thinking carefully about Nowitzki's weaknesses. Everyone has weaknesses.

(End of this chapter)