The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 325 Another Showdown
At the scene of the game, players from both sides have already entered the field and have started preparing for the jump ball near the middle circle.

"Okay, let me take a look at the starting lineups of the two sides. The Mavericks' starting lineup is Dirk Nowitzki, Kidd, Brandon Haywood, Sean Marion, and Caron Butler. For the Trail Blazers, Xue Ding is the starting point guard for the previous game." Yang Rui said quickly after glancing at the roster at the scene.

"It seems that the Mavericks are looking for some variables in this game. Jason Terry and Eric Dampier, who started in the last game, were both taken out of the starting position in this game. Heywood and Caron Butt Le replaced the two of them in the starting lineup, and after being reversed and lost the home court advantage in the last game, Carlisle is actively seeking changes." Director Zhang on the side analyzed.

"Beep!"

"Okay, with the whistle of the referee, the game officially started. Blake and Dampier jumped the ball. Blake slapped the ball behind him, and Xue Ding got the ball."

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Xue Ding took the ball, quickly dribbled across half court, kept the ball, took a step sideways under the screen, and shot a jumper!

"Shh!"

Two point hit.

"Hey, Xue Ding's style of play today is obviously different from the previous game. As soon as he came up, he attacked by himself without any hesitation." There was joy on his face, because he saw Xue Ding's change in this game.

The first attack in the opening game was scored by the Blazers.

Haywood sent the baseline ball to Kidd. With the lesson of being overturned in the previous game, Carlisle arranged tactics for his players before the start of the game. The Mavericks must control the rhythm of the field in this game. Steady and steady.

Kidd slowly dribbled the ball across the half court, commanding his teammates to run. Nowitzki stepped up to cover Kidd. Kidd took the ball and went to the top of the arc on the right. Facing Roy's defense, Kidd continued to slam dribble.

Generally, if such an action is made, it means that the person holding the ball is about to start a single play, and generally will not pass the ball, so Roy stares closely at Kidd, capturing every subtle movement of him so that he can make a move in advance. predict.

Blake and others on the side are also ready to help defend at any time.

After Kidd dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, he suddenly started to take the ball!
"WOW~"

The audience suddenly exclaimed.

With 7 seconds left in the attack time, Kidd took the ball and made a fake move to break through to the right, successfully deceiving Roy, but in fact, Roy quickly turned to the left, and with this At the same time, Kidd also passed the ball from Roy's crotch.

After getting the ball, Kidd made a direct hit on the spot.

Such a coquettish operation not only aroused the exclamation of the fans, even Charles Barkley in the commentary booth couldn't help but slapped the table excitedly, and shouted at Edward, who was partnering with him next to him: "Dude, did you see that?" Well, Jason made a beautiful pass just now, and he passed Brandon Roy, haha, I didn't expect this 36-year-old guy to be able to make such a move, it's unbelievable."

"Haha, Brandon is still a bit young. Jason's ball will definitely be in the top ten balls of the week. It's a pity that Brandon has to be the background."

As they said that, the two began to sympathize with Roy.

Kidd showed Roy's face directly in front of his home audience, which temporarily dispelled the anger of being reversed in the previous game, and the home audience also found a little sense of presence in Kidd's operation this time.

Faced with this situation, if he were to be a star with a hotter temper and a bigger card, he would probably have two quarrels with Kidd.

But after Roy was shown off, he silently walked to the bottom line to take the ball and serve it to Xue Ding.

Xue Ding saw the scene where Roy was shown off just now. If he was manipulated by someone like this in the away game, he would definitely return it without hesitation, and beat him until he was convinced.

After getting the ball, Xue Ding returned the ball to Roy, indicating that he would execute the attack.

The other players of the Trail Blazers also sensibly opened up space for Roy on the court, hoping that Roy can respond to Kidd's provocation.

At this time, the cheers of the Mavericks fans came to mind in the American Airlines Center arena.

"Defense! Defense!"

With the support of the audience, although the other Blazers players are actively creating mobile opportunities for Roy, the Mavericks players have no loopholes in their defense. Everyone is running regardless of physical strength, following their defenders, and Keep a good distance.

After Roy took the ball around the top of the arc, he didn't have a good shot and passed the ball to Batum.

After receiving the ball, Batum stood outside the three-point line and shot!

Xue Ding missed the front frame, and Xue Ding grabbed the rebound in the crowd.

But when Xue Ding grabbed the rebound and was about to put his back on the basket, Kidd, who was standing aside, suddenly put his hand into Xue Ding's arms, trying to snatch the ball out of Xue Ding's hands.

Then the two got entangled together, Xue Ding kept holding the ball tightly in his hands, and then both of them fell to the ground, Kidd still didn't intend to let go of the ball.

Seeing this, the referee quickly stopped the game and signaled for a scrimmage.

Then the ball was returned to the Blazers, and Blake scored under the basket after receiving the ball.

However, the confrontation between the two sides in the opening two rounds planted a seed for this game.

After the two offensive and defensive confrontations, the two sides played relatively smoothly in the subsequent games, but the Mavericks kept the tempo very slow, and the score remained stalemate.

After the first quarter, the Blazers led the Mavericks by two points 22 to 20 away.

During the intermission, Pritchard took the tactical board and drew a few tactics for the substitute players on the bench, telling them that they only need to run out according to the tactics he drew when they came on the court, and at the same time, they were on the defensive side. Always pay attention to the communication with teammates.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Pritchard only left Roy as one of the main players to control the ball on the court, and the other four were all substitutes.

The Mavericks, on the other hand, adopted a three-down, three-up strategy, always keeping two main players on the court.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks started their first attack. Marion made a surprise attack on Marcus Camby in the frontcourt. He scored two points and had a chance to add a penalty.

Marion missed the extra penalty shot, but unfortunately, although Marion missed the extra penalty, Dampier grabbed the rebound and scored directly under the basket.

In just one round at the beginning of the second quarter, the Mavericks beat the Blazers 20-4 in less than 0 seconds.
Xue Ding knew that once a jump-shooting team like the Mavericks opened up, it would be unstoppable, and they must not be allowed to go so smoothly.

(End of this chapter)