The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 338 Nicholas is mad!

Pause back, and the game continues.

This time Carlisle chose to let Nowitzki off the field to rest early and replaced Drew Gooden.

Obviously, although Nowitzki scored eight points, his physical energy was too much consumed in the confrontation with Uncle Huo.

Carlisle wanted to give Nowitzki some rest while still leading.

"The good game continues, alas! When Carlisle came back from this timeout, he actually took Nowitzki down!" Dell Curry, a TNT commentator, looked at the players on the Mavericks field and said a little puzzled.

"I think Carlisle should want to give him more rest time. Although he scored 5 points in the past 8 minutes, it can be seen that Howard has caused him a lot of trouble and consumes a lot of energy. !” said Michael Joe.

Xue Ding holds the ball in the frontcourt.

Facing Kidd's defense, he suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the basket. Heywood on the inside had no choice but to come up to help Kidd defend.

"Assist master (lv2)"

From the corner of his eyes, Xue Ding saw Batum who cut in from the right, and passed the ball with a ground strike between the two.

Batum caught the ball and scored an easy layup.

"Good shot, Xue Ding gave it beautifully!"

"This cooperation is really good, and the timely pass of the air cut is just right. Next, let's see if the Blazers can seize the time when Nowitzki is not on the court and catch up with the score!" Director Zhang said .

"Return to defense, quickly return to defense!"

Pritchard pointed to Butler who was sneaking off from the sidelines and reminded loudly.

While speaking, the moment Kidd received the serve from the bottom line, he sent a long pass to Butler, who was about to come down, and Roy desperately chased him up.

Butler flicked a shot, shook Roy who was chasing up, cleverly made a time difference, and put the ball into the basket steadily.

"This ball is really inappropriate, and the defense is too slow!" Dell Curry said.

"Hey, this goal is a bit inappropriate. After scoring the goal, someone even hit a counterattack directly! The Blazers' vigilance is a bit too low!" Yang Rui said.

"This kind of ball is too inappropriate. Giving the opponent such an easy chance to score will have a great impact on morale. If the Blazers have this attitude today, then their game will be very dangerous!" Director Zhang said worriedly .

"What are you all doing, walking the court? It's the playoffs!"

Pritchard, who was very dissatisfied with the retreat just now, roared angrily at the players on the field, venting his dissatisfaction.

Chandler gave the ball to Xue Ding from the bottom line.

Xue Ding advanced quickly with the ball, Roy used the screen to catch the ball, Xue Ding gave the ball out, and at the same time Xue Ding made a screen for Roy non-stop.

"Shh!"

"Brandon! Three points! Hit!!!" The DJ on the scene shouted passionately with a long voice. As the ball passed through the net, the fans on the scene also burst into cheers.

Roy shot directly from outside the three-point line, and the basketball drew a wonderful arc in the air and entered the net hollowly.

"Beautiful, Brandon hit the first three-pointer of the Trail Blazers team!" Dell Curry said.

"Nice!"

"Roy shot the ball very decisively. If I remember correctly, this ball should be the Blazers' first three-pointer in this game!" Yang Rui said after looking down at the data.

"Yes, this ball should be the first three-pointer hit by the Blazers today. What the Blazers need now is to be able to hit shots from the outside, so that they can force the Mavericks' defense to expand, so that they can open up the space! "Director Zhang analyzed.

But it's a pity that Roy's three-pointer didn't let their touch continue.

Batum missed three consecutive open three-pointers from the left and right corners, and Roy also missed one at the top of the arc.

Fortunately, Nowitzki is not on the court, while the Blazers' defense did not give the Mavericks too many opportunities to score easily.

The end of the first quarter, 28 to 24!

The Mavericks temporarily lead by 4 points.

"It's a pity that the Blazers didn't seize Nowitzki's rest time to catch up with the score. At the end of the first quarter, the Blazers were still behind by 4 points, and Nowitzki got a 6-minute rest time in the first quarter. It's not good news for the Blazers!" Director Zhang said.

"That's right, Dirk Nowitzki's absence was an opportunity for the Blazers to chase points, but they failed to seize this opportunity, and they didn't make shots from outside!" Yang Rui echoed.

"At the end of the first quarter, let's take a short break and watch the contest between the two sides in the second quarter!"

"Welcome back. The second quarter of the game has begun. The Mavericks lead the Trail Blazers by four points in the first quarter. Let's see if the Blazers can catch up in the second quarter or the Mavericks can continue to expand their lead. !" Yang Rui said proficiently.

Both sides sent a rotation lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, and the Blazers had former assist king Andre Miller on the bench.

And Pritchard still left Batum on the court just to be on the safe side.

The Mavericks let the chaotic master Jose Barea take the No. [-] position, replaced the best sixth man Jason Terry, and left Butler on the court.

Obviously although the Mavericks lead, but Carlisle is still very cautious.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Butler and Jason Terry hit mid-range shots successively. At the same time, Barea also used his speed to rush to the basket and make a successful throw.

The Blazers also played back and forth with the Mavericks under Miller's organization.

The two sides bit the score tightly.

The Blazers attacked, and Miller directed his teammates to move.

Oden suddenly raised up to block Barea, and Miller took the ball and rushed into the basket. After attracting double-teams, he found Batum, who had slipped to the left corner, and distributed the ball.

Batum took the ball and adjusted it, and shot the ball steadily from beyond the three-point line.

The ball drew a wonderful arc in the air, and hit the net with a "swish" sound!
"Good shot, Nicholas!"

The moment the ball hit the net, Xue Ding, who was sitting on the bench, was the first to jump onto the bench and applaud Batum from the sidelines.

"Oh, finally scored, Nicholas finally hit his first three-pointer of the game, the Blazers need his three-pointer too much!" Dell Curry said with emotion.

"As long as he can make three-pointers, the Blazers will be much easier to play!" Michael Joe said.

34 is better than 32!

With Batum's three-pointer, the Blazers also chased the point difference to only two points.

(End of this chapter)