The world's best combo guard

Chapter 86 83 [Don Nelson's troubles]

Two days later, the Dallas Mavericks' home game, the American Airlines Center Arena, the Lakers' away game against the Mavericks was imminent.

Because of Li Hao's explosive performance in the game, many local Chinese fans in Dallas came to the game. Everyone wanted to see this hopeful star of basketball in his country who was famous in the league in the game.

Half an hour before the start of the game, Phil Jackson announced the starting lineup for the game. When Li Hao appeared on this list as a starter for the first time in his NBA career, the sensation it caused was unbelievable. imagination.

Countless domestic fans who followed the game couldn't help crying. Finally, in the NBA, after Yao Ming, another Chinese player was qualified to start.

To be honest, Li Hao's sudden appearance as a starting player not only surprised the fans, but even the head coach of the Mavericks, Don Nelson, was caught off guard. What he prepared, however, was that he prepared Li Hao as a substitute player, but he did not expect that Phil Jackson would directly let Li Hao start the game.

Don Nelson was a little surprised by Phil Jackson's sudden adjustment of the starting lineup. He knew that Phil Jackson had tasted the sweetness from Li Hao in the last game, so he hoped that from tonight's game, this sweetness will be further expanded. .

But to be honest, Don Nelson doesn't feel any different about this. Today's Dallas Mavericks have the ability to beat any team in the league, including the Lakers.

Don Nelson has this confidence. After the millennium, since the billionaire Mark Cuban took over the team, the strength of the Mavericks has been improving every season. Last season, they went all the way to the Western Conference Finals. against the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs.

This season, under the leadership of the increasingly mature trident Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Steve Nash, the team has advanced all the way, and its record is second only to the San Antonio Spurs. After defeating Staples, they even tied the record with the San Antonio Spurs.

In Don Nelson's view, the team has a stronger strength to attack the championship this season.

Li Hao, Kobe, Devin George, Karl Malone, Medvedenko.

Steve Nash, Michael Finley, Antawn Jamison, Antawn Walker, Dirk Nowitzki.

Here are the starting lineups for both teams.

Medvedenko helped the Lakers get the first wave of offensive ball in the jump ball, and Li Hao started to advance with the ball.

With the experience of playing against a star player like Tony Parker in the backcourt in the last game, now Li Hao is very relaxed when facing Steve Nash, who is also not good at defense.

After advancing to the frontcourt with the ball, he calmly organized the offense. The moment Kobe circled around to cover for him, he directly opened his hand and hit a mid-range shot.

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The touch is very soft, and the basketball is firmly drilled into the basket.

Perhaps it was because the Mavericks were not very focused at the beginning of the game. When Nash was handing the ball to Walker, Li Hao quickly completed the steal. Holding the ball, Li Hao found Karl Malone and quickly reached the empty space. catch.

With a 4:0 start, the Lakers showed a good state, especially Li Hao, who made a shot and a steal, which directly gave the Dallas people a blow.

As the game progressed, the Mavericks gradually entered the state. Li Hao had to admit that Nash was too talented in organizing offense. For several consecutive rounds, under his clear organization, the Mavericks made shots smoothly.

Li Hao felt that he had to put pressure on Nash on the defensive end, and he couldn't let him continue to organize offenses so easily.

After communicating with Kobe, Li Hao decided that Kobe would take over the task of organizing offense with the ball, while he would focus on the defensive end.

Li Hao's initiative to seek change immediately reaped results. Nash hadn't experienced Li Hao's power on the defensive end before, so he didn't care about defense. When Li Hao suddenly increased his strength on the defensive end, Nash was instantly beaten He was caught off guard, and it was difficult for him to easily hold the ball to organize an attack. Right now is an example. Nash found that the yellow face in front of him was very smart in his defensive choices. It not only blocked his vision but also stuck to him very well. Difficult to adapt, making mistakes one after another.

The Lakers took advantage of Nash's mistakes and scored 4 points in a row.

Nowitzki on the inside has a strong ability to support high positions, so Nash also made changes. He no longer holds the ball more, but gives the ball to Nowitzki who pulls up to the high position when he has the opportunity.

In doing so, Nash can indeed reduce turnovers and ensure the fluency of the offense, but when Nowitzki pulls more to the high position, Karl Malone is emptied. In addition, "Fat Toutuo" Walker It is also difficult to block Kobe's breakthrough in the penalty area.

Therefore, Nash's initiative to seek change has helped the Lakers. Kobe and Karl Malone have one inside and one outside, which can be said to have caused a lot of damage to the Mavericks.

Less than 4 minutes into the first quarter, Don Nelson had no choice but to call a timeout first. He couldn't just sit back and watch the team's defensive system being bombarded like this.

In fact, the area where the Mavericks need to improve most now is defense. In terms of offense, they are confident that they will not lose to any top team in the league. The defensive end was blown out.

During the timeout, Don Nelson criticized the team's performance on the defensive end, and emphasized the need to improve the rhythm of the game. Playing fastball is something Nash is very good at, and he should play it at this time.

After the timeout, the Mavericks really began to speed up the offensive end, whether it was the ball's movement or the offensive rhythm, they all pursued a quick shot.

However, what Don Nelson didn't expect was that the Lakers were not afraid of playing fastball, especially with Li Hao as the starting point guard tonight, they would soon be able to face it calmly.

The Mavericks speeded up, Li Hao also speeded up, and instantly formed a confrontational situation with the opponent. When Li Hao used several extremely fast breakthrough layups to help the Lakers further expand their lead, Don Nelson on the sidelines finally felt the Chinese Defender's tricky.

But like Popovich in the previous game, it was difficult for him to find a solution in a short time. The defensive giant Tony Delk on the bench was indeed prepared by him for Li Hao, but it was for Li Hao who came off the bench. Prepared, what about the situation where the team fell behind at the beginning of the game? He must not put Delk on the field who only has good defensive ability. It is hard for Nelson to imagine that the team's offense will change after Nash is replaced. What is it like.

(End of this chapter)