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Chapter 815 The Struggling Clippers
In order to limit Nowitzki's performance, Lan Shengli made substitution adjustments, using the twin tower combination of Jordan and Camby, hoping to use Jordan's height and strength to limit Nowitzki.

"I didn't expect this young coach to be so bold. He even used Jr. Jordan and Camby to partner inside. This is completely giving up on the inside offense. He is too confident in outside shooting~!! Too much confidence is a conceit~!"

"Also, it's too naive to think about using Jordan's height advantage to limit Nowitzki~!!"

However, Mavericks head coach Carlisle doesn't seem to agree with Lan Shengli's adjustment.

Perhaps in his eyes, wanting to use a second-year player to limit Nowitzki is simply wishful thinking.

The trend of the game afterward was indeed exactly as Carlisle predicted.

When Nowitzki faced Jordan's defense for the first time, he tricked the latter with a fake breakthrough, and then made a layup while causing Jordan's foul.

Lan Shengli's defensive strategy seemed to be a sign of failure from the very beginning.

"Swipe~!!"

The extra penalty hit steadily, and Nowitzki has already scored 8 points.

Here the Clippers only relied on Harden's mid-range to score a goal.

"I didn't have the momentum at the beginning, it's not good. If the Mavericks replace Terry and other scorers later, it will be even more dangerous~!"

Lan Shengli became worried.

The first quarter of the game was almost time for Nowitzki to perform alone. Even in the face of Jordan's defense, the golden rooster in place was affected a little bit, and his shooting percentage dropped a little. But as long as the face frame moves, Little Jordan can't defend.

On the offensive end, the Clippers can only rely on Harden and Thornton's two offensive strengths to support them.

The score in the first quarter was finally fixed at 27:15, and the Clippers were already 12 points behind.

"In the away game, I fell behind by double digits in the first quarter. This game is really dangerous again. If it is really a four-game losing streak, I really start to worry about whether Blue's coaching position can be kept~! !"

Seeing this, Byron also became worried.

"At that time, I said it would be good to stay at UCLA, hey~"

Byron continued to sigh.

"Everyone is still playing a bit tight on the offensive end, relax~!! If you have a chance from the outside, you must shoot resolutely and don't make too complicated passes. On the defensive end, we take advantage of Nowitzki's rest and let's defend the zone defense for a while to buffer Buffer stamina~!!"

Here Lan Shengli is still concentrating on explaining to the team members.

Maybe he also knows that the point difference has reached double digits, but there are still 36 minutes in the game, with a point difference of 3 points, even if it takes [-] minutes to chase one point, there is still time~
In the second quarter of the game, although Nowitzki took a rest here, the Mavericks still played with great momentum under the leadership of Terry.

"Swipe~!!!"

After Terry hits a three-pointer from the outside, he will still make a "glider" celebration.

"Swipe~!!"

However, Novakje maintained a good touch here. After receiving a breakthrough pass from Harden, he hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, which did not allow the point difference to continue to expand.

After the Mavericks took the lead, there were indeed some negligence on the defensive end.

Here Harden holds the ball and faces Terry's defense.

"Open, open the space~!!"

Here, Lan Shengli moves his arms like breaststroke, reminding the team members.

Seeing this, the players immediately shifted to the weak side, only to see Harden and Camby make a pick-and-roll cooperation, and the former directly rushed towards the basket in the face of Dampier's block.

Harden knew that if he avoided Dampier for a layup, the final result was likely to be blocked, so Harden was very smart to rely on Dampier and not give the opponent a chance to take the initiative.

But Dampier has a lot of defensive experience. Seeing that he was not good at exerting force, he used his arm to make a "secret force" to bounce Harden out.

Seeing this, Harden is also very good at acting, and fell backwards, and made a throwing motion.

"Beep~!!!"

"Boom~"

When the referee blew his whistle, Harden fell directly to the ground.

The referee whistled for a foul on Dampier's push.

Dampier looked at the referee, pinched his waist, and smiled helplessly.

Here Harden was lying on the ground. Although his teammates stretched out their hands to lift him up, Harden seemed to be in some pain and didn't get up for a long time.

Seeing his team members working so hard to score a point, Lan Shengli also had a very uncomfortable expression on his face.

This difficult way of scoring runs through the entire first half.

It felt as if other countries met Team USA at the Olympics.

Because of the large difference in individual abilities at a single point, the entire game was overwhelmingly one-sided.

The Mavericks' offense here is much more relaxed.

They have an offensive starting point like Kidd, players who can handle the ball such as Nowitzki and Butler, and pitchers like Terry, so the offensive end is effortless.

However, although the Clippers are struggling to support, the point difference has not been indented.

In the second quarter, he won by one point.

At the end of the first half, the Mavericks led the Clippers by 11 points at home.

Such a point difference may make the Clippers feel that there is still a chance to compete in the second half.

Especially the performance in the second quarter.

It's just that for the Clippers, the physical condition of the players is a bit worrying.

When the players of the Mavericks walked towards the player tunnel, they were all talking and laughing. They looked very relaxed. The main players didn't seem to be sweating much, while the main players of the Clippers were all big. Sweating and looking badly in need of a rest.

"The trend of the game has deviated greatly from the prediction before the game. Now the players are exhausted physically, but they are still behind by double digits. If this game cannot be won in the end, then go to Houston tomorrow night Based on the current physical condition, the competition in this competition must be a disaster~!!"

Here, Lan Shengli lowered his head and began to think as he walked towards the locker room.

"If we lose all these two games in Texas, it will be a five-game losing streak. Maybe Sterling will really take some action~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to think, the more he thought about it, the more nervous he looked.

"Crack clap clap!!!"

"Everyone worked hard. We played very well in the first half, especially in the second quarter. We withstood the opponent's many counterattacks. The 11-point gap was not a problem at all. Everyone gritted their teeth and won this game~!!"

Although he was terrified and worried, after returning to the locker room, Lan Shengli still encouraged the players.

"Eat more bananas to replenish energy. We will continue to use zone defense in the second half. Everyone must allocate energy reasonably~!! Don't forget that we have another game tomorrow~!"

Lan Shengli continued to remind the players.

(End of this chapter)