ace marshal

Chapter 816 The Invisible Champion

"Everyone should remember what we have prepared for the past few days. The main thing is to play sparingly, play smarter, slow down the pace of the game, and reduce energy consumption. After all, we have another game in Houston tomorrow night. Well~!! So everyone's physical fitness must be evenly distributed~!!"

This is the last thing Lan Shengli told the players before the game between the Clippers and the Mavericks.

For such an arrangement, the Clippers players have gone to the extreme, adopting a more energy-saving zone defense, and reducing quick transitions as much as possible.

But even so, because they have been in a state of lagging behind, the players who are exhausted chasing points still have a lot of physical problems.

The players looked exhausted in the locker room.

The 20-minute intermission ended quickly and the game resumed.

The two sides did not make any changes in the starting lineup. Although Gooden did a poor job of defending Nowitzki in the first half, Lan Shengli wanted to give him some more opportunities.

After all, if you use the twin tower tactics from the beginning, it is not very suitable.

And the twin tower tactics have been tried in the first half, and it is not very effective.

While speaking here, the Mavericks have launched a positional attack.

Marion dribbled the ball sideways, and suddenly made a small throw on the way.

"Clang~!!"

Although the shot was sudden, the ball hit the basket's neck and bounced out, failing to score.

Here Jordan protected the rebound.

Jordan's rebound count has reached 9, and he grabbed so many in the half game. Jordan did a great job in protecting the rebounds in the backcourt.

While talking here, the Clippers' offense quickly started. Harden held the ball and was about to do a pick-and-roll with Jordan.

Because Jordan has no shooting ability, under normal circumstances, after the pick-and-roll is over, he basically goes straight down. It is precisely because of this that the Mavericks center Dampier dare not make a big delay, because doing so will make the team's The inside line loses height.

So Dampier just recycled to the inside.

Seeing this, Harden directly interfered with Kidd with his right hand, and dribbled the ball with his left hand towards the inside to kill.

Kidd didn't want to steal the ball, nor did he put too much defensive pressure or physical confrontation, but just stuck close to the side.

I saw Harden suddenly holding the ball with both hands and placing it very exposed in front of him, making a layup.

Here Kidd will not be easily fooled to cut the ball or block the block. The experienced Kidd spotted the ball and directly activated his hands up and down to grab the ball in an instant.

At this time, Harden's body strength is all in the legs, so the arms don't have much strength, while Kidd's whole body strength is in the arms.

So Kidd didn't give the referee a chance to whistle for the ball, and directly broke the ball abruptly in Harden's hands.

Although Harden made a layup and fell to the ground due to inertia, the referee ignored it.

Kidd made a very good defense.

The inexperienced Harden paid the tuition for his pick.

"Duang~!!"

Here, Kidd made a quick break to assess the situation and directly completed an alley-oop with Butler.

The Mavericks were still in full swing in the second half.

"In front of a backcourt master like Kidd, Harden really looks too immature~"

Lan Shengli shook his head and sighed.

"Hill, you are in charge~!! Let Harden play the second position~!!"

Here, Lan Shengli can only use reminders to avoid mistakes.

Although Hill quickly took control of the ball and organized an offense, the ball was quickly given to Harden.

This time it was still Kidd on defense.

Facing Kidd, this time Harden obviously had some lingering fears. While dribbling the ball, he didn't know what to do.

Jordan wanted to step forward to do a pick-and-roll, but Harden waved his hand and didn't accept it.

Harden slowly dribbled the ball under the crotch, slowly moving towards the three-point line.

Suddenly, Harden stepped on the edge of the three-point line and shot a cold arrow.

Kidd's reaction here was fairly quick, and he made a subconscious defensive action, but it did not cause substantial interference to Harden's shooting.

"Yeah!!!"

However, Harden's sudden cold arrow finally got cheers from the entire American Airlines Center.

Because this is a "three non-stick".

"Papapa~!! Take your time, don't rush, don't rush~!! Chase point by point, move the ball more~!!"

Although Lan Shengli was helpless here, he could only clap his hands and remind Harden.

Harden made two consecutive offensive mistakes after the start of the second half.

And it destroys the team's overall offensive rhythm.

While speaking, the Mavericks attacked again.

"Dangdang~!!!"

Fortunately, Butler's outside three-pointer also failed to hit, and the handicap did not continue to widen.

Thornton received the rebound.

"Hit the inside, hit Gooden~!!"

At this time, Lan Shengli was not afraid that the opponent would hear the tactics, so he yelled directly.

Soon, after the Clippers' offensive position, Gooden was about to reach his position in the low post, and Hill passed the ball.

Gooden hit Nowitzki with his back the way Nowitzki did.

This is typical tit for tat.

But after all, Nowitzki is taller and has a larger defensive coverage area, so when Gooden made a shooting action, he suddenly changed to a pass.

Harden in the high position got the ball.

Facing Kidd, Harden seemed to have no desire to attack. Looking at Thornton near the top arc on his right, he passed the ball.

"No~!!!"

As soon as Harden passed the ball, he said in a very regretful tone.

I saw that Harden's passing route had been seen through by Kidd, and the ball was cut off by Kidd halfway to Thornton.

It should be that when Harden turned his head to look at Thornton, Kidd had already started to steal the ball.

Although Thornton was madly chasing after him, Kidd's speed was not slow~
"Brush~"

Kidd's steady three-step basket picks the ball into the basket.

Harden's third mistake, a breakthrough was blocked, a shot was missed, and a pass was blocked, and they were all facing Kidd.

In the second half, Harden became a stealth champion on the offensive end.

And because of Harden's three turnovers, the Mavericks scored easily with two fast break transitions.

This is a "send charcoal in the snow" when the Mavericks' offensive feel is not good.

"Harden's condition is not right~!!, although the first half was also very average, but at least it wasn't so bad~!!"

Lan Shengli frowned and sighed.

Harden himself shook his head, looking a little lonely and helpless. Perhaps Harden was also very dissatisfied with his performance in the second half.

The point difference continues to widen, and Harden, the Clippers' strongest scoring point from outside, has become the invisible champion. The Clippers seem to be getting closer and closer to a four-game losing streak.

(End of this chapter)