ace marshal

Chapter 823 Magical Spells
"It's also very anxious and unreasonable, but why does it feel completely different~?! Why is this~?!"

Seeing the Clippers' continuous pursuit of points after the timeout, Carlisle became puzzled.

It's normal for Carlisle to have such doubts, after all, he doesn't know the "spell".

The very important mantra that Lan Shengli passed on to the players: forget about the scoreboard, always 0:0.

With such "belief", Hill's "2+1" and Gooden's long-range three-pointer narrowed the point difference to only 4 points.

"And the offensive end no longer uses the method of consuming Nowitzki~, what is the reason for this~?!"

Carlisle continued to think with a puzzled look.

Because Carlisle didn't know that Lan Shengli had imparted a "magic spell" to the players.

The battle-tested Kidd here is still very stable. After dribbling to the frontcourt, he continued to play pick-and-rolls with Nowitzki.

Here the Clippers still choose to double-team Nowitzki, not even giving him a chance to catch the ball.

"That's right, that's the defense. Instead of consuming Nowitzki on the offensive end, it's better to use more stamina to make Nowitzki feel uncomfortable on the offensive end. As long as we can limit Nowitzki's point, we will be very successful." Here’s the chance~!! After all, we are now in the chasing stage, we must take care of the defense while scoring goals~!!”

Lan Shengli's answer here should be able to explain Carlisle's doubts.

But it was impossible for Carlisle to hear.

Here Kidd quickly passed to Marion, who was vacant because of Dirk Nowitzki.

Here the Clippers adopted a zone defense tactic, using three people to defend four people, and the three people formed a triangle to protect the vicinity of the middle distance and not give the Mavericks an easy chance to break through.He also didn't give mid-range shots, forcing the Mavericks to only long shots.

But Marion is not a player with a consistent outside shooting percentage.

"Okay, it's this kind of defense that makes Nowitzki completely isolated from the Mavericks' offensive system. Even if it is three defenses and four defenses, I don't worry about it. After all, neither Dampier nor Marion has a strong independent offensive ability~ !!"

Lan Shengli watched and said in a secretly affirmative tone.

Marion began to hesitate, and wanted to pass to Nowitzki who was double-teamed, but he was afraid that doing so would make the offense more passive. He wanted to pass to others, and he was worried that there would be no good offensive opportunities.

Soon, the 24-second attack will be time again.

In desperation, Marion made a small throw on the move after the breakthrough, which is not something he is good at at all.

"Clang clang~!!"

Of course, there is no guarantee of hit rate.

The Mavericks attacked again, Hill recovered the basket to protect the rebound, and the Clippers had a chance to narrow the point difference to one goal.

Here, Carlisle seems to have guessed Lan Shengli's current defensive strategy, and immediately prepared to make substitution adjustments. Two offensive players, Josh Howard and Deshaun Stevenson, were ready to play on the sidelines.

"Finally understand my intention~?! Hmph, it's a pity that it's a little late, we're going to tie the score~!!"

Seeing this, Lan Shengli spoke in a very calm state.

Here Johnson takes the ball and prepares to support it.

The Mavericks were a little flustered defensively. Hill slipped to the baseline without anyone watching over him. How could Johnson let go of such a good opportunity? He directly passed the ball to Hill, and Hill wiped the board steadily after receiving the ball. A layup was made, and the point difference was only two points.

The entire American Airlines Center suddenly fell silent.

Perhaps the fans didn't expect that after Nowitzki came back, the point difference would be narrowed so quickly.

"Dum~!!!"

Carlisle shook his head and walked onto the court. The Mavericks had to call a timeout to revisit the game.

"It seems that your mental adjustment tactics have achieved results~!!, the players seem to be much more relaxed, and the whole state is very similar to the feeling when they played against the Lakers in the opening game~!!"

The assistant coach sighed at Lan Shengli.

"Because when they played against the Lakers, the players didn't take the win or loss seriously, so they played super-level. Now, as long as they forget the scoreboard, they will definitely keep their game state focused at all times. Go down~!!"

Lan Shengli responded.

After chatting with the coaching team, Lan Shengli explained to the players again.

"Everyone has done a good job, you have played what you should, keep it up, you must remember, until the end of the game, forget the scoreboard, of course, if the game reaches a critical moment, I will remind everyone on the sidelines Yes, so everyone can rest assured, fully devote yourself to the game, and forget about the scoreboard~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to remind.

"There are less than 4 minutes left in the game, it seems that I have no chance to appear~"

Here Harden is wearing a full set of training clothes, looking at the timer above the backboard, sighing inwardly in a helpless tone.

Looking at Lan Shengli's current posture, it will be difficult for Harden to get another chance to play in the remaining "decisive moment".

"Move the ball and let the ball run. If the opponent is pinching Dirk and then defending the zone, then Josh, you can shoot directly from the mid-range at the zone defense. We are only leading by two points now. This point is almost too close. It’s not guaranteed, everyone must get nervous, the time for the decisive battle has arrived ahead of time, don’t let the opponent see any possibility of overtaking the score~!!”

Carlisle roared loudly while drawing the tactical board.

Carlisle must have been very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the last few minutes.

Back from the game, Kidd's possession of the ball was quickly handed over to Stevenson.

Stevenson, who plays point guard, also has a certain ability to handle the ball.

I saw here that Stevenson relied on strength to beat Novak.

This tactic does not seem to have been arranged by Carlisle at all.

Because the Clippers are in a zone defense, Stevenson was soon double-teamed.

Although forced to stop the ball, Stevenson's actions are still full of aggressiveness.

I saw Stevenson directly facing the defensive player's lowered arm and making a shooting motion.

"Beep~!!"

The referee blew the whistle very "cooperatively".

Novak's shot-hitting foul.

Seeing this, Lan Shengli smiled helplessly and shook his head.

This was a foul that Stevenson was looking for, but he really found it.

After all, this is the American Airlines Center, so there must be some home whistlers.

"This ball is obviously the opponent's initiative to go up and cheat for a foul~!!, I don't agree with this foul~"

Lan Shengli explained to the referee at the side.

The sweaty referee didn't speak, just stared at Stevenson who was about to make a free throw inside the three-point line.

Will such a penalty become a turning point in the game? Will Lan Shengli's first victory in coaching career come tonight~? !
(End of this chapter)