shooting guard era

Chapter 168 198. Mavericks' Counterattack

Ye Han didn't believe that Mavericks would sit and wait like this. Nowitzki gave him the impression that although his style of play was soft, his competitive spirit was not lost to others.In the nearly 20-minute game ahead, many frontcourt players on the Mavericks side played very loosely and without motivation because they did not pass the ball in the backcourt. Only Nowitzki, a so-called soft guy, kept fighting on the court.

Sure enough, after returning from the timeout, Ye Han saw the opponent's players with different eyes.

Saul Jones, the interim head coach, completely obeyed Nowitzki and sent Terry, Finley, Josh Howard, Nowitzki and Dampier to the field.

The Bobcats also switched back to the main lineup, with Ye Han, Kapono, Hill, Gerald Wallace and Okafor playing.

The Mavericks attacked, Finley singled Hill with the ball from the outside, and Ye Han stepped forward to double-team.

Finley passed to Terry, and Terry made a three-pointer against Kapono who was defending against him!
hit!

23 to 47, the Mavericks are still 24 points behind.

The Bobcats attack, Ye Han and Hill pass the ball to Hill after a pick-and-roll, and then cut to the left of the free throw line to catch the ball and turn over and miss a jumper.

Dampier received the rebound, the Mavericks counterattacked, Josh Howard rushed to the basket and scored the ball, and caused a foul by Ye Han, who returned to the defense, and a penalty was added for the hit!
47 to 25, the Bobcats were still leading by more than 20 points, but Ye Han clearly felt that the opponent's spirit was different from before.

Josh - Howard added free throws, 26 to 47, 21 points behind the Mavericks.

Here, Kapono made a return pass error and was intercepted by Terry. Finley succeeded in a mid-range jumper, 28 to 47, and the Mavericks finally got the score within 20 points!
Was beaten 8 to 0 by the opponent!Bickerstaff cautiously called a timeout.

Bickerstaff emphasized the defense and told the players not to be distracted. The 20-second timeout ended quickly and the game continued.

After being beaten 8 to 0, Ye Han was very upset. After returning to the court, the first ball was decisively hit the basket, causing Dampier to foul and hit both free throws.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Mavericks attack.

Terry dribbled to the frontcourt, and Ye Han was defending him.

Ye Han knew that Terry was the best perimeter player of the Mavericks. He was not tall, but he was always full of energy.

Just as Ye Han was carefully observing Terry's movements, trying to see through the opponent's attacking intentions, he suddenly froze. Terry on the opposite side actually made a provocative gesture and made a "come over" motion with his left hand.

Ye Han laughed back angrily, since you told me to come over, then I will kill you!
Terry was very proud to see that his provocation successfully made the opponent "lose his mind" to come to the defense, so that there would be more opportunities for breakthroughs.

Terry himself thought so, but to his surprise, the fans at the scene were not excited by his provocative actions.

Nonsense, now the team is behind by almost 20 points, provoking the opponent, if the team's record has not been good, the fans really want to boo.

Well, Terry is one of those guys who lives in his own world and feels good about himself.

He started to single-handedly hit Ye Han, planning to use Ye Han's stick defense to break through.

After changing directions several times in a row, Terry was embarrassed. Even though Ye Han was sticking to him to defend, his speed and reaction were still faster than him, and Ye Han's rough body contact almost made him stagger and fall to the ground!
"Are you that weak?"

Ye Han's voice came lightly into Terry's ears, Terry looked up and saw Ye Han's disdainful face.

Terry wanted to pass the ball to Nowitzki who had already run out to meet him, but seeing Ye Han's eyes, he pulled up a three-pointer.

Terry, who was defended by Ye Han, was not high enough to take off!Ye Han slapped his hat off.

Ye Han counterattacked, the frontcourt was unguarded, and he succeeded in a beautiful dunk with the lever.

51 to 28, the Bobcats lead again by 23 points.

The Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki had a headache, Finley and Stackhouse stopped, and Terry started again. After provoking his opponent and being slapped in the face, Terry wanted to fight back by himself. This time In the end, he was directly intercepted by Ye Han.

Ye Han, who rushed to the frontcourt after stealing the layup, was fouled by Josh Howard and failed to score. He made two free throws, 53 to 28, and the Bobcats led by five points.

Nowitzki signaled assistant coach Saul to call a timeout.

"Jason, I know you really want to teach that kid a lesson, but our task is to recover the score, and we are already 25 points behind!" Nowitzki said very euphemistically, but what he actually meant was that Terry hit But Ye Han, whether it's offense or defense, the rookie on the opposite side has a better advantage than Terry, even stronger than last year's rookie who averaged 20+5+5 per game.

Only then did Terry calm down, realizing that he was too impulsive just now. He wanted to make the rookie opposite him lose his mind, but unexpectedly, he was irritated by the other party instead.

"I see." Terry suppressed his urge to go on stage and confront Ye Han.

Back from the timeout, the Mavericks finally played normally.

Terry has no advantage in singles. They handed the ball to Nowitzki for singles. Gerald Wallace couldn't defend, forcing Hill to step forward to help defend. Josh Howard, who got the opportunity, ran back to the basket to catch the ball. basket succeeded.

The tactics they are playing now are singles tactics, using the advantages of personal abilities in several positions to single-play the opponent to attract double-teams, and then pass to the vacated teammates for outside shots.

This is the suggestion put forward by Avery Johnson, the assistant coach of the Mavericks, because the Mavericks have five positions above the league average, even players who can be called stars, there is always a position that can generate a relatively large advantage on the court , Attract double-teams and create opportunities for teammates.

Since the Mavericks are a shooting team, except for center Dampier, almost every player has outside shooting ability and can open up space very well.

This offensive style of play was conceived by Avery Johnson based on the team's lineup configuration. On the defensive end, Daniels, Josh Howard, Dampier, Bradley and others can play a good defense. This combination of offense and defense The style of play is quite popular with Cuban and Nowitzki, but it is a pity that it does not match the old Nelson's concept.

Old Nelson was more interested in various experiments in basketball than in his pursuit of victory and championships. He wanted to experiment, play the strongest offense in history, and see if he could win a championship with offense.

But Cuban didn't want to be crazy with him, and used the trick of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot, and didn't keep a single point guard. To be honest, if Terry wasn't too short, he would be a pure shooting guard.

Although Nash went to the Suns to play that kind of performance, Cuban was very upset, but if Nash was there, it was impossible for him to play the Suns performance in the Mavericks, and it was impossible for Nowitzki to hold the ball when Nash was there. Multiple singles opportunities.

It was the Bobcats' turn to attack, Ye Han held the ball, and Josh Howard defended very well, with long arms and legs, good speed and flexibility.

Ye Han missed a three-pointer, and Nowitzki grabbed a defensive rebound.

The Mavericks counterattacked, the Bobcats returned to defense quickly, Gerald Wallace and Ye Han returned to the defense in place, but the Mavericks all came to the frontcourt except Dampier, 4 against 2.

At this time, the old Nelson's team passing ability was revealed. A few passes completely surrounded Ye Han and Gerald Wallace. In the end, Josh Howard dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.

The Mavericks gradually played to the standard, the Bobcats played too relaxed, and the opponent suddenly tightened up, which made them a little uncomfortable, and the point difference was gradually approached by the Mavericks.

At the end of halftime, the Mavericks have chased the score to 51 to 63, only 12 points behind.

Originally, the Mavericks had chased the point difference to 9 points, trailing 51 to 60, and caught up to within 10 points. Fortunately, Hart hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to keep the point difference at double digits.

(End of this chapter)