King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 153 The First Battle in Dallas - The Unsolvable King Nuotian
The king came to Dallas, the city of Mavericks one day earlier. As the ninth largest city in the United States, there are several top league teams here, such as the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL and the Dallas Stars in the NHL. Very high support rate, even after experiencing the cruel black eight and black seven, they still support this team as always.

The game has not yet started, and the entire venue is already full of fans wearing white T-shirts. Of course, this is related to their having the most generous owner in the NBA, Cuban. Although his wealth is not ranked in the NBA, but when it comes to the The love of the team, no team can match him.For the stars he likes and players who can improve the team's combat effectiveness, he will not hesitate to offer big contracts. During this playoffs, the team will also distribute free T-shirts to every fan who comes to watch the game. This is also the reason why the Mavericks have always maintained a high competitiveness in the NBA. Since the 21st century, he and the rival Spurs are the only two teams that have never missed the playoffs.

But the difference is that the Spurs have won four championships, and the only time the Mavericks have reached the finals is that they were pulled by the Heat in four consecutive games when they fell behind 0-2. As a top power forward, Duncan has won four championships and three times. Finals MVP, two regular season MVPs in hand, and Nowitzki only has one regular season MVP in hand now, and he was blacked 8 that season, becoming the only MVP who did not receive his own MVP trophy on the field, and Another top power forward Garnett finally realized his dream in the Celtics, only he has not yet won the highest glory.

Every year, the Mavericks make a comeback and aim for the championship, but three of the four seasons since the finals have fallen in the first round. This season, the media is still not optimistic about them, and even thinks that They'll lose to a team with two rookies at their core.

And these media voices were being put on the table by Carlisle at this time: "Do you think you will be worse than that young team? Dirk, do you think you are as soft as the media say?"

"No, our goal is the championship!" Nowitzki understands that it is completely unconvincing to say that he is not so soft. Only by taking practical actions and winning can he prove his toughness.The boss's words also aroused the anger of the Mavericks players. When they were blacked out and blacked out, they were ridiculed along with the Mavericks. No matter how well they played in the regular season, they could not change their impression. Only in the playoffs can they prove themselves.

"Okay! Then let's go to meet the young people from Sacramento for a while!" After encouraging the players, Carlisle also pushed them to play quickly, taking advantage of this momentum to give the King a good look.

The Mavericks' starting point guard Kidd, shooting guard Stevenson, small forward Marion, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, center Chandler, and the Kings also maintain their regular season starters.At the beginning of the game, Chandler preemptively allocated the ball to Kidd in front of Cousins ​​with his stronger bounce. Kidd organized at the top of the arc.

Naturally, Westphal still remembers that one of the reasons why the Mavericks were hacked back then was that Nowitzki defended close to the opponent's small forward, who was stuck in the lower plate. , another player immediately stepped up to block him, and never let him have an open shot. This trick made the regular season MVP completely dumb in the playoffs. This has a lot to do with the thickness of the Warriors' forward group at that time. , Pietrus, Stephen Jackson, Barnes, Richardson are all small forwards of this type.

Of course, the Kings also have two small forwards, Landry and Iguodala.At this time, it was Iguodala who went up to the top, and the powerful force withstood Nowitzki's lower plate, which was exactly the same as the Warriors' defensive method at the beginning, but the current Nowitzki is not the same as four years ago A regular season MVP, he turned directly from the face frame to the back body. After squeezing Iguodala for two steps, he suddenly made a sharp back turn and followed by a fadeaway jumper. Iguodala's There is absolutely no way for the height to turn over and lean back like this, not to mention that this is Nowitzki's unique skill-Golden Rooster Independence.

The Mavericks scored first, and Nowitzki's goal also ignited the passion of the Dallas people, as if returning to the era when the Mavericks were at their peak. The voice of "MVP" also sounded for Nowitzki.

The Kings quickly started to counterattack. Before the game, they thought about using speed to overwhelm the Mavericks, an old starter whose average age was over 30 years old, but when it came to the actual game, they found that this was not the case at all. , He Yixiang faced Kidd, who was very solid defensively when he was young, but now he is too old to move. With a further move, He Yixiang gave the ball directly to Casspi and made a three-pointer.But the old Kidd made up for Casspi at the first moment when he lost his defensive position. The Mavericks' defensive tacit understanding was very good, and the position was changed quickly. Casspi's shot was interfered. In the must-get three-pointer, he directly swiped out of the box.

Chandler easily protected the defensive rebound and handed it directly to Kidd. Kidd quickly found Nowitzki at the moment of the offensive and defensive transition. Landry, but the cruel thing is that he couldn't stop this giant forward. The moment Nowitzki caught the ball and shot a three-pointer head-on, the basketball went straight across a beautiful arc and went straight to the net. 5 :0, a group of old guys directly educated the King's playoff recruits in the first few rounds of the game, and expressed a warm welcome to them entering the playoffs.

However, this is just a microcosm of the next game. The Kings had nothing to do with the 33-year-old driver in the entire first quarter. In the summer of losing to the Warriors, Nowitzki has started to improve his post-up skills every year. , a turnaround jumper, a quick breakthrough with a back turn, and a quick dry pull.He shows a completely different technique than other power forwards, which is why he is still a candidate for the most powerful forward in the entire league in the case of his defense. His offensive ability is better than Duncan and Garnett. First, Westphal looked at Nowitzki and frowned, not knowing what to do with him.

(End of this chapter)