King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 154 Dallas Massacre
But if it’s just that they can’t defend, that’s acceptable. After all, the Kings were not a strong defensive team in the regular season, but their offense was also frustrated. This group of old guys quickly switched defenses on the outside in the first quarter. It's a headache. Stevenson and Marion, two guys with explosive athletic ability, wiped Kidd's ass cleanly. After 8 minutes of the game, the Mavericks scored a 22:12 score. Nowitzki scored more points alone. In the first 8 minutes, Nowitzki scored as many as 14 points, while the Kings only relied on the personal abilities of He Yixiang and Cousins ​​to score points, and the outside shooters were completely restricted. up.

"Teaming, don't give him a chance to play singles again!" Westphal seemed a little helpless. They rarely used double-teaming to defend this season, because they have many rookies and their defensive system has not been well established. The tacit understanding of defense is obviously not as good as that of the Mavericks, a group of veterans who have been in the league for many years. The king will never use this tactic unless it is a last resort, but it is obvious that Nowitzki is someone who can let them Exception guy.

After the timeout ended, the Mavericks began to send a substitute. The best sixth man Terry had already played, and at the same time, the small forward was replaced by Stojakovic, who had accompanied the Kings to the peak. To the top three in scoring per game, leading the Kings to the Western Conference semifinals.The King also replaced Cousins ​​and He Yixiang at the same time. If they want to make a comeback, these two guys must have enough energy.

This substitution of the Mavericks not only kept their firepower from dropping, but made it even more powerful. Terry and Stojakovic are all good three-pointers, but at the same time their defense is not very good. The firepower of the Kings' substitute It's not weak, as long as you do all of this well, it's not impossible to chase points.As soon as he played, Udri directly used Whiteside's pick-and-roll to directly hit the King's first three-pointer of the game.

But this three-pointer was not the clarion call for the king's counterattack. Instead, it aroused the calf's three-pointer rain. Terry dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and came directly to an answer ball. This ball was thrown directly against Udry's defense. , this kind of difficult ball is not difficult for Terry at all. After scoring this three-pointer, Terry made his familiar celebration action, gliding the audience like a jet, which is also his nickname " The origin of "jet".Mavericks fans in the audience also chanted the nickname "jet".

At the same time, the new Mavericks player who played with Terry, the old Kings player Stojakovic saw that Terry, who was also a substitute, played well, and he was not at all soft-hearted towards his old club. They played in two different corners. Biao scored three points respectively, this year he has reached the last chance, for the championship, no matter who he is, he will never be soft.

The score was getting bigger and bigger, and Westphal couldn't sit still. He Yixiang and Cousins ​​were replaced again before the first quarter was over. However, the crazy Mavericks were already unstoppable. The Mavericks scored 38 points in one quarter, while the Kings only scored 19 points, just half of the Mavericks.At this time, He Yixiang, who had played for 10 minutes in the first quarter, was leaning on a chair to recover his strength silently. He and Udrih, who played for him for 2 minutes in the first quarter, were the only two players who played normally.He scored 19 of the team's 7 points and sent 3 assists at the same time. You can imagine what other people are doing. He alone can't do the performance of the entire Mavericks.

At the start of the second quarter, the Kings used a twin-tower lineup, and Whiteside was ordered to defend Dirk Nowitzki. Let Whiteside try to defend Nowitzki, what if it works wonders?Whiteside has height and wingspan, and should be able to play a good role in restricting Nowitzki.

Nowitzki continued to play singles with the ball in the waist position, dribbled the ball with his right hand, turned back to the left and swayed directly. As a rookie, Whiteside took off straight and straight. The force floated backwards, the shot was thrown backwards, and the ball went into the whistle. With Nowitzki's 90% free throw percentage, letting Nowitzki make free throws is basically equivalent to letting him be in that point, and the score is second. The season has just started and has already stretched to double digits.The miracle Westphal expected didn't happen.

"I'll go, is there such a big gap between us and the Mavericks? I know that many of our players are playoff recruits, but it's too much to be opened by others in the first quarter by almost 20 points. Now the eighth Grizzlies are ahead of the Spurs!" Many Kings fans who were watching the live broadcast in the Kings forum seemed a little anxious, this should not be the level of the team!
However, there are many big players who know the ball among the fans, and they can see why they are behind: "No way, didn't you find that the defensive tactics that the team assigned to Nowitzki at the beginning did not work at all? We are now There is nothing we can do about him, and he is the core of the Mavericks' tactics, once he can't stop the Mavericks' entire offense, he will play out!"

"He Ye played very well, why are we still so behind?" Some people also put forward different opinions.

"He really played well, unlike other rookies who have the habit of losing chains in the playoffs, but he is the only one who played well! Look at the Mavericks, except Nowitzki, Terry 6 points, Stojakovic scored 8 points, and He Jin's balls were very difficult, most of which were stopped and retreated in the face of supplementary defenses. The Mavericks cut off his connection with others decisively, and the others Players couldn't get out of the open space at all, and that paralyzed our offense."

Some Kings fans in the forum finally half-understand it. Simply put, the tactics were restrained, and all the preparations made at the beginning were useless. The Mavericks' strong defense made the Kings' top five offense in the league a little bit Difficult, Cousins ​​became a little lost under Chandler's defense, and Iguodala fell into entanglement with Marion. In a word, the Kings have gone far in this game.

Whiteside defended Nowitzki for three consecutive rounds, a 2+1, a foul, and an attack. These three consecutive goals caused a huge psychological blow to the rookie. He always thought that his defense could He gave the team a lot of help, but when he took over the important task, he was directly pressed to the ground and beaten up. Westphal also shook his head. It seems that all the defensive players in the team have nothing to do with him There is no way!
(End of this chapter)