The invincible kryptonite of basketball

Jordan is great, but he didn't start to get the first championship of his career until the 7th season!

In the first two years of his career, Tang Tian already had two championships in his hands, and he was the FMVP!

Even as the core of the team, he led the team to break Jordan's 72 wins in the fifth year of his career!

Jordan's scoring average and two three-peat championships are his main honors, but now, Tang Tian also has such an opportunity!

Let's not talk about surpassing, but Tang Tian, ​​now he can really chase after him, and be on par with Jordan!

As for personal strength, Tang Tian's defensive difficulty in the eyes of other teams is also very close to that of Jordan back then!

So it was shocking to hear this at first, but when you think about it, there is nothing wrong with what Stevens said!

Tang Tian was surprised that Stevens would say that, but he smiled and nodded after listening.

In the past, he targeted Durant, he chased and overtook him.

Then he targeted Kobe, and he also caught up and overtook him.

Now, it's time for him to chase after the only basketball god and try to overtake him!

Carter, Kobe, James, the past spokespersons of the league all failed to chase, and in the end they could only be beaten by one person.

But all he has to do is go beyond!

Stevens' speech was very eloquent. Not only did the fans on the scene lift the mood, but even the team members were full of excitement.

As a result, as soon as the game started, they slapped the Mavericks on the opposite side.

Carlisle is indeed a master coach. After a game, he has clearly analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the Mavericks in the series.

In this game, he did not make too complicated defensive deployments, just simple man-to-man, but he studied a lot of tactics on the offensive end.

The purpose is to rely on the advantage of the team's many scoring points and use offense to win the game.

But it's a pity that Tang Tian had anticipated this move in advance.

The Pelicans prepared in advance, like a chess game with the upper hand.

As a result, the Mavericks' offense is still very difficult, but their defense is worse than the previous game.

And the Pelicans adjusted their offense, focusing on Tang Tian at the beginning.

Come and go.

When the first quarter was about 10 minutes into the rotation, the score on the court was 30 to 15, and the Pelicans had already led by a full 15 points.

During the intermission, fans were chanting Stevens' name.

With the aura of the best head coach, Stevens is blowing up Carlisle, who is well-known in the league!

ps: Three shifts today.

Chapter 8: Pachulia's Expulsion

The fans were cheering for Stevens, and Stevens looked at Tang Tian who had just left the field.

Only he knew that Tang Tiancai was the real hero behind the scenes.

Seeing Stevens' expression, Tang Tian smiled and reached out to give him a high five.

The expression is natural, he doesn't care about these.

The two sides entered the rotation one after another.

For the Pelicans, Stevens replaced Jokic with McGee in 7 minutes.

When he fully entered the rotation, he replaced Jokic, plus Dinwiddie, Stephenson, Bojan and Aminu.

The Mavericks are led by Butler, plus Jennings, Devin Harris, David Lee and Pachulia.

Butler's pull-up jumper scored two points for the Mavericks, narrowing the gap to 13 points.

But looking back, Jokic responded in a high position and assisted Bo Yang to hit a three-pointer from the outside.

Jennings' breakthrough layup was interfered by Aminu. Looking back, Jokic continued to organize, and Dinwiddie's cut layup created Lee's thug.

What Tang Tian and Stevens discussed before is correct.

After Tang Tian increased the proportion of ball possession, Jokic's organizational ability was inevitably weakened in the starting lineup.

It's a wasteful thing to do.

But adjusting his rotation time and letting him bring the bench lineup, this made up all the wasted ones.

During this period, the Pelicans' substitutes played like a duck to water.

On the last attack of the first quarter, the Mavericks defended and killed the rest of the Pelicans. Jokic turned around and walked to the basket after seeing it.

After Pachulia was stunned by the continuous footsteps at the basket, the buzzer hit the board and hit it steadily.

40 to 20, one section of flowers.

The fans at the scene were extremely excited.

This is the first to beat the eighth!

The last game was just an accident!

The Mavericks are very strong on paper, should they be black?

It doesn't exist at all!

By the second quarter, this situation continued.

Jokic hit Pachulia in the first quarter and found that it was easier than expected, and he scored several consecutive hits in the second quarter.

Pachulia has brute strength, but he has nowhere to start in front of Jokic.

This quarter played less than 2 minutes, and the point difference was already running for 30 points.

Carlisle didn't even call a timeout.

Not to mention Carlisle, even Stevens didn't expect such a scene.

Tang Tian even chatted and laughed with Davis, and they might not have to play for the entire second half.

But at this moment, Jokic fell himself while attacking, then got up and got entangled with Pachulia.

No one knew what happened, but Jokic got emotional.

The game entered a technical timeout, and Tang Tian and Davis went forward to communicate with Jokic.

Jokic has a shy personality, which is rarely the case.

The ball just now was replayed on the big LED screen at the scene, and it turned out that Pachulia wanted to step up again!

Fortunately, Ariza was punished before, and Jokic avoided it with a precaution in advance, but it also made him lose his center of gravity and fall.

Before the referee's penalty came out, there was a fierce quarrel on the Mavericks bench over there.

It turned out to be Butler and Pachulia.

Nowitzki and Carlisle are trying to control the situation.

It was at this time that the referee announced the penalty.

Jokic received a technical foul for pushing.

Pachulia was sentenced to second-degree malice and was directly expelled from the game.

Obviously, after experiencing the previous incident of Ariza being stepped on, the referees increased the penalty in order to avoid the deterioration of the situation.

Pachulia was ejected and the brawl on the Mavericks bench ended.

"Hey, hey, remember what I said?"

O'Neill once again laughed triumphantly in front of Barkley and Smith.

As early as when Ariza was stepped on, he said that Tang Tian punched a lot.

Now the referee's decision proved that he was right.

Barkley and Smith could only laugh.

This part of O'Neill is very jumpy, but they can't help it, because what O'Neill said is really right.

The conflict brought the game to a brief stop, and when both sides returned to the field, their state dropped a bit.

The point difference between the two sides has been fluctuating around 25 points. At halftime, the Pelicans lead the Mavericks 71 to 48.

23 points is a big difference, but there are still some to play.

At halftime, players from both sides returned to the locker room.

The atmosphere in the Mavericks' locker room was very strange. Butler scolded Pachulia on the spot because of Tang Tian, ​​which made other teammates' attitudes towards him very subtle.

But Butler is such a character, he always defends his brother face to face.

"Zaza did it wrong, think about it, I don't want that to happen to my team-mates, so I hope it doesn't happen again, we want to win, but not in this way, but in a fair way .”

In the end, Nowitzki came out and said something, and the atmosphere gradually returned to normal.

But it can be clearly felt that there is already a gap between the Mavericks and Butler.

Back in the second half, Butler made the first move, stealing Ariza for a quick layup, and then he assisted Nowitzki to hit an outside three-pointer.

Under the leadership of Butler and Nowitzki, the Mavericks launched a crazy counterattack in the second half.

In the first quarter, the Pelicans' defensive value exceeded the Mavericks' offensive value, and that critical point was not broken.

But in this quarter, the situation is reversed, and the Pelicans' defensive rotation can't keep up with the Mavericks.

The Mavericks scored 39 to 28 in this quarter, narrowing the point difference to 14 points.

The difference is still there, but much smaller.

Compared with the first game, the Mavericks did better.

The leader was Butler, who scored 15 points, 3 assists and 3 steals in this quarter.

After berating Pachulia, he showed how to win the game the right way.

The last quarter of the game was extremely intense. Whether it was the Pelicans' transition or after the main players came back, the point difference between the two sides has been fluctuating between 10 and 14 points.

However, the Mavericks dug too many holes ahead, and Tang Tian's consecutive scoring at critical moments made it impossible for them to get closer to the point difference.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Mavericks 123 to 111 at home and achieved two consecutive victories in the playoffs.

巴特勒空砍全场最高的35分5板5助攻4抢断，诺维茨基也有23分进账。

The two scored 58 points together, but Harris and Embiid performed mediocre.

Playing against the Pelicans, this is obviously not enough.

For the Pelicans, Tang Tian scored a team-high 32 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, including 13 points in the final quarter.

戴维斯得到17分15板4盖帽，约基奇有22分12板10助攻的三双表现，这也是他职业生涯季后赛的第一个三双。

"We need to play harder, we are not without opportunities."

At the press conference after the game, Butler spoke bluntly in front of the media.

His words were recognized by the reporter. In terms of point difference alone, the Mavericks won the second half.

Although they are passive after falling behind 0 to 2, if they can continue to play that kind of performance, they have a chance to start a counterattack from home.

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In another office in the arena, the Pelicans are also holding a postgame press conference.

Tang Tian, ​​Jokic and Stevens attended together.

Most of the reporters' questions were routine questions, and the three answered them fluently.

The theme of Tang Tian's press conference was Jokic next to him.