NBA bench saves national team

The Thunder's starting lineup is: Chandler, Ibaka, Durant, Qin Feng, Westbrook;

Mavericks' starting lineup is: Brandon Haywood, Dirk Nowitzki, Cardinal, Stevenson, Kidd.

Qin Feng looked at the Mavericks standing in front of him, and he also sighed.

Although the intersection with the Mavericks is relatively small, this team is also deeply affected by the butterfly effect it has produced.

He clearly remembers that in his previous life, the Mavericks this season were the nba championship this season.

And one of the important heroes of the Mavericks is Tyson Chandler!

The defense of the inside gate has established a solid line of defense for the Mavericks in the penalty area, making the Mavericks' penalty area one of the teams with the fewest points per game in the NBA.

Especially in the playoffs, Chandler's defensive role is even more obvious.

His presence can be said to perfectly make up for Nowitzki's problems on the defensive end.

Chandler also relied on his performance in the Mavericks to become one of the candidates for the best defensive player of the season.

In this life.

Qin Feng's Thunder team not only became a favorable contender for the championship, but Chandler also stayed with the Thunder team and signed a long-term contract.

This makes the strength of the Mavericks plummeted, basically out of the ranks of the championship.

Without Chandler, the Mavericks' starting center is Haywood.

Compared with Chandler, Haywood can't compare with him in terms of physical talent or technical skills.

The referee threw the basketball.

Chandler easily won the jump ball and patted the basketball into Westbrook's hands.

Westbrook quickly dribbled the ball across half court, trying to break through Jason Kidd.

But where is it so easy?

Although Kidd is 38 years old, his experience and skills are still at the level of the league's top point guards, and Kidd has a height of 1.93 meters and a stronger body than Westbrook, which makes him the No. 1 player. defensive master.

Can easily defend 90.00% of the league's point guards with five or more.

Nine times in his career, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team, which is a good proof of this point.

It should be noted that although Kidd has a strong body, he does not have the explosive physical talent of Westbrook, and he is a floor player.

Westbrook made a big change of direction and wanted to throw away Kidd from the right.

But the seasoned Kidd keenly judged Westbrook's intentions, and moved his feet laterally to block Westbrook's path while making a steal.

Snapped!

The basketball was easily cut off by Kidd, and then the Mavericks launched a fast break.

If it was a few years younger, Kidd would launch a fast break by himself.

But now that the age has come up, the speed of movement is still greatly affected, so the heavy responsibility of fast break is handed over to teammates.

As he went down quickly, he passed the basketball out.

Stevenson, who was extremely fast, had already run to the frontcourt, jumped up after receiving the basketball, and wanted to complete a flying dunk.

"Want to dunk? Dude, you still don't know where you are!"

Seeing this, Qin Feng, who turned around to chase after him, muttered, jumped up, and at the same time used the [Mutombo Death Blocking] skill.

Snapped!

A loud bang.

Qin Feng slapped the basketball hard from behind Stevenson with thunderous power.

Stevenson fell to the ground in a daze, not knowing how he was covered.

The basketball flies out of bounds.

Still the Mavericks have the ball.

There were bursts of cheers at the scene, and Qin Feng did not expect to perform amazingly at the beginning, sending out a chasing hat.

Kidd received an out-of-bounds pass and glanced at Westbrook who was far away from him.

Obviously had a chance to attack, but he passed the basketball to Nowitzki.

Westbrook: "???"

Ji Bugong is indeed a well-deserved reputation, unless it is a last resort, he will never attack by himself.

In addition to Jibugong, there are three major "no" players in the league, namely Nabufang, Mo Buchuan, and Longbuzhu.

After Nowitzki received the basketball in the penalty area, he turned around and shot independently.

The basketball draws a small arc.

Swish.

Hollow into the net.

The Thunder attack.

After Westbrook dribbled the ball for halftime, he passed the ball to Qin Feng.

He also knew that the attack in the first round was a bit reckless, so this time he suppressed his strong desire to attack.

Facing Stevenson's defense, Qin Feng dribbled the ball with continuous cross-steps, followed by a fake feint to easily shake off the latter's heavy defense, and then retreated to the outside of the three-point line, stopping suddenly and shooting a shot three-pointer.

The basketball crossed a high arc, as if it had eyes, and fell straight into the basket, sending ripples out of the net.

Fabulous.

"It's coming! Qin Feng hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the game. It seems that the truce for more than a week has not affected his shooting touch at all!"

The on-site commentator said in surprise.

It was like a long drought meeting nectar. After waiting for more than a week, I finally saw Qin Feng's performance again.

The audience also burst into shouts of "mvp".

Some fans held up a support sign, which read: "This three-pointer is much more reliable than Durant."

Durant was inexplicably dissed, a little depressed.

Is your three-point shot poor?

After the All-Star weekend, he also has a 35% hit rate!

The Mavericks attack.

After Kidd dribbled the ball for halftime, he passed the basketball to Nowitzki again.

The weak link of the Thunder before was Jeff Green at the power forward position, but now it is replaced by Ibaka, which still can't stop Nowitzki, a top power forward in the league.

I can only watch Nowitzki score easily.

Fortunately, the Thunder also maintained a very hot shooting touch.

Qin Feng, in particular, fired continuously from the outside, causing the audience to scream and cheer non-stop.

In addition to his stable performance on the offensive end, Qin Feng also began to work hard on the defensive end, not only stealing, but also assisting in blocking blocks, which effectively contained the Mavericks' offense.

The first quarter lasted about 9 minutes.

The Thunder have gained an 8-point lead.

秦风更是9投6中，三分球6投4中，砍下16分4篮板3助攻2抢断1封盖的全面数据。

beep.

Mavericks coach Carlisle called a timeout and began to change players, replacing the three main players of Kidd, Stevenson and Cardinal, and replacing them with Marion, Jason Terry and Barea.

The performance of these three substitutes is indispensable for the Mavericks to reach the fourth place in the Western Conference this season.

Especially Terry, who averaged nearly 18 points per game and is one of the most powerful substitute players in the NBA.

There is also the long-established "hacker" Marion, and the small player Barea with certain "nerve knife" attributes.

These three are fully capable of starting, but they were all knocked down by Carlisle on the bench.

Thunder here.

Brooks replaced Qin Feng. After all, he had been out of battle for a long time, so he still had to pay attention to protection.

Pause back.

The Mavericks' three backup generals were like beasts unleashed from a cage, with bloodthirsty gleams in their eyes.

Nowitzki's eyes were full of confidence. He knew very well that the Mavericks' counterattack had only just begun!