NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 111 Nash’s explosion, the Mavericks’ regret

Mavericks’ bench.

Except for Nowitzki, most of the other players on the court hardly get Cuban’s attention.

But today’s Steve Nash is obviously one of them!

As a perimeter player who graduated from the Mavericks, Nash has made great contributions in the Mavericks. He has helped the Mavericks enter the playoffs as the team’s starting guard for several consecutive years.

And last year, he helped the Dallas Mavericks enter the Western Conference Finals in one fell swoop, but unfortunately they lost to last year’s champion Spurs. This was the closest the Mavericks have come to the championship in recent years.

It was also this round of playoffs that made Cuban see the Mavericks’ hope of winning the championship, and made him decide to trade and strengthen the jigsaw puzzle of the championship lineup during the offseason.

Steve Nash has become the most important bargaining chip in the reinforcement transaction!

The veteran has been exchanged for some new generation players and ready-to-fight players. At first, Cuban, as the decision maker, was very satisfied.

But now, seeing Nash being so ruthless to his old club, he feels a little uncomfortable.

Seeing Steve Nash on the court hit another three-pointer, the Mavericks boss couldn’t help but chat with the mad scientist next to him.

“Don, why doesn’t Steve’s performance in the team seem so bright?”

“Uh… Sir, Nash’s position in the Knicks is different from that in Dallas!”

Cuban didn’t delve into it, but was a little curious that Nash seemed to have been sublimated again after leaving the Mavericks.

Old Nelson can understand why the boss asked this question. As of now, the first quarter is about to end, Steve Nash has become the current scoring leader of the Knicks, scoring 12 points in a single quarter.

Old Nelson, who was speechless for a while, didn’t know where to start.

Nash has always been the No. 3 scorer in the Mavericks, and this Canadian kid usually does not show much offensive desire.

Even Nelson, who has been with Nash for five years, did not expect that this guy, who was only the No. 3 scorer in the Dallas Mavericks, would become the top attacker of the Knicks in today’s game against his former team.

After the increase in ball possession, his scoring ability has been unprecedentedly improved, and his organizational ability has also been steadily increasing. He has not neglected his organizational ability because of the increase in shooting possession.

Dallas had the opportunity to make him the top scorer in the league.

But the Mavericks coaching staff… or it can be said that Nelson did not do so, and they also sent this guy away personally!

Thinking of this, the legendary coach felt a sense of regret.

On the other side.

Knicks’ player bench.

24:22!

With a long whistle, the first quarter ended, and the Knicks temporarily led by 2 points.

D’Antoni stood in front of the Knicks players’ bench, looking at the scoreboard on the court.

He was relatively satisfied with the result of the first quarter.

He was just a little surprised by the performance of the starting players in the first quarter. According to the pre-match plan, the main attack point of today’s game should be Houston or Wang Song.

But after the whole first quarter, his first feeling was that everyone was feeding the ball to Nash intentionally or unintentionally.

What made him even more exaggerated was that Steve Nash could completely digest these ball rights.

When he got enough shooting opportunities, he was always able to seize the opportunity.

This surprised D’Antoni very much!

Unlike Alan Houston, a shooter who runs without the ball, Steve Nash tends to attack with the ball.

Nash’s performance today undoubtedly solved a problem that D’Antoni has always been troubled by, that is, the attack point of the outside line with the ball.

In the past, the Knicks often gave the ball to the restricted area and let Wang Song be the axis to launch the attack, but now Nash’s strength has proved that he can completely serve as the end point, which will directly affect the Knicks’ play in future games.

However, D’Antoni had to admit that the Dallas Mavericks are indeed a strong team in the West. With Nash’s outstanding performance, they can still hold on to the score. The Mavericks coached by Nelson have not stopped their offensive firepower.

Especially Dirk Nowitzki. Today, based on the positionless play arranged by Nelson, he can always find a mismatch to play low-post singles. This All-Star power forward played brilliantly in this game, scoring 10 points in the first quarter, as if he was talking to his old teammate Steve Nash.

And this has become a tricky problem for the Knicks coaching staff.

The problem is that limiting Nowitzki’s offense has become a problem that the Knicks must solve if they want to win today’s game!

During the intermission, heated discussions were also started in the distant country.

“Today is really tight! The intensity of the confrontation between the two sides in the first quarter was very high. The new guard of the Mavericks did not show any intention of giving way to the old predecessor. Barbosa seemed to want to prove that he was no worse than Nash today!”

“Coach Zhang, after all, the team owner came to the scene to watch the game today, and you will inevitably want to show yourself more. But it should be said that Steve Nash’s offensive desire was very strong today. Wang Song’s solid screen created many opportunities for him to shoot, and he seized them all!”

“Ho, Dirk Nowitzki’s performance today was also eye-catching, but he rarely competed with Wang Song head-on. This old sly guy always found a good opportunity to mismatch. I guess the Knicks will not let him play so comfortably in the second half.”

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The game continues.

After the second quarter, both sides made fine adjustments to the outside players, and the inside players were still the old configuration.

Mavericks attack!

Nowitzki was still placed at the five position, facing Kurt Thomas with the help of Josh Howard’s screen. He wanted to use his personal advantage to cause damage to the Mavericks, but the Knicks switched defense very quickly.

Taking advantage of the moment when Nowitzki received the ball, Kurt Thomas and Wang Song completed the defense switch.

Seeing the change of defenders, Nowitzki’s eyes condensed slightly.

It’s not that he was afraid of the Chinese big man behind him. For him, there were only a handful of players in the league who could defend him alone. Even when he played against the Lakers’ Shark, he rarely suffered a setback on the offensive end.

It’s just that the reputation and tall body of the Chinese rookie behind him made him feel a little uneasy.

“Now Nowitzki has run into a tough opponent. Wang Song is defending him. Although the heights of the two are almost the same, Wang Song is obviously thinner than Nowitzki, so visually Nowitzki looks a circle bigger.”

Coach Zhang said this with a beaming face. It seems that he is not worried that Wang Song will suffer a loss in the matchup between the two.

After all, Wang Song is the current block king in the league, and his thin body is just a disguise for his terrifying explosion.

Anyone who underestimates this skinny guy will pay a heavy price!

On the court.

Seeing that there is not much time left for the attack, Nowitzki continuously lowers his shoulders to fight against the guy behind him after turning his back, preparing to end this attack with a huge backward angle.

Few people can complete his signature Golden Rooster Stand backward defense. It is precisely with such confidence that he dares to shoot in front of Wang Song, who is temporarily at the top of the league’s block list.

But he still underestimated Wang Song’s jumping ability, and a shadow covered him directly.

Nowitzki, who was standing on one foot, could not stop the continuous movement and could only watch the ball being intercepted by the opponent in the air.

To be precise, it was confiscated!

(End of this chapter)