Nba: This Superstar Is Too Stable

Dallas, American Airlines Center, here is as lively as a grand festival.

Fans were wearing Mavericks fan uniforms, Texas-specific jeans, and even cowboy hats, cheering for the Mavericks and creating a festive environment for the entire city in the cheerful singing.

Five years, the first time in five years, the Dallas Mavericks once again reached the finals!

The avid fans here certainly remember five years ago, when the Mavericks were in Game 1 of the Finals.

At that time, the 27-year-old Dirk Nowitzki was in full swing, leading a group of young talents to break out from the tyrannical western region!

In the finals, facing the Miami Heat, who are not strong on paper, they thought the championship was secure!

After the first two home games, they both won easily, and it seems that they are indeed stable.

Everyone is cheering and looking forward to the city's first championship!

Since then, however, things have taken a turn for the worse, with the Mavericks losing four straight games and the championship.

Five years, five years!

How are the Dallas fans doing?

Even though Dirk Nowitzki's MVP season was tragic, even if he was labeled as a "soft egg", fans have always supported this team and believed that they would come back again.

Finally, after five years, the 33-year-old Dirk Nowitzki, at his final peak, once again led the slightly aging Mavericks back to the finals.

The persistence of the Dallas fans paid off.

And today, still no different from five years ago, the enthusiasm of Dallas fans is still undiminished.

Only compared with five years ago, the fans are also less aggressive.

The local sports media conducted random interviews with these fans, asking them what they thought of the Knicks, their opponent in the Finals? And their outlook on the Mavericks.

"The New York Knicks are a strong team with a long history and a lot of fans...they have two top stars and a super rookie on their team, and it's going to be a tough game against them, of course, for sure. It's also pretty."

"In fact, our team can enter the finals, it is already very satisfied, as for whether the finals can be ... ... I certainly hope that the Mavericks can win."

"The Knicks are very strong, they eliminated the Heat, and if the game is to play well, it's just fine."

Many of these Dallas fans are old fans.

Perhaps, because of the loss in the finals five years ago and the tragic black eight the year after, their expectations are not as sharp as they used to be.

Or, the young fans of the past tend to be more mature now, and naturally it has changed.

Of course, not all fans are so Buddhist.

The local mainstream media in Dallas are full of hope for the finals. They even think that the Mavericks can win the championship 4:1, at most 4:2.

This is not the arrogance of Aiwu and Wu.

When the Knicks knocked out the Heat in the tiebreaker, experts and media who had been optimistic about the Heat's easy entry into the finals did not disappear because of this slap in the face. On the contrary, they found various reasons. to explain the Heat's loss, and made predictions for the finals again.

"I think the Mavericks will win the Knicks 4:2 and win the championship. The reason is very simple. The overall strength of the Knicks is completely insufficient. They won the Heat, relying more on luck!"

"That's right, the Knicks wouldn't have won the game if it wasn't for LeBron James' uncharacteristic crotch stretch in the last two games!"

"Looking closely at the promotion process of the Knicks in the Eastern Conference, luck really played a big part. First of all, at the end of the regular season, the Pacers didn't fight for the eighth place. They just gave the eighth to the Knicks. Letting the Knicks face the Bulls who are not very experienced and star quality in the first round, the Eagles in the second round are nothing, and the first two wins against the Heat can only be said that the Knicks have done a lot of homework, but The next two victories were purely due to the Heat pulling their hips."

"The Dallas Mavericks are very stable. Let's look at their average age. Let's not say that they are old fritters. They are also experienced in the playoffs. They will definitely not make mistakes like the Heat."

"The biggest disadvantage of the Knicks is their interior, look at the tiebreaker against the Heat, the frontcourt lost... The Mavericks' interior is much stronger than the Heat, and they definitely can't stand it, so , Let's focus on the free market in the summer, and strive for a good reinforcement next season...

It has to be said that these so-called experts have repeatedly guessed wrong, but they still analyze it rightly.

Of course, I can't blame them, they are so-called fake experts, unprofessional or something...

In fact, their analysis is very professional and makes sense.

When the Knicks played against the Heat, their strength on paper was completely inadequate. According to the record and various high-level data, the score prediction of a 4:1 or 4:0 sweep was very reasonable.

However, there will be some special situations.

Thinking about it carefully, in the Eastern Finals between the Heat and the Knicks, the Knicks won G1, it is true that the Heat were not prepared enough.

But except for this one, which the Knicks prepared to win with a better game, the other three victories were beyond the pundits' expectations.

Of course, they couldn't have expected that rookie Bai Feng could play 45+15 and beat the Heat with a three-point lore.

It is even more impossible to predict that LeBron James will score more than ten points in a game, and only 8 points in the tiebreaker.

Can't imagine anyone else.

Therefore, the experts are not unprofessional, but there are too many accidents!

Of course, it wasn't just this round that the experts were beaten in the face.

Including their prediction of the Mavericks, which round will not be slapped in the face?

How many people can expect the Mavericks to sweep the defending champion Lakers?

Well now, the most dramatic situation has emerged.

The two teams in the east and west that are least favored by experts actually met in the final!

This kind of situation is very popular among the people who eat melons.

Isn't your expert poisonous milk? Now these two teams that are not favored have entered the finals, who do you favor?

This time, the experts are all one-sidedly optimistic about the Mavericks. …

In fact, it is not surprising that the Mavericks themselves are not weak, and their lineup is very complete.

It's just that the core Nowitzki gives the impression that it is too "soft", and the overall age of the Mavericks is too old, so it is not optimistic.

The reason why the Knicks are not optimistic is that the simple lineup is too bad. Except for the three cores, other configurations are completely unwatchable.

Experts naturally prefer the Mavericks with a reasonable lineup.

The Knicks were sitting in an adaptive training session at the American Airlines Center on the day the Game 1 of the finals kicked off.

Amare Stoudemire asked Bai Feng to pass him an alley-oop dunk. After the beautiful completion, he said in a good mood: "Well, just like playing against the Heat, everyone is not optimistic about us, then Tonight, let these people see our strength!"

Obviously, the performance of 34+15 in the last game of life and death in the Eastern Finals [gives Stoudemire great confidence!

Although this is not his best record in the division finals, the key point is that he won the division finals and entered the finals!

You know, the peak of Stoudemire was when he played against the Spurs in the Western Finals, and he averaged 37+13 explosions per game.

But unfortunately, at that time the Suns lost 1:4 to the Spurs.

Now that Stoudemire stood up and entered the finals, he suddenly felt that he could do it again!

That's right, he's only 28 years old, and this should be his real peak.

Carmelo Anthony also said with a smile: "Amare, you are absolutely right, I support you, tonight, let's make the world quiet, our power! Those so-called experts who don't look down on us , will definitely regret it again!"

In fact, Anthony's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals was not good, especially in the tiebreaker, where he only scored 14 points.

Of course, there is a reason for Anthony's poor performance. Most of the time, the Heat have given him a double-team. Even in one-on-one, he is against LeBron James who is fully defensive.

Let's look at the Mavericks' perimeter defender, Marion?

If you think about it this way, you are naturally confident.

As for Bai Feng, he did not appear on the training ground, but was on the sidelines, discussing tonight's offensive tactics with D'Antoni.

As the sun slowly sets and night falls, the NBA Finals, which fans all over the world are watching, is finally about to start!

The blue ocean at American Airlines Center has made a lot of noise, and the city's wild west cowboy style "fans are so different.

Other teams use beautiful women as their cheerleaders, but the Mavericks are most famous for a fat cheerleader.

In the dance music of the fat guys, the one who twisted the most cheerfully with the music was the Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

He is known as the most fanatical boss in the NBA, and he is bound to be present at the Mavericks' home game, and even compete with the players in practice.

A fanatical boss brings out a fanatical team, and the fans are naturally very fanatical!

In the lively music, the home team's starting five tigers appeared.

The first to play is the legendary point guard Jason Kidd, who has turned 38 years old. He is the soul of this Mavericks backline!

Then came Sean Marion, followed by Tyson Chandler, then De Sean Stevenson, and finally the Mavericks' super core player, Dirk Nowitzki!

Nowitzki's appearance caused the audience to scream!

Obviously, the performance of this historical-level power forward in the previous playoffs has won the absolute recognition of the fans. Now, he still lacks a championship, so he will completely remove the label of "soft egg".

The lights came on, and the Knicks' starting five came on stage.

Bai Feng, Stoudemire, Anthony, JR Smith and Turiaf, this lineup has always been used by the Knicks in the playoffs and has never changed once.

Players from both sides came to the middle circle to prepare, and everyone had a friendly exchange.

Marion and Stoudemire, the former old partners, were even more smiling.

Obviously, their relationship is still very good today.

I just don't know how Steve Nash, the old partner who still stayed with the Suns, would feel when he saw that his two old partners of the Suns and the Mavericks, his old club, had entered the finals.

The players from both sides stood in the middle, and as the referee blew the whistle [The final G1 starts!

Tyson Chandler got the first offensive ball for the Mavericks.

Kidd dribbled the ball over the frontcourt, Nowitzki mentioned that he had to turn his back to the position in the 45-degree mid-range. After receiving the pass from Kidd, the teammates all pulled away, and Nowitzki singled against Stoudemire.

Nowitzki's post-up singles are not complicated. After two back-to-back confrontations, with the help of the strength generated by the confrontation, he leaned back.

Independent shot.

Swish!

hit!

0:2

The Mavericks took the lead and scored.

Stoudemire curled his lips helplessly. He knew that Nowitzki was going to fight like this, but there was absolutely nothing he could do.

This kind of very extreme leaning back is difficult to cover. Besides, Nowitzki is a little taller than him, and it is even more impossible to interfere.

The only thought is to expect Nowitzki to miss such a difficult fallback shot.

However, since this year's Western Conference playoffs all the way, Dirk Nowitzki has proved more than once that this kind of shooting is extremely difficult in the eyes of others. in him

It's as simple and sure as the everyday.

Of course, Stoudemire didn't care too much, after all, the game had just started.

In the Knicks round, Bai Feng dribbled the ball over half court and hit the ball to Anthony's point.

Anthony has the ball, the same 45-degree mid-range area, the same pulls his teammates away, the same post-up.

However, Anthony did not use his picturesque mid-range shots to singles, but used his weight to press Marion.

After pressing to the area close to the basket, Anthony's turn after strengthening the confrontation started Marion and caused a foul.

Anthony got a free throw opportunity, went to the free throw line, and made 2 of 2 free throws.

2:2

In the beginning, both sides played singles.

Just one round highlighted the strengths of both sides.

The Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki retreated to the three-point line after the pick-and-roll with Kidd, and shot a three-pointer directly after receiving a pass from Kidd!

bang!

Hard work!

Although after five or six years, small balls are popular in later generations, almost all inside players will make a three-pointer.

But in this day and age, small ball is on the rise, and there are very few big men in the league with a top 3-pointer, and Dirk Nowitzki is one of them!

He was also a player who won the three-point contest (Zhao Zhao's), and even shot a terrifying 71% three-pointer in the Western Conference semifinals series that swept the Lakers.

No one wants to let a player like that shoot the 3-pointer.

However, it is almost impossible for you to block a 213 perimeter shooter from shooting 3-pointers.

In the final analysis, it still depends on Nowitzki's touch. As long as his touch comes, you are standing in front of him, and he can also force the three-point shot.

This is the BUG of the Mavericks soul.

However, as soon as he played today, he didn't seem to have a full throw, which is undoubtedly good news for the Knicks.

The Knicks attacked. Anthony ran out of position through Stoudemire's off-the-ball cover and took a direct mid-range shot after receiving a pass from Bai Feng.

Swish!

Hit again!

4:2

Starting with 4 points in a row, Carmelo Anthony felt very hot.

But the Mavericks didn't panic at all [Upon-Jin, who failed to make the main shot, Nowitzki went to the near-pen area to ask for the ball again.

After getting the ball, he beat Stoudemire again.

This time, Nowitzki suddenly turned his back and made a layup after leaning on it, causing Stoudemire to commit a foul.

Nowitzki went to the free throw line and made 2 of 2 free throws.

4:4

...resist...

The leaders of both sides seemed to be in a good state, and as soon as they came up, they all started singles.

The Mavericks were the first to change.

The Knicks attacked, and when Anthony and Stoudemire played off-ball screens again, Chandler and Marion switched defenses decisively.

Anthony played Chandler is not easy to play, he gave the ball to Stoudemire.

Stoudemire originally had the advantage of size in playing Marion. After taking the ball, he tried to attack at the basket, but unexpectedly, the alert Marion popped out of the bottom line.

Seeing Marion complete the cap, the atmosphere on the scene instantly soared!

Indeed, as the old teammates of the Suns who fought side by side, Marion and Stoudemire know each other well, and this matchup is reflected. .