NBA: No. 1 Forward

Chapter 366: Difficult Carlisle

Nowitzki changed some of the characters he had developed in Europe before, and gradually made his character more like a pure American basketball player.

In particular, he is no longer blindly being a good old man. Sometimes he will yell at some teammates who do not try their best. Off the field, he also actively integrates into the black player group. It can be said that the team atmosphere of the Mavericks in the past few seasons is the best in the league. one of the teams.

They are willing to believe that Dirk Nowitzki led them to win the championship. Therefore, even if the Mavericks have not made any achievements in the playoffs for three or four consecutive seasons, this group of people is still willing to follow Nowitzki. .

Although, some of them are already old, but who said that veterans can't look radiant!

In fact, this is also the experience that the Knicks lack. The Knicks have actually been too smooth along the way.

In some cases, they lack the calf's calm temperament.

As soon as the third quarter came up, as expected by Lian Dao, the Knicks' shooting percentage declined, and Stoudemire was the first.

Lian Dao held the ball outside, Stoudemire made a high pick-and-roll, Lian Dao broke through and attracted Marion and Nowitzki, and then passed the ball to Stoudemire outside the three-point line. Sen Chandler grabs it.

The Mavericks also blew the horn of counterattack.

With the help of Tyson Chandler's high cover, Jason Terry first hit a three-pointer with an outside shot, and then Jason Kidd made a fake outside shot to trick Holiday, and then hit another goal from outside the three-point line.

The 37-year-old Kidd is really getting older and more demonic. It is possible that his speed is not as fast as Holiday's, and his physical fitness is not as good as Holiday's, but the feints are not something Holiday can handle now.

The Mavericks scored six points in a row and narrowed the point difference to 5 points in a blink of an eye.

In fact, the lead of the Knicks is not stable. Their overall shooting percentage in the first half was so high that they only led by 11 points. From this point, it can be seen that even when the Knicks broke out, the Mavericks' offensive ability Not much worse than the Knicks.

Unexpectedly, the rhythm of this game was very similar to the last match, but this time it was not Nowitzki who stood up, but someone else from the Mavericks.

"The Mavericks' counterattack came too fast. Terry and Kidd's two three-pointers were too critical, and they directly chased the score back to within five points. At this time, if the Knicks can't withstand the pressure, they are likely to face It's a crash!"

The Mavericks' tide-like counterattack surprised Mike Breen. It's hard for you to imagine that this is an offense played by a group of players with an average age of 31 or 2 years old.

D'Antoni quickly noticed something was wrong and hurriedly called a timeout.

D'Antoni also found that the Mavericks' counterattack in the third quarter came too fast, as if everything had already been targeted.

"Sickle, the next offense is entrusted to you. As for the German's defense assistance, DeMarcus is entrusted. We now need you to use offense to help the team through this time!"

Lian Dao nodded. He is the core of the team's offense and the leader of the team. When the team encounters difficulties, he must stand up and solve problems. This is a core quality that must be possessed.

"Tony, Zhu, keep an eye on your respective defenders, DeMarcus, as long as the German enters the basket, he will double-team without hesitation. You can release Tyson Chandler appropriately, but you must not let that German go to the basket." The Germans scored easily!"

D'Antoni was also cruel to Nowitzki this time, and the other players also nodded in agreement.

Back on the court, the Knicks attacked. After halftime, Holiday handed the ball to Lian Dao, who actively moved away from Kidd.

In front of Lian Dao is the hacker Marion, who is now staring at the basketball in Lian Dao's hands. It can be said that he did not make any achievements in defending Lian Dao in the first half. Although Carlisle did not reprimand him, Ma Lian Lyon is still a shameless man, and at this moment he has to prove himself on the defensive end.

The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

With the ball in his right hand, Lian Dao suddenly accelerated, his left shoulder pushed away Marion's defense, and then he shot a mid-range fadeaway jumper.

Although Nowitzki was always ready to double-team, he was still a step behind.

"brush!"

"After the timeout, Sickle hit a strong two-pointer, which is really wonderful. All the moves of Sickle just now are without any superfluous, simple, simple and efficient!"

Lian Dao's mid-range shot helped the Knicks stabilize their position.

However, on the Mavericks side, Nowitzki made a strong three-pointer against Stoudemire from outside the three-point line. Shooting a golden rooster's independent three-point long-range shot, it is estimated that no one will be very good at defending.

Lian Dao knew that there was some trouble. The Germans faced the Knicks again. At this time, pure defense can no longer solve the problem. The Knicks need to do the same on the offensive end.

After returning from the timeout, the Mavericks changed their defensive strategy. The defensive end adopted an offensive mixed defense. This defense combines man-to-man defense and zone defense. It is the most practical defensive method in the face of super scorers. .

D'Antoni's previous defensive tactics are also in this way, and the Mavericks also use this method to deal with Lian Dao. The main purpose is to limit Lian Dao's offensive efficiency, and at the same time strangle the offense of other Knicks players and reduce the opponent's hits rate and scoring, and then carry out a large number of pass and cut cooperation on the offensive end to create defensive loopholes and increase the burden of partial defense, thereby creating offensive opportunities.

Whether this tactic can win in the end depends mainly on the overall state of the team and the continuous scoring ability of superstars.

Of course, there is also the quality of the opponent's defense!

If we talk about the past, no, it was the Knicks last season. Their defense basically had to surrender in the face of this tactic put forward by the Mavericks.

Although their single defense last season was not bad, but the coordination of the joint defense has not been very good.

And after a whole season of running-in, although they can't be said to be the first in the league in zone defense, they can also be said to have a lot of tacit cooperation, especially in the cooperation of unlimited defenses.

Of course, compared with the Mavericks, they can only say that they try not to fall behind in zone defense, and the best is a pair.

So now the only thing that can determine the outcome is the superstar's ability to score points continuously.

Fortunately, Lian Dao didn't exert too much force in the first half, and he is very physically fit now.

In the next game, as long as Nowitzki scores a goal, Lian Dao will respond on the offensive end, and the third quarter has completely become a game between the two superstars.

However, neither side had the ability to expand or reduce the score in the third quarter. After the third quarter, the score was 96:92.

After three quarters, the Knicks still maintain a four-point lead.

Compared with the Mavericks, the Knicks' combination of assist defense and switch defense is still slightly inferior, especially in the face of the Mavericks' excellent ball conduction, smooth running, and high-quality off-ball screens. Knicks players Sometimes people still miss people, which is most obvious in Stoudemire and Cousins.

One is not very good defensively, and the other is a rookie this year with inexperienced defense.

The two often overlap in position, and If this happens, it means that if the opponent has a player, there will be an open space.

However, the good news is that the Mavericks did not limit Lian Dao, who was in a super **** state, on the defensive end.

Although the Mavericks' defensive purpose is very clear, which is to mainly defend Lian Dao's breakthrough and shooting efficiency, but it is really not easy to achieve these two points, especially Lian Dao's excellent off-ball ability.

As long as the Mavericks double-team excessively, Lian Dao will choose to run without the ball, catch the ball and shoot directly.

Of course, it’s not that Carlisle didn’t think about this problem. He actually took care of this problem on the defensive end, so when Lian Dao was running without the ball, the Mavericks’ defense changed accordingly. They no longer used double-teaming. Tactics, but mainly restrict Holiday, Tony Allen or other Knicks with the ball.

They no longer focus on Lian Dao, but on the passing route of the ball holder. In Carlisle's view, as long as they keep an eye on the basketball, even if Lian Dao runs well and cannot catch the ball, everything will be fine. It's all in vain.

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