The Mavericks and Magic didn't miss each other's first shots, and both felt hot. This seemed to set the tone for this game.
After Howard served, Nash immediately led the team to charge.
Compared with the Mavericks' super strong offense, their defense is much worse. Although it cannot be said to be scumbag, it is not at the level of the Western Conference playoffs. The defense of the starting lineup relies on Dampier on the inside and Josh Howard on the outside. The other three are
Can't count on it.
Nash once again positioned himself at the top of the arc, and then prepared to do a pick-and-roll with Josh. Although Terry followed closely this time, and after being blocked by Josh, he quickly went around, but it was still too late. Nash hit another 2 points with a jumper.
Nowitzki's ability to set up pick-and-rolls was so poor that he didn't even foresee that Nash would have a loophole for the first time. As a result, he gave Nash space to shoot before Terry came back.
Every team's tactics have a great relationship with its personnel configuration. For example, this is the case with the Mavericks. From the time Cuban decided to use an extreme figure like Nowitzki as the core of the team, this team was doomed.
The team's alternative tactics.
On the defensive end, Nowitzki is very bad. It can be said that as a starter, his defense is substandard. Although Nowitzki is very flexible with his feet, his movement speed is very slow, and he basically cannot fill up positions for his teammates and assist in defense.
.And he has problems judging the opponent's offensive line. He is often thrown away by his opponent in one step, directly causing a breakthrough. In addition, his poor confrontation ability, and the protection of rebounds is also a problem. So although many people are constantly beautifying
"German Chariot", but one fact that cannot be denied is that his role on the defensive end is very small. He basically just relies on his height and size to occupy space and cause interference to the opponent, that's all. His confrontation ability is not good.
His movement speed is not good, his defensive prediction is not good, and he can't even stalk him. It can be said that if the league's 30 starting power forwards were ranked in terms of defensive ability, Nowitzki would definitely be in the bottom three.
Therefore, in order to make up for Nowitzki's defensive loopholes, the team must find someone to fill his position and help him defend. So we see that the Mavericks center has always been a defensive character with almost zero active offensive ability.
, from Dampier to Haywood, and then to Chandler. But one center is not enough, so we look at the two years when the Mavericks were the strongest. The small forwards were also strong men who could defend the power forwards alone. About
Howard and Marion.
A big reason why the Mavericks won the championship in 2011 was that Chandler and Marion relied on their excellent lateral movement to help Nowitzki fill the position in time, which offset the hidden dangers of the Mavericks inside to the greatest extent. (ps: Of course, they won the championship that year.
The biggest reason is that James played too bad) so I always feel that if Dwight Howard and Nowitzki can join forces, there will be no solution.
Some people have said, since Nowitzki is so miserable, why do the Mavericks still let him be the core? The reason is simple, he is unsolvable on the offensive end.
On the offensive end, although Nowitzki is an inside post, he does not hit the basket, but floats and shoots from the outside. Therefore, to defend him, the opponent's inside line must follow. Therefore, in order to take advantage of Nowitzki's characteristics, it is necessary to
Pair him with a small outside player who is fast and has strong breakthrough ability. This will make the most of the space created by him pulling the opponent out of the paint area. Therefore, we see that the Mavericks' backcourt is Terry and Stackhouse.
Harris and Barea are both amazingly fast and good at breakthroughs. So although Nowitzki is not known for his ability to organize offense, he is a player who can create opportunities for other players and make other players perform better.
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Okay, back to the point. Nowitzki's specialness has created the Mavericks' winning logic for the past ten years: it doesn't matter if they lose points. Dallas people never expect to be able to defend their opponents, but you don't expect to be able to defend them either.
We, in the end we will win by scoring more points….
There are many teams and many players in the league who believe in the saying "offense is the best defense", so they focus on offense and neglect defense. Especially for a team with strong offensive ability like the Bulls, this problem becomes more and more obvious.
, but this sentence is not true. At least in the NBA, there is no team that has won the championship purely by relying on offense.
But this is the regular season after all, not the playoffs. The regular season is about who has more advantages and who has the most outstanding characteristics, while the playoffs are about who has fewer loopholes and makes fewer mistakes.
So the Mavericks responded immediately, and Nowitzki used his signature horseback shooting from the high post to score 2 points.
Nowitzki's horseback shooting is very simple, looks very slow, and he almost doesn't take off. It should be easy to interfere with, or even directly block shots. But in reality, this trick is almost unsolvable in the league. Although Nowitzki
There is no jump, but his release point is very high, slightly backward, and has a large arc. Therefore, some experts have calculated that if you want to block Nowitzki, you need O'Neal's height and Nate Robinson's jumping.
"Look at Nowitzki's shooting. It's really perfect. Today's young players should really learn from it. His shooting arc is very large, and the larger the arc, the larger the area into the basket, and the shooting rate will naturally be higher.
High." Albert was analyzing on the sidelines.
Thibodeau is a defensive expert. Although he has seen Nowitzki's goals countless times, he still shook his head helplessly and said to himself, "No way, it's completely impossible to prevent."
After hearing this, Edison couldn't help but smile and patted him on the back, "There is no way. There are always some people in this league that you can't guard at all. The only thing that can stop them is the basket."
"Impossible, there will always be ways to reduce their hit rate, we just didn't expect it." Thibodeau did not give up and retorted seriously.
After hearing this, Edison curled his lips and thought, what a paranoid.
The players of the Mavericks and Magic did not have the time or energy to lament Nowitzki's shooting. They only thought about the game, only the offense or defense in front of them.
Both sides were back and forth, and the hands were very hot. Near the end of the first quarter, the score was 34-30, with the Mavericks leading by 4 points and getting the last chance to attack.
After Terry used up the time to 3 seconds, he passed the ball to Nowitzki. Facing Josh's aggressive defense, Nowitzki rode and shot again, but unfortunately, this time he was rejected by the basket.
, the Mavericks ended the first quarter with a 4-point advantage.
"What's wrong? Everyone has a straight face. Didn't we predict it before the game? This game will be very difficult. The Mavericks are not our previous opponents. They are the top team in the league. We are now four behind.
Points are normal." Edison did not scold the players for falling behind, but instead comforted everyone.
"Okay, don't think about the first quarter now, let's focus on the second quarter. I think the second quarter will be the key to the game, especially when they come on as a substitute, that will really determine the outcome of the game.
Negative factors. Stackhouse, this person has extremely strong scoring ability. Although he is a substitute, his scoring average is not much lower than that of the starter. It can be said that he is the third scoring point of the Mavericks, just like our Bao
Reese is the same as Kevin. So our key task is to restrict this person, prevent him from scoring, and make the Mavericks' scoring stall. For this reason, Kevin, your playing time will be reduced today." Edison said with his finger.
After a moment, Martin nodded to make it clear.
"Then let me talk about the offense, Steve, play more inside, let Dwight and Josh attack the basket more directly. I know that the opponent's defense will expose a lot of flaws on the outside, but we still have to try our best to attack the inside and strive for
Let Dampier go off and our game will be much easier to handle..."….
It is said that books come in handy when they are in use. In fact, the same applies to time. Edison was still making arrangements when the electronic bell rang again and the second quarter began. Edison watched the players take the field. At this time, the cameraman pushed the camera over. Edison thought
After talking about the phone call with Stern yesterday, I posed for the camera.
After the start of the second quarter, the shooting percentages of players on both sides began to decrease due to the decline in physical strength, and the score began to increase slowly.
Old Nelson saw that the time was almost up, and only one main player, Nowitzki, was left on the court. He replaced Stackhouse, Daniels, Harris, and Bradley. Soon Nowitzki would also be included.
Replaced.
Edison also made a big move, leaving only Iguodala and replacing him with Varejao, Diaw, Wallace and Tony Allen. Wallace followed Daniels closely after coming on the court, while Iguodala defended
With Stackhouse.
Stackhouse was born in North Carolina, and his offensive skills are also at the North Carolina level. Coupled with his excellent physical fitness, he can fully serve as the offensive core of an ordinary team. But out of the pursuit of honor, he gave up
With his body, he played as the sixth man in the Mavericks. When he played in the past games, the opponent had no way to stop him. But it was different today. Iguodala successfully limited him. Iguodala's speed
He is very fast and tough. The most important thing is that he defends very hard and does not hesitate to use his physical strength. Defense is more of an attitude. As long as he is sticky enough and runs happily enough, he will generally have good results.
At first, Stackhouse didn't care. You are the main force, and your physical strength cannot allow you to play all the time. If you keep guarding me and keep running like crazy, wait until the third and fourth quarters to see what you do. The result is the same.
As he was thinking, Iguodala was replaced a few minutes later and Martin came on.
At this time, Stackhouse was still feeling very proud, "Look, I got it right. This new guy with thin arms and legs, do you think you can stop me?"
As a result, when he attacked, he found that the person standing in front of him became Tony Allen. Although he was of average height, he was very strong and could still cause him a lot of trouble. If he was young, Stackhouse wouldn't care.
Who could defend him? He must be foolhardy. But now that he is more mature, he has turned his attention to teammates Daniels and Harris.
At this time, Harris was not the Pluto that he would be later, but he had already begun to show the world his wind-like speed. And Daniels was also a standard outside shooter, so Stackhouse attracted the defense on the weak side, and Harry
Si and Daniels scored points on the strong side.
The Magic's offense is even more domineering. Although Bradley is the tallest in the league, the inside line he is sitting in is really not very strong; and the other inside line, Henderson, is no longer the same as when he played against Jordan in the Jazz.
of bravery.
So under Diaw's guidance, the Magic bombed the basket frequently.
By the end of the second quarter, the two sides were tied at 56-56, returning to the same starting line again.
