Nowitzki changed some of the personalities he developed in Europe before and gradually made his personality more like a pure American basketball player.
Especially since he is no longer just a good person, sometimes he will shout loudly against some teammates who have not tried his best. Off the court, he also actively integrates into the black player group. It can be said that in recent seasons, the Mavericks' team atmosphere is the best in the league.
One of the teams.
They are willing to believe that Dirk Nowitzki leads them to the championship, so even for three or four seasons in a row, the Mavericks have not made any achievements in the playoffs, but this group of people is still willing to follow Nowitzki.
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Although some of them are old, who says veterans can't shine?
In fact, this is also an experience that the Knicks lacked, and the Knicks have actually been going too smoothly along the way.
In some cases, they lack the temperament of being unstoppable and disgraceful to the Mavericks.
As soon as the third quarter came, it was true that Lian Dao expected that the Knicks' shooting rate had declined, and the first one was Xiao Si.
Lian Dao held the ball from the outside, and Xiao Si made a high pick-and-roll. Lian Dao broke through and attracted Marion and Nowitzki, and then passed the ball to Xiao Si outside the three-point line. Xiao Si missed the open shot and the rebound was beaten by Thailand.
Sen Chandler grabbed it.
The Mavericks also sounded the horn of counterattack.
Jason Terry used Tyson Chandler's high cover to first make a three-pointer from the outside, and then Jason Kidd made a fake move to trick Holiday from the outside and scored another goal outside the three-point line.
The 37-year-old Kidd is really becoming more and more demonic as he gets older. It is possible that his speed is not as fast as Holiday and his physical fitness is not as good as Holiday, but his fake moves are not something that Holiday can handle now.
The Mavericks scored six points in a row, narrowing the gap to 5 points in a blink of an eye.
In fact, the Knicks' lead is not stable. Their overall shooting percentage in the first half was so high that they were only 11 points ahead. From this point, we can see that even if the Knicks' entire team exploded, the Mavericks' offensive ability
Nothing worse than the Knicks.
Unexpectedly, the pace of this game was very similar to the last fight, except that this time it was not Nowitzki, but the others from the Mavericks.
"The Mavericks' counterattack came too quickly. Terry and Kidd's two three-pointers were too critical. They directly recovered the score to within five points. At this time, if the Knicks can't withstand the pressure, they are likely to face it.
It's just a collapse!"
The Mavericks' tide of counterattacks wowed Mike Bryn, it's hard to imagine that this is an attack played by a group of players with an average age of 31 or 2 years old.
D'Antoni soon noticed something was wrong and hurriedly called a pause.
D'Antoni also found that the Mavericks' counterattack in the third quarter was too fast, as if everything had been targeted long ago.
"Sickle, the next attack is left to you. As for the German's assisted defense to DeMarcus, we need you to use the attack to help the team through this time now!"
Lian Dao nodded. He is the team's offensive core and the team's boss. When the team encounters difficulties, he must stand up and solve the problem. This is a quality that the core must possess.
"Tony, Zhu, you guys keep a close eye on their respective defenders, DeMarcus, as long as the German enters the basket, they will double-team without hesitation. They can let Tyson Chandler off appropriately, but they must not let that
The German scored easily!"
D'Antoni also made up his mind to Nowitzki this time, and the other players nodded in agreement.
Since he returned to the court, the Knicks attacked. After halftime, Holiday handed the ball to Lian Dao, and he actively ran and took Kidd away.
In front of Lian Dao is the hacker Marion. He is staring at the basketball in Lian Dao's hands now. In the first half, he has made no achievements in his defense against Lian Dao. Although Carlyle did not scold him, Ma
Lyon is still a shameless man, and at this moment he has to prove himself on the defensive end.
Ideals are full, but reality is skinny.
Lian Dao suddenly accelerated with the ball in his right hand, and pushed Marion's defense hard with his left shoulder, and then he made a mid-range jump shot.
Although Nowitzki was always ready to double-team, he was still one step slower.
"brush!"
"After the timeout, Sickle hit a strong shot and two points longer. It was really wonderful. All Sickle's actions just now were not redundant, simple, simple and efficient!"
Lian Dao's mid-range shot helped the Knicks stabilize their position.
However, on the other hand, Nowitzki made a strong three-pointer from outside the three-point line. Xiao Si's defense was really in place, but a guy who is 2.13 meters can be outside the three-point line.
He made a three-pointer shot from Golden Roosters, and it is estimated that no one can defend it.
Lian Dao knew that there was some trouble. The Germans opened up again against the Knicks. At this time, simple defense could no longer solve the problem. The Knicks needed to make the same performance on the offensive end. It depends on who can't hold on first.
After the Mavericks came back from the timeout, they changed their defensive strategy. The defensive end uses mixed offensive defense. This kind of defense combines man-to-man defense with regional joint defense. It is the most practical defense method for super scorers.
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The defensive tactics that D'Antoni had set up before were also the same, and the Mavericks also used this method to deal with Lian Dao. The main purpose was to limit Lian Dao's offensive efficiency, and at the same time strangle the attacks of other Knicks players and reduce the opponent's hits.
Rate and score, and then perform a large number of passes and cuts on the offensive end to create defensive loopholes, increase the local defensive burden, and thus create offensive opportunities.
Whether this tactic can win in the end depends mainly on the overall condition of the team and the superstar's ability to continuously score points.
Of course, there is also the opponent's defensive quality!
If it weren't before, it was the Knicks last season, their defense basically had to surrender in the tactics that the Mavericks had put forward.
Although their single defense was pretty good last season, their coordinated defense cooperation has never been very good.
After a whole season of running-in, although they cannot be the first in the league in regional joint defense, they can also be said to have a lot of tacit cooperation, especially in the cooperation of unlimited defense switching, they are also more tacit understanding.
Of course, compared with the Mavericks, they can only say that they try not to lose the upper hand in regional joint defense, and the best thing is the pair.
Then the only way to decide the winner now is the superstar's ability to continue scoring.
Fortunately, Lian Dao didn't work too hard in the first half, and he is now in good physical fitness.
In the next game, as long as Nowitzki scores, Lian Dao will respond on the offensive end, and in the third quarter it will completely become an on-field game between the two superstars.
However, neither side had the ability to expand or narrow the score in the third quarter. After the third quarter, the score on the field was 96:92.
After the third quarter, the Knicks still maintain a four-point lead.
The Knicks' assisted defense and replacement of defense are still slightly inferior to the Mavericks, especially in the face of the Mavericks' excellent transmission, smooth running, and high-quality unball cover. The Knicks' players
Sometimes people are still missing, which is most obvious to Xiao Si and Cousins.
One defense is not very good, and the other one is a rookie this year, lacks defensive experience.
These two people often have overlapping positions, and this situation means that if there is a player on the other side, there will be an opportunity for an open position.
However, it is fortunate that the Mavericks did not limit Lian Dao who was in a super god state on the defensive end.
Although the Mavericks' defensive purpose is very clear, which is mainly to defend Lian Dao's breakthrough and shooting efficiency, it is really not easy to achieve these two points, especially Lian Dao has excellent off-ball ability.
As long as the Mavericks are too double-teamed, Lian Dao will choose to run without the ball and directly shoot the ball.
Of course, Carlyle had thought of 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, and they no longer used double-teams.
Tactics, but mainly limits Holiday, Tony Allen or other ball holders of the Knicks.
They no longer focus on Lian Dao, but on the passing route of the ball holder. In Carlyle's opinion, as long as they keep an eye on the basketball, even if Lian Dao runs well and cannot receive the ball, everything