ATPnovel Chapter 140 Guarding the home field
Chapter 140 Guarding the home field
Chapter 140 Guarding the home field
On the big screen, you can see that Rick Carlisle's face is a little livid now. He didn't expect his team to encounter such a strong resistance at the home court of the Clippers, and the performance of this group of recruits from the Clippers began to become normal.
This timeout feels very timely. If they fall behind by 20 points at halftime, even if they play their offense to the extreme, it will be difficult to tie the score.
So he's put his own small lineup before, Jose Barea, Jason Terry, Shawn Marion, Peja Stojakovic, Dirk Nowitzki this lineup one It aroused the vigilance of the Clippers when they played. This is the last game where the Mavericks opened up the point difference in one fell swoop.
They chose to replace Blake Griffin with Anson, and pushed Anson to the fourth position, while Jordan took on the most important responsibility, defending Dirk Nowitzki, a task only he can Complete, enough height, enough wingspan, enough speed, enough bounce.This is the basic guarantee for him to complete this task.
Tonight, Dirk Nowitzki first had a muscle collision with Blake Griffin. On the defensive end, the Clippers also consumed him crazily. Whoever got Anson and Blake Griffin The ball was a crazy consumption of him in the beginning.So it can be seen that its state is not very good now.
However, even so, Jordan did not dare to relax at all, and he stayed away from the restricted area he guarded.But this gave other Mavericks players more opportunities, and Dirk Nowitzki became the actual organizer of the team at the free throw line.His breakthrough is still threatening to Jordan, and once double-teamed, it is easy to get out of the bottom line.
For example, at this time, Ryan Gomez stepped forward to give Peja Stojakovic a good chance for an air cut. His air cut awareness is inferior to that of An Sheng with a camera system. There will be the slightest difference. Similarly, Dirk Nowitzki's passing level and vision are far from what ordinary insiders can match.
Dirk Nowitzki proved that a superstar can help the team from all angles. Even if he feels bad tonight, he can also assist and make free throws. This is a superstar.
The Mavericks' small lineup is obviously more skilled and beautiful than the Clippers, a team that tried it for the first time. Jordan's restrictions on Dirk Nowitz are far less than the Clippers' coaching staff imagined.
For the rest of the second quarter, the Mavericks' super offensive lineup played very well on the offensive end. The offensive end almost got what they wanted, and Jordan still had a gap in speed.
Fortunately, the defensive ability of the Mavericks' offensive lineup is not strong, especially the inside combination of Peja Stojakovic and Dirk Nowitzki can ensure that when the opponent's defender breaks in Thank God for sending two plus one once, not to mention the ability to protect the frame, it is really not there!
At the same time, Jason Terry and Jose Barea both have excellent offensive capabilities, but their defense has always been their weakness.
It's just that the Mavericks' three-pointers were more accurate and the team's cooperation was better. This also allowed them to narrow the point difference to less than 10 points in the second quarter. At 58:65, Dirk Nowitzki was the last to meet Watching Jordan's defense shoot a high-arc three-pointer, it seems that his touch is about to return.
"This attempt really shouldn't be. We are looking for a dead end when we play against the Mavericks. There are not many teams in the league that can do this." Many home Clippers fans expressed their opinion on the team's deployment Extremely incomprehensible.
However, there are also some fans who can see that this is an attempt by the Clippers coaching staff: "No way! If we want to deal with this team, we must try various things. In the post-match, we must experiment with the way of pressing the bottom of the box against each other."
In the home locker room of the Staples Center, although they are leading by 7 points, there is a little silence in the entire locker room. Everyone has a little headache about how to deal with the Mavericks' lineup. The core key to relying on is still Dirk Nowitzki. If you want to restrain the performance of this lineup, instead of thinking about how to match the upper position, the most fundamental thing is to suppress Dirk Nowitzki. Everyone knows, but the question is who can do it.
"New task: defend the home court, take the initiative to defend Dirk Nowitzki, and suppress the opponent's second half score to less than 10 points, and let the team win. Successfully completed the task: get new function experience One card! Mission failed: Cancel the reward for the dual cameras in the playoffs!" At this time, An Sheng received a new mission.
This task is very difficult, especially facing Dirk Nowitzki who seems to be on the rise, but the task rewards are indeed very generous, and the punishment for failure?If it is 0:3, whether or not the playoffs of this season are cancelled, it is almost the end. There has not been a team that has been able to complete the comeback feat of 0:3.
"Coach, leave Dirk to me!" An Sheng offered to apply, while the expressions of Del Negro and Mark Evaroni who were discussing were a little surprised.
An Sheng is the Clippers' best perimeter defender, the best help defense player, and the core of the team's defense. To describe him, all the members of the Clippers must have no opinion. An Sheng's defensive ability is indeed the case. Fully face all the experience from the 1st position to the 3rd position, but a 213 big man?
In the first game, it is not that the Clippers did not learn the defensive plan chosen by the Warriors of the Black Eight, but the fact is that after 07, Nuo Tianwang is no longer the one who was stuck by a small man The panicked MVP who lives in the bottom game, Anson's defensive effect is not much better than the inside line, after all, Nowitzki's backward golden rooster independence is only for Anson to watch from a distance.
"Coach, believe me, I'm already ready for tonight!" An Sheng could see something called flames of war in his eyes.
Mark Evaroni smiled and said to An Sheng: "An, do you understand what today's game means to us?"
"Of course, I regard this game as my last game in the playoffs. I think it is 3:0 now!"
"Alright then! Go ahead! Get rid of that guy." Almost everyone in the coaching staff had no objection. They looked at An Sheng, whose eyes were shining brightly. This is their future superstar.
(End of this chapter)