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Chapter 133 Unsolved Nuo Tianwang, first loss in the playoffs

Chapter 133 Unsolved Nuo Tianwang, first loss in the playoffs

After the timeout, the Clippers strengthened their defense against Dirk Nowitzki. The focus is not on the inside, but on the outside to help him. Dirk Nowitzki must not be allowed to dribble comfortably. His The style of play is not like a power forward, but like a tall shooting guard, dribble breakthrough, fadeaway jumper, and even complete the organizational tasks of the point guard.

At the first moment of Ansheng's double-teaming, he sent a beautiful through ball to the inside, which gave Sean Marion an excellent shot. Dare to double-team again at will.

The Clippers are a team that relies more on talent for defense. When the Mavericks rely on Dirk Nowitzki and play as a team, the Clippers' defensive system is not well established. The problem was laid bare.

And after the 8th minute, the Mavericks' bench lineup began to appear, and the appearance of Jason Terry and the super sixth man made the Mavericks' offense more and more powerful.

As soon as Dirk Nowitzki had the ball, the Clippers fans in front of the TV began to tremble.

Double teams, shots, rotations, Jason Terry's [-]s, the Mavericks are playing so well offensively, they've pretty much told the Clippers so guys, hey man, we're going to play Dirk this one Come on, can you guard against it?

Del Negro naturally still remembers that one of the reasons why the Mavericks were hacked back then was that Nowitzki defended against the opponent's small forward. , another player immediately stepped up to block him, and never let him have an open shot. This trick made the regular season MVP completely dumb in the playoffs. This has a lot to do with the thickness of the Warriors' forward group at that time. , Michael Pietrus, Stephen Jackson, Jason Richardson are all small forwards of this type.

And in the Clippers' lineup, there is a choice that can accomplish this task better than a few of them, An Sheng.Originally, the Clippers insisted on letting Blake Griffin start because they thought that if they chose to attack, Dirk Nowitzki played an effective role on the offensive end, and Blake Griffin could also play back.

This idea has completely awakened the Clippers coaching staff in the past few rounds. Tyson Chandler's frame protection ability is the top in the league, and Blake Griffin's attack range is almost all in his within the defensive range.

Blake Griffin, who was off the field, suddenly found that in the last few tough battles, he had chiseled inside, but the efficiency was very low, and Dirk Nowitzki's attack method seemed to open up a new world for himself, allowing him to play in quick transitions. When you can't hit it, jumping with a high hit rate is indeed a good way in positional warfare. No wonder An Sheng is so serious about strengthening his jumping ability every day.

"Blake, look seriously. We can't let you sit on the bench and watch this series every time. Your speed is not slow, and you can definitely do it." Mark Evaroni patted Bray on the side Griffin, motioned him to watch the game seriously.

Anson used strength to resist Dirk Nowitzki's bottom plate, which is exactly the same as the Warriors' defensive method at the beginning, but the current Dirk Nowitzki is not the regular season MVP four years ago. He turned directly from the face frame to the back, squeezed Iguodala for two steps, and suddenly made a sharp back turn to make it easy to follow a fadeaway jumper.

An Sheng's height and wingspan are definitely considered the strongest among small forwards.But he can't do anything about this kind of turning back, not to mention that this is Dirk Nowitzki's unique skill-Golden Rooster Independence.

Dirk Nowitzki raised his arms and roared, this goal greatly improved his confidence.He is already an MVP-level player with only face-up offense, but he has his limitations. If he can break the Warriors' defense in the playoffs that year, then they are likely to win the championship.

The Clippers coaching staff off the court was a little confused by this action. This is not the first time Dirk Nowitzki has used a back, but it is the first time he has seen such a smooth back turn and back jumper.

Anson frowned. Dirk Nowitzki's height and shoulder width combined with his shooting style had a great impact on his defense.

In the next moment, Anson posted closer to Dirk Nowitzki, giving Dirk Nowitzki almost no room to play.The whistle blew, as the saying goes, don't reach out, you will be caught if you reach out. An Sheng was directly called for a foul when he made a steal, which also made the atmosphere in the American Airlines Center more lively than before.

Mark Evaroni shook his head helplessly off the court. The German on the opposite side hid too deeply. His back made the Clippers completely ineffective for his defensive strategy in the past few days.

After that, they used almost all the personnel they could use to stop Dirk Nowitzki, Anson, Blake Griffin, Ryan Gomez, DeAndre Jordan, even his Teammate Chris Kaman of the German team pulled up and tried again and again. Of course, the result was cruel, and none of them worked. He scored 14 points on 10 of 28 shots in the half.

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers directly replaced all 5 main players and accepted this failure, because not only was it not good to let go, but on the offensive end, the performance of the three cores was very average, and they did not find The way to crack the Mavericks' defense, especially tonight is not only An Sheng's three-pointer not chasing, but also Eric Gordon and Eric Bledsoe's three-pointers. The center played an area that made the Mavericks fans feel extremely pleasing.

84:103, for the Clippers who averaged 103 points per game this season, this score is absolutely unqualified. After the game, the Clippers left the American Airlines Center without even being in the mood for an interview. Fortunately, most reporters can understand the feelings of this group of young people who entered the playoffs for the first time.

"Hey, Charles, this game is over. Facts have proved everything. No one in the Clippers can stop Dirk, not even Ann." Kenny Smith was very happy to see this ending. He didn't say anything, but it was hard for him to hide his joy once the game was over.

Charles Barkley muttered: "Fuck, even my defense is not so fragile, but the series is still long, just wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)