ATPnovel Chapter 172 This is the playoffs!
Chapter 172 This is the playoffs!
Chapter 172 This is the playoffs!
Lakers starting: Mihm, Odom, Ye Heping, Kobe, Atkins.
Mavericks starting:
Center: Dampier.
Forwards: Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard.
Backcourt: Finley, Terry.
Beep beep!
Game start.
In the jump ball session, Mihm beat Dampier and turned the ball back to the Lakers half.
Atkins dribbles upfield and hands it directly to Bryant.
Finley's main defense and Howard's help defense.
Finley is the poor man's version of Jordan. Although he began to decline as he got older, his defensive experience and skills are getting better and better.
Howard is also the Mavericks' outside defensive vanguard, with tall arms and long arms, and fast movement.
Howard pounced on Kobe's first step inside, and the two teamed up to force Kobe to stop abruptly.
It seems that the Mavericks' tactics are very clear, double-teaming Kobe!
Kobe was unflappable in the face of danger, and immediately gave the ball to Ye Heping.
But as soon as Ye Heping got the ball, Nowitzki pounced on him, not giving Ye Heping a chance to make a move.
Many fans may think Nowitzki is the kind of tall, white shooter who moves slowly.
This is definitely impression flow.
In fact, Nowitzki had excellent athletic ability in his early years. He could run and jump. At that time, the Mavericks played a fast-paced offense. Nowitzki could fully keep up and often played fast breaks.
Especially when Nash was still on the Mavericks, Nowitzki dunked and vomited during the fast break.
This supplementary defense reflected his athletic ability. Ye Heping didn't hesitate at all, but he was still a step behind.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, Josh Howard rushed back to mark Odom.
Everything is back to the beginning.
Ye Heping felt the intensity of the playoffs just after the game started.
In the regular season, the ball just now must have been thrown.
But now, the concentration of the Mavericks players has reached a new level, and the defense and assist defense are very fast.
Many regular season opportunities are not opportunities here.
Ye Heping gave the ball to Odom, who has the advantage of height and tonnage against Howard.
But as soon as Odom took the ball, Howard stepped up, spread his legs, lowered his center of gravity, put one arm on Odom to fight, and put the other arm on his chest, waiting for an opportunity to press.
This is hand to hand combat!
Josh Howard has a high golf quotient, knowing that it is difficult for him to defend normally against Odom, so he directly increases his strength and fights hand-to-hand, which makes Odom uncomfortable to the greatest extent.
Odom hesitated, but chose to break through.
Howard really couldn't stand Odom, but he also gave enough interference.
At the basket, with Dampier helping to defend, Odom's layup popped out of the basket.
Nowitzki received the rebound and gave Terry a fast break.
Terry is very fast, even much faster than Atkins. He broke through Atkins with a change of direction, went straight to the basket, and jumped for a layup.
Snapped!
Kobe caught up from behind, and a big cap pushed Terry back to the floor.
In one round, neither side could score.
Kobe got the ball and wanted to play a fast break, but the Mavericks retreated quickly and stood up early.
Kobe had no choice but to stop slowly, adjust his rhythm and continue the positional battle.
As soon as he got near the three-point line, the Mavericks began to double-team the area again, and Howard was still helping to defend.
Kobe immediately passed Ye Heping, who was emptied again.
Ye Heping paid attention this time, and stood farther than the previous round, closer to the three-point line, so that he could have more shooting time.
However, Nowitzki rushed over again and raised his long arms to interfere.
His speed was faster than Ye Heping expected, and he was active enough today.
It is really commendable for a big white man with 213 cm and 111 kg to make up defense like this on the court.
In the regular season, Nowitzki's defensive attitude was relatively slack, his lateral movement speed was slow, his strength was average, and his defense was regarded as a loophole level.
But in the playoffs, he made up for many problems through his enthusiasm. Coupled with his height and long arms, he did a great job in assisting defense and replenishing defense!
This is the playoffs, you have to do more than the regular season.
boom!
Under Nowitzki's interference, the goal was missed, and Dampier protected the backcourt rebound.
Terry took the ball and continued the fast break.
Speaking of which, the Mavericks changed coaches in the middle of this season, the old Nelson left, and the "little general" Avery Johnson took office, but the Mavericks' tactics have not changed, and they still want to be quick.
Without weakening the offense, the defense has also improved.
The Dallas double ugly Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels are two defensive champions who were trained by him.
The coach of the Spurs is NB.
A coach who is an excellent point guard is also very NB.
The head coach who won the championship in his player career is even NB.
And the little general occupies all three, so naturally NB has to do without it.
However, the Lakers have also responded. If I had known that the Mavericks like to play fast breaks, the Lakers would naturally try not to let you play.
Atkins was doing just that last possession, just unsuccessfully.
In this round, Ye Heping cooperated with Atkins to block Terry in the backcourt, and instantly choked the Mavericks' fast break.
The Mavericks were also caught in a positional battle.
Nowitzki hit Odom with the ball within the three-point line, but failed to make a shot under Odom's interference.
Nowitzki is active enough, Odom is not distracted, after all, this is the playoffs.
Moreover, Nowitzki in the early days was never good at frontal attack. Everyone should have an impression of how the name "soft guy" came about.
Super god in the regular season, super ghost in the playoffs.
就比如这个赛季，诺维斯基常规赛26.1分9.7篮板3.1助攻1.2抢断1.5盖帽，命中率45.9%，三分命中率39.9%。
In the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks originally had a tiebreaker with the Rockets. Nowitzki averaged 21.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.9 blocks in seven games, shooting 35.2% from the field and 28.6% from the three-point range, a serious decline.
In the crucial fourth quarter, Nowitzki's performance was even more disastrous, 6 of 1, 6 of 4, 5 of 3, 4 of 0, 8 of 1, and 3 of 2.A total of 32 of 11 shots, just over a third of his hits.
You can say that the defensive intensity in the playoffs has increased, and the opponent will target a core like Nowitzki, and I can understand the drop in shooting percentage.
But the fans who watched the game back then should have the impression that Nowitzki didn't dare to shoot when he had a chance at a critical moment. A shooter and a core dare not shoot!Choose to pass?
This is unacceptable.
(Just to declare, this is not about hacking old drivers, just a rational analysis.)
Mihm receives the backcourt rebound.
The Lakers attacked, Kobe continued to be guarded, Atkins used Ye Heping's pick-and-roll to enter the inside line, but Dampier could not interfere.
"The first center in the universe" Dampier's defensive strength is still very strong.
Although Dampier said wildly: "I am the best center in the NBA, except for Shaq!" This is a bit crazy.
But Dampier's defensive strength is really worth mentioning.
The huge strength makes him not suffer against O'Neal. When O'Neal was in the West, he had a headache when he played against the Warriors.
(Dampier played for the Warriors until 04.)
The Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki broke through Odom, but was intercepted by Ye Heping, and the emergency stop jump shot in motion also failed under Ye Heping's interference.
In three rounds, the two teams failed to score a goal, and the score was still 0:0.
One side is the Mavericks, a well-known offensive team in the league, and the other side is the Lakers, a strong team with a super scorer like Kobe, but they still can't score a goal.
This is the playoffs!
At this moment, who can score the first goal is crucial.
(End of this chapter)