Healing Basketball

   Chapter 495 495. Boss, go away! (5000 words)

   After the final whistle sounded, Liu Xiu excitedly hugged and celebrated with his teammates and coaches.

correct!

  His strategy is right! His conjecture was also correct!

   When he consulted with the coaching staff, he expressed his speculation that the generals had drained the Mavericks players after the All-Star break.

   Even if there are adjustments in the first round, relying on the 76ers and the Heat to drag them to the tiebreaker, the Mavericks were lucky to get a 3-day rest between the first round and the second round, and the overall consumption is only a drop in the bucket.

  Because of this problem, the Mavericks will definitely not return to the state they were in during their 16-game winning streak this season.

   More importantly, his strategy against the Mavericks!

When he played against the Mavericks for the last time in the regular season, his strategy was not so effective. He still relied on his personal ability to resist the Mavericks' counterattack and consumed the Mavericks' physical strength. luck ingredient.

However, that was because at that time, although the physical pressure of the Mavericks had reached the limit, the invincible state of the Mavericks players' crazy winning streak was still there. But the limiting effect is not ideal.

Now it’s different. It can be seen from Nowitzki’s 47% hit rate in the first round that he averaged 24.5 points per game. Nowitzki’s state and 51+44+91 hit rate during the 16-game winning streak averaged more than 30 points per game. not on a horizontal line.

In the regular season this season, after discovering that the Mavericks started to focus on unlimited singles offense, Liu Xiu was discussing coping strategies with the coach. What he thought at the time was that maybe next year, the year after, anyway, in the next two or three years, they might meet in the playoffs. Fortunate enough to give the Mavericks a shot before the old Nelson's Warriors, it's cool to think about it.

As for why I didn't expect to meet in the playoffs this year, because the Mavericks were still wandering in the second half of the playoffs during the throes of adjustment at the beginning of the season. At that time, the Spurs looked second in the Western Conference, and the SuperSonics were the team. Fourth in the West, Liu Xiu's second-round imaginary enemy at that time was Duncan.

   Who would have thought that the Mavericks would have a 16-game winning streak and almost won the second place in the Western Conference?

   Well, it's good to meet early!

This season's experience of 3 matches in the regular season, early promotion in the first round, you can observe and study the Mavericks' play style and current state in the playoffs... I have made sufficient preparations, the time and place are right and the people are in the same place. The other side hit, this feeling is really cool!

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The Blazers and the Mavericks, two teams with 60+ wins, met, and the two teams played well. Even if there was Iverson who stole the limelight, it would not affect the pretty good ratings of this game. .

Everyone thinks that this is a powerful matchup of equal strength, with the same record. The last match in the regular season was inextricable, and they all entered the second round with a 4-game winning streak... As a result, except for the third quarter, the Mavericks relied on Terry. Played a little advantage, the other three quarters, the Blazers were steadily pressing the Mavericks!

   Nowitzki's performance was astounding. Although he had 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, he made 4 of 16 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers, and 6 of 7 free throws. He only scored 12 points in 39 minutes!

   Even if Terry scored 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting, Josh Howard scored 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting, and Stackhouse scored 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting, Nowitzki didn't move.

   For this situation, the conclusion of the media analysis is that the Mavericks have another physical problem.

   Set the conclusion first. According to the analysis by the media, it is called a logically tight and well-rounded one.

   Anyway, when Liu Xiu saw the media's analysis the next morning, she thought there was nothing wrong.

  Best the Mavericks think so too.

   But unfortunately, the Mavericks did not think so. After a day’s rest, on May 10, the Blazers ushered in the second game of the series against the Mavericks at home.

   The Mavericks made a very useful adjustment -- putting Finley back in the starting lineup.

Devin Harris, a rookie, was able to average 9+3 per game when he played against the Kings in the first round because he was always on the opposite bench, and he couldn't move as a starter, and Finley didn't play the bench. Not playing a role in strengthening the strength of the bench lineup, the aging Finley is not much better than Marquis Daniels on the court.

   Put Finley back in the starting lineup. The starters have a more experienced teammate. The key is that the ball is back in Terry's hands in the starting stage.

   The adjustment direction of the little general in this game - the opponent can't defend against Terry, then use Terry as the first main attack point!

   This decision was very effective at the beginning of the game. Terry made 3 of 6 shots in the first quarter, scored 8 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and helped the Mavericks lead the Blazers 28-26 by two points in the first quarter!

However, as the game deepened, the Trail Blazers gave Nowitzki enough confrontation influence and reassuringly handed Nowitzki to Delfino or McDyess to deal with, let the extrajudicial fanatics, Liu Xiu, Pei Dayton wheel battle against Terry, whoever works best will use whoever.

The effect of    is better. It is the interference flow defense of the extrajudicial fanatics and the blocking defense of Liu Xiu. Payton is not good at dealing with opponents like Terry.

   In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers were semi-paralyzed on the offensive end. Liu Xiu threw them from the outside and his teammates rushed to grab them, and only scored 22 points.

but!

  The Blazers relied on effective defense to prevent the Mavericks from scoring only 20 points in the second quarter!

   After halftime, the Blazers chased the score to 48-48 and tied!

   By the third quarter, the Trail Blazers had an advantage!

In this section, they continued to limit the Mavericks' scoring. The Mavericks' offense was launched by singles, and their assists were very few. During the regular season, after the Mavericks played completely over the small general's system, they averaged only 18.6 times per game. Assists are ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league, and this section is not in the middle and lower reaches. The Mavericks pass the ball to the extreme! Only 1 assist in a single quarter!

During the halftime break, the general panicked, constantly emphasizing offense and strengthening singles. The anxious mood affected the players. The players only focused on making shots. The team scored 8 of 21 shots in a single quarter, of which 3 were 3-pointers. 1, plus 6-of-10 free throws for 23 points.

   This is not the biggest mistake of the general. He really has a lot of scorers under his hands, and he can score 23 points under the defense of the Blazers. The depth of the lineup and the strength of the stars have been well demonstrated.

   Little General's biggest mistake was that he was so focused on offense that his narrow field of vision was highlighted again, and he forgot about defense!

   Liu Xiu scored 5 points and 3 assists, Randolph scored 7 points, Momonga scored 7 points in 5 minutes, and Payton scored 4 points and 3 assists... The Trail Blazers scored 10 assists in a single quarter in the third quarter and 32 points!

   After three quarters, the Trail Blazers nearly pulled the lead to double digits with a score of 80-71!

   It didn't take long for the double-digit point difference to come. At the end of the quarter, Kwame-Brown made a 2+1 dunk at the start, and the penalty was also advanced, widening the point difference to 12 points in one fell swoop!

   In the distal quarter, the Trail Blazers pressed the Mavericks to play the whole process, and the score difference was always more than 10 points. Although they could not be pulled to the point of directly securing the victory, they did not give the Mavericks a chance to come back.

By the time    hit the middle of the fourth quarter, the Blazers vice president and coaching staff were already chatting.

Coach: "Our warden is still very good. The little general's tactical reserves and ability to build a team system may be better than me. Probably only Lionel in our team can compare with him, but his coaching ability... hum, Let the warden make adjustments on the spot, he will definitely be better than him."

This time, it was the vice president who was more direct: "Little General's ability to build a system is really good. He uses a lineup that even mad scientists can't play. He uses it very well, amplifying the advantages of the Mavericks players and avoiding the disadvantages, but it may only be Limited to the lineup of the Mavericks, we can no longer find a team like the Mavericks, and our lineup of 100 million will not work.

  Coaching ability...Is it my delusion? The general's system is obviously to maximize BIG-King's personal ability, but he doesn't seem to know that his infinite singles tactics are revolving around BIG-King, and he doesn't know that they rely on BIG-King's personal ability to play so well , maybe he thinks his system is a multi-core system for all people..."

The coach immediately replied: "Yes, that's it, he replaced BIG-King's first core with Terry tonight, trying to use Terry to win the game, I really didn't expect this, if someone asked me to use Momoko To replace the warden as the first main point of attack on the outside, I will definitely think he is crazy..."

   Suddenly, a voice came out: "Coach, did you forget that I'm sitting next to you?"

   The coach turned his head and saw Momomoko's resentful face, and immediately lied! Is this the legendary backstory being discovered?

   Need to relieve the embarrassment!

The coach said, "Oh, Damon, when did you sit next to me? I didn't even see you."

   "You asked me to sit next to you and said that I might be needed at any time!"

  …

The increasingly handsome coach made Momo's mentality explode. At the end of the fourth quarter, Momo went up and hit two three-pointers, helping the Blazers to tie the score to 105 with just over a minute left. By 88, the Blazers sealed the victory!

  1 minute 33 seconds, 17 points difference, even if the warden and Miller come, the Trail Blazers are not afraid, do not defend, let the opponent throw.

   At 10.25pm, the final whistle sounded.

For the Mavericks, Terry made 8 of 17 shots, including 4 of 7 three-pointers, plus 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

  Nowitzki adjusted actively, scoring 20 points and 12 rebounds on 7 of 16 shots. In fact, he played well, but tonight was not the main attack point of the general, and his self-adjustment was wasted.

   In addition to the two of them, Josh Howard with 10 points and Stackhouse with 10 points scored in double figures.

   But their team only scored 91 points, and the worst is that they only had 11 assists.

   And the Trail Blazers had 31 assists!

Liu Xiu scored 24 points on 9 of 18 shots, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Randolph scored 30 points and 10 rebounds on 12 of 19 shots, Momo 16 points, Raheem 14 points, Payton 10 points and 10 assists, Kua May Brown and the extrajudicial fanatics both scored 7 points... The team scored 109 points!

  109 to 91, the Blazers beat the Mavericks and made the big score 2-0!

  …

One game, it could be an accident, it could be an outperformance, but both games were played against each other, and Paul Allen believed what his VP said—they had a perfect way to deal with the Mavericks, and they just finished. Gram Mavericks!

   After the two home games, when the home and away games alternated, the 'New Paul Allen' and the 'Rose Bay Prison' set off for Dallas!

   On the preparation day, Paul Allen personally came to the training ground to cheer for the players, and the players were very excited to see this.

On May 13, after the two-day rest day, the Trail Blazers with a 2-0 lead came to the American Airlines Center to challenge the Mavericks. Paul Allen sat high-profile directly opposite the technical table. The golden position of the camera, when the camera was given to him, every cell in his body seemed to be full of pride, full of arrogance...

   Then, the Blazers were beaten 38 to 28 by the Mavericks at the start... Paul Allen's mentality collapsed! Going to the toilet during the break between festivals doubts life.

The Trail Blazers scored 28 points in a single quarter in the first quarter. The Mavericks’ defensive end was in chaos, so there was only one goal—to block the Trail Blazers’ singles, especially Liu Xiu and Momo. Therefore, in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 28 points. The team has played a total of 9 players, except for Fred Jones who did not score, the other 8 players have scored.

But on the Mavericks side, Nowitzki felt blown up in the first quarter. He threw against the defense and was severely disturbed. In the face-frame singles, he made 2 of 4 shots and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 8 points and 3. assist.

   Terry also had 8 points and 2 assists.

   Under the leadership of the two, the Mavericks had 8 assists in a single quarter, which was the highest assist in a single quarter after they entered the second round.

   This is purely because the feeling exploded after returning to the home court!

Because in the second quarter, after Nowitzki's touch returned to normal, he was guarded for 2 of 7 in a single quarter. Although he scored 6 points, his singles scoring effect plummeted, and the Mavericks team's assists also fell compared to the first quarter. In the half, there were only 4 assists in a single quarter, and the team's score plummeted to 24 points.

   And the Trail Blazers scored stably in the second quarter. Liu Xiu scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in a single quarter, helping Randolph to score 7 points, Raheem to score 9 points, and the team to score 27 points in a single quarter!

   Led by Liu Xiu with 6 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in the half, the Blazers chased the score to 55-62, which strongly curbed the momentum of the Mavericks to widen the point difference.

   In the third quarter, the Mavericks' offense recovered somewhat, making 10 of 21 shots in a single quarter, scoring 28 points.

   However, under the leadership of Liu Xiu, who scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, the Blazers scored 32 points in a single quarter!

  87 to 90, after three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the difference to 3 points!

   After sitting in the toilet for a long time, Paul Allen, who had been doubting himself for a long time, answered the phone of the secretary who had called more than 100 times. He learned that the game was about to be overturned, so he quickly got out of the toilet and went back to the scene to watch the game.

   is really going to turn around!

At the end of the quarter, the Trail Blazers made persistent efforts and came back after the official timeout. Liu Xiu scored a three-pointer, fed Kwame Brown two consecutive goals, and played a wave of 7-2, chasing the score from 98-104 to 105-106. , the difference is reduced to 1 point!

Just when Paul Allen felt that the timing was working, Nowitzki made two three-pointers in a row, faced the defense with two three-pointers that forced a fallback, and hit a wave of 6-0 alone to tie the score. 112 to 105, the difference is widened to 7 points!

The Blazers re-launched the onslaught and scored 7 points in the last two minutes. At this time, Stackhouse stood up to defend the victory, scored 4 points and 1 assist, and helped the Mavericks get 6 points at the critical moment. The Trail Blazers' counter-attack.

In the end, Liu Xiu, who scored 23 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, entered the empty chopping group. The Blazers failed to make a comeback. The Mavericks narrowly defeated the Blazers 118-112, chasing the big score to 1-2, avoiding the absolute 0-3. Desperate score!

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  Nowitzki made 9 of 19 shots tonight, and many of the goals were strong shots. After returning to the home court, he was really inspired by the fans and exploded, scoring 30 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

Terry's 23 points and 7 assists, Josh Howard's 16 points and 11 rebounds, Ratliff's 11 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Stackhouse's 15 points... When Nowitzki performed well, The Mavericks' unlimited singles flow offense is really strong!

  Although Nowitzki's performance is obviously a burst of touch, but playing such a performance is a hit, and the Mavericks' unlimited singles flow attack has really opened up.

If you lose, you have to summarize. The next morning, when most of the Blazers players were still sleeping in, Liu Xiu, who got up early for breakfast, was called away by the coaching staff who met by chance. After analyzing the reasons for the loss last night, they came to a conclusion. such a conclusion.

   In the afternoon preparation and training phase, Maurice Cheeks spoke out the conclusion of the analysis, which stabilized the confidence of the players.

They only lost by 6 points and were most behind, which was 12 points after the Mavericks scored a goal at the beginning of the second quarter. If it wasn't for Dirk Nowitzki's two 3-pointers against the defense, they really It was a comeback. When such a conclusion was reached, the negative impact of confidence brought about by losing was swept away!

   In fact, the Blazers coaching staff is not so sure of the correctness of this conclusion, but it is not important whether it is correct or not, it is important to stabilize confidence.

   What is the specific situation, we will talk about it after playing G4!

  It is time to adjust blindly now, it is better to come steadily!

  The rest time passed quickly. On May 15th, the Trail Blazers came to the American Airlines Center again, and played the fourth game of the series with the Mavericks away.

   The technical table is directly opposite, where Paul Allen sat the night before, and it was still empty after the game started.

   This made the Blazers players lose face and went wild!

   This time, it was the Blazers’ turn to rush in the first quarter!

   Liu Xiu made 4 of 6 shots, plus 7 of 7 free throws, scored 15 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Blazers get 36 points in the first quarter, while limiting the Mavericks to 23 points!

  36 to 23, the Trail Blazers lead the Mavericks by 13 points!

   The Mavericks attacked the night before yesterday, relying on Nowitzki's hot to the touch.

  Tonight's Mavericks' offense collapsed, which was also influenced by Nowitzki.

   Nowitzki, who had a good shot the night before yesterday, faced a tighter defense tonight, but he shot confidently. In the first quarter, he made 0 of 6 free throws and scored 1 point with only 1 of 2 free throws!

Nowitzki's failure to make a shot is not the most terrible situation for the Mavericks. The most terrible thing is that Nowitzki made 0 of 6 shots in 10 minutes and began to doubt himself. Novi, who was full in the second quarter Skye, he only threw 2 times in the whole quarter, he hesitated after receiving the ball and didn't dare to throw it!

   (end of this chapter)