Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Odom, who came off the bench in the first quarter, performed amazingly. He scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in less than 6 minutes of playing time. This gave Mavericks fans great confidence.

You must know that the Mavericks only used a protected first-round pick and a trade exception of 8.9 million to acquire last year's Best Sixth Man. The first-round pick is nothing, and the trade exception is no different from air.

"Maybe we can do something big this year?"

A Mavericks fan wearing jersey No. 41 looked at his companion and said,

"Defending the championship is not a dream, the worst is the worst, I have to beat the Spurs again before falling!"

My companions were convinced.

The Mavericks and Spurs are rivals. In the 12 years since the turn of the millennium, they have met five times in the playoffs alone, in the first round, second round and Western Conference Finals. They have used all kinds of tricks.

The Mavericks once had Black Six defeat the top, and there were also times when the Spurs Black Seven took revenge. It can be said that they fell in love and killed each other.

Among them, the two-year battle between 2003 and 2006 is the most classic. On the one hand, in these two years, both sides won more than 60 regular season games. On the other hand, Duncan and Nowitzki, who faced each other, also averaged 60+ points per game.

More than 25+10.

Of course, Ginobili may not want to look back on the 2006 tiebreaker. He relied on a three-pointer at the last moment to help the Spurs lead the opponent by 3 points, but in the end he gave the driver a 2+1 and was pulled in by the opponent.

In overtime, the Spurs finally lost the game.

Odom held the ball at the top of the arc to attack, and Qi Tian came up to defend.

Odom didn't care much about Qi Tian, ​​but his organizational instinct allowed him to pass to Nowitzki inside.

Hansbrough and West were not up to par just in terms of defense. The driver simply feinted and turned around to trick Hansbrough, and then stepped forward and hit a layup.

"Uh-huh."

Basketball hollow hit.

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle and gave the Pacers an unacceptable penalty.

"Shooting foul, one extra penalty!"

2+1!

The Mavericks fans on the sidelines burst into joy.

The driver calmly walked to the free throw line and steadily hit the extra penalty.

"29-31."

The Mavericks completed a comeback.

George saw Hansbrough reaching for the ball and passed it to the ground.

The Pacers' most dazzling new star is undoubtedly Paul George, but many people have forgotten that Hansbrough, who was demoted from starter to substitute, is only a third-year rookie.

The most important thing for young people is to be energetic!

He, Hansbrough, was born in North Carolina, Jordan's alma mater, and was jointly elected as the AP Player of the Year player with Griffin!

Hansbrough caught the ball and turned around to hit the driver alone. In his opinion, although he is also white, he is young and has impact. Facing a driver who is not good at defending, he still has a chance to score.

As long as they perform amazingly against superstars, rising reputations and big contracts will come one after another for rookies.

But he forgot that when he criticized the driver for his poor defense, he came to the conclusion by comparing Duncan and Garnett!

Facing the attack of 27-year-old Hansbrough, the 34-year-old veteran moved sideways with experience and blocked his attacks one after another.

"Time is running out to attack!"

George gestured towards Hansbrough from the bottom corner and looked at the timer anxiously.

After several attempts to break through were unsuccessful, Hansbrough could only make a quick pull-up jump shot in the limited attack time.

The driver didn't care about himself. He raised his hand to show interference, then quickly turned around and locked himself in position to prevent his opponent from successfully charging the board.

"clang!"

His shot was indeed a strike, and the basketball bounced back along the original path and was collected by the driver.

"Still too young."

Vogel on the sidelines shook his head and signaled West on the bench to warm up and prepare to appear on the court, thinking to himself,

"At this time, we need a veteran to stabilize the situation."

Odom came around to get the pass and slowly advanced with the ball.

But Qi Tian jumped out from behind him and quickly stole the basketball.

"Oops!"

Odom didn't expect that Qi Tian would catch him in a daze, which would lead to a big mistake.

The pedestrians were overjoyed and immediately rushed back from the center line.

"This way!"

Hansbrough seized the opportunity and broke through towards the basket.

Qi Tian also passed the ball to his teammates, but he was an experienced player again. He waited until Hansbrough got the ball, cut the basketball from behind his opponent, and successfully counterattacked!

"Steady!"

Seeing George and Qi Tian, ​​Stephenson rushed back. The driver raised his hand to tell his teammates not to be impulsive and to attack slowly.

Of course, it's also because he needs to conserve his energy and doesn't want to make too many fast breaks.

Glider Terry took possession of the ball and was about to attack, but was blocked by George.

"Pick and roll!"

The old guys looked at each other and had a tacit understanding. Nowitzki immediately came over to block George.

Terry quickly broke through, and Hansbrough immediately came up to cover, but missed Nowitzki.

The driver stood at the top of the arc, caught Terry's pass, and made a three-point jump shot.

"Come in! Come in, come in!"

Some anxious Mavericks fans had already stood up, ready to cheer in advance for the general's score.

"clang!"

The sound of hammering came, and most of the Mavericks fans' enthusiasm was extinguished.

But it wasn't completely extinguished yet. Terry took the offensive rebound in front of Hansbrough, and without waiting for the opponent to react, he tipped the ball in.

"29-33."

"Oh ho!!"

Seeing that the Mavericks took control of the situation in just one and a half minutes, the Mavericks fans on the sidelines immediately got excited and cheered loudly for the team.

"seven!"

Hansbrough was already hard to count on, so George passed the ball to Qi Tian on the other side, intending to let him hold the ball in singles.

Facing Odom's defense, Qi Tian decided to use speed to win.

He made a clean change of direction, squeezed Odom behind him, and accelerated directly towards the basket.

Mahinmi frowned, let go of Amandasson, and came up to defend.

Qi Tian didn't intend to go head-to-head with the big center and took quick throws.

"Clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the frame, and several people under the basket immediately started fighting for it. In the chaos, the basketball flew out of the baseline.

The referee indicated that Mahinmi had last touched the ball and awarded the ball to the Pacers.

"Looks like it's up to me to come."

George gritted his teeth and came to the sideline to catch the ball.

The Pacers haven't opened an account so far, but their opponents have continued to win. If they continue to be so sluggish, they may be beaten by their opponents.

Terry immediately clung to George and refused to give him a chance to break through.

This is where his experience lies. Except for a small number of players who rely on shooting, rookies have not finalized their technical movements and their shooting stability is not enough, so most of them regard breakthroughs as their main skill;

Of course, shooting players are also very afraid of physical contact. Once they are entangled by their opponents and their shooting hand is deformed, they will naturally be easily beaten.

George failed to break through one after another, and like Hansbrough, he chose to make a pull-up jumper.

"clang!"

His long-range three-point shot also ended in a blacksmith.