Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

West caused a foul on Beaubois and went to the free throw line and made two free throws.

The driver knew that his opponent was not a good opponent, so he asked for the ball in the low post again, and made a jumper after receiving a pass from Marion.

"Yo ho."

West also became angry. His opponent scored consecutively in front of him. It was difficult for him not to believe that this was a provocation to him.

When he was with the Hornets, he was someone who dared to stand up to Duncan.

"Give me!"

George was about to attack with the ball. When he saw West asking for the ball, he immediately hit the ground and passed it.

West stopped the driver behind him, then feinted a shot, tricked Nowitzki, turned around and hit a layup.

"7-4."

Beaubois used the pick-and-roll to break through the basket and score a reverse layup.

West felt hot, received a pass from Collison, and hit another jump shot.

***The inside ball feinted and passed to outside Carter.

Carter faced George's defense and made a direct three-point jumper.

"Whoosh!"

More than two minutes passed, and the two teams were tied at 9-9.

Vogel on the sidelines already frowned.

The two teams showed a strong scoring level at the beginning, but only Carter made a jump shot.

Thinking about it conversely, this shows that the defenses of both sides are unable to defeat their opponents.

This is beyond Vogel's imagination. You must know that the Mavericks have lost an inside gate like Chandler. Kidd, the court general, did not appear, while the Pacers added West, the inside pillar.

"The defense at the beginning was too lax..."

Vogel immediately found the reason and turned to look at the players on the field.

Fortunately, after Hibbert scored inside, he blocked ***'s layup, which proved the quality of the Pacers' defense.

"clang!"

The basketball bounced off the backboard, and Hibbert turned around and grabbed the defensive rebound.

When Hibbert wanted to pass the ball to his teammate, Carter relied on his experience to quickly complete the steal.

"Oops!"

Hibbert didn't care about the gun behind him and quickly went up to cover Carter to prevent his opponent from getting an empty layup.

But Carter keenly caught Beaubois breaking through and hit the ground to assist his teammate for a layup.

"11-11."

"As expected of a championship team, it has a rich heritage."

Brian Shaw said with emotion.

When he was an assistant coach with the Lakers last season, he played with the team against the Mavericks. The Mavericks were already very strong at that time, but they were still among the best in the league.

But after winning the championship, the Mavericks immediately gained a championship heritage, and their composure on both offense and defense has been revealed.

"Fortunately they let Tyson Chandler go,"

Vogel said with lingering fear.

If the Mavericks are still the driver boxing champions with one offense and one defense, coupled with the tempered outside line, the Mavericks will be the biggest favorite to win the championship this year.

Granger and Collison suddenly broke out and scored 9 points, widening the gap.

"25-17."

However, Odom, who came off the bench, scored 2+1, then caused a foul, made two free throws, and assisted an inside score, and he just recovered the point difference.

"25-24."

After the first quarter, the Pacers only led their opponents by 1 point, 29-28.

In the summer of 2011, the Lakers wanted to use Gasol and Odom, who had just won the Sixth Man of the Year, as the main body. The deal for Paul from the Hornets was suspended. Odom learned the news and went to find him that day.

He asked general manager Kupchak and applied for a trade, and he was soon traded to the Mavericks.

"As expected of a new championship team, the offense alone at the beginning was overwhelming."

The Pacers fans looked at the big screen, which showed the Mavericks' best player. Sure enough, it was the driver who scored 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting in the first quarter, and said with emotion,

"Who can guard against a driver?"

On the other side, Collison, who scored 7 points, and West, who also scored 8 points with 100% shooting, teamed up to help the Pacers take the lead, which also made Mavericks fans deeply troubled.

"The defense on the outside is still poor."

A fan wearing jersey No. 41 said with emotion.

Carter's defense can only be regarded as average. Barea, the perimeter defender he relied on in the playoffs, has left, and Kidd has also missed the game due to injury, so he can only rely on Terry.

The lack of defense on the back line gives the opponent an opportunity for the back line to explode.

Fans from both sides came to the same conclusion:

Today's game is bound to be a tough battle.

The game started quickly in the second quarter, and the Pacers sent out a substitute lineup with George on the court;

The Mavericks were even more unlucky, allowing Driver and Carter to come on the bench with Terry and others in the second quarter.

"Coach, do you want to replace Granger?"

When Brian Shaw saw the driver present, he was immediately worried that the substitute would be exposed, but Vogel didn't care and said nothing.

After the rise of Qi Tianye, the Pacers' forward resources have been somewhat overflowing. A good coach should give full play to his own advantages instead of following his opponents' formation changes.

He gestured to the players on the field, asking them to speed up the pace.

The driver is 34 years old and has begun to decline.

If we can use the striker to consume his energy, we can lay the foundation for the second half of the game.

"Run faster to consume their energy."

George, Qi Tian, ​​and Hansbrough looked at each other and knew that the focus of the second quarter was them.

George Hill missed today's game due to wrist discomfort.

"Give me!"

George took the pass from Price, directly singled out Odom, and made a pull-up jumper.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

Amandelson jumped up and grabbed an offensive rebound over Mahinmi, but his tip-in missed.

Odom took the basketball and dribbled the ball to organize the offense.

Odom, who originally played guard in high school, became a superstar because his height soared to 206 centimeters, and his all-around performance on the court has proven this to the fans countless times.

Poor grades, the aftereffects of becoming famous as a teenager, and lack of self-discipline made his college career extremely bumpy. After his college team failed in the first round, Odom left school without saying hello to anyone and prepared to participate in the NBA draft.

Later, he regretted it and wanted to return to school but was rejected. Fortunately, after a desperate move, the Clippers selected him with the No. 4 pick, and he finally got rid of the embarrassing college career.

Before James, he was the youngest triple-double winner and the best sixth man, which has proved Odom's strength.

Brian Shaw on the sidelines immediately turned to look at Qi Tian on the court.

This is exactly what he wants Qi Tian to be like. If Qi Tian can develop the organizational skills like Odom, then it will not be a dream for the Pacers to play a three-forward lineup.

"I hope Qi can understand what I mean."

Seeing the look from the assistant teacher, he immediately understood:

It seems that the breakup between the assistant coach and the Lakers was not very amicable, and he actually asked me to guard against Odom. Maybe Odom and he had conflicts when they were with the Lakers last year?

Qi Tian turned to Brian Xiao and nodded.

Don't worry, I will definitely beat him up!