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The Hawks took advantage of the gap when Josh Howard was not on the court to launch an attack from the outside. The Mavericks were not a vegetarian either. Nowitzki succeeded in singles in two consecutive rounds, helping the team narrow the point difference.

And when Terry also found his touch, hitting consecutive mid-range shots, and responding to Nowitzki's offense, Ke Yan knew that he could not continue like this, and decisively arranged for players to launch a double attack against Nowitzki to test the Mavericks' role players.

responsiveness.

Stackhouse was still able to seize the opportunity and hit the shot, but Marquis Daniels' touch today was relatively average. Replacing Daniels with Devin Harris, the effect was not much different!

Faced with Terry and Nowitzki's mismatched attack after the pick-and-roll, the Hawks increased the number of defensive personnel to attack more resolutely. However, when teammates had an average grasp of open shots, Nowitzki continued to withstand the attack.

The ball was scored, and he made 4 of 6 shots in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter and scored 9 points.

After a sluggish third quarter, Nowitzki found his touch in time in the fourth quarter, helping the Mavericks narrow the point difference to 7 points. (97:104)

"Beep~" Before entering the official timeout, Ke Yan took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to replace the main players in advance and started a decisive battle with the Mavericks.

The audience at the scene also knew that it was time to decide the winner, and uniformly shouted "let'go mavs" to cheer for the players.

Amid the roar of the home team's fans, the Eagles took a sideline kick and the decisive battle began.

Paul dribbled the ball across half court, and Harris stepped on the three-point line, blocking him in front of him and waiting for him.

Paul didn't mean to single him out and made a gesture. Garnett brought him up to cover him. Nowitzki reminded loudly behind Harris. Harris was on guard and tried to squeeze into the screen, but was blocked by Garnett.

Blocking it firmly behind him.

When Nowitzki saw this, he immediately stepped forward to cover Paul and did not give the latter a chance to easily make a mid-range shot. Garnett immediately suppressed Harris and walked into the penalty area!

Mismatched isolation is the most important part of the Mavericks' offensive tactics. However, mismatched defense still faces Paul, who is the best in the league at playing small and large. Nowitzki is also somewhat unable to do what he wants. Paul continuously changed directions and dribbled, shaking Norvis.

Ji danced and sensed that Terry was coming to cover the defense, and passed a hidden pass to Battier in the bottom corner.

Terry reacted immediately, turned around and jumped to block Battier's shot, but it was too late. The three-pointer from the corner is Battier's best scorer, leaving him an open shot opportunity, which is equivalent to leading the opponent to a goal.

Killing. Moreover, Terry himself is still a combo guard, and his defensive ability is quite limited. He can only watch the basketball fly past his fingertips, draw a high arc, and then bounce into the frame.

97:107, the score difference widened to more than 10 points again!

Looking back, Nowitzki showed his MVP-level strength. Facing Garnett's defense, he broke through the frame and took a step in with Garnett in front of him. Then he shot his iconic fadeaway jumper accurately.

Hit!

Nowitzki in the mvp season is definitely a bug!

At the transition of the round, the Hawks attacked. Paul once again picked and rolled with Garnett and found Nowitzki.

This time Nowitzki learned the lesson of being thrown off his center of gravity just now, stood still, raised his arms high, and remained unchanged to cope with all changes!

This defensive strategy may work against other guards, but Paul has a clearer mind than ordinary point guards. He used fake moves of sudden starts and stops to mobilize Nowitzki's center of gravity, and then deftly passed him by and rushed forward.

Entering the penalty area, he made a light pull in the air, avoiding Dampier's belated help to block the shot, and scored with a cricket ball. (99:109)

On the sidelines, Avery Johnson frowned when he saw the Eagles' continuous offensive success, but he hesitated and chose to trust Xiu Yuan on the court and did not respond.

On the court, the Mavericks sent a baseline ball. Nowitzki caught the ball in the corner and made a fake move for a fadeaway jumper, but suddenly went straight inside. Josh Howard cut to the basket and completed the explosion against Diaw's defense.

buckle!

"Dick!" The referee called Diaw for a foul, and the Mavericks got a chance to add a penalty.

"omg!" Turning his head, Dior was speechless for a while. It was really not to this extent!

But, you know, you know, home court advantage! Josh Howard hit an extra free throw, and the point difference was pulled back to 7 points.

Looking back, the Mavericks finally defended a goal from the Hawks. Garnett came down from the pick-and-roll, received Paul's pass and rushed to the basket. Dampier interfered and failed to score the ball.

Nowitzki grabbed a backcourt rebound, advanced directly to the frontcourt, challenged Diaw in front of the frame, and shot a three-pointer, hitting the target!

After Nowitzki hit the three-pointer, Ke Yan couldn't sit still and immediately called a timeout.

Against this Mavericks team, defense alone cannot be defended. The most important thing is the offensive end. The referee's whistle is beneficial to the Mavericks. The Eagles need to widen the team's offensive space, or directly send the ball into the basket, or give the ball to the inside.

Create a better offensive environment.

After the timeout, the Hawks sent a sideline ball in the frontcourt. Garnett went to the free throw line to catch the ball and played high and low with Diaw. Diaw posted up Nowitzki and dribbled the ball to make a left turn.

After Nowitzki's attraction reached his right side, he suddenly turned to the right, made a layup with his left hand, and scored the ball! (104:111)

"Except for assists, Diaw's other statistics are unremarkable, but every time the Eagles encounter difficulties, after Ke Yan calls a timeout, he will always make changes or give the opponent a response.

!No wonder Ke Yan thinks so highly of him!" Zhang Lili said.

From his perspective, many of Diaw's handlings of the ball are very reasonable, but it is very difficult to be so reasonable on the court, but Diaw can "make the complex simple", which is difficult to understand.

Looking back, Terry and Nowitzki continued to play the pick-and-roll and handed the ball to Nowitzki. The intention of this shot was very obvious, and it did not take away the defense at all. Under heavy defense, Nowitzki finally struck the iron.

tmd If this goal is scored again, Ke Yan will really curse!

When the Hawks attacked, Garnett attacked Dampier in the low post. After two back-ups, he passed the ball behind his back and helped Joe Johnson, who was cutting through the air, break into the basket and dunk!

After landing, Joe Johnson pointed at Garnett. Garnett raised his hand, gave Joe Johnson a high five, then bent down and glared at Nowitzki, who was walking towards him.

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Wave after wave of offenses by the Mavericks were pushed back by the Hawks. In the blink of an eye, the game entered the last two minutes and the team was still 8 points behind.

Nowitzki caught the ball in the frontcourt, tested Garnett's defense, and went straight inside. Garnett tried his best to interfere, but Nowitzki also tried his best to carry Garnett away.

, rushed into the restricted area.

Gerbatier came over in time to help defend. Nowitzki jumped up and passed the ball to Howard. After receiving the ball, Howard took off and dunked.

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Snapped!

At this moment, a big hand slapped over hard and held the basketball firmly!

Garnett took off for the second time and accurately blocked the basket, giving Howard a solid hot pot!

"Beautiful defense! Garnett's block pushed the Mavericks to the edge of the cliff. With one and a half minutes left in the game, the Mavericks were in danger! Nowitzki scored 33 points in the game, but this shot didn't happen

He did it himself, but left it to Howard to finish.

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Maybe this choice is fatal!" Although he was explaining from the perspective of the Hawks, Yang Jian also felt a little sorry for Nowitzki when he saw this scene.

The Eagles attacked, Paul controlled the ball, and Garnett stepped forward to set an off-ball pick-and-roll for Joe Johnson. The latter used Garnett's screen to get rid of Josh Howard's defense, attracted Dampier's cover, and then directly hit the ball.

The ball was given to Garnett down the line.

Garnett didn't catch the ball himself, but kept passing the ball back to Joe Johnson. At this time, there was no one around Joe Johnson. Dampier, who had just been misplaced to defend, instinctively moved in to cover Garnett.

Extraordinary.

It was almost a 100% open shot, and Joe Johnson hit it steadily! With 75 seconds left in the game, the point difference was widened to 10 points, and the game completely lost its suspense!

Under the huge score difference, the Mavericks players also lost their fighting spirit and let the remaining time run out.

Finally, at the end of the game, the Mavericks lost to the Eagles 115:126 at home. The Eagles avenged their last home defeat (51-8).

Paul scored 27 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, his performance was quite dazzling; Garnett's performance of 24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists was also outstanding. In the key offense and defense, he sent blocks and assists on both ends of the offense and defense.

Killed the game; Joe Johnson scored 26 points and his fire support was a great complement to Paul and Garnett.

For the Mavericks, Nowitzki scored a huge double-double of 33 points and 14 rebounds, which in a sense turned this game into a "Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu". Howard may have contributed some output and played a role.

"Hua Xiong", but when it comes to death, Nowitzki is basically in charge.

It has accumulated too many attackers, and it is easier to fight when "bullying". However, facing a top team like the Hawks, the Mavericks' lack of playmakers is more obvious! In addition, the team lacks a perimeter defender.

People, Adrian Griffin, who followed the team to the finals last season, is a good defender. It's a pity that the Mavericks didn't keep him, which is a big loss.

"First Evolution"

If this game had been before the trade deadline and the team's problems had been exposed earlier, maybe Avery Johnson really had plans to make a trade to strengthen the outside defense; but the problem is that this defeat came a little later, and the trade

It seems unrealistic!

Facing Ke Yan, Avery Johnson could lose, but he could not lose his momentum. In the post-game interview, Avery Johnson summarized the reason for the loss as the Eagles played better in key goals:

"The game is like this, there are a lot of accidents. I have to admit that Kimi has created a very strong team, they are very competitive. They have made great progress after playing us three months ago. Barty

The joining of Er has significantly improved them, and kg gave the most perfect performance at critical moments. I hope we will still have the opportunity to play against each other this season, and when the time comes, the owner will change."

Avery Johnson refuses to give up. On the one hand, it is due to his personality. On the other hand, it is also because many Mavericks fans like Ke Yan to coach in Dallas. In fact, Ke Yan himself has denied it many times, but he can't bear the fans to seize his "cow secret".

"Attributes matter, Ke Yan can't argue with netizens every day, can he?

By winning this strong dialogue, the Hawks extended their winning streak to 6 games, and the team's lead over the Mavericks has also reached 3 games. The probability of winning the regular season championship has been greatly increased.

With this victory, Garnett also narrowed the gap between himself and Nowitzki. According to the odds given by the betting website, Nowitzki's probability of winning the MVP was originally much higher than Garnett's.

After all, Nowitzki is "one man, one city", while Garnett is "gathering together the lions and camels". But "victory can cover up everything", and Garnett himself has the advantage of "nationality", which cannot be ignored.

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After defeating the Mavericks, the Hawks continued their road trip to the West and came to Sacramento to face the Kings.

In the first round of the match between the two teams, Artest elbowed Joe Johnson and was directly suspended for 30 games by the league. This directly ruined all the efforts of the Kings this season and forced the team into a state of ruin. Until now, Artest

They haven't come back yet.

In fact, considering the team's "bad" plan, the Kings have no plans to let Artest come back, and Artest himself is not willing to play for the Kings anymore, so he has decided to change careers and work hard for other teams.

idea!

The suspense of the game itself is not great. What is surprising is that there are many Chinese supporting Ke Yan in the arena, which is also related to the city of Sacramento. Sacramento is one of the gathering places for Chinese, and the older generation of overseas Chinese often call it

Sacramento is the "second port", and the big port is San Francisco. The two cities are two hours' drive apart.

It is precisely because of its proximity to San Francisco that during the years when the Kings were strong, the Kings had the best ticket sales in the league. A large number of fans drove from San Francisco to watch the Kings games. Those were also the most glorious years of the Kings.

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In Ke Yan's impression, the Kings in the previous life, starting from this season, missed the playoffs for 16 consecutive seasons, setting a record for the longest time an NBA team has not entered the playoffs, whether it was signings or drafts.

No matter what, it’s all a mess! The management is also very chaotic.

As the Warriors in their heyday moved to San Francisco and relied on the influence of Stephen Curry to dominate the San Francisco market, the Kings were completely ruined. Not only were San Francisco fans unable to come to Sacramento to watch the game, but in turn, Sacramento fans would rather

I drove two hours to San Francisco to watch the Warriors play, but I didn’t want to watch the Kings play.

The game went smoothly, and the Eagles played steadily and defeated the Kings 124:103, extending their winning streak to 7 games (52-8).

After the game, Ke Yan also came to the stands where Chinese people gathered to applaud the Chinese fans who supported him!