NBA Backer King

  Chapter 579 Comedy or Tragedy?

   At half past eight, the game officially started.

  The 229-centimeter bamboo pole Bradley and Pharaoh jumped the ball, and the Suns attacked.

Taking advantage of the huge advantage of mobility, Wang Tiejun quickly bypassed Bradley and rushed to the basket. Nowitzki can only come over to make up for it, but his speed is also not as fast as Pharaoh. past.

"not good!"

   On the sidelines, Old Nelson hurriedly shouted, "Lock up Nash!"

   But it was too late. Nash just pushed past the center line and saw Old K rushing past the penalty area. The Mavericks' two big insiders were behind. He shouted, pushed with one hand, and passed the ball from bottom to top.

   This pass was quick and sudden, and it was almost a straight pass, which made Marbury unable to react.

  Pharaoh was paying attention to the back when he crossed the free throw line. At this time, he rose into the air, grabbed the ball with his right hand, grabbed the ball, landed again, and with a bang, smashed the ball into the basket.

   "Damn!"

   "Shet!"

   There was a screeching sound in the audience.

   Cuban, who was sitting on the side of the court, stood up and shouted at the court: "Come on! We are going to kill the Suns! Kill the old K!"

   "Our interior defense is bad enough. Didn't Old K break his heels? Why can he still run and jump like this?" A live commentator said depressedly.

   "The team should trade a strong center. Hey, Mark, it's your responsibility." Another commentator shouted to Cuban after giving his own advice.

   The sidelines were still very active just now, and Cuban, who was about to sit down, made an OK gesture to the commentary booth, causing the audience to burst into applause.

   Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki found that Old K was following him, and when he met Old K's fierce eyes, his scalp could not help tingling.

  Let Lao Wang guard the Germans. It was Van Gundy's suggestion, because the Germans are a great threat and the three-pointers are very accurate. Tom Gugliotta has no defense and can't be defended. It can only be defended by Lao Wang.

   And the Mavericks' bamboo poles are average. Although they have a high degree of strength at the basket, they are far less threatening than the Germans.

  Nowitzki ran to the right flank, suddenly pulled out, pulled beyond the three-point line, pulled Pharaoh out, and created a single-play opportunity for the bamboo pole.

However, Marbury used his own strength to crack the Mavericks' tactics. He didn't give the bamboo pole a chance to play singles. He wanted to blow up Nash and prove to Old K that he was the best. It was absolutely wrong to give up him, so he shot a three-pointer. .

"brush!"

   really hit, and Marbury, who succeeded, shouted at Pharaoh excitedly: "Did you see it, Old K, the person you are looking for has a poor defense."

  Pharaoh is a little angry, what do you mean by the person I'm looking for, is it the one I'm looking for? Little Colangelo was looking for it. If I were to look for it, I would find the stinky mouth of the glove.

  Nash is also very embarrassed. It's not that he doesn't defend hard, but that he really has no defensive talent. Because of his defensive choices, nine out of ten times are wrong. This is talent.

  Sun attack.

In the face of the mortal enemy Mavericks, the Suns are not ready to hone their tactics today and focus on winning, so the offense is still based on Pharaoh as the absolute core, and everything is left to him. way to pass on.

  Tom Gugliotta had a hand shot and pulled it to the right wing. Nowitzki guarded the right waist in the paint area and maintained the possibility of returning to the basket.

  The bamboo pole was defending Wang Tiejun, but his defense was just a show.

   Lao Wang pulled it out and ran back into the paint area. The bamboo pole disappeared as soon as it went out and in.

   So the Mavericks had only one strategy for defending Pharaoh today. Marbury locked Nash and tried not to let the ball pass in. Old Nelson didn't expect the bamboo pole to guard the first man in history.

   But Nash on the offensive end is not the Nash on the defensive end. If you want to lock the Nash on the offensive end, you must have the defensive strength of Payton. Does Marbury have it? of course not.

   "Whoosh!"

   When Lao Wang threw down the bamboo pole and cut inward, the sound of passing the ball broke through the air.

"boom!"

   The next moment, the giant beast took off, and Pharaoh jumped up and completed an all-around dunk.

   "I can do this style of play, boss, let me play."

   On the bench, Stoudemire, who was waving a white towel, roared excitedly.

   "Come on! Don't forget tonight is our night of revenge!"

   Cuban stood up again to cheer the players. He also encouraged the Mavericks fans to cheer for the players. Two dunks were far from enough to dampen the morale of the Mavericks, and the morale was still very high.

"boom!"

   Looking back, Marbury punched Nash, and then shot again, but this time missed.

  Pharaoh protected the backcourt rebounds, the Suns immediately launched a fast break from the outside, Nash ran at the front, followed by Marion, and Hardaway.

"hurry up!"

   D'Antoni shouted loudly while waving.

   "Whoosh!"

  Pharaoh waved with one hand, and the ball flew straight to Nash.

  Nash received the ball, took one step ahead of Marbury and went beyond the left-wing three-point line, and suddenly made an emergency stop. When Marbury rushed over, he pushed with one hand with his right hand, and the ball crossed the paint area and flew to the right wing.

"boom!"

   On the right wing, Marion took a step into the paint area after catching the ball, then flew up, and under the one-handed tomahawk-style dunk, the Mavericks' basket was blasted.

"damn it!"

   Cuban jumped up in the curse, waving his fists and shouting at the players on the court: "Defense! Defend!"

  Pharaoh stood under the basket and admired the fast break from the three outside lines. He felt that the small ball play was really good, and it had its own advantages compared to the traditional play.

  Small ball is played like a gorgeous sports car. The most famous small ball play of that year was the Lakers showtime era led by Magic Johnson.

The traditional positional warfare is dominated by the center, like a heavy truck, it is a contest of strength and muscle. In the history of the league, the Suns and Lakers led by him have created the most terrible confrontation intensity in the era of traditional centers, which was not introduced in the K-law. Before, he was a bone crusher at the basket, and his 1990s could be called the pinnacle of the traditional center era.

He was used to playing the traditional center forward's straight-forward style, but now that his speed has been greatly improved, he wanted to try the small-ball style of play, which is one of the reasons why he agreed to let D'Antoni become the head coach .

  In life, it doesn't matter if you fail, it's all about trying.

   He came out of his hometown and went to the United States to work underworld, which was also an attempt.

  If he can show his abilities in different ways, use different styles of play, and rule different eras, even if he is not an American, who can deny his status as the first person in history?

   He dominated the 90s with traditional center play, and now he is going to try it out with small ball and rule the 00s.

   However, the Suns' small-ball tactics are estimated to have a long way to go.

   Especially the small-ball play he wants is a play that combines both offense and defense, not a play that gives up defense for the sake of offense.

   In order to build such a small-ball lineup, you need suitable players. Now the Suns do not have this foundation. Up and down, he and Marion are the most suitable.

Stoudemire is also strong on offense and weak on the defensive, but his speed is good, and he can also play fast breaks. If he is a starter, all five Suns starters will have the ability to play fast breaks. As long as the tactics are right, they will be on the offensive. The end will form an offensive torrent.

  6:3, the Mavericks attacked.

   "Stephen, don't make waves!" Old Nelson's roar sounded in front of the Mavericks bench.

   Next to him is Nelson Jr., the former assistant coach of the Suns and now the general manager of the Mavericks. The father and son have joined forces to create a very good lineup for the Mavericks.

   It is also because Colangelo Jr. and Nelson Jr. have always maintained a good relationship, so the Suns and the Mavericks can complete the Nash and Marbury trade, otherwise other teams are more likely to refuse in order to resist the public enemy of the league.

  Marbury still held the ball and wanted to find another opportunity to play another one. Nowitzki asked him for the ball continuously, his hand stretched out, and he turned a blind eye.

   "This bastard!"

   Little Nelson regretted trading in the lone wolf.

   "Stephen, well done."

   Pharaoh encouraged happily, only to applaud the horse blacksmith.

"boom!"

   Under the encouragement of Pharaoh, the courageous Marbury once again shot a three-pointer on Nash's head and smashed the basket again.

   "Damn!"

  The old horse threw his right hand fiercely. He knew that it was a touch problem, not due to Nash's defense. As long as he persisted, he could hit the next ball.

   "Hurry up!"

   In D'Antoni's passionate urging, the Suns played a fast break again, and the three outside lines were going down at full speed.

   "Whoosh!"

   This time Pharaoh passed to Marion on the right wing, who had already dropped the defender and took off directly from the right waist in the paint area.

"boom!"

   was another battle axe dunk that blew the Mavericks' basket.

   "Shhh!"

  The home fans angrily booed to vent their dissatisfaction, and it was like a hundred bombers were suddenly circling over the American Airlines Center.

   Cuban stood on the sidelines with a dazed look on his face. He spread his hands, expressing incomprehensible why the mighty Mavericks were beaten by the Suns.

  8:3, the Mavericks attacked and called a timeout after serving.

   "Stephen, you are a point guard, not a shooting guard. You want to pass the ball, do you hear the pass?"

Old Nelson's roar clearly conveyed his anger to Marbury. His coaching style is harsh, and now it's better. He used to have a very bad temper in the early days of coaching, and often abused players who were underperforming, so He also often clashed with the players he coached.

   Chris Webber, the No. 1 overall pick in 1993, gave up his contract to the Bullets after only one year in the Warriors. Why? Conflict with old Nelson is one of the important reasons, and he can't stand his temper.

   "Nick, come on."

   After yelling at Marbury, the old Nelson waved his hand, pressed Marbury to the bench, and called out backup point guard Nick Van Exel.

Coincidentally, the crazy Van Exel and Marbury suffered the same thing. When Pharaoh went to the Lakers, he was immediately traded. After a serious injury in the middle of last season, he was traded to the Mavericks. His current state is not as good as it was then. , although only 31 years old, but has entered the late stage of his career.

   But a lunatic is a lunatic when he grows old. There is no cure for this disease. As soon as he played, he would fire when he crossed the center line.

  Nash was overjoyed. His defensive efficiency was too high today. Marbury and Fan Lunatic combined made 1 of 6 shots.

The Suns controlled the rebounds in the backcourt, and took advantage of this opportunity to play quick counterattacks one after another, or Pharaoh directly launched a fast break in the backcourt, or Nash organized a fast break to play a wave of 6-0 attacks, 14:3, The score gap widened to 11 points.

   His own players were unsatisfactory and were beaten by their deadly enemies. The crazy American Airlines Center also had some demoralization, and the boos were weak.

   Cuban didn't stand up anymore. He was beaten 3 to 14 in the opening game. He really lost his temper.

  Old Nelson was so angry that he glared at his son, how did you, the general manager, find a point guard that looks good for me?

   Now he misses Nash a little bit. Although Nash is not good at positional warfare and has no defense, he doesn't throw waves!

   He called a second timeout.

   First replaced the bamboo pole, replaced the bench inside Rif LaFrentz, then replaced Fan Luzi, and replaced the 37-year-old veteran Avery Johnson.

   "Avery, you know what to do, try to cut off the connection between Nash and old K, and pay attention to their defensive counterattacks. Most of their points today came from fast breaks in counterattacks, which are very powerful."

  Old Nelson believed in Little General very much. Little General is now qualified to be a coach. He plans to invite him to be his assistant coach after he retires.

After the    timeout, the situation of the Mavericks improved. After Jr. Johnson came on the court, he immediately sent an assist and used a pick-and-roll to help Michael Finley get rid of Marion, and Finley made a goal.

  14:5, the sun attacked.

"ball!"

   The left wing is low, Pharaoh is in position, LaFrentz goes around to defend, he is against the defender, and the backhand wants the ball.

He didn't do anything today, just air-cut twice and scored two goals, then grabbed three backcourt rebounds, launched several fast breaks, and sent out several assists. With such a big weakness, it now seems that trading Marbury is indeed the right thing to do, which can weaken the opponent to the greatest extent possible.

   Using his speed and his ability to combine the ball and man, Nash quickly got rid of Jr. Johnson and passed the ball in.

"boom!"

  The old queen caught the ball with his hand, turned around flexibly, took another step with his swing, and strode into the paint area for a one-handed dunk.

   He used to be a fierce tiger, but now the tiger is still a tiger. At most, he lost a little weight, but with the swiftness and agility of a leopard, it is definitely not less difficult to defend against him.

   "X, sloppy defense, worse than our Suns' defense, just such a ragged team, also a first-grade team?"

Glancing at Nowitzki, who was returning to the defense, he said something humiliating to the Mavericks. When he was returning to defense, he deliberately ran close to the sideline. When passing by Cuban, he shouted loudly: "Hey, Mr. Cuban. , do you want me to recommend a director to you? By the way, do you want to make it a comedy or a tragedy?"

  “…”

   Cuban looked at the old K who ran over dejectedly, and only cursed in his heart.

"Snapped!"

   Looking back, Nowitzki got rid of Pharaoh by means of a pick-and-roll, and finally caught the ball. When he made a jump shot, Pharaoh, who forcibly pushed the pick-and-roll away, hit a big hat fan.

   Came to the low position in the frontcourt, Pharaoh went directly to the basket strongly, and under the early double-teaming of Nowitzki and LaFrentz, he still demanded the ball strongly.

"boom!"

Nash lob, he took advantage of his bouncing and wingspan to catch the ball under the basket, squatted down on the ground, and then got up to take advantage of the situation to exert force. It was a fierce back arch that knocked over Nowitz behind him. Key, finally forcibly turned sideways, knocked over LaFrentz with one **** and completed a dunk.

   Seeing Old K overturned under his own basket, and the two big insiders fell at the feet of Old K, Cuban felt very powerless. He felt that there might be no hope of revenge at night, and he might have to be slaughtered again.

   (end of this chapter)