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"We really don't want to meet the Spurs. This is the team we hate the most in the West."

One sentence refuted the common media view that the Mavericks took the initiative to meet the Spurs.

Because Nowitzki's naturally disgusted expression when facing the camera really didn't look like an act.

Jet Terry also answered so modestly for the first time:

"They have strengthened Jiang Hao and Leonard this year. You can say that the Spurs have been quiet in recent years, but they are not good."

Kidd:

"We are the seventh-lowest team, and Duncan and I are old friends. This will be a very competitive playoff round."

The reporter also asked about the Heat's leaked information about Barea, Jiang Hao's defensive learning target.

Barea looked like a ghost: "Oh? Did he just watch my defensive tape in the Heat?? I may not necessarily guard him today."

One of the four shooting guards, Vince Carter, who has performed mediocrely this season:

"I will watch him live to see how he dunks in actual combat. Anyway, he won't be as good as me."

Mahinmi, the center selected by the Spurs in 2005:

"I know the Spurs very well and I will do my best to stop Duncan!"

Cuban was also grabbed by the familiar Holy City media and said:

"We are all familiar with the battle between cows and horses. In 2009, we completed the miracle of black six, and this year's black seven is also simple."

Carlisle:

"We are ready. We have four top shooting guards in Carter this year. We are no weaker than last year!"

The Spurs were tit for tat, Messina said directly:

"We completed our revenge in 2010, okay? We tricked you the year before last."

RC Buford:

"The Mavericks don't have confidence. Don't mention the recent things, but mention the far-flung things, haha."

Tony Parker:

"Is Kidd considered a star? You can beat the Heat, but you can't beat us!"

Manu Ginobili: "The reason the Mavericks won the championship last year was because they didn't meet us in the Western Conference and they were a little bit luckier."

Wu Sheng: "The defending champion is only seventh in the Western Conference. We will deal with them."

The NBA official added fuel to the fire and publicized the atmosphere of a battle between cows and horses to the fullest! ! ! ! ! !

"The Western Conference welcomes a classic battle in the first round!" The two sides choked each other before the game! 》

"It's not that enemies don't get together, it's a civil war in Texas, the second in the Western Conference versus the defending champion!" 》

Take Nowitzki alone. In his career, he has played a total of 111 games with the Spurs in the regular season and playoffs, which is more than a whole season.

Among them, because both the Spurs and the Mavericks have a glorious history, the two teams often meet in the playoffs. From 2001 to 2012, the two teams met 6 times in 12 years. We don’t know this year yet, but the previous ones There is a winner and loser in the game.

Second round in 2001! Spurs 4-1 Mavericks!

The 2000-01 season was the season when Nowitzki truly became famous. In that season, the third-year Nowitzki averaged more than 20 points per game for the first time, beginning 11 consecutive years of winning 50+ games.

Not only that, he also helped the Mavericks return to the playoffs after 11 years.

In the second round, Nowitzki met the Spurs led by Duncan. At that time, Parker and Ginobili had not yet entered the league. Duncan was still surrounded by general David Robinson, and Nowitzki also had Finley and Nash as teammates. , in the end Duncan dominated the game at his peak.

2003 Western Conference Finals, Spurs 4-2 Mavericks

It is definitely one of the most exciting series of games. It is also the beginning of Jiang Hao’s exposure to the NBA, or the beginning of his understanding of the NBA. He had the impression that every time he opened the five sets of Central Mom’s sets, they had blue clothes versus black and white clothes.

During the regular season, the Spurs and Mavericks both achieved a record of 60 wins and 22 losses, becoming the only teams in the league to win more than 60 games that season.

In the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Suns and Lakers to advance, while the Mavericks passed the Trail Blazers and Kings in two tiebreakers. In the Western Conference Finals, the two teams met.

In the first game, Nowitzki scored 38 points and 15 rebounds, while Duncan scored 40 points and 15 rebounds. The two leading forwards in the league were tit for tat.

Throughout the series, MVP Duncan averaged 28.7 points, 16.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 3.0 blocks per game, while Nowitzki averaged 25.3 points and 11.3 rebounds per game.

In addition, the Mavericks also have players such as Finley, Nick Van Exel and Nash. The Spurs' Parker, young captain Jackson and Ginobili are also on the rise.

2006 second round, Spurs 3-4 Mavericks

Enemies duel, each has its own victory or defeat. Otherwise, it will become the Prime Minister and Meng Huo.

The Mavericks' counterattack in 2006 began! !

In the regular season, the Spurs had 63 wins and 19 losses, while the Mavericks had 60 wins and 22 losses. In addition, the best Suns in the Western Conference only had 54 wins.

Unfortunately, due to the rules of the division at the time, the two teams in the Southwest Division had to decide the winner in the semifinals. After seven games, the Mavericks successfully advanced. In the crucial tiebreaker, Duncan scored 41 points and 16 rebounds. With 6 assists and 3 blocks, Nowitzki had 37 points and 15 rebounds.

This tiebreaker was probably the most dramatic battle between horses and cows. At the end of the fourth quarter, Ginobili made a three-pointer to help the Spurs lead by 3 points.

But it was Ginobili who fouled Nowitzki and was scored 2+1, and was eventually dragged into overtime by the Mavericks and lost the game.

This is why Manu on the Spurs was very upset when he knew they were going to play the Mavericks in the first round.

Throughout the series, Duncan continued to perform well, averaging 32.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, Nowitzki also had 27.1 points and 13.3 rebounds, Ginobili and Parker scored 21.3 points and 20.1 points respectively.

2009 first round, Spurs 1-4 Mavericks

The 2009 Spurs and Mavericks were no longer the protagonists of the West. The two teams ranked third and sixth in the West with 54 wins and 28 losses and 50 wins and 32 losses respectively.

In the first round, although Parker averaged 28.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, and Duncan also had 19.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists, but because of Ginobili's absence, the Spurs were still defeated by the Mavericks in the "Black Six Miracle".

Spurs 4-2 Mavericks 2010 first round

Just when it seemed that the Mavericks were about to leave the Spurs behind, just one year after being "Black Six" by the Mavericks, the Spurs completed their revenge.

In the 2010 playoffs, the Mavericks, second in the Western Conference, and the Spurs, seventh in the Western Conference, met again. This time, the Spurs won the game. Nowitzki averaged 26.7 points per game in the series, but the team was defeated by the Spurs to complete the "black seven". Ginobili, Duncan and Parker still played stably, averaging 19.0 points, 18.2 points and 15.8 points per game respectively.

This season, they met again in the first round, which is the sixth playoff matchup between the Mavericks and the Spurs since the 21st century.

You should know that the Spurs have not played against another Texas brother, the Rockets, in the playoffs for so many years.

They have been playing against the Mavericks.

So there is still metaphysics. The Rockets have been playing against the Jazz, but because the Rockets have been losing to the Jazz, it is not as story-telling as the Mavericks-Mavericks battle!

And Jiang Hao knows more.

It is not just his joining that makes the battle between the Mavericks and the Spurs more related. According to the Dallas media, the Mavericks sent Jiang Hao to the Spurs. Moreover, Hu Weidong, Dazhi, and Yi Lian all have very good relations with the Mavericks. The Mavericks still have a lot of fans in China.

But the final chapter of the super classic battle between the Mavericks and the Spurs was in 2014 in the previous life.

In the 2014 playoffs, the Spurs successfully defeated the Heat in the finals to win the championship. However, the series that posed the greatest threat to the Spurs did not happen in the finals or the Western Conference Finals, or even the Western Conference semifinals, but the first round of the Western Conference.

At that time, the Spurs, who were ranked first in the West, were almost defeated by the Mavericks, who were ranked eighth in the West.

The two teams played seven games before the winner was decided. In the classic third game, Carter also beat the Spurs at the buzzer.

In the final tiebreaker, Parker scored 32 points, Ginobili and Duncan scored 20 points, 5 assists, and 15 points, 8 rebounds, respectively, and the Spurs successfully advanced.

And the most amazing thing is that the last game before Nowitzki's retirement was also played against the Spurs without the league's arrangement. Jiang Hao remembers this clearly, because he cried as a neutral fan that day.

In the last game of this historical power forward, the Spurs played a tribute short film at home to review Nowitzki's career.

The wolf retreats, the snake hides, and the Buddha goes west. There is no more old driver in the world!

The players Nowitzki played against ranged from Duncan to DeRozan. There were 20 years of love and hatred. Even Nowitzki couldn't help but shed tears after watching it.

Then before he traveled through time, the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame was also entered by Mavericks Nowitzki and Spurs' Parker

With so many elements, how can the Mavericks-Mavericks battle not be interesting.

As a part of this life, Jiang Hao is also a key figure in this Mavericks-Mavericks battle after two years, because the Spurs don't play tricks or test at all, and go all out directly!

In the training game 2 days ago, Messina asked Bonner to simulate Nowitzki's style of play, and Jiang Hao led the defense of Bonner.

Sure enough, before the game today, Messina also told Jiang Hao directly to defend Nowitzki from the start!!

As expected of the Spurs in playoff mode, they no longer play empty words and test, and play the most ruthless in G1 against their old enemy!

The strongest defender on the outside defends the strongest offensive player on the opposite side, Nowitzki!!

"No problem, leave it to me!"

Driving through the open-air parking lot, Jiang Hao was surrounded by more than twice the number of reporters than in the regular season. This was the first time he was stopped before entering the underground parking lot.

The fans at the entrance of the stadium came earlier and more, and because Dallas is very close to the Holy City, the ticket prices were skyrocketed. Only the die-hard elite fans who could watch the game on site were loyal fans, and the fans who could watch or not were screened out by the high ticket prices.

Jiang Hao had to roll down the window to answer a few questions from reporters, because he was the only one who did not have a pre-game interview with the Spurs except GDP.

The questions from reporters were also very insightful:

"Who will you defend? Kidd, the point guard? Or Marion, the all-around player?"

"Will you become a superstar with this playoffs?"

Jiang Hao left the most classic sentence of this round of playoffs:

"I am not a superstar, but I can make the opponent not a superstar!"

In fact, he had hinted who he was going to defend, but the reporters obviously didn't react and thought he was showing off how strong his defense was.

It wasn't until the game started that we knew what he meant by this sentence.

One hour later.