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"Although the Mavericks currently occupy the lead, their state is really not good. From the point of view of the team's shooting percentage, the Mavericks are not as good as the Pistons. But it is precisely because of Dirk and Yi's excellent performance that the Pistons will be behind. But as the game progresses, there will be more and more arrangements for Yihe Dirk, and these two guys will become more and more tired. If the Mavericks want to end their losing streak, they must have someone other than Yihe Dirk Just stand up!" During the intermission, Mike Breen was not interested in the performance of the cheerleaders on the court.

The old man was analyzing the situation of the game for the audience. At this time, the ESPN cameraman also pointed the camera at Dirk and Yiyang knowingly.

The performance of these two guys in the first quarter was indeed very good, but it can be seen that they are not breathing smoothly at the moment when they are playing back-to-back games.

As Mike Breen said, as long as the Pistons can keep clinging to the score, they have the opportunity to drag the Mavericks who are fighting back to back at the last moment.

Of course Rick Carlisle is aware of this problem, but the competitive state of the players on the court cannot be reversed by just a few words from his coach. What will happen in the game depends on the performance of the players.

Nowitzki, who was sweating profusely, felt as if he hadn't sat down for a long time, and the electronic buzzer that represented the start of the second quarter rang through the audience.

Fans at the Palace Stadium in Auburn Hills cheered the Pistons players with warm applause. Although they were behind, it seemed that the morale of the Pistons players seemed to be even higher.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Carlisle did not let Yiyang and Dirk play. The reason is simple, he needs to give these two guys time to rest as much as possible.

Without Yiyang and Dirk, the Mavericks are undoubtedly cornered. However, such a situation did not let the energy of the rest of the Mavericks burst out. Kidd's organization did allow the Mavericks to get a lot of opportunities, but unfortunately, the person who received the ball did not convert the opportunities into points.

The fatigued performance of other Mavericks players is not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end. The Pistons also used breakthroughs to stalk the basket guarded by the Mavericks.

Only 3 minutes into the second quarter, Rick Carlisle had to stop the game. The appearance of the Mavericks in the game is not like a top team in the West at all!

At this time, the Pistons have filled the gap of only 6 points. And if you continue to let it go, there may even be a tendency to overtake it.

"Dirk! Also! Go into battle!" Carlisle waved his hand, he knew that he should not get any surprises in today's game. These two people are the only hope he can rely on at present.

Nowitzki and Yiyang nodded at the same time, although they were different in terms of nationality and position on the court. But the fiery eyes of Yiyang and Nowitzki are almost exactly the same.

"Offensive, use your offense to control the situation! Also, hit the ball into Dirk's hands more! Dirk, you give me as many shots as you want today! The Pistons' inside line can't stop you, and back-to-back games can't stop you! Be tough, don't let those guys think we are soft persimmons!" Carlisle said and waved his hand vigorously, Yiyang and Nowitzki were already impatient. Now that Carlisle is fanning the flames again, the fighting spirit of the two is even higher.

So, when John Kuster saw that No. 1 and No. 41 stepped into the field, he had gradually controlled the situation on the field, but suddenly his heart tightened.

The offensive power of Yiyang and Nowitzki is so strong that the Pistons have already experienced it in the first quarter. Kuster can only pray at this moment, that the fiery state of these two guys will not continue.

However, the Mavericks' first offense after returning from the timeout, Yiyang and Nowitzki, disillusioned Kuster.

Facing Pistons backup point guard Will Bynum, who is only 1.83 meters tall, Yiyang's vision will not be disturbed at all.

All the details in the whole half-court could not escape Yiyang Mingrui's eyes.

So the No. 1 guard began to gesticulate, calling for Chandler to pick and roll for him. Pick-and-roll offense, although this tactic is very simple and basic, in fact, through the pick-and-roll, an excellent point guard can play a lot of tricks.

It is not easy for the short Will Bynum to get rid of Chandler's pick-and-roll, and this little delay is enough for Yiyang to get up to speed. In order to prevent such a thing from happening, the rookie center Greg Monroe, who was following behind Chandler, had to switch defenses in front of Yiyang.

Monroe's sudden appearance was in stark contrast to the short Bynum. Yiyang only felt that his eyes went dark, as if he couldn't see anything.

Although his vision was blocked, Yiyang did not stop his movements. The guy slammed the ball into the ground without making any eye contact.

The basketball is unbiased, passing right between Monroe's splayed legs. After that, it bounced back to the hands of Nowitzki who cut in.

All of this, Yiyang accomplished without any vision at all. Although his eyes have no vision, when facing Bynum, Yiyang has already put the whole half into it in his heart.

Nowitzki received the basketball and took three steps directly to dunk. Beside him, Villanueva, the Pistons' substitute No. 4, clings to the German.

Although thwarted, Nowitzki played quite tough this time! Against the body contact with Villanueva, he took off and forced a dunk!

Unable to show weakness, Villanueva jumped close to Nowitzki's body to block the shot. But Nowitzki, who had already risen into the air, was unmoved at all. He tried hard to stabilize his center of gravity in the air, slammed the buckle with one hand, and pushed Villanueva aside!

"Tough dunk! But I have to say, the most exciting pass was Yi's pass! It was a true no-look pass, and it was a pass through the crotch! There was not even any eye contact between him and Dirk Communication! God, his vision is absolutely 360°, and his vision does not belong to humans at all!" Mike Brin's exaggerated commentary made the fans in front of the TV talk about it, and ESPN also began to replay the shot just now. slow motion. When Yiyang stared at Monroe but passed the ball through the crotch to Nowitzki, everyone yelled to themselves. "Definitely!"

In the next two minutes, Yiyang and Nowitzki succeeded in succession. The Pistons' defense seems to be useless in front of these two guys. On the offensive end, the Pistons' second team could not continue to bite the score.

In desperation, John Coomas had no choice but to send the starting five tigers to the field again, which stopped the Pistons from continuing to lag behind.

Subsequently, Kuster specially arranged for the Germans to surround the front and double-team defense. This time, it really made the tired Nowitzki very uncomfortable.

In the 9th minute of the second quarter, using Nowitzki's several missed shots, the Pistons once again chased the point difference to only 3 points. If the defense is successful this time, the Pistons will get a chance to tie the score.

Yiyang was already sweating profusely at this time. It was his first time as a starter, and he did play a lot of time today.

When he went beyond the three-point line, Monroe had already circled forward to defend Dirk, and Ben was still waiting for an opportunity to defend.

If only Monroe stands in front of Nowitzki, Yiyang still has the ability to pass the ball. But if Big Ben is also watching from the sidelines, the situation is completely different. As long as Big Ben is not stupid, he should be able to steal the basketball before Dirk with ease.

Yiyang looked, and Nowitzki had no chance to catch the ball. After scanning around, the other three were even more exhausted. Pass the ball to them, and they may not be able to seize the opportunity.

So Yiyang spread his five fingers and raised his hand high. Stucky and the rest of the Pistons didn't know what Yiyang wanted to do. But everyone in the Mavericks knows very well that Yiyang is calling them to play singles!

"Is this...does he want to play singles!?" Kenny Smith's eyes widened. In his eyes, Yiyang has always been an organizational defender. Such a thing as pulling off a single match has never happened to Yiyang.

Stucky looked at both sides from the corner of his eye, and silently gritted his teeth. This rookie is actually trying to single him out, stop looking down on others!

After Yiyang saw that the space was opened, he suddenly passed the ball out!

Everyone was stunned. Could it be that Yiyang calling singles is another trick! ?

Stuckey reached out quickly, hoping to intercept the pass. However, the moment the basketball flew out, Yiyang's long arm stretched out again, pulling the basketball back to his hands!

Stucky was teased by Yiyang and lost his position. Yiyang broke through immediately, and his speed reached the peak almost instantly!

Stucky hastily changed his center of gravity to block, but Yiyang passed Stucky with a huge arc. These two movements of changing direction continuously helped Yiyang complete the breakthrough cleanly!

After the breakthrough, Big Ben immediately dropped Chandler to protect the basket. Yiyang naturally would not waste this opportunity, he pushed the ball forward, as if intending to pass the ball.

Just when Da Ben was hesitating, Yi Yang's long arm suddenly retracted. After that, he quickly took off, changed his left hand for a layup, and successfully scored!

On Yiyang's fake fax, the four-time Defensive Player of the Year winner was tricked. Even Tyson Chandler was ready to catch the ball, and he thought that Yiyang really wanted to pass the ball.

Nowitzki smiled, high-fived Yiyang and returned to defense. Although Yiyang's shot was indeed beautiful, Nowitzki was not only happy for this wonderful fake fax.

He is happy because he knows. Yiyang is about to start scoring by himself!

As long as one person can stand up to help Nowitzki share the scoring pressure, the German is confident to win this game!

48 to 44, before the end of the second quarter, Yiyang's offense opened up a new situation for the Mavericks.

Dirk and Yiyang, these two new duo in Cuban's heart. Maybe it will be famous tonight!