One Guard

The brutality of the NBA playoffs often makes games full of uncertainty. What's more, the Mavericks are fighting in a division full of strong teams like the Western Conference.

Judging from the team's record alone, if the Chicago Bulls, ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference, were a team in the Western Conference, let alone ranking fifth, they might not even make the playoffs.

From this we can see how competitive the West is. There is actually no huge gap between each team. Whoever can persist to the end and whoever can seize the opportunity will be the final winner.

It was clear that the Grizzlies were grasping at straws in both games in Memphis. Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, the black and white bears, took on the air and showed their due strength.

In fact, in the second game of the series, the Mavericks already smelled danger. If it weren't for Yiyang's thrilling last-minute victory in that game, God knows whether the Mavericks would have won.

The Grizzlies' slow team has gradually gotten on the right track. Their goal is the championship, not just the first round. Now that the Thunder's Westbrook has been reimbursed for the season due to injury, the Thunder's strength has been greatly reduced. This means that no matter who reaches the second round between the Grizzlies and Mavericks, they have a great hope of defeating the Thunder and advancing directly to the Western Conference Finals.

In order to get this spot to fight with the Thunder, the Grizzlies are willing to fight tooth and nail. Therefore, they were able to win two games in a row, bringing the suspense and tension of the game back to Dallas.

"The Mavericks are an old team with a young leader. Maybe this sentence may be a bit convoluted, but it is the truth. It is full of vigor and vitality and is not afraid of any opponent, so the Mavericks can face strong opponents. When he was on the team, he showed strength that exceeded our expectations. But because his teammates are no longer young, their performance is very unstable. Therefore, when you want to place high hopes on the Dallas Mavericks, they are likely to disappoint you. When you no longer have any hope for them, they can surprise you. So, never draw conclusions so early about the Mavericks' game. They may fail completely, or they may soar."

This is Mike Breen's fair evaluation of the Mavericks after the total score of the series became 2-2. This team's ceiling is high and its floor is equally low. The Mavericks' team structure is very special, which also makes the results of the Mavericks' games extremely unpredictable.

No one can predict the outcome of the game, not even Carlisle can tell how the players will perform in the game.

The only thing he can do is to optimize the players' condition during training. Faced with the grizzly bear's maw, there is no choice but to move on.

On April 30, the last day of April, the American Airlines Center "unexpectedly" ushered in the fifth game of the series. Because when the two sides last left Dallas, many fans felt that the Mavericks could resolve the battle within four games. As everyone knows, the resolute Grizzlies brought the battlefield to Dallas again.

Today, Cuban also took great pains to create a "devil's home court" atmosphere. Before the game started, he asked the stadium staff to place a blue Mavericks T-shirt on every seat. Fans can put on this blue T-shirt immediately after entering the stadium and taking their seats.

He also commissioned an on-site DJ to frequently stir up the atmosphere and never let the shouts stop. Cuban is a guy who wants to put pressure on his opponents and encourage his players.

Dallas fans were also very cooperative. When the game started, the entire American Airlines Center arena turned blue. The Mavericks players were all excited and eager to try, while the Grizzlies players were under inexplicable pressure.

The fifth game is almost a battle of life and death for both sides. After the series is tied at 2 to 2, the chance of advancement by winning the fifth game is extremely high, so this battle is also called the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain".

The Mavericks lost consecutive games in the first two games. A large part of the reason was that most of Yiyang's wonderful passes failed to score.

The Grizzlies' man-to-man defense is very tight, and the group of old men around Yiyang simply can't stand it.

So as soon as today's game started, Yiyang's desire to score was very strong. He dribbled the ball past half court and made a pull-up jump shot. Before the Grizzlies defense could react, he took away two points.

The Grizzlies couldn't guard Yiyang, and similarly, the Mavericks' defense didn't have much to do against the Black and White Bears. Since returning to Memphis, Gasol and Randolph's status has soared. These two guys can make waves in the three-second zone, but they can also pull out and execute precise strikes with soft touch.

For Kaman and Nowitzki, the black and white opponents are indeed too difficult to deal with. The game between the two sides was very anxious from the first second. However, the longer the game dragged on, the less optimistic people were about the Mavericks' prospects.

"The Mavericks' physical fitness is not enough to support them in high-intensity fierce battles until the last minute. In the two games they just lost, the Mavericks almost collapsed in the final quarter. If the Grizzlies win the Mavericks on the road, then it will still be It would be very difficult to think about going to Memphis and bringing the game back."

People's concerns are not unreasonable. What the Grizzlies are best at is protracted games. Their favorite rhythm is to use defense to drag the game into the final moment, and then use their strength to take away the victory in one fell swoop.

Judging from the current performance, the game is completely under the control of the Grizzlies. After the game entered the fourth quarter, the rest of the Mavericks were exhausted by the Grizzlies' defense. Yiyang was almost alone on the field.

When there was just over a minute left in the game, the Mavericks were still three points behind the Grizzlies and the Grizzlies still had the ball, almost all TV commentators sentenced the Mavericks to death in advance.

"Although the gap is not big, the Grizzlies have firmly controlled the situation! Mavericks fans must be mentally prepared, because this is likely to be another shocking reversal in the history of the NBA playoffs! It's a pity that Dallas Jr. Once again, cattle are the object of reversal.”

Seeing Gasol pressing inside again, Yiyang didn't want to sit still and wait for death. If you let this year's best defensive player go inside and go one-on-one with the exhausted Kaman, you can guess the result with your toes.

But how can I help defend the inside? Directly short Conley? No, that's just choosing another way to die.

Just as Yiyang was thinking, Xiao Kangli had already quickly hoisted the ball into the paint. Kaman resisted Gasol and was so nervous that he was sweating profusely.

Randolph moved to the middle distance and completely gave up the three-second zone. It looks like this will be another massacre performance by the Great White Bear. Kaman works very hard, but sometimes, the huge gap in strength cannot be made up by hard work.

Yiyang blocked Conley with one hand to prevent him from cutting inside. His eyes kept looking inside, observing Gasol's movements.

Facing Kaman, the Spaniard has many options. He can hook directly, turn over and shoot, or even turn around and dunk.

Gasol used his back to feel that Kaman's defense was biased towards protecting the basket, so the Spaniard turned back, leaned back slightly, raised the basketball high, and turned over for a jump shot!

Kaman raised his arms in despair, but there was no chance of him touching the basketball. Gasol's shot feels great, and he should be able to hit the basketball accurately.

Just when the Spaniard thought everything was going well, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind him and pulled the basketball he had just thrown out from the baseline!

Gasol turned around in surprise, just in time to see Yiyang flying past him.

"Great shot! Yi's defense saved the Dallas Mavericks!"

"The best defensive player lost to Yi's defense. This is really ironic!"

"Another shot-blocker with a small skill and a big shot, and he is definitely a defender with the heart of a center!"

After landing, Yiyang glared at Gasol fiercely. The Spaniard felt terrified, this guy was really terrifying. It seems that if he wants to, nothing can stop him!

Although Yiyang successfully blocked the shot, the ball still belonged to the Grizzlies because the basketball went out of bounds. Randolph walked to the baseline and prepared to serve the baseline ball. Yiyang was hidden among the crowd, like a hunter with a gun barrel exposed from the grass, ready to give the grizzly bear a fatal blow.

"Old Prince" Prince used Gasol's off-ball pick-and-roll to get rid of the increasingly powerless Marion. Prince has hit three consecutive three-pointers before. If the Grizzlies can score another three-pointer at this time, the game will end early.

Randolph didn't think much and immediately passed the ball. However, the vacancies that Randolph can find cannot escape Yiyang's grasp!

Just as Prince was about to catch the ball and shoot, Yiyang, wearing the Mavericks' No. 1 jersey, suddenly stepped between Prince and the basketball.

The "old prince" was a little out of his mind at this moment, and he was startled by the yellow figure that suddenly rushed in front of him.

No one knows how Yiyang rushed up, not even the Mavericks themselves. In previous games, when the Grizzlies passed the ball to the person Yiyang expected again and again, he wanted to rush forward several times. But because he was afraid of missing Kang Li, Yiyang didn't dare to act rashly.

But this time, he was more determined than the previous times. He never thought about failure when he went up!

In the 47th minute of the game, Yiyang acted as if he had just been on the court for 47 seconds, with his running speed unchanged from the first quarter. He swept across the court like the wind, past the Grizzlies bench, past the shocked Hollins, past Stevens and Hayward in the stands, past the technical table, Passed through Carlisle and reached beyond the three-point line!

There was no one in front of him, just the basket and the fans behind it. Similarly, he has no teammates to come up to support him, so he cannot pass the ball.

There was little time left in the game and the Mavericks were still three points behind. Just when people thought Yiyang would fly and dunk, the Chinese guard made a decision that shocked everyone.

He suddenly stopped outside the three-point line and took off to shoot!

Yiyang knows very well that at this time, even if they are only one point behind, the Grizzlies, who are good at defense, can control the situation. Yiyang has no choice but to take a three-point shot!

Under the bright lights, the orange Spalding basketball turned into a shooting star and set off the net!

Tony Allen, who was returning to defense, stopped and gasped with his mouth wide open. He looked up in disbelief at the score on the big screen.

"Evened, evened! Yi's bold attempt allowed him to successfully equalize the score! There are still variables in the outcome of the battle at Tianwang Mountain! Audience friends, let us cheer for the owner of the American Airlines Center Arena. He is a true The King of Dallas!"

Yiyang gritted his teeth and punched hard! Dallas, no failure allowed!

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