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Curry scored 12 points in a single quarter. This statistic is excellent even if viewed alone. What's more, Curry got this 12-point performance in a single quarter under Yiyang's defense.

How terrifying is Yiyang's defense? Even Chris Paul would have a hard time facing Yiyang. However, the baby-face No. 30 from Auckland was actually able to score 12 points in a single quarter over Yiyang.

"The rapidly rising Stephen Curry is challenging all the top point guards in the league. There is no doubt that he is a very suitable opponent. If he can defeat him today, then no one in the league will dare to Look down on him again.”

"It's been a month since the new season started, and I finally met an opponent that I can fight with. I hope that when facing a strong enemy, I will not forget how to fight back, because from the beginning of the new season to now, the Mavericks and the Mavericks have done really well. It was too smooth, and they almost never encountered any setbacks. Now, the setbacks have come."

"Stephen has perfectly integrated his personal abilities with the Warriors' system. He is not competing against Stephen alone, but against the entire Warriors system."

If Yiyang at the scene could hear what the commentators said, he would definitely agree with Bill Duffy's point of view. He is not fighting against Curry alone, but the entire Warriors system.

In the first quarter of the game, every time Curry made a three-pointer, it affected the operation of the entire team. The entire Warriors team is working hard to create three-point space for Curry or Thompson. In a sense, this is no different from 1 versus 5.

But now, Yiyang will no longer worry about this. Under Carlisle's arrangement, everyone on the Mavericks team is already eager to try. This time, the Mavericks will play "national defense" performance.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Mavericks had the ball first. The 8-point difference is not big, but Yiyang still hopes to make up for the disadvantage as soon as possible.

This time, he did not choose to confront Curry head-on. Instead, he reached out and called Nowitzki for a pick-and-roll.

The pick-and-roll between Nowitzki and Yiyang, no matter who the opponent is, will definitely make everyone nervous as soon as this pick-and-roll appears. These two guys have so much experience playing pick-and-rolls. No matter who gets the ball in the end, there are countless offensive possibilities.

Bogut has already set up a dragnet inside, and this time he will not let Yiyang succeed in a layup. The 360-degree turnaround layup just recorded in the air was the maximum of Bogut's endurance against Yiyang.

But something unexpected happened. After Yiyang passed Nowitzki's pick-and-roll, he didn't break through immediately, nor did he pass back. Instead, he took a step back to outside the three-point line and took action immediately!

As expected, Curry, who did not respond promptly, basically did not cause any interference to Yiyang. Because this baby-faced boy never expected that Yiyang would choose to step back and shoot. The step-back jump shot was Yiyang's favorite shooting rhythm, and he shot the ball easily. The next second, "white waves" appeared on the net, and the basketball entered the net hollow!

"The three-pointer, as soon as the game started, he used a step-back three-pointer to narrow the point difference for the Mavericks. Hahaha, if you ask me, this shot really has a hint of provocation in it. He also used what Stephen is best at. Nothing can irritate the opponent more than scoring easily." Mike Brin couldn't help but smile. Even though Yiyang doesn't talk much on weekdays, he is very vindictive.

The Mavericks' offense won them a lot of applause, and Yiyang's three-pointer instantly reduced the difference between the two teams to 5 points. But everyone knows that whether the Mavericks can score is not the point. The key point is whether the Mavericks, who were tortured by elevator tactics in the first quarter, can prevent others from scoring.

The elevator tactic is not exclusive to two big men and one defender. As long as you use it properly, everyone in every position on the basketball court has the possibility to use the elevator tactic.

So, the Mavericks' defensive experts have their eyes wide open because they don't know who will walk through the elevator door next.

And who will become the elevator door.

Curry passed the ball early as always, and he was also suspected of ending the offense. But at the same time, Thompson is also actively running, and both brothers seem dangerous.

But Yiyang didn't think so much. He followed Curry conscientiously. No matter what tricks the other party played, Yiyang would never let Curry go. Yiyang felt that it was humiliating enough to allow the opponent to score 12 points in a single quarter. From now on, Curry can't even think about scoring easily!

Sure enough, Curry suddenly turned around after running halfway, trying to get rid of Yiyang by running counterattack. In the direction Curry is running, David Lee and Barnes are ready to close the door at any time.

Seeing this scene, Yiyang smiled. There is no tactic in this world that cannot be cracked, and the same goes for the elevator tactic!

What happened next made fans and commentators very confused. I saw Yiyang, who was following Curry, suddenly gave up chasing and instead rushed towards Klay Thompson.

Thompson himself was a little confused. Why did Yiyang come to confront him instead of chasing Stephen?

"Have you been dizzy by Stephen's active running!?"

Of course not, Yiyang is more awake now than ever!

When Curry catches the basketball and the elevator closes, whether Yiyang can follow or not, he will still shoot.

But just when Curry took off and prepared to take action, a black shadow jumped out without warning, blocking Curry's entire line of sight.

"Impossible!" Curry was shocked. It was impossible for Yiyang to rush from Thompson's side to him so quickly.

This is indeed impossible, unless Yiyang's speed reaches the speed of light. The guy who stepped in front of Curry was not Yiyang at all, but Tony Allen, who had been eyeing Curry for a long time!

It turned out that as early as Curry was about to pass through the elevator door, Tony Allen left Thompson behind and went to Curry's side. This is also the reason why Yiyang suddenly left Curry and rushed to Thompson's side.

Switching defenses is the best way to deal with elevator tactics. Carlisle made improvements on this basis. He asked the players to switch defenses in advance and try not to leave any chance to the opponent!

Under the interference of Tony Allen, the defensive gatekeeper, Curry finally missed his three-pointer! Another disadvantage of the elevator tactic is that it almost completely abandons the fight for offensive rebounds. Therefore, Gobert didn't even jump and collected the rebound in the empty penalty area.

Although it was only a victory in one round, the victory in this round was of great significance to the Mavericks! They finally eliminated the crisis of elevator tactics!

Then during the Mavericks' attack, Gobert and Yiyang, who were excited, quickly cut inside after picking and rolling. Yiyang threw the ball high, and Bogut jumped up, preparing to intercept the ball midway.

However, the ball was passed too high. Bogut, who is 2.13 meters tall, stretched his arms in the air and couldn't even touch the basketball. If Bogut can't even touch this kind of ball, it will most likely be a mistake.

Of course Yiyang will make mistakes, but he never makes mistakes because he fails to master the height of the pass. Bogut couldn't catch the ball simply because Yiyang didn't pass it to Bogut.

After the basketball passed Bogut's hand, Gobert, who was behind Bogut, was a head taller and was stunned to firmly grasp the basketball that Bogut could not touch.

Gobert is better than Bogut in terms of height, wingspan, and jumping. Therefore, the ball that Bogut can't touch doesn't mean that Gobert can't touch it either.

In this way, Yiyang and Gobert completed an alley-oop that made the fans applaud. Yiyang's passing was leisurely, and Gobert's dunk was as powerful as a rainbow. The loud noise from the basket seemed to be the clarion call for the Mavericks to launch a desperate counterattack.

"Rudy Gobert's dunks are so violent! This guy seems eager to pull the rim off every time! With beautiful alley-oop cooperation, not long after the start of the second quarter, the Mavericks narrowed the point difference to 3 points! "

Mike Breen had to admire the Mavericks' ability to chase points. In just one inter-quarter break, the Mavericks completed their transformation. This kind of team is really scary, because the stronger the opponent, the stronger they will become...

After the smooth alley-oop cooperation, the Mavericks generals immediately returned to defense, giving the Warriors no chance to sneak attack. With the last successful defensive experience, the Mavericks players are obviously a lot more confident.

This time, it was Curry who had to pass through the elevator door. It's just that the Warriors changed their style of play and set the elevator door not in the middle, but in the right corner.

Yiyang still suddenly changed defense in the middle of the follow-up. David Li had an idea. In this case, why not pass the ball to Thompson who was temporarily left open?

Thinking of this, David Lee turned around and fired the ball! But the moment the basketball was released, David Lee regretted it. Yiyang's defense speed was far beyond David Li's understanding.

Thompson opened his hands and was about to catch the ball, but Yiyang suddenly rushed out and intercepted the basketball. With the momentum of intercepting the pass, Yiyang continued to accelerate and directly launched a fast break!

When Yiyang started to soar, most of the Warriors players had not yet realized what was happening. Curry was the first to catch up, and he was also very fast. But to be honest, few people expect Curry to take a big risk on Yiyang.

Yiyang advanced at extremely high speed throughout the entire process, and in the blink of an eye he rushed to the penalty area guarded by the Warriors. The Dallas No. 1 used his calf force to "bounce" his whole body up. Curry followed closely and tried to block the basketball in Yiyang's hand from behind.

However, Curry slapped his arm and hit Yiyang's forearm firmly. In fact, Curry's timing of taking off and blocking shots are perfect. The only imperfection is that his jumping height is much lower than Yiyang! Even with all his strength, Curry could only touch Yiyang's forearm.

Yiyang was not disturbed by Curry's thugs and used all his strength to push the ball into the box, venting all the unyielding he suffered in the first quarter! Now, it's all over, and the Dallas Mavericks will regain the initiative at home!

The moment the dunk was completed, the referee also blew his whistle. The referee could see clearly when Curry hit Yiyang's forearm just now.

"A three-pointer, haha, Yi's speeding counterattack gave the Mavericks a chance to equalize the score! The 8-point difference disappeared in an instant in front of Yi!" Mike Breen was sweating all over as Yiyang's furious counterattack It’s much better looking than the Warriors’ elevator!

Although this three-pointer was completed very beautifully, the extra free throw at the end was also a solid hit. The score on the court became 30 to 30. But there was no excitement on Yiyang's face, not because Yiyang was unhappy, but because this achievement was not enough to make him excited.

The equalizer is just the beginning, and then you get to experience the true horror of American Airlines Center.

The ruthless counterattack begins now!