One Guard
Chapter 676: Unconventional
The Mavericks have won four consecutive games. Yiyang scored double-doubles in all four games. Wade scored more than 20 points in four games. The Mavericks achieved double-digit leads in three of the games.
Not long after the season started, the Mavericks shocked the entire league. Although they are the defending champions, the fact that they were able to recruit Wade is incredible to the world. But when they made such a strong start, they still shocked fans all over the world.
Looking at the entire Western Conference, perhaps only the "Magic" Rockets and the Clippers with Paul can compete with it. Trail Blazers and Grizzlies? It seemed like he was short of breath. Spurs and Pelicans? One is too old and the other is too young. Although the Los Angeles Lakers have welcomed Kobe back, they have been unable to regain their former glory. The Thunder's results after losing Durant are also quite worrying.
The Mavericks caused panic throughout the Western Conference. Experts analyzed and analyzed, but could not find an opponent that could resist the Mavericks.
Everyone is panicking. This season has just begun. Is it already destined to end?
To the outside world, this is indeed the case. But Carlisle is not so optimistic. Indeed, if the Mavericks can stay healthy this season, they may not encounter any resistance before the finals. But it was not until recently that he discovered the existence of this opponent.
After defeating the Celtics, the Mavericks got a rare two days of rest.
So on November 4th, Carlisle ended training early. Of course, he is not letting the players go out for a rest. An experienced coach like Carlisle will not become arrogant just because of a mere four-game winning streak.
The reason why he ended training early was because...
"Tactics meeting?"
"That's right, after a twenty-minute break, everyone will go to the multimedia room to participate in the tactical meeting. Everyone must be there. Okay, you can rest first, and Armstrong and I will go get ready."
After Carlisle left the locker room, the players all looked at each other. Although the opponents in the next game, the Portland Trail Blazers, are indeed very capable, judging from the training, all preparations for the game are already very complete. Carlisle carefully analyzed the tactical characteristics of the Trail Blazers, and the players also conducted targeted drills in confrontation training.
After all this is over, a tactical meeting suddenly needs to be held, which is somewhat unnecessary.
"In short, the boss must have his reasons. You must not take it lightly when dealing with every opponent. Although the Trail Blazers' current record is only two wins and two losses, they are still not that easy to deal with." Nowitzki finished. , spread his hands. After working with Carlisle for so many years, he knew very well that the academic coach never did anything useless.
20 minutes later, all the players gathered in the multimedia room. It was like they were back in college. After everyone found their seats, Carlisle asked Armstrong to turn off all the waiting. The picture on the projector screen became the only light source in this dark room.
"Okay, let's take a look at this set of videos first, and then we'll start discussing."
After Carlisle finished speaking, he pressed the remote control in his hand. The picture on the curtain moved, but the players started talking.
On the screen, the two teams playing against each other were the Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors, and the players did not see the Portland Trail Blazers.
"Boss, did you put the wrong video? Our next opponent is the Trail Blazers." Yiyang raised his hand, and several players burst into laughter.
"No, that's right. Anyway, just take a look first." Carlisle stared at the screen without blinking.
As a result, the players turned their attention to the curtain.
Chris Paul's defense seemed a bit too rough for Curry. Yiyang shook his head. Curry was so thin that there was no need to raise the level of confrontation to that level.
Next, Draymond Green moved to the high post to cover for Curry. Although Green is not outstanding in height, his strength and strength are extraordinary.
Paul was hampered by this pick-and-roll. Instead of taking the opportunity to break through, Curry withdrew to the side and shot a three-pointer!
Curry's shooting speed is surprisingly fast, it seems to be faster than last season! Yiyang's shooting speed is already among the best in the league, but he thinks that compared with Curry's shooting, his shooting speed is simply "slow motion".
Curry threw it seemingly casually and threw the ball out before Paul came up to defend. The basketball accurately penetrated into the net, leaving only a "white wave" under the hoop.
"Hmph, I must be fooling you." Tony Allen snorted disdainfully. Curry's three-pointer last year was also accurate, but in the end wasn't it also restrained by his and Yiyang's perimeter defense.
But just 30 seconds later, the Warriors scored another three-pointer. Only this time, it was Klay Thompson who scored.
Curry controlled the ball beyond the three-point line, and Thompson slid down the baseline and ran to the right corner. As always, Draymond Green served as Thompson's "wall", helping him delay Redick's pursuit.
Thompson caught the basketball as soon as he ran out of the three-point line, and then he turned around and shot directly! No adjustments at all!
"This is just random throwing!" Barea muttered in his heart. He is a very good three-point shooter, but long-range shots must be prepared before shooting. Thompson's shot is impossible to score.
However, the fair-looking, harmless-looking guard suddenly "threw" the basketball into the frame! The Warriors' offense was so incredible when they made long three-pointers.
"This is too exaggerated." Even Iguodala couldn't help but complain. What kind of play is the Warriors playing? Is there any way to win without any tricks? Fortunately, I chose the Mavericks instead of the Warriors last summer. Otherwise, he really couldn't believe what it would be like to play in this system.
After that, Curry broke through and passed the ball, passing the opportunity to the mini-insider Draymond Green who stopped outside the three-point line.
Since Green is a blue-collar player, no one on the Clippers thinks he can shoot from beyond the arc. Therefore, there is not even a Clippers defender around Green.
The results of it? As a result, this guy hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc! At this time, the Clippers were already 18 points behind the Warriors! The Mavericks players were all stunned. Carlisle looked at the players' expressions and felt secretly happy. This was the effect he wanted!
In the subsequent video, the Mavericks players were in shock. The Warriors' style of play was unprecedented. They almost gave up opportunities to get close to the basket and gave up attacking in the three-second zone. Instead, they used long shots as the most important way to score.
People used to say that you can't kill your opponent just by shooting. But what happened just now? The Warriors used shooting to completely defeat the favorite Clippers!
"This game...the Warriors must have been very lucky." After the video ended, Carter still couldn't believe that this style of play could win the game.
"Really? This season, the Warriors' average three-point shooting percentage is as high as 40.1%, and they hit an average of 10.8 three-pointers per game. So, do you still think they are lucky?"
After Carlisle asked back, everyone was speechless.
"The media are saying, you have no opponents, you have already booked a spot in the Finals, what the hell! Look, a new threat has emerged. Ever since that guy Steve Kerr joined the Warriors After the team was defeated, the Warriors' style of play has become extremely radical. In the past, Mark Jackson only focused his offense on the outside. Fortunately for Cole, he relied solely on outside offense! Although this style of play sounds incredible, you all see That’s it, that’s what will happen to the Clippers!”
Carlisle pointed at the screen. The score of 121 to 104 was so dazzling. Their opponent is the Los Angeles Clippers with Paul!
"So, starting today, we have to take part of every day to study the Warriors' run and figure out how to contain them! I know the season has just begun, guys. But as the defending champions, we have to do it for Be ready for all the threats in the playoffs.”
After watching the Warriors game video, Yiyang didn't recover for a long time. Breaking the rules, this is how the Warriors game made Yiyang feel.
If this team can really succeed this season...then they will be an epoch-making existence!
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The Warriors game video gave everyone in the Mavericks a sense of crisis. It turned out that they had not yet dominated the Western Conference. In this league, there are people who are progressing as fast as them!
Instead of overwhelming the Mavericks players, this sense of crisis made them take training and games more seriously.
Originally, the Mavericks had begun to relax after winning four consecutive games. But the Warriors' performance made them more energetic. There was another person chasing fiercely behind him, how could he stop first?
As a result, the Trail Blazers inexplicably became victims of the dispute between the Mavericks and the Warriors.
On November 6, the Mavericks traveled to Portland for their fifth game of the season. Before the game started, Lillard was chatting happily with Yiyang on the sidelines.
The song Lillard wrote for Yiyang became the best-selling of all his music, and Yiyang himself liked Lillard's hip-hop music and his relentless playing style.
The two have a very good personal relationship, and Lillard was also invited to Yiyang's wedding in Venice this summer.
It looks like this game will be quite gentle. But on the court, everything changed.
"Damian Lillard was guarded miserably from beyond the three-point line today. He only made 1 of 6 shots. This is his chance to change his situation today. How will Damian seize this fast break opportunity! ?" On the commentary stage, Mike Breen was ready to cheer. If it was Lillard, he would definitely end the fast break with a dunk.
But Yiyang chased after him very "disgustingly" and stayed close behind Lillard. At the same time as Lillard took off, Yiyang jumped up and held the basketball between Lillard's hands in the air, interfering with Lillard's dunking of the ball to the basket!
The basketball hit the basket and bounced out. Lillard missed the fast break!
The transition between offense and defense was instantaneous. Wade didn't hesitate after receiving the bounced basketball and immediately launched another fast break.
"Holy shit, you can't even give me a dunk?" Seeing that Wade had already run away, Lillard did not chase after him, but complained to Yiyang.
"Sorry Damien, I never reminisce during games."
Yiyang's block on Lillard was just a small episode as the Mavericks suppressed the Trail Blazers throughout the game. Aldridge relied on his soft touch and shot 20 points, but to no avail.
Spurred on by the Warriors' pursuit, the Mavericks continued to win at the Moda Center. 108 to 87, the point difference almost exceeded 20.
Yiyang's personal performance was also very good, with 30 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. This has allowed Yiyang to return to the top of the MVP rankings this season. It can be said that it did not give Lira any Virtue and face.
However, Lillard still feels very lucky. Losing the game is better than last season when Yiyang suffered a clean sheet.
Although he helped the team win the game with good personal statistics, except for the hug with Lillard, Yiyang almost never smiled again.
The Warriors have given Yiyang a huge impact. Until they defeated the Warriors, Yiyang couldn't laugh.
The Trail Blazers are just the appetizer, and the Golden State Warriors are the final "hard dish."
Want to take a piece of the Western Conference pie as a new player and compete for the O'Brien Trophy? Welcome to grab it! If you can snatch it from me...
The theme of the Western Conference this season seems to have been laid out in advance.
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