NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 46 Nowitzki
After the episode before the opening that Lu Yuanzhi didn't know about, the Kings' away game against the Mavericks officially began.

This game is also a strong dialogue in the West. The Kings ranked third in the regular season last year and the Mavericks ranked fifth in the regular season, so this game is also broadcast nationally.

The Mavs started with center Shawn Bradley, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, small forward Adrian Griffin, attacking guard Michael Finley, and point guard Steve Nash. .

On the bench of the Mavericks, there are still one of the Michigan Five Tigers, the familiar Huo Ershu Juwan Howard, Tim Hardaway, Edondo Najera and other good players.

At this time, the boss of the Mavericks was Finley, averaging 21.5 points per game.

By the way, Michael Finley is also one of Jordan's successors. He has a strong body and accurate mid-range shots. More importantly, he has advantages that other successors do not have-his name is also Michael.

The American media also likes to make gimmicks. When Jordan retired in 93, a bunch of Jordan's successors came out. Finley was selected at that time, and then he retired in 98, and a bunch of Jordan's successors came out.

There is nothing new under the sun.

However, Lu Yuanzhi, who was sitting on the bench, focused on Dirk Nowitzki, the power forward who made it to the third team of the best team last year.

The core of falsehood - Michael Finlay.

The real core - Dirk Nowitzki.

The king's starting power forward was still Pollard, but within a few minutes of the first quarter, Pollard couldn't stand it anymore.

As soon as today came up, the tactics arranged by "Mad Scientist" Don Nelson did not focus on their boss Finley, but Nowitzki opened the situation.

At this time, Nowitzki hadn't developed the "golden rooster independence", and he couldn't support Pollard with his back, but his footsteps were much faster than Pollard's. He frequently pulled out jumpers after the pick-and-roll with Nash and Finley.

Pollard is full of passion when defending inside. He even played against O'Neal and performed well. But when he met Dirk Nowitzki, an "atypical" power forward, he couldn't keep up with his footsteps. Tsky's fadeaway jumper.

As soon as they came up, the Kings were beaten 8-2 by the Mavericks at home.

After the Kings coaching staff discovered this situation, they decisively called a timeout and rearranged the defensive tactics. They asked Divac to try to defend Nowitzki and asked Pollard to go to the basket to support Bradley.

But in the next round back on the court, Nowitzki saw that the defender turned into Divac and pulled directly outside the three-point line.

Divac didn't dare to pounce. He knew that his footsteps couldn't keep up with Nowitzki. If he made a fake move, Nowitzki would go straight into the paint.

"brush!"

Divac, who just raised his long arms, had almost no interference with Nowitzki's three-pointer. The ball drew a beautiful arc and hit the net.

11-2!

Less than 3 minutes into the game, the Kings' defense was breached, and everyone was helpless against the German big man.

No way, the Kings had to make a substitution, not Lu Yuanzhi, who was better at defending, but Turkoglu.

Turkoglu is 208 centimeters tall, 3 centimeters shorter than Pollard and 5 centimeters shorter than Nowitzki, but his steps are much faster than the two centers Divac and Pollard.

As for Lu Yuanzhi, the coaching staff wants to keep swinging down to defend against Finley.

There is no way, at this time, American basketball has not experienced the big defeats in 02, 04 and 06. Everyone still has a prejudice. Players who have not experienced the training of American high schools and universities are unreliable.

Even though Nowitzki was able to score 21.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 blocks last season, everyone just turned a blind eye.

Just kidding, what kind of basketball do Europeans play?
There are many European players in the Kings, so this prejudice will be much smaller, but it is inevitable that the coaching staff will still be influenced by inertial thinking, and the focus of defense will be on Michael Finley and even Steve Nash.

Nowitzki?It's just a jerk from Europe!

Turkoglu performed well when he came up. He could easily keep up with Nowitzki's running position, which made him not so comfortable to shoot, but there was no way to limit Nowitzki's containment and connection. The Mavericks can still rely on Nowitzki. Wizki easily ran out of the gap to score at this point, but the scorers gradually became Finley and Nash.

The Kings' own scoring also opened up. Stojakovic and Christie hit three-pointers from the corner respectively, and everything seemed to be getting better.

But after a few rounds, Adelman frowned. Although both teams were scoring, it seemed to be a normal game, but if the Kings wanted to win the game, they must not let the opponent continue to play at their own pace.

For no other reason than that Chris Webber wasn't in the lineup, the Kings didn't have a consistent scoring point when it came to crunch time.

ah?No?

Does Stojakovic not count?

Bibby doesn't count?

Hey, in the eyes of the coaching staff in the early 21st century, it really doesn't count!

Stojakovic, can you rush to the basket and cause damage, or can you post up and score points steadily?
No way!
No one on this Kings team can play like that now.

But the Kings' outside three-point firepower is fierce?

Three-point shooter?

That's just a tool for the team boss to open up space for singles. What use can it be?

On the other side of the Mavericks, although Nowitzki has not yet developed the golden rooster independence, he does not have the strongest post-up singles ability, but Finley has it!

He is called Jordan's successor, how can he be weak in post-up ability?

If in the last few minutes, the score between the two sides is tight, and the Mavericks can rely on Finley to score steadily, but the Kings do not have such a scoring point, the game will be terrible.

Adhering to this traditional and backward basketball concept, Adelman felt that he could not continue to develop peacefully with the Mavericks.

He couldn't help but cast his gaze to the bench, where the rookie wearing jersey No. 77 was waving a towel to his teammates.

Lu Yuanzhi also felt someone's eyes on the coaching bench. He turned around and met Adelman's eyes!
Are you going to send me in?
Are you going to mark the opposite power forward again?
Sure enough, Adelman quickly submitted a substitution request to the technical desk, replacing Turkoglu, who had just played for a short time, and Lu Yuanzhi.

Adelman's move was not hidden from Barkley and Smith in the broadcast booth. Today is another national broadcast on TNT.

"Hey, Barkley, your favorite Kung-FU kid is going to play!" Seeing Lu Yuanzhi walking towards the center line, Smith began to joke, "But today there is no one in the Mavericks who can play."

Hearing his partner's words, Barkley laughed out loud, "Indeed, today the Mavericks' insiders are Bradley and Nowitzki. I don't think they have any fighting power."

If Lu Yuanzhi heard their conversation, he would not complain harshly, I am here to play ball, not to fight!
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