Basketball: Man in 08, three months left before the Olympics

Pei Yun fully felt the feeling of last season’s playoffs.

That Spurs team, although there are some differences in personnel from the current one, but the style of play is the same.

They started by playing team basketball instead of using Parker and Duncan’s classic high block.

This kind of team play was the key to winning four consecutive Mavericks games in the playoffs at that time.

In the current NBA, no team can match the Spurs with the fluency and integration of cooperation, which of course benefits from their old coach “Zhuge Popovich”.

If there’s a team that can compete with this Spurs team, it’s only the Kings under Adelman in ’02.

Of course, the current Pei Yun is not the same Pei Yun in the playoffs half a year ago.

After experiencing the Olympics and experiencing the new season, Pei Yun is obviously more powerful and more mature.

Moreover, behind him is no longer the inactive little general John Xun, but the tactician Kecalisle.

The Mavericks attacked, Pei Yun brought the ball to the front, the Mavericks’ “half team” tactic began to start, and between Terry and Nowitzki without the ball, Pei Yun made a breakthrough.

Then seize the opportunity and pass the ball to Terry who is running on the counter with a few precise hits.

Jets get a quick layup under the basket.

2:2

Why is the Mavericks’ lineup called the “half team” tactic?

That’s because Carlisle didn’t build Dampier and Josh Howard into more elaborate tactics, but just let Novitsky and Terry play a varied two-man off-ball run on one side.

Without Bowen, the Spurs’ defensive expert on the front line, and the aging Finley and the slow Bonner had a hard time keeping up with Terry, and as soon as this tactic was used, it immediately paid off.

The Spurs offense, still the team running, Parker with the help of Duncan’s sudden blocking, after breaking through to face Dampier, spinning the top for a layup.

2:4

The Mavericks attacked, and Nowitzki also came to block Pei Yun.

After Pei Yun came to the inside line according to Parker, he shook Bonner with a feigned move, made a foul successfully and hit!

2+1 opportunity!

Pei Yun was penalized!

5:4

The Spurs attacked, and then played a clever team combination, Bonner hit a three-point shot!

5:7

In the Mavericks round, Novitsky was not to be outdone, and after receiving a pass from Pei Yun, he directly pulled out his hand from outside the three-point line.

Hit!

8:7

The Spurs attacked, Parker broke through and hit the mid-range in a stop!

8:9

Mavericks round, Josh Howard cut the basket and hit a strong hit.

10:9

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As soon as they came up, the two teams played very anxiously, and both sides were full of firepower, showing their own characteristics.

On the Spurs side, Popovich followed the magic weapon of the last playoff victory, patiently looking for the Mavericks’ defensive weaknesses and striving to play every round.

They haven’t even used Duncan’s personal abilities.

The Mavericks, on the other hand, showed the league’s No. 1 offensive efficiency, facing the Spurs’ team defense, Pei Yun and Novitsky hit consecutive hits.

Thereafter, both sides sent their own substitutes.

On the Spurs side, there are super sixth man Manuginobili and Bowen and others, who are equally powerful.

And the Mavericks, Kidd, Starkhouse, UAE and others also played well.

33:33

In the first quarter, the two sides drew together.

However, after a short intermission, the Mavericks immediately made a substitution adjustment, allowing Pei Yun to play directly and partner with the UAE.

Popovich did not have any substitutions to deal with this.

The old man estimated that this was just a regular season for him to train, so he didn’t have to change his lineup thinking due to changes in opponents.

However, the combination of Pei Yun and UAE quickly taught the Spurs a lesson.

The current UAE is no longer the UAE of the Bucks last season.

Since coming to the Mavericks, he has been more motivated and harder, both on the pitch and on the training ground.

The cooperation with Pei Yun has achieved remarkable results at the beginning of the season.

It was only in order to increase the value of the trade between Dampier and Josh Howard that the team temporarily split his and Pei Yun’s Dragon Kingdom combination.

In the usual training, Pei Yun proposed to the UAE to increase the three-point long-range shooting training.

Carlisle also agreed, and specially let the three-point champion Novitsky train the UAE.

After a month of intensive training, the UAE’s three-point shooting has improved significantly.

As soon as he came up, he hit outside three-pointers with Pei Yun many times after blocking.

Consecutive three-pointers quickly stopped the Spurs, but Popovich still had no intention of substituting.

With six minutes left in the second quarter, the Mavericks were already leading 48-39, and it was only then that Popovich took back the main lineup.

The Mavericks also switched back to the starting lineup, which means that Pei Yun will play the whole game in this quarter.

But this does not matter at all, Pei Yun’s almost anti-human physical strength has long been known by the whole alliance.

However, since then, the Mavericks’ offense has suddenly lost power, the player’s hand has begun to decline sharply, and there has been a phenomenon of human-to-human transmission, and no one can shoot for a while.

The Spurs, on the other hand, relied on a solid team attack to chase the score back little by little, or even overtake it.

At the end of the first half, the Mavericks trailed by two points at 57:59.

At halftime, in the Mavericks’ locker room, Carlisle laid out the tactics of the second half and comforted the players: “It’s okay, our tactics are well executed, no matter how good the team is, there will be a period of time when you can’t shoot, just adapt.” ”

Carlisle is a man of the past, and as a career coach, every year, he puts a lot of effort into data analysis.

So he knows that a player, or even a team, can’t keep his hands in good hands all season.

Since the start of the season, the Mavericks have had a “quasi” that exceeds normal.

Can’t help but Pei Yun himself is accurate, and his teammates are also accurate.

This allows the Mavericks to regularly play 130+ points and rank first in the league in offensive efficiency.

Some experts have calculated that if the Mavericks continue to play like this, then at the end of the regular season, their offensive efficiency will become “the first in history”.

Of course, most coaches and experts agree that such a thing is unlikely because the Mavericks are shooting too high.

This is a local phenomenon, and they will definitely feel low in the hand at a certain time period.

Then it fell back to normal levels.

Carlisle’s judgment does not seem to be wrong.

In the second half, the Mavericks’ hands continued to be sluggish.

Nowitzki, Terry, and Josh Howard basically throw iron.

Only Pei Yun can lose one and enter the appearance of one.

On the Spurs side, there is also a problem of offensive inefficiency.

The two sides began to engage in a tug-of-war, but soon, the Spurs adjusted their offensive strategy and began to use Duncan’s low advantage to constantly single Dampier.

Not only did Dampier quickly beat him down to rest, but the score was also pulled away.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks trailed 73-86.

In this quarter, the Mavericks even scored just 16 points, setting a single quarter low since the start of the season.

Among them, Pei Yun alone scored 11 points.

Trailing by 13 points in the third quarter, it was also the biggest point difference the Mavericks have suffered this season.

This situation is similar to the last four games against the Spurs in the playoffs last season.

The Spurs used team basketball to drag the Mavericks apart, and then when Dampier’s fitness began to decline, Duncan frequently singled and under the basket to kill him.

And whether you change Diop or Novitsky to defend Duncan, the effect will only be worse.

It was after this series that Dampier, Josh Howard and General John Xun plummeted in value in the eyes of Cuban and management.

In the new season, as soon as Pei Yun successfully renewed his contract, he completely moved the idea of cleaning them all up.

The slump on the defensive end also made the Mavericks unable to play on the offensive end.

At that time, Pei Yun only had the skill of [shooting balance] on the offensive end, and he could not form a good tacit understanding with his main teammates, and he was soon completely limited by the Spurs.

Then in the fourth quarter, the Spurs went into harvest mode, leaving GDP on the floor at the same time, harvesting the game.

That’s how the Mavericks lost four games in a row.

At this moment, in the hearts of Terry, Kidd, and Novitsky, they seem to see the same plot again.

To make matters worse, today they have no touch and are completely unable to continue the firepower for the team.

Spurs fans started cheering, and they started cheering.

In their opinion, today’s game has basically been won.

In this way, the Spurs, who cut the first Lakers in the West and the second Mavericks in the West, are the strongest team, and they are the strongest team this year.

Popovich is indeed the strongest coach of his time!

Whether it is staffing, training or on-site scheduling, he is top-notch!

Spurs fans are proud to have such a coach, and Popovich is a superstar on their team!

On the other side, there is also a coach who does not admit defeat!

That’s right, Rick Carlisle, he has no honors, and his biggest achievement is being the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team.

The Pacers who led the “Palace of Auburn Hills” incident to the second round of the playoffs.

But even then, at the Pacers, he was a “failing” coach.

The Mavericks, the third leg of his coaching career, met Pei Yun, met Nowitzki, and made an appointment with Mark Cuban.

These people who love basketball to the extreme have unlimited trust in him.

Even super newcomers like Pei Yun and league superstars like Novitsky humbly obey the arrangements of his coach, who has never produced results.

Carlisle was extremely moved by this, and he analyzed the data day and night to develop new tactics for the team.

He even found time to watch the Mavericks’ past games.

Obviously, Carlisle analyzed the most about the four consecutive games against the Spurs in the playoffs last season.

At that time, the head coach of the Mavericks, or General John Xun, Carlisle was often simulating, if he coached the Mavericks at that time, how would he crack the Spurs?

He thought about it many times and devised many schemes.

He denied some and agreed with some, but never had the opportunity to practice it.

Now, here’s the opportunity.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Carlisle first put Dampier and Josh Howard on the court, let them shine and use up their last residual heat.

He then switched back to the adjusted main squad early.

Kidd, Terry, Peiyun, UAE and Nowitzki.

In this lineup, Kidd returned to point guard, and Pei Yun appeared in the small forward position.

In Carlisle’s words, that is, with Pei Yun’s figure and technical characteristics, he should have appeared in this position!

Or in other words, Carlisle didn’t let Pei Yun control the ball, he wanted to completely free him and use him as a pure attacker!

Looking at the current league, it is no longer the era of the big four.

Since playing the 03 platinum generation, super No. 3 positions like James and Anthony have begun to become big killers on the offensive end.

Counting last year’s top pick Kevin Durant, in today’s league, the number three position is increasingly the core of the team.

And as far as the Mavericks’ current configuration is concerned, this is the perfect match.

The young general John Xun obviously did not realize this, he only saw Pei Yun’s good ball control and dribbling, as well as a wide field of vision and super passing ability.

These factors make Pei Yun indeed have a good performance in the position of point guard.

But the little general overlooked one point, Pei Yun is tall, and when he is on the defensive end against a small point guard, even if he is not overtaken due to the difference in movement, he is easily targeted by the opponent’s cover change.

And as a point guard, Pei Yun also has to take on the first line of defense in the rapid retreat.

On the offensive end, because he has to bear the ball, Pei Yun will also lose some “functions”.

He can’t make up defense, can’t rush to rebound, can’t run fast, and can’t even play the role of super shooting ability off the ball.

In the Mavericks’ roster, there is a former peak point guard like Kidd, and he will be one of Pei Yun’s best partners!

Jason Terry is an excellent quarterback, and apart from his diminutive stature, he can accomplish anything on the offensive end.

Run fast, break layups, stop mid-range, and even cold-blooded three-pointers.

The interior combination of UAE and Nowitzki, although there are some problems in the frame, but the two have good outside killing ability on the offensive end, making the threat of this lineup on the offensive end infinite.

In training, this lineup Carlisle has been used many times, and everyone has a very tacit understanding with each other.

Today, Carlisle is going to use this lineup in real combat.

After the substitution, the game continues.

Mavericks possession and Kidd possession of the ball.

Pei Yun made a block with the UAE in the bottom corner and pulled outside the three-point line after receiving a pass from Kidd.

Facing Ginobili’s defense, Pei Yun dribbled the ball and then directly stepped back to shoot for three points.

Swish!

Hit!

80:94

Pei Yun’s goal stopped the bleeding for the Mavericks, who had even scored only 22 points from the second half.

This precious three-point shot was like a long drought, which made the tight hearts of the Mavericks players ignite hope.

And this good start also seems to indicate that Carlisle’s experimental lineup will have a good performance!