Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two. The Reborn Mavericks

The much-anticipated China Derby is about to begin. The attention to this game is overwhelming. First of all, the China Derby has attracted huge attention in China. In the United States, whether the Grizzlies can tie the Knicks' 8-game winning streak is very eye-catching. Even in the world, although ESPN did not get the live broadcast of this game, it was already booked by T.N.T., but ESPN broadcast this game live in Asia, Europe, and South America.

And what will Sun Ce, who just got 320 million US dollars, do?

At 8:30 in the evening, the referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the ball into the air...

The darkest moment of Yao Ming's career has come. What he feared came true. As the center of the national team, he actually lost the jump ball to the point guard of the national team!

Sun Ce won the jump ball from Yao Ming's head, causing a carnival on the scene. Sun Ce, who pushed the ball to the back, was about to start a fast break to catch the opponent's aging starting lineup off guard. As soon as he landed, he was hit by Yao Ming who moved sideways and turned around, and almost fell.

No mercy at all! After Yao Ming blocked Sun Ce reasonably, he immediately ran back to the basket.

Sun Ce was furious. This thick-browed and square-faced Yao Dasha had learned bad things! He actually played tricks! Despicable! When and from whom did he learn bad things?

After halftime, Nash passed the ball to Sun Ce to open up space. Sun Ce received the ball at the top of the arc. Facing Marion's defense, it was not easy to play. This guy is a bit like Prince. He is very restrained against players of his type. Kobe, Durant and even Nowitzki usually play below average when facing Marion.

But the opponent has such an inside combination, and there are ways to deal with it. Sun Ce waved to find Gasol to pick and roll. Yao Ming stayed at a close distance. Nowitzki switched defense and expanded. So, Sun Ce waved again and found Randolph to come out, double pick and roll!

Marion was sandwiched by Randolph and Gasol on the left and right, and Sun Ce broke through in the direction of Yao Ming!

It was aimed at Yao Ming!

In the early years, Yao Ming was good at defending pick-and-rolls. In the 2006-07 season, he played against the Jazz in the Western Conference Finals and reached Game 7. He also limited Deron to 16 points per game. You should know that Deron averaged 25 points per game against the champion Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Yao Ming had no way to defend against shooter Okur.

But now, although he has lost more than ten kilograms, Yao Ming's straight-line movement has become faster, but his lateral movement is not as good as when he was in his 20s. Back then, when he ate, slept and played Warcraft, he relied on Howard to find opportunities to get close to the basket. Yao Ming could block Howard and the basket no matter how he looked. Defending against pick-and-rolls also relied on the lateral movement to directly confront him. If you asked him to block and retreat, he would definitely not be able to keep up. Therefore, the Rockets' defense was always known for its roughness, which started from Yao Ming, who seemed to be the least rough.

But this time, Yao Ming couldn't keep up. He was over 30 years old. Although he lost weight to reduce the lateral movement caused by age, there was a decline. Sun Ce took a step forward after the pick-and-roll, which was much larger than other guards. He easily shook off Yao Ming and rushed to the basket to score two points with a one-handed slam dunk.

The commentators of the court TV station were all teasing Sun Ce for bullying Yao Ming, saying that his lateral movement was not as fast as before.

Sun Ce had no choice! Yao Ming was the first to be disloyal, so he couldn't be blamed for not respecting the elderly. This was a clear weakness of the opponent. Unless Yao Ming played as a substitute to avoid this weakness, he would definitely be used by the opponent at the beginning... No matter whether others used it or not, he would definitely use it.

The offensive end played beautifully, but on the defensive end, Sun Ce had a painful time.

Conley singled out Paul George and scored two points with a mid-range pull-up jumper!

The space of the Dallas shooting team is too good!

Speaking of the best team in avoiding help defense, Sun Ce thinks that only the Spurs can compete with the Mavericks. They are really outstanding. DeShawn Stevenson and Marion stand in the bottom corners on both sides. DeShawn Stevenson averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game in the finals last year. He is a big-game player; Marion can shoot and cut in.

Yao Ming and Nowitzki stand in the elbows on both sides, and Conley plays singles at the top of the arc.

When Conley shoots, he stands in a straight line with Yao Ming and DeShawn Stevenson.

At the same time, he stands in a straight line with Nowitzki and Marion, which is a triangle-

Real-triangle offense!

Because Conley starts singles from the top of the arc, he greatly avoids his lack of vision and brings out his advantages in singles ability and passing accuracy. Conley can bring out these advantages. The two shooters in the bottom corner are secondary. The key point is that the twin towers can pass the ball in the high position!

If Chandler is used, such an offense will definitely not be played, but with Chandler, there is no need to play like this.

Of course, the most critical point is that Conley is much stronger than Kidd in singles, which allows the Mavericks to play this style of play. Moreover, they didn't play much before the All-Star Weekend, but they played against the Grizzlies, and deliberately exposed their style of play.

Conley averaged 14.4 points and 5 assists per game this season. There was no improvement in passing, but there was a lot of improvement in singles. Carlisle's training of Conley has a focus.

It is obvious that Conley can't become an organizer like Kidd. He doesn't have that talent. Like Kidd, he can organize the offense well without holding the ball. Among the current players, except Sun Ce, it is estimated that only Dio has such talent. There is no third one.

Therefore, the Mavericks made clear the season plan from the beginning this season. In addition to letting Nowitzki and Yao Ming take turns to find the feeling and train Conley and Chandler's pick-and-roll, the most important thing is to strengthen Conley's singles. Regardless of versatility, Conley is still talented in singles.

After 30 games, the Grizzlies played against the Mavericks again. They felt that Conley had changed a lot after half a season, which really surprised Paul George who was defending him.

Paul George was really undefended. Conley was really bold. Facing Paul George, who was 20 cm taller than him, he decisively shot once he had the chance. Paul George could only stick to the defense, and then he was broken through. Gasol shrank, and Conley passed the ball back to Yao Ming, attracting Sun Ce or Randolph to make up for the defense. Yao Ming's vision and passing the ball were also very good.

Moreover, when the Mavericks were in such a position, when Conley was in good shape, the Grizzlies really had to shrink. It was impossible for Randolph and Gasol to expand to the upper line to defend. Conley's position also restrained Sun Ce in the bottom corner.

And today Conley was in good shape, scoring 6 points and 2 assists in half a quarter!

The Mavericks also scored 16 points in 6 minutes of playing time!

However, it was not the Mavericks who called a timeout in the end. After playing for 6 minutes, the Mavericks' head coach Carlisle immediately called a timeout.

They scored 16 points in 6 minutes, which was impressive. They made 6 of 9 shots during this period, including 1 of 2 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws. They played very well, especially well.

But the Grizzlies made 8 of 11 shots! Among them, they made 2 of 3 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws.

Sun Ce took advantage of the opponent's twin towers being slow, especially Yao Ming, and had to play pick-and-roll. Carlisle went to the sidelines to direct Yao Ming to switch to Paul George during a defense, but Sun Ce did not let Yao Ming go. Sun Ce asked Randolph to open up space at the bottom line and called Paul George to block Marion...

Yao Ming was about to curse.

The Mavericks' offense was okay, and today they really used this style of play to start the game. They had to let Conley adapt and find confidence, so Carlisle did not call a timeout in advance, but called a timeout when it came to the official timeout stage.

But the Mavericks were also strong. Sun Ce scored 8 points and 3 assists, Nash made a three-pointer and a long two-pointer, Paul George made a three-pointer, Randolph made a tip-in and two offensive rebounds caused fouls and made 3 free throws. The Grizzlies scored 21 points in 6 minutes, but they were still only 5 points ahead.

It is true that I can't think of how to defend the Mavericks' tactics all of a sudden. It's not that there is no way, but the lineup on the field can't think of a way. There is a very simple solution. Replace Tony Allen and there is a high probability that Conley's singles of 4 shots will be solved, but at this stage, the Grizzlies don't dare to change players easily, which may affect the offense.

So, the two teams played a beautiful half-quarter offensive battle.

It's just that in terms of success rate and offensive rebounds, the Grizzlies are higher. Double pick-and-roll may not be very effective against Nowitzki + Chandler, but it is very useful against Nowitzki + Yao Ming.

Moreover, Sun Ce attacked Yao Ming for this point, leaving the basket empty. Obviously, Randolph's mobility is not comparable to Yao Ming and Nowitzki. With the guarantee of offensive rebounds, the Grizzlies made 2 of 3 three-pointers. The only three-pointer that did not go in was rebounded by Randolph and fouled.

Indeed, the new style of play tried by the Mavericks caught the Grizzlies off guard on the defensive end, but the Mavericks did a worse job on defense.

After calling a timeout, Carlisle first replaced Yao Ming with Chandler, and replaced DeShawn Stevenson with Jason Terry.

Carlisle felt that he could have a good discussion with Yao Ming. At present, Yao Ming and Nowitzki's positions overlap too much. If they play together, they are indeed unstoppable on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, both of them have declined to varying degrees, and the defensive effect is much worse than last season. It is good to use it for offense at critical moments or the time to chase points at the end of the quarter, but it is really not good in regular time. The Grizzlies can actually score 21 points in 6 minutes!

This is really weird.

On the other side, the Grizzlies replaced Gasol, who had played for half a quarter, and did not immediately replace him with a running and gunning lineup. Nash also went down to rest first, and Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, and Jordan were put on the court. Together with Sun Ce and Randolph, they continued to play a positional battle.

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After the timeout, the Mavericks sent out a combination of Conley, Jason Terry, Marion, Nowitzki, and Chandler.

Seeing the opponent's lineup, Sun Ce knew that one of the two lineups that the opponent had been running in before the All-Star Weekend was coming.

The two lineups actually played similarly, the difference was that Yao Ming and Nowitzki played differently, which led to Conley's passing method.

The Mavericks served the ball from the center line, Klay Thompson defended Conley at the top arc, Tony Allen went to defend Jason Terry, Nowitzki went to the outside line to defend Sun Ce, and went to the inside line to defend Randolph. The division of labor was clear, and Jordan and Chandler, two tall and thin men with good physical fitness, were fighting each other.

Conley dribbled to the three-point line, and Chandler, who had been fighting with Jordan for a while, pulled out and screened for Conley.

The Grizzlies' attention was on the screen between Conley and Chandler. Chandler's screen was solid and his cut was fierce. Sun Ce had already started to retreat to the inside.

After the screen, Conley rushed to the right side of the three-second zone with all his strength, and was ready to jump with all his strength. The run-up jump height of nearly 100 cm made it difficult for Jordan to block the shot with a vertical jump. He could only try his best to interfere with Conley's pass to Chandler who cut in from the left or shoot.

Conley did pass, but the direction was not to the left side of the three-second zone, but to the top arc!

Sun Ce saw the ball suddenly fly towards him, and before he could wave his hand, the ball hit the floor on his right side and bounced to the right side of the top arc. Nowitzki received the ball and shot a three-pointer before Sun Ce turned around to make up for it...hit!

This shot was so cool!

Conley lifted the ball up and jumped, then swung the ball behind his waist when he came down. The cool passing action and accurate passing line, the key point is that Nowitzki was able to make a stable shot in a hurry.

The fans at the scene clearly saw that Nowitzki was very flustered when he received the ball, but Nowitzki's personal ability was strong and his shooting stability was good. He made the shot. It might not be possible to change someone else.

After the goal, the Mavericks quickly retreated. Sun Ce received the serve and slowly advanced. Next, he had to play Randolph.

It is unwise to play run and gun against the Mavericks. You can try, but it won't work in the first quarter. Unexpectedly, he got 21 points in the first half of the quarter, which is a high score that you dare not think of. Of course, you have to keep it stable. If there is an accident, consider running and gunning.

After Chandler came on the court, Nowitzki moved to the center position on the defensive end. Defending the basket and grabbing defensive rebounds are his good defensive performances. He is above average. Chandler's defensive end is actually the defensive style of a blue-collar power forward. He is light in weight, tall and mobile, and fierce in confrontation.

After Sun Ce arrived at the frontcourt, Marion came up to defend, and Chandler circled in front of Jordan, who could assist and retreat...

These two people are not easy to deal with!

The ball was passed to Randolph who was leaning against Nowitzki, and Sun Ce immediately cut inside. Jordan came to the right mid-range to help Sun Ce block Marion and attract Chandler to expand to defend.

But Marion's defensive purpose was clear. After being blocked, he immediately went to the basket and double-teamed Randolph!

Randolph wanted to find Sun Ce, and Sun Ce once again used Jordan's pick-and-roll to go back to the top arc. Jason Terry pressed on the passing line between Randolph and Sun Ce. Randolph couldn't pass it out, so he could only pass it to Tony Allen who ran in from the middle. Tony Allen flew up for a layup...

It didn't go in! The ball hit the rim, and the front layup missed...

Randolph grabbed the offensive rebound, but still missed it under the double-team of Nowitzki and Marion. Nowitzki protected the defensive rebound.

Sure enough, the Mavericks started to play a pick-and-roll offense with Conley and Chandler.

Conley's slutty pass began!

As White Chocolate's favorite disciple, Carlisle, who wanted Conley back because of his two advantages of steady passing and strong psychological quality, did not expect Conley to have such a side.

He suddenly passed the ball to the receiver, and most teammates could not catch it at all.

However, after a long time, Carlisle also thought of a way. He did not kill Conley's ability that was cultivated by Jason Williams at some point. Such characteristics are always useful.

And unlike Jason Williams, Jason Williams has no restraint when he is slutty, and does not know how to adjust. He is stable when he is stable, and has no spirit at all; Conley depends on who his teammates are. If they are athletic inside players like Brandon White and Chandler, he will be slutty, and if they are Mahinmi and Yao Ming, he will pass the ball honestly.

In terms of pure showmanship, Conley is not as good as Jason Williams. His offensive organization talent is indeed far behind the top level, and he is at the quasi-first-class level. In terms of stability, Conley's stable offensive organization may not be as good as Jason Williams. It is still a problem of offensive organization talent. Conley is a scoring point guard.

But Conley's calm mentality and the transition between showmanship and stability are unmatched by Jason Williams. Jason Williams only found a little feeling in the season when he retired last season, but Conley can do it from the beginning.

Therefore, Carlisle specially matched a lineup for Conley, playing pick-and-roll with Chandler, and paired with Jason Terry and Nowitzki, two teammates who can receive the pass and shoot the ball. When he is alone with Nowitzki, he uses Chandler to play pick-and-roll, and when he is alone with Yao Ming, he uses Brandon White to play pick-and-roll.

And Nowitzki and Yao Ming, in regular time, play as catchers or dribblers.

This is the regular style of play of the Mavericks in 34 games before the All-Star Weekend. The Grizzlies were well prepared and had good restrictions on Marion's cuts and three-pointers, and Chandler's pick-and-rolls.

But Conley's cooperation with the outside line was still hard to defend even if they were prepared!

Fortunately, Randolph's offensive rebounds were really fierce today, bullying King Nowitzki, with 6 offensive rebounds in a single quarter. With Chandler and Marion, Randolph's low-post offense was difficult, but his offensive rebounds were really awesome.

Relying on Randolph's 6 offensive rebounds in a single quarter without a normal single play, he scored a total of 9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist. The Grizzlies led by 3 points 34 to 31 and entered the intermission.

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Sitting back on the bench, Sun Ce played the full first quarter and scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, while Randolph scored 9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist. They both played so well, but they only led by 3 points!

Although they were prepared for the opponent's style of play, after all, this was the first time they played against the Mavericks, who had recovered this season, so their defense was not very good.

The Mavericks scored 15 points in the second half of the quarter, which can be said to be a very failed defense.

As for the first half, it was even more of a failure, as the opponent scored 16 points.

There was no advantage in the positional battle!

Facing the Mavericks, even if Gasol was there, if they had to consider the offensive end at the same time, they probably couldn't do a very good job of defense.

Looking at the lineup of Nash, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan, there was no need to worry too much during this period. Nash would handle the offense, at least it was a head-to-head match. Sun Ce was relieved to have Nash there.

It's just that they couldn't keep running and gunning. They didn't play a 36-minute running and gunning lineup. At the latest, they had to restart the positional battle mode in the second half.

Sun Ce thought the Mavericks would slowly get older and their style of play might not change, but who knew they would actually take a completely new path! With Conley as the core, there is a sense of rejuvenation!

Sun Ce began to ponder, and had to think of a way!

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