972. Mavericks' Tactics
This fast break was beautiful. Except for Gasol who was slow and couldn't get off quickly, the other four players cooperated well. Sun Ce used a fast break to prevent Yao Ming from returning to the inside immediately after losing the jump ball. Paul George was restrained on the wing, Randolph made a fierce fast break, and Nash made a beautiful long pass.
Just the first ball made the Mavericks players who were originally focused more alert.
They Mavericks prepared very seriously and hard, and the opponent was the same. The Grizzlies were fully prepared for just an opening attack.
Attack and defense switched, Sun Ce retreated to the backcourt, and the first attack was beautiful, but the more important thing in this game was defense!
Conley pushed forward to the frontcourt, Paul George defended, Nash followed DeShawn Stevenson to the left corner, and Sun Ce followed Marion.
Just when Sun Ce was ready to cooperate with Paul George to defend the pick-and-roll of Marion and Conley, Marion pulled away to the right sideline, and Conley passed the ball to Yao Ming who was asking for the ball in the low post. Yao Ming received the ball and pushed Gasol back a step, turned around and hooked the ball directly, without jumping, and hit it hollowly!
The Mavericks did not start with Conley and those frontcourt players who were good at pick-and-roll as in the regular season, but Sun Ce did not feel wrong. At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming, who was full of energy, had no problem in opening the game.
2-2 tie, offense and defense transition, the Grizzlies attacked.
Nash advanced to the frontcourt and saw Sun Ce running around the baseline with Marion. Marion did a very good job of going around the pick-and-roll, and was not blocked by Gasol's pick-and-roll. He followed Sun Ce steadily. His single defense was similar to Prince, and he was very restrained against players like Sun Ce and Durant.
But Marion was chasing closely, and Sun Ce had the opportunity to run back and cut in after running out.
Nash saw this and faced Conley's defense. He did not play one-on-one, but looked for Gasol to pick and roll, trying to create space for Sun Ce to run back and attack the basket. But when Gasol pulled out to block Conley and Sun Ce suddenly stopped and ran back from the right mid-range, Marion did not follow Sun Ce's run back, but directly let Nash go.
Nash immediately passed the ball to Sun Ce who was running back. Yao Ming took a step out and stepped outside the right side of the three-second zone to interfere with Sun Ce's close-range shot or hook shot from the baseline. Sun Ce received the ball while cutting in. Seeing that he was running into the inside from a position close to the three-point line, he decisively slapped the ball. Facing Yao Ming who was expanding, he suddenly turned left, leaned forward, kicked his legs backward, and used the inertia of his body leaning forward to accelerate and sprint towards the side of the three-second zone.
Acceleration and change of direction level 4 was triggered while moving!
Sun Ce's burst speed was temporarily increased to S-. Yao Ming's contraction defense after expanding was not good.
He could only watch Sun Ce enter the three-second zone in two steps.
At this time, Nowitzki had already recovered, but Sun Ce did not pass the ball, because he passed Yao Ming who was defending in the interior, and accelerated and changed direction in the second stage, and rushed directly to Nowitzki who was still moving horizontally, and shot against Nowitzki's backboard...
Hit!
As the ball hit the backboard and bounced towards the basket, the referee whistled, and Sun Ce's goal was valid, and he had to take a penalty!
This move consumed a lot of physical energy, and it was the most consuming move among all Sun Ce's techniques, but facing the interior defense of Nowitzki and Yao Ming, it was a very lethal move.
Sun Ce walked to the free throw line amid the cheers of the fans at the scene. He was going for the ball to cause damage. When he received the ball, he made a decision based on the positions of Yao Ming and Nowitzki.
He made a foul and scored at the same time, which made Sun Ce feel very good.
However, just when Sun Ce stood on the free throw line, he heard the information from the technical desk that the team had made a substitution.
On the Mavericks side, Nowitzki was replaced and Brandon Knight was replaced!
What does this mean? After only 46 seconds, Nowitzki was replaced?
Sun Ce suppressed his confusion and made a sideways hook shot.
In the next game, Sun Ce knew what the Mavericks were going to do.
The Grizzlies had a clear way to deal with the Mavericks' team offense, but the game went completely differently than expected!
The Mavericks' game was very different from the regular season. In the regular season, the Mavericks were mainly team offense, and Nowitzki and Yao Ming were just the end points, that is, part of the offensive puzzle.
But tonight, Yao Ming attacked fiercely from the beginning, making 3 of 4 shots at the start, and also caused a foul and made two free throws, scoring 8 points alone.
Low-post back-to-back, turnaround jump shot, dreamy footwork layup... everything. After Yao Ming played 5 singles, he needed to slow down before Conley and Brandon Knight started the pick-and-roll cooperation.
Moreover, during the interval of Yao Ming's singles, he also took advantage of Randolph's double team to pass a beautiful assist to Conley who cut in with Brandon Knight's off-ball pick-and-roll, allowing the long-lost fans to see Conley's incredible bounce; he also took advantage of Sun Ce's retreat to receive Yao Ming's pass to Marion and passed it to Conley, who made an open three-pointer.
This made the Grizzlies dare not double-team Yao Ming easily, who had a vision advantage over everyone. This guy can pass!
In the more than 4 minutes when the Mavericks used Yao Ming as the offensive spearhead, Yao Ming and Conley scored 13 points together!
And because the Mavericks replaced Nowitzki early and replaced him with the top mobile power forward Brandon Knight, the Mavericks' defense at the beginning was greatly strengthened. The light defensive combination of Conley, DeShawn Stevenson, Marion, and Brandon Knight, plus Yao Ming guarding the basket, the Grizzlies' offense encountered difficulties.
After playing for more than 4 minutes, the Grizzlies only scored 9 points, 7 of which were scored by Sun Ce. Only Randolph scored two points in a fast break at the beginning, and the others were blocked!
And Sun Ce's last two goals were both mid-range shots, 2 of 4 shots, a good performance, but the basket and three-pointers were blocked by the opponent's defensive strategy!
Finally, the Mavericks played regular cooperation, and the Grizzlies breathed a sigh of relief. When the official timeout of the first quarter came, the Grizzlies were 13 to 17 behind the Mavericks by 4 points and entered the timeout stage.
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During the timeout, Sun Ce returned to the bench and saw the grim expression of Coach Hollins. Obviously, the progress of tonight's game was different from what was expected before the start of the playoffs!
In other words, the Mavericks predicted that the focus of their Grizzlies' defense was to defend against team offense, so they did the opposite!
At the beginning of the game, the Mavericks played the star tactics, first using Conley and Yao Ming as the main attackers, and did not consider how to make Nowitzki and Yao Ming cooperate, and directly replaced Nowitzki.
Sun Ce secretly sighed that Carlisle was really good. Fortunately, the coaching staff also thought of a way to deal with it in this half of the quarter, and began to arrange defense and make personnel adjustments.
After the timeout, Sun Ce and Tony Allen, Klay Thompson, Battier, and Randolph played. The tallest player was not tall enough, but the average was very high and it was a very good lineup.
In the first half of the first quarter, Sun Ce played very hard on both offense and defense. He made 3 of 5 shots and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 9 points alone, but apart from him, only Nash made a mid-range shot and Randolph made a fast break at the beginning. No one else scored.
The coaching staff arranged defense, but what they need now is offense!
On the Mavericks side, Conley, Jason Terry, Marion, Nowitzki, and Chandler played.
After Sun Ce advanced to the frontcourt, he observed the opponent's defense and felt that the opponent did not seem to be strict on his defense, so he decisively used Klay Thompson's pick-and-roll to force Conley and Marion to switch defense.
Sun Ce broke through to the mid-range, turned around and leaned against Conley who was very close to him after switching to him, and turned over and jumped... hit!
15 to 17, the score difference was reduced to two points, and Sun Ce's personal score also increased to 11 points.
11 points in 7 minutes, Sun Ce shot very happily, but it felt very bad.
Suppressing this feeling of uneasiness, Sun Ce continued to invest in defense. He was already prepared and continued to defend with all his strength.
After Conley advanced to the frontcourt, Sun Ce and his teammates were ready to double-team Nowitzki's singles, and were ready to switch defense and make up defense at high speed with the mobility of the current lineup.
But unlike the expected Mavericks who had to rely on Yao Ming and Nowitzki to take turns to play and keep attacking the stars, Conley and Chandler's pick-and-roll offensive cooperation began!
Fortunately, the Grizzlies' lineup moved quickly and switched defense well, and did not give the Mavericks an offensive climax.
Nowitzki mainly played a role of distraction, while Conley and Chandler mainly played pick-and-roll offense. When the pick-and-roll offense could not be opened, it was Jason Terry who stepped out to take charge of the singles, not Nowitzki.
However, the Mavericks' defense was better than the starting lineup. Nowitzki did a good job defending the basket. The defense under the basket was the best point of Nowitzki, who was just average in defense, but Chandler's ability to assist, supplement and switch defense was much better than Brandon Knight.
After the first quarter, Sun Ce scored 16 points alone, but the Grizzlies only scored 22 points!
Although the Mavericks were also restricted, they did not score as high as the Grizzlies in the second half of the first quarter, scoring only 8 points, but they still led by 3 points with 25 to 22 into the second quarter.
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After the first quarter, Sun Ce had already understood the opponent's tactics and strategy during the intermission.
Yao Ming may be the most stable scoring point for the Mavericks, and also the most lethal scoring point. Nowitzki is definitely stronger, but Nowitzki is a pitcher after all, so the tactical roles are very different.
Yao Ming is responsible for singles, and Nowitzki uses his better mobility and wider shooting range than Yao Ming to cooperate with his teammates in team offense.
There are star tactics with Yao Ming's strong digging, and team offense with Nowitzki as a containment point. This is the tactical strategy of the Mavericks tonight.
In 30 minutes of sufficient physical strength, Nowitzki may still be the best power forward, and Yao Ming may still be the best center in 20 minutes of sufficient physical strength!
As for the cooperation between the two, the Mavericks seem to have not really considered it, but use the high-quality role player lineup to stagger the physical strength of the two, who are not particularly good at this age.
The key is that both lineups are very powerful!
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