Three Hundred and Ninety-Six. The Status of the Team Has Been Improved!
"Leadership Light D-level trigger, the host is already the best rookie in the eyes of NBA players, very appealing among young NBA players..."
"Noah is right, no matter what they think, we must go all out to beat them!" Gay, as the second leader of the team, echoed.
Even if they know that Cuban is playing with a swollen face to make him fat, but Cuban said in an interview that he deliberately picked them to play, the Grizzlies players will be more or less uncomfortable.
With Randolph, the honest boss of the team, and Sun Ce, the influential young leader in the team, the embarrassing performance of Coach Hollins finally played a role, and the little bit in the minds of the Grizzlies players Unhappy magnified!
Coach Hollins saw that his hard-working performance was not as good as Sun Ce's words... sadly hid in the corner and drew circles...
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At 7:40 central time, Sun Ce entered the stadium with his teammates.
Dallas fans have a team like the Mavericks, and the Mavericks have a basketball-loving owner like Cuban. The basketball atmosphere is quite strong, and they gave the warmest greetings to Sun Ce and other Grizzlies players.
Hush that's right!
However, the Grizzlies were not frightened at all. On the contrary, they all looked like wild bears who just came out of the winter, eager to kill the Mavericks!
"Jason Kidd, A+; Dirk Nowitzki, S; Caron Butler, A-; Jason Terry, A; Eric Dampier , ability evaluation C; Brandon Haywood, ability evaluation C+; JJ-Barea, ability evaluation B-…”
Sun Ce looked at the ability evaluation of the Mavericks players. No matter how you look at it, the ability evaluation is better than theirs. The 12 players on the active list are almost all B-level and above. Dampier, Haywood, Deshaun-Stee Although Vincent is at the C level, they are defensive and play a big role in the playoffs.
Sun Ce feels that in terms of ability evaluation and performance on the court, Nowitzki is undoubtedly the best power forward in the league at present, not one of them, but this guy seems to be still in the shadow of being hacked in 2007. I can't get away from it.
Ability evaluation does not mean everything. The Mavericks are still in the throes of building a tactical system. They can beat teams that are obviously weaker than them with their individual abilities. Therefore, they have a good record in the regular season and have been ranked second in the West for a long time.
But the Grizzlies have a clear advantage in the regular season. In terms of eight-man rotation, the players on the field will not be much worse than the opponent.
And... Sun Ce remembers that although the 2010 Mavericks ranked second in the Western Conference in the original time and space, they may be the weakest second in the Western Conference in history. Well, after being hacked eight, he was hacked seven in the third year. Before winning the championship in the 2010-2011 season, even if he reached the finals, Nowitzki still carried the title of soft guy.
Now Sun Ce feels that although the B-level incident just triggered is difficult, it is not completely unsolvable. It is not impossible to defeat the Mavericks within five games!
Sun Ce was analyzing his opponents before the game, while Nowitzki felt bad about the Grizzlies' man-eating aura.
From the end of this year's regular season to the present, Nowitzki feels that everything is not good...
so similar!
It's so similar to today three years ago!
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At 8 o'clock in the evening, after the Cavaliers beat the Bulls 113 to 91 to win their first playoff victory, and the Celtics 89 to 61 slaughtered the Heat to win their first victory, the game between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks began.
For the Grizzlies, Conley, Battier, Gay, Randolph and Gasol Jr. played.
The Mavericks sent a starting lineup of Kidd, DeShawn Stevenson, Marion, Nowitzki, and Haywood.
When the Mavericks arrived in the playoffs, they made large-scale personnel adjustments and changed two starters.
Caron Butler, whose defense is poor and whose offensive ability has declined significantly compared to his peak period, was put on the bench.
With a younger and more motivated Haywood with similar functions, Dampier was also sent to the bench in the playoffs.
In fact, the adjustments made by the Mavericks from the middle of the season this season are not just this point. In addition to Jason Terry, Nowitzki, and Dampier, other players in the 06-07 season, including Josh Howard All the high-quality starters have been cleaned up, just to break Nowitzki out of the shadows.
If it weren't for Dampier's rubbish contract, which averaged 6 points and 6 rebounds per game and earned a salary of 13 million US dollars, he would not be able to sell it in the contract year, and the Mavericks owner was going to clean him up.
Cuban's human touch is only paid to Nowitzki alone.
After the game started, after 3 minutes of playing, the score of the two teams was 4 to 1...
The Mavericks didn't score a goal in a sports game in 3 minutes, so they could only rely on the overall defense to barely hold the Grizzlies.
It was the Grizzlies offense again. Conley missed a mid-range jumper, but the irritable Randolph grabbed an offensive rebound from Nowitzki and made a small throw and caused Nowitzki to foul. With 5 points and free throw opportunities, coach Carlisle of the Mavericks called a timeout.
Their defense did a good job, but their offense was terrible. Nowitzki started 0 for 2 and didn't dare to catch and shoot later, which seriously affected Kidd's organization of offense.
Sun Ce watched the defensive battle between his team and the opponent from the sidelines, and scored 6 points in more than 3 minutes...it was too much!
The actions of the two teams were beyond Sun Ce's expectations. The feeling of watching the game live is completely different from watching the game on TV!
The confrontation has obviously risen by more than one level!
When Battier defended Nowitzki, it seemed like he was going to hit someone!
Where is the well-mannered and elegant defensive man?
It is said that the Rockets delayed Battier, and Sun Ce really feels it now!
In this high-intensity confrontation, Shane Battier is completely worthy of Nowitzki who is 10 centimeters taller than him and 12 kilograms heavier than him!
Sun Ce knows why Curry is in the playoffs. In addition to feeling overwhelmed every day, his normal state has been repeatedly defended, and the defensive gap between the playoffs and the regular season is too big!
Just when Sun Ce was overwhelmed by the sudden increase in the intensity of the playoffs, he was pushed.
Sun Ce turned his head and saw that it was Coach Hollins.
"What's wrong with the coach?" Sun Ce asked suspiciously, what are you asking him to do at this time?
Coach Hollins was full of black lines: "You are ready to play!"
"I'm going? It's only been three minutes..." Sun Ce was a little confused.
This time... I was really unprepared! If you knew you were going to go, you would have already started to exercise your muscles and bones.
Coach Hollins finally couldn't bear it anymore, and roared, "Go up if you're told!"
Sun Ce hurriedly took off his training clothes and ran to move his joints...
Looking at Sun Ce twisting and doing jumping exercises, Coach Hollins has always wanted to improve Sun Ce's status in the team, and now is a good opportunity.
Everyone can see that Sun Ce has much more potential than Conley.
Conley has made little progress this season compared to last season. Of course, it is also related to Sun Ce taking up a lot of playing time.
But Conley is already in the third grade. Conley in the second grade last season only averaged 10 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Compared with his rookie season, Conley has improved a lot... not obvious. Conley averaged 9 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists per game in his rookie season.
And Sun Ce's progress during his rookie season is greater than Conley's progress in the past three years!
Coach Hollins didn't think there was anything wrong with making such a decision, and neither did the rest of the coaching staff.
As for Conley...he had already expected this, so he has been cooperating with Sun Ce to change his style of play...