Three Hundred and Ninety-Seven. Dare to Freeze Nowitzki!

Beating Kidd has always been a headache for Sun Ce. Kidd is no easier for Sun Ce than Delong and Rondo!

Don't look at the fact that Sun Ce won all three matches in the regular season, but his performance was not as good as the opponent's!

The opening and hanging were just evenly matched.

In Sun Ce's view, Kidd is like a 1.93-meter version of him who is a few centimeters shorter than the 1.91-2 meter him, who is countless times more mature!

Similarly, the stronger your teammates are, the better your organization and offensive ability will be.

It's different from Rondo who usually grabs rebounds when he needs to go around the pile behind the opponent's strongest rebounder to grab rebounds. It's also different from Sun Ce who has a rebound awareness and can't fight against and needs teammates to help him get stuck.

Kidd has a top rebounding awareness, a height of 193 cm is close to 95 kg, and the tonnage can carry Kejanway at a low level.

Facing an opponent who has most of your characteristics similar to yours but is much stronger than you, it is really difficult to deal with, because the opponent knows what you want to do too well.

But Kidd understands how Sun Ce will play on the court, and of course Sun Ce also knows Kidd's style of play very well.

It's mutual!

Moreover, some things cannot be made up for, such as Kidd's experience, Sun Ce cannot catch up in a short time, and it is difficult to catch up in a long time; but Sun Ce's advantages, Kidd can't make up for it.

For example, the enigmatic height, flexibility and most importantly, the Grizzlies played better overall!

Sun Ce played with an extremely strong purpose. He didn't think about opening the point difference at all, as long as he can compete!

The referee signaled that the timeout was about to end, and let the players of the two teams play. Sun Ce prepared his mind, determined his purpose of playing, and walked into the field with his teammates.

The Grizzlies replaced Sun Ce, Anthony Parker, Battier, Randolph, and Jordan.

The purpose is to try to use Sun Ce + Jordan's counterattack speed and Anthony Parker's ability to catch the ball to disrupt the opponent's defensive rhythm.

But unexpectedly, Nowitzki was replaced!

The Mavericks sent a lineup of Kidd, Jason Terry, Marion, Tim Thomas, and Haywood.

Coach Carlisle kept Nowitzki on the court no matter how badly he played against Battier during the regular season.

Want to fight fire with fire.

But in the playoffs, coach Carlisle was able to win as his first goal.

Go down if you don't play well!

In order to prevent Nowitzki from continuing to slump in the playoffs, Coach Carlisle signed Tim Thomas, who took the initiative and the Bulls to buy out his salary of nearly $3 million after the All-Star Weekend.

As one of the villainous Double Thomas, Tim Thomas gave up $3 million to enter the free market, but no one cares.

He is different from Kurt Thomas, he is a villain, but Tim Thomas is pure, defensive like nothing, loves to make trouble, none of the top five teams want him, can only choose the next level Mavericks.

Coach Carlisle also had no choice but to sign Tim Thomas, who is now only left with a mid-range shot and a strange temper.

The second round of last year's playoffs was too ridiculous, and Nowitzki, who was at his peak, was not Anthony's opponent!

You must know that Nowitzki is a player who performed a little higher in the playoffs than in the regular season. It’s not that Nowitzki’s performance in the playoffs has improved less than that in the regular season, but that Nowitzki’s regular season has been played for many years. The regulars in the first and second teams, no matter how much they improve in the playoffs, they will not improve much.

It's true that Anthony is very powerful, but he is a second-team player at the top of the sky, and Nowitzki has been a first-team player many times! An MVP-level player, he has won 4 times in the top double 21 in 9 years. Even if the two retire on the spot, even if Nowitzki's black spots have not been cleared, Nowitzki's historical status It is also dozens of places higher than Anthony.

Last season, Nowitzki was a forward and Anthony was a three-team.

But in the second round of last year, coach Carlisle coached the Mavericks for the first time in the playoffs. He felt that he was overwhelmed and Anthony and Nowitzki exchanged blows.

But it was just not enough to meet Anthony!

After being guarded by Stephen Jackson in 2007, Morris Peterson in 2008, and Anthony in 2009, the entire league knows how to deal with Nowitzki.

It’s just that players like Battier, Stephen Jackson, Tracy McGrady, and Anthony who have been able to defeat Nowitzki in the past two years are hard to come by. Otherwise, the Western Conference playoff teams may get every team back. one.

The Spurs were defeated by the Mavericks in the playoffs last season. Didn't they get Richard Jefferson back last summer?

When Nowitzki saw the Spurs signing, it felt like the whole world was against him...

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Back from the timeout, Randolph went to the free throw line for a 2+1 penalty.

Steady extra penalty hits, 7 to 1, the Grizzlies lead by 6 points.

Mavericks attack.

Although there is no Nowitzki, Jason Terry's strength is still there. Tim Thomas has a stabbing attribute and a lot of off-court troubles, but he has been playing hard, and he has good shots and moves. Buyout After joining the Mavericks, he played 18 regular season games, averaging 0.9 three-pointers per game, shooting 37 percent from the field, and 39 percent from the field for two-pointers. In these 18 games, he averaged 7.5 points per game.

Marion and Haywood are hardworking players.

This actually allowed Kidd to sort out the offense smoothly. Tim Thomas made a shot as soon as he came up.

Throwing is Tim Thomas' ability, but Kidd took advantage of Jason Terry's high position containment, Marion's cutting threat, and Haywood's 2.13 meter pie threat, and helped Tim Thomas get The shooting opportunity represents the Mavericks' offense coming alive!

Coach Hollins felt that Coach Carlisle really dared to think and do it! Actually put Nowitzki on the bench.

But the Mavericks lineup...

Tim Thomas just threw the ball in, and Randolph, who took it back to defend, immediately picked up the ball and sent it to Sun Ce. Sun Ce and Jordan started a fast break!

Kidd, Haywood, and Marion retreated back. These three had strong defensive awareness and willingness. Jordan was blocked by Haywood and Kidd, and Sun Ce was stuck by Marion. Three defenses and two blocked Sun Ce and Jordan's counterattack.

But at this time Randolph took a slow follow-up, Sun Ce immediately gave the ball to Randolph, Randolph caught the ball and easily pushed Tim Thomas away and made a layup.

Deshaun Stevenson and Nowitzki went down and became Jason Terry and Tim Thomas... Although Nowitzki's defense is only average, he will not hold back anyway, with enough tonnage and rebounds Good ball awareness, when partnering with Haywood on defense, he usually plays the role of a center to get stuck in the basket, Haywood assists in defense, and Tim Thomas is a negative defense!

Deshaun Stevenson got his foothold in the NBA by defending, Jason Terry did his best to defend, but the effect...

Coach Carlisle tried his best to improve the offensive efficiency first. The start was too ugly, and he did it.

But I can't take care of the end.

Sun Ce seized this opportunity and started to counter attack!

Do your best to avoid falling into positional battles. Falling into positional battles can still be done with the high-speed rotation defense of the Mavericks. Only by speeding up can you make full use of the two defensive black holes of Jason Terry and Tim Thomas!

Kidd was very helpless. He thought of many ways to strangle Sun Ce to death. If the team rotation is normal, the confrontation intensity can be increased in the playoffs. He can do it completely, but now he can only follow and attack!