Six Hundred and Fifty-Two. Double Guns Are Fierce

Kidd, Yao Ming, Nowitzki, Coach Carlisle used the three giants under his opponent sparingly. Kidd's playing time dropped from 36 minutes per game last season to 31 minutes. Kidd, who will be 38 years old, "only" averaged 6.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game.

Nowitzki was also used sparingly. Although his average playing time was still high at 37 minutes per game, he played as a catcher and passer most of the time when he played with Yao Ming.

The Mavericks sent out a lineup of Barea, Jason Terry, Marion, Nowitzki and Chandler.

Sun Ce had a very ugly expression when he came on the court.

The Mavericks were too targeted today. In the first six minutes of the first quarter, Nowitzki did not play a single play, which had never happened in the first 11 games.

Yao Ming is the first offensive point, but it does not mean that other offensive points will not play. Nowitzki still has to play singles. He has to play threats to better contain the opponent's defense.

But Coach Carlisle took advantage of the Grizzlies' mentality that they would definitely value Nowitzki, and used Nowitzki as a role player at the beginning. Moreover, because the Mavericks had good team offensive positioning, they exhausted the physical strength of Battier, who was the best at defending Nowitzki on the Grizzlies!

In half a quarter, Nowitzki only shot twice, 1 of 2 shots, and Battier went down like this, and Nowitzki consumed very little physical strength.

So, Coach Hollins used Sun Ce, who had scored a quadruple-double in the last match against the Mavericks, to defend Nowitzki.

After the timeout, Tony and his successor came to their respective defensive targets with arduous tasks.

Jason Terry is a very special player, and Tony Allen is not sure he can defend him.

Sun Ce felt like he was going to die. He was shot by Yao Ming at the beginning. Now...

Sure enough, the opponent saw that it was Sun Ce defending Nowitzki, and immediately created a singles opportunity for Nowitzki. Chandler contained the defense under the basket, Barea opened up to shoot a three-pointer, Marion kept cutting in and threatening with three-pointers, and Jason Terry didn't want to confront Tony Allen physically from a distance across the three-point line, so he hung the ball into Nowitzki's hands.

Nowitzki pushed Sun Ce away and made a mid-range turnaround jump shot...

It was difficult for Sun Ce to even interfere. If he was taller, it would be okay. But he was so short, and he jumped on him, and his balls were broken!

Nowitzki's mid-range shot was very stable. Although the area from the free throw line to the close distance was not as exaggerated as Kobe's 52% hit rate, this area also had an average hit rate of 50% per game!

Playing against Sun Ce was like training.

Nowitzki turned around and made a jump shot!

Sun Ce retreated with a pursed mouth, received the serve and advanced quickly. After reaching the frontcourt, he passed the ball to Paul George and took Barea to the low post!

Just playing rogue!

Tony Allen can be ignored, just block the cut-in, and the person defending him can move in to double-team, but Jason Terry and Barea can't defend Paul George from shooting after receiving the ball. The height difference is too big, so only one of Jason Terry and Barea can be used to defend Sun Ce.

It is easy to guess that Sun Ce will definitely go to the low post. This is a standard post-90s guard who will take advantage of all favorable factors, so Barea, who is better at low-post defense, is used to defend Sun Ce.

Sun Ce easily blocked the position. Unlike James, he has poor positioning skills. His rebounds are not all cake boards. Many of them are also grabbed by himself, especially after activating Yao Ming's low-post positioning king, he has specially practiced positioning skills.

Paul George passed the ball to Sun Ce. At this time, Jordan made a sprinting action at the baseline mid-range, forcing Nowitzki who was guarding the basket to expand. Paul George moved to the right 45-degree angle and was in the best connection position with Sun Ce. Randolph stood at the free throw line to rest first, took Chandler away, and Randolph waited for Sun Ce to finish before drilling.

After Sun Ce received the ball, because the target of the back-to-back play was Barea, his vision was as good as it could be. He could see the position of his teammates by turning his head behind him. After Jordan, Paul George, and Tony Allen made a running move, Sun Ce turned directly to the baseline... and was blocked by Barea!

Although Barea is short, he is really strong and did not let Sun Ce directly enter the reasonable collision zone. But Sun Ce is not James. Sun Ce retracted his turning action and shot a hook shot facing the baseline...

After shooting so many mid-range shots at the beginning, his touch has improved, and the close-range hook shot is easily scored!

Chandler was replaced, and Nowitzki can play center on the defensive end. Nowitzki can expand his defense like Dampier in his peak period and the effect is stronger, but the low-post defense is much worse!

Chandler is good at assisting defense, but not good at shrinking and assisting low-post players. In order to maintain the defense of the mid-range and even three-point line, he lost nearly 4 kilograms after joining the Mavericks. Now he is only 108 kilograms. On the defensive end, he now looks more like an enlarged version of Rasheed Wallace, but he is not very good at carrying heavy players. Of course, with Nowitzki, who weighs more than 110 kilograms, in the interior, the Mavericks are not afraid.

However, when encountering low-post singles from the outside, the Mavericks are in trouble.

Just like the situation between the Lakers and the Mavericks in the original time and space, although it was a 4-0 sweep, but looking at the process, except for the fourth game, the Lakers' mentality collapsed, the first three games were very anxious. The Mavericks could not suppress the Lakers in regular time, and they were always in a state of evenly matched strength, but Nowitzki could score every key ball.

Nowitzki can hold Gasol or Bynum in the low post, Chandler can defend Gasol's mid-range shot and even help defend Odom's shot in the paint, but Kobe's performance is very stable, and even with his poor shooting in the fourth game, his overall hit rate is still 45%.

The Lakers rely on at least two players on the court who can play low-post singles and mid-range shots.

Sun Ce + Randolph, barely enough.

However, when the Mavericks determined that Randolph's mid-range shot was unstable, the low-post double-team and mid-range defense against Sun Ce became more stringent. This is not bad, with double-teaming and help defense, Sun Ce can still pass the ball, the key is that the Mavericks' backcourt double guns are too powerful!

Sun Ce couldn't defend Nowitzki. Randolph took the initiative to go back to defend, but couldn't defend. Paul George switched defense, but still couldn't do it. Not to mention Jordan. Randolph didn't take the fake move because he was too lazy to jump. Sun Ce and Paul George had good defensive awareness and basically wouldn't take the fake move of a big man. Nowitzki turned over and shot directly, which could affect Nowitzki's touch. After all, shooting against the defender has some impact, but Jordan flew at once. Nowitzki rushed to the basket and dunked directly!

Moreover, Jason Terry performed well!

Looking at the Mavericks, whose offense exploded in the rotation stage, Coach Hollins on the sidelines felt that the opponent was too shameless!

Actually used Nowitzki and Jason Terry to play the transition stage!

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