Chapter 320 318. Do You Dare to Agree to Call You? (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)

It used to be curiosity, but now it's really head-to-head.

Therefore, Liu Mang is even more curious, and wants to take a closer look at... the heroic appearance of the king...

Liu Mang almost sang: The king asked me to patrol the mountains...

But I thought it didn't seem to be the same episode, so I gave up.

The Mavericks and the Eagles have almost no overlap. First of all, there are no players in the same class. The two teams play against each other twice a year, and it is hard to say that they have established a friendship between rivals. Therefore, the relationship is neither salty nor weak. Jim Hardaway said hello, Liu Mang said hello to Wang Zhizhi and Nash.

Nash is now in the middle of a wretched development. Although he is about to hit the third, he has no status in the team. He is the junior third behind Finley and Nowitzki.

The hardest one is the junior, who may spend the most energy, be the most tired, and sweat the most, but she is the one who is the least pleasing. If something goes wrong, she has to take the blame, and she has to have a good relationship with the boss. Not older than himself, but still deeply in love with the second child.

The Mavericks and the Eagles are probably in the kind of relationship where the well water does not interfere with the river water, there is no conflict and there is not much sympathy.

At this time, Liu Mang suddenly came to the Mavericks' half court, holding a ball and pretending to shoot, but he didn't move for a long time, just staring at Nowitzki like that.

Nowitzki is a European, German, calm personality, rigorous style.

Well, to be honest, European players are more able to integrate into the American environment than Chinese players. It’s just that the skin color of European players is similar to most people in the United States. In terms of strength, European players are generally better than Chinese players, so that’s why. It will give people the impression that European players are more integrated into the NBA, which is actually the case.

There is not much difference between Nowitzki and Yao Ming's integration into the NBA, except that Nowitzki has a healthier career and played longer.

Nowitzki was flabbergasted by Liu Mang's curious eyes. The point was that the rest of the Mavericks were also curious. Why did this rookie who has become so popular recently come here? Nor did he go up to help Nowitzki.

Finally, Nowitzki couldn't take it anymore!

With an elegant head shake, the long hair slid in a beautiful arc, Nowitzki asked Liu Mang, "Hi, hello, Ace, what's the matter?"

In fact, Liu Mang has endured it for a long time, and replied with a curious and excited question: "Kascuti, do you dare to agree to my calling?"

Qazxcdew, the transliteration is Kascuti, the abbreviation of Silver-Horn-the-junior-demon-king, translated into Chinese, that is, King Silver Horn...

This abbreviation was created by domestic basketball fans. It was an English word created specifically for Nowitzki. It was also included in the ranks of official English words by a well-known English dictionary in a certain year.

"..." Nowitzki was a little confused.

"Kascuti?" Nowitzki felt that something was wrong, but the rookie in front of him seemed to have no malicious intentions, "What does this mean? Ace, I don't understand..."

"Uh... Deke, next time I call you like this, you just agree. This is your Chinese nickname. Wang also knows that your Chinese nickname is Silver-Horn-the-junior-demon-king, which is too long. , so I abbreviated it." Liu Mang pointed to Wang Zhizhi.

"Nickname?" Nowitzki was suddenly moved! As an overseas player, I already have a nickname!

Nowitzki didn't quite understand the silver horns in front of him. Why did he have silver horns? But KING, which means King, Nowitzki understood!

It turns out that although I am not very popular in the United States, and I can't compete with those football players in Germany, I have fans in China!

"Kascuti? That's cool, Ace, thank you for giving me the nickname!" Nowitzki touched Liu Mang's shoulder.

At this time, Rahim came to take Liu Mang away, and ran to the opponent's player for a long time in his away game, no shame!

When Liu Mang was taken away, he still had deep resentment... Your Majesty, you haven't said whether you dare to agree...

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This is a truly equal game, just like the Eagles-Timberwolves game, the two teams are about the same strength.

Mavericks, Timberwolves, and Eagles, the three teams are classified as the three teams in the second tier of the league.

And in terms of record, the Eagles are much ahead of the Mavericks and Timberwolves, second only to the Spurs and Kings who have won 53 and 51 wins.

So it's hard to say who will win and who will lose in this game. Both teams are concentrating on this game.

The Hawks continue to field their regular starting lineup, and with Ratliff back, the Hawks feel solid.

Relatively speaking, although the Mavericks also have 45 wins, they have already been surpassed by the Sonics. Even though they played very steadily in the early stage and once had a better record than the Lakers, they do not feel so stable.

This is the normal impression given by the Mavericks despite their good record in recent years. The mad scientist is too capable of doing things.

The Mavericks fielded Steve Nash, Adrian Griffin, Michael Finley, Dirk Nowitzki and Lieve LaFrentz.

Ratliff defeated Dabairuan LaFrentz in a jump ball. LaFrentz was so sad, and the same person took the ball away from his head at home... Why did you say again?

The Eagles took the lead, Dean Grove pushed the ball into the frontcourt, and the Mavericks' defense had settled down.

Liu Mang looked at the defensive position of the Mavericks and was a little surprised!

Griffin is an excellent defensive engineer. He was undrafted in 1999. The talent in the draft that year was really good. Many undrafted picks are still playing in the NBA. Griffin is one of them. He has excellent physical fitness. The most is a shooting guard, but can defend from point guard to power forward.

And Griffin's defense is very suitable for this era, the style of the game is extremely fierce, crazy around the front and body contact, Jason Terry's small arms and legs are so difficult to catch the ball!

Not only this point, but the Mavericks' defense is really targeted. Although LaFrentz is a bit soft, he is huge in size. As a 2.11 center forward, he has no absolute advantage in height, but he has excellent lateral movement ability. His shooting is extremely threatening and has an extremely keen sense of blocking shots.

Maybe in a weak team like the Nuggets, players like this can't see how powerful they are. After all, the opponent rushes in without interference from the outside line. Even O'Neal, Ben Wallace, and Ratliff can only use fouls to stop the opponent. .

But even so, LaFrentz has not blocked less than two shots since his rookie year, and his role in a strong team is very prominent.

LaFrentz guarding the basket alone is enough to cover Mohamed and Ratliff, two insiders who have no independent offensive ability. In terms of size, LaFrentz is bigger than Ratliff.

Nowitzki and Michael Finley formed an off-the-ball pinch on Raheem. Seeing that Jason Terry couldn't catch the ball, Raheem came out to meet Dean Groff, but Michael Finley Lee, with Nowitzki running back, Dean Grove can't pass! Raheem made an empty cut to the inside and was blocked by Nowitzki on the left side of the free throw line.

Fortunately, although Dean Grove's strength is average, his style of play is very stable, and he didn't make a few blind passes. He saw that he was defending himself by a weak white point guard. I have made a choice, Qiangdu!

Nash worked very hard and put his heart into defending, but that's what happened to some people, such as Vujacic, who defended like a tiger, and as a result, the opponent's shooting percentage soared by more than ten percentage points.

Nash is similar, Dean Grove's slow motion changes direction, and the active Nash rushes directly to the other side...

Dean Grove hit the three-point line and went straight to the three-second zone. Nash was the biggest loophole in the Mavericks' defense. He was wiped clean. Finley didn't have time to come back to defend. Dean Grove Breaking into the three-second zone attracted LaFrentz's defense, Nowitzki quickly returned to the basket to defend the man who was about to be vacated, and Finley also came over to block Dean Gero with LaFrentz husband.

In terms of defensive awareness, although Nowitzki has poor defensive ability, he has a good awareness. It can be seen from his average of 10+ rebounds per game for many years. He may not be effective defensively, but he is very motivated.

Dean Grove has been able to hold the NBA starting position for many years. Although it is related to luck, the team he is in does not happen to have a better point guard. In this position, he still didn't try to make a foul or make a forced shot. It is his advantage to be calm and not greedy for merit!

Dean Grove lobbed the ball to Raheem, and Raheem made an easy shot from close range on the left side of the three-second zone!

Coach Kruger is very satisfied with Dean Grove's performance. What he wants is the calmness of Dean Grove, otherwise Emmanuel who is stronger, better in physical fitness and better in technology Er has already started.

Looking at the opponent's point guard line, the three of them are not very defensive. Coach Kruger found the only point that can stably target the opponent. It seems that he has found no mistakes.

No matter how many tactical changes the Mavericks have and how perfect their defensive system is, Coach Kruger, who has gone through a very difficult period of Ratliff's injury, knows very well that it is the players who play, and the players have too many flaws. Well it can't make up for it.

The point guard's poor defense is the biggest flaw of the Mavericks!

Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang on the sidelines. The key point of the game was on this kid.

And Liu Mang was also surprised by the Mavericks' defense. If it weren't for the poor defense of Nash, the Mavericks' quick rotation defense just now was really good!

If Nash had a better defensive awareness just now, when he was passed by Dean Grove and Finley went to defend Dean Grove, he quickly switched to Raheem, and Raheem's shot was absolutely perfect. It will not be open, even if his defensive effect is poor, he can still have a little interference ability.

With this shot, Liu Mang understood why the Mavericks gave up on Nash. It wasn't that Nash was not good enough. Nash is definitely a super offensive genius, but the Mavericks already have Nowitzki, who has a good defensive attitude and poor results. Let's have another one. Nash, no one can stand it!

And after Nash left the Mavericks, both the Mavericks and Nash's new team entered the pinnacle of team history, which is a win-win breakup.

But what surprised Liu Mang the most was the old coach Nelson, as expected of Popovich's teacher. He used to think that this guy was just a runner, but he didn't expect him to be a defensive thief!

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