roccoschili Chapter 183 The Peak Dirk Nowitzki
Chapter 183 The Peak Dirk Nowitzki
Chapter 183 The Peak Dirk Nowitzki
Eight p.m., Staples Center.
The game between the Clippers and the Mavericks is about to start, the fans on the scene are full of voices, and the huge music is roaring and hissing. The whole arena is like a super-large Michael Jackson concert, and most of the eyes are locked on the player tunnel.
NBATV commentary seat, Isaiah Thomas and Kevin McHale sit side by side.
"Did you know? The latest MVP ranking is out, and Su Yang overtook LeBron again to reach the top. According to the current record of the Clippers, he has a very high probability of winning the regular season MVP as a rookie player. Fang, such a scene would be unimaginable, he can be regarded as the number one rookie in NBA history, a super super point guard..."
Thomas' expression was agitated, and he valued Su Yang, who was also a point guard, very much.
McHale curled his lips slightly: "If it is true, it is indeed a precedent, but he lacks experience in the playoffs, and according to the current Western Conference rankings, the Clippers are likely to face the Thunder or the Spurs. After passing the Clippers, the Thunder have a strong impact and the Spurs have rich experience, and the two teams have a great possibility to complete a black eight or a black seven."
"Why do you think so much?" Thomas laughed, "How is it possible for a black eight with MVP?"
McHale spread his hands: "There is one in front of you. Have you forgotten that Nowitzki also won the MVP?"
Thomas was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "The situation is different, so we can't force an analogy."
Between the words of the two, the announcer announced the appearance of the Clippers players, and the audience cheered wave after wave.
When Su Yang quickly ran out of the player tunnel, the cheers reached the peak, and the audience shouted MVP in unison.
Su Yang waved his hands, started from the end of the Clippers bench, arrived at the Mavericks bench all the way, and interacted with teammates, fans, technical statistics personnel, referees, and staff one by one in the middle, and finally raised his hands to applaud.
The opening ceremony ended quickly, and the long whistle sounded that the game was about to start, and the lights around the arena were dimmed.
The starting players of the two teams followed the entrance to stand, point guard Davis against Kidd, shooting guard Su Yang against Marion, small forward Barnes against Butler, power forward Gooden against Nowitzki, center Randolph To Dampier.
Su Yang interacted with the Mavericks players by high-fiving one by one, then stood at the bottom right of the center circle and waited.
"Why am I facing off against Marion..."
Su Yang was a little flustered. Before the Clippers played against the Mavericks, they used a three-guard lineup. He was playing against Quentin Rose. That guy didn't have much offensive ability with the ball, and his ability to cut cakes was average. He wasn't too short. , Defensively not so disadvantaged.
Marion is very different. He has first-class ability to cut and eat cakes. He is also tall and strong, and his defense must suffer a lot.
While thinking about it, the referee held the ball and briefly explained the precautions, holding the ball with both hands and tossing it up lightly.
Snapped!Dampier touched the ball first, moved back with force, and the basketball flew straight to the Mavericks' half.
Kidd took the ball sideways to protect, raised his left hand and slowly advanced forward, using his head and eyes to arrange tactics together.
Seeing this, Nowitzki stepped from the free throw line to the right 45 degrees, and set up a human wall early as a positioning cover.
Kidd rushed to the horse, handed the ball, and by the way, Davis was thrown away, and went straight into the short corner on the right.
No matter how you look at that action, it seems to be a cover for Butler, so that Butler has the opportunity to withdraw to the right corner, either to receive a pass from Nowitzki to shoot, or to run to 45 degrees to maintain cooperation with Luo. Cover is easily formed.
Barnes moved his steps immediately, leaving space in advance to prepare for chasing and defending, with sufficient details.
But at the same time, Gooden chose to block the bottom line space, ready to let Nowitzki enter the encirclement.
Su Yang squatted at the bottom corner on the left, and frowned slightly when he saw Gu Deng's movements.
Before he had time to stretch, he saw Nowitzki start crossing the ball and easily break through Gooden with two steps in a row.Randolph hurriedly shrunk from the left waist to make up the defense, but Nowitzki stopped and lifted his foot and skillfully threw a fadeaway mid-range shot.
The basketball hit the hoop and went into the net. The Mavericks scored two points first, and Cuban gave a standing ovation in the audience.
Su Yang ran to Gooden's side, ran to the front court side by side, and whispered: "You can't use this strategy against Dirk. His left hand is very capable, he can shoot from a distance and break through, and he is also very strong in physical confrontation. And pass the ball…”
Before he finished speaking, Gooden was already dumbfounded.
Su Yang himself realized that something was wrong.
It would be too difficult to ask Gooden to restrict Nowitzki.
Ibaka is so awesome, it's not because he was played around, let alone Gooden with average physical fitness.
This is the pinnacle Nowitzki, without any technical shortcomings, the only disadvantage is probably the mentality.
But if Gooden is to engage in Nowitzki's mentality, it is tantamount to giving it for nothing, and he can only fight a protracted battle.
"You have to give him physical confrontation, consume his energy as much as possible, and lay the foundation for the next game..."
Gooden suddenly became enlightened, nodded again and again to express his understanding, and the two stood side by side on the right side of the frontcourt.
Seeing Davis making tactical gestures, Su Yang kicked off the ground immediately, got rid of Marion with the help of Gooden's cover, circled to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, bent over to receive the pass, and turned around to assume a three-threat pose.
Gooden followed up to set up a wall to cover, Su Yang took the opportunity to accelerate to the free throw line, and the Mavericks defensive formation moved accordingly, Nowitzki stayed in the waist position as a big man, did not delay switching defenses, and did not run out to get stuck Live in Gooden.
In this way, Su Yang decisively passed the ball behind his back, and Gooden didn't hesitate to catch the ball, and he gained two points.
The basketball went into the net with a bang, and it was a 2-2 tie.
In the transition between offense and defense, Kidd brought the ball to the top of the arc, raised his hand and called 24 to cooperate with tactics.
Before the words fell, Marion started running from the left corner, covered by Nowitzki, and went straight to the free throw line.
Su Yang chose to bypass the screen and rush directly into the paint to intercept, betting on Marion's CIC to hit the iron.
This is a defensive strategy formulated before the game, imitating the Lakers' mentality of the Mavericks, and if it doesn't work out, make other plans temporarily.
Unexpectedly, Kidd temporarily gave up the pass, and Marion turned around to block Gooden.
Nowitzki took the opportunity to go around, raised his hand to catch the pass, and easily threw a long two-pointer.
Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 2 to 4.
The Clippers attacked, and Davis dribbled the ball across the center line. Seeing the Mavericks playing zone defense, he immediately called for low post tactics.
Seeing the hand gesture, Su Yang started running from the bottom corner on the right, and with the cover of Gooden and Randolph, he shifted to the left waist, while the rest of the Clippers moved to the left, leaving a large space, which was clearly a cooperation He singles.
Marion chased to Su Yang's side, and forced his way around the front to get in position, relying on his height advantage to organize interference passes.
Su Yang ran back to the basket first, then made a second emergency stop and ran back to the waist, followed by a sideways block to block Marion, bent over to pick up Davis' hit pass, and took advantage of the momentum to sweep and sweep , followed by a cross-step and lean forward towards the baseline.
Marion didn't move his feet to intercept immediately, wanting to see if there was a fake move.
Su Yang followed his plan, kicked the ground with all his strength and shot out, taking two steps towards the basket.
Dampier shrunk and intercepted, forming a front and rear pinch together with the chasing Marion.
Su Yang didn't pass the ball. First, he followed a simple and rough strategy. Second, the risk of passing the ball in a small area inside the line was too high.
He stood straight up, facing Dampier with a smashing basket and dunk.
Where did Dampier dare to defend, he quickly dodged sideways, and the basketball crashed into the net.
There were cheers everywhere in the arena, the Mavericks made a fast break from the bottom line, and the Clippers quickly returned to defense.
Kidd rushed to the top of the arc with the ball, used Butler to cover the inside cut, circled along the baseline, raised his hand and passed the ball to Nowitzki at the top of the arc, and then directed the Mavericks to spread out. Leave room for singles in the middle.
Gooden hurriedly got close to Nowitzki, and gave a physical confrontation according to Su Yang's suggestion.
Unexpectedly, Nowitzki tried two steps in succession, suddenly smiled, and stepped back for a three-pointer.
Gooden's height and wingspan, coupled with the general bounce speed, can't block the shot at all, so he can only turn around in advance to get in position.
With a bang, the basketball crashed into the net, and everyone on the Mavericks bench stood up and cheered.
Su Yang sighed in his heart: "The peak Dirk Nowitzki is so terrifying..."
He is more than two meters tall, who can defend him when he pulls up from the three-point line and makes a long-range shot?
(End of this chapter)