Chapter 552: Crushing Strongly
The game begins.
Cousins jumped the ball and dialed the basketball straight over.
The Kings traded for Isaiah Thomas, who had a good season last season, and Thomas Jr. dribbled across the half court and passed the ball to Cousins in the high post.
Cousins faced Nowitzki and broke through directly with the action of a defender.
Fast and powerful, Nowitzki didn't defend.
After getting inside, Cousins went straight to the basket, and Al Jefferson was helpless.
The talent gap is at a glance.
After Cousins scored, he beat his chest at home to celebrate, turned to look at Qin Yang, Qin Yang glanced at Cousins, and turned to catch the ball.
It's just a ball, Qin ** didn't care.
Mavericks offense.
Defending Qin Yang was Derrick Williams.
There were misplacements in other positions on the Mavericks, but Qin Yang didn't rush to pass the ball, the first ball was played by himself.
Dribbling behind his back, Qin Yang calmly observed the surroundings, and then suddenly lowered his body to accelerate the dribble, and Derek Williams directly took half a step back when he saw this.
Seeing this, Qin Yang jumped up with the ball.
Sou!
Three-point shot.
Derek Williams stepped forward quickly, but unfortunately it was already a step too late.
The basketball goes into the net, and the three-point shot arrives.
As the Timberwolves' draft leader, Derrick Williams has not been recognized by the league, and in fact Derrick Williams' defense is average.
The physical Derrick Williams defensively is sparsely defensive.
A good team has a big impact on rookies.
The Timberwolves are not a reliable team, they are basically a black hole for players, and potential rookies are mostly to be scrapped if they are placed in the Timberwolves.
Derrick Williams is full of physical fitness, but it's a bit of a discrepancy, this kind of player, if he plays well, it's Josh Smith.
If you don't play well, no one wants blue-collar workers.
Practice defense, fast break, shooting, and then practice the apex three-pointer, this person can play, but unfortunately there is no such opportunity.
The Kings attacked, and Cousins still attacked with the ball.
This is the way Cousins has played in the past two seasons, running to the outside three-point line every time, taking the ball alone, this style of play...... It's too toxic.
The ball is held for a long time, the offensive efficiency is low, and the turnover is high.
The only good thing is that the data is good-looking.
In the first quarter, Cousins had 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers, with amazing statistics.
However...... The Kings lost by 6 points.
Qin Yang easily and low-key got 6 points and 3 assists, the Mavericks played very smoothly, Qin Yang occasionally shot, most of them were to attract the defense and pass the ball to his teammates, so that his teammates could attack.
Vince Carter and Nowitzki are still very good at playing.
In the 8th minute, Qin Yang was replaced, and Nowitzki led the team.
The Mavericks have the luxury of having at least one superstar on the court at all times, either Qin Yang or Nowitzki.
The lineup is good and capricious.
The competition is still fierce.
Cousins is still alive.
But in the fourth minute of the second quarter, when Nowitzki jumped up to grab the rebound, he landed on Cousins' foot and fell to the ground.
The game is interrupted.
Nowitzki was carried off the field.
When Nowitzki got off the field, his expression was very ugly, and he just shook hands with Qin Yang on the way.
Coach Carlisle called a timeout.
"Dirk is injured, the next game is going to be tougher, Bruce, the next game is going to increase your playing time, and the team wins this game first."
Coach Carlisle didn't wrinkle and tried to speak as calmly as possible.
"Good!"
Qin Yang nodded.
The second quarter is 4 minutes.
Qin Yang appeared.
But the race didn't go as smoothly as expected.
The Mavericks inside became Gobert and Al Jefferson.
Gobert is talented, but he's only a rookie, and when he plays, he's missing one person on the offensive end in addition to helping defense and rebounding.
Al Jefferson's defense is also very problematic.
In this way, it is difficult to play both offensively and defensively.
It's hard to fight, and you have to fight.
Qin Yang appeared, his face still expressionless.
On the first ball, Qin Yang rushed straight to the basket, and the European step made a successful foul, but unfortunately the basketball slid out of the basket.
2-of-2 from the free-throw line.
The Kings attacked, Cousins was strong directly under the basket, Al Jefferson was too slow and had a significant height disadvantage, and Gobert was too weak.
Cousins is an absolute mismatch advantage no matter who he is opposed.
One dozen and one accurate.
The Mavericks attacked, and Qin Yang met the bag clip.
Gobert had almost no effect under the basket, Qin Yang was helpless when he encountered the bag, Qin Yang passed to Marion, and Marion hit the iron from the middle distance. Cousins got the rebound.
Kings attack.
Qin Yang steals, and Cousins' high-level strategy is unreliable.
If Cousins had played steadily, it would have been a difficult game, but the Kings were too stiff.
The Mavericks attacked, and Qin Yang forced a shot in the middle of the bag and hit a three-pointer.
But it's too uncomfortable to fight like this.
After Cousins scored again, Coach Carlisle called a timeout for the Mavericks to make a substitution.
The Mavericks' substitution was pure helplessness.
If you continue to play like this, the game will really stop.
Al Jefferson was replaced, Gobert played center, Marion power forward, outside Cosby, Qin Yang, Cory Brewer.
This lineup is fast and accurate in shooting.
The Mavericks offense and directly began to pick up speed.
Qin Yang forced a breakthrough, met the bag on the inside, passed the ball to Cory Brewer, Brewer received the ball and cut into the air, and scored with ease.
Immediately after Qin Yang made a steal, Cousins made another mistake.
Qin Yang passed to Cosby, and Cosby hit directly outside the three-point line.
Turning around, Cousins' mid-range shot was interfered with by Marion, Gobert got the rebound, Qin Yang Cosby covered, and after continuously passing the ball, Qin Yang pretended to pass the ball to Gobert and dunked to score.
In a wave, the Kings equalized.
Cousins continued to push and hit the basket to stabilize the situation.
But the Mavericks didn't panic at all, Thackeray came out for five minutes after Marion was tired, Gobert was a big forward, Seth Curry was injured, and Cory Brewer was off.
Seth Curry and Cosby played, and there was no defense on the outside.
But the outside offense will be at the peak of the Mavericks.
That's right, Seth Curry's outside shooting is outstanding, and so is Cosby, with a three-man three-point combination thrown endlessly.
Qin Yang's outside line attracts the bag, and the two of them can get a chance.
The same two of them scored, attracting the defense, and Qin Yang was able to score alone.
Such players are mutually reinforcing.
In just seven or eight minutes, the Mavericks not only did not fall behind, but opened up the difference in one fell swoop. In the seventh minute of the third quarter, when Al Jefferson came up again, the Mavericks led by eight points.
Al played, and Qin Yang could finally rest.
The Kings are still strong, and Cousins is playing explosively.
But the combination of Calderon and Al Jefferson played well and was not defeated in waves.
When Qin Yang came on the court in the fourth quarter, the two teams fought again.
At the critical moment, Qin Yang turned on the MVP mode.
When the outside line met the Kings, they met the gods and killed the gods, and they were violent and invincible, which directly completely blew up the outside line of the Kings.
Cousins' 41 points and 16 rebounds in the game, except for 6 turnovers that were slightly embarrassing, the performance was undoubtedly strong.
But Qin Yang had 51 points and 11 assists, withstood the impact of Cousins, beat the Kings, and led the team to victory.
But the news after the game made the Mavericks players dull.