Chapter 190: The Battle of Cows and Horses (4)
Carman has no difficulty with Whiteside, to be honest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Originally, Qin Yan remembered that Whiteside went to China to practice and returned to the NBA to become the king of blocks + rebounds, and now he brought him to the Spurs in advance, I don't know if Whiteside can maintain this strong progress.
No matter how you think about it, Whiteside has more people to teach him with the Spurs, and with the dual tutelage of Duncan and Popovich, I think his leaky block problem should be improved.
Of course, there is still a long way to go to get to that point, at least not for now.
Therefore, in the next few rounds, although Whiteside worked hard, his defense against Kaman was not very effective, and Kaman didn't need much skill to hit him.
Leaning on his back, then punching hard, or turning around and breaking through after his back, Carman can crush Whiteside with his brute force anyway.
So in the first five rounds of the Mavericks' offense, Carman hit three of four, and only one ball was pressed too tightly by Whiteside, and Carman shot a little faster to let the ball deflect.
But fortunately, although the effect of defending Carman is not too good, the Spurs have done a good job on the offensive end, so the score of the two teams is still tied 8:8.
This result is acceptable, Popovich watched from the sidelines, although he felt that the center had a tendency to be beaten up, but at least he worked hard.
This newcomer who has just returned from the NBDL is indeed very powerful, although his current performance is not very good, and he looks immature in many places, but his unyielding energy is exactly what Popovich wants.
I didn't see that although Kaman bumped into him again and again, he could block it back at the first time, although Kaman looked good at the beginning, but Popovich bet that Kaman would not be so comfortable in the future.
Sometimes, some people just have to grow up faster in a difficult environment.
The Mavericks attacked this time, and it was not surprising that Carman was holding the ball again, and Whiteside also stepped up again and started a hand-to-hand fight with him.
"Boy, why don't you give up! You can't stop me! Carman felt that the kid behind him still wanted to continue to fight with him, and he suddenly felt a little unhappy, how could this be a tendency to be abused? Or simply can't let go and don't give up?
"Want me to throw in the towel? It's not that easy! Whiteside, despite the redness of the exertion, did not take a step back, and pressed behind Carman.
"Why is this kid's strength getting bigger and bigger every time?" Kaman felt that it might be his own delusion, and he always felt that the kid behind him was getting more and more difficult, and the pressure on himself was increasing.
In desperation, Kaman gave up his plan to eat this kid, after all, he couldn't fight with the stunned boy behind him from the beginning, how could he fight in a game like that?
Carman passed the ball five seconds before his back, and Nowitzki took the ball, shook Duncan away with a very realistic feint, and then dribbled inside for a three-step layup.
"Don't think about it!" Whiteside didn't know if it was because he had just blocked Carman's self-confidence, and as soon as he turned his head and saw Nowitzki really rushing straight to the inside, his mind suddenly surged with blood, and without saying a word, he left Carman directly, and rushed towards Nowitzki, looking like he was about to take Nowitzki's layup down.
"Don't go over!" Popovich on the field saw this scene and stood up directly with his thighs, and at the same time kept scolding Whiteside for being stupid.
Who is Nowitzki? The top five power forwards in history will leak flaws so easily to give you a hat? This is obviously digging a big hole and waiting for someone to jump, and after a while, whether he comes or passes, Whiteside will be deceived into a foul.
But Whiteside didn't think about it so much, that's how he played in the NBDL, and now he just returned to the NBA, and he can't change the "die if you don't block" problem for a while, no, he just gave up Kaman and prepared to come to Govitzki.
Nowitzki saw him rushing over, and he didn't dodge much, and the most comfortable and reasonable choice for Nowitzki to pass to Carman behind Whiteside for him to dunk, and then by the way, he could cook and dunk the newcomer in front of him, plus make him a foul.
But Nowitzki is the boss of the Mavericks, the fifth or even the top three (the first Duncan is unshakable) power forward in future history, and it would be too shameful to coax a newcomer who has just risen from the NBDL.
What's more, there is still a Barkley sitting on the commentary stage today who has always looked down on himself and said that he is a soft egg. Nowitzki doesn't have to think about it to know that if he passes the ball, Barkley will definitely turn on the taunt mode and spray himself in the face immediately.
Well, in that case, then boy, I'm sorry, it's not that I, Nowitzki, don't give you a way to live, if you want to blame you, blame Barkley, he made me tougher.
Determined to shut up Barkley, the annoying senior, Nowitzki also sped up his breakthrough, then raised the basketball with his right hand and kicked the ground with his left foot, turning a three-step layup into a dunk!
At the same time, his left hand is crossed in front of his chest, ready to be used to separate opponents who try to block the hat.
Whiteside genuinely felt like a block fanatic, and although he saw that Nowitzki was ready to block it, he jumped up without hesitation, stretched out his long arm and prepared to press Nowitzki's dunk down.
"Arrogance!" It was the first thought on the minds of everyone who saw this scene except for the Spurs.
Who is Nowitzki? That's not a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually, and this time Nowitzki has already made a gesture to dunk, and you, a newcomer, still have an expression of not giving up if you don't cover you, which is a bit of a bully.
If it was Duncan and someone of the same level who did this, it would be a little better, and it wouldn't seem too abrupt, you Whiteside is just a rookie who has just been promoted from the NBDL and started the first game, and you are so disrespectful to your seniors?
"Drink!" Nowitzki also felt offended, which strengthened his determination to teach Whiteside a lesson.
"Smack!" Surprisingly, Whiteside, his hand actually touched the ball in Nowitzki's hand!
"It's covered!" Feeling his fingers touch the ball, Whiteside was happy.
"Don't even think about it!!" Nowitzki yelled, and then saw the green tendon in his right hand burst out, and out of nowhere, a strong force made him directly smash the ball into the basket with Whiteside's hand!
"Boom!"
"Tick-"
The referee blew the whistle and gestured at the same time, Nowitzki had 2 points valid and a free throw!
"Well, I knew!" Popovich patted his thigh with some annoyance, originally thought that this new disciple could make a counterattack, but he didn't expect to be fouled, it seems that he is still too tender!
However, Popovich has no plans to change people, and when he grows up, he always has to pay some tuition and so on......