Chapter 191: The Battle of Cattle and Horses (5)
Nowitzki slammed the ball and beat his chest in a rare and wild way, demanding applause from the crowd at the entire arena. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The audience was excited, and they rarely saw Nowitzki's wild side. Nowitzki belongs to the kind of guy who can shoot and never dunk, sometimes he won't dunk a basket in a game, but he didn't expect to come out and dunk so early in today's game.
Barkley watched the scene from the commentary podium, and to be honest, he was going to taunt Nowitzki because he felt that Nowitzki would definitely pass the ball instead of himself, even if the pass would be better in this case, and Barkley was ready to call him a soft egg.
However, to Barkley's surprise, Nowitzki didn't pass the ball, and then he had a hard time with the Spurs newcomer, and hit a "2+1" with a smashing dunk, so that the word "soft egg" that was already in his mouth had to be swallowed back, with a constipated expression.
"Haha, Charles, you miscalculated this time, didn't you endure it very hard, I didn't expect Dirk to be so tough this time, haha." Kenny Smith was so happy to see Barkley's expression that he wanted to say but couldn't say, he really felt very happy, it was rare to see him deflated.
"Hmph." What a tsundere person Barkley is, how could he admit that he miscalculated, he can only use the word "hum" to express his dissatisfaction.
Kenny Smith didn't provoke him, but explained very seriously, "If Dirk could have been so tough, I think he would have won the championship in '06." ”
And in the court, Whiteside was depressed, he had already touched the ball, who knew that this guy who looked thin and didn't have a few taels of flesh would burst out with so much strength, and he even dunked his own hand into the basket, and now Whiteside's hand is still a little painful.
"Smack!" Duncan pressed Whiteside's head and then touched his forehead to comfort him in this peculiar way.
Qin Yan and the others also rushed over, each of them hammering a fist into Whiteside's chest.
"Yes, you dare to directly challenge Nowitzki, there's a kind!"
"Hassan can, it's almost covered!"
"It's okay Hassan, it's okay if you don't cover it this time until next time."
Whiteside looked at his teammates who comforted him, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart disappeared in an instant, and he got the support of his teammates, indicating that they began to recognize themselves!
Nowitzki made the free throw to give his team a three-point lead.
Duncan whispered something to Whiteside as he went to serve the ball, and although Whiteside looked surprised, he nodded anyway.
Back on the offensive end, instead of stealing a three-pointer, the Spurs took advantage of a high post pick-and-roll, and Leonard got an open spot one step inside the three-point line before hitting a rebound shot.
When the audience retreated this time, they saw Duncan nodding to Whiteside, they didn't know what Duncan was going to do, but when both teams were in position and ready to fight a positional battle, the current audience suddenly became uncalm and booed.
Even Barkley and Kenny Smith on the commentary stand felt that the Spurs were playing a bit big this time.
Because, now on the court, the defender of Nowitzki is Whiteside, who has just been blocked by him, and Duncan is now defending Carman!
This is definitely not Popovich's tactic! And Popovich didn't call a timeout just now! Then this can only mean one thing, that is, the whispering between Duncan and Whiteside just now was not talking about anything else, but about the two of them changing guards!
And this thing was 100% not Whiteside's idea, he should not have the courage to be a newcomer, so Duncan instructed him to do this!
"Tim, what is this doing? That newcomer's level struggled to defend against Chris, and now you want him to defend against Dirk? He will be killed by Dirk's Golden Rooster on his own. Kenny Smith said objectively, indeed, that's what the fans at the scene thought.
Nowitzki's shooting is very accurate, especially the signature stunt - the "Golden Rooster Independence" step-back jumper, which is one of the unsolvable tricks of the NBA in the 21st century, once used, there is no other way to stop him from scoring except Nowitzki's bad hand.
Nowitzki has played the game for so many years, and he basically won the world by writing this trick, so why is it difficult to defend? One is because Nowitzki is tall and his arms are not short, the second is because the backward jump shot is inherently difficult to defend, and the third is because Nowitzki's feet are too high when he shoots, which is to destroy the "sexual happiness" life of a man's life.
In this case, who is willing to work thanklessly to prevent "golden rooster independence"? Since the beginning of the 21st century, in the position of power forward, except for Kevin Garnett, who flew away in the sky when he was young, there is hardly a second move that can cover him head-on, not even Duncan. If you count the center position, maybe the young Howard can also cover it, oh, if Uncle Mu who was in the Rockets can be 5 years younger, maybe he can do it.
This is the key to why Nowitzki can score more than 20,000 points, no matter how the opponent defends, he is in position and then catches the ball, and then throws the ball out.
So, now, when Nowitzki finds out that the defender behind him has changed from Duncan to Whiteside, no matter how good Nowitzki's cultivation is, he is a bit of a top.
"Hey, boy, why did Tim let you come? Does he look down on me? Nowitzki asked as he feints after receiving the ball.
“…… He believed I could. Whiteside didn't want to talk, but he felt that Nowitzki was his senior after all, and if it was a bit rude not to say a word, even if it was trash talk next, then he had to say hello first.
"Hmph, he's really confident, so I don't know if you have confidence?" Nowitzki wanted to laugh a little, what's wrong with this Tim? would even let the subordinates who just came out as cannon fodder? Is he tired? Or is he injured and wants the newcomers to share his worries?
Whiteside didn't think about it so much, just silently felt the change in Nowitzki's strength, and noticed that Nowitzki seemed to have taken all his strength back, and there was a movement to turn around, and he immediately became nervous!
"It's coming, Golden Rooster Independence!" Whiteside is also very envious of this big killing move, one move is eaten all over the world, but he didn't expect this move to be used in front of his eyes today!
Nowitzki jumped, raising one foot high to maintain his balance, casually separating anyone who tried to seal head-on.
Perfect hand shape, perfect arc, Nowitzki easily hit this mid-range shot, "Golden Rooster Independence" really lived up to its name, and even Whiteside was suppressed and didn't jump at all!
Could it be, scared silly, right?