Chapter 188: The Battle of Cows and Horses (2)
The starters for the Spurs and Mavericks came in amid the chanting of Barkley and Kenny Smith. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Nine of the ten men who entered the court had confident smiles and performed their trademark pregame moves, such as Carter, who ran under the basket and pulled a pull-up to grab the basket.
Only one guy is still very nervous, and even a little with his hands and feet.
Needless to say, everyone knows that the only one who will be so unproductive is Whiteside, who has just joined the team.
"Smack!" Duncan still slapped the little brother on the back, "Cheer up!" It's your first game, and how many people are watching! Be confident! β
In fact, Duncan on the court usually doesn't say much, but there is no way, who lets himself now play with his little brother. He has to show the style of being a big brother, at least to give his little brother confidence, just as Robinson, the first time he played, gave him confidence.
Qin Yan also slapped Whiteside on the back, "Hassan, spirit point, you can do it, you are the one I chose!" β
After Whiteside came to the team, he knew that Qin Yan recommended him to the coach, and he was suddenly moved, and he almost knelt down directly.
From that moment on, Whiteside made up his mind, and from then on, he regarded Qin Yan as his boss, and he would do whatever Qin Yan said.
Leonard and Mills, who were left in the starting lineup, also came up and patted Whiteside to encourage him.
Maybe the four slaps really worked, and Whiteside felt as if he was less nervous, as if the previous feelings of inferiority, nervousness, and uneasiness had been slapped away by these slaps.
Yes, I'm no longer a little ghost who is still in the NBDL, and now I am a starter for an NBA team!
He tugged hard at the jersey on his chest, then looked at the spurs' jersey logo on his chest, took a deep breath, and walked up to the center circle.
Kaman was already waiting in the middle circle, and when he saw someone he had basically never seen coming, Carman was also a little curious, where did this child come from?
Whiteside looked at the bald man with a beard and a Viking look.
Chris Carman, this guy used to be a first-class center as well, and in this era of withering centers, this guy is the best representative of a floor-flow technical center with a body.
The referee stood between the two and made sure they were ready, the referee blew the whistle and threw the ball high into the air!
Jump! Hurry up and jump!
Whiteside only had one thought when he saw the ball flying into the air, and that was to jump up and grab the ball quickly!
Carman knew that he was a floor streamer, so he didn't use too much force for this jump ball.
Why? Because Whiteside knew that he was a runner and jumper at a glance, Carman himself was originally a brutalist center, but since the injury, Carman has transformed into a professional floor-flow player, and naturally he will not be stupid enough to compete with a runner and jumper.
So Kaman directly gave up the jump ball and motioned to his teammates to return to defense.
Whiteside easily clicked on the ball because he had no opponent, which made him happy and his confidence was immediately boosted.
Mills took the ball and slowly drove it across the half, looking for an opportunity.
It was Collison who defended Mills, who was also a short, and maybe Popovich was relieved to let Mills start because he knew that Collison was also short. After all, Mills's height is about 190 centimeters when he encounters a starting point guard, which is a natural misalignment, and it is rare to meet a person who is about the same height.
Mills and Collison are one-on-one, Carter and Qin Yan on the outside, Marion and Leonard are also one-on-one.
In 12 years, although Carter is not young, he is still quite powerful, in fact, when the Mavericks are the last time he can fly away, although this is the latter part of his career, he can still play wonderful dunks from time to time. (Think about the 17-year-old and 40-year-old Carter in the Grizzlies, you can still dunk to know how good Carter is.) )
Qin Yan and Carter are one-on-one, Carter's defense is better than when he was younger, and without the ball, Qin Yan found that he couldn't get rid of his entanglement to receive the ball comfortably.
Needless to say, Marion and Leonard are the same height, similar weight, and both are gibbons, and now their four long arms are entangled like twisted twists.
The outside line didn't have a chance, and Mills judged it as quickly as he could, and then passed it directly to the inside.
Duncan, at this time, it is the most appropriate time for the boss to come out to get the ball, Duncan stepped forward and caught this hit the ground.
As soon as he received the ball, he felt someone leaning over behind him, and this oppressive force was not small for ordinary people.
There will be no turning back to know who it is, and Duncan can already feel the breath of his old rival Nowitzki.
Nowitzki lowered his body and leaned behind Duncan, he felt that this old opponent was now more invulnerable, and the whole person seemed to be integrated with the arena, and he put a lot of pressure on himself without any movement.
Duncan was expressionless, leaned hard behind him, and collided with Nowitzki.
"Pengβ" The sound of the heavy collision between the two startled everyone.
"I'll go!" Qin Yan was taken aback, his own big brother was really ruthless when he came up, and he must have been ruthless just now.
Duncan is also puzzled now, in his impression that Nowitzki's defense is not as tough as it is, and the eight or nine successful collisions just now did not knock Nowitzki away.
Nowitzki is bitter now, he was hit by Duncan just now, and if it weren't for the fact that this was the first ball of the game, and it was the first duel between the two bosses, he might have retreated just now.
"Tsk, I didn't see Nowitzki being so tough." Qin Yan, who was entangled with Carter, couldn't help but sigh when he saw such a scene.
As soon as Duncan saw that the hard shot was ineffective, he turned to face the basket head-on, and then prepared to hook his hand.
"Tim! Naive! Nowitzki roared, and then put it on for the cap. At the same time, Carman let go of Whiteside and pounced on Duncan as well!
There was a reason for Carman to let Whiteside go, he could see that Whiteside was a beginner, and he didn't have any long-range attack ability at all, otherwise he wouldn't look extremely embarrassed to shrink back now.
Duncan looked at the two people who rushed towards him, still expressionless, and his raised right hand made a hook motion very steadily!
"It's too high! Don't enter! Backboard! Nowitzki said as soon as he saw Duncan's trajectory.
"Go ahead! Hassan! Duncan also shouted as soon as he made a move.
A black figure jumped up in the penalty area in the surprised eyes of the two big generals on the inside line of the Mavericks, and flew high towards the basketball in the air, the jersey on his body was windless and automatic, and the two big characters "25" behind him were particularly conspicuous!