Chapter 475: Difficult to Prevent
Yang Di showed off his power in Dallas, and he showed super destructive power in the penalty area.
But the overall strength of the Mavericks is not inferior to the Warriors at all, and even surpasses them, as a representative of the league's single-core team, the Mavericks have opened the ranks of top teams in the past two years.
The pinnacle matchup between the Western giants, who eliminated the 63-win Spurs, has entered a mysterious state at this time.
The morale of the players is high and scoring is not too difficult for them.
The Warriors trailed the Mavericks by eight points at halftime, 45-53.
The Warriors' players were a little disappointed, and the atmosphere was depressing in the locker room at halftime.
Yang Di clenched his fists, although he closed his eyes and did not speak, his mind was racing rapidly, thinking about how to play in the next second half.
'We have to play more aggressively, we have to adapt to the away atmosphere and the referee's scale.
Montgomery shouted loudly, still saying some clichés, without some substance, and after Yang Di listened to it, he stopped listening to the head coach's chicken soup.
"Hey~" He sighed slightly.
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The second half is about to begin.
The fans returned to the stadium one after another, and Yang Di stood on the sidelines, looking into the stands, and the white expanse was full of people he had never known.
"We just beat Dampier down, and they have one less big player on the inside." Tyson Chandler said:
"That's right." Byron Davis chimed in: "Dampier has already committed three fouls, and if he fouls again, he will have to go off the court. ”
When Yang Di heard the chat between the two of them, he didn't really agree with it in his heart.
"The Mavericks are full of talent, even if Dampier goes down, he is still a heavyweight interior Diop, even if he is slightly weaker than Dampier, but he will not be weaker, the functions of the two are there, they are both playing the role of blue collar and frame protector."
It didn't take long for both sides to start the second half.
Neither team has made any changes, it's still some of the same personnel.
The Warriors had the first wave of offensive possession, Byron beckoned Tyson to come out to block for him, and Yang Di could only fall to the weak side to look for opportunities.
After the two played the pick-and-roll, Yang Di and Danny Granger on the side did off-ball cover.
The tactical appearance turned out to be similar to the Mavericks' tactics.
It's just that Yang Di has become an empty cutter, and the Mavericks pay attention to Yang Di's defense, which suddenly attracts a lot of attention, and Dampier is a little lax about Tyson Chandler, who is much more dynamic than him.
Byron's eyes flashed, and he boldly passed the ball out, and Chandler cut to the baseline, jumped in the air, and flattened his head to the basket.
After receiving the ball, smash the buckle with both arms.
"Good shot!"
Yang Di shouted, although Byron and Yang Di played more blocking and dismantling, but the actual efficiency of blocking and dismantling with Chandler was also very high, and Chandler's ability to catch dunks in the air was not much weaker than Yang Di.
So because of the two super running and jumping interior lines, the Warriors are also known as bombers by other NBA teams today.
Mavericks attack.
Nowitzki received the ball in the low post and singled Yang Di with his back.
He still needs to dribble, and when dribbling, Yang Di reaches over and wants to interfere with his dribbling.
Nowitzki pulled out alertly, dodging Yang Di's big hand, Yang Di was not greedy, a small jump and Novitsky were closer, and Nowitzki was forced to dribble out, further away from the basket.
Seeing that there were no particularly good shooting opportunities, Nowitzki did not rush to shoot, and gave the ball out.
Devin Harris on the outside received the ball, stepped like he was carrying a bag of explosives, and rushed inside.
Forty degrees obliquely, Terry raised his hands.
The moment the Warriors contracted the defense, Harris gave the ball to the wing Terry, who received the ball without hesitation, made a three-point shot, and hit!
The Warriors trailed by nine points at 47-56.
The crowd cheered, the first of the second half, as Terry excitedly stepped back, holding out three fingers vertically like gliders, before opening his arms in celebration.
Yang Di glanced at him and snorted coldly.
In the middle of the half, Byron Davis faced Terry, first dribbling the ball under his crotch and then holding the ball right to the right.
Suddenly changed direction in front of the body, twisted the body, and broke through from the left side.
Although Terry defends poorly, it is not so easy, and he is physically flexible, so he can easily keep up with Byron Davis, but it is one thing to keep up, and it is another thing to be able to prevent it.
Byron's muscular body crashed into it, and Terry felt like a reed, and he was knocked out of the gap without resistance.
Byron plunged headlong into it, and in the flash of light, Nowitzki decided to make up for it.
It's the most basic reaction as an interior player.
Byron's vision was blocked, although he knew that Yang Di should be an unguarded vacancy at this time, but he didn't know where he was, and he had a heart to jump up and pass the ball, but he found that his speed had risen.
He simply chose to attack on his own, picked up the ball, and went straight to the basket.
Dampier faced the menacing beard, took a step sideways, and joined Nowitzki in making a basket defense.
Byron High threw his hand and left hand to avoid Dampier and Nowitzki.
The force of the basketball is obviously too strong, and it flies out and smashes on the basket and bounces up.
The wind behind Nowitzki's head rang loudly, and the fans at the scene let out an exclamation in unison.
"Bang dang!"
Like Tarzan of the Apes, the black No. 8 grabbed the basketball in the air, pulled the ball back with both hands, and then shook his arms angrily, hanging his hands on the basket and floating out.
"Buckle from Yang Di!"
Josh Howard, Terry, and the others watched as the monster rushed into the hinterland, unable to do anything about it.
Subsequently, there was an offensive fault in the Mavericks, with Nowitzki, Josh Howard and others missing shots, and Terry's layup was also seriously deflected under the interference of Jandy.
Byron threw in the middle range, and Danny Granger made a layup that caused the Mavericks to foul, and the Warriors chased it to 51-56.
The Warriors' fans are uplifted, and morale is sometimes like the cheers of the fans, and when the fans cheer especially hard, it means that the team must be in a stage of high morale.
Avery Johnson immediately called a timeout.
Although he is only a young coach, he is a player, and he has a very accurate judgment on the changes in the situation on the field.
After the timeout, it was still Terry, who hit a pull-up jumper to stabilize the Mavericks.
The Warriors' morale dropped slightly, and the difference between the two teams has remained around 7 to 10 points since then.
At 3 minutes and 44 seconds in the third quarter, Yang Di received a pass from Danny Granger, singled Nowitzki in the low post, leaned back, turned around and made a shooting feint, shook Nowitzki, and then used his left foot as the axis, stepped out with his right foot, tilted his body to throw the ball, and hit the board into the frame.
Nowitzki picked up the basketball and silently didn't speak, Yang Di was already about to score 20 points on his head, this young man was not weaker than Duncan in the previous round, and in a way, Nowitzki felt that he seemed to be more difficult to defend.