Chapter Seventy-Nine: Brainless
Within two minutes of the temporary change of formation by the junior general Johnson and the small lineup sent by the Mavericks, the situation on the court was completely reversed again.
"Huh"
Another drifting mid-range hit, Nowitzki clenched his right hand into a fist and waved it fiercely in the air, his medium-long hair fluttering slightly, looking domineering.
Behind him was Chen Mu, who looked depressed, constantly scolding himself.
"Why? Why can't you stop him? Why is it that when I touch the inside line with accurate and strong mobility, I will always be exposed to scum?! ”
Chen Mu hated and hated that his defense was not up to par, and there were always problems with position selection and defensive awareness.
In addition to developing some skills to patrol and supplement defense and interfere with outside attackers in the face of the Heat, Chen Mu's defensive skills have always been lackluster.
Bosh, Brand, Boozer...... Every time he encounters an accurate inside line, Chen Mu is always helpless, he can only run again and again, watching the opponent hit the jump shot again and again above his head, but he is helpless.
This time, he will not meet a player of the level of Bosboozer, but an MVP-level player Nowitzki.
Compared with the previous opponents, Nowitzki's shooting has almost become a trend, and his mobility is also quite good, and the breakthrough of the face frame and three-point shooting are the level of small forwards, which makes Chen Mu defenseless.
Every time he came to the offensive end, Nowitzki could always use various methods to shake off Chen Mu's defense, and then hit the shot. And if Chen Mu chooses to press tightly and follow closely with his footsteps, Nowitzki will begin to break through again, and he will be underestimated against him, and the comprehensive offensive means are "outrageous", which will make Chen Mu's body incomplete.
"Even Duncan and Garnett aren't so difficult to prevent......!"
Looking at Nowitzki's dashing skills, Chen Mu hoped that he could have a super defensive sense in an instant, bite every step of the opponent, interfere with every shot of the opponent, and completely freeze Nowitzki.
Strong shooting ability is perhaps the biggest gap between ordinary players and superstars, Nowitzki's shooting adjustment ability can be called BT, no matter what form his body twists into when shooting, his upper body can still remain stable, and his hands are as ruthless as machines.
The ultra-high arc made Chen Mu's fast bounce useless, and Dirk's power was completely exerted on Chen Mu's head, mobilizing the passion of the fans in the audience in an instant, and the shouts shook the sky.
"Attack!"
Iverson shouted, Chen Mu came to the weak side to wait, and after some cooperation, the basketball came to Chen Mu's hands again.
One-on-one, again against Nowitzki.
Chen Mu tried to calm down, but he couldn't shake Nowitzki with several shooting feints, and he was cut off by Nowitzki, who had good steal ability, and wanted to shoot in the middle distance but was stuck by the opponent, and couldn't find a chance to shoot at all.
Seeing that the time was about to come to 24 seconds again, Chen Mu had to make a hasty shot, and under the interference of Nowitzki's long arm, the basketball smashed on the basket and flew high. Before Chen Mu could enter the interior to grab the rebound, Howard rushed over and bagged the rebound.
"No more."
Off the field, Cheeks can really see it, in Chen Mu's eyes, he can no longer see reason and calmness, at this time Chen Mu is like a beast trapped in a cage, he has no strength but can't exert his strength, he can only roar at the people who hold him through the cage.
This animal trainer is Nowitzki.
"Bang!"
Marching indirect ball, Nowitzki strode into the basket, Chen Mu had already been picked up by his feints, and before he landed, Webb in front of him was too slow to make up for the defense, and after all, Nowitzki seized the opportunity and scored angrily.
“WO――HO!!”
After landing, Nowitzki burst out with passion, looking up to the sky and roaring, and the score had come to 53-44, a 9-point gap.
Cheeks called a timeout.
"Substitution."
After the game, Cheeks said his thoughts straightforwardly, patted Hunter, who had been waiting for a long time in frustration, and said: "Chen is off, Hunter, you go to defend Dirk." ”
"Yes, Coach!"
Hunter stood up, high-fived his teammates one by one, and prepared to go into the fight.
"Wait, coach, didn't you say you would replace me when there were three minutes left?" Chen Mu was anxious, and hurriedly said loudly: "It's not even three minutes now, let me try it again!" ”
"Let you try again?" Chicks turned his head angrily, glanced at Chen Mu with both eyes, and said, "What do you want to try?" How to get completely blown up by Dirk? ”
"I ......"
Chen Mu was speechless, that's right, since Nowitzki came on the field, he has completely lost himself. The offense was unfavorable, the defense was not strong, and he was forcibly taken by Dirk, and I don't know how many points he scored, but the team's score was stagnant.
In Chen Mu's lonely eyes, the game restarted and after replacing Hunter, although the defensive interior line lacked offensive ability, his defense was diligent and steady, and under the constant interference, it also made Nowitzki's hot hand decline slightly.
"Toot"
Soon after, the first half ended, and the 76ers lost a good comeback on the road, 47-56 at halftime, trailing by nine points.
"Let's go, go back to the locker room."
After half-time, Cheeks looked very bad, stretched out his hand, and walked back to the dressing room with a group of players.
Behind them, in the arena of the American Airlines Center, the fans shouted earth-shattering.
The Mavericks' formation change worked very well, and Harris continued to pester Iverson, making the superstar, who had already had a bad hand today, almost dumb.
And Nowitzki even blew up the opponents of the 76ers one by one, entered a state of killing, and no one was unstoppable at all, and he scored 21 points and 6 rebounds in the half, with amazing firepower.
"21 points at halftime."
Waving the technical statistics table in his hand, Cheeks was furious, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "What about defense? What about defense? What are you going to do to make Dirk score 50 points??! ”
All players know that what Cheeks is scolding is the 76ers' interior group.
Chen Mu, Webb, Hunter, the three main interior rotation players all lowered their heads, not knowing how to deal with the coach's anger.
"In the second half, the three of you each have two minutes."
After some venting, Cheeks' face sank, and he spoke: "Within two minutes, each of them will go and face Nowitzki." If it doesn't work out, you don't have to play this game. ”
Hearing this, Chen Mu was terrified, two minutes, according to the general rotation, he would not play at the beginning of the third quarter.
In other words, after the start of the third quarter, Hunter and Webb will take turns against Nowitzki, and it is conceivable that the effect will be slightly better for Hunter, but the gap is not large.
After four minutes, he will be on the court, also two minutes, if he can't show a performance that surpasses the other two, especially Hunt's defensive effect, then this game is equivalent to an early end for him.
Can I do it in two minutes......?
Chen Mu was completely bottomless in his heart.
The half-time break ended quickly and the second half resumed.
After the opening, the Mavericks clearly deliberately gave the ball to the hot Nowitzki.
Hunter and Webb, both of whom are not known for their speed, were ravaged by Nowitzki in turn, and in just over four minutes, Nowitzki added nine points to his scoring record.
Before the third quarter was over, Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points.
"Chen, it's your turn."
Cheeks' face turned pale, and after the dead ball, he replaced Chen Mu on the field.
Chen Mu had never felt that the last game was such a tormenting thing, it seemed that every step was extremely heavy, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, constantly dragging his body.
"Don't play, you'll be abused!"
Deep inside him, there was a voice shouting like this.
Mavericks attack.
Terry and Dirk made a high block and returned the ball to Dirk, who took a step outside the free throw line to face Chen Mu's defense.
Raising his hand slightly, Nowitzki was about to shoot, Chen Mu tried his best to restrain the urge to jump, and stepped forward to stick to Nowitzki's footsteps.
Nowitzki did not hesitate, forced a breakthrough from Chen Mu's left side, and suddenly made a sudden stop near the bottom line, throwing Chen Mu out of a small half step, and then opened his hand to make a mid-range shot.
"Huh"
The basketball fell into the net again, and the score came to 51-67, and the 76ers were already trailing by 16 points.
In the second half, the Mavericks' opening 11 points were all scored by Nowitzki.
“BOOMZA! Dirk Nowitzki!! ”
The DJ chanted Nowitzki's name wildly, and the fans waved their big gloves and kept shouting for the absolute heart of the team.
With a sigh, Chen Mu sent out the baseline ball and returned to the offensive end to participate in the attack.
Receiving the ball on the weak side, the Mavericks' defense has not yet rotated on the strong side, Chen Mu only has Nowitzki in front of him, he gritted his teeth and chose to play with his back to the single.
The clumsy back-to-back skills were not enough to support Chen Mu's thoughts, and Nowitzki fought well, not moving half a step under several shocks. Chen Mu was helpless, turned around, and was ready to shoot before Nowitzki made a steal.
"Smack!"
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound, the basketball in Chen Mu's hand disappeared, he panicked, and when he looked back, he saw that the person who snatched the basketball in his hand was none other than his teammate Iverson!
With Chen Mu's blocking, Iverson did not hesitate to shoot a shot, no celebration, no joy, no excitement, before Iverson turned around and returned to defense, he shouted loudly to Chen Mu:
"You brainless, haven't you figured it out yet?! One-on-one, how could you possibly ever win Dirk? Do you want to turn back into the black hole of the stadium?! What the hell! ”
Almost roaring after saying these few words, Iverson quickly retreated, leaving Chen Mu stunned in place, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
"yes......!"
Back on the defensive end, Chen Mu stared at Nowitzki's movements, but a swift storm unfolded in his mind.
"One-on-one, how could I be a match for Nowitzki? It's like against Duncan, it's against Garnett, if it's one-on-one, no matter how hard I try, with the current strength, it's impossible to match them. ”
How did you win the previous game? Why was he able to play well at that time, even if he was blown up by his opponent, he was still able to make his own contribution?
Chen Mu's brain was constantly storming, he was like being in the middle of a hurricane, the sky above his head was lightning and thunder, and the torrential rain fell suddenly, drenching him in an instant.
"Why do I have to be obsessed with going head-to-head with Dirk? Why can't you change your mind and be a dead brain? ”
Nowitzki in front of him had already received the basketball and made a three-threat move again, the storm in Chen Mu's brain stopped instantly, the dark clouds quickly dispersed, and the sun shone on the earth.
"Aren't the previous victories all the credit of the team? On another occasion when did I really turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop by relying entirely on my own personal strength? ”
At a glance, not far behind Dirk, Iguodala had quietly begun to approach, Chen Mu's mind was instantly clear, all distracting thoughts were swept away, and only one thought remained:
"Dirk, I know what to do with you......!"