Chapter 54 Western Cowboy VS Bragging Daddy

The Dallas Mavericks are currently the most formidable opponent the Grizzlies have faced, and the Grizzlies are far from being able to compete with the Mavericks in terms of strength and fame.

Over the past few years, the Mavericks have been on a decent team, but have never been able to reach the level that Dallas people identify themselves in.

This summer, the Mavericks' introduction of Marion, Gooden and others is very eye-catching, but the failure to get Gortat and the loss of Bass together make the team still in a situation where the highlights and shortcomings are clear, which means that the Mavericks still have a lot of room for ups and downs.

Last season's 50+ wins were not the key to measuring Carlisle's coaching results, with the arrival of Marion and Gooden, Carlisle no longer has the excuse of "obvious shortcomings in the lineup" - Marion is a player who can play 5 positions on the field when necessary, and Gooden has the theoretical possibility of filling Dampier's "lack of center attack", and Carlisle's job is to find the most beneficial combination in the rotation and kneading.

The Mavericks' main offensive line can be simply understood as the following two types: one is Nowitzki's absolute shooting accuracy that has been fixed for many years, and the other is Kidd's tandem. Now, the 31-year-old Nowitzki will increase his interior attacking intensity, allowing him to play with his fitness and experience, as well as helping to make room for his teammates' perimeter attacks. With Marion in possession, Kidd has an extra pass destination that can play smartly, and the Mavericks' running offense is expected to take it up a notch, especially when it comes to a small lineup.

In defense, the Mavericks have also improved, let's think that Dampier has earned tens of millions of annual salaries through defensive ability is worth the money, and his defensive level will not decline significantly with the reduction of game time, then the key person to define the Mavericks' offensive and defensive grade is Kidd, in terms of experience and technical ability, Kidd has been one of the best defensive players over the years, but the cruel reality is that he is a year older, and will be 37 years old next spring. The introduction of Marion means that the Mavericks have a top defender at the forward and even power forward positions.

And now the X factor that affects the Mavericks' performance is Josh Howard, who clashed with Li Feng before the game, compared with when he won an annual salary of 10 million three years ago and was clamored by Cuban as "no reason if you don't make it to the All-Star team", Josh Howard is actually regressing, his "20+7" indicator, last season slipped to "18+5", in addition to drug abuse, nightclub fun and drag racing and other problems of youth complex, his most important thing is that he only played 52 games last season, due to ankle surgery, Howard missed all preseason games, With other strong points basically fully effective, Howard, who has just returned from injury, will continue to show upward momentum after returning from injury, which will be the key to the Mavericks' performance up and down.

In today's game, Carlisle gave Josh Howard enough trust, the Mavericks excluded lineup is very strong, the center is Eric Damppier, who has been in good form recently, the big forward is undoubtedly "German Chariot" Dirk Nowitzki, small forward "Hacker" Sean Marion, the scoring guard is not Terry but Josh Howard, and the point guard Jason Kidd.

On the Grizzlies' side, perhaps the big win over the Bobcats gave them too much confidence, but the atmosphere in the home locker room was unusually hot, is this really the team locker room before a big game? On the surface, it seems more like the victorious side is celebrating the victory, and everyone seems to have imagined the victory as their own.

"Aren't you going to say a word?"

Faced with all the things in the locker room, the assistant coach said to Hollins with a frown.

A team's confidence in winning before a game can undoubtedly boost the morale of the players, but once this confidence turns into a sense of arrogant pride, then the pride of the army is not a joke, but the assistant coach is a little strange, because Hollins can't fail to see this, but why should he let it all go? …,

Watching the players in the locker room turn into braggart dads, Hollins smiled at his assistant:

"Wow, our lads are so confident that they will do a great job in the game!"

Hollins' words stunned him, and with his knowledge of the head coach, the old Hollins would not be able to say such a thing.

Sure enough, before the words fell, Hollins's second sentence blurted out, only this time the voice could only be heard by the two of them:

"Don't you think we're too smooth this time, Charlotte Bobcats can't even make the playoffs, but before the game, we don't have the confidence to win, and the boys all see the Bobcats as a strong opponent to deal with, and after the last big win of more than 20 points, the tense nerves in their hearts are relaxed, they think that even the Mavericks are not much better than the Bobcats, no matter what we say, it's useless, only let them go to the field to suffer a little, This group of boys will know what is in the NBA, and many people say that the record is equal to the strength of the team. ”

Bang Bang Bang!

Hollins clapped his hands, and the braggart dads reluctantly ended their conversation, and Randolph and Gasol were still arguing about which chick was hotter in the cheerleaders, and they were both a little impatient to see Hollins.

"Well, today's starters are, point guard Mike Conley, shooting guard OJ Mayo, small forward Rudy Gay, power forward...... Li Feng, center Marc Gasol. ”

Power Forward...... Li Feng?

Today I start the game?

When Hollins read out the roster for the game, Ryan couldn't believe his ears.

In this game, Hollins arranged for him to team up with Marc Gasol, and in Hollins' words: such a combination can improve the team's speed and keep up with the fast pace of the Mavericks.

As the game began, Mark Gasol was tasked with jumping the ball in the center circle, and when the referee threw the basketball into the air, Mark jumped up at the same time as Marion of the Mavericks, facing the basketball and stretching out their long arms. However, Marion bounced much better than Mark, and with this advantage, the basketball was eventually touched by hackers first.

If I come, this opportunity will be ours!

Seeing the basketball fall into the hands of the opposing point guard Kidd, Li Feng pouted and ran back to his own half court to participate in the team's defense.

Compared with the previous Avery Johnson, although the academic Carlisle emphasizes more defense, he has a lot of offensive freedom, and the Mavericks' offense pays attention to shooting when he has the opportunity, and by improving the pace of the game and increasing the offensive and defensive rounds, so as to get more shots and achieve the goal of climbing the score.

Kidd was walking around on the outside, waiting for his teammates to run out of the space, but when he found that Conley, who was defending him, was still one step away from him, Kidd, who was outside the three-point line, suddenly held the ball in both hands and shot a three-pointer without warning, Conley didn't expect Kidd to shoot at this time.

Kidd's three-point shot was not accurate, but Conley was careless with this shot, and an old monster like Kidd would not let go of any opportunity to make a shot.

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