Basketball: Man in 08, three months left before the Olympics

While the Dallas Mavericks were on the plateau, Cuban and his management weren’t idle.

Since the successful renewal of Pei Yun’s contract, Cuban and management have been committed to building a lineup system around Pei Yun and Nowitzki that suits him.

So far, though, they’ve only reached a deal to trade Devon Harris for the UAE.

But the deal deadline has not yet arrived, and Cuban and management are still trying to make a deal.

Now, the team’s big goal has been clear, not far next door to Houston, where there is Dayao, the number one center of the Dragon Kingdom.

Pei Yun’s good partner of the national team, the top show in ’02, is also the current No. 1 center in the West.

But the situation was not good, and the team sent by the Mavericks to discuss the trade was directly rejected.

In this era, big centers are very scarce, especially excellent big centers like Dayao, which will almost be a bargaining chip that the Rockets will not trade.

In other words, the Kuban, of course, will not trade.

However, there are no absolutes in everything, and the more difficult it is, the more Cuban wants to try and try.

He directly set up a temporary office in Houston, the purpose of which was to get the internal dynamics of the Rockets in the first place and then plan in a targeted manner.

Recently, the public relations team hired by Cuban at a high price reported that they found that a deputy general manager named Morey in the Rockets management was most likely the breakthrough in this incident.

In the management of Team Rocket, almost everyone likes the culture of the Dragon Kingdom and likes Dayao.

It is not only the record improvement brought to them by Dayao, but of course, the vast Dragon Kingdom market behind Dayao.

But this Morey is an exception, he does not like the Dragon Kingdom, and even has some resistance, often saying some anti-Dragon Country remarks.

The publicists believe that they can start with this Morey.

A new plan is already surging undercurrent.

……

Denver, Pepsi Center.

Just after the first half, coach Rick Carlisle received a phone call from the boss Cuban and had to answer it.

Carlisle certainly knows that Cuban is likely to make some big moves and implement them recently, and some things may require Carlisle’s cooperation on the pitch.

Sure enough, Cuban told him on the other end of the phone that his mission was to get Eric Dampier and Josh Howard to play a perfect set of stats this season and add value to the trade.

Preferably before the trading deadline.

So, Carlisle made adjustments to the lineup for the second half.

The “five high” lineup of Pei Yun, Howard, UAE, Novitsky and Dampier was lined up.

And when he was about to play, Carlisle called Pei Yun over alone and privately assigned the task.

Obviously, Pei Yun’s task is to “feed” Howard and Dampier with decent data.

He’s the point guard on the court, dominating the team’s offense, and of course he’s going to do those things.

If you just feed the ball for the sake of data, this kind of thing Pei Yun refuses.

But he understood that it was definitely Kuban’s arrangement that Carlisle wanted him to do this.

And the boss has recently gone around looking for a deal without sparing any effort, but also in order to configure a more suitable lineup for the team and Pei Yun.

So, Pei Yun nodded and agreed.

At the start of the second half, Anthony smiled after seeing the lineup after the Mavericks’ substitution.

“Hey, Changcee, look at their lineup, is this going to be five ‘centers’?”

Anthony deliberately exaggerated because the opponent played five people more than 2 meters tall, and in his cognition, this lineup had no movement at all, and it was an absolute failure.

Billups said expressionlessly: “Mellon, be careful, as far as I know, their head coach Rick Carlisle is very tactically proficient, and their point guard is different, not easy to play.” ”

Anthony said unimpressedly: “What are you afraid of, we have beasts like Nene and Kenyang on the inner line…”

Halfway through the sentence, Anthony suddenly stopped talking.

He remembered that he was in the Olympics, he was also so self-righteous, and then he lost the Olympic gold medal…

The shadow in his heart made Anthony suddenly shut up.

The Nuggets served and Billups brought the ball to the front court and handed it to Anthony.

Anthony singled Josh Howard again, turning to shoot from mid-range.

Hit!

Although Howard defended a lot more aggressively in the second half with Carlisle’s encouragement, Anthony felt hot in the half, and the halftime did not cool him down, and he still shot a difficult back-up mid-range.

54:65

The score went to double digits.

The Mavericks attacked, and because the average height of his teammates on the field was very high, Pei Yun lowered the tempo.

In fact, the Dragon Country national team in the Olympic knockout round also discharged the same “five” lineup.

Pei Yun “pressed” Billups behind him with the help of the Arab League’s blocking.

When the UAE took apart Anthony’s defense, Pei Yun burst in and accelerated to the basket.

The inside under the basket must be defended, otherwise, Billups, who was “pressed” behind Pei Yun, was completely unable to cause any defensive interference.

And when the inner defense was ready to block, Pei Yun shot in advance and threw the ball gently on the other side of the basket.

Dampier jumped to catch the ball under the basket and dunked Pei Yun’s open pass into the basket to easily score 2 points.

56:65

Carlisle under the field saw it in his eyes and nodded slightly.

The task he assigned to Pei Yun, Pei Yun completed it in the first round of attack, and it seemed very easy.

As he expected, Pei Yun has not only excellent individual ability, but also more valuable qualities.

He has the ability to change the course of the game subjectively!

On the court, the Nuggets attacked, Anthony continued to single, and Howard began to physically fight with greater intensity, although he was blew a foul by the referee.

But Anthony’s shot fluctuated and began to lose accuracy.

The Mavericks were on the offensive end, and Pei Yun began to unhurriedly lower the pace of the game.

And added the scene of Dampier’s attack.

The title of “second center in the West” may be regarded as a joke by some fans, thinking that this Dampier is boasting and does not know the height of the sky.

But the reality is that Dampier is tall and strong, his fighting ability is top-notch, and his technique is not too rough.

The reason why he didn’t play much in the Mavericks is actually related to the previous team’s playing style.

There is a group of pitchers on the outside, and from the inside, Novitsky’s back-to-back singles are clearly more threatening than his.

Although a player like Devin Harris breaks through sharply, his passing ability is average, and he cannot feed him directly.

So before Dampier, he was more responsible for the Mavericks’ interior frame and rebounding.

The Nuggets suddenly lost accuracy, and under Pei Yun’s leadership, the Mavericks gradually caught up with the point difference.

……

After that, Coach Carlisle began frequent “scheduling” work.

Kidd, Terry, Diop, Barria, Starkhouse, Gerard Green…

All of these players were given a chance to play, and Coach Carlisle used a frequent scheduling strategy of twelve-man rotation.

This situation is rare in the NBA.

However, although the Mavericks made frequent substitutions, Pei Yun played the full third quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks trailed by three points at 78:81.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Pei Yun still did not rest, and after he found his touch, he hit three consecutive three-pointers, and the score was instantly overtaken by the Mavericks.

91:85

The Nuggets were timed out, Anthony couldn’t sit still, he was going to play, to score, to win.

Along with him are the remaining four main players of the team.

However, he met the suddenly “awakened” Josh Howard with a bad feeling, and scoring was no longer as simple and casual as in the first half.

Billups’ mid-range shot also dropped the mark.

Not to mention Nene and Martin, who have no autonomous attack ability.

However, at this time, JR Smith stepped forward.

After receiving a pass from Billups, JR decisively shot from outside the three-point line.

Hit!

In the next round, he will be hit!

In the next round, after JR drew the defender out, he accelerated to break through to the Mavericks basket.

In the face of Dampier’s protective cap, JR actually made a 360-degree turn in the air to make the limit operation of a violent buckle.

Seeing his dunk against the sky, the fans exploded.

“Who is this person? Is it Jordan? How is it so bullish! ”

“You’re a new fan, right?”

“Yes, I just moved to Denver.”

“He’s not Jordan, his name is JR Smith…”

“Oh, if I covered his face, I would think he was Jordan.”

“That’s right, he’s called Nerve Knife, and when he’s not nervous, he’s Jordan!”

……

On the field, JR Smith began to show his might.

His shooting from beyond the three-point line is extremely accurate, and his physical fitness is intense, and various difficult layups and dunks after the breakthrough are endless.

For a while, it almost became a personal performance moment for JR Smith.

Not only did the Nuggets turn the score around, but the atmosphere in the room exploded.

94:96

The Mavericks requested a timeout.

Carlisle arranged: “Bae, you go and defend their shooting guard JR Smith, as long as you defend him, we can win the game!” ”

In general, the team’s main offensive point rarely takes on the defensive task.

Just because the team needs him to use his valuable fitness on the offensive end.

Carlisle is a mature coach and it is impossible not to know this.

But Carlisle is also very clear that Pei Yun, a player, has super physical fitness.

In the final of the Olympic Games against the Mengba team, Pei Yun, who played the whole game, still galloped on the field like a horse when his teammates were too tired to run.

There is even a situation of one to five!

Carlisle has watched that game dozens of times, and he looks for details and analyzes them from the game.

Then he modeled what he thought was Pei Yun.

After a month of analysis, Carlisle was shocked!

Pei Yun is the strongest player he has ever seen, and the potential is limitless, if those potentials are developed, then in the future he is very likely to surpass the “god” in NBA history: Michael Jordan!

Now, Carlisle has entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility.

Pei Yun nodded and accepted the task.

The game is back.

The Mavericks attacked, and Pei Yun, who felt hot, shot a three-pointer again after blocking.

Hit!

97:96

The Mavericks rallied again.

In this game, Pei Yun shot 6 of 13 from three-point range, although it was not particularly accurate, but he had already killed and injured his opponent.

Not to be outdone, in the face of Pei Yun’s defense, he made a breakthrough stop to receive a dribble behind his back and turned around to shoot a super backward shot.

A fierce operation was extremely ethereal, but under Pei Yun’s interference, the ball hit the iron.

The Mavericks were about to take the rebound and launch a counterattack.

But on the Nuggets’ side, Kenyon Martin jumped high, forced the rebound over Dampier and Nowitzki and smashed the ball into the frame.

97:99

Madden!

It’s so exciting!

A few years ago, in New Jersey, Kenyon Martin formed the “City of Air Contact” there with Kat and Kidd, and with Kat, he flew away and could do anything.

They reached the finals, but they didn’t get anywhere.

They eventually parted ways, and now, the elder Kidd came to the Mavericks.

And Kenyon, without Kidd, is difficult to take off with the Nuggets, and most of the time, he can only act as a rebounding monster, watching Iverson and Anthony score wantonly.

Kenyon, of course, misses those old days.

Time flies, and when he takes off again tonight, Jason Kidd is on the opposite side.

They have become rivals and strangers.

……

“Our inside, rebounding protection, a little weak…” Carlisle on the court analyzed the situation on the court.

Although the Mavericks have Dampier, Diop, Novitsky and UAE as interior players who are around 210 tall.

But none of these players are particularly good at rebounding.

Dampier and Diop played well, but they didn’t have good rebounding awareness and couldn’t go well to find landing points.

Even when Dampier was the Mavericks’ absolute center, he didn’t average more than 10 rebounds per game, not even as high as Nowitzki.

Nowitzki and the UAE like to float on the outside and do not like to take the initiative to find physical confrontation.

Therefore, when facing violent insiders like Nei Nei and Kenyang, they often suffer very much.

Carlisle’s fears were quickly fulfilled.

In the final moments of the game, the Nuggets’ two besties-type interior began to wreak havoc on the basket.

Even if JR Smith and Anthony don’t shoot, these two beasts can fight hard for rebounds many times, providing the Nuggets with a second offense, or even a three…

Pei Yun limited JR Smith, but could not limit the Nuggets’ frontcourt rebounds.

101:106

With 3 minutes left in the game, the Mavericks again requested a timeout.

Pei Yun completed the task in the second half quite well, and today he scored 28 points and 13 assists.

Dampier scored 16 points in the second half, 14 of which came from Pei’s direct or indirect assists.

Carlisle emphasized: “Everyone has to move, get the position, take the defensive rebound, and then give the ball to Bae and let him lead the attack!” ”

I understand the truth, but Dampier is really not a good rebounder or rebounding protector.

At this time, Carlisle wished that there would be such a center as Dayao in the squad!