Legendary basketball manager

On the Mavericks side, the situation is not so optimistic.

In the second quarter of the game, they were like experiencing a roller coaster. After narrowing the point difference to 3 points at one point, they were suppressed by the Rockets again.

To make matters worse, the Mavericks actually "used" Nowitzki too much in the first half.

Although Nuo Tianwang is at his peak, he is a heavy insider after all.

Throughout the first half, he rested for a total of 5 minutes, and basically served as the main attack point on the court, enjoying various defenses by the Rockets.

Frequently dealing with double-teams made Nowitzki's physical fitness inevitably decline.

For example, now, the players have returned to the locker room to rest for 5 minutes, and he is still panting heavily in his position.

Beads of sweat kept flowing from Nuo Tianwang's forehead, and anyone could see how exhausted the game was on him.

Carlisle naturally noticed the exhaustion of his favorite general, so he looked around at the Mavs generals and said, "In the second half, we need someone other than Dirk to stand up."

Everyone looked at each other, among them Terry and Caron Butler had hot eyes, obviously thinking.

"Coach, give me a chance!"

Butler raised his right hand and introduced himself.

He didn't play a lot of time in the first half, so his physical fitness is very sufficient.

In addition, Butler was originally the Mavericks' third scorer in addition to Nowitzki and Terry this season, and his teammates still trust him.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Kanon."

Carlisle said with a smile.

Terry on the side pursed his lips, and wanted to say something, but finally chose to remain silent.

As a veteran who has played in the NBA for 11 years, he knows himself very well.

In addition to Butler, he has a stronger offensive ability with the ball.

When the team needs someone to stand up as the main attack point, the opponent is indeed a better choice.

The reason why Terry disagrees with the coach's arrangement is not who is the main offensive point, but whether the Mavericks will adopt a strong point for blasting style of play.

It is true that in the middle of the second quarter, Nowitzki did use his personal ability to lead the Mavericks back to the score, but the game has been played so far, the Rockets' advantage in talent is already very obvious.

Nowitzki is restricted, switch to Butler's continuation of singles-based tactics... Is it feasible?

"How do I feel that we should let the ball flow more and play team basketball, so that it is possible to reverse the situation?"

Terry said to Kidd, who was sitting next to him.

"I feel the same way. However, since the coach has arranged this way, let's try it first."

"At the end of the day, it's just a regular season."

"In the end, even if we lose, we can prove a wrong answer from the game, and we will make a lot of money."

Kidd said with a relaxed expression.

At his age, he doesn't pay much attention to the outcome of the regular season.

In Kidd's view, the current games are all preparations for the playoffs.

Simply put...it's all about that O'Brien Cup!

"You already regard the Rockets as our imaginary enemy to win the championship?"

Terry asked curiously.

"Ah."

"I even think that their talent is higher than that of the Miami Heat, and they may become dark horses all the way."

Kidd nodded and replied seriously.

At this time, Nowitzki, who had just been wearing a towel and lowered his head to recover his strength, suddenly raised his head and said:

"So, we must win the championship this year, otherwise the Rockets will rule the world in two years."

"Fight again in the second half and try to win this game, so that we can still have some psychological advantages when we meet in the playoffs in the future."

............

After a short break, the game resumed.

As soon as the third quarter came up, the two sides played against each other.

The aces of the two teams - Tracy McGrady and Nowitzki are the protagonists of the first 5 minutes.

The two of you come and go, both showing the level of superstars.

During this time, the Mavericks narrowed the point difference to 6 points.

But soon, Nowitzki's physical fitness came to a bottleneck period again.

As soon as the Mavericks gathered together, they immediately began to implement the arrangement during the halftime break-change to Butler's main attack.

In the next round, under Kidd's organization, the ball came to Butler's hands smoothly.

And defending him is naturally the Rockets' first-year pick-Paul George.

All other players on the field moved to the left side of the field, leaving the right side entirely to these two.

"Rookie, you can't guard against me."

Butler dribbled the ball back and forth, watching the defense while talking trash.

"Then...who was the person I guarded in the first half?"

The corners of George's mouth raised slightly, and he started a verbal war with the other party.

"That's just me underestimating the enemy. If you don't believe me, watch this time."

With that said, Butler moved!

I saw him dribbling the ball with his right hand under his crotch, and then dribbling the ball to his left hand. At the same time, his center of gravity sank suddenly, as if he was going to cross step and break through in the next second.

George moved in small steps at once.

Unexpectedly, Butler suddenly changed his move, his left hand immediately changed direction, and then changed the ball to his right hand again.

"Beautiful! This trick is called killer crossover! It is also the killer crossover, which is the signature move of 'The Beatles' Tim Hardaway back then."

Yang Yi explained in a timely manner.

Butler successfully passed George with this trick, which greatly boosted his confidence!

[In the first quarter, I really underestimated the enemy! ]

With this happy mood, he rushed towards the basket as soon as he accelerated.

But... Butler only took one step, and found that the basketball in his hand was missing!

"???"

He was in a daze when he saw the basketball fly by in front of him.

It turned out that George did not give up defense after being passed, but stretched out a hand behind Butler and poked the ball away!

Yao Ming bent down and controlled the ball wittily, and the Rockets immediately launched a counterattack.

In the fast break, Griffin, who had been suppressed in this game, finally found a chance to vent.

He received a pass from Lowry, appeared like a demon god, knocked Nowitzki into the air, and smashed the ball into the basket.

Poor King Nuo Tian, ​​the wise I, has now become a background board.

"Roar!!!"

After the dunk, Griffin roared toward the stands behind Nowitzki.

Today he played too suffocated, no matter how hard he defended, he could not stop the pace of the German chariot.

Now finally let out a bad breath!

In the transition between offense and defense, the Mavericks were not discouraged and chose to continue to believe in Butler.

But this time, he didn't even move past George.

Butler's change of direction was seen through by Pickle, and he was cut off directly face to face, and the Rockets took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counterattack again.

McGrady advanced with the ball at high speed, attracting a lot of defensive attention from the Mavericks.

At this time, from the corner of his eye, he saw that George on the left and Lowry on the right were both open.

T-mac made some calculations and decided to reward Paojiao, who successfully defended twice in a row, so he looked to the right, but flicked his wrist to the left...

no-look-pass!

George makes an easy shot after receiving the ball...

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

With this goal, the Rockets' lead came to 13 points!

Moreover, these two counterattacks seriously hit the Mavericks' self-confidence.

Since then, they have been unable to organize a decent counterattack.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams came to 90:70, and the Rockets had already led by as many as 20 points!

"Who would have thought that the turning point of this game would be the first-year George's continuous solo defense against the former All-Star player-Canon Butler!"

"Heroes come out of youth! I think George has a feeling of defending the gate."

Yu Jia couldn't help sighing.

At the same time, Mavericks coach Carlisle saw that the players were depressed and the balance of victory had been completely tilted towards the Rockets, so he simply called for gold and withdrew all the main players.

That's it for the game, completely lost suspense.

............

On the bench, Butler's eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

He never dreamed that he would be completely suppressed by the Rockets' rookie in a one-on-one match.

"Could it be... am I old?"

Butler asked himself in his heart.

Carlisle also paid attention to his situation, but did not offer any words of comfort.

The nba is a competitive league, and it is supposed to rely on strength to speak.

There are talented people from generation to generation, and every player will experience the moment when he is defeated by a rising star.

For Butler, an All-Star fringe player, it is even more difficult to escape.

After all, his talent is not top-notch, and once he declines due to age, he may be surpassed by newcomers at any time.

[It seems that if you want to wrestle with the Rockets in the future, you can't give Canon too much playing time. ]

Carlisle made up his mind secretly.

"I just said that you can't beat the Rockets with a single stick."

Terry shook his head and said.

Kidd nodded: "At most in the last few minutes of the game, when Dirk takes over the game, use it. The rest of the time still depends on team basketball."

Amidst their chatter, the game entered garbage time in the fourth quarter.

Lawson, who sat on the bench for a long time, made his debut!