The Godfather of Basketball

Carlisle yelled at Kidd from the sidelines.

Kidd took the ball to the front court, signaled the weak side to open up space, then gave the ball to Butler on the outside, and then signaled Nowitzki to pull out the pick-and-roll.

Butler's pick-and-roll against Brown, an accelerated turn and fallback hit.

Brown defends well at the basket, but against the outside line, he still has a bit of a footstep disadvantage.

The three-pointer after the pick-and-roll, and the emergency stop after the breakthrough.

The Mavericks have been playing with Brown.

Not long after the game between the Cavaliers and the Mavericks started, it turned into a confrontational battle.

After more than 8 minutes in the first quarter, the two teams tied at 26.

This is the first time since the start of the Cavaliers season.

Before the game, the members of the Cavaliers felt that Tang Tian was exaggerating, but after the game really started, they realized that it was definitely not alarmist talk.

The game entered the substitute period, and the Cavaliers let Paul lead the team and replaced Stephenson, Artest, Anderson and Frye.

The Mavericks replaced Terry, Marion, Peja Stojakovic and Haywood, leaving only Stevenson in the starting lineup.

Paul scored a goal up, the Mavericks turned around, Terry directly asked Peja to play a pick-and-roll, and hit a three-pointer with an emergency stop after facing Anderson.

Paul assisted Artest to score a goal at the basket, but looking back, Terry made a pick-and-roll and suddenly Anderson scored a goal.

Tang Tian frowned at this moment.

The front caught Brown's movement speed to play, and the substitute grabbed Anderson to play.

Two years ago, he led the Rockets to sweep Carlisle's Mavericks, but the Mavericks were so weak that Carlisle's smart women couldn't live without rice.

Now, the Mavericks have a neat lineup, and Carlisle finally has rice.

Carlisle, who has a meter, is really a bit difficult.

After the first half, the two sides drew at 66, and no one got any advantage from the other side.

"The strength of this Mavericks team is much stronger than last season." During the intermission, Casey expressed emotion to Tang Tian. He was the first assistant coach of the Mavericks team last season, and he is the most intuitive about the changes in the strength of the Mavericks team.

"Let's play a small lineup in the second half and let LeBron face Dirk." Tang Tian never felt that the Mavericks team was weak, so he said directly.

Back in the second half, the Mavericks' lineup remained unchanged. The Cavaliers replaced Anderson with Artest and played a small lineup directly.

The small lineup was a great weapon for the Cavaliers to win the championship last season. Tang Tian directly chose to enlarge his move.

"LeBron, you defend Dirk's shots, cover your face with your hands, and interfere with his shooting vision. If he chooses to break through, Dayao, you have to make up for it immediately. If Yao makes up for it, LeBron, you have to switch to the basket immediately. Next, the advantage of a small lineup is speed, which is true on the offensive end, and the same is true on the defensive end."

Before going on the field, Tang Tian pulled the players and gave them instructions.

If history really hasn't changed and the Mavericks reach the finals, then the only two matches in the regular season are his best proving grounds. Winning is not only to accumulate experience, but also to gain an advantage.

Back in the second half, the Cavaliers took the lead.

After the small lineup came up, the Cavaliers opened up a lot of space. Facing Nowitzki, James directly chose to break through with the ball.

The Mavericks' weak-side defense couldn't get back, and James rushed directly to the basket to score.

Kidd took the ball to the front court, signaled Nowitzki to a high position, and then gave the ball in.

The Cavaliers did not double-team, and other positions were tight on their defenders, and James was allowed to defend Nowitzki one-on-one.

Nowitzki leaned back against James, turned around and chiseled a few times.

Although James is a small forward, his height and weight do not account for much of a disadvantage, and Dirk Nowitzki didn't move even though he was holding back his energy.

Nowitzki chose to turn around and lean back the golden rooster independence.

James struggled to make a save, blocking Nowitzki's shot with his hands.

"boom!"

The ball was slightly missed, and Yao Ming received a defensive rebound.

Tang Tian heaved a sigh of relief seeing this.

In the previous life, the Mavericks won the Heat, and Nowitzki seemed to have no solution, but his shooting percentage was only 41.6%, and he was only accurate at critical moments.

This sentence seems contradictory, but that’s how it is. Some players perform well in the regular season, but their performance declines sharply in the playoffs. However, some players are just the opposite. They need the atmosphere of the playoffs to stimulate their touch. , Nowitzki belongs to the latter.

The Cavaliers played a fast break, and Paul assisted Green's chasing three-pointer.

After coming to a small lineup, Green's touch has finally recovered.

Carlisle hesitated on the sidelines at this time. The Cavaliers have Yao Ming, and they are guaranteed to play one big and four small rebounds. If the Mavericks play, it is impossible to play Nowitzki, but letting Nowitzki play the fifth position is completely against Yao Ming. not on.

Tang Tian's lineup had pinched him to death.

Carlisle hesitated, replaced Stevenson with Terry, and prepared to attack more thoroughly.

When Terry came on the field, the Mavericks had a better grasp of positional warfare, but the Cavaliers' small lineup pushed up the defensive counterattack speed very quickly.

In a few minutes, the Mavericks were directly beaten 10 to 2, and the lead has reached as much as 8 points.

Carlisle paced on the sidelines for a while, and when he was about to replace Nowitzki Bo for the last senior and junior, an accident suddenly happened on the court.

When Terry was defending Green, he accidentally bumped into the latter's elbow. Green held his arm and ended up with a painful expression. After the team doctor confirmed it, he went straight to the locker room.

Green's injury came suddenly, Tang Tian turned and walked back to the bench.

"Forest."

Instead of calling Stephenson, he called Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin was stunned for a moment, and when he was sure it was him who was called, he immediately took off his clothes and ran towards the technical platform.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand to grab him: "You guard Kidd, don't give Terry a chance to single-play you."

Jeremy Lin nodded, and after playing, he directly talked to Paul.

The game was interrupted for a while to continue. Seeing that the Cavaliers replaced Jeremy Lin, Carlisle called Terry back for a while.

There was a commotion among the fans at the scene.

This is Jeremy Lin's first appearance in non-garbage time.

Continue the Cavaliers' possession of the ball.

James broke through Nowitzki's layup and missed, and Chandler received a defensive rebound.

Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, and Jeremy Lin was guarding him.

When he saw this, he reached out and signaled Terry to come over and pick and roll.

"Don't switch defenses!" Tang Tian shouted from the sidelines.

Although Jeremy Lin was a little less capable, he had a high golf quotient, and he knew Tang Tian's instructions before going on the field. When he saw Terry approaching, he just dodged and took a step away from Terry's side.

Terry blocked the gap and tried to fill it in, but he hit Jeremy Lin's shoulder directly, knocking the latter to the ground.

The referee on the sidelines whistled to signal Terry's mobile pick-and-roll.

There was booing.

Jeremy Lin sat on the ground and waved his arms excitedly, completely forgetting that he was knocked down just now.