After the All-Star Weekend, the attention of regular season games has increased greatly. On the one hand, it is because the NFL season has ended, and on the other hand, the NBA has entered the stage of competing for playoff spots and rankings.

At this time, the attention the young players received has greatly increased.

How do rookies adapt to the second half of the regular season? What improvements have been made by second- and third-grade players after one and a half or two and a half seasons? Can they maintain their performance or play better during the period when strong teams are starting to make efforts?

Although there is no clear term for the NBA rookie contract, the high-ranking rookies in the draft year before the Big Dog, Kidd and Grant Hill were generally signed with four-year rookie contracts. Most of the high-ranking rookies in the 92 generation are in the contract year. How did they perform in the last half of the contract year...

Tonight's match between the Lakers and the Mavericks happened to bring together many very outstanding players from the four draft years from 1992 to 1995.

Jim Jackson, No. 4 in 1992, Anthony Pierre, No. 15, Doug Christie, No. 17.

Jamal Marshburn, the fourth pick in 1993, George Lynch, the 12th pick, and Van Exel, the 10th pick in the second round.

Jason Kidd, who ranked 2nd in 1994, and Zhang Hao, who ranked 9th in 1995.

Even if Jamal Mashburn was reimbursed early in the season, this game has become a focus of research games for many teams to focus on talented players in recent years.

Because there is no priority matching right for the parent team these days, since the players are more willing to enter the free market, players whose rookie contracts expire every summer have caused competition for multiple teams.

What each team wants to compete for is not only the top players, but more players in a team must be role players. People like George Lynch, Anthony Pierre, Doug Christie and others are more likely to be sought after in the free market. Top stars are not common these days, except for trading.

Of course, the most popular scouts in various teams are naturally the four top young players: Kidd, Jim Jackson, Zhang Hao and Van Exel.

Zhang Hao performed well in the first half of the first quarter, easily scored 4 points at the beginning, and then scored a 2+1 from behind to beat George McLeod. Then he was defended by the Mavericks regardless of the focus, and scored 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist at the beginning.

But Kidd's performance is even more amazing!

Teams with core balls prefer Zhang Hao, but not all teams have excellent core balls. Kidd's playing style and ability are obviously the core team-building players that each team wants to compete for.

Scouts were all amazed at Kidd's overall view, organizational ability, judgment, etc. in his second grade. On the court, Lakers head coach Del Harris also had a headache.

The Mavericks have a pitcher who has been averaging 2.9 three-pointers per game so far, which is almost certain that they can average 3+ three-pointers at the end of the season. There are a group of forwards with excellent athletic ability, Kidd led this group to play runs and fight, when the team's offense is not good, and Jim Jackson, who has strong physical and comprehensive skills,... I really give the Mavericks confidence, and the Lakers really don't be able to deal with them!

The All-Star Weekend was smooth sailing before the All-Star Weekend, and the extremely hot state after the All-Star Weekend was gone. Del Harris was not very adaptable as the head coach.

Although he doesn't like that rookie, he has the same goal as that rookie - 60 wins!

Not only did he win 60, Del Harris also wanted to win the Western Conference regular season championship.

There are regular season championships every year, but not every coach has the opportunity to win, not every coach can win, but not every coach has the opportunity to win.

Now they have a chance for the Lakers.

The key is that when facing these non-playoff teams, they have to win.

"This old man is really hard to deal with. This broken lineup is really a hit for him..."

Mavericks coach Dick Mota is a very excellent head coach. At the age of 64, he is already the 24th season of his coaching career this season. His most famous student is Jerry Sloan.

Dick Mota's rookie training and lineup creation are all extremely powerful. At the beginning of the season, Marsh's reimbursement was a huge blow to the Mavericks. They were originally aiming to make the playoffs, but after half a season, Dick Mota made the Mavericks' record better through the excavation of players in the team.

When Mashburn returns, he has a stronger small forward... Del Harris feels that the Mavericks will become their Lakers' rival in the future!

"The key point is Kidd! To interfere with Kidd's offense, Nick and Anthony are not strong enough, George and Doug are not fast enough, and Sadal is not tall enough... Well? Height, confrontation, speed?"

Zhang Hao, who was amazed by Kid's ability, suddenly felt a smooth.

Feeling Del Harris' surprise look, Zhang Hao's heart burst.

...

Good guy, it's time to prevent and control the target?

Zhang Hao looked at Doug Christie, George Lynch, Magician, Jason Williams who were playing together.

The Mavericks sent Kidd, Lucios Harris, Jim Jackson, George McLeod, and Lauren Mayer.

After tonight, I really have been guarded by all five positions.

Let's attack first!

After the timeout, the Lakers serve in the middle.

Zhang Hao sent the ball to the Magician and ran into the court. He just arrived outside the three-point line and unexpected situations came...

Moving to the left bottom line decisively, Zhang Hao turned his head and looked at Kidd again, but he couldn't help asking, "Are you going to guard against me?"

Kidd ignored Zhang Hao - when I thought about it!

But who dares not to listen to the Mavericks' arrangements?

Why can George McLeod play? It is Dick Mota made arrangements in January. George McLeod must be their Mavericks' first shot except Jim Jackson.

This famous coach has strong coaching ability, has won the championship, and has won the best coach...and no matter what people remember him, what people remember is his bad temper and a perfect coaching method. In the late 1980s, the Mavericks were expected to become a top team. Dick Mota led the Mavericks to 55 wins in the 1986-87 season to win the regular season record of the second in the Western Conference. At that time, the four major Mavericks stars Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper, and Sam Perkins were all just entering their peak period, but because the Mavericks' management traded the role players he liked in the offseason, and directly quit. It was only after 7 years that the knot was put down and returned to the Mavericks.

Management is afraid!

When Kidd saw Zhang Hao coming to this position, he felt a bad premonition in his heart: Don't, hit a point guard, this guy won't be hit by the back, right?

Kidd knew that his head coach was betting that Zhang Hao would not face a point guard's back, so Kidd could do a good job of preventing Zhang Hao from running and receiving the ball.

This defensive strategy is possible to succeed, and some players value face very much.

But... Zhang Hao decisively leaned on Kidd to ask for the ball after his teammates got the position!

The magician was also a little surprised, but Zhang Hao had an opportunity. When he wanted the ball, the magician immediately passed it over.

After receiving the ball, Zhang Hao carefully protected the ball, hit the ball with his back, and pushed it up...

I really hit her back! I saw Zhang Hao sticking his butt and knocking Kid back, everyone on the field was surprised.

"Hey? Is Kidd's skills in defending the back are so bad?"

Kidd's strength evaluation is as high as 91, which is a level that makes other point guards afraid on the defensive end. Not many small forwards have Kidd's strength. Zhang Hao's height difference is not suitable for elbows. He hit the head and was fouled on the offensive, so he was very careful when sitting and playing...

Who knows that Kidd's back-attack is completely unable to make good use of the conditions for himself to stabilize the downward movement!

Since that's the case, Zhang Hao is no longer afraid and continues to push it inside!

Looking at Kid's ferocious and sad expression, Zhang Hao hit him from the middle distance and approached the basket...

Too miserable!

Even the Lakers fans at the scene thought Kidd was too miserable!

The position was knocked out, and Zhang Hao had the chance to turn around and press it directly into the inside line, but he didn't. He had to wait to knock Kid into the three-second zone, and after ensuring safety, he turned over and made a close jump shot...hit!

Zhang Hao, who scored a goal and stepped back to defend, felt the strange look of his opponent and his teammates, and didn't care too much... He didn't think about it from the perspective of "bullying people".

In his perception, Kidd can defend against Nowitzki, Kobe, Garnett, Wade, and James, who beat him back. Naturally, he requires steady height and make good use of the advantages reflected in the confrontation, the more stable the better.

What he didn't know was that Kidd was so good at defending backs in the future. He was only trained after experiencing the destruction of Mark Jackson, Payton, Kobe, McGrady, etc. in the next 10 years.

Zhang Hao's steady playing style, the Lakers' lineup is still fast and he is very timely retreating.

After retreating to the backcourt, Zhang Hao saw Kid gritting his teeth and pushing forward.

I don't know why, but Zhang Hao came to the top arc to guard.

Defending Kidd's shot... This is not important. Zhang Hao quickly thought about how to interfere with Kidd's passing line. The first thing he had to do was to analyze the running trends of other Mavericks and judge who Kidd would pass to... none of these were useful.

Kidd is not a fool. He is angry and despised Zhang Hao's choice to play the point guard with his back, but his mind is very clear. After reaching outside the three-point line, he immediately picked and rolled the team's best inside player Raul Meyers, and broke through to the basket!

It was difficult to deal with Campbell, but Campbell was replaced and rested. Zhang Hao did not go to the frame to protect it. Kidd broke into the basket and made a lot of effort, and he made a close-range shot!

Although Zhang Hao chose to play Kidder by the back, the Mavericks did not expect that Dick Mota's rotation strategy was very good. He predicted that the Lakers would definitely change to a fast lineup. Even Zhang Hao would defend Kidder by Dick Mota!

He coached for more than 20 years, from the 1960s to the 1990s, Dick Mota was very powerful, that he was good at making changes according to the times and had a high degree of adaptability to many things.

Dick Mota has seen a player like Zhang Hao who has the speed of defending and the figure of a power forward. Del Harris has a changeable mind and he also expected it.

The offense and defense were changed, the Lakers attacked and continued to fall into positional battle. After Zhang Hao came to the frontcourt, he found that the opponent's defense had changed. Jim Jackson was defending him, and Kid went to defend Doug Christie.

Zhang Hao ran decisively to the basket, and the Magic came to the high position to receive the ball. Zhang Hao borrowed the excellent pick-and-roll Jason Williams from the basket to block Jim Jackson. Jim Jackson's ability to circle the piles was not as fast as Kidd. Zhang Hao went around and received the Magic's pass, and turned the ball from the bottom line and jumped up the jump shot... easily hit!

It's 11 points!

The reason why Dick Mota asked Kidd to defend Zhang Hao from the ball was because their defense was not continuation, and they actually did a good job of single defense, but they were not very good at switching defense and assisting defense. Kidd was more comprehensive in defense, and others, including Jim Jackson, had relatively single defensive functions.

21 square meters!

There is no problem with scoring, Zhang Hao knows that his team needs to do well in defense.

Kidd's pushing speed after receiving the serve was not fast, and he was already very good at controlling the rhythm. He had the opportunity to start a fast attack and fight, and he would fight if he had no chance. He would never pass randomly when he had no chance. He advanced steadily to the frontcourt. When fighting in positions, the rhythm would drop suddenly.

However, after Kidd advanced to the frontcourt, he immediately looked dark...

Zhang Hao retreated directly to the free throw line!

This defensive choice made the teammates feel that if they were Kidd, they would all want to beat Zhang Hao.

Del Harris sat on the sidelines. He really didn't expect Zhang Hao to be so defensive...

It is difficult to defend against Kidd's pick-and-roll, and Zhang Hao couldn't even think of how to limit Kidd's pick-and-roll. Since that's the case, just don't let Kidd's pick-and-roll.

With such a big gap, I like to invest but not.

Not to mention, when Kidd saw such a big gap, he was more confused than the humiliation and anger brought by being despised...

His shooting is bad, but he averages 17 points per game! He isn't so defensive, right?

After hesitating for a moment, Kid couldn't help it and pulled up a three-pointer to attack... It was iron!

Zhang Hao rushed directly to the frontcourt and handed it over to Jason Williams.
To be continued...