At the opening stage of the second quarter, both sides were the main players leading the substitutes.

Walker and Davis lead the Pelicans, plus Brogdon, Siakam and Harrell.

On the Mavericks, Holiday and Jokic led the team, plus Baria, Dwight Powell and Nowitzki.

As soon as he came back in the second quarter, Walker scored a gyro shot towards Nowitzki's turn.

He really put Parker's technique into practice.

But when Nowitzki came back and took the ball from Baria, he also made a mid-range jump shot.

Davis played Nowitzki with a back-to-back from the low post and was double-teamed by Powell. He quickly made the ball. Siakam's one-handed dunk increased the team's morale.

But in the next round, Holiday received Jokic's pass and scored 2+1 on Brogdon.

The situation on the field is anxious and very anxious.

The Mavericks are really underrated.

Morey previously said in front of the media that the Rockets have found the best lineup for them this season.

But now it seems that the Mavericks are the team that suits this sentence most.

The changes in both offense and defense brought about by Holiday and Jokic are really visible to the naked eye.

Moreover, after experiencing consecutive championships, their psychological qualities are even stronger than those in the same period in history.

This win-win deal really brings a good opponent to the Pelicans.

The fans at the scene were very excited, and Xiao Hua was also filled with joy.

In the past month, he has been like a drowning person.

Under the continuous pressure of the bosses of each team, I feel like I'm almost breathless.

Now the Mavericks' performance is like that life-saving straw, and he can finally catch it and take a breath.

Stevens paced on the sidelines.

Although he was prepared before, the Mavericks were still stronger than he expected.

The score was still stalemate on the court for a while, and he got up and called out Tang Tian and Butler.

Brogden, Tang Tian, ​​Butler, Siakam, Davis.

This is a lineup he used against the Rockets, especially the defensive S+ class.

Carlisle also changed players after seeing this, and replaced Conley, Harris and Embiid.

Conley, Holiday, Powell, Harris, Embiid.

This is hard against hard!

Embiid's inside attack was double-teamed, giving Harris the opportunity, and Tang Tianxie's defense was in place to interfere.

Davis protected the defensive rebound, and Brogden advanced to the frontcourt position.

Tang Tian was double-teamed after breaking through, giving Butler a chance to pass the ball, but Powell's assisted defense came quickly.

Butler gave the ball to Davis again, and the latter's shot at the basket was interfered with by Embiid and did not make the goal!

The two teams had an offensive battle before, and this period was both switched to a defensive battle!

Although the methods are different, the results are the same.

As Barkley analyzed, it is comparable to that of the competition!

Before both sides changed to this lineup, the score on the field was 41 to 38.

After playing for more than three minutes, the score on the field was still 41 to 38!

Comparing tactics and strategy, Carlisle is not afraid of Stevens!

Stevens hesitated on the sidelines for a while, turned around and called Walker, and then made a gesture to Tang Tian.

This is the first time since the season, he is going to use his big move.

No matter what happens after the game, it is already considered a success for the Mavericks to force the Pelicans to this extent.

The so-called 1 is the No. 1 tactic, which is very commonly used by the Pelicans in the past few years.

To put it bluntly, it is Tang Tian’s single tactic.

Because the Pelicans' lineup is strong this season, most of the time, Walker and Davis are actually playing pick-and-roll.

Tang Tian just needs to take the blame when the team can't make a comeback, or perform at critical moments.

This is also the reason why he didn't even break 40 points in the highest score this season.

Because it is not necessary at all.

But now the Mavericks have forced the Pelicans to this point.

It is definitely not a good thing for the Pelicans to be so stalemate.

Tang Tianxin understood it.

In fact, he had wanted to fight.

I have been doing new training for adaptation in the past three days, so it’s time to take it out and fight it in practice now.

Speaking of which, he was not tall before traveling through time, only less than 1.7 meters or 8 meters. According to basketball standards, he is a standard short guard.

If you play normally, you basically play the guard's style of playing, dribbling, controlling the ball, shooting, etc.

That's why he became the Godfather of basketball in his previous life.

Now I have traveled through time and become a player, but I can't stop the heart of a defender.

Before, because of his low skill level, he rarely showed any breakthroughs. He basically accelerated his opponents and then chose the offensive method.

Even if you break into the inside, you will take action after a strong confrontation.

But now there are butterflies in your hand, just like putting hundreds of dollars in your pocket, and your self-confidence and spirit are different.

Walker pushed the ball to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Tang Tian. Then he signaled both sides to pull it apart for Tang Tian to play singles.

Holiday, who defends Tang Tian, ​​is a former teammate and is also the strongest player in the Pelicans' defense.

Tang Tian glanced at Holiday.

Sorry, Zhu.

One change direction to the right, and then pull the ball to the left with a large scale.

The biggest difference compared to the previous low-body dribbling is that Tang Tian doesn't have to deliberately lower the center of gravity.

Because he could feel that even if he stood upright, the ball could be controlled firmly by him.

Holiday's center of gravity was obviously mobilized.

This is the change.

Big guys who can dribble are very popular in the NBA. For example, the most representative of the current players are Griffin and Durant.

Both of them are difficult to defend with the ball and singles. In addition to their own offensive threat, it is because they are tall and have a very large change in direction when breaking through.

Most people dare not act easily. If they lose their defensive position, they will have to be beaten.

However, if you don’t take action, you will also easily lose your defensive position, because the opponent changes direction significantly and if you don’t keep up, it’s only a matter of breakthrough.

So Holiday could only mobilize his body's center of gravity to follow Tang Tian's rhythm.

At this moment, Tang Tian had a move to collect the ball.

After seeing this, Holiday rushed out. As Tang Tian’s former teammate, he knew how accurate Tang Tian’s move was.

But just as he rushed out, Tang Tian suddenly lowered his body and crossed his foot to break the right side, directly passing him completely!

There was an uproar in the scene.

The rhythm and control of this pair of balls is simply.

Even though they knew that Tang Tian was very strong, it was incredible that this move was made by a big man of 2.03 meters.

Tang Tian passed Holiday and went straight to the basket, Embiid assisted in defense.

The two met half a step away.

But at this moment, Tang Tian suddenly slowed down and accelerated again, and changed direction from his body in the near body, directly passing Embiid!

This time, even the players on and off the court were stunned.

This is...fake!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Tang Tian passed Holiday and Embiid and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

It really can't be true anymore.

There was a lot of commotion at the scene, and the Pelicans' bench was in full swing.

Stevens smiled like a flower.

He didn't know how Tang Tian had such strong ball control skills.

The only explanation is that after being targeted by the Warriors and the Cavaliers last season, he practiced this technique hard during the offseason.

In fact, Tang Tian is indeed doing this, and there were similar news reports during the offseason.

Because the Pelicans had never asked Tang Tian to play singles before, it was reasonable to not come out until this time.
Chapter completed!