Chapter 327: Fight against Dirk

Author: Dust and Flowing Years

Chapter 327: Fight against Dirk

Since the start of the game, the Lakers' schedule has been very sweet and rarely encounters back-to-back games. 13 games, 9 of which are home games.

Now it has another 13 consecutive wins. After playing against the Nets, it took another two days to face the Mavericks. This is the fifth consecutive home game for the Lakers, and the schedule is so sweet that it is shocking.

Seeing such a comfortable schedule, Li Tian felt so worried about crying. His happiness is different now, and it must be a hell-level schedule.

"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. Let's talk about what's going on in the future. The thing that should be troubled by Paul now is how to play against Dirk, the most difficult power forward!" Thinking of this, I no longer think about it.

Let’s consider how to fight with Kobe.

I came to the training hall early for three consecutive days.

Last season, the Mavericks experienced big deals, but unfortunately things went against their expectations. In the end, the team still did not go further. They faced the GDP combination in the first round and were swept by the Spurs gentlemen 4:1.

Cuban has missed a historical point guard like Kidd and Nash for so many years, and wasted many years of his youth, making him futile for so many years and never won the championship.

After Nash arrived at the Dallas Mavericks, both of them had just shown their mark. Because of Cuban's decision, they had to leave the Mavericks, and then went to the Nets and Phoenix Suns respectively. When they arrived at the new team, they led their respective teams.

A considerable record.

When Kidd got older, the team's point guard position was frequently targeted by opponents in the playoffs, but he had no choice but to welcome Kidd back again. But the elderly Kidd could no longer be like he did at his peak. The Mavericks wanted to

It is too difficult to go further in the west surrounded by powerful enemies.

The Mavericks experienced major changes last season. Cuban has had enough. The team's head coach Johnson was eliminated in the first round for two consecutive seasons. Last season, he was defeated by the Warriors and was then defeated by the Warriors last season.

The experienced Spurs gentleman swept.

Cuban decided to replace the team's head coach Avery Johnson and welcomed coach Carlisle. Carlisle had no excellence during his time as a player. In 1994, he joined the Trail Blazers assistant coach to start his career as an assistant coach. In 2001,

Carlisle began his coaching career and became the head coach of the Pistons. In his first season, he led the team to win 50 wins and was elected as the head coach of the year. He failed to win the Pistons, who were determined to win the championship for two consecutive seasons.

Entering the finals, he ended his career as the Pistons head coach in 2003.

In the same year, at the invitation of Larry Bird, coaching the Indiana Pacers. Carlisle led the Pacers to a good record of 61 wins and 21 losses in the regular season, with a high winning rate of 100% in the league. However, in the playoffs, the Pacers were still there.

The Eastern Conference finals stopped, and the Pistons led by Larry Brown were defeated.

The following year, due to the "Aubenshan Palace Fighting Incident", the team lost three main players and brought the team into the second round of the playoffs, missing the best chance to win the championship. In the 06-07 season, Pacers management

It was announced that Karal will not continue to serve as the team's head coach next season, ending his career as the Pacers head coach.

On May 12, 2008, the Dallas Mavericks officially announced that Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks officially signed a contract with the Mavericks and became the ninth head coach of the team. The contract lasts for 4 years, worth $17.5 million, and the annual salary is higher than $4 million.

It is also slightly higher than the annual salary of former head coach Avery Johnson. He started his career as a head coach in Caral Dallas Mavericks.

He just coached the Mavericks, but he did not make the Mavericks' earth-shaking changes. The team's record was 7 wins and 7 losses, and he was hovering on the edge of the playoffs. According to the previous Western Conference team record, this result was not enough to enter the playoffs.

Before the game, Carlisle said in an interview with the Lakers, "The Lakers have won all the results since the start of the game. It is an insurmountable mountain for any team, but I hope that the Mavericks can become the first team to win the Lakers.

In the game, you only need to lock Kobe to win!”

Carlisle's purpose is to anger Kobe and let Kobe defeat the Dallas Mavericks alone.

Indeed, if it were Kobe in the past, he would definitely have to rush through the Mavericks' defense line when encountering this situation. Now that he has helpers around him, who would be so tired? Returning to the finals, the facts tell him

No matter how strong a person is, he cannot win a team. Without the help of Gasol and Li Tian and other players, his championship ring would have no hope.

"Kobe, they want to lock you up. What do you think about this?" In the Lakers' locker room, Li Tian asked in a fake manner with mineral water and acted as a microphone.

"Then you come, lock me up, don't think about it, I'll have a rest next time!" Kobe said calmly, as if Carlisle was talking about the protagonist, and there was no expression on his face.

"You want to tear the Mavericks' defense? No, how can you rest? You are the boss of the team!" It's unscientific, you shouldn't be furious, and then smash the locker room into a mess, and then remind your teammates to kill them.

Carlisle, is it the bloody Dallas Mavericks?

No, it must be that Kobe didn't understand what I meant. He had to ask again, it must be that the way to turn it on was wrong.

"They want to lock you up, you are the boss of the team. How can you let them slander this? You must kill them. You are the number one player in the league. Lock you up, this is a contempt for you, and you can tolerate this?

"It's not the first time I've been practicing, and practice makes perfect.

"I know they are going to lock me, so let you defeat them!" Still lukewarm, and there is no bloodthirsty feeling.

He quickly touched Kobe's forehead, his body temperature was within normal range, and he touched his own. He didn't have a fever, so why did he start talking nonsense?

"You are the Black Mamba, the founder of the Mamba religion, how can you be so despised!"

"That's why you can defeat them, and I can do something. Why do you have to play the first person in the league? Don't ask again, how many times you ask, you will answer this way!" After saying that, he buried his head in tidying up the equipment.

Kobe muttered to himself, he must try what level this guy has reached now. He is a little tired recently, so he can take a break and let him perform. He still has that season and needs to preserve his physical fitness. Last season, the Celtics were because

Only when physical strength is lost to the Lakers, the Lakers must not make the same mistake this year. They can not only test and train Li Tian, ​​but also save themselves and kill two birds with one stone.

"Hey, hey!" No matter how you ask, the answer remains unchanged.

I feel like I've been cheated by Kobe, but when I think about it carefully, I really need this. The increase in physical strength and the increase in offensive skills all need to be tempered. If I need to upgrade, I need to keep fighting monsters. To fight monsters, I need enough.

Ball rights.

"Do it!" I pondered for a moment in my heart, and I couldn't do it myself.

Li Tian began to think about what to do.

"Haha, Carlisle is provoking Kobe. He is not afraid of being killed by Kobe's eyes?" Barkley felt that Carlisle was having a bubble in his mind.

The Lakers continued to win streak, which allowed TNT and ESPN to increase the Lakers game live broadcast across the United States. The last game between the two teams played very well. Both teams were evergreens in the playoffs. TNT played this game

All-Beautiful Country Live.

"No, I think the Mavericks really want to lock Kobe to let other players beat the Mavericks. But let him down, they should lock other players. Only in this way can they have a chance to beat the Lakers!" Smith definitely doesn't think

, locking one Kobe can defeat the Lakers.

The Lakers have Li Tian and Gasol, and Bynum, who is still growing in the interior. Danpier, who is now known as the second center in the West, does not have an advantage. He is just a blue-collar worker. His age is getting better.

Losing scoring ability, the same is true for defense. Every time I see Yao, I am beaten up.

"But the Mavericks, although Dirk and Kidd are now, still cannot limit the Lakers' offense. There is no need to say more about the substitute lineup, the gap is even bigger!" Barkley does not think that the Mavericks can have any in this game.

Chance.

The only chance is that the players are explosive, and Carlisle can have a god-like deployment of troops, so that he can kill the Lakers and prevent the Lakers from continuing to win consecutive victories.

On November 28, 2008, local time, the competition officially began at 8:00 pm.

Mavericks starter: Danpier, Nowitzki, Gerald Green, Antoine White, Kidd;

Lakers starters: Bynum, Gasol, Li Tian, ​​Kobe, Fisher.

The game officially began, and Bynum and Danpier headed toward the middle circle.

Young Bynum failed to win the jump ball.

Kidd dribbled the ball through the half, Dirk and Green were entangled by Gasol and Li Tian, ​​and there was no space to connect the ball. Kidd could only use the breakthrough to find a chance to score, but he didn't

He is good at shooting, and can only use breakthroughs to pass the ball, and then help his teammates find scoring opportunities.

Breakthrough failed to create opportunities. Kobe put all his energy into the defensive end from the beginning of the game. He had to use the pick-and-roll to return to the top of the arc, and use the White pick-and-roll to break through Fisher and attract Li Tian to make up for defense.

After breaking through and passing the ball to Green, Li Tian quickly returned to defense, interfering with Green, and hitting the iron in the mid-range shot.

Gasol took the rebound, handed the ball to Li Tian, ​​and quickly landed in the frontcourt.

All teammates pulled apart and faced Green's defense on the weak side.

Turn around, play Green on her back, and use her butt, push Green to the basket position after a few consecutive strokes. The gap between Green's height and weight and Li Tian cannot be made up with skills. Green is 2.01 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms.

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He leaned on Green and made a jump shot.

"Charles, did Li play singles just now?" Smith wondered if he had read it wrong, and his expression was a little unnatural.

Barkley tidied up his clothes and said with a smile, "Yes, but his back-on ability is still much worse. It should be a new offensive skill learned in the offseason."

"No, after the Olympics, he started to recover from his injuries and had no time to learn new skills. I dare to conclude that this was learned only after the new season."

After Li Tian led the Tianchao men's basketball team to achieve excellent results, Smith began to pay special attention to his news. After he came to the Beautiful Country, he joined the school team and sorted it out again, and paid great attention to his news.

"It's only two months, it's impossible. Even I learned the entire offseason and trained for several seasons."

Fortunately, they didn't know that Li Tian had only studied for an hour, so they might have to pull him to slice and check how he did it.

Smith sighed in his heart, "I have to say that he is a basketball genius, and there may be a possibility of surpassing the basketball god Jordan in the future." However, he did not say it in the studio. I remember that Jordan was praised and killed a few days ago.

In 2019, I didn’t even touch the floor of the finals.

The one who was most uneasy was Carlisle. He found that he was wrong and felt that the Lakers had two Kobes. When did Li Tian’s back be so good?

With just one offense and defense, you can wait a little longer, Carlisle thought in his mind, but the team also needs to score.

Looking towards the field, he gestured a 4 gesture, which was to play the No. 4 tactic.

Dirk held the ball and played Gasol alone.

When Carlisle saw that the Lakers' offensive initiator changed, he quickly made changes, allowing Dirk to lead the team to play the offensive rhythm.

It is not that easy for Dirk to play Gasol alone. The two are familiar with each other, their height and weight are similar, and they have no overwhelming advantages.
To be continued...