Chapter 893 The Veteran Driver Can’t Keep Up.

At this time, Terry passed halftime and was greeted by Rondo's personal defense.

He immediately passed the ball to avoid being passive behind.

Once he is close to the body, Marion's double team will immediately get up.

Josh took two steps to the left three-point line to receive the ball. At this time, Terry bypassed Rondo and he immediately passed back.

Terry took the ball and quickly passed it to Nowitzki on the right wing.

Stoudemire and Dampier still followed the tactics and moved around the basket, keeping Li Ba firmly under the basket.

The Mavericks had one less player on the perimeter, three versus four, and were somewhat passive.

But the Mavericks opened up the Suns' defense through quick movement and ball transfer, and did not allow the Suns to successfully double-team.

Moreover, Terry is very flexible. Rookie Rondo is inexperienced and often gets dumped.

In the end, Nowitzki seized the opportunity to single out Marion and made another three-pointer.

4:6, the Mavericks lead by 2 points at home.

"Beautiful, he hit it again. The old driver hit two three-pointers in a row in the opening game. Is his hand going to be explosive again today?" Yu Jia praised.

The Suns attack.

Li Ba slowly entered the frontcourt, and his teammates all took their positions, waiting for him to get into position.

At the top of the arc, Rondo moves and controls the ball.

Li Babi passed by him and entered the top of the arc.

The Mavericks were nervous, especially Dampier, who was afraid that Li Ba would do what he did last time.

That is to say, Dampier has thick skin and thick flesh. If Stoudemire had such a strong collision, he might be injured again.

But not this time. Li Ba entered the paint area, leaned against Dampier, and turned directly to ask for the ball.

When he plays hard under the basket, his biggest intention is not to attack himself, but to use his strong play under the basket to attract the Mavericks' offense and allow the outside to get open shots.

Rondo passes the ball.

The first one to help defend the basket was... Terry.

As a point guard, Terry dived to the basket without hesitation.

Rondo felt ashamed of being left open by his opponent, and he vowed to work on his shooting during the offseason.

The second person to help defend the basket is Stoudemire.

Dampier, who was under the basket, tried his best to hold Li Ba from behind, preventing him from turning around and attacking the basket. At the same time, his left hand kept shaking up and down on Li Ba's left side, preventing Li Ba from passing the ball to Marion, who was released by Stoudemire on the right wing.

As long as he persists for one second, or even one second, Terry will come down, then Stoudemire, and the double team will succeed.

This is what he did with them in the last game, and they won in the end.

But it's useless. How can Dampier's arms be as long as Li Ba's? He is still separated from Li Ba and cannot affect the latter's passing at all.

The reason why Li Ba made many mistakes in the game was because he missed the outside shot. He grabbed the rebound and when he played the second offense, Stoudemire and the others came up to help defend and encountered double teams. Now the double teams have not come yet, Dampier How does one guard against him?

As soon as Terry rushed into the paint area, he saw Li Ba suddenly turn right, holding the ball in his left hand, stood up directly, pressed Dampier's head, and hit a one-arm dunk. Teammate Dampier didn't react at all. Being detained.

"pretty!"

Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle. Dampier did not jump to defend and blocked the foul. Li Ba added a free throw.

"The Hammers rarely played hard in the last game. They mainly drew double-teams and immediately distributed the ball. As a result, they lost. Today they played proactively and hit three in a row." Yu Jia added.

"In the regular season, the Hammers can't give full play, and he can't really cover both offense and defense in every game, using the ball to feed the perimeter. The playoffs will be better," Zhang Li said with a smile.

Li Ba made an extra free throw, 7:6, and the Suns led by 1 point.

Dallas offense.

The Suns still press in the half court.

"Rajan, follow him to death!"

Li Ba pointed at Terry and shouted at Rondo.

"Got it, boss!" Rondo quickly replied.

He was just inexperienced, and was thrown away by Terry twice in a row on the last ball. He failed to keep up and created a double-team opportunity for Marion.

Terry passed the midline, and Josh Howard and Nowitzki were still connecting outside the three-point line on the left and right wings. The three of them used continuous passes to pull the Suns' defense and prevent double teams from forming.

But the Suns had four players and still put a lot of defensive pressure on the Mavericks. Nowitzki moved a little slower. As soon as he caught the ball, he was guarded by Battier and his pass to the center was cut off. line.

Seeing that Marion was about to pounce, he had no choice but to make a strong shot.

Even if he misses the shot, there is still hope of a second attack in a two-on-one situation at the basket, so his shots are decisive and bold.

It was one meter away from the three-point line, and with the step back, it was almost ten meters away from the basket. The ball missed.

The moment the ball was released, Li Ba, Stoudemire and Dampier were huddled together under the basket.

But the moment the ball entered the paint area, Li Ba suddenly squeezed out toward the front of the basket. At this time, the ball hit the basket, bounced toward the front, and was caught by him.

In the transition between offense and defense, the Suns' four perimeter players quickly turned around and stepped down, while the Mavericks' three players had the advantage.

Li Ba landed, took a step forward, away from Stoudemire behind him, and threw a right hand towards Rondo.

Rondo caught the ball, immediately slowed down, opened the distance between him and Terry, and then passed to Battier.

Battier is of course faster than Nowitzki, he surpassed the latter by a length.

Nowitzki is a power forward playing the third position. Facing the Suns' fast break tactics, this is the only weakness of the Mavericks' starting lineup.

Battier caught the ball, didn't throw it, and threw it inside.

Marion rushed over quickly, flew up, and pushed the ball into the basket.

"This fast break is good. Nowitzki plays the third position, which still slows down the Mavericks' speed on the outside. The Suns still form a situation in the frontcourt where more players are playing less." Zhang Li said.

"Terry was a step too late to guard Rondo just now, and Nowitzki couldn't keep up. Only Josh Howard could keep up. It was really slow. It seems that the Mavericks' starting lineup still has weaknesses. Will General Johnson make adjustments?" Yu Jia said.

In the next first quarter, the two sides tied at 34:28, with the Suns leading by 6 points.

The Suns played well on the offensive end. Li Ba beat Dampier continuously in the first quarter and directly defeated him. He made 6 of 6 shots and 3 of 4 free throws in a single quarter. Dampier made three fouls and scored 15 points and 8 points. Data of rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block.

Today, the Mavericks' offense was far away from the paint area. He did not perform well in assisting defense on the outside. He only blocked Stoudemire once under the basket and stole Dampier once.

In terms of fast breaks, they mainly focus on outside fast breaks to grab backcourt rebounds. They took advantage of Nowitzki's weakness and played well.

Generally speaking, the offensive end is good, but the perimeter defense is still not very good.

The main weakness is Rondo, who can't keep up with Terry's rhythm and can't create double-team opportunities.

The Mavericks felt good again today. Nowitzki hit three three-pointers in one quarter, followed by Terry's two more. Plus Josh Howard's one, the Mavericks made six three-pointers in a single quarter. .

In the second quarter, Li Ba did not play.

Today he felt that there was no chance of a five-double, so there was no need to play the whole game.

The Mavericks took advantage of Li Ba's absence on the court to chase points in the second quarter and play half of the main force.

The main players of the Suns basically rested and all came on the bench. The main reason was that Rondo played three minutes to let him practice more.

After halftime, it was actually tied at 56:56.