One Guard

Chapter 165 : Sudden change of situation

“Dirk left the field, he walked towards the player channel with the help of the team doctor! God, let us pray that the Germans are not a big deal… For more latest chapters visit: ШЩЩ.⑦⑨XS.сОМ. For coach Carlisle, It must be very tricky. Dirk’s injury and retirement will completely change his control of the game!” Jeff Van Gundy watched Nowitzki’s exit and couldn’t help but pull him.

When he was still coaching the Rockets, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady’s injury retired made this bald commentator ‘worry’. Therefore, Van Gundy understood Carlisle’s feelings very well at this moment, and this guy must have been anxious at the moment.

Although Nowitzki is not all of the Mavericks, he is undoubtedly the most important point in Carlisle’s tactics. Many arrangements were made in the presence of Nowitzki. Now that the team has lost Dirk, it also means that the Mavericks have to rebuild everything they have practiced over the past few days!

After the loss of Dirk, the first question immediately followed. Who should replace Dirk’s position? Under normal circumstances, Dirk’s playing time is very long. Carlisle can use Marion to play the fourth position for a period of time, or he can use a double-center lineup for a period of time. Anyway, it only takes a few minutes, and Nowitzki will be back in a few minutes.

But now, Dirk is not resting, but leaving the field injured. This means that Dirk will never come back the entire game. Who will replace him has become a very difficult question.

In the end, Carlisle waved his hand and replaced French center Petro, allowing him and Chandler to form a double center formation. This group of insiders on the bench doesn’t have much threat on the offensive end. Carlisle might as well put on someone who can protect the rim, and first hold on to the defense. As for the offense, this time, Kidd and Yiyang’s shoulders are very heavy. Without Dirk, how the two deal with the team’s offense smoothly is the biggest offensive problem for the Mavericks.

The game restarted, although Dirk’s injury had nothing to do with Ibaka. But Ibaka’s desperate move, let the referee blow him a defensive foul. The Mavericks serve a sideline kick. After Dirk leaves the field, they will organize their first offense.

Now on the field, Carlisle has a pair of point guards from Yiyang and Kidd, plus Marion. It stands to reason that this is a very offensive lineup. But due to Dirk’s injury, the Mavericks’ inside threat was greatly reduced in an instant. The Thunder’s weakness on the defensive end is precisely inside. In this way, the Thunder also have the capital to overtake the score.

Kidd spent a few seconds in the foreign transport, and neither Petro nor Chandler had any “shooting” range, so the choice of tactics was naturally much less. Marion and Yiyang can only find gaps through two ball-free pick-and-rolls inside. The outside attack is now the only chance for the Mavericks.

But because Petro and Chandler have no reason for the threat of autonomous scoring, the Thunder’s two insiders can make up for Yiyang and Marion at any time to delay their running speed.

In this way, after running several tactics, neither Yiyang nor Marion had a chance to run. Kidd simply waved and called Petro to pick and roll himself.

With the help of the pick and roll, Petro moved away from Westbrook temporarily. But he knows that Petro’s screen quality is very average, and Westbrook’s physical fitness is very ‘colorful’. It won’t be long before the zero number will be in front of him again.

So following this opportunity, Kidd suddenly passed and hit the ball into Yiyang’s hands.

Sefolosa, who is now facing Yiyang, is not a soft persimmon. On the contrary, this guy who is extremely unstable on the offensive end just wins respect and contract by relying on his strong defense.

Sephirosa himself is taller than Yiyang, and this guy’s physical talent is extremely ‘colorful’. It is not easy for Yiyang to beat him in singles.

Yiyang jumped when he received the ball, and he struggling forward with his shoulders against Sefrosa. Although it seems to be breaking through, Yiyang is just pulling the line of defense for his teammates.

Sure enough, seeing that he stepped into the restricted area, Durant hesitated, not knowing whether he should make up for it. While No. 35 hesitated, Yiyang passed the ball out, and the goal was Marion who was outside the left three-point line!

Marion took the ball and shot. Although Durant was a little far away from Marion, this guy’s perverted wingspan still allowed him to interfere with Marion’s shooting in time.

“Damn it!” Marion cursed in his heart at the moment he shot the ball. He bet that this guy’s height is by no means as stated in the official statistics.

Under Durant’s interference, Marion missed a three-pointer. Petro tried to push Ibaka away to grab an offensive rebound, but the referee blew a rebound foul, the ball is still owned by the Thunder.

After that, the Thunder attacked aggressively. In the past, people thought that Nowitzki was just a “soft guy” on the defensive end, but when Nowitzki was not there, those neutral ball fans realized that the Germans were so important on the defensive end.

This time, Westbrook was not in a hurry to attack the frame by himself. Because he saw that his Congolese teammate Ibaka had already started an air cut, and Petro, who was against Ibaka, couldn’t keep up with the rhythm at all!

Westbrook simply threw the ball directly into the air, and Petro hurriedly took off, but how could his bounce ability compare to Ibakabi, who is known for his athletic ability?

Although Nowitzki didn’t jump high, if it was Dirk’s defense, he would definitely get stuck in the position first, preventing Ibaka from making an air cut, and directly not giving the opponent a chance to jump.

But Petro is more than one grade behind Nowitzki in reading the opponent’s offense.

Ibaka easily received the basketball, and then pushed it into the basket with both hands! The fans of Chesapeake Energy Arena all stood up and cheered. This button seems to have sounded the clarion call for the Thunder to counterattack!

Petro may be able to resist the opponent’s impact as a “meat” and “stick” at the rim to protect the rim, but if you want him to run and defend, it might not be that easy to use.

“Be patient, it’s just one goal, it’s okay!” Carlisle started yelling into the court, the coach felt that the situation was slowly getting out of his control.

Under Westbrook’s tight ‘press’, Kidd still calmly led the ball through half the court. This experienced old guard looked at the positions of the Thunder’s two insiders Ibaka and Kostic. They focused all of their attention on the breakthrough of the outside defense. Petro and Chandler simply Can not play the role of attracting defense.

Kidd made a gesture, and then went straight to the ball! The basketball wiped Westbrook’s head and flew to Yiyang with a gust of wind.

Yiyang threatened with the ball three times, and Sefrosa hurriedly opened his arms in fright. He knows how deadly this No. 1 guard’s breakthrough is. Defending him must not be distracted!

Just when everyone thought Yiyang would be the end point of this attack, Yiyang suddenly hit the ball to the ground.

In order to stabilize the center of gravity, Sefrossa’s two’legs’ were separated. It is precisely using this point that Yiyang passed the basketball from Sefrosa’s crotch!

Everyone’s defensive attention immediately shifted, the basketball rebounded, and the old Kidd who cut inside just came in!

Kidd took out the basketball steadily with both hands, and then faced the two insiders who had not had time to make up the defense, and directly started three layups.

If Nowitzki was here, Ibaka would not dare to act rashly. But when his counterpoint is Johan Petro, there are not so many worries.

I saw that the Congolese took two strides and stepped to the basket. As Kidd took off, Ibaka also jumped up. But the difference in jumping height between the two is so big that Kidd is completely covered by the second-year forward!

Ibaka didn’t give Kidd the face of the veteran. He slammed his right hand and directly flew out the basketball fan that Kidd had just shot!

Durant, who was tall and long in arms, received the slapped basketball before Marion, and the Thunder’s conversion offense was immediately formed.

Don’t look at Durant’s height as an inside player, but this guy runs as fast as the Antelopes. The only person who reported biting behind Durant in a timely manner was Yiyang, but the huge height gap between Yiyang and Durant made his pursuit threat not great.

Yiyang’s only way to stop Durant now is to foul, but with Durant’s length and wingspan, even if Yiyang fouls, he is likely to score the ball.

Rather than let the opponent get a chance to hit a three-pointer, Yiyang simply gave up the take-off block. Durant dunked with one hand, and the Thunder instantly reduced the point difference to two points!

“Dirk’s absence has had too much impact on the Mavericks. In an instant, the Thunder’s lead disappeared. Now someone must stand up, and someone must stand up to stabilize the situation. If this continues, the Thunder will be very likely. Turn the situation around in one fell swoop.” Van Gundy knows very well how important it is for the Mavericks to stabilize the situation. But for a team that suddenly lost its star, it is not easy to adjust so quickly.

After an attack, Yiyang finally tried to make a shot by himself.

He tried to run out of a gap, then raised his hand for Kidd for the ball. In fact, this was not a very good opportunity, because Yiyang did not completely get rid of Sefrosa. But now this situation does not allow Yiyang to think about it.

Yiyang took the ball and shot, but Sefrosa’s interference was very timely. UU reading www. This guy at uukanshu.com is worthy of being a defensive champion, and he is very easy to deal with a rookie like Yiyang.

“Boom!” The sound of the iron strike remained, and Yiyang’s mid- and long-range jumper ended in failure. Westbrook personally grabbed the rebound and pushed forward desperately.

Marion’s timely foul prevented Westbrook from attacking the basket, but inevitably sent the opponent to the free throw line.

In the quiet environment created by the Thunder fans, Westbrook made two free throws to help the Thunder officially equalize the score!

Carlisle immediately called to stop the game. In the minutes after Nowitzki left the field, the Mavericks didn’t score a point and didn’t defend a goal. He must make some adjustments, and the Mavericks can’t stop because of the loss of Nowitzki.

When the referee blew the whistle to signal the suspension of the game, Yiyang was somewhat unwilling to smash the basketball to the ground.

After Christmas, the team encountered such a big trouble. It seems that in the NBA, there is really no easy way to go.

To win without Nowitzki, Yiyang must overcome more difficulties than ever before…