Chapter 759 I Know I Was Wrong, but I Won’t Change!

"The Mavericks' pick-and-roll tactics are too strong!"

"Afflalo is too comprehensive!"

After the first quarter of the game between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Dallas Mavericks, these two are the two most impressive ones.

The starting five of the Dallas Mavericks all have offensive capabilities on the court.

In addition to Kwame Brown, Nowitzki, Josh Howard, Afflalo and Monta Ellis even have excellent singles capabilities.

Such a team is really suitable for pick-and-roll tactics.

Maybe the Mavericks have an offensive tactical system that makes them stronger, but before they can find this tactical system, the pick-and-roll tactic is the most suitable tactic for this team.

When Afflalo and other Mavericks players pick and roll, the Seattle SuperSonics are really very, very difficult to defend.

Afflalo is indeed not as good as Yes one-on-one.

But his comprehensiveness on the court makes him have a very huge role even if he is not one-on-one with Yes on the court.

Not only on the offensive end, for example, on the defensive end, Afflalo is the leader of the perimeter defense.

In the case that Yes is the only player with strong offensive ability on the outside of the Seattle Supersonics, Afflalo only needs to defend head-on, and the others can assist and double-team, so Yes's offense will not be that easy.

In the NBA, it is not that easy to double-team Yes!

For example, the Magic's outside players cannot double-team him even if they want to.

Yes is not only offensive with the ball, but also without the ball. To defend him and double-team him, the team needs at least one player who is good at defending with the ball and one player who is good at defending without the ball who can follow Yes slightly.

And Afflalo can do all the work of off-ball defense and on-ball defense by himself!

In this case, after Yes is contracted by Afflalo, the defensive loophole of Monta Ellis can be put on the court by the Mavericks without worrying about being taken care of by Yes.

Moreover, Afflalo is not one-on-one on the offensive end. His contribution to the Mavericks on the offensive end may not even be passing and organizing, but his off-ball running and off-ball offense forces Yes's defense, so that Yes does not have much influence on the assisting defense end, creating a lot of opportunities for the offense of other players of the Seattle Supersonics.

Without Yes and Afflalo, the other four Mavericks players are at an absolute disadvantage against the four players of the Supersonics.

At least, Ibaka is a difficult problem to solve.

Mavericks players are not Spurs players, and they don't have the ability to play one-on-one. With Ibaka's current defensive situation, whether facing Nowitzki, Josh Howard or Monta Ellis, Ibaka will be beaten up.

It can be said that in the first quarter, the Seattle Supersonics were 10 points behind the Mavericks 24 to 34 away from home, and even gave Barkley and many coconut powder or Supersonics fans a feeling that the Seattle Supersonics had collided in the first quarter.

In the first quarter of this game, the Mavericks and Seattle performed on the court.

The Seattle SuperSonics had no way to beat the Mavericks on the defensive end, whether it was playing tactics or playing one-on-one. In the first quarter of this game, if the Sonics players had not tried their best on defense, although Yes had few shots, his offensive efficiency was indeed very high. In the first quarter of this game, the Seattle SuperSonics might have lost more.

After the first quarter, as the head coach of the Sonics, old Nelson was also quite helpless.

The Mavericks are indeed completely different from the Mavericks that were defeated by Yes in the previous two seasons.

On the defensive end, the forwards and backs of this Mavericks team are not perfect,

but on the offensive end, they are really close to perfection!

The defensive loopholes of the Mavericks on the back and forward lines are exactly what the Seattle SuperSonics can't catch now.

Looking at Ibaka standing on the left of Yes and Rondo standing on the right of Yes coming down from the court, old Nelson had no choice.

These two really couldn't use their singles to free up defense for Yes.

At this time, he really missed Durant.

No matter how Durant recovers after this serious injury, no matter if he has the same physical talent as before, no matter if he is in good shape after not playing for a year, at least, Durant is really brave enough to throw the ball on the court!

It's good to throw it in, but it's also good to scare the Mavericks if it doesn't.

After the first quarter, old Nelson understood that the Mavericks' starting lineup is really the starting lineup that can restrain the Supersonics, just like the Grizzlies' starting lineup restrains the Supersonics' starting lineup!

It's just that the Mavericks and the Grizzlies restrain the Seattle Supersonics in different ways, one is the outside line and the other is the inside line.

Facing such a team that restrains itself, if you want to defeat this team, you can't use the starting lineup, you can only do something with the substitute lineup.

The substitute lineup of the Seattle Supersonics is still stronger than that of the Mavericks.

Barea, Harden, Quentin Richardson, Wilkins, Gasol...

This almost all-offensive starting lineup still makes old Nelson look forward to it.

However...

One minute into the second quarter, old Nelson gave up such expectations.

"Jason Terry was amazing in this game!"

During the six minutes of rotation in the second quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics' substitutes played very well.

It can even be said that they performed above their level.

16 points in half a quarter, this is already very good.

But when Yes took the Seattle Supersonics' starting players back on the court, the score between the two teams on the court did not close, but opened up two points.

The Seattle Supersonics bench scored 16 points, and Jason Terry alone scored 14 points in the bench!

"The gap between the Seattle Supersonics with Ibaka and the Dallas Mavericks is too huge!"

In the last attack of the second quarter, watching Nowitzki easily deceive Ibaka at the buzzer, and hit 2+1 under Ibaka's defense, Barkley now has only four words in his mind, that is, terrible!

Not only Ibaka is terrible, but also the Seattle Supersonics!

In the first half of the game, the Seattle Supersonics were 16 points behind the Dallas Mavericks with a score of 52 to 68!

After the Seattle Supersonics defeated the Spurs in the last game, many coconut powder and Supersonics fans are looking forward to this game with the Mavericks.

After all, since the Mavericks were swept by the Supersonics, they really turned into the Supersonics when facing the Seattle Supersonics.

Although the Mavericks are much stronger than the Supersonics this season, the situation of the Supersonics and the Mavericks is likely to be reversed!

However, I really didn't expect that the final result would be like this!

After the half-time game between the Supersonics and the Mavericks, the situation of the two teams on the court did not change much.

As long as Ibaka is still on the court, the situation of the two teams will not change much.

Looking at the Dallas Mavericks No. 10 Afflalo who can inspire the morale of the whole audience all the time on the court, Barkley really has an incredible feeling.

"If Afflalo was in the Mavericks three years ago, the Mavericks of that season would definitely be one of the strongest teams in history, and the Mavericks of that season would definitely be the champions of that year!"

"The Dallas Mavericks have found another backbone of the team!"

"I don't know if the Mavericks can beat the Spurs and the Heat to get the first place in the league this season, but I know that the Mavericks of this season are stronger than ever!"

Kenny Smith still agrees with Barkley's words.

He even thinks that Barkley's words are too much of a face-giving to Nowitzki.

If he said it, he would say that the Mavericks have finally found their boss!

Although Nowitzki is not qualified as a boss, the softest boss in history, the softest wimp in history, but as a second-in-command, he is indeed excellent.

But...

No matter how good the Mavericks are, they are not as good as James and the Heat he supports!

No matter how good Nowitzki is as a second-in-command, can he be as good as Wade of the Heat?

Let alone Wade, can Nowitzki suppress Bosh, the third-in-command of the Heat?

As a supporter of the Heat, it is really an incredible experience to watch these Western Conference teams win a chance to go to the Heat and be abused by the Heat this season.

The Seattle SuperSonics actually wanted to win this game.

But whether it was Yes or Nelson, when they were looking for loopholes in the Mavericks and breaking them, the loopholes they found were finally filled by Afflalo.

After the third quarter, the score between the two teams became 78 to 100, and the score between the two teams had been pulled to 22 points.

After the third quarter, Yes and the starting players left the court and had no chance to play again.

Because Jason Terry played the game badly at the beginning of the fourth quarter,

and the final result was that the Seattle SuperSonics lost to the Dallas Mavericks by 27 points with a score of 103 to 130 away.

The 27-point loss in this game is also one of the biggest losses of the Seattle SuperSonics this season.

After the game, as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics and the former head coach of the Mavericks, Nelson praised Afflalo's performance in this game.

"Although I don't want to say who is the second Yes, in this game, Afflalo really made me feel that I was the enemy of Yes."

"No matter what I do, Yes will always use other methods to crack it. This feeling is too desperate."

After Nelson said these words with a smile, the reporter at the press conference asked the Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle for his opinion.

"Thank you Mr. Nelson for praising Aaron. It is the greatest honor for any NBA player to be compared with Yes. However, Aaron is Aaron. He is not the second Yes. He is the eternal flame of the Dallas Mavericks."

"Rick, can you bear to let this eternal flame, the second Yes, be the second in command of a team?"

It was really embarrassing to hear the reporter below ask Rick Carlisle this question.

This season, the Mavericks are good in everything, but the question of the boss is really difficult to answer...

So far in the regular season, Afflalo is indeed more like the boss than Dirk.

Dirk has also been working hard to cooperate with Afflalo.

Dirk's selflessness really moved him.

It can be seen that Dirk is willing to assist Afflalo.

However, Afflalo himself has no intention of being the boss!

Of course, Afflalo is willing to be the boss, Dirk is willing to give way, but Cuban won't let him, right?

The Mavericks' victory over the SuperSonics allowed the Mavericks to break the curse of the past two years. It also greatly increased Afflalo's popularity in Dallas and the league, and truly became the darling of the city of Dallas.

"Dirk, is there really no problem with this?"

Jason Terry was a little worried.

"No problem, no problem."

The smile on Nowitzki's face was hearty.

What Aaron is going through now, he has already gone through.

Now, what he pursues is completely different.

"Ahem..."

Having a cold is as powerless as facing Yes...

Of course, now that I have Aaron, I am no longer so powerless in the face of Yes.

In three consecutive games in the Southwest, the Seattle SuperSonics achieved a record of 1 win and 2 losses.

Although this record does not look that good.

But in the powerful Southwest Division, facing the three strongest teams in the Southwest Division this season, they achieved a record of 1 win and 2 losses. This record is enough for the Seattle SuperSonics to firmly occupy the eighth position in the Western Conference after this devilish schedule. .

After the game against the Mavericks, the Seattle SuperSonics, now 15-10, and the Timberwolves, 14-10, are ranked eighth and ninth in the West respectively.

After the Timberwolves defeated the Kings on December 15, the Timberwolves, who also had 15 wins and 10 losses, still fell behind the Seattle SuperSonics and ranked ninth due to their divisional record.

On December 16, 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics returned to their home court after three consecutive trips to the Southwest to face the Clippers, who were led by the first three young players.

After the last time the two teams met, this time they met again, Ye Si could clearly feel that Westbrook and DeAndre Jordan were holding their breath.

Of course, because the two of them cheated Nick Young in their last confrontation, the two of them consciously restrained their strengths in this game.

but……

They want to restrain their sharp edges, fearing that their sharp edges will hurt Nick Young again.

But how could Ye Si let them put away their edge easily?

Especially Westbrook, he knows this kid too well.

As long as you dare to give him sunshine, he can really shine!

As long as you dare to give him an opening, he will really dare to throw it!

Even if the last one was a no-nonsense, the next one he dared to throw away a no-nonsense!

I don’t know if I learned this stubbornness from that guy Afflalo, but Afflalo’s stubbornness has obviously been smoothed out by three years of failure in the NCAA...

In the end, with the help of Westbrook, the Seattle SuperSonics easily defeated the Clippers 118-105 at home.

"Teacher, I almost want to compete with Russell for the ball in this game!"

"Now I finally understand how far we have to go, but I believe that we will definitely reach the end in the future!"

Nick Young has confidence in both Russell Westbrook and DeAndre Jordan.

only……

Ye Si looked at the turtle boy not far away...

That was a stubborn look in my eyes that I knew was wrong but wouldn’t change...