Chapter 871 Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks' System!

On May 6, 2009, at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, the second game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Dallas Mavericks was about to start.

Because of the easy victory in the previous game, the Mavericks fans at the scene were extremely enthusiastic.

As the leader of the Mavericks fans on the sidelines, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is now very excited and leading the Mavericks fans to dance on the sidelines.

In the commentary booth on the sidelines of the American Airlines Arena, Kenny Smith and Barkley were communicating relatively easily.

"Charles, let me ask you a very popular question recently. Which cup of poison would you drink, Durant and Ibaka?"

Durant and Ibaka are two cups of poison, and Yes must drink one cup of poison. As soon as this metaphor made by Jason Terry, the Dallas Mavericks super substitute, appeared in an interview, it was exaggerated by those coconut powder media and neutral media.

Kenny Smith is such a bad guy!

Barkley cursed in his heart.

As a Coconut Fan, even if I know that Durant and Ibaka are poison, I can't say it!

Durant made great contributions to Yes and the Supersonics' championship last year.

Although Ibaka was undercover for six and a half games in the last round of the series, he also provided great help to the Supersonics' black eight promotion in the ten consecutive games in the second half.

Both of them are heroes of the Supersonics.

If they are heroes, how can they be poison!

"I personally think that apart from the opponents of the Supersonics and others, there should be no Supersonics people and fans who regard these two as poison. Ibaka is very struggling on the defensive end against the offensive Mavericks, who are the kind of single-player offensive type, but he can contribute to the Supersonics on the offensive end. After the series with the Spurs, I feel that his shooting has improved a lot."

"And KD, his current offense does have big problems, but his defense is very important to the Mavericks. Although the Supersonics lost the last game, when the Mavericks tried to single out Durant as a team, except for Nowitzki, it was not easy for others to single out Durant. His performance on the offensive end in the last game was very bad, but on the defensive end, KD's contribution cannot be ignored."

"KD and Ibaka are two players with different styles. They can both help the Supersonics. They are not perfect, but they are both very important."

This fat guy!

Kenny Smith really thinks that Barkley's IQ has really been growing rapidly in recent years!

"Does Charles think the Seattle SuperSonics can win this game with the contributions of Durant and Ibaka?"

Uh...

Kenny Smith narrowed his eyes.

Barkley was a little speechless.

You said these two people so well, so the SuperSonics should be able to win this game, right?

Win?

Win a ball!

This old bastard!

"The Mavericks are very strong, but the SuperSonics do have a chance to win. As long as Durant can get back to his form on the offensive end, even if it is not the form he had against the Rockets in the playoffs last year, but a slightly worse form, the SuperSonics have a chance to beat the Mavericks, so relatively speaking, it is more appropriate to start Durant."

"Is it because Durant's offense can still be expected, but Ibaka's defense can no longer be expected?"

"Well, you can say that."

Barkley nodded a little embarrassedly.

He was trying to make himself look normal and calm, but Kenny Smith's eyes next to him, "Do you think I will believe it?" made him really want to hit someone.

What the hell are you looking at me like that for?

I also know that Durant's offense and Ibaka's defense can't be expected!

But what do you want me and the coconut fans to think?

Should we just say,

The Supersonics should give up this series, it's impossible to beat the Mavericks.

Is this possible?

Of course it's impossible!

Just like the Durant and Ibaka you hyped are two cups of poison.

If you have to drink one of these two cups of poison, of course you will choose to drink Durant's cup!

Durant's offense has indeed reached a very high level.

It can still be expected.

And Ibaka, his defense, especially single defense, has always been a rookie.

And...

Not only the Supersonics fans think so, the Supersonics' tactics are also arranged in this way!

In the last game, Durant's performance was so bad that when the starting lineups of the two teams came out, Durant still appeared in the starting lineup of the Supersonics.

The second game between the Mavericks and the Supersonics.

The starting lineup of the Supersonics is center, Milicic, power forward Millsap, small forward Durant, shooting guard Yes, point guard Rondo,

while the Mavericks are center Kwame Brown, power forward Nowitzki, small forward Josh Howard, shooting guard Afflalo, point guard Monta Ellis.

The starting lineup of the Mavericks and Supersonics in this game is still the same as the last game.

Seeing the starting lineup of the Supersonics in this game, Carlisle nodded to show that there was no surprise.

Durant and Ibaka? He would also choose Durant.

Not only Durant's offense can be expected by a one-in-ten-thousand chance.

More importantly, defense is the cornerstone of everything.

In the last game, Durant did cause a lot of trouble for the Mavericks in offense.

Durant's defense, especially in single defense and one-on-one duels, is really good. Except for Nowitzki, no one can take advantage of him.

The Mavericks used to win against the Supersonics as long as they caught Ibaka and beat him.

This winning code is very simple, so simple that Carlisle doesn't have to think too much.

But now, after Durant started, it is not so easy for the Mavericks to win easily.

At least, the Mavericks' previous unsolvable offense against the Supersonics is not unsolvable now.

So, it is really thanks to Durant's offensive problems, otherwise the Supersonics would be really difficult to play.

The Mavericks have defects in the small forward position. Josh Howard's offense is very good, but his defense is not up to par. And with Afflalo and Monta Ellis, his good offense has become a bit useless. It is still useful to play against a team with obvious defensive defects like Ibaka.

But there is only one Ibaka in the NBA. Most of the teams that won the championship with the Mavericks did not have Ibaka at the small forward position.

Josh Howard was at a disadvantage when facing James, Anthony, Artest or even Pierce.

Even when facing Durant, who only defended in the last game, Josh Howard could not take advantage.

If the Spurs had not been eliminated unexpectedly this year and other strong teams had problems, Carlisle would not dare to dream of the team winning the championship.

The Mavericks' current strength is still a little far from the championship team.

The starting lineups of the two teams did not change much compared to the last game, but the process after the game started changed from the beginning.

In this game, the center of the Supersonics, Milicic, defeated the center of the Mavericks, Kwame Brown, and grabbed the first wave of ball rights in this game.

After winning the championship and getting a big contract, Kwame Brown's confidence has increased greatly. With the huge blessing of confidence, this very emotional player has made great progress in strength this season.

The reason why Durant was so miserable in the last game was mainly because Kwame Brown's help defense was indeed excellent.

No one in the Mavericks can stop Durant's offense. Durant's offense is very comprehensive now. Even if his shooting touch is not good, he can still break through with big strides.

Although the rhythm of the breakthrough also needs to be found, if the Mavericks' inside defense players are not good, Durant would never have made seven turnovers in the last game, and he would never have been forced to shoot 11 three-pointers from the outside, and only had five free throws out of 33 shots.

Because of Kwame Brown's existence, Durant's offense under the basket was almost blocked in the last game.

In this season of the Mavericks, Kwame Brown, Oden, Howard and Chandler are known as the four centers with the strongest defense ability in the league.

It can be said that in a team like the Mavericks, which is strong in offense and weak in defense, Kwame Brown is the pillar of defense, similar to Howard's position in the Magic, supporting the defense of a team alone.

And this is why the Mavericks' outside defense always likes to use Afflalo as the main defender to double-team those players with strong killing ability, such as Yes, such as Rose and others.

It is to protect Kwame Brown. Without Kwame Brown, the Mavericks' current defense will collapse directly.

At the same time, this is why Afflalo is so important to the Mavericks and is considered by many media experts and reporters to be the core of the Mavericks.

Afflalo is the defensive strength of the Mavericks' perimeter. With him, Kwame Brown does not have to worry about being killed, and the Mavericks do not have to worry about the collapse of defense.

If the defense does not collapse, use your own offense to hammer others to death!

This is the winning code of the Mavericks.

Many people can figure it out with a little research, let alone a strong man like old Nelson.

In the last game, when the Mavericks used Afflalo and Monta Alice to double-team Yes, old Nelson tried to let Durant break through to hurt Kwame Brown, but ended up with Durant's 7 turnovers and 26 iron shots.

In this game, the tactical thinking of the Supersonics has not changed.

Still looking for opportunities to win from Kwame Brown.

Old Nelson still did not let Yes forcefully break through the double-team.

After the series against the Spurs, Yes had the ability to forcefully break through the double-teaming of Bowen and Jackson, and naturally also had the ability to forcefully break through the double-teaming of Afflalo and Monta Ellis. However, it was obvious that it was difficult to expect a high hit rate for such an unconventional shot, and a one-time miracle could not be regarded as a conventional tactic that could be replicated.

And if Yes really had such conventional ability, he would also ask for a strong attack, but he did not, so in the eyes of old Nelson, Yes's ability was the same as Kobe's ability, sometimes killing the enemy, and sometimes killing himself.

Therefore, in order to break the Mavericks' system, old Nelson was still prepared to start from a tactical perspective, rather than relying on Yes's personal ability.

Since it was based on tactics, it was of course to kill Kwame Brown!

In the last game, the method used by the Supersonics was Durant's killing, and in this game, the method used by the Supersonics was Milicic's strong attack to create killing!

In the first attack of the Supersonics, the Supersonics did not seek fast break opportunities as usual.

Rondo dribbled slowly across half court, waiting for Milicic and Kwame Brown to get into position, and then he shot the ball into the paint, preparing for Milicic to kill Kwame Brown.

"Sure enough, they still want to hurt Kwame, and they really use Dako!"

Carlisle's eyes flickered on the sidelines.

On the court, Milicic, who was making a lot of physical contact with Kwame Brown behind him, frowned.

He had only sat down for two seconds when Josh Howard, who was defending Durant, came back to steal his ball.

However, thinking of Nelson's arrangement before the game, and looking at Durant who was outside holding out his hand for the ball, Milicic gritted his teeth and forced a small jump shot on Kwame Brown before Josh Howard retracted.

With a swish!

It hit, but it did not cause Kwame Brown to foul.

"Now David Stern and the league intend to relax the intensity of the foul. As long as you don't make a move, physical confrontation will basically not cause a foul. This time, Milicic and Kwame Brown's confrontation was very intense, but Milicic did not have enough time to make Kwame Brown lose his position and make a move."

"Rick Carlisle is a very good head coach, he is an underestimated coach. He protected Kwame Brown in advance, and the protection was very good!"

Kenny Smith praised Rick Carlisle.

Old Nelson also admires Rick Carlisle, a junior who studied under Bill Fitch, an academic coach.

In today's NBA, there are fewer and fewer academic head coaches, especially such excellent academic head coaches.

Playing against such academic coach opponents always gives old Nelson a very strong sense of fun, just like 25 years ago when he was in the Bucks and swept the Celtics coached by Carlisle's master Bill Fitch with the Bucks, and finally kicked Bill Fitch out of class.

The sweep of the Celtics with the Bucks 25 years ago was really the most glorious series in his coaching career.

After all, in addition to being the head coach of the Bucks, he was also a legendary player of the Celtics. When he swept the Celtics, his master Red Cardinal and Russell and a bunch of senior brothers and junior brothers were sitting on the sidelines. That feeling was simply... incomparable!

His feeling at that time was definitely the same as Kwame Brown's feeling now, right?

On the court, Kwame Brown, who had just been forced by Milicic to score two points, immediately returned the favor.

After helping Afflalo to set a screen on the three-point line, Kwame Brown received a pass from Afflalo and dunked without paying attention to Milicic's block!

"Flow attack!"

Looking at the connection between Afflalo and Kwame Brown on the court, old Nelson's face, which was originally reminiscing, showed admiration, surprise and amazement.

He is much better than his master!