Chapter 874: Carlisle Wants to Go on the Field and Fight!

At the end of the first quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics, who played away, ended the first quarter of the game with the Mavericks with a score of 29 to 32, trailing by three points.

The Mavericks, who played at home, led the SuperSonics by a slight advantage.

"The atmosphere at the American Airlines Arena now doesn't show that the Mavericks are leading at all."

Many reporters at the scene were whispering.

The expressions on the faces of the Mavericks fans at the scene were as stinky as the expressions on the faces of the Mavericks players on the court.

In the last minute of the first quarter, Durant made two consecutive fouls against Kwame Brown.

Kwame Brown had not committed a single foul in the previous eleven minutes.

He was made to commit two fouls in an instant, from not having to consider the foul crisis to directly becoming a foul crisis, just one minute, just those two inexplicable passive fouls!

At the end of the first quarter, when the Mavericks players came off the court, the Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle who greeted them had an even stinker face.

Kwame Brown is very important to the Mavericks!

The defensive pillar of the Mavericks, the Howard of the Mavericks, the offensive axis of the Mavericks!

Such a player has a foul crisis, and even if he doesn't care about the foul crisis and stays on the court, he will be restricted.

This has a huge impact on the overall Mavericks in this game.

"Kwame, these two fouls have nothing to do with you, don't take it personally."

"Fvck, I have never seen such a shameless foul!"

The comfort of the coach and teammates made the depressed Kwame Brown feel much better.

He is still a little confused now.

He was originally prepared to continue to perform well against his old club in this game.

Although he only has gratitude and no resentment towards the Supersonics and Yes, in American culture, facing such a special opponent, if you don't make a big news, you are not an American at all!

When Nelson played against the Celtics, he was also ruthless, sweeping them as he said, without any face.

This is a death before he was born!

It's too miserable.

The Supersonics will continue to make a fuss about his fouls in this game, and he has been prepared for this.

But no matter how much defense he made, he really didn't expect KD to do this to him.

In his memory, KD's move was really only used to bully those short players on the perimeter!

This move was invented for those short players who liked to butt his waist.

Damn, after one season, the others have degenerated, but this move has been upgraded. Who could have thought of it?

Kwame Brown was very depressed, with a lot of anger that he couldn't vent.

Rick Carlisle and other Mavericks players were the same.

But they really had no way to deal with Durant's foul.

Whether you look down on it or not, in the NBA you have to have the ability to commit fouls, it is not illegal. In the current NBA, public opinion even encourages committing fouls. In many public opinions, those who have strong foul-making ability are considered to have high basketball IQ, such as Kevin Martin of the Kings.

In the NBA, it is not the fouls that are despised, but the ability to commit fouls is your ability. What is despised in the NBA now is the body hair whistle.

The body hair whistle is to call a foul when there is no foul.

And the two fouls that Durant just made against Kwame Brown were actually hand fouls.

If you cry out for injustice, others will ask, why don't you pay attention?

If you pay more attention, won't you be fouled?

Now the Mavericks are very angry.

Rick Carlisle himself is also very angry, and the means are also very uncomfortable.

But after calming down, Rick Carlisle must face a reality.

That is, Kwame Brown has indeed fouled twice.

Two or more fouls in the first quarter, three or more fouls in the second quarter, and four or more fouls in the third quarter are all called being in a foul crisis.

Because of Durant's unexpected factor, he lost in the battle with old Nelson without losing!

Tell me if it's uncomfortable!

He didn't lose, but he lost, and he had to think that James would "cede land and pay compensation" to make up for his failure!

Tell me if it's annoying.

Rick Carlisle really wanted to run to the Sonics bench and beat Durant up.

Durant is definitely the first player to draw a foul in this way!

No one can compare to him before, and no one will compare to him after!

Durant's method is really shameless and invincible!

Compared with the indignation of the Mavericks, the atmosphere on the Sonics side is much lighter.

"KD, how did you do it? I'm also practicing this trick, but it doesn't work on big players at all!"

Durant looked at James Harden.

His hands are long among guards, but...

"Your hands are not long enough."

Durant said coldly.

Uh...

James Harden, who wanted to learn from him, was held back.

There's no way.

Directly hit.

He has been practicing this trick and of course knows the huge role of long hands in this trick.

Durant flirts with Kwame Brown easily.

For ordinary guards, flirting is impossible, flirting with a girl!

"Hehe..."

James Harden was not angry after being choked back by Durant's words. He laughed twice with his signature honest laugh.

"My hands are not as long as yours, but is your beard as long as mine?"

In the future, I must develop the role of beards in committing fouls, so that I can despise those whose beards are not as long as mine!

James Harden thought happily in his heart, and subconsciously stroked his big beard.

And...

KD and Rajon don't seem to have a good impression of him...

Is it really like what the Internet says, "Not fifteen but second", that long arms and long legs and hard bones and stupid heads and big butts are born to be incompatible when they meet? There will be party disputes when they meet?

The ending of the first quarter caught many people by surprise.

This is the case for the Mavericks.

The same is true for the head coach of the Supersonics, old Nelson.

The difficulty of hell suddenly became easy, which really made old Nelson feel like pie in the sky.

However, the ending of the first quarter also caused a very special consequence.

That is after the second quarter of the game.

Whether it is the players on the court or the spectators on the sidelines of the Mavericks, they really share the same hatred of the enemy!

The Mavericks' bench lineup is led by Monta Ellis and Jason Terry, with Eric Dampier, Brandon Bass, and Antoine White.

The Supersonics' bench lineup is Barea, Harden, Quentin Richardson, Nick Collison, and Gasol.

Judging from the last game and the past matches between the two teams, the strength of the bench lineups of the two teams is similar.

The Mavericks' rotation lineup led by Monta Ellis and Jason Terry has a stronger scoring explosiveness, and it is really crazy when it goes crazy.

On the Supersonics side, although Barea also has the attribute of a nervous knife, overall, the offense and defense of the Supersonics are more balanced and more stable.

The Mavericks' bench lineup has a lot of ups and downs, sometimes God and sometimes ghost, but this time, at home, in such an atmosphere, this time, the atmosphere of the Mavericks' rotation lineup belongs to God.

The rotation lineups of both sides played for only three minutes in the second quarter, and the Supersonics, who were only 3 points behind, were about to soar to 10 points behind.

Old Nelson could only replace Durant and Yes together, and replace Nick Collison and Quentin Richardson.

Quentin Richardson's current physical condition is indeed not suitable for the intensity of the playoffs. He was mentally ruined by Larry Brown. People like Milicic can recover. In fact, Quentin Richardson's mentality has recovered, but the body that was ruined by Larry Brown is really a permanent scar that can never be recovered.

The body can't keep up with the confrontation, and it is useless when facing the wind.

But Quentin Richardson's more mature three-pointer, when playing in a favorable game, wow, it's really crazy, it's simply a weapon for bullying.

When Quentin Richardson was put on, old Nelson was also betting that Jason Terry and Monta Ellis were ghosts today, but he didn't expect that these two people were gods today, so there was nothing he could do.

Old Nelson replaced Yes and Durant, which was a signal that he wanted to end the rotation coach early.

Old Nelson meant that you are too amazing, can't you avoid it if you can't play?

Rick Carlisle, who was not satisfied with watching Jason Terry and Monta Ellis beat the Sonics rotation, resisted the urge to continue the Mavericks' double gods and reluctantly replaced Afflalo and Josh Howard. Nowitzki continued to rest on the sidelines.

And Kwame Brown, of course, couldn't play right away.

Seeing that the center position of the Mavericks on the court was Eric Dampier, Carlisle really wanted to vomit.

Playing the same tactics, Dampier and Kwame Brown are two completely different styles!

In his eyes, Kwame Brown is good at everything and can do anything!

And Dampier?

This one really can't do anything!

He really wasn't kidding.

Dampier's defense is too slow, and his passion, vitality and athletic talent are also poor. As for the offensive end, it is even more obvious.

All-round decline!

The Mavericks with Kwame Brown and without Kwame Brown, this is really an all-round decline, even if they play the same tactics!

When Kwame Brown was there, the Mavericks could suppress the Supersonics on the court.

But without Kwame Brown, they were really suppressed by the Supersonics!

Gasol, Durant, Yes, Harden, Barea...

Because Dampier's screen effect was too poor, the Supersonics directly used their five players to infinitely defend the five players on the Mavericks.

Dampier played Gasol, Josh Howard played Durant, Afflalo played Yes, Monta Elise played Barea, Jason Terry played Harden...

If it weren't for the fact that Monta Elise and Jason Terry's touch was really excellent, Afflalo's basketball IQ and organizational ability were really excellent, and they tried their best to play basketball without Kwame Brown, instead of blindly attacking Yes, but organizing Terry and Monta Elise who had better touch and offensive state to attack, I'm afraid the Mavericks' almost ten-point lead would disappear in an instant.

However, even with Afflalo's stable morale,

When the second quarter was about halfway through, Rick Carlisle finally substituted Nowitzki and Kwame Brown.

At this time, the score on the field between the two sides had become 45-45!

Although the Mavericks players on the court have tried very hard, they really can't do it without Kwame Brown's support. The reason why they were able to catch up with the lead of nearly 10 points so quickly was not only because of the lack of Kwame Brown's support, but more importantly, Yes could return all the magic balls thrown by Terry and Alice to Yes!

The magic ball advantage of Jason Terry and Alice was offset, and Marc Gasol's inside advantage was really irreversible.

It can be said that after Yes came on the court, the Mavericks were the side that was suppressed by the Supersonics.

In short, because of Kwame Brown's foul crisis, the entire rhythm of the Mavericks was disrupted.

According to the Mavericks' previous rotation habits, the Mavericks should have played Kwame Brown a long time ago.

If this is true, the Mavericks must be leading now.

There is no point in entangled with these things now.

The score is still tied now, and what the Mavericks have to do is to pull the score and the situation of the game to their side again.

Although Kwame Brown has two fouls on his back, Carlisle is still full of confidence.

As long as Kwame Brown pays more attention and does not fall for such tricks again, the Mavericks can still stabilize their situation!

In fact, after Kwame Brown calmed down for so long off the court, he did learn a lot.

As soon as Kwame Brown came on the court, Durant wanted to teach Kwame Brown again.

This was the instruction of old Nelson.

Now Durant once again replaced Milicic as the main tactical attack point of the Supersonics in this game.

However, in the second quarter, when Durant used a big loop on Kwame Brown for the first time, Kwame Brown dodged it.

Durant did not cause Kwame Brown to foul, and he also made a mistake.

Rick Carlisle was very satisfied to see this scene.

There are also risks in playing this kind of big loop. If you can't make a foul, you either make a mistake, jump up and pass, or force a shot. No matter which one is a wrong offensive choice on the court, it is likely to cause the failure of the offense.

The big loop is basically equivalent to using one offensive opportunity to exchange for an opportunity to make the opponent foul.

The Sonics failed to attack, and the Dallas Mavericks' next attack was once again surpassed by Nowitzki's mid-range shot.

47 to 45!

Rick Carlisle was relieved to see the score.

No matter what, a two-point advantage is still an advantage.

This lead also shows that his team can suppress the Sonics under normal circumstances!

Nowitzki's score can be said to have given the team players and fans on the sidelines great confidence!

However, Rick Carlisle's face, which had just been relieved, changed instantly when he saw the Sonics' next offensive choice!

"The Seattle Sonics are still using Durant to foul Kwame Brown!"

"The first failure!"

"The second failure!"

"The third failure!"

"The fourth time, Durant caused Kwame Brown to foul again!"

When Durant caused Kwame Brown to foul for the third time, the Sonics were already 5 points behind 45 to 50. If they failed again this time, the score difference would have to go to 10 points again!

"You actually paid such a high price to bet on Kwame Brown's foul?!"

Kenny Smith said a little dully, looking at Durant who was walking to the free throw line early again.

But the eyes of old Nelson on the sidelines were shining!

It's not like Kwame Brown didn't have fouls. He had two fouls on his back. If he didn't make his third one, he would be a coward!

As for the score...

There's nothing to catch up with!

Looking at Kwame Brown holding his head with his hands weakly on the court.

Carlisle looked at the assistant referee beside him. That look was so malicious that the assistant referee was a little scared.

Carlisle's eyes told him that the Mavericks coach was now asking him if he could go on the court to hit people...

Can he?

Of course not!