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Chapter 232 The Gap
"Serge, you replace John on the court, strengthen the defense against that guy, stick to him tightly, and don't give him the slightest space."

After Yan Hua slammed Eric Dampier and Dirk Nowitzki bullied John Salmons, the game between the Mavericks and the Kings quickly entered a stalemate.

Due to Yan Hua's great deterrent and containment power in the interior, in order to be able to restrain Yan Hua, the Mavericks put a lot of defensive energy on Yan Hua, which caused the rest of the Kings players to always find enough The opportunity to make a mobile phone shot from the open space spread to the whole court, that is, the Mavericks have nothing to do with the King's offense all the time.
The Kings also have nothing to do with Dirk Nowitzki, who has changed to a small forward. John Salmons, who has a huge difference in height from Nowitzki, can only be defended by Nowitzki. For Kee's sake, he can't prevent Dirk Nowitzki, let alone limit the Mavericks' offense.

Therefore, in order to strengthen the defense against Nowitzki and increase the difficulty for him to score on the offensive end, Reggie Troyce had no choice but to replace John Salmons. Originally in Reggie Troyce's mind , Spencer Hawes is the best candidate to defend Dirk Nowitzki, but Spencer Hawes, who is over 2 meters tall, moves a bit slowly in the fourth position. Not to mention going to the third position to defend Dirk Nowitzki, so Reggie Toyes can only be replaced by Serge Ibaka who was repeatedly beaten by Nowitzki in the regular season Now, how can you say that Serge Ibaka's defense is better than John Salmons?

The King has nothing to do with Dirk Nowitzki, and the Mavericks also dare not relax their defense against Yan Hua. With Yan Hua's singles ability in the low post, if Yan Hua is allowed to play one-on-one with Eric Dampier, that is It will definitely make Yan Hua score a high score, so in this game, as long as Yan Hua holds the ball, the Mavericks' inside line will double-team Yan Hua with all their strength. After double-teaming Yan Hua, they will give Spencer -The space left by Hawes is better than letting Yan Hua overwhelm the basket.

However, in today's game, Spencer Hawes, who partnered with Yan Hua in the paint, gave Rick Carlisle a pleasant surprise. Cy Hawes and Serge Ibaka are far apart, but Spencer Hawes has a very good mid-range shot, and even the three-pointer ability is very good.

So after the Mavericks' double-team defense against Yan Hua became tighter and tighter, Spencer Hawes also scored the Kings' highest score quietly. When the game lasted 5 minutes in the first quarter, Spencer Hawes actually made 7 of 5 shots and 2 of 1 three-pointers, scoring a team-high 11 points for the Kings.

Therefore, when Reggie Troyce strengthened his defense against Nowitzki, Rick Carlisle, who stood on the sidelines with a cold face, was also thinking about how to defend Spencer Hawes. Let a role player , scored 11 points in less than half a game, this is definitely Rick Carlisle's mistake, but how to make up for his mistakes, Rick Carlisle is still undecided.

Strengthening the defense against Spencer Hawes means relaxing the defense against Yan Hua. This kind of defensive strategy is especially to limit a role player and relax the opponent's offensive threat. The player's defensive strategy, in Rick Carlisle's view, is definitely a very stupid defensive strategy, but looking at the fiery Spencer Hawes, Rick Carlisle couldn't remain indifferent.

"This guy's touch has come down." Just when Rick Carlisle was still struggling with how to defend Spencer Hawes, Spencer Hawes missed two shots on the offensive end, making Ri G Carlisle completely dismissed the idea of ​​changing the defensive strategy.

The gap between role players and stars is here. If it is Yan Hua, if it is Kevin Martin, the Mavericks dare to let them go, the Mavericks will definitely die ugly, but these role players are different , They may explode in a short period of time, but their performance will never last. For some players, if you give him 5 shots, he may make 5 of 4 shots or even all 5 shots, but you give him 10 shots. The next chance, he will never make 10 of 8 shots. This is also the main reason why many role players are so popular when they play on the bench.

"Compared to Dirk, Yan is still a little bit worse." Charles Barkley is very optimistic about Yan Hua, and he is also very optimistic about Dirk Nowitzki, but compared to Yan Hua who has just entered the league and has just risen, Charles Barkley is still more optimistic about Dirk Nowitzki. Although after the Mavericks lost the finals and was blacked by the Warriors, Charles Barkley once criticized Nowitzki for being soft, but when Dirk - Nowitzki did not sink in this series of blows, but became stronger. After Charles Barkley was completely impressed by Dirk Nowitzki, he became a fan of Nuvitski. Therefore, in this round of the series between the Mavericks and the Kings, Charles Barkley is also very firmly on the side of Dirk Nowitzki.

"After Kevin and Tim fell from the peak, Dirk is undoubtedly the strongest No. [-] in active service. Although Yan Hua is also the strongest No. [-] at the moment, Yan Hua is still slightly behind Dirk. .”

"At this time, Yan Hua should actually play more decisively and toughly. For players of Yan Hua's level, double-team defense will be the norm they encounter in the playoffs. If the opponent packs Just pass the ball, that's never going to be a superstar."

After the open Spencer Hawes missed consecutive shots, the situation on the court was gradually controlled by the Mavericks, so when Charles Barkley said that Yan Hua was still far from Nowitzki. At that time, Kenny Smith did not refute Barkley, but followed Barkley's words and said some of the shortcomings he saw in Yan Hua.

Although Yan Hua has been the successor hand-picked by Hakeem Olajuwon since last season, and Yan Hua has mastered even the dreamy footsteps that disappeared after Olajuwon retired, but as a bystander, he is willing to Ni-Smith is very clear about how far the gap between Yan Hua and Olajuwon is, not to mention the technical aspects, just the kind of people who dare to fight and fight hard, I don't care how many people you defend, I will complete the offense Mentality, Yan Hua is much worse than Olajuwon.

(End of this chapter)