Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 307 227 [The next opponent]

Not many people really cared that the Dallas Mavericks trailed by five at halftime.

Because this team has told everyone through the entire series that they are an out-and-out strong team, and they have the ability to stage a comeback when they fall behind.

It's just that in this series, they haven't given people this kind of visual impact.

During the intermission, everyone watched a playoff game in the Eastern Conference in the Dallas Mavericks locker room.

If nothing else, the Toronto Raptors will win the first matchup of the playoff series.

From this point of view, there is nothing strange about Jiang Hao and the others paying attention to the Toronto Raptors game.

Because with Jiang Hao and the others, once they rush out of the West, there is a high probability that they will encounter the Toronto Raptors on the stage of the finals in the future.

For the teammate Kawhi Leonard, Jiang Hao has never underestimated from the beginning to the end. Correspondingly, he has never underestimated the Toronto Raptors he leads.

Although judging from the results of the two regular season matches between the two teams, the Dallas Mavericks have won.

But in Jiang Hao's view, the results of the regular season are often meaningless.

The configuration of the Toronto Raptors this season is very good, especially their bench lineup, which is second to none in the league.

Coupled with Jiang Hao's understanding of Leonard, he knows that the seemingly quiet guy will actually explode into stronger fighting power in the playoffs.

There are basically two types of star players in the NBA, one is the type that plays fiercely in the regular season.

The other is the type that will be fierce in the playoffs.

Of course, if one must be added, there is another kind that is both fierce.

It's just that this kind of player basically belongs to the existence of phoenix water chestnut.

Jiang Hao doesn't know if he belongs to this kind of player, but one thing is certain, Leonard is such a player.

Therefore, for Leonard, he really will not underestimate him. That taciturn guy, but with the title of robot, is definitely a formidable enemy.

"Guys, let's go all out. Well, speaking of conceit, we don't need to waste too much time on the Thunder. The next semifinals and Western Conference finals are still waiting for us. That's the highlight, and it will be us." The real start of the playoffs"

Dirk Nowitzki clapped his hands. This big man who was about to end his career showed rare pride and ambition.

In fact, this is not surprising.

Because from Dirk Nowitzki's point of view, it is definitely a perfect ending to have such a great opportunity to win another O'Brien Cup in the last season of his career.

"Dirk is right, we have to finish this series with one bang, we have to leave more preparation time for the upcoming semi-finals, this is not ego, guys, this is a championship team must There must be awareness”

Jiang Hao took over the right to speak in the locker room. He must mobilize everyone by talking about some things, because the real challenge has not yet begun.

The opponents they will meet next, no matter which one they are, will only be stronger than the Thunder.

He doesn't want the players to be confused by the winning percentage of the series in front of them.

Especially players with no playoff experience.

In many cases, this is how they hand over their tuition fees.

At the beginning of the game, Jiang Hao assisted DeAndre Jordan to complete the dunk as soon as he came up. In this series until now, in fact, he and DeAndre Jordan have not played many internal and external connections.

This is the team's dominant tactic, and it hasn't been used much in this series.But it will definitely be used in the next game.

Of course, with Cameron Anthony's return to the top, Jiang Hao's worries about the inside are decreasing. An Anthony at his peak can definitely support the team's inside offense. Don't think that Anthony is a small forward position. , ignoring his survivability in the interior. To be honest, with the advent of the small ball era, small forwards like Anthony who can play the power forward position, in fact, ushered in the real peak.

Sure enough, people don't need to worry about the Dallas Mavericks falling behind by 5 points. They overtook the score in just 3 minutes of the third quarter.

Because of the Thunder team, Russell Westbrook, who was the only hot player in the first two quarters, was personally marked by bayonets at this time.

The power of the bayonet on the defensive end is also well known. If he wants to go all out to defend a player, then the player will indeed feel uncomfortable.

For Russell Westbrook, this series has played so far. In fact, this is not the first time he has faced the bayonet defense, but every time the feeling is the same, it is like being attacked by a tiger. It's really hard to stare at.

"In fact, this is the reason why Bayonet can become a superstar so quickly, not only because he has unparalleled offensive ability, but also because he is also impeccable on the defensive end."

In the history of nba, many players have obviously performed very well and their statistics are also very good, but they have not been recognized by the title of superstar from beginning to end.

The reason is actually very simple, not that they did not lead the team to the championship.

Just like students studying, many times their poor grades are caused by their biased subjects.

Take Stephen Curry as an example, although he won the regular season MVP twice in a row, although he led the team to 73 wins, although he won the O'Brien Cup three times in the past few seasons, he is even considered the An epoch-making player, he is the pioneer of the small ball era.

Under normal circumstances, he should be the unquestionable superstar title holder.

But in fact, until now, many fans still do not recognize his superstar status.

why?

In addition to his poor key ball ability, it is related to his lackluster performance on the defensive end.

Stephen Curry is definitely not a defensive hole, which is recognized, but he is not a defensive master, which is not recognized at all.

As a point guard, although defense is not his task in many cases, it is not an ability he must have.

But, no way, because he's a star player, he's a guy who needs to compete for greatness.

In this case, his ability on the defensive end will become very important.

…………

114: 103!

The game is over.

4: 0!

It is clean and tidy.

No upset!No miracles!
The Dallasites advanced strongly into the next round.

A day later, the Western Conference semifinal matchup was released.

The Dallas Mavericks' semifinal opponents that people are most concerned about are also released.

(End of this chapter)