From South China Tiger to NBA King

Seeing the angry Doncic, Nowitzki had a helpless smile on his face.

"No matter how mature and powerful you are, you are still just a 19-year-old kid!!"

At the same time, Carlisle has silently stood on the technical stage, preparing to replace Nowitzki.

Generally speaking, if Nowitzki plays the entire first quarter, he will rest for at least eight minutes in the second quarter, or he may not play in the first half at all.

But things are different today

Carlisle knows very well that it is difficult for Doncic alone to fight against Jianghu.

Normally when encountering this kind of situation, you might just stop eating.

But today is different. Nowitzki's touch is quite outstanding. Not to mention returning to his peak, he is at least 70% of his peak. He can barely be an All-Star.

If Nowitzki doesn't play to stabilize the situation, the game may be wasted!

Soon, as Doncic caused Alexander's foul in the offense, the game entered the dead ball stage.

The coaches of the two teams chose this moment to replace all the starting players back on the court!

The game restarted and the Mavericks served from the sideline.

Nowitzki suddenly ran away from Horford on the baseline and went to the outside to catch the ball. This scene happened more than once in the first quarter.

Seeing this, Alexander decisively left Doncic behind and stepped forward to cover the defense.

After receiving the ball, Nowitzki chose to take action very decisively.

Although Alexander has excellent jumping, after all, his height and wingspan are far behind that of Nowitzki, a power forward.

What's more, Nowitzki also has the iconic "Golden Rooster Independence". This slightly insidious shooting posture can prevent a considerable number of people from interfering with his shooting.

The basketball left Nowitzki's fingertips and spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

The Celtics beat the Mavericks 50 to 40. Nowitzki's goal stopped the bleeding for the Mavericks!

One minute later, Nowitzki successfully interfered with Horford's shot, collected the rebound, and passed the ball to Doncic. Doncic stepped up his long legs and advanced quickly with the ball.

Jianghu felt that Barnes was not a big threat, so he could just let it go and rush over from one side to grab it with his hand...

Unexpectedly, Doncic suddenly used a behind-the-back dribble to pull the ball back.

Alexander in front of him braked suddenly and remained in a defensive position.

But the next moment, Doncic held the ball with his left hand and mobilized his whole body to make a huge crossover!

Alexander was shaken back repeatedly, but he still gritted his teeth, kicked his right foot back to steady his center of gravity, and faced his opponent again.

But then, Doncic held the ball in his right hand and made another wider crossover. This time, Alexander was completely shaken away!

Doncic took advantage of the situation and immediately rushed to the basket with the ball. At this time, Horford was the only one guarding the penalty area.

Horford didn't realize the seriousness of the matter when he saw the menacing Doncic. He raised his hands high and jumped vertically, trying to protect the basket.

But Doncic worked hard on this shot and actually jumped to the height of the frame!

"BANG!"

The two competed in the air, and then Doncic stuffed the ball into the basket.

There is no better way to describe this dunk than in four words, that is - earth-shattering.

No one expected that Doncic, whose physical fitness was not very explosive, would actually deliver such an explosive dunk.

Horford's eyes widened, his body flew out, and then he sat on the ground and watched Doncic roar at him.

Doncic looked very excited, but after all, it was Alexander, not Horford, who provoked him.

Seeing that the honest Horford was about to stand up and fight back, Jiang Hu quickly rushed between the two and pushed Doncic away.

"Is everything okay?"

Alexander also rushed to the bottom line at this time and extended a "helping hand" to Horford.

Horford smiled helplessly, took Jiang Hu and Alexander's hands and stood up.

Stevens felt something was not right and called a timeout.

When the players came off the court, the American Airlines Center once again turned into a sea of ​​joy.

At this moment, the Mavericks fans uniformly shouted a classic slogan:

“Boston sucks!!”

“Boston sucks!!”

“Boston sucks!!”

It has to be said that the home atmosphere of the Mavericks has a practical effect, especially for the young players of the Celtics.

After Doncic scored consecutive points, the cheers from the Mavericks fans at the scene were louder and louder.

Veteran players like Gasol and Horford are fine, but young players like Alexander and Jaylen Brown are obviously affected.

Of course, except Jiang Hu, although he is young, he is an anomaly.

In subsequent games, the young Celtics were more willing to hand over the ball to veterans such as Jiang Hu and Gasol. Only when Jiang Hu was restricted and it was difficult to connect the ball, would they take the initiative to launch an attack.

And when Jiang Hu and other veterans were not present, the young players lost their backbone and played more hesitantly...

As the saying goes, hesitation leads to defeat.

The Celtics' offensive efficiency dropped rapidly as a result!

On the other hand, the Mavericks gradually smoothed out the point difference after Carlisle made up his mind to beat the old and the young.

At the end of the second quarter, the Mavericks narrowed the point difference to 5 points.

After the start of the second half, Alexander and others finally adapted to the atmosphere of the Mavericks' home court and gradually relaxed.

In this quarter, the Celtics once again held on to their lead and still stubbornly maintained the point difference at around 5 points.

But in the fourth quarter, the game changed again!

At the beginning of this quarter, Nowitzki, who had not taken much action throughout the third quarter, turned on the offensive mode and completely took over the game.

Whether facing Horford or Gasol, he feels hot and unstoppable!

After scoring 10 points alone, the Mavericks not only smoothed the point difference, but also overtook the Celtics by 3 points!

Stevens also wants to let Jiang Hu play immediately, but Anji has told him to control Jiang Hu's playing time in recent games and not exceed 35 minutes. Don't go crazy just because Leonard and Morris Jr. are injured. Squeeze Jianghu, Jianghu's physical fitness is reserved for the playoffs. The regular season does not matter, as long as he can guarantee the first ranking in the Eastern Conference, don't pursue records excessively.

Angie said so, but now the team has won 17 consecutive victories, and if they win two more consecutive victories, they can tie the team's record. How can Stevens not take this to heart.

Stevens could only pause and put the burden on the shoulders of young people such as Alexander and Jaylen Brown.

Everyone didn't understand why the coach stood still and didn't replace Jiang Hu, the core player, back on the court when the situation was so critical. But after seeing Jiang Hu sitting in his seat very calmly, everyone could only nod in agreement.

"I'll wait until the last five minutes and then I'll go in and finish the game."

Jiang Hu said calmly.

He gave no specific plans or explained why.

But just such a light sentence gave the Celtic generals great confidence!

Everyone has only one belief at the moment - to hold on to the score, and when Jianghu comes on stage, the game will be stable!

With this thought, the players stepped onto the court one by one with firm eyes.

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With the deafening roar of the Mavericks fans, the game restarted!

The Celtics serve from the backcourt.

After Alexander passed half court with the ball, he handed the ball to Gasol.

Gasol knew that this was the time when the team needed him to step up. He quickly observed the Mavericks' defensive arrangement and then waved to Jaylen Brown.

After Jaylen Brown and Doncic struggled for a while, they suddenly reversed and accelerated toward the outside. After reaching the top of the arc, Gasol passed the ball to Booker hand-to-hand, and used his thick body to block Doncic.

Suddenly, Brown had a chance to take action.

But Jordan filled the position quickly and rushed in front of Brown immediately.

At this moment, Gasol leaned on Doncic with his back, then turned around and rushed towards the inside. Booker had quick eyes and quick hands and passed the ball with a ground-breaking pass.

When Gasol took the ball, he took three steps and went straight to the basket.

Barnes took a step and moved in front of Gasol, preparing to protect the basket, but his reaction had been predicted by Gasol.

Gasol flicked his wrist and threw the ball into the air.

Nowitzki struggled to take off, but the basketball just passed his fingertips!

The next moment, Alexander rose into the air, caught the basketball in the air, and slammed the ball into the basket.

"BANG!"

The American Airlines Center was instantly silent!

After scoring the goal, Alexander suddenly remembered Jianghu's celebration in the first quarter, and put his fingers to his lips in the same way.

But he is not a Jianghu after all, and the Mavericks fans immediately responded with boos.

Fortunately, Alexander's psychological quality is still good. On the way back to defense, he kept smiling and ignored the deafening boos.

In transition between offense and defense, Brunson quickly advanced with the ball.

As soon as halftime passed, he handed the ball to Doncic, and he dropped to the bottom corner, waiting for the opportunity.

Doncic started a pick-and-roll tactic at the top of the key.

With the help of Jordan's screen, he changed the defender to Gasol.

Jaylen Brown wanted to step forward to attack, but when he saw that Barnes was about to pass down, he could only turn around and pursue the defense.

As a result, Gasol had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward to defend Doncic alone.

But Doncic was not in a hurry to attack. He dribbled the ball slowly on the spot and observed the situation on the court. But as he dribbled, Doncic's eyes suddenly moved up to look at the basket, and his center of gravity sank slightly.

"No, he's ready to do it!"

Gasol secretly thought something was wrong and jumped up subconsciously.

Who knows, this is just a fake shot by Doncic. After successfully letting Gasol "fly out", Doncic immediately strode towards the penalty area.

Alexander wanted to return to defense, but it was too late.

"BANG!"

With a crisp sound, Doncic once again performed a powerful and heavy one-handed chop.

"Roar!!!"

"Luca!!! Well done!"

"Aren't you a Canadian who can dance very well and be arrogant? Why are you not guarding yourself? Are you afraid of being dunked by the great magician Luca?"

The American Airlines Center is boiling again.

I don’t know when, all the Mavericks fans stood up and cheered for the home team hysterically.

But they were not happy for too long. Gasol retreated outside the baseline, grabbed the basketball and threw it vigorously into the frontcourt. The basketball was like a cannonball, passing through many players from both teams and flying directly to the Mavericks half. field.

The next moment, Jaylen Brown broke through and caught Gasol's quarterback's long pass.

On the Lone Ranger side, only Barnes reacted and chased after Jaylen Brown.

As Brown advanced with the ball, he looked back at Barnes.

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

Brown gritted his teeth and decided to detain him!

The worst case scenario is that he will be chased? What's so great about it?

With this thought, Brown accelerated again, moved forward indomitably, and took off with all his strength!

The North Carolina Blackhawks followed closely behind and soared into the sky!

"Snapped!"

"Oh!!! shit"

There was a crisp sound, followed by Brown's cry of pain.

Barnes swung his hand, but without touching the ball at all, he hit Brown squarely on the shoulder and upper arm.

Fortunately, the young man's core strength was good and he did not lose his center of gravity and landed steadily.

"Beep!"

The whistle also sounded, and there was no doubt that Barnes had committed a foul.

Brown moved his arms with a look of displeasure.

This slap was indeed a bit heavy, and I almost lost my center of gravity in the air.

But when Brown thought about it, Barnes' usual playing style was quite polite, and he probably didn't hit him on purpose, so he tried to restrain his depressed mentality.

After taking a deep breath, Brown walked to the free throw line and made two solid free throws.

The score also became 104:103, and the Mavericks led by one point.

At this time, there are only 6 minutes left before the end of the game!

As long as he holds on for one more minute, Jianghu will return to the court!

But just as the Celtics young players were rejoicing, the old guy Nowitzki started his performance again.

He is now receiving Doncic's pass from outside the three-point line and holding the ball to beat Horford alone.

After continuously shaking left and right, King Nuo took a step with his left foot to break through, but the next moment he rose from the ground and made another three-pointer.

The basketball left his fingertips and spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

Seeing the heroic Nowitzki, I don’t know how many fans will be confused. Isn’t this 2018? Why is this guy trying to make it look like it's 2011?

107:103, the score difference came to four points!

In the next round, Alexander made a mistake when he hit Doncic in the low post, and the ball was cut off by Barnes who was assisting in defense.

The Mavericks took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack!

During the fast break, Doncic took the lead and went straight to the basket, but released the ball at the last moment.

After receiving the ball from the outside, Nowitzki calmly used a shooting fake to hit Horford. After taking a step forward, the Golden Rooster made an independent two-point shot.

Hit again!

After King Nuo scored 5 points in a row, the Mavericks temporarily led the Celtics by 109 points at 103:6!

Seeing that the time was almost up, Stevens called a timeout.

After the timeout ended, Jianghu also returned to the court with great expectations!

In 5 minutes, trailing by 6 points, the game situation was not favorable to the Celtics.

But Jiang Hu's face remained calm.

5 minutes may be very short in a person's life, but in the NBA, it is enough to accomplish a lot of things!

Moreover, Jianghu will definitely be in full condition when he plays again after taking a break for most of the quarter.

However, Doncic and Nowitzki have played continuously for nearly ten minutes.

Even an Ironman will wear out in such a high-intensity competition, let alone an athlete of flesh and blood.

It's okay for young people like Doncic, but Nowitzki, an old guy, has obviously entered a physical bottleneck period. In the past few rounds, he would rest with his arms crossed whenever he had the chance, and sometimes he would even put his hands on his hands. Rest on your knees.

Comparing the two, the Celtics still have a big advantage next! (End of chapter)