NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 99
The Dallas Mavericks started with center Lieve LaFrentz, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, small forward Eduardo Najera, offensive guard Michael Finley and point guard Steve Nash. .

Crazy scientist Old Nelson arranges his troops in an unconventional manner, Najera Nelson's scientific research results.

This second-round pick from Mexico gained Nelson's trust at the end of the season and was put into the starting lineup.

His main task is to keep an eye on Stojakovic, the Kings' second-leading scorer, while also providing appropriate defense for his teammates.

Yes, Najura's role is similar to Kirilenko's before.

It’s just that Kirilenko has a height of 206 centimeters, a wingspan of 228 centimeters, and excellent running and jumping abilities, while Najera, who is 203 centimeters tall, is much inferior.

I don't know whether his performance in this series can satisfy the old Nelson.

The main lineup of the Kings remains unchanged, still Divac, Webber, Stojakovic, Christie and Bibby.

Divac jumped the ball to win, and Webber scored two points for the Kings first. Looking back, Nowitzki also hit a jumper and returned the favor.

Sure enough, as the fans guessed, at the beginning, the All-Star power forwards of both sides took the lead for their respective teams.

The game continued, Lu Yuanzhi sat on the bench, the more he looked at it, the more he frowned.

His boss Weber's defense against Nowitzki was too casual!
How can the German chariot catch the ball so easily and make a jump shot so easily?
This defensive pressure is not in place at all!

Do you really want Nowitzki to come down to earth again and average 33.3 points per game like he did in the first round?

Both teams produced the results they wanted on the court, with full offensive firepower. When the six-minute official timeout came, the visiting Mavericks actually led 6:18.

On the Kings side, Adelman also saw that Nowitzki could not continue to play so comfortably.

The German not only has high scoring efficiency, but also has superb first-hand support. As long as the ball passes through his hands, the Mavericks' offensive efficiency is very high.

Lu Yuanzhi waited for Adelman to finish speaking, and moved to Weber's side, "Chris, I have a trick to guard against Nowitzki."

Seeing Weber raised his head and looked at him curiously, Lu Yuanzhi didn't hold back, "You push him hard. As long as his foot is unstable, he won't be able to hit the ball, and he will easily miss the pass."

"Push down?" Weber nodded, then looked at Lu Yuanzhi strangely.

Lu Yuanzhi didn't understand what Wei Bo's eyes meant, but the timeout ended soon, and he didn't have a chance to ask.

After the timeout, the ball still belonged to the Mavericks, and they still followed the established tactics and handed the ball to Nowitzki.

Nowitzki turned his back to Webber with the ball, and suddenly felt something strange inserted between his legs.

Lu Yuanzhi was also dumbfounded off the court.

Boss, I just asked you to push him down, why are you so dirty, you just stuffed a leg between Nowitzki's legs?
Not to mention, the referees in the early 21st century were really loose in their penalty standards in the playoffs. They turned a blind eye to such defensive actions that clearly violated the offensive player's cylinder.

And Nowitzki was even more uncomfortable. Weber's thick thighs were pressed between his legs. He couldn't hit his back or turn around.

As a last resort, Nowitzki could only pass the ball out again.

Soon, the ball returned to Nowitzki's hands. This time Webber went even further, sticking tightly to it, still stuck one of his legs between Nowitzki's legs, and kept moving forward. A small, forceful movement.

Nowitzki was pushed by Weber behind him and could not stand firmly.

But the offensive time is almost over, and it is not easy to pass the ball outside at this time, so I can only barely take off to shoot, and the ball naturally hits the basket.

Weber's eyes lit up, hey, I really didn't expect that Nowitzki looked at a tall man with such poor lower body strength, he couldn't stand firmly when he was on top.

Lu Yuanzhi watched the whole round of Weber's defense against Nowitzki, and three black lines appeared above his head. Boss, I just asked you to push him down. Why did you use such dirty moves?

Are all NBA veterans so dirty?

Lu Yuanzhi finally understood why Weber looked at him so strangely. Did he misunderstand his feelings?
Webber found the knack of defending Nowitzki and was very happy. While settling down the frontcourt, he also gave the Kings a thumbs up on the bench.

Seeing this scene, Bobby Jackson turned his head and asked Lu Yuanzhi, "Did you remind Chris of this trick? When did you learn such a dirty defensive move?"

How can Lu Yuanzhi explain?He can't explain it at all!

He defended well, but his movements were always clean, with a few pulls at most. To this extent, in the NBA arena at the beginning of the 21st century, he was as pure as a little white flower.

The NBA owes him a Joe Dumars Award (Sportsmanship Award)!
The Kings missed the goal and returned to the Mavericks to attack. Webber continued to make his small moves, and Nowitzki, who continued to top, was unstable.

Nowitzki missed two consecutive shots!

The Kings took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and Christie made a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

Old Nelson reacted quickly and immediately called a timeout to make adjustments.

After the timeout, Nelson changed the direction of the main attack, with Michael Finley as the main attacker, while Nowitzki and LaFrentz provided cover for Nash and Finley.

This change once again revitalized the Mavericks' offense.

What was even more surprising was that Finley felt hot today, and Christie had already defended several shots in place, but Finley scored the ball unreasonably.

While the Kings were betting a lot of energy on the troika of Dirk Nowitzki, Finley and Nash, LaFrentz also made a cold shot from outside the three-point line.

On the other hand, for the Kings, Stojakovic struggled very much. Under the entanglement of Najera's gummy, he made 7 of 1 shots from outside the three-point line, and he couldn't be more iron.

Bobby Jackson and Turkoglu did not perform well when they came off the bench.

In the end, although Webber, Divac and Bibby performed well, scoring 24 points, 22 points and 20 points respectively, their teammates felt cold and lost to the Mavericks by 7 points at home.

109: 102.

Unsurprisingly, the two teams scored a big score.

The Kings had a surprise home loss to the Mavericks.

The Mavericks pulled out all the stops at the Kings' home court and won back home-court advantage.

The big contributor to the Mavericks' victory was their two backcourt players.

迈克尔-芬利22投12中，三分球2投1中，罚球10罚9中，狂砍36分。

史蒂夫-纳什12投8中，三分球6投4中，罚球3罚2中，砍下30分。

Big Zhi didn't get a chance to play.

Lu Yuanzhi looked at Michael Finley and Steve Nash thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)