I am so Accurate

After taking a shower, Sun Hao attended the post-match press conference with Old Nelson.

Old Nelson was in high spirits, and tonight's victory made him let out a bad breath.

However, Sun Hao was relatively calm.

The Spurs are not the Timberwolves.

A 58-point victory was enough to crush the confidence of the Timberwolves, but certainly not enough to crush the Spurs.

Just like they took the Spurs lightly in the first game at the beginning of the season, but after the entire regular season, the two teams also played 50-50.

What's more, they didn't beat the Spurs by that many points.

And Duncan is not Garnett. If you regard low-key as weakness, then you really have a big misunderstanding of this 20-year rookie.

After a two-day break, the Mavericks-Spurs series continues for the second time in San Antonio.

The Spurs made adjustments on the offensive end, still relying on Duncan's inside and outside tactics, the difference is Duncan's position.

Originally, Popovich let Robinson stand at the free throw line, and Duncan was inside, so they could play their respective advantages.

But Duncan didn't have an advantage when facing Sabonis inside, so he simply changed positions this time.

Let Robinson stand in the three-second zone and let Duncan be at the free throw line!

After this adjustment, Robinson's performance did not change much, but Duncan was completely alive.

Because these insiders of the Mavericks are all prepared for O'Neal. They are strong and slow to move. Battelle and Collins are all like this.

Duncan obviously doesn't rely on strength to play the game. He has little offensive space and is easily restricted under the basket.

But by attacking from the free throw line, he showed why he is the number one power forward in history.

Compared with offensive skills, Duncan is the most incomprehensible power forward.

The scalps of those who showed off all kinds of offensive tricks were numb.

At this time, neither Sabonis nor LaFrentz, Butler, Collins, or Wang Zhizhi will work.

Even Nowitzki and Kukoc in the fourth position can't handle it at all.

In the end, Duncan scored 32 points, 25 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks.

Scoring doesn't look like a lot more than he's playing, but he's 11-of-22 from the field and has a completely different impact on the game.

Under his leadership, the Spurs finally pulled back a victory 98-91.

After two games, the series was 1-1.

The good news for the Mavericks is that they have already grabbed home-court advantage in the series.

The bad news is that if they can't solve the problems encountered in the second game, they are likely to be passive in the next game of the series.

On the night they returned to Dallas, Nelson Sr. and Harris were analyzing the format of the game.

Obviously, Duncan's performance is the most critical reason for the difference in the results of one or two games.

Although it is said that entering the league is the peak, Duncan is actually making progress, but because of the high starting point, his progress has been ignored.

His inside singles skills are becoming more and more mature, especially the throws and hooks on the move, and his certainty is much greater than in the past.

But the difference between Duncan's Game 1 and Game 2 was only 6 points, and that wasn't the deciding factor.

The decisive factor is the Spurs' perimeter.

In the second game, the Spurs scored 8 three-pointers, not too many, but 5 more than the first game.

Don't be surprised, before the Spurs didn't take three-pointers seriously, they averaged 3-5 in the playoffs.

Duncan opened up the inside and got better opportunities outside. The pitchers are more confident when shooting, and naturally they are more accurate.

Inside and outside tactics are the simplest and most difficult to defend.

At the end of the discussion, Nelson Sr. tends to use the zone defense to defend Duncan from the outside, and Harris prefers the previous balanced defense, but pay attention to double-teaming the basket.

The two did not reach an agreement, and the next day, Nelson called Sun Hao and Nash, the brains of the team, to the office.

Nash didn't comment, he didn't know much about defense.

If you ask him to analyze how to break the Spurs' defense, he may have more ideas.

But Sun Hao gave his own understanding.

He approved of old Nelson.

"We're not a strong defensive team."

He got to the point.

With the defensive level of the Mavericks, a balanced defense may not be effective.

After all, although the opponent is still the Spurs, it is not the same team as the Spurs they encountered last year.

Whether it is the level of outside shooting or the talent of outside players, they have all improved a lot.

With the defensive level of the Mavericks, it is easy to lose sight of the other if they defend on both ends.

At this time, it is better to selectively defend one end, the Spurs' outside line, or Duncan.

"Tim has done it, but the Spurs' three-pointer is still half-baked."

What made Sun Hao choose to support Old Nelson was the judgment of offensive threats.

Duncan is not Garnett. If you let him attack hard, his lethality is not much weaker than O'Neal.

But the Spurs' outside line is different. Even if you let him shoot hard, at their current level, it is impossible to score 10+ three-pointers like the Mavericks.

What's more, the Mavericks can make up the defense, and it won't give them a completely open shot.

Old Nelson nodded in satisfaction after listening.

Sun Hao is not flattering, but it coincides with his thoughts, so he can't even like it.

With a plan, the next step is to implement it.

With the attention of more than 20,000 fans in Dallas, the third game of the Mavericks-Spurs series kicked off at the National Airline Center Arena.

Neither side adjusted the starting lineup, and Duncan got the first attack opportunity for the Spurs.

Popovich found the Mavericks adjusting their defense from man-to-man to 2-3 zone defense early in the game.

Seeing this, his face lit up with joy.

This really treats the Spurs as last year's Spurs!

In the first round, Smith seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle on the left.

Not to mention, after a few rounds, Bowen seized the opportunity to hit another three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the right.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Spurs scored two three-pointers, and the Spurs also led 12 to 8.

In the commentary booth, Cole and Kenny Smith were discussing the Mavericks' defensive strategy, and the two had differences in thinking.

Kenny Smith felt that the Mavericks' defense was a little too extreme.

Cole said that the game has 48 minutes, and the Mavericks will slowly find opportunities.

Facts have proved that Cole is indeed a rare commentary talent.

His analysis of the situation was quickly fulfilled in the following games.

As the Spurs' outside shots increased, their shooting percentage declined visible to the naked eye.

This has something to do with his unstable outside shooting level and his physical decline, but it did happen.

And when this happened, Dallas fans saw a strange phenomenon.

The outside line of the Spurs is breaking through!

Even the rookie Parker also staged a ball that can be in the top five in the future.

He missed an open three-pointer, shook the air and rushed in to give LaFrentz a block.

Sun Hao was inexplicably familiar with this scene.

In the history of the 2019 Men's Basketball Asian Championships, when the Chinese team played against Nigeria, there was such a scene.

At that time, the Chinese team rushed in with the ball from the outside line, and also rushed in if there was an open space.

But there is only one reason why they don't vote, they can't vote.

Three-pointers can easily become long rebounds.

In other words, it is very easy for the opponent to play a defensive counterattack.

The Mavericks are just experts in this area. After being hit by a few counterattacks, the Spurs dared not shoot from outside.

Then, like the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Championships, the space on the field became smaller and smaller.

Popovich was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, but there was nothing he could do.

Although the Spurs attach great importance to three-pointers, it is not so easy to practice.

Because this is not a matter of one person, the Mavericks can have the current three-point level, which is accumulated by the old Nelson in Dallas for several years.

As a result, the Spurs felt hot outside the three-point line in the first quarter, but after the whole game, they took 20 shots, but only scored 5 goals.

Such a hit rate is obviously not enough to guarantee that they will win the game.

The Mavericks made another victory at home with 96-83, rewriting the big score to 2-1.

"Sorry, I won another game."

In the handshake ceremony after the game, when Nelson and Popovich shook hands, he said with a smile.

Popovich is as happy as he is angry.

After the last game, he and his coaching staff had a headache, but after this game, it was Popovich and the Spurs' coaching staff's turn to have a headache.

Two days later, Game 4 of the Mavericks-Spurs series was still in Dallas.

Before the game, both Mavericks fans and players seemed a little excited.

As long as they win this home court again, they will get the series match point.

Thinking about the regretful loss in the tiebreaker last year, and thinking about being able to stage a successful revenge scene, it is really hard not to make people not excited.

And after the game started, Parker and Smith missed consecutive three-pointers, which made them even more excited.

At any rate, the Spurs' opening was accurate in the last game, but the opening of this game was gone.

The Mavericks quickly built up their lead.

It looked like a big victory.

At the critical moment, it was still Duncan.

Shi Buddha was angry.

He turned on the personal offensive mode in the face of the zone defense.

The Mavericks' double-teams and zone defenses didn't work.

If there are two inside players in the league who can ignore multiple defenses in certain games, one is O'Neal and the other is Duncan.

Duncan scored 20 points at halftime, helping the Spurs to bite the score.

But in the second half, the Mavericks still opened the score a little bit.

The Spurs have Duncan, but they only have Duncan tonight.

Smith does not feel good outside, Parker and Ginobili are too immature.

In the end, the Mavericks had the last laugh 91-83.

Duncan scored 31 points and 14 rebounds, but had no choice but to cut.

After winning this game, as the fans expected before the game, they took a 3-1 lead on a big score!

This revenge came faster than many people imagined!

Kerr also analyzed the series with Kenny Smith on TNT's latest "NBA Insider."

"I very much agree with an old Chinese saying that failure is the mother of success."

After Cole said this sentence, he also explained why he knew this sentence by the way.

His brother-in-law Fang Dewan is a well-known historian and sinologist, and a professor of modern Chinese history at the East Asian Institute of the University of Cambridge.

They sometimes talk about some Chinese culture.

"Because only after failure, we will find out why it failed, fix it, and make it succeed."

In his analysis, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks last year by relying on a fake zone defense, and it can even become a 2-3 zone defense this season.

But the Mavericks have improved significantly in the mid-range this year.

Sun Hao has grown from scratch, and Nowitzki's shooting is much more stable than last year.

The Spurs use the same defensive tactics again, and the Mavericks have been able to deal with it calmly.

This is very critical for the Mavericks who are the main offense.

Then, this year, it's the Spurs' turn to run into a conundrum.

After Robinson got old, they didn't have a second stable scoring point besides Duncan, especially a stable three-point shooting point from the outside.

"Don't throw the responsibility on this era, even the Bulls of the last century, they still have...me."

Cole even pretended to be a jerk.

In his view, the Spurs may still win 1 or 2 more games, but the Mavericks will eventually win the series with revenge.

But he finally said that losing this year's series is not necessarily a bad thing, just like last year's Mavericks.

Because he has seen Popovich's changes and the Spurs' emphasis on three-pointers.

As soon as next year, the Spurs will have the strength to reach the top.

Cole's analysis sounds professional, but whether he played for the Spurs later in his career, whether he is poisoned milk, only time will tell.

After a two-day break, the Mavericks returned to San Antonio for Game 5 of their series against the Spurs.

This is also the match point game for the Mavericks. As long as they win, they will have their revenge and get close to the Western Conference Finals.

However, in San Antonio, the Spurs, who had misfired for two games, finally shot away.

Smith scored 3, Bowen scored 2, and even Parker scored 2. Together, the Spurs made 9 of 20 outside shots and a 45% hit rate.

The Spurs pulled back a strong 98-91 at home, rewriting the big score to 2-3.

And this game has a worse news for the Mavericks than losing.

Sabonis' knee was sore and swollen after the game.

Among the insiders of the Mavericks, Sabonis is the one who has performed best since entering the playoffs.

His experience and personal ability are perfectly reflected in the game.

This also made old Nelson trust and rely more and more on him unconsciously.

The most direct result is that his playing time is getting more and more.

This is not a good thing for a 37-year-old veteran.

When he returned to Dallas, Sabonis' condition did not improve, and the team doctor directly announced that he was reimbursed for the season.

The moment this news came out, the situation of the series changed subtly again.

Originally, with Sabonis, Duncan could only attack more from the free throw line.

Now that Sabonis is gone, it can be foreseen that in the following games, Duncan will get more of what he wants in the paint.

Coupled with the recovery of the Spurs' outside touch, the Mavericks' promotion situation has become suspenseful again.

And the Spurs have home court advantage. If they can win Game 6 in Dallas, the tiebreaker will be played in San Antonio.

In addition, there is the experience of winning the tie-break last year.

"Cole is a nine-star poisoned milk."

Some fans couldn't help expressing emotion in the forum.