NBA: Defensive master, averaging five doubles per game

In the blink of an eye, the week's preparation is almost over, and the first round of the playoffs, G1, is just around the corner.

As a result of the league's first finish, the Mavericks will have home-court advantage every series.

Against the Nuggets, who are eighth in the West, they have an absolute advantage in terms of strength, but even so, the coaching staff's preparation work is still meticulous!

Before the team's training the day before the game, head coach Nelson Sr. and his disciple General Johnson had some arguments about Long Fei's choice of position in this group series.

"Coach Downey, I think Long Fei should play against Carmelo Anthony, he is the best outside defender in the league, he can even lock up a super scorer like Kobe Bryant, we have to play him against the opposite ace!"

But Nelson Sr. had a different opinion: "That kid is playing the playoffs for the first time, so you don't have to put so much pressure on him...... His ability to block alone on the outside is really top-notch, but when it comes to the playoffs, he will be targeted, and we should give him a relatively soothing path to grow and not let him be subjected to too much resistance.

Little General Johnson still insisted on his opinion, and said: "But if he can lock up a player like Carmelo Anthony in the playoffs, whether it is confidence or speed of progress, it is very huge!" Old

Nelson smiled: "Avery , you still have too little coaching experience, you and I have the characteristics of Long Fei for all to see, do you really think he can lock up Anthony in the playoffs like locking Kobe in the regular season

?" "Why can't Anthony be better than Kobe?"

"Because of the different types!"

"I don't think so......"

"Well, let's take a look at it then." "

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Soon, the playoffs officially began!

On the afternoon of G1 match day, the American Airlines Center was crowded.

Generally speaking, the first round of the NBA playoffs, especially the first two rounds of the game, will be played from noon to evening, so that each game will alternate, so that fans can have a long viewing experience, and watch enough at once.

In this way, the G1 between the Mavericks and the Nuggets was scheduled for the afternoon.

The scorching sun in Dallas, coupled with the atmosphere of the fans in the stadium, the whole scene became extremely enthusiastic

! When the players warmed up before the game, the shouts and cheers of the Mavericks' home stadium were already boiling!

It can be seen that the enthusiasm of the Dallas fans is far greater than before, after all, this year's Mavericks are very strong, and they are very hopeful of winning the first championship in team history!

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Soon, after the home team's explosive and fantastic appearance ceremony, players from both sides took the stage.

【Mavericks

starters】Point guard: Steve Nash

Scoring guard: Michael FinleySmall

forward: Long Fei

Power forward: Dirk Nowitzki

center: Eric Dampier

When it comes to the playoffs, the Mavericks still use this set of their most regular starters, and the strong teams are naturally like this, so as to respond to all changes, waiting for your weak team to make changes, they will respond accordingly.

【Nuggets start】

Point guard: Andre Miller

Scoring guard: Carmelo Anthony

Small forward: DeMar Johnson

power forward: Kenyon Martin

center: Marcus Camby

Nuggets This lineup is definitely not weak!

As the 03 platinum generation's flower show, Carmelo Anthony proved himself in the rookie season, and the rookie season hit a 21+6+3 performance, both in terms of team results and personal data, he was a little bit of the champion LeBron James, but in the end, for some reason, in the selection of the best rookie, he lost to James ......

Although Anthony has not improved much in terms of personal data compared to last season, it is undeniable that he is only a sophomore and is already a well-known scorer in the league.

And as the leader of the Nuggets' vigorous training, Anthony has been able to lead by example on the court!

Marcus Camby, the absolute top rim protector and rebounder, ranks in the top ten in the league in rebounds per game, and the average block per game is the most of all interior players, and the only person who loses is the exaggerated Long Fei.

Kenyon Martin, once one of the Nets' "Three Musketeers", has a strong impact and confrontation ability, and still averages 16 points per game on the Nuggets this season.

Andre Miller isn't very good, but he's definitely a good point guard.

DeMar Johnson, on the other hand, is a good wing defender.

......

If there is any shortcoming of this Nuggets team, it must be the offense, the entire starting lineup does not have a player who is good at long-range shooting, Anthony is already the most consistent point in scoring, and the other players play fluctuating and very unstable on the offensive end.

Although the defensive ability is very good, in the west where the strong teams are like forests, as long as there are weaknesses, it is easy to be targeted, and they tried their best, but they only fought to the eighth position in the west.

However, in fact, the Nuggets are a veritable "strong team killer", because once they find their groove on the offensive end, then any team can win!

In the regular season, they won the Spurs twice and the Mavericks twice, which is also the biggest reliance of the Nuggets in this series!

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With the referee's

whistle, the game began!

Camby took the ball for the Nuggets.

Miller dribbled the ball to the front court and wasn't too busy looking for Anthony.

At this time, Anthony was just ambushed in the bottom corner, playing a role in opening up space, and Long Fei, as fans expected, came up directly to the Nuggets' ace, Carmelo Anthony.

It's just that the Nuggets' opening offense did not pass Anthony's point, Miller directly played with Martin to block and dismantle, after the block, Miller broke through the basket to attract Dampier's defense, threw the ball to the basket, and Camby, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped high and easily completed the empty dunk.

The

Nuggets, who came to challenge 0:2, took the lead first.

But the Mavericks didn't keep the fans waiting, and in turn, their arrowhead Dek Nowitzki used his height to single Martin and score 2 points,

2:2

, so the fans were able to sit down and watch the game.

In the Nuggets round, Miller still looked for Martin, but Martin couldn't hit the open mid-range.

The Mavericks attacked, and Nowitzki drew the defense and assisted Finley, who also hit the mid-range.

4:2

Nuggets attack, this time Miller himself came, holding the ball to break through the pull-up jumper, hit!

4:4

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The Nuggets opened three offensive rounds, and none of them were Anthony's main offense, and they didn't even have Anthony's hand on the offensive end.

You know, Carmelo Antony is their core player, and this situation seems abnormal.

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On the sidelines, old Nelson sat next to the little general, sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, and said indifferently: "See? Avery, I said that the Nuggets will definitely try their best to avoid Long Fei's point to play, how about it?"