NBA: Defensive master, averaging five doubles per game

As soon as the decision of junior general Johnson to play defense was announced, the Mavericks players were a little surprised.

What everyone is good at is obviously attacking, how to play defense?

But then, they probably reacted.

Avery Johnson, the junior general, is the team's defensive assistant coach and is fully responsible for the team's defensive tuning.

Old Nelson is not there, and the little general is temporarily in charge of the coaching whip and playing defense, which is his old job.

Maybe if you ask him to attack, he's not good at it.

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And when it comes to playing defense, even if the Mavericks can't defend as a whole, they still have superior defensive resources.

At this time, everyone invariably looked at Long Fei.

After all, this is the DPOY of the regular season, the best value defensive player.

is a super defender who can win a block and steal a quadruple-double in two games in the playoffs!

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In this regard, Long Fei just smiled confidently.

The little general continued: "Don't doubt, don't worry, the Rocket team has two strong points, just guard those two strong points, don't be so complicated, the next two days, just train according to my training plan, and we will beat the game back in Houston!"

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Two days later, Houston, the home of the Rockets, the Toyota Center.

The fans here are caught in some kind of carnival

! They wear Maddie or Da Yao's fan uniforms, go in and out of the streets, and carry the slogan "Return to the Finals" to express their excitement at the moment!

The most glorious time for the Houston Rockets is undoubtedly in the 90s of the last century, when Jordan retired for the first time in the vacuum two years, under the leadership of Olajuwon, the Rockets won two consecutive championships in the middle of the Bulls dynasty.

After that, with Olajuwon's slide, the Rockets began to decline.

But the good news is that shortly after Olajuwon retired, they used the top pick to draft the new century's super center Da Yao.

Although Da Yao struggled a little in his first season in the league, as he grew up in the past few seasons, he has become the league's No. 1 center!

......No, the first season of the Yao Mai combination beat the league's No. 1 Mavericks 2:0 in the second round of the playoffs, and this momentum basically belongs to the West Finals, and as long as the Spurs are defeated, then it is not impossible to stabilize the championship!

Tonight, what they have to do is to win their home court, with a 3-0 lead, and continue to sweep

the Mavericks at home three days later! The excited Houston fans also showed quite confidence and even arrogance in the face of interviews on the street!

"The Mavericks are too vegetable, their defense is simply the same, they can't even beat us at home, and when they get to the away side, they will lose even more!"

Playing against the offense, we're not going to play off the Mavericks, we have the best inside and outside combinations in the league, and they're not our opponents. "

Sweeped, swept and swept for sure, they can't win on our home turf

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!" For the Mavericks, this G3 is definitely a back-to-back battle!

After all, if they lose again, they will fall behind 0:3.

And in the history of the NBA, no team has been able to achieve the ultimate comeback after falling behind 0:3.

When stepping on the floor of the Toyota Center, Long Fei felt for the first time that the burden on his shoulders was so heavy.

This is the third time he has played here this season, but the first two times were regular seasons, and the biggest difference tonight is that Long Fei will play as the tactical core of the team

! In almost a year after joining the NBA, Long Fei has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility for the first time!

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It's an amazing feeling to be the defensive heart of the game in an attacking team.

For Long Fei, the pressure is easy to turn into motivation, after all, after the last loss, he is still thinking about how to fight for more and more core positions in the future.

This G3 immediately had a harvest.

It's as if his wish has come true

! This is definitely a great

opportunity! 0:2 behind, and in the away game, he has to lead the team to play a strong enough defensive performance to go against the trend and win a precious victory

! Such an opportunity, Long Fei must seize, otherwise, it will not be able to prove the hardness of being a star at the critical moment!

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With the Rockets' explosive appearance ceremony, players from both sides appeared.

【Rockets starters】

Point guard: David WesleyScoring

guard: Tracy McGradySmall

forward: Bob Soula

Power forward: Ryan Bowen

center: Da Yao

[Mavericks starter]

Point guard: Steve Nash

Scoring guard: Michael Finley

small forward: Long Fei

Power Forward: Dek Nowitzki

Center: Eric Dampier

both sides started tonight and both returned to the same starting line for G1.

The players of both sides stood in the middle circle, and the game was about to start.

As the referee blew the whistle, the game began.

Da Yao once again won the jump ball without any suspense, and the Rockets won the ball in the first wave of offense.

Immediately, the fans at the Toyota Center were excited, shouting and cheering loudly for the home team!

The fans are most concerned about who Long Fei is going to defend.

At this time, seeing Long Fei in front of Maddie, the Houston fans said comfortably: "Anti-Maddie, then the G1 mode is activated!"

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G1, the two teams are such a lineup, and Long Fei almost locked up Maddie throughout the game, but still lost with a double-digit score.

But today, the Mavericks clearly have changed.

The ball was hit to the basket and given to Da Yao, but Nowitzki's bag on the Mavericks' side arrived as soon as Da Yao could turn around.

In such a situation, Da Yao can only choose to pass.

But apparently the Rockets are also prepared, Da Yao immediately found a gap and passed the ball to Ryan Bowen, who took a step to the middle circle, who shot from the middle distance and hit!

0:2

The Mavericks' defensive strategy tonight is that Long Fei on the outside will target Maddie one-on-one, and the inside line will wrap Da Yao for the first time to achieve the purpose of limiting the double stars.

But the Rockets were naturally prepared, and Ryan Bowen's timely off-ball move to pick up Da Yao was just right.

Before the Mavericks' defense could rotate, he threw open mid-range shots.

Suddenly, the cheers at the scene became even more manic.

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When the Mavericks attacked, and when Nash dribbled across the frontcourt, there was a neat, tidal wave of shouts: "Defend, defend, defend!"

If you were on the scene, you would have been shocked by this kind of scene.

For Long Fei, this is the most unique away game he has experienced in his career, and it seems that tonight is destined to be a difficult battle!