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Midway through the first quarter, Nelson replaced blue-collar shooting guard Adrian Griffin, and Yang Rui replaced small forward Corey Maggette and replaced Laga Bell.

After that, the two sides were still unable to defend themselves and scored a high score of 38 to 41.

The Wizards were still behind by 38 points in a single quarter. Yang Rui did not send a defensive expert to face Nowitzki. As a result, he failed to defend three-pointers and two-pointers.

The Mavericks' Nash played the entire quarter. After Adrian came off the court, the Wizards attacked him fiercely. Relying on Wesley's running position and Stoudemire's air cuts, the offensive power was equally amazing.

Nash's defense is very poor. It is precisely because of obvious weaknesses that the Mavericks let go of the All-Star point guard in Yang Rui's previous life in the summer of 2004. The management believed that the Mavericks could not win the championship, largely due to Nash's poor defense. dragged down.

After graduating from high school, Nash was rejected by more than 30 colleges. He later collected these rejection letters in a shoe box to motivate himself. Eventually, he was spotted by the little-known Santa Clara University coach Dick David and joined the school team.

David commented on Nash: "I was so nervous at the time. I really hoped that no one had seen his performance. To see how outstanding Nash is, you don't need to have the vision of a Nobel winner. I just expected that there would be no weirdness." The big shot comes out and cuts off the beard."

Although he likes Nash very much, David did not forget to add one sentence. "He's the worst defensive guy I've ever seen."

Nash's defense didn't improve much until he retired. It was a complete black hole. No matter which defender plays on Nash's team, he can produce good statistics.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Rockets' point guard was named Aaron Brooks. He was 183cm tall and weighed only 73kg. He couldn't beat the aging Marbury when he played in the CBA in China. His career data against Nash was 18.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. 4.6 assists, shooting 45.4% from the field, and 48.1% from the three-point range.

David Wesley also broke out today, scoring 9 points and 2 assists in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, both sides sent substitutes, the Mavericks' five players: Van Exel, Finley, Walter Williams, Najera, and Bradley.

Wizards Five: Tyronn Lue, Bell, Maggette, Wallace, Marshall.

Nelson gave Finley a 4-minute rest in the first quarter, and now he's sending him in again. The backup swingman Tarik is too bad. It is not that he is overpaid and incompetent, but that he is overpaid and incompetent. Nelson didn't even dare to use him in key games like the finals.

Yang Rui asked Alston to continue to sit on the bench, and the arrangement was very targeted.

Defending Van Exel,

Tyronn Lue is much more suitable. He will constantly pester him and make up for his lack of height with hard work. When the two faced off, Tyronn Lue had no physical disadvantage, and Van Exel was only 185cm tall and weighed 77kg. He relied on speed and shooting.

Wallace is responsible for guarding the pick-and-roll, and Van Exel relies on the screen to get rid of Tyronn Lue. He will immediately go up and block the breakthrough route. It only takes a second, and Tyronn Lue's pursuit is very positive.

Bell's task is to follow Finley, and he is also an entangled type, inseparable.

The biggest highlight of the Wizards' lineup is not the outside arrangement, but the lack of a center.

Even Nelson, who is known as the "mad scientist", was surprised. He found that Yang Rui was crazier than him and he could do whatever he wanted.

The tallest player on the Wizards court is 206cm Marshall, who can maximize the space, shoot three-pointers, and create opportunities for his teammates. On the defensive end, he is responsible for guarding Bradley.

Yang Rui dared to do this because Bradley's offense was terrible. In the playoffs, he averaged 14.5 minutes per game and only scored 3 points, 3.8 baskets, 0.3 assists and 0.8 blocks.

He is 229cm tall and weighs only 107kg. Yao Ming, who is about the same height as him, looks thin enough, weighing 132 kilograms in his rookie season. His bamboo pole-like figure gave him a height advantage, but he couldn't easily get into the basket against Marshall and had no shooting range.

Bradley went out for a pick-and-roll, and Marshall switched defenders quickly enough. Maggette let Najera retreat to the basket and was able to withstand Bradley's air cut.

What makes Nelson most sad is that Bradley can't handle the ball at all. His career peak assist data appeared in his rookie season, averaging two assists per game. After that, he played more than 30 minutes in many seasons and averaged no more assists per game. Reached one. Now Bradley is just a pure blue-collar player who can rely on his height advantage to defend the penalty area.

As soon as the Wizards players opened up the offensive end, Bradley was completely miserable. It was a misplacement to defend Marshall alone. When Marshall pulls out, he doesn't follow, and the opponent directly shoots a three-pointer. If he follows, he will be easily passed.

Marshall and Tyronn Lue played a pick-and-roll, and Bradley was even worse. He couldn't keep up with the defender at speed, and he was positioned further back. Tyronn Lue could also make a pull-up jumper. After being reduced to a marginal player in the team, Tyronn Lue has been working hard in training and his skills have not deteriorated.

Three minutes later, the Wizards went ahead by 7 points and went on a 12-2 run. Nelson gave in and was forced to make adjustments, replacing Bradley with Nowitzki.

The Mavericks have always been man-to-man defense during this period and did not dare to defend in a zone. Bradley was out of position when guarding Marshall, and he was even worse at guarding the other four players.

Barkley joked: "In these few minutes of tactical competition, Jerry Young surpassed Nelson. It turns out that as long as there is a suitable reference, a softie like Marshall can become a tough guy."

Smith laughed: "Bradley has always been an important substitute for the Mavericks. If the Wizards use this tactic, Nelson will not be able to send him on the field. The opponent will attack this point."

Commentators on other live games also thought the Wizards had the upper hand, and not just this one.

Bradley can't be reused, but the Mavericks can't let LaFrentz play the entire game, right? At the center position, the Mavericks don't even have a reliable substitute, which is likely to affect the final outcome of the series.

Yang Rui did not make any substitutions. Marshall was just right to defend Nowitzki. He moved fast enough and was not too short. It doesn't matter if he can't guard him, as long as he can guarantee the offense.

For Yang Rui, there is nothing unreasonable in hiring people like this, because he has watched the future Warriors play.

In Yang Rui's previous life, when Nash won the MVP in consecutive years, but suffered in the Western Conference Finals several times, and the small-ball run-and-gun tactics were widely questioned, and when the big-mouthed Kerry predicted that the jump shooting team would not win the championship, no one could have imagined that, In 2015, the Warriors relied on small-ball tactics to win the NBA championship.

Cole put Bogut on the bench. The center on the court was Green, who was only 201cm tall, and the power forward was Iguodala, who was 198cm. Although the penalty area was blown up, all five players on the Warriors court could attack with the ball, pass the ball, shoot three-pointers, and switch defenses infinitely. There were mismatches everywhere.

The core of small ball tactics is that short players use speed to win space, use speed to partially cover the ball, and use shooting to make up for the disadvantage inside.

In fact, the Heat, which won two consecutive championships, followed this path. James and Wade took turns holding the ball to attack, and when they had the opportunity, they passed to Battier, Ray Allen, Chalmers, and Bosh for shots. Bosh is only slightly taller and is not a meat shield center.

In the 2015 Finals, Cavaliers High School forward Mozgov scored a double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds in Game 4, but the team still lost. In Game 5, due to Mozgov's poor mobility on the defensive end, the Cavaliers only allowed him to play for 9 minutes and did not score a single point.

Mozgov is far better than "Big Bamboo Pole" Bradley in all aspects. Yang Rui believes that small ball tactics will cause headaches for opponents. Against the Mavericks, he wants to win with surprise.