After the big score victory over Oklahoma City, the Lakers moved to the away game against the Texas Mavericks.
In other words, the Mavericks won the second round of the playoffs after finishing the black six and eliminated the Spurs to enter the second round of the playoffs when they were not favored by everyone. Although they were quickly defeated by the Nuggets and stopped in the Western semi-finals, this achievement has been a surprise for the Mavericks' management.
You know, the Mavericks management set the goal last season is to break into the playoffs. After all, they have been through a lot of disasters in these seasons. They have experienced black eight, team change and team cleaning, and their strength is greatly reduced. They are not the first-line teams that dominated the League at the beginning.
The results did not expect, new coach Carlisle Leng is relying on the scattered lineup to beat the Spurs, which let the Mavericks management see the hope of recovery.
Kuban has always been one of the NBA's most willing to burn money. This summer, under his guidance, the Mavericks became one of the most active teams in the league. They renewed Kidd's contract, introduced Marion, held hands with Gooden, recruited baria, introduced Kurt Thomas, and changed the bench, including Chris Humphries, Nathan Javier, Quentin Ross and rod Rigo - boobova and other instant to join the team.
At the same time, they cleared Brandon bass, Ryan Hollins, Jerry Stackhouse, Devon George, Anthony white and Buckner out of the team, and the Mavericks completed a major exchange this summer.
Kuban proved that he had done a lot of thinking about the team in addition to fighting with Nelson senior, and his ambition for the championship has never changed.
Of course, to make such a big change, the team running in is the biggest problem. After all, the only veteran who won 67 games three years ago in the team was the old driver and Terry, oh, and Dampier. The others have joined the team in the past two years. Whether the running in is in place is the most important issue for the Mavericks.
This test is Carlisle's skill.
But as Carlisle said, they need time.
In the first opening game, they lost to the Eastern team Raptors on the road, and it was a big score of 90-103. It can be seen that the running in of the Mavericks was not in place, especially in the interior. Marion Chu Ren position let Dirk go to the position of center, which made Dirk extremely uncomfortable. In the first game, he only got 12 points.
This time in the face of the Lakers, the Mavericks finally made a change, Dirk returned to position 4, center Dampier, Marion swung to position 3, the Mavericks even played a three high lineup, and then the field was more extreme, Carlisle even went on, Barea and Kidd double control combination.
"I can see that Carlisle used it as a touchstone against the Lakers." Barkley said in the commentary.
Compared with the first game, not only the starting two, the position also changed, Mavericks fans a little uncomfortable, this can win!
Obviously, you can't
Clean without any suspense, the Lakers away 110-90, 20 points advantage over the Mavericks to win two consecutive wins.
It's good to play the double at 36, but it's very dangerous to take 10 points from inside and outside.
Barea followed Kobe in the whole court and used his strength to revolve with him. Although Kobe got 23 points, his shooting rate was only 40%, and his three-point shooting rate was only 4-for-1, which can be regarded as playing his own role.
And the inside is all over.
Although the Mavericks are on the three highs, they are really high.
inside, Dirk and Gasol are still shooting each other, Dirk has 20 points and 6 rebounds, Gasol has 17 points and 10 rebounds, half a dozen, center position, Dampier is still free, Bynum 6-out-of-6 gets 12 points, there are 7 rebounds, and Dampier has only 4 points.
Even if that's enough, we're used to it in the last two seasons. The biggest problem lies in position 3.
Marion has enough speed in position 4, but he only has a height advantage in position 3. In fact, he doesn't have much advantage. Although Ji Feng's height is almost the same, his arm spread is not bad. Moreover, Ji Feng is young. Marion is 31 years old!
Therefore, poor Marion was run around by Jifeng all the time, and there was no way to keep up with the rhythm of Jifeng. The success rate of Jifeng's breakthrough was as high as 96%, and Marion didn't stop at once.
Jifeng slashed 30 points, 14 assists, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks in the whole match, which left Marion with 7 points and 4 rebounds.
The Mavericks like to mention two consecutive defeats in the beginning, which makes the reporters very excited. Reporters are always watching the excitement, so the winning Laker after the game has no one to ask, they all run after Carlisle to ask questions.
But Carlisle is also a bachelor. He talks nonsense to reporters. It's still a matter of fact. He lost five games in a row at the beginning of last season, and seven losses in the first nine games. Now this is just a small scene.
As for the Lakers, two consecutive wins are not news. Even Ji Feng has two consecutive 30 + games, which is about a wave of coverage. There is no way. This is the impression of the Lakers.
The Lakers also had a good time, beating the Mavericks and returning home for two days to meet the visiting hawks.The Hawks reached the eastern semi-finals last season, but they still can't change the fact that they are small transparent in the East. They are still one of the teams with the lowest attention in the league. The management of the Hawks is also determined to take the civilian line. The team still has few players to take, and there is no big deal in the summer.
Their main line-up is still Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, elhofford, Patricia and macbibi.
However, this time they played their own strength in staples, Joe Johnson came up on 3-shot all opened the curtain of the game.
After that, Bynum and Gasol scored continuously in the interior line, but at the end of the first quarter, relying on Bibby's flash in the three-point line, they were two points ahead of the Lakers in the first quarter, and they also fell 2 points behind 45-47 in the second half.
Just when everyone thought the Lakers would hit a familiar wave in the third quarter, substitute Joe Smith stood up and made 5-for-6 shots out of the three-point line, allowing the Hawks to enter the final quarter with a 3-point advantage.
However, there was no miracle in the last quarter. Ji Feng and Artest strangled Joe Smith who played well in the defensive end. He did not get a point in the fourth quarter, while Kobe took over the game, leading the Lakers to a 108-100 victory over the hawks with 13 points in a single quarter, and the Lakers won the first three consecutive victories.
Jifeng again won three doubles, 20 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds in this game. Last season, Jifeng won 36 triple doubles in 82 regular season games. In addition, Jifeng has already got 64 games with 28 Games in last season. This season, Jifeng is expected to impact the super level record of 100 matches with triple doubles.
And after three wins in a row, the Lakers also ushered in another focus game, they will face the city opponent clippers!
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