Therefore, at the suggestion of Mike Brown, Davis made a quick decision that even if the Mavericks double-team when pick-and-rolls will lead to other Heat players on the court getting open shots, the Mavericks must implement such defensive ideas in the next round of the series.

Because compared to the points Su Feng and O'Neal got on the court through their personal abilities

Once in the game, the Mavericks made Su Feng and O'Neal form a linkage

Then the efficiency of the two of them in joint scoring is too exaggerated.

On the court, the moment Howard rushed to him, Su Feng quickly transferred the ball to Butler, who was already on standby in the right corner.

At this time, on the Mavericks' bench, Davis had already folded his hands and started praying.

"John, what are you doing?" Brown asked in sweat.

"Of course, I'm praying that nobody else in the Heat can make a shot," Davis replied seriously.

Brown: ""

when!

On the field, perhaps Davis's prayer moved God.

Butler really didn't make the ball.

In the penalty area, Chandler turned around and protected the rebound as the Mavericks.

In the first quarter, in the next game, whenever Su Feng delivers a wonderful pass to his teammates

On the Mavericks' bench, the heartfelt prayers of Davis and the rest of the Mavericks' substitutes also became an especially interesting scene on the sidelines tonight.

But don't say it

Under the prayer of Davis and the other Mavericks, in the first quarter, Su Feng and the Heat players outside O'Neal combined, and they only made 3 of 13 shots.

"Are you really a 'wizard'?"

At the end of the first quarter, Mike Brown was shocked when he looked at the scoreboard 30-23.

After hearing this, Davis said after a smile: "If I were really a 'wizard', then we might lose our first game with the Heat?"

In fact, the reason why Davis and the Mavericks' prayers came into effect is mainly because Davis, who has rich experience in the finals, knows that in a round of series, the players of both teams cannot maintain excellent form from beginning to end.

Especially after the Heat won the G1 battle

Davis firmly believes that in the G2 game, some Heat players will definitely bear the burden of wanting to win and afraid of losing.

This has nothing to do with whether this group of Heat players want to win or not.

It is simply because in competitive sports, the actual performance of sports athletes will be invisibly disturbed by their own mentality.

Why is it not difficult for you to become a strong man or a strong team in various sports events

But it is even more difficult for you to become the final champion?

Because in this world, no one can guarantee that their physical and mental state will be at the best level on the day of the competition.

Compared with the G1 game, in fact, the two teams' offensive states showed a significant decline tonight.

In the first quarter, the Mavericks had the best feel on their side, nowwski, who scored 14 points with free throws and three-pointers.

But the other Mavericks combined only had 6 of 15 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 40%, far lower than their level in the G1 battle.

On the Heat, O'Neal, who scored the most points for the Heat in the first quarter, made 4 of 7 shots, and scored a total of 12 points in the free throws.

There is no way.

Because once O'Neal falls into a low position, the Mavericks have no choice but to do anything to him, so in Davis's view, the 12 points that O'Neal gets is the score that the Mavericks can only let him get.

But

It is worth mentioning

Of all the 12 points O'Neal scored, all the 4 points he scored were free throws.

Moreover, his last three attempts deviated from the basket without exception.

Yes, that's right!

On this night

The Mavericks never want to target other players who are the Heat.

Because of this player

When there is iron, there will definitely be accurate.

However, by infinity hitting Su Feng when encountering a pick-and-roll

However, the Mavericks successfully stopped Su Feng and O'Neal's almost unsolvable linkage.

And this

This is Davis' real killer move tonight.

As Su Feng’s former mentor, Davis certainly knew that Su Feng could not be restricted

So in his opinion

The only key to winning in this round of the series is to defeat the Heat with offense.

However, what is different from the G1 strategy is

Tonight, the Mavericks adopted this tactic was proposed by him and perfected by Mike Brown, specifically designed for the Heat.

"New-Su Feng's Law".

That is, after cutting off the connection between Su Feng, O'Neal and their respective teammates

Use the Mavericks' overall offense to compete with Su Feng and O'Neal's unparalleled individual singles!

In the second half of the first quarter, on the court, because the Mavericks were retracting their formation at that time, Riley replaced Korver and Ginobili early tonight.

But what makes Heat fans speechless is

Korver, who had three consecutive open opportunities on the court, failed to make three consecutive three-pointers.

Ginobili, who has always been a god of gods and ghosts, failed to seize two easy shots in open space.

At the end of the first quarter, Riley's face became increasingly serious on the Heat's bench.

Because if other Heat players can't seize these easy scoring opportunities, the defensive pressure on Su Feng and O'Neal will inevitably increase in the game.

"Relax, Pat."

And at this moment, Su Feng patted Riley on the shoulder with a calm look on his face.

As the absolute leader of this Heat, Su Feng, who knows the personalities of these teammates very well, knows that at this time, the more you continue to put pressure on these teammates, the more likely it will have a counterproductive effect.

After all, in basketball, even the best pitcher will miss some shooting that looks easier than training.

and

Compared with the excellent opportunities that Korver and others lost

In Su Feng's view, that is not the focus that the Heat needs to solve at the moment.

Because Su Feng believes that as long as the Mavericks always adopt this strategy of attacking pick-and-roll, Korver and others will sooner or later shoot the balls they should make.

In a five-v-five team project like basketball

If you don't even believe your teammates

Then why can you laugh to the end?

Therefore, Su Feng knew

The real problem facing the Heat is

Can he and O'Neal team up to defeat this Mavericks who have maintained the main lineup framework, chemistry and team tacit understanding in the past N years, and are all above this Heat.

You should know that from starting to build a team around yourself to launch an attack on the championship this year

This Heat has a history of less than two years.

If the calculation starts from when O'Neal joined the team last summer

In fact, this Heat has less than a year to run in.

In order to shorten the running-in time required by this Heat, the Heat have been avoiding those complicated pass-through and cutting cooperation since the regular season.

Running and discharging without the ball around Su Feng and O'Neal's ability to restrain themselves on the court has always been a tactic that other players in this Heat team have always been implementing.

Therefore, when Davis and Brown successfully split Su Feng with O'Neal and other Heat players, they

At this time, it is not realistic to expect Heat players to play tacitly pass and cut like Mavericks.

On the court, after the break between the festivals, I looked up at the empty dome of the American Airlines Center

Su Feng couldn't help but remember what he said to Davis when he led the team to the finals for the second time.

"Bryant and Shaq are the Lakers' strengths.

But we can rely on our whole to defeat them.”

Times have changed.
To be continued...