At the beginning of the third quarter, the Eagles took the lead.

Paul advanced past half court, using quick movements and flexible changes of direction to break through Terry's defense. Nowitzki blocked Paul's breakthrough route in time.

Paul made two rapid shots of the ball without stopping at all. He continued to make fake moves while walking. In just two steps, three different fake moves appeared, which opened Nowitzki's center of gravity.

As the sides of the two bodies collided, the referee immediately put the whistle to his mouth. Knowing that he had committed a foul, Nowitzki lowered his shoulders and made an obvious forceful movement, not wanting the opponent to score 21.

Although Nowitzki has been criticized by many fans as a "softie", his confrontation is not bad at all. This action caused Paul to lose his balance and his movements were somewhat deformed. But fortunately, his core strength

He is so strong that he can still aim at the basket and throw the ball before he falls to the ground.

"Beep!!!"

"Whoosh!"

At the same time as the referee's whistle sounded, there was also the sound of a basketball passing through the net. Paul made a beautiful single, which also caused Nowitzki to foul. Sitting on the ground, Paul also raised his finger towards the cameraman.

The extra free throw was made and the point difference was reduced to 2 points. (71:73)

Paul's beautiful 21 boosted the morale of the Hawks. In the next Mavericks offense, Terry and Nowitzki played a pick-and-roll, attracting the defense and the ball was intercepted by Paul and Josh Smith.

Paul advanced directly to the frontcourt, sent the ball high to the backboard, and bounced into the air. Josh Smith followed up and jumped into the air. After grabbing the basketball, he pulled an arc in the air with both hands, creating a beautiful

Xiaofengchao's counterattack dunk, locking in the first place in this week's Friday's best goal in advance!

"Oh, this ball from Paul is so comfortable!" Yang Yi praised crazily.

Looking back at the slow motion, this ball is probably not only among the top five goals, but also has a high probability of being included in Josh Smith's career masterpiece. He himself was also very happy. After landing, he made a birdman flapping his wings, inspiring the whole audience.

The atmosphere among the fans could be even higher.

The Hawks fans at the scene fulfilled Josh Smith's wish and cheered like a tsunami to celebrate this wonderful dunk. Looking back, Nowitzki was soft on the offensive end again and beat Josh by force.

Smith missed a mid-range jumper. Diaw grabbed the offensive rebound and sent the ball out before Dampier blocked it.

The Mavericks returned to defense immediately, but made a mistake in the rush and missed Joe Johnson at the top of the arc. The latter stretched his bow and arrow and hit a three-pointer steadily.

At the beginning of the second half, the Hawks went on an 8-0 spurt, forcing Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson to call a timeout (76:73)

After returning from the timeout, the Mavericks attacked. Nowitzki stood in the corner, while Josh Howard and Griffin moved across each other to try to find opportunities. The ball point was still in the hands of "Jet" Terry.

He brought it up to create a pick-and-roll for Terry. After breaking it up, Nowitzki moved to the position outside the left three-point line and waited for the ball to be returned, creating a better space environment for Terry's breakthrough.

Terry forced Josh Smith, and there was a slight collision between the two. Terry suffered a loss in the confrontation, and his steps were immediately confused.

The route to the basket was blocked by Josh Smith, and the route passed to Nowitzki included Paul, a thief. In addition, Terry's own "combo guard" background, passing ideas and ball distribution deductions

I didn't predict enough, so I simply chose to drive to the basket, then take a step forward and shoot a fadeaway jumper.

The ball rolled around the basket several times and finally fell into the net.

Putting stability aside, Terry's ability to force shots is pretty good.

Getting up from the ground, Terry chased back non-stop. Almost without stopping, the Hawks' offense roared in again. The frequency of this repeated back and forth was really as high as last season's Western Conference semifinals against the Suns.

Intensified.

Diaw and Joe Johnson played a high-low game. Joe Johnson broke into the basket and returned the ball to the free throw line. Facing a wide open space, Josh Smith tried a mid-range shot and hit it accurately. (78:75)

Josh Smith's mid-range shooting ability is average, but not bad at all, and the free throw line is the distance he is most comfortable with.

When the Mavericks attacked, Terry brought it to the frontcourt and passed it to Nowitzki in the middle. The latter took the ball and turned to the left with his back to Josh Smith. Diaw was unable to defend in time, and Nowitzki broke into the basket first.

, succeeded in a layup. 78 to 77.

Paul dribbled the ball past half-court. Diaw stepped forward and cooperated with Paul in a hand-off. Paul pulled the ball horizontally to get rid of Dampier, attracted the defender and passed it to Posey in the bottom corner. The latter finally did not waste the opportunity and played the best in the game.

A three-pointer from the corner.81:77.

Compared with the Mavericks' stronger singles ability, the Hawks' tactics are more changeable. Paul, Joe Johnson, and Diaw quickly established a tacit understanding at the ball-handling points, making the team's operation smoother.

Different from the Suns' system that is completely driven by Nash, the Hawks do not completely rely on the point guard; at the same time, they are different from Nelson's "random bombing" system. The Hawks focus on sharing the ball on the offensive end, but after the emergence of

When you have an advantage, you don't exclude using singles to break the game.

Josh Howard cut sharply into the Hawks' inside line and completed a dunk against Diaw. But before he could let go of the rim and land on the ground, Diaw was already dunked by him...

The Eagles' offense came like a tide, and the accelerated pace made Dampier's point completely useless.

On the defensive end, his shortcomings of insufficient mobility are magnified. Diaw is pulled outside the three-point line. As long as he follows out, the Mavericks' restricted area will have problems; and if he does not follow out, the Hawks will naturally create more attacks on the outside and less.

, Paul, Joe Johnson and even Diaw himself can take advantage of the numerical advantage and shoot directly from the outside.

"Push Nowitzki directly to the center position?" Avery Johnson thought of this plan, but then he felt it was not appropriate!

This is tantamount to giving up the team's own inside advantage and instead following the opponent's rhythm!

In order to reduce the pressure on Nowitzki as much as possible on the defensive end, the Mavericks gathered three "human shields" in Dampier, Diop, and Mbenga in the paint, but did not have a more mobile inside man.

Even with a Najera type, the Mavericks can match up with the Hawks' lineup, but now...

For the first time, Avery Johnson felt that the team's lineup was lacking!

Fortunately, he just felt that if he dared to say it, Cuban wouldn't be able to kill him!

When the team's second-in-command, Josh Howard, is still holding a rookie contract, his total salary has exceeded 80 million. Against the Eagles, whose total salary is less than 40 million, you said that the team's lineup is still lacking...

..what else do you use?

Although Johnson can't do anything against Ke Yan, the Mavericks' lineup is still strong after all!

Nowitzki, Terry, Howard, Harris, various types of singles still made it difficult for the Hawks to withstand. Relying on extremely efficient singles, the Mavericks were not opened up by the Hawks. The Hawks led 106

:97 leading by 9 points entering the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ke Yan reappeared as the "Lightning Earl" and deployed a double point guard lineup of Paul and Eddie House. The three frontcourt players were Kittles, Barnes and Mickey Moore, giving him full mobility.

, played a full-court press against the Mavericks.

Although Devin Harris has great potential, he lacks experience after all, and like Terry, he is also the type who prefers personal offense to revitalizing the team.

Facing the attack from Paul and Mickey Moore, he recklessly relied on his speed to break through the defense, resulting in two mistakes.

The Eagles, on the other hand, relied on accurate outside shots to create an 8-0 spurt, suddenly stretching the score to 17 points!

After the timeout, Avery Johnson did not replace Harris, but replaced Terry again to cooperate with Harris to advance through the half.

Terry's appearance can solve the Mavericks' advancement, but the team's offense still encounters trouble. Mickey Moore, the "flyweight" insider, has become the Nets' surprise weapon in limiting the Mavericks' offense!

Mickey Moore's physical confrontation, let alone against the inside, could not withstand strong wings like Carter and Jefferson, but he was able to limit deft defenders like Terry and Harris. On the offensive end,

He even has a mid-range shot!

The score difference went straight to 20 points, and Avery Johnson quit! He replaced Nowitzki again for a last ditch effort.

Good guy, this is the head coach. The offensive tactics are basically mismatched singles after the pick-and-roll. If you can't find the mismatch, hand the ball to Nowitzki. The tactical adjustment is to come on the bench to give the main players some rest time. If they are suppressed, they will be replaced in advance.

On the main players.

The changes Avery Johnson brought to the Mavericks only changed Nelson's "crazy offense" tactical thinking and reminded the players to pay attention to defense?

Entering the decisive battle in the last half with a 19-point lead, the Hawks did not give the Mavericks many opportunities. Although Nowitzki hit 3 3-pointers in the last half of the quarter and scored 13 points on his own,

The steady control of Paul and Joe Johnson still kept the score difference at double digits.

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Mavericks 135:123 at home, causing a big upset on Singles' Day.

In the whole game, Nowitzki made 14 of 22 shots, scoring 35 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block. His personal performance was impeccable. However, the Hawks had a three-game battle with Lu Bu, and Paul had a double-double of 24 points and 10 assists.

Data, the first time in his career in 2010, is worth remembering; Joe Johnson performed solidly, scoring 25 points on 8 of 17 shots, with a shooting percentage of nearly 50%. Josh Smith scored 19 points and 9 rebounds in 2010, and contributed in the game

A dunk that can be replayed countless times at Phillips Arena.

In addition to the above four people, the former Eagle King Terry returned to his hometown and scored 18 points and 7 assists, which is considered the season average. However, Terry's problems were more obvious. He was appointed as a "combo guard" with his playing habits.

As a point guard, Terry lacks the thinking of a point guard and is relatively single-threaded and routine-oriented in organizing offense, which is easily targeted.

Diaw scored 8 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in this game. Eagles fans have become accustomed to his "performance greater than data" role.

After this game, the Eagles' record reached 5 wins and 2 losses, rising to third place in the Eastern Conference. Even team owner Ressler had forgotten the last time the Eagles sat in this position.

Ke Yan's wonderful performance after taking office has made the outside world full of expectations for the Eagles.

At the press conference after the game, Ke Yan's reply was "cautious"

"In my opinion, the Mavericks are the top three teams in the league. Our victory is a combination of many factors including the right time, location, and people. Their goal is the championship, and our goal is the playoffs. This

Nothing will change.”

This is not to belittle the efforts of the players, but sometimes, the "pride" that arises can be the biggest enemy of young players.

And the Eagles are really not that strong. They "swept the league" this season by relying on Ke Yan's development of Diaw's "organizing center" skill.

The opponents they have encountered so far, except for the Pistons, are not adaptable to this change. But this does not mean that everyone will always be unable to come up with solutions. At the same time, the Eagles have too many young players. Youth means vitality and upward progress.

There is room for improvement, but it also means that without experience, you will make mistakes on the court and even hit the "rookie wall."

Ke Yan can foresee the ups and downs the team will have in the next season, and doesn't want to be too full of words.

.......

After two days of rest, the Eagles began their long road trip on November 14th.

In the first game in the Western Conference, the Hawks visited Houston and challenged the Houston Rockets led by Yao Ming.
To be continued...