One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Five: Overly Strict Teacher
In the second year of his career, Doncic is a super genius whose average per game data is as good as that of peak Link. At this time, there is only one voice in his head: "Who am I? Where am I? What should I do?"
Doncic has already entered the youth training system of a professional basketball club when he was a teenager. He understands what a professional basketball game is better than most of his peers.
Maybe this is why he can adapt to the NBA faster than other rookies in the same class.
But in the playoffs, this is really new territory for Doncic.
He has never played such a high-intensity game before. Compared with all other games in the playoffs, it has been raised to a higher level!
At this time, Link had already charged forward with the ball.
Little Hardaway opened his arms nervously. His body was so tight that it felt like it was filled with lead.
Although Hardaway Jr. is one of the players with the longest career in the Mavericks, he only played in the playoffs twice, totaling 15 games.
That little bit of experience is obviously not enough to deal with grizzly bears.
Link slowed down as he approached the three-point line, seemingly wanting to slowly organize the offense.
Seeing this, Little Hardaway also relaxed.
But just at the moment when his tense nerves relaxed, Link suddenly changed from stillness, increased speed and then made a small change of direction, passing by Little Hardaway easily.
Little Hardaway's mind went blank, and Link's first step was incredibly fast!
Is he really a 32-year-old player?
Moreover, I had just relaxed, and Link actually seized this fleeting opportunity. I really couldn't give him any chance!
It wasn't just Hardaway Jr. who was caught off guard, the entire Mavericks defense didn't react.
So, when Link broke through to the mid-range position and easily shot a jumper, the Mavericks didn't even have help on defense.
Link would not miss this opportunity without any interference.
He threw the ball steadily and his shooting motion was extremely comfortable.
Just an ordinary jump shot,
It’s a feast for the fans to watch.
The moment Link scored, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle paused the game.
Because at this time, the score has become 14-0!
Until now, the Dallas Mavericks haven't been able to score yet!
From Doncic to Porzingis, the entire Mavericks team seems lost.
"Beautiful jump shot. Link only took it for the second time today, but the Grizzlies already had a 14-point lead. Coach Carlisle had to call a stop to the game. If these young people can't stabilize their mentality, they will collapse. Faster!"
After the timeout, Doncic looked up at the score and felt helpless.
From Green's dunk on the first goal of the game, to being intercepted by Link later, to Link's breakthrough just now...
Did the Mavericks make a big mistake? Not really.
But as long as they have the slightest flaw, the slightest shortcoming, they will be caught and beaten by the grizzly bear!
In the first round, the Grizzlies hit mismatches mercilessly.
The second time, Doncic was stunned and the basketball was taken away.
Just now, Little Hardaway just relaxed a little and was taken away by Link in one step.
Is this the playoffs?
In the regular season, the Grizzlies may not have been so aggressive.
But in the playoffs, your opponent will seize every weakness of yours and hit you hard, until you feel pain, until you are unable to fight back, until the moment the game buzzer blows, until they finally win!
This is the playoffs, two completely different concepts from the regular season.
Doncic feels like he understands the playoffs somewhat, but...
So what's the use? Right now, the Mavericks have no room to fight back.
During the timeout, Rick Carlisle arranged several tactics for Porzingis, hoping that he could use his height and speed advantages to hit Jokic a few times on the head to help the Mavericks stop the bleeding in time.
"That's how it is in the playoffs. If you back down, your opponents will take advantage of you! Be tough and let them know that we are not here to give you warmth!"
After drawing the tactics, Carlisle gave a rare shout, very strict.
After the players reappeared, Nowitzki, who was wearing casual clothes next to Carlisle, shook his head: "Do you need to be so strict with them? They are still young. And...the strength gap between the two sides is really huge. big."
"Indeed, but you have to let them fight once before they know what real fighting is. From today on, the 'happy childhood' of those guys is over." Carlisle shrugged, he could no longer use the methods of rebuilding the team. Asked to play against this team.
The outside world said that the Mavericks were unlucky. They met the Grizzlies in the playoffs for the first time in these years.
But in Carlisle's view, the Grizzlies are exactly the best opponent.
They best embody the cruelty of the playoffs.
Although he is the coach of the Mavericks, what Carlisle is thinking about right now is - hit, hit hard, beat the Mavericks hard!
The game restarted, and Link and his teammates reappeared.
The Mavericks took the lead in attacking. Doncic carefully controlled the ball in front of Link this time, but he was a little too careful. He even didn't dare to do some basic dribbling movements.
At this time, Porzingis, who was leaning on Doncic in the paint, suddenly turned his back and cut inside. At this time, Doncic could just throw the ball into the air and play an alley-oop with Porzingis. .
During the regular season, they often relied on this method to score points.
But this time, when Porzingis cut inside, he didn't see the basketball fly over his head.
Doncic didn't pass the ball, he didn't dare to pass the ball!
In the regular season, Doncic can make all kinds of bold passes. But now, Doncic hesitates.
Opportunities on the basketball court are often a matter of seconds, and the hesitation is gone.
Off the court, Carlisle sighed silently.
Although the game has just started not long ago, Doncic has been completely restrained by Link today.
There was no other way, so Porzingis had no choice but to run outside the three-point line again to respond, and only then did Doncic dare to send the ball out.
The ball was successfully passed without any mistakes. But the opportunities Porzingis gets now are not as good as they were just now.
Porzingis confronted Jokic outside the three-point line. He made two triple-threat moves, deceiving Jokic's center of gravity and then went straight to the inside.
Taking his big strides, Porzingis rushed into the penalty area and prepared for a dunk.
But at this time, Jermichael Green stood in front of the basket.
He covered his crotch with his hands, obviously trying to foul Porzingis!
Porzingis can't stop the car at all now. He just sprinted with all his strength, and the impact is obvious.
Jermichael Green now realizes that this is completely suicide!
Porzingis himself was also frightened. Green might break his ribs if he did this!
But Green still has no hesitation, and he will not hesitate as long as he thinks he should do it.
This is the essential difference between him and Doncic.
"Bang!"
Two strong men collided head-on, just like two armored vehicles fighting each other head-on.
Jermichael Green was directly knocked off the baseline. Porzingis was so big and couldn't stop the car at all. It was not something Green could withstand.
But at this time, the referee also blew his whistle.
Porzingis hit someone with the ball and got an offensive foul.
Grizzlies ball rights!
"Brave Green, he used his own flesh and blood to form a defensive line and successfully disintegrated the Mavericks' first offense after returning from timeout!"
Looking at Green, who was clearly hit badly but was so excited that he lay on the ground waving his arms after hearing the whistle, Doncic got goosebumps all over his body.
The Mavericks are here to play ball, but the Grizzlies are here to risk their lives.
The Grizzlies' temperament and approach are gradually infecting the Mavericks, which is what Carlisle wants.
No team is more suitable to set an example than the Grizzlies.
However, Carlisle's face is full of black marks now. The opponent is so good, so what the hell are those guys who can't score a single point...
This is too embarrassing.
After Porzingis hit someone with the ball, the Grizzlies' offense continued to pressure the young Mavericks.
This time, Jokic used a behind-the-head pass from outside the three-point line and found Link who had reached the right corner.
This ball made Doncic stunned for a moment. In the fierce playoffs, where did Jokic get the courage to pass such a ball?
Because the ball was passed too secretly, Link was missed again.
He caught the ball and shot, three-pointers into the net, 17-0!
"It seems that Link really can't wait to win the championship. As soon as he comes up today, he will kill Mavericks!"
One round later, the Grizzlies made a comeback.
During the Mavericks' attack just now, Doncic bravely broke into the paint, but was blocked mercilessly by Link.
Link's block was very rough. Doncic thought he would get a free throw opportunity, but it turned out that he was wrong.
The playoffs are so rough!
Want to score easily online? not that simple.
After blocking Doncic, Link quickly passed the ball to Conley, who broke through and passed the ball to Brooks, who had already been ambushing him.
The latter raised the knife and dropped it, and the Grizzlies hit the net for the second consecutive three-pointer.
20 to 0!
Carlisle had to call another timeout!
He really wanted to find a strict mentor for the Mavericks boys.
But the Grizzlies seem to be a little too strict!
20 to 0, I, Carlisle, don’t want to lose face... Don’t you know how to give in? What is played in basketball? What you are fighting is human nature!
On the commentary desk, Mike Breen shook his head.
Link did say before that he wanted to end this quickly, but this was too soon.
Before the first quarter was over, it felt like the game was already running into garbage time.
"There are three quarters left in the game, how do you ask me to compile commentary..." Mike Breen secretly complained that it was not easy to do work today.
From the Mavericks players to the commentators, everyone was disappointed by the Grizzlies' fierce offensive.
This guy Link is in his last year, and he still doesn’t plan to leave a way for others to survive.
Generally speaking, villains in movies have a sudden awakening of conscience at the last moment.
But Link...he will never be able to clean himself up in this life.
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