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Puerto Rican defender Jose Barrea is another model figure in the NBA who became famous after losing the draft.
After losing the election in 2006, Baria signed with the Mavericks. With her courage to fight and accurate shooting, Baria has been working with the Mavericks for five seasons!
Although Baria has never been a star player, it is already a great thing that he can survive in the league for five years as a undrafter and still has no unemployment crisis.
At this time, Baria took advantage of Chandler's unball cover and ran out to the three-point line to receive the ball and shoot. Even though Conley bypassed the screen and reached out to interfere, Baria's three-pointer still hit!
"Two consecutive three-pointers, Jose Baria scored 6 points in a row! His performance in the last two games was excellent. He only played 16 minutes in the last game and took 21 points away. Today, he only played 10 minutes, but 11 points were also scored! Baria's two consecutive three-pointers helped the Mavericks to 90-91, and the Dallas were about to overtake!"
That's right, the Mavericks are still 1 point behind. With the support of Barrea's two consecutive three-pointers, they are still 1 point behind the Grizzlies!
At this time, there are 3 minutes and 15 seconds left before the end of the game, and the time is no longer enough. Every offense and defense between both sides is very important from now on.
Nowitzki gasped, and he felt that he was almost exhausted by the Grizzlies! Today, the Grizzlies let the Mavericks suffer!
From the end of the first quarter, Link scored a four-pointer, to the second quarter, Link bravely blocked Chandler, causing him to dunk quickly. The Grizzlies were causing trouble for the Mavericks throughout the game, not just Link Tony Allen's cutting-in harassment, Randolph's forced play at the basket, Gasol Jr.'s inside defense, Conley's agile breakthrough through the group of guys wearing dark blue jerseys, causing the Mavericks players to suffer losses again and again.
The Mavericks struggled to support it, and it was not until now that the score difference was only 1 point away. If Barrea had not scored two three-pointers to save his life, the situation would be even more unfavorable for the Mavericks!
The score difference reached 1 point, but before the Mavericks players could catch their breath, the Grizzlies' offense hit again!
Not just Mavericks players, but now the fans in the entire U.S. Route Center are nervous.
Before the game started, they were still mocking the Grizzlies for being bluffed, and mocking the Grizzlies for being able to beat the Spurs and the Thunder because of their luck.
But now, even they themselves are going to lose to the Grizzlies!
Some Mavericks fans are still shouting "defense", but to be honest, their shouting is getting more and more confident.
The Mavericks just made two three-pointers, and the Grizzlies would definitely not let them close the gap. Marion stared at Link with sweat. At this time, the No. 0 rookie in front of him had scored 20 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. On the offensive end, Link completely beat Marion!
In the second and third quarters, Marion was a little impulsive by Link's trash talk and there were more unnecessary moves. So until now, Marion made 4 of 13 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 30.8%.
Facts have proved that Link's defense is indeed very top-notch. It is really unrealistic to win him by taking advantage of one go. Those who can use their personal abilities to gain Link's strength are probably only scorers.
Of course, Marion's impulse is also reflected on the defensive end. Some rash steals and blocking attempts have allowed Link to easily score a chance.
When this guy woke up, he scored 20 points in his matchup.
Marion can only focus on defending now and strive not to make any mistakes again. But as he was guarding, Link, who was originally walking to the basket, suddenly ran back!
Marion immediately followed, but as soon as he took a step, Gasol would bump into each other and there was no ball cover!
After receiving the basketball near the free throw line, Link did not shoot or retreat outside the three-point line, but instead broke through with the ball!
Marion was about to rush out to block the block, but he knew that Link had just rushed in, so he had to forcefully change his focus. This time, the best time to delay was delayed.
"Come on, come on." Tyson Chandler directly made up for the basket. He had been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time!
In the second quarter, the scene where Link stopped him from dunking, and the "boxing champion" was still worried about it. Although Link was not a block, it did prevent Chandler from scoring.
Link was not afraid of the center who voted for the third-ranked center of the best defensive player. He quickly approached the penalty area, then looked at Gasol, who was standing on the right, and started to prepare for the pass!
"Coward!" Chandler cursed in his heart, thinking you were so brave, but he still wanted his teammates to help!
Seeing that Link was about to pass the ball, Chandler moved a big step towards Gasol Jr. But Chandler regretted it just as he took one step, because Link's eyes and the movements of preparing to pass the ball were all fake!
After pretending to pass the ball and shook Chandler away, Link retracted his gaze and basketball at the same time, and made a layup easily!
"Hahaha, Tyson Chandler was completely fooled! Did you see it? Chandler moved a big step towards Gasol Jr., and he thought Link was going to pass the ball! On a beautiful fake fax, I think this ball could be selected into the top five today!"
Marion covered his head with his hands in annoyance. He couldn't believe that he actually let Link score 22 points! Chandler was so angry that he gritted his teeth because Link scored the goal and pointed at his head.
His movement is very clear, "Defense has to be good, man."
This is Link's barely provoked Chandler!
The score difference continued to return to 3 points, with only more than two minutes left in the game, and the Mavericks' life was still hanging on the line!
"Link has many offensive methods and is always calm. He just now shook Chandler on the fake fax and was very calm. If he was too impatient, experienced defenders can tell at a glance whether you really want to pass the ball. Link's score has surpassed Randolph, who scored 20 points today, how do you think the Mavericks will deal with it?"
"They can't deal with it, because no matter what, the Grizzlies will pull them into the mud and force the Mavericks to fight them in close combat!" Mike Bryn replied firmly to his partner that if there was a way to deal with the Grizzlies' crazy counterattack, the Mavericks would not rely on Barria's two three-pointers to prosper.
However, this time, even Baria was not magical. His three-pointer finally missed under the interference of Conley, and the Mavericks failed to continue the score at the critical moment!
Conley played against the ball, but Barrea's weak defense allowed Conley to easily score 2 points.
With the score difference reaching 5 points, Carlisle had to call for a stop. Of course, Barria will not play again, this guy is like this. When he starts not scoring, he will be replaced by Carlisle. This is why Barria doesn't play much time in each game.
"Peja, you replace Sean Jason, you replace Jose. Next, we will hit Dirk. If Dirk is double-teamed, I hope you can seize the three-point opportunity!" Carlisle didn't say much, but every sentence was the point.
Peja and Terry scored two shooters together, and Carlisle didn't believe it and couldn't equalize the score!
"I would rather let Dirk shoot than foul, and don't double-team easily on the outside! I'll hold on for the last two minutes!" Hollins didn't arrange too much. The two sides are playing so anxiously now. If the tactics can solve the problem, it would have been solved long ago.
At this time, the players' performance and determination must be greater than the head coach's decision!
After returning from the timeout, Link found that his opponent had become Croatian Peggy Stojakovic, and couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Peja has been to three teams this season and can still stabilize his three-point shooting percentage at 41.9%. His three-point shooting percentage is not the same as Marion, whose shooting percentage is only 15.2%.
Link didn't dare to let Peja go half a step now, and even fake double-team Link didn't dare to try it now.
Kidd knew what the Grizzlies were most afraid of now, so he fed the ball to Dirk. Without the help of outside players, Dirk got the chance to play Randolph alone!
Gasol Jr. Gasol Jr. also tried to double-team the German today, but the effect was not good. Nowitzki gave 5 assists today, most of which were because after Gasol double-teamed up, he directly passed the ball to assist Chandler with a dunk.
Chandler scored 15 points today, most of which were obtained by Gasol's double-team and he dunked the empty basket.
Although Hollins said before that it would be okay to ask Chandler to deduct a few, Chandler's score was no longer as simple as deducting a few.
Carlisle stood on the sidelines with his chest wrapped around his arms, full of confidence. Now, it’s time for the Grizzlies to be the general!
"Fuck, I'm using me as an ATM!" Randolph gritted his teeth and pressed him behind Nowitzki. Even without the help of his teammates, Randolph would try his best to put down the ball.
The Grizzlies are not the only tough guy Link!
Nowitzki found that he could not resist the Big Black Bear this time! Randolph was one of the best players in this playoffs this year. Although the Germans performed better in overall performance, they did not eat Randolph raw every time.
Randolph took a steady step and prevented Nowitzki from pushing forward another half. Link stood in front of Peja, but his heart had fallen into the penalty area.
Come on, Lan Pang!
Nowitzki wanted to use the same trick again. Since you are on the verge of defense, I will turn around and break through!
But this time, Randolph was prepared. The moment Nowitzky turned around, Randolph reached out and took off the basketball in the German's hand!
"If you drop the ball, who will the ball rights belong to in the end?"
As soon as Mike Bryn finished speaking, Link fell to the ground to save the ball, pressing the basketball tightly under him.
This kind of ball with five or five is more positive than anyone! However, if it is more positive, Link is not targeting anyone, and everyone present today is the younger brother!
Nowitzki also fell down, and he didn't want the good situation to be disrupted by the Grizzlies. If the Grizzlies take away a away game, the series will become very troublesome!
But Link was not panicked. After Nowitzki's big man with more than 110 kilograms pressed him, he still caught a pass route, then lay on the ground and threw the ball over!
"It's Tony Allen!"
Tony Allen received the basketball and started to counterattack! He wanted to break through and make a layup, but Terry rushed back. So Allen made a pass from the ground, and Randolph rushed over with his thoughts of being muscle, but in fact he was covered in fat.
Because the Mavericks were not able to retreat, the entire middle lane was empty! Randolph directly dunked with one hand after receiving the ball, and his 120 kilograms of weight made the rebound slightly sink a few centimeters.
"It's 7 points, and the Grizzlies continue to fight on the defensive end. With only more than one minute left in the game, they turned the difference into 7 points! The Grizzlies are getting closer and closer to victory, and they make the Mavericks play extremely hard! The scene was very embarrassing at one time. Do you think I'm talking about the Grizzlies? No, I'm talking about the Mavericks' scene was very embarrassing!"
"Coach Carlisle wants to use Dirk's singles to solve the battle, but to be honest, Dirk can't be super godly every game."
After scoring the goal, Randolph hurried back to his own half, helped Link up, and then hammered Link in the chest.
What about the Mavericks players around? They all lowered their heads and didn't say a word. Carlisle, who was still confident just now, is now frowning and crossing the field.
The Mavericks' morale has fallen to the bottom, and they will not feel that it is easy and comfortable to play series with the Grizzlies now.
The only thing they think about now is to escape from death!
Chase 7 points in more than one minute? Facing those desperate people?
The Mavericks players found that they were a little nervous. The media said it was right before the game, no one wanted to meet the Memphis Grizzlies!
Chapter completed!