Updated: 2013-02-12

On the eve of the All-Star Game, the Dallas Mavericks also made a big deal like the Los Angeles Lakers. They used six players, two draft picks and some cash to exchange for Jason Kidd from the New Jersey Nets, the league's top point guard, to solve the stubborn problem of point guards who have been plaguing the Mavericks since leaving Nash.

In fact, in the old Nelson system, the role of point guards has been weakened, and the demand for point guards is not so strong, so the team is willing to let Nash go, but when young general Johnson took over the Mavericks, he always asked the team to find an orthodox point guard for him, but he has never been able to do so.

In a modern era when point guards regard scores as life, it is so easy to find an orthodox point guard. In the end, the New Jersey Nets saw that Jason Kidd had no surplus value, and if they stayed, they would be in their hands. At the same time, the record in recent years has proved that Jason Kidd was not enough to go further with Jason Kidd as the core. He planned to give up Jason Kidd and started to rebuild, and then traded it to the Dallas Mavericks.

In this transaction, there is a player who has to mention that he played a huge and irreplaceable role in this transaction. He is Keith Van Horn, who has won the title of "the fastest and easiest player to make money."

In order to match Kijakid's huge contract of nearly 20 million, the Mavericks do not want to give away useful players in their lineup. The Nets can add all the chips they can accept to one piece, because the Nets also have to give away two garbage contracts to the Mavericks.

In the end, the Mavericks decided to give the retired Keith Van Horn a four-million contract, and pay the salary directly to Van Horn in one lump sum, and then send Van Horn to New Jersey. New Jersey does not need such a player, he is purely trying to match the contract.

So what Van Horn has to do is to get the money, fly to New Jersey, report to the Nets, and stay there for a month, because the league has regulations that whether you want to lay off or buy out the player's contract, it must be thirty days after the transaction comes.

Since the Mavericks have paid Van Horn a year's salary in advance, the Nets do not need to pay a penny to Van Horn. They just need to cut him after the specified time has come, and basically don't even need to send him a jersey.

In the end, Van Horn took a plane over, then stayed in the hotel for a month, and returned to Dallas. In this way, four million dollars were obtained. No one could make money easier than him. Of course, this was due to his good relationship with the Mavericks management, otherwise he would sign in the free market.

However, after Jason Kidd came to the Mavericks, he did not bring the Mavericks a shot. Kidd's ability was fine, but for the Mavericks, who were used to solving games by doing solo, his ability could not be displayed at all.

He is used to pushing fast attacks, but the Mavericks have become accustomed to the slow pace under the command of General Johnson. The Mavericks also have another nickname, "Dallas Singles Team". Their offenses can hardly find a decent cooperation, and they basically end the offense with singles.

Any change takes time, as does Jason Kidd, and the Mavericks, but at present, they have not solved this problem yet, which is why the Dallas Mavericks once rushed to the third place in the West and fell down again.

But even so, the strength of the Mavericks is still not underestimated. Their defense is not as good as that of the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Boston Celtics, but it is not far behind that, and it is even better than the Detroit Pistons this season.

Their offense is also ranked at the top of the league, which is unmatched by the Houston Rockets. Of course, the Mavericks did not find a perfect balance between offense and defense, which made their game lack a certain degree of stability.

At the same time, their singles-style technical style is unique in the league. This style of play is not easily restrained by tactics. The disadvantage is that it is not tactical targeting, so it counts if it is. However, after Jason Kidd arrived, the Mavericks were playing singles in turn, and now they have a controller.

The Dallas Mavericks are now a little undesirable. At most, they will squeeze the San Antonio Spurs down, but they will still have to play against the Spurs in the playoffs. Even if they have a home advantage, the Mavericks and Spurs are the kind of teams that are not afraid of playing away games, and the Mavericks' away record is better than the home record.

So whether the Mavericks can squeeze down or not has any special significance for the Mavericks. They just need to worry about not being surpassed by the Houston Rockets. But now it seems that unless the Mavericks lose all the games behind the game and the Rockets win all the games behind the game behind the game. Without any conditions, the Rockets cannot surpass the Mavericks.

Although this does not mean that the Mavericks are willing to lose this game, at least they do not have the determination to win this game. In terms of their desire for victory, they lack it, and are not as good as the Supersonics.

So after the game started, the Mavericks soon began to fall behind, and during the chasing of points, the Mavericks also played in a mess and had no rules. However, the Supersonics took good control from the beginning and used offense to drive defense. It seemed that the Supersonics had a certain advantage on both offense and defense.

But this is an illusion. At least in defense, the Mavericks are much stronger than the Supersonics. After General Johnson called for a timeout and adjusted, the Mavericks began to shrink their defense and reduce the intensity of the offense.

This made it difficult for the Supersonics to rush to the basket and score, but relying solely on the outside shooting, it is impossible to kill anyone. After the adjustment, the Mavericks quickly achieved the effect. Although the score was still behind, it was only a score difference of one or two goals.

Nowitzki's form is not very good today, but this does not mean that he can be ignored. He only scored one point by free throws in the first quarter. At the beginning of the second quarter, he suddenly scored six points in a row as if he was in a violent state, leaving only one point behind.

This is when the team's core figure stood up. Stephen was not polite and took the ball three times in a row. Although the offensive methods were different each time, they sent the ball into the basket, helping the team stabilize the situation.

Josh Howard is the defensive man for Stephen. If he wants to say that his defense in the past one or two seasons can still cause trouble for Stephen, it is completely impossible now and cannot limit Stephen at all. However, this guy kept his own foul very well, and Stephen couldn't easily seize the opportunity in him.

The Mavericks obviously put the chance to win in the second half, especially at the beginning of the third quarter, when Stephen was not present. Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, the Mavericks began to launch a fierce attack, and the ball kept flying into the hands of teammates who could make phone calls. Soon the Mavericks became the overtake in the score.

After playing in the third quarter, Stephen returned to the court, which surprised the Mavericks. Wilkins was not there, so it was normal for Stephen to play early, but no one wanted to play early like a player like him.

The local radio station in Seattle once asked a question like this: When is Stephen the least threatening? The answer is that he is the least threatening when he is sitting off the court. However, after playing, Stephen did not rush to take action, but kept observing the situation on the court, and at the same time tried to tear the opponent's defense through passing the ball, while strengthening his own impact and creating greater opportunities for his teammates.

Stephen's pass was very good, at least for Coupard and Durant. The Mavericks finally overtaken the score after Stephen was overtaken less than three minutes after he played, and the Supersonics never gave the Mavericks any chance.

After winning the game, the Supersonics immediately set off from Dallas and arrived in Houston. Although the game against the Mavericks seemed to be smooth sailing, it was just a little twists and turns, but in fact it was hard to work hard and it was not that easy at all.

In the game against the Rockets, the back-to-back Supersonics showed fatigue. Although Stephen's support was hard, two fists could not match four hands, and the heroes could not resist many people. In this game, Van Gundy adjusted his game strategy and began to relax Stephen's defense, focusing on cutting off Stephen's contact with his teammates.

This strategy is more effective. Stephen's condition is not a problem, but his teammates are exhausted one by one. Sometimes it is not just a physical problem. Long-term game, constant flight, and double pressure on the psychological and physical body. This is also the same physical condition. Some players can succeed, while others gradually decline.

After repeatedly falling behind in passing, Stephen began to choose to do solo, but the Rockets were prepared for this and did not restrict you from doing solo. Anyway, we are also scoring when you score. For the Supersonics, which uses offense to drive defense, once the offense cannot be played, the defense is basically equivalent to nothing.

Stephen alone cannot support a team, and it is inevitable that the final defeat will be inevitable. A failure caused the New Orleans Hornets and the Los Angeles Lakers to catch up. The Supersonics fell to third place in the West, just in time to compete with the Rockets.

After leaving Houston, the Supersonics came to San Antonio. After a day of rest, the Supersonics played a friendly game with the Spurs. In this game, neither Duncan nor Tony Parker played, and **Vic also chose a quit under the name of physical discomfort. In the end, the Supersonics easily won the game and tied the record again.
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