The Mavericks are also a team that can play pick-and-roll. When they face the Lakers, they used a lot of pick-and-roll offenses to attack the Lakers point guard and insider's footsteps, and the effect is still good.

Carlisle had thought about using pick-and-roll to fight the Knicks with poison, but considering that the Knicks' outside and defense and turning are too fast, and the height of the inside is not bad, this tactic may only work when dealing with teams like the Heat, but it is still too risky to deal with the Knicks, who are very good at pick-and-roll. After evaluating the risks before the series began, the Mavericks coaching staff finally ruled out this choice.

But now the calves are in a state of illness and seeking medical treatment. If they die at all, of course they will take out any skills to make a last try. At this time, there is no need to evaluate any risks.

The Knicks players expressed their surprise. The Mavericks changed their playing style every once in a while today. In the second quarter, they actually played pick-and-rolls with them like tit. Are they planning to imitate them to the end?

If the Mavericks want to play pick-and-roll, they have to replace Baria first, because Kidd cannot play this tactic. The old monster has almost no ability to go deep into the penalty area after pick-and-roll. At most, they stay outside the three-point line and throw a three-pointer. This is so easy to defend.

But Baria doesn't seem so difficult to defend. This little man does not have a stable three-pointer ability, so he can think of it with his butt. He will definitely find ways to fight in after pick-and-roll. However, Nowitzki, who cooperates with him, will have multiple choices at this time. Such a big man who can shoot three-pointers and cut without the ball. He even takes the opportunity to catch a basketball near the penalty area line, which is already a great threat. I think this is why the Mavericks often play pick-and-roll. Nowitzki is their main weapon for pick-and-roll.

When Wu Huang defended the Mavericks' pick-and-roll, he had to follow Baria closely. Although this guy is small, he is not bad at all. He has both the degree and the ability to confront the ball. If he is not careful, he will tinker with the basketball into the frame.

The media has always underestimated this guy. If it weren't for Wu Huang's long arms and his height close to the second position + the top footsteps of the No. 2 position, he wouldn't know what this little guy would have suddenly turned out to be! Even if Wu Huang came to defend himself, he would have to do his best. Wu Huang did not keep his strength at all when defending Baria in this round of the series. How many point guards are there in the entire league with his defensive ability?

So Baria was also unlucky. He finally reached the finals, but he encountered a pervert like Emperor Wu. Otherwise, this Puerto Rico would have the chance to become famous in one battle, so how could he be ridiculed for his height defect like now?

The Mavericks ended with a pick-and-roll attack in three consecutive rounds. The result was beyond the expectations of many people. Nowitzki once pulled the outside three-pointer after pick-and-roll, and once caught the ball and assisted Chandler at the basket to score. Only one offense failed under the interference of Emperor Wu. This success rate made Carlisle feel that there was a chance, and it seemed that the pick-and-roll could continue to play.

In the second quarter, 5 minutes or 6 seconds, with a score of 46:45, the Mavericks used the pick-and-roll that the Knicks were good at creating a large number of scoring opportunities, and even narrowed the gap to only one point.

Wu Huang was a little embarrassed. He just felt that Nowitzki's pass was not good. Unexpectedly, the old driver in desperate situation was forced to show his potential in passing. He had already obtained two assists in just a few minutes. What's even more embarrassing is that the Knicks' pick-and-roll efficiency is not high. The reason is that Chandler's footstep movement and arm span have too much impact on Si's downward attack. Barria also has a good performance when defending the pick-and-roll. He can often get rid of Si's responsible for covering by squeezing. His size is quite suitable for defending the pick-and-roll. Whether it is turning around and squeezing over the cover or following Wu Huang's breakthrough, such a calf-like figure is very suitable.

"No, no, pick-and-roll can't be beaten." Wu Huang knew that he could not act voluntarily against the Mavericks. Moreover, after the Mavericks' offense was opened during this period, the defensive end became more and more oppressive. At this time, he had many choices. Wu Huang quickly chose the plan that had the greatest impact on the morale of both sides to star singles.

Under Wu Huang's gesture, the Knicks quickly turned the offensive formation into a 1-4 high position, completely ignoring D'Antoni's arrangement when the timeout was suspended a minute ago, and let the pick-and-roll go to hell for the time being!

This is why Barkley mocked the beard as a puppet. Don't forget that the coach's arrangements can often be heard in the NBA's timeout. Although it won't let you hear the real tactical details, it can let you know what tactics this team will play. So Wu Huang always changes the lineup on the field, which is undoubtedly hitting D'Antoni in the face. The better his effect of changing the lineup on the spot, the hotter D'Antoni's face.

This is a manifestation of Wu Huang's increasing experience. In fact, not only did he do this in the league. Kobe and James often put the coach's arrangement aside, and even Jordan was no exception. The Bulls, who had the second three-game winning streak, often abandoned the triangle offense in the fourth quarter and changed to Jordan's evil god mode. This was Jordan's idea. He believed that the triangle offense restricted him and Pippen, so he always threw the Zen master's triangle offense aside when the stalemate was in the fourth quarter.

1-4 high-level offense is a very good position to resist oppressive defense. You can play many tactics under this formation, but it is most suitable for the star to go solo, because there will be four pass options, which can effectively involve the opponent's defense and pull the blue ones, and then provide the protagonist with more space for singles and breakthroughs.

"Of course the protagonist is me." Wu Huang's change of formation made the Mavericks not react in time. Chandler was successfully pulled outside by Sir. Wu Huang used Monroe's positioning cover to prevent him from getting rid of Baria, but he still scored a goal in the penalty area with his height advantage, just above Baria's head.

"I'm curious if you are so flirting every day because of your height?" Wu Huang lost Baria's height mercilessly after scoring the goal.

"I'm curious if you talk so much because your life is too short." Valia's counterattack stunned Emperor Wu. How could this guy even speak trash?

"Dear, this is my line!" Emperor Wu thought it was quite interesting, but trash words must be stuck to others' vitals before they can be useful, so this kind of trash words can only have a funny effect for him.

Faced with the Mavericks' pick-and-roll attack, the Knicks replaced O'Neal in the last four minutes of the first half. The fat man's task is to stick to the penalty area. As long as he is guarding the basket, Wu Emperor can boldly participate in double-team Nowitzki. At this moment, even if Barrea hits the basket, it will be difficult for him to shoot under O'Neal's pair of giant palms, even if he is so fat that he can't jump up.

The Knicks started to play 3-2 positions on the defensive end, and arranged three defensive players on the outside for limited double-teams.

D'Antoni believed that the Mavericks' pick-and-roll mainly depends on the outside shooting to end and score, so he arranged a large number of defensive forces near the three-point line. In fact, only O'Neal was the only one of the two defensive players at the basket. Sir often appeared in the middle to assist in defense, and was often pulled to the outside by Nowitzki to become a 4-1 defensive position.

There is no big problem with this arrangement. The Mavericks do rely more on outside shooting to score. No matter what tactics they play, the Mavericks only have mid-range shots and long-range shots, so as long as they pinch this point to defend, there will be no big problems.

In the last 2 minutes and 29 seconds of the first half, Wu Huang saw the opportunity on the defensive end and almost pounced on the basketball as soon as Nowitzki received the basketball, and then cut off the basketball with a hand knife move that Yao Ming was very familiar with.

The Knicks fans just cheered, and Wu Huang had already led his teammates to complete a quick counterattack. After conceding the ball, the Mavericks could not keep up with the Knicks' counterattack. Wu Huang easily assisted Gallinari to complete a dunk!

Carlisle shook his head on the sidelines. Baria's passing was far inferior to Kidd. His intention to pass the ball is not difficult to predict. If you always pass the ball like this in front of Emperor Wu, isn't that asking for death?

The Mavericks hurriedly replaced Kidd. In just over the minute, the Mavericks had already started to lose points. After the Knicks figured out the pick-and-roll path of the Mavericks, Baria's lack of passing ability was infinitely magnified. He almost made a pass mistake in the last attack, so Carlisle quickly replaced Terry with Kidd and prepared to play the double-point guard lineup.

Kidd's biggest task in the Mavericks is to manage the distribution of ball rights. It's not a big deal to let Barria play a fixed routine, but most of the time he can only play a role of a mess. Once the opponent pinches his role, the Mavericks' offense will fall into chaos.

Barrea's problem is that he can't handle basketball well, which will put the Mavericks' offensive tactics in a chaotic and single state. Carlisle must replace Kidd to take charge of the overall situation, otherwise the scoring drought will be not far from them.

In fact, the Heat have the same problem. They got Bibi, who can only shoot three points, and they also wanted him to allocate the ball rights of the Big Three, so as to avoid the team's operation in a pirate manner. After all, James and Wade have not yet figured out who is the boss at this time. If there is no point guard with sufficient qualifications and experience on the court to allocate the ball rights, there will be problems.

Generally, teams that have had a star must have an experienced point guard to allocate the ball, such as the Lakers' Old Fish, Bibby from the Kings' era, Billups from the Pistons and Nuggets' era, Rondo from the Celtics, Kidd from the Nets' era, etc. The contribution of these people in scoring is only a side effect. Their real role is to allocate the ball. As long as you can figure out when the ball will be passed to whose hands, and let the stars who did not receive the ball not complain, this is a very successful point guard, but it is easier said than done, otherwise the Heat would not want a Bibby from whom only experience and consciousness.

Wu Huang said that whether Kidd is up or not has nothing to do with him. These are adjustments to the Mavericks to solve their own problems, but they have nothing to do with limiting him.

During this period, Wu Huang's personal offense began to play a role, and he made a big hole in the defense of the Mavericks. Poor Chandler was still out of control in the last minute of the first half, and he failed to avoid his third foul.

This guy may not know that the better he defends, the easier it is to fall on fouls. Not only Emperor Wu, but also Iguodala and Xiao Si want to get this guy who can beat the most in the inside, and the girl at that time will be able to deal with it.

After Chandler got off the game, Wu Huang and Iguodala immediately scored 6 points in the Mavericks' penalty area. In just one minute, people saw the role of this big man on the defensive end.

At the end of the first half, the score was 59:54. The Mavericks worked hard to catch up with the entire quarter, but in the end they only tied with the Knicks in the second quarter. They didn't even narrow the gap of one point, but the Mavericks had played well enough in this quarter and were quite exhausted.

The Knicks players talked and laughed when they walked off the court. They exchanged their successful cooperation in the first half and failed offense and defense, but they were generally satisfied with their performance, including Wu Huang. He scored a total of 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in the first half. This performance was impeccable.

"You may get FMVP and your first championship ring in one hour. What do you want to say about this?" During the halftime break, Wu Huang was naturally stopped by reporters.

"I need to remember those who once said 'I will accomplish nothing in the end'. Although I can't hear such sounds in the past year, these sounds have always been the driving force for me to move forward. Now there is still half a game, and I will be successful. I hope I don't forget these words. I dare not imagine how proud those people will be after failing. I want them to see how I succeed." After Wu Huang said that, he did not give the reporter a chance to ask a second question. He decisively pretended to be a pussy and ran away, comparing with ease.

Yao Ming smiled gloatingly at this moment: "Five years ago, the Mavericks could not stop Dwyane Wade. Five years later, they could not stop Hugo. Today, Wu Huang had the opportunity to realize his dream for Ewing." There was another sentence he did not say, "Avenge me!"

I still remember three years ago, when the Celtics formed the Big Three, Patrick Ewing once said: "I also want to have a second-level superstar with him, so maybe I will have a championship." This is Ewing's feelings when he was in the Celtics' group. He also understands why LeBron James abandoned the Cavaliers and went to the Heat this summer. But if the Knicks win the championship in the end, it might be happier, because Wu Huang fulfilled his long-cherished wish that he had not fulfilled back then, a superstar and a team won the championship.

Strictly speaking, there is only Wu Huang, the Knicks. Xiao Si is in good condition, but it is too difficult to call him a superstar with his ability today. Xiao Si is at most a player of the same level as Bosh, and his overall strength is somewhat inferior to Nowitzki.

So if the Knicks win the championship, it will be a combination of a superstar and a star of the Lakers, while Iguodala is Odom's role, but it is definitely not a giant mode.

The Knicks have not really beaten the Mavericks yet, but at this moment, all home fans believe that the Knicks will definitely win.

Having said that, Ewing, who was also watching the football live today, has always been envious, and even jealous of Emperor Wu and his huge influence, especially in his second season of his career, he reached the highest stage of the finals. Everyone also knew that he would win the championship sooner or later, but he didn't expect that he would come so early.

In the NBA game, in most cases, the more superstars there are, the more champions there are. Shaquille O'Neal transferred to the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, bringing the championship, and the Heat and Dwyane Wade, bringing the championship. The three Celtics combination giants brought the championship. Paul Gasol joined the Lakers and Kobe, bringing the championship, also bringing the championship. At this point, it seems that only two or even three superstar teams can win the championship.

But Ewing was not always alone at the time. In the 98-99 season, Ewing's team had many stars, Alan Houston, Larry Johnson, and Sprewell. Unfortunately, the Spurs opposite had two new and old superstars, David Robinson, and almost the best power forward Tim Duncan. This may be the reason why Ewing lamented that he had no superstar partner. However, in the 93-94 season, although Ewing still had no superstar partner, Hakeem Olajuwon, who eventually defeated them to win the championship, did not. The latter's superstar partner Clyde Drexler came to the team that season. Without superstar teammates, Ewing did not win the championship, and Olajuwon did it. This is the gap between the two in the history of the NBA. It can only be said that the Gorillas still lack real dominance in the playoffs.

When Wu Huang returned to the locker room, he saw that his teammates were not as excited as in the third game, and he felt relieved. It seemed that the defeat still affected them. At this moment, he only hoped that these teammates would not let him down in the second half.

The Mavericks' locker room is a little depressed at this moment, and everyone doesn't speak much, but the players' faces are not like losers. They are not depressed because of their backwardness. Most of the Mavericks have the determination to continue to fight.

But Carlisle knows that some things are not something you can do just by wanting to do. Too many things are easier said than done. He, the coach, sees them the most clearly at the moment, so he is more confident than many players to win.

"Maybe we are not ready for such a moment, right?" Carlisle himself was thinking that the Mavericks have always been unpopular, and in fact, he did not even expect to reach the finals before the start of the playoffs.

In fact, few people thought that the Mavericks could win the championship before. The Lakers, Spurs and Thunder were the most optimistic teams in the West, especially the defending champions Lakers and the Spurs who once suppressed the Knicks in the regular season. Even many Mavericks fans were more optimistic about these teams. As a result, they did not expect that they would go to the finals in a confused manner. They were not ready to win the championship at all.

At this moment, the Knicks felt that the 20 minutes of the halftime break had passed too slowly, and they couldn't wait to play and kill the Mavericks and then win the championship they had always dreamed of.

The Mavericks are just the opposite. They hope to take a two-hour rest. After the first half, these old guys felt that they were almost exhausted. Whoever kept chasing points but couldn't catch up was the most tired thing for the players, especially because they were too tired.

The Knicks players finally returned to the court early. At this moment, the sexy cheerleaders were still throwing gifts to the home fans. A group of players waited in the player's passage for three minutes before returning to their stadium.

Three minutes later, when the Mavericks appeared, they saw that the Knicks were already warming up with basketballs there, and Wu Huang also looked impatient. This made all kinds of feelings come to his mind for a moment. Many people think that the Knicks' behavior is so naked that they look down on them.

"Is it so confident to start the game in such a hurry, can I beat us so much?" Terry complained in his heart.

"Not to say, we are so confident!" The first attack in the second half, Emperor Wu cut off Kidd's pass and easily widened the gap to 7 points with a stuttering counterattack.

Madison Garden was boiling at the beginning of the second half. Although Kidd was miserably beaten by Wu Huang in the finals, such shots of being directly intercepted are still rare. This shows that Wu Huang is becoming stronger and stronger in the face of Kidd. Once he becomes familiar with Kidd's technical movements and game habits, he will be able to show his physical advantages. Kidd may not even be able to sort out the team's work for a few more games.
Chapter completed!