novelaction 422 Forced a pass to Curry!
422 Forced a pass to Curry!
"We can't beat the Clippers by myself alone! We need the teamwork!" Nowitzki said.
That being said, the Mavericks' players and head coach are well aware of how formidable the Clippers are.
Su Hao's inside offense was unstoppable; his shooting percentage inside alone was a terrifying 90% or higher.
With such a shooting percentage, even Nowitzki, whose outside shooting percentage is only around 50%, simply wouldn't be able to maintain the score difference.
As the second quarter began.
Both sides maintained the same lineups as in the first quarter.
At the start of the game, Kidd received a throw-in from his teammate.
He dribbled the ball forward with one hand, facing Gordon's defense.
The first choice was to pass the ball to Marion.
Facing David Lee's defense, the latter dribbled for a while and then chose to pass the ball to Nowitzki.
After receiving the ball, Nowitzki dribbled to the mid-range position and took a mid-range shot over Rasoul Butler, who was helping to defend.
The ball goes in.
Nowitzki maintained his previous touch.
Su Hao picked up the basketball and quickly served the ball from the baseline.
With a long flick, the ball came to Curry, who was already in the frontcourt.
After receiving the ball, Curry saw that the defender in front of him was not yet in position, and he was about to shoot a three-pointer himself.
However, after seeing that Su Hao had already positioned himself under the basket, he still chose to pass the ball in.
Tyson Chandler tried to stop Su Hao from attacking the basket, raising his hands to block his path.
However, with only him defending, it was clearly impractical to try to contain Su Hao.
This time, Tyson Chandler must have mustered all his courage to try and withstand Su Hao's attack.
With only one defender under the basket, Su Hao did not attempt a dunk over his opponent as he had done before.
He took a step back and used a small hook shot.
The basketball flew past Tyson Chandler's fingertips and went straight into the rim.
As the basketball flew over his head, Tyson Chandler felt a deep sense of bitterness.
"Su Hao, why didn't you dunk on me this time?"
Looking at Tyson Chandler, who seemed a little stunned, Su Hao laughed and said, "If I keep dunking on you, you'll just say I'm bullying you again!"
Upon hearing this, the other Mavericks players shook their heads helplessly and walked towards the frontcourt.
"Don't just stand there, serve the ball!" Nowitzki pointed at the basketball on the ground and looked at Tyson Chandler under the basket.
The latter picked up the ball and passed it to Kidd.
Upon arriving at the frontcourt, Su Hao had already positioned himself inside.
Seeing Su Hao positioned under the basket, the Mavericks lost their desire to attack the basket.
After observing for a while, Kidd ultimately chose to pass the ball to Nowitzki.
With his hand on fire, Nowitzki received the ball and, facing David Lee's defense, once again took a mid-range shot.
Unfortunately, the shot didn't go in.
The basketball bounced off the rim, and Su Hao once again snatched the rebound from above everyone's heads.
When Tyson Chandler and his teammates tried to take possession of the ball from Su Hao, he quickly passed it to Gordon on the outside.
Gordon, after receiving the ball, didn't hold onto it and immediately passed it to Curry, who was not far away.
Faced with no one guarding him, Curry actually gave up on shooting three-pointers this time.
Instead, he chose to dribble the ball and drive towards the inside.
Marion and Kidd, who had already returned to their defensive positions, tried to stop Curry from making a layup.
Just as the three-pointer was about to be combined, Curry chose to pass the ball back to Su Hao, who was following up.
After receiving the ball, Su Hao leaped high and slammed it into the basket over Marion and Kidd.
What an incredible teamwork! Curry in front, Su Hao behind! It's truly impossible to defend against!
Only then did the Mavericks' head coach realize how formidable the Clippers were.
"Curry and Su Hao teamed up? Curry even gave up on open three-pointers?" Barkley was shocked.
"I think Curry and Su Hao have already started playing around; they don't take the Mavericks seriously at all!" Miller said.
The first half of the game was about to end.
Led by Su Hao, the Clippers have taken a 25-point lead.
No matter how consistent Nowitzki's mid-range shot is, it can't withstand the combined efforts of Su Hao and Curry.
Just as Nowitzki hit another mid-range shot, trying to narrow the score gap.
Back in the frontcourt, Curry continued to rain down three-pointers from beyond the arc.
After missing the shot, Su Hao grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it back to Curry.
Curry, standing beyond the three-point line, launched another three-pointer.
Unfortunately, his shot was disrupted by Kidd's timely and effective defense.
The pop-up window appeared again.
Fortunately, Su Hao once again snatched the rebound from over everyone's heads and passed the ball to Curry.
Everyone was stunned by what they saw.
They were surprised that, despite Curry missing several three-pointers in a row, Su Hao was able to easily grab offensive rebounds in the paint.
This completely shattered the mentality of the Mavericks players.
Curry held the ball with both hands, and this time he adjusted his shooting posture.
Despite facing a well-positioned defense from Kidd, he still chose to continue shooting three-pointers.
He probably knew that even if he missed the three-pointer, Su Hao would at least get the rebound.
Strangely enough, every time Su Hao grabbed a rebound, he had the opportunity to attack the basket himself.
Surprisingly, he didn't choose to attack the basket himself several times in a row.
Instead, he always chose to pass the ball to Curry on the perimeter.
Is he trying to get Curry to reach his goal of making ten three-pointers in the first half of the game?
Curry had already made nine three-pointers in this game, and if he makes another one this time...
He will achieve a record of ten three-pointers made in a half.
Su Hao clearly knew this, and he was very willing to see his teammates achieve this record.
Consecutive offensive rebounds, continuous feeds of the ball to the perimeter.
If Curry makes another shot, it would really be a disservice to Su Hao.
The result was truly somewhat frustrating.
Curry's third shot bounced off the rim once again.
This time, four Mavericks players gathered under the basket.
Apart from Kidd, who was responsible for guarding Curry, the other players all came to the basket, trying to stop Su Hao from grabbing the rebound over their heads.
As expected, Su Hao once again snatched the basketball from above everyone's heads at its highest point.
During the descent, Su Hao once again passed the ball to Curry on the outside.
Curry, who received the pass from Su Hao, laughed at himself while holding the ball.
Holding the basketball in his hand, he was a little embarrassed to continue shooting.