Chapter 905 60 Wins in the Regular Season

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Liyi said: "This is Stoudemire's inside weakness in the starting lineup. Neither he nor Dampier has the ability to shoot. Don't tell me, with their inside offense, even if the Mavericks don't double-team the Hammers inside, The Suns can still play like this, and let the Hammers go one-on-two at the basket, with extra players double-teaming their perimeter."

Yu Jia said: "So Teacher Zhang's opinion is that this tactic is more beneficial to the Suns, with Stoudemire returning to the bench and Nowitzki returning to the fourth position?"

Zhang Liji nodded and said: "That's how it should be. The victory or defeat of the two teams proves that this tactic is wrong. The Mavericks can't beat the Suns like this.

The Heat can play like this because Garnett can withdraw, but the Mavericks cannot.

If Nowitzki returns to the fourth position, he can be pulled out, and Marion must guard him so that the Suns cannot double-team the Mavericks' perimeter.

But in the final analysis, Rondo's defense is good. He can't defend here, and the Hammer can't defend him either. "

The timeout ends and the game begins.

The Mavericks replaced Stoudemire and replaced him with Devin Harris.

Harris is the team's fourth scoring point, averaging 10+ per game. He has been the Mavericks' main second position for most of the season.

However, he does not yet have three-pointers. The two-pointers in the middle are pretty good, close to 50%, the two-pointers in the far range are less than 40%, and the two-pointers in the near range are less than 30%. His ability to open up is not enough.

Nowitzki returned to the fourth position, and Josh Howard returned to the three position.

When the Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki still moved to the right three-point line, Josh Howard moved to the left three-point line, Harris moved on the right wing, and Dampier moved in the low post.

Terry advanced past the midline with the ball.

"Now the Suns can no longer double-team the Mavericks' perimeter. The Mavericks should have changed their tactics long ago. Don't cling to Pat Riley's tactics."

barked Buckley.

But at this moment, Li Ba pointed at Terry and shouted: "Rajan, stick close to me! Others will be double-teamed immediately if they have the chance!"

"Lie down!"

As soon as Terry passed the center line, Rondo suddenly got close to him. When Battier and Marion on the left and right wing three-point lines simultaneously double-teamed the center to help defend, Yu Jia directly cursed.

He explained: "The Mavericks no longer double-team the Hammers, but today the Hammers are bent on double-teaming Terry!"

As soon as Terry saw Rondo close to him, he immediately turned to his left, carried Rondo with his left hand, controlled the ball with his right hand, and made a pass to the right wing.

But the next moment, he suddenly turned right, broke through from Rondo's right side, and rushed to the left wing.

But Rondo's defensive performance was too good today. After a timely step back, he blocked Terry again.

At this time, Battier, who was guarding Josh Howard on the left three-point line, rushed over and double-teamed.

Terry, who is facing the left wing, now has two options. One is to turn around again, break through to the right wing, or pass to Nowitzki on the right wing.

But he didn't know what was going on on the right wing behind him, and he didn't know where Marion's defense was going. Maybe he would run into Marion as soon as he turned around, so he chose the second one and immediately passed the ball to Josh Howard.

The lob pass was too slow. How could Li Ba miss such an opportunity?

He started immediately, shook off Dampier's entanglement, and pounced on Josh Howard on the left three-point line.

Facing the middle, as soon as Howard caught the ball, Li Ba jumped in front of him.

Facing the strongest defender in history, Howard instantly felt tremendous defensive pressure, and his nerves instantly tightened.

But at this moment, Li Ba just jumped in front of Howard, and he immediately made a steal and poked the basketball with his right hand.

Howard instinctively turned to the right and gave way to Li Ba's steal.

At this time, Battier returned to defense, and Terry also bypassed Rondo, rushed to the top of the key, and asked Howard for the ball.

Li Ba quickly grabbed the ball and cut to the line between Howard and Terry.

Sure enough, in the next moment, Howard passed back.

Li Ba rushed forward, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and then rushed towards the midline.

This goal ended up with a layup by Rondo, giving Li Ba another assist.

"The steal is completed, only one assist and four blocks are left. There is still more than one quarter, that's enough!" Yu Jia said excitedly.

"The point difference has reached 19 points. It's hard to say. If the Mavericks don't see hope of coming back, they may just give up."

Zhang Lili said.

"Hold on, calf!"

Yu Jia immediately started cheering for the Mavericks.

After another two minutes of play, Li Ba seized the opportunity and rushed to the three-point line to block Nowitzki once. He also played a fast break and the point difference reached 21 points. This time the morale of the Mavericks was reduced. Completely defeated.

"Oh, it's always like this? Can't you just hold on?"

Seeing the Mavericks replacing the main players, Yu Jia shouted unhappily.

"Forget it, the Hammers already had a quintuple-double on the Mavericks last time, and it would be a bit miserable if they did it again. The Mavericks are the real sufferers of the Suns, just like the Spurs. Save some face so we can meet next time."

Zhang Lili shouted.

"If the Mavericks lose this game, they will probably not be able to catch up with the Grizzlies. So no surprise, the Lakers will be fourth and they will be fifth in the playoffs. The two teams met in the first round. This year will be tough." Yu Jia analyzed.

"Maybe the Lakers can catch up with the Suns and take first place?" Zhang Li said with a smile.

"That's even worse. The Suns are fourth. If they beat the Suns in the first round, they might be swept by the Suns for three consecutive years." Yu Jia said with a smirk.

"The Mavericks are weak in the paint. Although they have strengthened Stoudemire, Stoudemire's ability has declined, and he has no shooting. He is looking for death when he hits the basket, which leads to a direct one-on-two with the Hammers. There is no risk. Plus Long With today’s performance, it won’t be difficult to win.” Zhang Liji shook his head and sighed.

"Teacher Zhang, you said you want to beat the Suns, what kind of inside configuration is needed?" Yu Jia asked.

"As long as Stoudemire can develop a mid-range shot, and coupled with his mobility and speed, he can contain the Hammers. Of course, this also requires that there is no problem with the point guard. If the Hammers let him go, he still won't be able to catch the ball. , then it’s useless for anyone to come.” Zhang Li said.

Yu Jia said: "The Mavericks still have a chance to catch up with the Grizzlies. As long as the Suns win against the Grizzlies tomorrow, the two teams will still win half a game. There are still eight or nine games to go, so there is a chance."

Zhang Liji said with a smile: "Overtaking the Grizzlies, winning the first place in the Southwest Division, going directly to second place in the playoffs, playing seventh, now the Warriors are seventh, and Mosaic is eighth, and the Mavericks are firmly in the second round.

But tomorrow the Suns are back to back, and Memphis is thousands of kilometers away from here. The players are very tired, and they don’t have enough motivation to win against the Grizzlies, so it’s a bit troublesome. The Suns might lose. "

Yu Jia smiled and said: "Finally, I would like to congratulate the Suns. They have 60 wins and 13 losses. They have won 60 games 9 games ahead of schedule."

Li Ba briefly dealt with the reporters at the scene, then sent the girl to the parking lot. After she left, he rushed back to the locker room to take a shower before attending the post-game press conference.

After the press conference, the Suns left Phoenix overnight and rushed to Memphis.