183 [Peak Showdown-2]
"Kayay has tried his best. You can't expect him to do better. After all, he is facing a bayonet. You can't lose a foul at the beginning of the game." Shake O'Neal took the initiative to defend Leonard in this round just now.
brush!
Kyle Lowry broke through and found Danny Green in the corner open space. The latter took a knife and hit a three-pointer.
"Danny Green hit a three-pointer as soon as he got started. In fact, after the Toronto Raptors started their new career, the power of Danny Green on the outside is further improved."
Shake O'Neal would never say that the San Antonio Spurs system had delayed Danny Green, but he must emphasize that Danny Green in the Toronto Raptors had a higher three-point shooting percentage.
Dwight Powell missed a three-pointer and turned to the Raptors' attack.
Facing Jiang Hao, Kawhi Leonard chose to take action very decisively at the right side of the free throw line.
Although Jiang Hao had made very hard defensive moves, he still failed to prevent the basketball from entering the basket steadily.
"Superstars have no absolute suppression on superstars, and at most they restrict each other"
Kenny Smith spoke, that's it. Kawhi Leonard can't do anything to Jiang Hao on the defensive end, so Jiang Hao can't do anything to Kawhi Leonard on the defensive end, although both of them are top offense and defense players in the league.
Before the official timeout of the first quarter, the two sides were back and forth, and the scores were almost rising in alternating leads.
And whether it is Jiang Hao or Kawhi Leonard, they all look good.
However, for the Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who is determined to control the rhythm of the first quarter, he is not satisfied with this result.
Especially at Trevo Ariza, after half a quarter of the game, Ariza has been in a downturn and has not played the role he should have played at all.
This made Rick Carlisle very angry.
So, after the timeout came back, Harris Barnes set the topic and Trevo Ariza played.
Since defense has no effect, use offense to solve the problem.
Harris Barnes continued his hot form of playing against the old Golden State Warriors. He hit a three-pointer with Kawhi Leonard as soon as he came up.
In this way, the Mavericks widened the score difference to 5 points for the first time tonight.
But immediately after the next round, they received extremely bad news.
That is, Luka Doncic has committed fouls three times. In front of the experienced Kyle Lori, the young Luka Doncic is finally going to pay the tuition fee.
Luka Doncic is a very important part of the Mavericks in the new season. His role is also very important in this game tonight.
Before the first quarter was finished, he committed three fouls.
This is undoubtedly a major blow to the Mavericks.
Rick Carlisle's face was very embarrassed, but he had no choice but to let Daniels Smith replace Luka Doncic.
Daniels Smith Jr. showed excellent potential last season and made his debut in the new season against the Golden State Warriors. He played for 18 minutes in the game and scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. It looks pretty good. I hope he can play an x factor tonight.
Rick Carlisle sent Daniels Smith Jr. with this mood.
Of course, this is just a move for Rick Carlisle. In fact, he was not very worried about the depth of the team's lineup tonight. If it really didn't work, he would let Jiang Hao play point guard.
After all, Daniels Smith played for one season last season, and his game rhythm or experience against the NBA is naturally better than Luka Doncic.
Although he can't give some beautiful assists like Luka Doncic, he can at least be stable when facing an old fry like Kyle Lowry.
And it should be pointed out that Daniels Smith Jr.'s decisiveness on the offensive end is even better than Luka Doncic at this stage. You can think that Daniels Smith Jr. is the typical point guard with a knife.
For example, in the next attack, after he came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Kyle Lowry's defense, he took a step back and chose to take action.
Kyle Lowry almost had the ball hit the basket before he could react.
Hun!
Although it didn't hit it right away.
But after DeAndrew Jordan's second attack at the basket, the Mavericks' attack was considered a complete match.
Jiang Hao's impression of Raptors' inside Ibaka should be on the Internet about his various "divine legends".
Legend has it that somewhere on this guy is definitely a unique existence in NBA.
What I thought in my mind might react in the next second.
Now, when it was the Mavericks' turn to launch an attack again, when Jiang Hao faced Ibaka with the ball, his eyes and sneaked into the ball directly confused Ibaka.
What a fuss?
What do you mean?
Ibaka subconsciously clamped his legs, but when he reacted again, the cunning bayonet had already completed the attack.
A hesitation!
2 points are gone.
The Raptors' head coach was very angry at Ibaka's behavior of staying there for a long time. What is this bastard doing?
He even yelled at Ibaka.
The latter was very sorry to be down.
………
When the first quarter game was over, 35:28!
The Mavericks, who played away, took a 7-point lead. Daniels Smith, who replaced Luka Doncic, played well. He made two three-pointers after coming to the bench, making him the first hero to lead the team.
The leaders of the two teams that fans are most concerned about also performed well in the first quarter.
Jiang Hao made 4 of 7 goals, scoring 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Kawhi Leonard made 5 of 8 shots and scored 12 points and 4 rebounds!
After the start of the second quarter, the head coaches of both sides sent out substitutes, and in fact, both teams have strong substitutes.
The substitutes of their two teams may be among the top five in the entire league.
So, to a certain extent, whoever performs well in this game will be able to laugh to the end of the two teams.
"That's why I emphasized over and over again before the game started, the game was a true peak showdown of 55, because both teams have very balanced strength from a comprehensive perspective."
After the second quarter started, when the substitutes of the two teams were playing well, Shaq O'Neal once again said in the live broadcast room.
"When both team leaders can get roughly the same rest time, everyone will expect that this game will be more exciting."
Chapter completed!