In the first quarter, the Clippers suddenly exerted their strength on the defensive end in the second half. After all, the Mavericks' lineup did not have enough time to run in, and the players' strength was worse than the Clippers. It was still much worse to compete with the Clippers head-on. As soon as the defending champion increased the intensity of the game, the Mavericks were immediately scored a 8:0 small **, and the score gap was widened to double digits.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 35:22, and the Clippers led by 13 points to the end of the first quarter, with obvious advantages.

Ji Guoqiu scored 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Ji Guomi had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Billups scored 6 points, 2 assists, Hill scored 4 points and 1 assist, and Crawford scored 7 points.

Nowitzki scored 6 points and 1 rebound, Kidd scored 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Marion scored 5 points, Terry scored 5 points, and Gottt scored 4 points and 2 rebounds.

Crawford, the sixth man of the Clippers, only got 5 minutes of playing time in the first quarter. Last season, although Avraro started, he usually only played five or six minutes, and then he was replaced by Crawford. However, this season, things have changed, the roles of the two have been changed, and the rotation time has also been reversed.

But what made Clippers fans laugh and cry was that Crawford returned to his best sixth man last season, scoring 7 points in just five minutes in the first quarter, and his scoring efficiency was very high. This guy is really a weapon in the regular season.

Many NBA players perform very well in the regular season, just like an All-Star, but when they arrive in the playoffs, their performance will be greatly reduced. Crawford is like this, and Avraro is actually the same. His performance in the playoffs is not as good as the regular season, but fortunately, Avraro has a good attitude and is willing to defend forever. Finally, he can make up for some.

This phenomenon is easy to understand. Generally, players who experience this situation are mostly subject to their lack of athletic ability or are not smart enough to play. Both of these will make it difficult for them to perform in the playoffs with increased defensive intensity. Especially for the second reason, as long as you perform well in one game in the playoffs, the opponent's coach will definitely be targeted by the opponent's coach in the second game. Therefore, those players with insufficient basketball awareness, ball quotient, and athletic ability are not top players, and it is difficult for them to perform well in this targeted defense.

However, it is different for players like the twin brothers. They have a variety of offensive methods and are smart in playing, so it is difficult to be completely defensive. Even if they encounter targeted defense or double-teaming, they can always find ways to crack the defense.

At the end of the first quarter, Jeff Van Gundy commented on the performance of the Mavericks, saying: "The Dallasians have done a good job in defense, but they still lack a bone that can support the team system, without this solid bone. When they fight head-on with the Clippers, they will be knocked apart every time. On the other hand, the Clippers have two such bones. The Mavericks want to compete with the Clippers head-on, and it is undoubtedly a death sentence at this stage."

After the first quarter, Coach Carlisle also knew that his team's strength was far from a match for the Clippers. In fact, let alone the Clippers, even the Purple Gold Lakers who have been running in for a year, the Spurs are not weaker than the Mavericks. It's really whimsical that his boss wants the team to be comparable to these three teams in just one summer.

The Mavericks's very personality boss is still dressed like ordinary fans today, sitting behind the Mavericks' bench, but his face is not very good-looking, obviously not satisfied with the performance of his team.

Kuban, born in 1964, is currently only 45 years old. Compared with the rich second generation born with a natural wealth and a golden key, Kuban was born in a civilian family in Pittsburgh. When he was young, he never thought that his future would be prosperous. In fact, even his father, Lao Kuban, never thought that his "money-lovers" son would become a real "money-lovers" in the future.

However, with a keen management vision, within 20 years after graduating from university, Cuban's personal wealth quickly expanded to 5.7 billion US dollars. However, Cuban, who made a fortune with the Internet, suddenly chose to withdraw. Of course, after becoming rich, Cuban did not forget to realize his dream. On January 14, 2000, he successfully took over the Mavericks and became the boss of this team.

In Cuban's life, he had never played professional basketball for even one day, but he was more fanatical about basketball than many professional players. At the age of 12, Cuban had a fancy to a pair of expensive basketball shoes, and finally got what he wanted with the income from selling garbage bags and newspapers. He was at ease wearing the equipment he earned and played with his friends.

He is also a vanguard of the anti-black whistle. He has received a huge fine of $250,000 for reprimanding the referee. As a businessman, Cuban always seems unemployed. He will wear a T-shirt and sit on the sidelines and dance. He may cheer for the team's wonderful performance, or beat his chest and stamp his feet for the opponent's wonderful performance, and even challenge the referees from time to time and even the league.

Cuban is high-profile and conceited, but in essence, he is more like a fan than a businessman. Under his management, the Mavericks have become the most generous and unblinking team in the league. In addition to paying countless luxury taxes every year, the Dallas Mavericks are the first to have their own special plane and the most luxurious locker room in the league. From the perspective of team configuration alone, Dallas will probably become the place where all players in the league are most eager for.

"Victory is everything. For me, chasing victory is the primary task and money is secondary." Kuban once said. Even the official league manual introduced Kuban in this way: "He is the most passionate, unique and maverick boss in the NBA. He is more like a fan than the fans."

Unfortunately, the Mavericks have not fulfilled Cuban's wish to win the championship so far. From this point of view, Dirk Nowitzki is now worthy of the trust of his boss, and the Mavericks' performance has always failed the hard work of Cuban.

In the second quarter, an inconspicuous little man named Baria suddenly jumped out of the bench and scored 5 points with his breakthrough that was so fast that he could not blink twice in a row, helping the Mavericks narrow the score gap to 8 points.

Clippers substitute: Dragic, Crawford, Barnes, McDyce, Jordan Jr.

Mavericks subs: Barrea, Jason Terry, Quinton Rose, Drew Gooden, Brand Haywood.

The Clippers' lineup is not unaware of the sharp breakthrough of Baria, but this inconspicuous Puerto Rican actually has the ability to break through and pass the ball, and revitalize the entire team by one. The Clippers really couldn't imagine, and they couldn't figure out how this could be?

Carlisle was relieved. Barria's existence can make up for the defect that Kidd could not break through. This defect is sometimes fatal. Kidd has performed very miserably in the past two years when he encountered some strong defenders, such as Davis and Billups. This is the disadvantage of lack of athletic ability. Billups scored 6 points against Kidd in the first quarter, which has shown this very well.

When Old Dunleavy saw Baria hurt the Clippers with three consecutive breakthroughs, he couldn't help but shout at Dragic: "Goran, he can't defend you!" The meaning of this sentence is also clear. If Dragic doesn't understand this, then go home and farm.

Barria is officially 180cm tall, but in fact, this guy may be only 175cm tall, which is about the same height as Little Potato. It depends entirely on speed and strong body to cause damage, which is somewhat similar to Nate Robinson in some aspects. What such players are best at is disrupting battles, and in some cases it is easy to become a surprise soldier, that is, the S factor.

However, on the defensive end, this figure is a tragic figure. Dragic followed the old Dunleavy's instructions and used breakthroughs to fight back. Baria really couldn't defend Dragic.

Barrea's eye is so beautiful that McDise is inseparable from the bad luck of McDise. Grant Hill is now getting stronger, but McDise has already shown its old age in the preseason. I don't know if it has not been buff bonus from the Suns Doctor. The two are older in the middle grade. Hill, who is also suffering from injuries, rejuvenates her youth at the end of her career. McDise, who is two years younger than Hill, completely loses her NBA-level competitive skills after returning to her playoffs last year. Now it's better to use Jeffries. This is the most failed deal the Clippers have made in the summer.

It seems that McDace's pace is too slow to assist in Barrea's breakthrough. After the Mavericks discovered McDace's shortcomings during the bench, they attacked this weakness with all their strength.

Old Dunleavy quickly called a timeout and replaced 35-year-old McDyce with Joel Anthony.

At 8 minutes and 20 seconds in the second quarter, the score was 39:35, and the difference between the two teams was quickly narrowed to 4 points.

In less than four minutes, McDyce let Drew Gooden, who was in a bad position at the Spurs last season, scored 6 points, which is the most intolerable thing for Old Dunleavy. Now he regrets trading Almi Johnson. McDyce's annual salary of 5 million will definitely drive Sterling crazy because he is about to go crazy.

Although Joel Anthony is a black and hard blue-collar worker, the reason why he is famous in these two seasons is precisely because he is strong and moves very quickly, strong but not slow, and has no bad ability to defend, so he is more valuable than ordinary blue-collar worker.

In another time and space, after the Heat team formed the Big Three, Pat Riley still gave him a five-year contract of 15 million, which shows how much he values ​​him.

A minute later, Old Dunleavy replaced two brothers again, and did not replace Joel Anthony, but let Ji Guomomo serve as a small forward and Ji Guochou serve as a power forward.

"Did our coach take kickbacks in the summer? 5 million signing McDaise and 3 million signing Joel Anthony, is this really a wastesman?"

Ji Guomo has opinions on the two deals of Old Dunleavy Xia, but they have never been concerned about the team's deals and at most provide some advice on the draft.

"You ask me, I don't know so much, but these two transactions are not very good, but it's true that only Hill's three transactions this summer are cost-effective. I know the other transactions. Anyway, they don't have much impact on the team's strength."
Chapter completed!