Chapter 155 Sweeping the Mavericks and advancing to the Western Semifinals

In the first victory of the Suns, the fans of the Suns began to look forward to the next game of the Suns. To be precise, they are looking forward to the Suns' promotion to the second round. In their eyes, the Mavericks are no longer enough to bring any trouble to the Suns.

The second game of the Suns and Mavericks is still played at the American Airlines Center Stadium, and the enthusiasm of the fans is still high, and there is no decrease in the slightest due to the strength gap between the two teams in the first game.

After losing the first game to the Suns, the Mavericks' morale was low, but one day later, the Mavericks have completely adjusted, and the Mavericks players who reappeared in the center of American Airlines Arena are highly motivated, and even look at the Suns with hatred. Although there is a gap with the Suns, the Mavericks players are obviously not willing to lose so badly. After all, their team is the defending champion.

The fighting spirit shown by the Mavericks after the start of the game was indeed completely different from the first game. Jason Terry rushed into the inside line and caused a foul for Zhao Yue. After several rounds in a row, the Mavericks kept hitting the inside line and mostly chose to attack. Although they did not score many points, it also created some pressure on the Sun's inside defense.

The Sun has rich defensive experience. The impact of the Mavericks quickly adapted to the Sun, and the scene was quickly stabilized. The Suns were indeed a little passive by the impact of the Mavericks, so that the attack was affected. When they stabilized on the defensive end, the Suns' offensive ability began to slowly show. The Mavericks had a 5-point lead in the first half of the quarter, but at the end of the first quarter, the two teams scored 24:2 4 square meters.

After the second quarter, the Sun performed more freely at both ends of the attack and defense. The Mavericks' offensive success rate decreased significantly, and the Sun's offensive firepower also began to be released.

Compared with last season, the Suns' firepower on the offensive end is undoubtedly stronger. First of all, Zhao Yue is more mature, and the deterrent on the inside line has greatly increased, forcing the opponent to clamp Zhao Yue all the time, which gives the rest of the Suns players more opportunities to attack. This is particularly obvious after Zhao Yue's passing ability improved at the end of this season.

Secondly, the Sun's attack on the outside line is more stable. With Anthony, Carter and Channing Fry providing stable firepower on the outside line, the Sun's attack has also reached a step.

Although the Suns' defense is more impressive this season, their performance on the offensive side is enough to enter the top three of the league.

44:50, after the second quarter, the Suns gained 6 points.

The Mavericks who entered the locker room also obviously made some adjustments. After the game restarted, the Mavericks did better on the defensive end and took advantage of their old experience to actively make up and wheel defense, which also caused some trouble to the Suns. However, relatively, the Mavericks' own attack has also been affected because of their focus on defense.

64:70, after the third quarter, the difference between the two teams is still 6 points. In the third quarter, the Mavericks' defense was not bad, but such an extraordinary defense was not enough to last. After entering the fourth quarter, the Mavericks' defensive effect lasted for a few minutes, and the Suns suddenly broke out with a wave of 6:10, which directly increased the score difference between the two teams to 10 points.

After leading by 10 points, the Sun played steadily, and the Mavericks players were relatively impatient at this time, which also made them lose their chance to win in the end.

85:94, by 9 points, the Suns won again at home, rewriting the big score to 2:0.

The result of the second game makes the outside world more convinced that there is a gap in strength between the two teams. If the last game can be said that the Suns caught the Mavericks off guard, this game is completely a collision of real strength, and the Sun Ball undoubtedly continues to prevail.

Amid the sweeping calls from the outside world, the Suns came to Dallas from Phoenix, and the next two games will be played at the home of the Mavericks.

Although it has been repeatedly rumored that the Suns will sweep the Mavericks in the first round, the players of the Mavericks obviously do not want to see such a scene happen, so the next third game is the key. If the Mavericks can't win the third game, it is difficult for them to avoid the fate of sweeping 0-3.

With this belief, the Mavericks' performance in the third game was indeed very different from the first two games. Although the Mavericks were deadlocked with the Suns in the first quarter of the second game, their attack was still greatly limited. In the third game, the Mavericks players were obviously desperate. After the start of the game, they fired frequently on the outside line, and the shooting rate was considerable.

At the end of the first quarter, in the face of the Sun's defense, the Mavericks scored 30 points and gained a 6-point advantage at the end of the game.

After the start of the second quarter, although the Mavericks' offensive firepower decreased, the defensive end was more vigorous than the first quarter. Driven by the home atmosphere, the players seemed to defend desperately, limiting the Suns' second quarter score to 19 points, while the Mavericks got 24 points. .

43:54, at the end of the first half, the Suns are 11 points behind.

The Mavericks' rebound in the third game was expected by the Sun, but the rebound was slightly larger than expected by the Sun.

Elvin Gentry did not put too much pressure on the Suns at halftime. Although the Suns did not score much in the first half, their overall performance was good. The tactics were played, and the players' attitude was also very good. Gentry's only emphasis was to continue to maintain high-intensity defense.

The Mavericks scored not low in the first two quarters, but many scores were not completed through tactical cooperation, and there were few attacks on the inside line, but relied on personal feel to shoot at medium and long distances. The feel is really amazing. When it comes, the team's attack will give the defensive team a headache, but relatively, such an attack also lacks a foundation, and no one can guarantee that their team's feel can last for a whole game.

Gentry is betting that the feeling of the Mavericks players can't last. He believes that as long as his team's defensive strength continues, the Mavericks players can't complete those reluctant attacks all the time.

It turned out that Gentry's idea was not wrong. After entering the second half, in the face of the sun that further strengthened the defense, the Mavericks' players still wanted to attack like the first half, but the shooting rate had dropped. The Mavericks did have superstars and excellent pitchers, but in the face of the Suns' strength With strong defense, their shooting feel began to slowly decline.

Slowly suppressed the Mavericks' attack, and the Sun began to exert force at the offensive end. After realizing that their attack is limited, the Mavericks players also try to bring trouble to the Suns on the defensive end, but the big difference between the Suns and the Mavericks is that the Suns also have superstars, and more than one. When players like Anthony, Nash and Iverson want to score, you can't stop them. Of course, Zhao Yue is now also one One.

After the team restricted the opponent's attack, Zhao Yue and Anthony began to release their attack power to hit the Mavericks' defense. When Zhao Yue and Anthony scored in a double hit or created opportunities for their teammates, the difference between the two teams also continued to narrow.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the original 11 points between the two teams was only 1 point. After entering the fourth quarter, the Sun did not relax and further put pressure on both ends of the attack and defense. Three minutes later, the Sun finally completed the overtaking.

The 11-point advantage established in the first half completely disappeared, making the Mavericks, who had already fallen behind 2:0, messed up. Although the Mavericks' head coach called for a timeout, he failed to reverse the situation in the field. The Mavericks did not score enough points for nearly three minutes on the field, and the Suns played in these three minutes. A wave of 8:0 made the difference between the two teams to 9 points.

The Mavericks, who let go again, hoped to save their defeat, but the situation was settled at this time. When they narrowed the difference to 5 points, the whole game was over.

98:93, win the Mavericks 5 points, and the Suns expanded the big score to 3:0.

The third game completely extinguished the Mavericks' fighting spirit, and the 11-point lead in the first half was reversed, which was a huge blow to the Mavericks, not to mention that they had fallen behind 0-3.

The fourth battle is a good story. For the Mavericks, they fight for dignity, which is actually the last glimmer of hope for them to avoid sweeping. However, the powerful sun is not ready to give them any hope. The Suns' players are very clear that there is not much left in the Mavericks' fighting spirit, and it will be easier to defeat the remaining fighting spirit of the Mavericks players at the beginning of the game.

This is also true. When the Suns established an advantage of 15 points in the first quarter, the Mavericks were defeated in the second quarter. The Suns once increased the difference to 24 points. Even after the second quarter, they still had a 21-point advantage.

In the second half, neither side had the intention to compete. Most of the time, the Suns sent substitutes to play. Although the Mavericks put the main force on the field for face, it had little effect.

4:0, the Suns won the fourth game, and won four games in a row to make them easily advance to the second round.

After the Suns beat the Mavericks, their wish was for the Lakers and the Grizzlies to play as fiercely as possible. The winner between the Lakers and the Grizzlies will be the opponent of the second round of the Suns. Now the Lakers are 3:1 ahead of the Grizzlies, which also means that the Suns still have at least three days to rest.

For NBA teams this season, it is very rare to have a three-day break between games, so the Suns players prepare for the next second round of the game while taking a break.