East is gone, mulberry is not late.
Since Nowitzki won the championship in 2011, it has become a god-like existence in the hearts of fans, that is, one of the most gold-containing championships in the history of the NBA, and Nowitzki is also known as a typical representative of a single-core championship, which may be controversial, but this does not affect Nowitzki to become one of the greatest players in history, he is still highly respected so far, his original Golden Rooster Independence is still one of the most advanced offensive technologies in the NBA, as undefendable as Abdul-Jabbar's Skyhook. This technology allows him to make a contribution to the court when he is physically overwhelmed, and it is also the guarantee that he can play for 21 seasons in his career.
On March 20, 2016, at the age of 37 and 9 months, Nowitzki led his team to a 132-120 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in a mavericks game against the Blazers, in which he scored 40 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 16-of-26 shooting, making him the fourth player after Abdul-Jabbar, Jordan and Kalmaron to score 40 points at the age of near 38, and only Kobe Bryant scored 60 points in the highest game of his career. And this season's old man talk about juvenile madness James can do, no matter what period, this is not easy for 38-year-olds to do, Nowitzki this game to pull himself into the ranks of these basketball greats. And it's all thanks to his magic, the legendary Golden Rooster Independence, in that game, he scored only three goals in the 3-second zone, and the other 13 balls were thrown alive by his own stunts.
As a veteran opponent for 21 seasons, Popovich, who has rarely praised him, once said of Nowitzki:
In Dirk, every season he can find something new, whether it's a back-up jumper, or a turn, or a breakthrough, and those fan-like fake moves, he's improving every season, and then putting those advances into the pitch so that you can't defend him.
Many of today's fans have not seen Nowitzki play, and even if they have, they have only seen the nowitzki whose technology has been fully matured, and have not seen the one who once only shoots, will not be low, and it is difficult to learn to turn around and be intercepted by Stephen Jackson's ghost hand to get shadowed by Nowitzki, early in his career is just a good pitcher, but he has made himself a player who cannot be defended on the offensive end by constant effort, which is his greatness. This article will take you through an in-depth analysis of why Nowitzki was able to become one of the greatest players in history.
The rookie season of the King of Heaven is also very sad, and he is brave after knowing the shame and practicing hard to single on his back
In 1998, at the age of 20, Nowitzki came to the NBA from Germany to participate in the draft, and was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the ninth pick in the first round, of course, that year with Dirk was also selected with the Chinese wind-chasing teenager Wang Zhizhi, some people said that if Wang Zhizhi was not blocked that year, there would be no Nowitzki anything, for this view, really dare not agree.
Admittedly, Nowitzki's rookie season was not perfect, he belonged to a good pitcher at that time, but the offensive means were pitiful, which made him a bit helpless against the Spurs' nerd in his rookie season, the nerd averaged 20+12 per game against Nowitzki four times that season, and nowitzki averaged only 8 points and 6 rebounds per game in four games with the nerd, and his rookie season averaged only 8 points and 3 points per game. So at the time everyone thought that the NBA was just an outdated and one more stupid white big man.
At that time, Nowitzki felt that he had lost, if it were not for the famous coach Nelson Sr., Nowitzki would probably have disappeared from the league like the Okafor of these years, and the elder Nelson gave Dirk a lot of support, decisively sent Dirk, who averaged only eight points per game, into the starting lineup in the second half of that shrinking season, and has been inspiring Dirk and giving Dirk great confidence.
Early in his career, Dirk was really a shooter who could only shoot, when the defensive players would constantly force him out of the three-point line, which made him confused, at that time the Mavericks were a team that was very good at blocking, because with Nash, Dirk was always able to face the defender after the blocking, jumped high, threw the ball in, and soon reached the level of 20+ per game, but slowly he found that the opponent changed the defensive strategy, as long as he and Nash blocked, there would be big players coming to change defenses. In this way, Dirk's every shot is extremely difficult, he can only find opportunities through continuous no-ball running, but as a star, you can never run out of the vacant position, and Dirk quickly understands this truth.
So he began to practice back-to-back singles techniques, and the training conditions at that time were extremely harsh, if they wanted to practice at night, they had to pay for it out of their own pockets to go to the basketball hall outside, so there was a very embarrassing scene, he and Nash, in the future in the Hall of Fame, two Hall of Fame players actually appeared on the field, and those office workers were competing for the field to train, of course, this also laid a strong foundation for the friendship between the two in the future.
As the saying goes, kung fu pays off, Nowitzki has become a player who eats inside and outside after continuous training, if you are a little farther away from him, he will immediately pull you out, if you go forward to defend, he will hit you behind your back, or directly break through to the inside line to kill you, since then he has become a player who makes you hesitate to pack at the defensive end, of course, at this time, Nowitzki still relies more on Nash's passing, his goal assist rate is as high as 65.5%, in fact, it has not reached the level of bag clamping.
Nash ran away, forced to add individual singles, and the playoffs were successively restricted
In the 2004-05 season, when the Mavericks no longer had a great point guard like Nash in the squad, Nowitzki could no longer be at ease to be a player who ate cakes, he had to learn to break the game on his own, because you can't ask Terry to play like Nash, after all, Terry was just a simple scorer, so Nowitzki was forced to take it alone, with the experience of learning to back, Nowitzki soon became a super scorer who could create his own points, he began to play from the bull corner or left, Attacking from the right wing, Dirk once again completed the transformation in his first season without Nash.
In the 20014-2005 season, Dirk averaged 26.1 points per game, and the assist rate dropped from nearly 70% to 50%, and there were 9.1 free throws per game, if high scores can be shot through shooting, then the free throws can only be made through their own hard work, of course, the shark cutting tactics and the chopping Ho and chopping Rondo tactics are exceptions.
But in the first round of that season's playoffs, Nowitzki met the Rockets led by Jeff Van Gundy, which was a top defensive team, although Juwan Howard was reimbursed for injury season, but the defensive ghost Van Gundy found a way to defend Nowitzki, that is, through the infinite change of small players to prevent Nowitzki from easily catching the ball, Bowen and Maddy constantly went to the next set of Nowitzki, and then Yao Ming was ready to come and make up for it, which made Nowitzki lose himself in the first two home games. Because it was a defense he had never seen before, he shot just 14 of 40 in the first two games, and the Mavericks conceded two home games in a row.
But the greatness of the great player lies in his ability to adjust, in the next game, he beat the unknown Bao received a miracle effect, but due to frequent changes, the other players of the Mavericks found the feel, directly a wave of took away the Rockets, but in that series, Nowitzki averaged only 21.3 points per game, shooting only 35.2%, shooting only 28.6% from three points, although the Mavericks passed the 4-3 risk, but Nowitzki began to be criticized as a soft egg.
After the game, Jeff Van Gundy praised Nowitzki and said: "Apart from Shaq (O'Neal), I don't know who else in the league can change the opponent's defense like Nowitzki.
In that year's Western Conference semifinals, the Mavericks met a magical figure, the investment posture of the strange Marion, although Nowitzki played well against Xiaosi, but when D'Antoni sent Marion, Nowitzki was obviously helpless, because Marion was extremely strong, the arm was long, the Notian king could not be opened, and the shooting would be restricted, so Nowitzki played very hard, and finally the Mavericks lost to the Suns 2-4. Nowitzki said bluntly in a post-match interview: "What I hate most is that Marion is so difficult to get a player like this, it's too difficult."
The finals were reversed 2-4, the MVP was black eight, and the king was completely beaten into a soft egg
In the 2005-2006 season, Nowitzki's Mavericks took it to a new level, with the German averaging 26.6 points, 9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in the regular season, leading the team to second place in the West, which he has been bringing to the first three rounds of the playoffs.
In the first round of playing the Grizzlies, Nowitzki beat the young Gasol to a dazzling, averaging 31.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game, shooting 50.2% from the field and 42% from three-point range, which is not surprising at all, at that time Gasol was a well-known soft egg in the league, and there was naturally nothing he could do against Nowitzki.
The second round is the beginning of Nowitzki's challenge, he once again met his lifelong enemy Duncan, the two of them cooked seven battles, Dunn averaged 32.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, Nowitzki averaged 27.1 points and 13.3 rebounds per game, Nowitzki completely gave up three-pointers in that series, each ball was the inside and mid-range Duncan, played incredibly tough, averaging only 15.7 shots per game to win 27.1, and Duncan shot 20.6 times, this should be the peak of the two duels, although GDP averaged 20+, but the Spurs' role players were all lost in that series. The Mavericks scored in double figures with five, and Nowitzki crossed Duncan for the first time.
Western Conference Finals, with last year's experience, Nowitzki is no longer helpless against Marion's defense, and he is also playing well against Dior, who has not yet been blessed, although he is also unable to defend these two people, but the Mavericks have never relied on Nowitzki to defend, and they can't rely on it, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Suns 4-2, the first time in team history, and the first time in Nowitzki's career to enter the Finals, in the Western Conference Finals, he averaged 28 points and 13.2 rebounds per game, shooting 45.5%, and shooting 50% of three-point shooting.
By the finals, Nowitzki experienced the second darkest moment of his life, facing Haslem's top defense, as well as O'Neal's defense, and Wade and others ready to come to the bag at any time, Nowitzki was completely lost, the first three rounds of outstanding performance, this round of the series averaged only 22 points, shooting only 39.2%, of which against Haslem was only 42 shots 13, shooting only 31% Although Terry performed well, in Wade's state of success, Nowitzki's loss apparently didn't allow the Heat to win, and in the end the Mavericks were overturned in four consecutive sets with two cities ahead of them, which should have been a pain for Nowitzki forever.
Originally thought it would hurt enough, but in the 2006-2007 season, Nowitzki, who won 67 wins and 15 losses in the regular season and won the MVP, experienced the most painful moment of his basketball career, because he was blacked out in the first round of the playoffs, if the 05-06 season is the Heat Wade is too strong, then this season is completely Nowitzki's pot to carry, the other players of the Mavericks are actually not bad, But Nowitzki averaged just 19.3 points per game, shooting 38.3 and 21.1 percent from three-point range, and he was completely blown up by Steven Jackson, the Steven Jackson who became famous in Auburn Hills.
That year's Warriors were a well-known running bomb brigade, dominated by a small and medium-sized lineup, but also Nowitzki's former mentor Nelson coaching, this goods are too much to know Nowitzki, directly let Jackson defend Nowitzki, we know the strength of Wusheng, developed limbs, agile hands, one hand descending dragon eighteen palms comparable to Joe Peak, as a result in this series, Jackson constantly resisted Nowitzki, while other players came to assist in defense, Nowitzki as a tall and thin shooting king was overwhelmed, As soon as he turned around, Jackson had to grab the ball away.
In this series, Nowitzki was cast out of the shadows, and for a long time after that, he did not dare to use the turn to the basket move, because he was cut off by Jackson, and when the offensive core was completely limited, the Mavericks were successfully black eight, which was the last lesson that Nelson gave Toker by his mentor Nelson Sr., and it was also the fuse for Dirk's career to rise to a new height.
Breaking the shadow, the Golden Rooster independence god began to succeed, and in 2011, he was canonized as a god in World War I
Due to Nowitzki's loss, the Mavericks failed to achieve anything in the next two seasons, the 06-07 season was still the league's number one Mavericks, in the 07-08 season fell to the west seventh, 08-09 season in the West no. 6, when everyone thought that the Mavericks had completely fallen, Nowitzki began his training path again, he knew that to become a real superstar, you have to have the ability to crack the bag, so he began to learn to score, but also began to strengthen his golden rooster independence, Because he firmly believes that it is an offensive method that cannot be defended.
Since the Warriors Black Eight, everyone is using the same way to defend Nowitzki, every game gives the driver a high-intensity confrontation and bag clip, forcing the driver to pass the ball, in this process, the driver's ability to crack the bag clip quickly rises, the passing ability has made great progress, although not than Garnett, the real inside pass master, but they have no way to easily snatch the driver's ball, but all the teams have reached a consensus: it is better than letting the driver score by himself.
Nowitzki once said: "When you get older, slower, and your head can't defend, the Golden Rooster Independence is really his constantly improving technique, and he has become the only one with my basketball life." ”
So, in 2011, Nowitzki and his Mavericks team came back, a group of aging veterans, in the regular season to bring the Mavericks to the third place in the West, the regular season Nowitzki is obviously playing, or the entire Mavericks is to close the play, because they all know that this is their last chance to rush the championship, the regular season Nowitzki averaged only 23 points per game, but the shooting rate reached a career-high 51.7%, that year, he was 33 years old.
In the playoffs, the Mavericks have been all the way to the level, facing Roy has been abolished Blazers, Nowitzki averaged 27.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, facing the Lakers who began infighting, Nowitzki averaged 25.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, facing the inexperienced Thunder, Nowitzki averaged 32.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, the Mavericks with a near-perfect team basketball to shoot these teams alive, interested students can go to the video to see.
After the Finals, no one was optimistic about this team of elderly players, when the Heat led 2-1, everyone began to celebrate James's first crown, especially when Nowitzki had a fever, the Heat even had champagne ready, but no one thought that in the next game, the Mavericks were more and more accurate like playing chicken blood, not only Nowitzki, Terry, Baria, Chandler, Old Kidd, Marion, Butler, Stephenson and other players suddenly became unable to defend, And James can't beat Barria alone has also become a joke, that series Nowitzki averaged 26 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, although the shooting rate was only 41.6%, but with an average of 7.7 shots per game 7.5 free throws greatly hurt the Heat's interior line, when one way can not win, just another way, this is the charm of super giant.
A lot of people attribute the Heat's failure that season to the power struggle within their team, which I think is disrespectful to the Mavericks, and it's not a shame to admit that others are strong, and it's a shame to shirk responsibility.
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