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2024-06-15 15:52Posted in Beijing basketball commentator, Tencent NBA writer

Mavericks VS Celtics G4

The Celtic side only said three rounds:

In the first round, Holiday switched to a long pass on the weak side, but Jalen didn't catch it. When I watched the live broadcast, I thought it wasn't passed well, but when I watched the video, I found that although the ball was a little bigger, Jaylen Brown was not ready before receiving the ball. Jalen isn't the only one Kai isn't focused enough;

In the second round, Tatum looked back at his opponent's position, and he knew that Josh Green was behind him, but he didn't have a rebounding position, and Green completed the dunk. Tatum has been playing against the center for a long time in the playoffs, and he has been doing a good job of rebounding protection before, but this time he did not continue this performance, and he is not the only one who has not rebounded well;

In the third round, Holiday received the ball and missed the shot in the face of the Mavericks' defensive throw. At this time, there are teammates in the weak side corner and 45° are open, and with Holiday ability, it should not be difficult to make a bottom corner three-point shot. Holiday is also not the Green Army's man who didn't do a good job.

The three rounds can be summarized as:

The game is not focused enough, and the rounds are handled simply.

This is not too unexpected. A 3-0 lead is the first in history to turn the game around, and Kai should be aware of the difficulty of closing the game in Dallas in this situation. It is normal for people to have a slight headwind in the situation, slacken at both offensive and defensive ends, and lose their determination to win. The Greens may not have much to sum up.

But the Mavericks did play well, probably their most complete playoff game. Basically, the Lone Ranger did everything they were supposed to do in theory, including:

First, Doncic completed the two major events of punishing the change of defense and not being punished by the change of defense.

Although it is a bit exaggerated that the media said that both teams in the Finals are attacking around Doncic, objectively speaking, Doncic singled Kai's change of defense, and Kai looked for Doncic to change defense, and there are indeed many such rounds. With such a high rate of inclusion in the game, Dongzi's personal state has become the key to affecting the trend of the game. The problem for G3 Toko was that he failed to break the rotation of Horford, Tillman, Hauser and Pritchard, and at the same time, he fouled too many fouls on the defensive end, and was fouled for 6 fouls, which brought the Mavericks' fourth-quarter comeback climax to an abrupt end.

Blowing penalties is a controversial point for G3, Doncic didn't get to the whistle on offense, and the whistle was too dense on defense. Dongzi was entangled in this, so that his mentality exploded, which further affected the offensive and defensive state. G4's Dongzi obviously learned his lessons and focused more on the game itself, although the three-point accuracy was not allowed, but the mid-range Horford, Tillman, and Hauser held the handles, and the lateral movement basically followed the Celtics' roll call, and even the presence of the basket guard and defensive rotation was quite amazing.

The performance of the Owen G4 can be seen as a scaled-down version of similar content in Dongzi. The two core levels are online, which steadily calms the Mavericks' scene and gives the puzzle players who are not under pressure a higher margin for error.

Second, the Mavericks' defensive rotation was stretched to 100%, and the coverage of the defense under the basket and in the corner was amazing.

This incident was very shocking when I watched the video. It should be said that throughout the playoffs, including the first three finals, the Mavericks' defense and rotation are basically online, and there have only been ups and downs in a few games, which is considered their strength in this area and is also the biggest highlight of Kidd's coaching.

But like G4 in the finals, there were almost zero mistakes in the defense, and there was no game before. This Mavericks will be more like the Celtics in the previous games, they are very timely under the basket, and the weak side will be 45 degrees to make up for the bottom corner, so that when the Celtics players go to the basket to look at the bottom corner, it is difficult to find the angle of the ball. In this case, there will be open three-point opportunities at the 45° on the weak side and at the top of the arc, but the Mavericks have not stopped the rotation, and the players who go to fill this area are also on the way. The other side of the Celtics' G4 three-point inaccuracy is indeed the Mavericks' play.

If the Heroes rotate every game of this quality, combined with the lateral movement that Dongzi was not quickly shaken off in front of them, they can really catch up with the transfer ball of the five-out lineup, not to mention the Tillman period that can't fill the space.

Third, the three points that need to be responded to are all open.

There isn't much to analyze about this matter, but it's really an important X-factor. The Heroes hit 15 three-pointers in the game, and there were not many of them when it came to Hardaway's garbage time. However, the Eastern European duo made 1 of 14 three-pointers, which means that the goals are all puzzle pieces, especially in the second half of the first quarter and the second quarter, when the Mavericks opened the score and laid the victory, several key fixed-point three-pointers from the puzzle players were very timely, including:

Lively's strong side corner three-pointers;

Kleber borrowed the three points from the cover to the bottom corner, which was not easy;

Exum's 45° three-pointer.

The balls have the same nature — punishing the Green and monetizing Doncic's offensive containment.

From the perspective of the Mavericks and the Green Army, the former certainly needs to maintain such a response, especially Exum's performance as a third guard, which was not something before the Mavericks Finals. But the latter may not care too much about the opponent scoring such a goal.

Fourth, the rebounding advantage needed to break the defense is finally in hand.

In the first three games, the Celtics and Mavericks had a rebounding rate of 21.7% and 26%, respectively. The Mavericks won rebounds by a small margin, but objectively speaking, there were not many rebounds on both sides of the frontcourt, and these two numbers were placed in a large sample of the regular season, which can be described as an extremely good performance in limiting the opponent's rushing performance.

The Celtics can fully accept this result, because they play from the outside, and the center is already standing outside the three-point line, rushing to the rebound to earn money, and it is a pity that they can't rush. On the other hand, the Mavericks centers are all finishing forwards, facing the Celtics' misaligned forwards. With the center already pinched out of the pie, rushing to the board is an important game-breaking means for them to respond to the Green Army's misdefense and defensive change strategy.

Lively did it. If the bottom corner three-point is an additional giveaway for Lively's G4 (although he did show three-point potential before entering the league, he didn't use it in the NBA), the seven front boards he picked up are a reflection of the strategic advantage, and the Celtics' backcourt switching defense really can't grab him.

The game trend of G4 is completely tilted towards the Mavericks, starting with the appearance of Lively. Of course, the credit is not his alone, and in the absence of Boshen, the Mavericks finally cashed in on their advantage in the transition section in G4. Tillman was transferred to the three-point line to activate Lively's rebounds. Kleber's offensive and defensive performances were a little better than before, and he and Tillman rose and fell, and the other was good. Exum became a surprise man, filling the Mavericks' third-guard vacuum. Josh Green is as desperate as ever, focusing on one hard work on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

The bench lineup, especially the performance of the bench rotation at the back, G3 is won by the Celtics, G4 is won by the Mavericks, and this is the password for the Mavericks to clear the West.

The improvement of the main general's personal performance, the comprehensive recovery of the puzzle after the pressure was relieved, and the focus and patience lost by the Green Army, together achieved a big victory for the Mavericks G4. But they eventually lost three games from the start, and the Green Army still had three match points and two home games.

The Mavericks still have a lot to worry about. Jones Jr. contributed a brilliant pull and a three-pointer, but his refusal remained, his staggering breakaway was on the verge of a missover, and he had to be punished by Kai's fast cutters. Kleber's defense may be more difficult to maintain than the offense, and Jalen will have to withdraw here sooner or later. Exum's awakening in the playoffs isn't necessarily the norm, and there have been assumptions before, and the Heroes may need him to play 4 games in a row. Is Hardaway, the god of war in garbage time, real? What does Kidd think about the sci-fi scene? Can he at least counteract Hauser's touch and become a human in a really important game when the Mavericks need three-point support from the top of the arc?

G4's Lone Ranger has done a good job, and some of the game content is also within their ability, not that it can't be reproduced. But it only took one game, Xia didn't do it, Kai didn't make too many mistakes, and the season was over.

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