Six seconds before the finale of the sixth game of the 2011 Finals, Dirk walked straight back to the locker room. There was no celebration, no clamor, and he didn't want the whole world to see the tears in his eyes. Thirteen seasons, along the way, ten years of cold window no one asked, in one fell swoop became famous in the world.
Dirk experienced the 2003 Western Conference Finals 2-4 defeat to the Spurs, he only played 3 games due to injury, helpless and unwilling; Dirk experienced the 2006 Finals 2-0 lead by the Heat four consecutive games, he was alone in the United States Route Center Stadium until dawn; he also experienced the 2007 "Black Eight Miracle", the first round of the 2010 Bull and Horse War "Black Seven" - the first twelve seasons of his career, the achievements were difficult, the years were staggered, he lost again and again, and he was also labeled as a "soft egg".
On June 19, 2010, Dirk turned 32 years old. As we get older, the words dream and success become more and more luxurious, the West has the Lakers who have hit the triple championship, and the East has the Heat that rose overnight, and no one will look forward to the future of Dirk and Dallas.
Cuban and Downey Nelson have created a special team dominated by a group of old boys: Dirk, 33, Marion, 33, Kidd, 38, Peja, 30, DeShaun Stevenson, 31, Brian Cardinal, 34, plus barria, who is officially 1.83 meters tall (his mother's winning interview admits he actually is 177.8 centimeters), Tyson Chandler, who was traded by the Bobcats to Dallas for back injuries. Knicks buyout Corey Brewer, 24-year-old French center Ian Masimmi — the twelve who make up Dallas' playoff rotation, a group of "nobodys" without a championship, who have gone through bumps, fates, and perseverance, and a group of veterans who have joined forces to continue to attack the dreams they have been chasing throughout their careers, and they have embarked on a magnificent epic journey with the same goal.
Dallas's first test came in the first round of G4 in the West, brandon Roy, who took off the meniscus of his left and right knees, and scored 18 points and 5 assists in the final quarter, and he scored Marion into a difficult 3+1 against the defensive Hum, leading the team to complete a 23-point reversal that went down in the annals of the playoffs. Roy played the last highlight of his career when he burned himself up completely and helped Portland pull the series to a 2-2 draw.
The clouds of defeat hung over Dallas, and they had too many bitter memories of playoff losses, and media reporters also threw out questions: "Another recurrence yesterday?" Will Dallas repeat the mistakes of the past? Such a defeat would have crushed the calves before! ”
Carlisle and Kidd Sr. stabilized in the locker room, the veterans forgot their 48-hour defeat, and the G5 focused on Roy's pinch attacks, limiting Roy's singles with the ball. Roy played in 26 minutes and only shot 7 times to score 5 points, Dirk 25 points, Boxer 14 points 20 boards, sixth Terry bench contribution 20 points to win the King Mountain; G6 is the same, Roy only 6 shots in 29 minutes, Dirk 33 points, Terry 22 points inside and outside to eliminate Portland.
The American commentator congratulated Dallas and concluded: "If you want to win the championship, you have to defeat your own demons and meet more and stronger opponents."
Dallas beat The Devil to advance to the second round, with three consecutive titles of the defending los Angeles Lakers awaiting them, the first time the two teams have met in the playoffs in 23 years.
The defending champion was full of momentum, G1 once led the Mavericks by as many as 16 points, Carlisle constantly emphasized resilience and perseverance during the suspension, and Kidd also gathered everyone to encourage: "We experienced the first round of the Blazers' 23-point reversal, the lead is not guaranteed, we have to go all out in 48 minutes." Dallas pushed the conversion with full speed, the position battle handed the ball to Dirk singles Odom/Xiaojia to take over the game, the shooter group opened up space for Decra, and as Kobe Bryant scored a three-pointer in the first 3.1 seconds of the final game, the Mavericks reversed the Lakers to get the start.
G2, the Lakers shot just 2 of 20 three-pointers, Dirk scored 24 points to dominate the performance, Barria led the bench to contribute 30 points with Terry's 12-shot only 3-of-3, dallas next city. Dirk made a rare statement, "Don't celebrate, we'll have to go home and wait for them."
Before the Lakers shattered their dynastic dreams, G3 fought back: Bynum 21 points, Odom 18 points, Bryant 17 points and 6 assists, the team of five people scored in double figures, once leading by 6 points into the final quarter. Dirk, Terry and Peggy stepped forward, the Mavericks shot through the heart of 12 of 29 from the team, the Lakers shot only 3 of 13 three-pointers, and the Mavericks held the match point with their projection firepower.
G4 life and death battle, Dirk 7 of 11 "only" scored 17 points, Terry 32 points, Barria 22 points, Peja 21 points, maverick bench slashed 86 points, the team shot 32 of 20 three-pointers directly destroyed the Lakers, and finally swept the defending champion 122-86 to advance.
In this series, the Dallas shooters shot an average of 46.2% of the three-point shooting rate per game, and the Lakers' average three-point shooting rate in the series was only a dismal 19.7%, dallas used team projection to end the Lakers' three-game winning dynasty dream. The moment of sweeping the Lakers really revealed the "champion phase" of Dallas, a group of old boys who learned lessons through the game, continued to grow, and got better and better.
In the first two rounds of the West, Camby, Ade, Gasol Grande, Bynum, and Odom could not limit Dirk through a single defense, and the Blazers and Lakers had tried to pinch Dirk, but the Mavericks' shooter group and bench seat supported Dirk, and the old Kidd's steady control of the court, this set of no solution system is like two bottles of poison forcing teams to make choice questions: Dirk has no solution to the Golden Rooster independent singles or Terry and Peja's shooter group, can only choose one or the other.
The Thunder have seen the wild performance of the Mavericks shooters when they play the Lakers, Brooks coach chose the former, Ibaka single-handedly defended Dirk, Dirk in the first game of the series exploded 48 points, 24 of 24 free throws, Ibaka 5 fouls helpless. G2, Durant's barrier Heywood completely ignited the blood of the Thunder Youth Army, and Dudenway scored 65 points to win back a city. G3, Marion exploded, stealing Westbrook's pass to counter a dragon split to determine the victory, he and Dirk contributed a tie for the team's highest 18 points, Westbrook although cut 30 points, but 7 mistakes back to the sky.
G4, the Mavericks trailed by 15 points in the final 5 minutes of the fourth quarter. Dirk carried the team, scoring 11 points in the last 3 and a half minutes, and single-handedly led the team into overtime. In overtime, the Thunder scored only 4 points, the old Kidd left wing bottom corner of the flying fly less hit to win the cold-blooded three-pointer, Dirk played 45 minutes to cut 40 points to lead the team to win the match point.
G5, "Spring Man" Marion ignited the Mavericks, 26 points, 11 rebounds (3 attack boards), 1 break and 3 caps, flying dunks, counterattacks a dragon dunk, lightning cover everywhere, he and Dirk contributed a team-high 26 points, Dallas finally reached the top of the West.
The Mavericks are back in the Finals after five years, although they are still five years old rivals, but the Heat have 29-year-old Wade, 27-year-old Bosh, 26-year-old LeBron, three giants at the peak, Dallas and the Heat are very different in paper hard power. With 12 members of the ESPN 17-man expert team optimistic about the Heat winning the championship, it was a completely one-sided series before the Finals began.
In the Finals G1, the Big Three played well, LeBron 24 points, Wade 22 points, Bosh 19 points, Jianway played a dominant performance in the first game, the live commentary lamented: "The reason the Heat won is very simple, they have James and Wade, and the Mavericks do not, the game is so simple and cruel." Dirk tore the tendon of his left middle finger in the first game, making the Mavericks even worse.
In the Finals G2, the Heat continued to use G1's oppressive defense combined with quick counter-attacks, taking advantage of Dallas' mistakes to hold a 15-point lead in the final 6 minutes of the fourth quarter, and the Heat had begun to celebrate the victory ahead of schedule.
"No one doesn't hate to show off, we're on!"
Dallas after the suspension offensive end with Dirk as the singles axis to attract the pinch, linkage Marion air cut, Kidd perimeter long-range shot, combined with the joint defense control Jianway breakthrough, in return to the 20-2 attack wave, the Heat timeout by Chalmers hit the bottom corner to equalize the three-pointer, Dirk held the ball at the top of the arc 7 seconds before the finale to single Bosh, the right hand held the ball to start, then turned around and walked to the left to break through, the left hand picked the basket skimmed the assisted defense haslem hit the quasi-kill, as Wade was out of the three-point basket, Dallas escaped, epic reversal of the Heat.
G3, the two sides engaged in a fierce physical collision of the defensive battle, every inch of land must be fought. Wade scored 29 points against Dirk with 34 points, and in a life-and-death moment, LeBron faced Chandler and Marion's sandwich attack and sent a brilliant assist, Bosh hit a key jumper, Dirk missed an 18-foot jumper, and the Heat narrowly won by 2 points.
Before G4 started, the trainer informed the Maverick generals that Dirk had the flu and was sweating and shaking. Dirk, who had a high fever of 38.9 degrees, came to the game with an illness, the first half was completely out of shape, the generals worked together to bite the score, Wade dominated the attack and defense team in the fourth quarter 10 minutes and 11 seconds to establish a 9-point lead, Dirk gradually recovered in the final quarter, scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, singled Haslem's right side breakout basket 14 seconds before the finale; 6.7 seconds before the finale, Wade made a near mistake in the sideline, Mike Miller hurriedly shot three points, and the two teams fought to 2-2.
In the crucial battle of Tianwangshan, the Mavericks shot 13 of 19 from three-point range, the feel was hot, and Terry faced LeBron defensive confidence in three-point dry pull to seal the victory, this goal pushed the Mavericks' confidence to the peak. In the G6, Terry scored 19 points in the first half, dirk shot only 1 of 12 in the first half, but his team was still 2 points ahead of the Heat; the awakened Dirk ruled the game in the second half, and was elected FMVP in the Finals with an average of 26 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
Dallas won the first championship in team history, Dirk, Kidd, Terry, Marion and others won the first championship of their careers, this group of old boys through five levels and six generals, through the waves, finally stood on the top of their dreams.
This is a most expensive single-core championship tour in history, the team only had one All-Star in the 2010-11 season, Dirk is also the only scorer on the team to average 20 points in the regular season or playoffs, the Mavericks playoff team only has Dirk, Terry, Marion averaged double-doubles, and 8 of the 12-man rotation lineup in the playoffs are over thirty years old - this 2010-11 Mavericks formed around Dirk compared to the defending champions Lakers, Thunder Four, and Heat The paper lineup is relatively shabby and not at all at one level.
This group of old boys have defeated Roy, Ade, Bryant, Gasol, Durant, Westbrook, LeBron, Wade, Bosh and other stars, overcome the heart of the first round out, swept the defending champions, defeated the super team with three top stars, the championship is full of gold; they have completed the first game of the semifinals 16 points to reverse the Lakers, the Western Conference G4 finals 5 minutes 04 seconds behind 15 points to drag into overtime to win, the finals G2 finals 6 minutes behind 15 points of the big reversal, resilience to support them to overcome difficulties and obstacles, Finally standing on the top of the world; Carlisle based on defense, Tyson Chandler sat in the center of the joint defense iron lock, in response to Jianway's shortcomings of not being good at three points, the offensive end gave the old Kidd and Dirk freedom, the insoluble golden rooster independent singles as the axis to drive the shooter group, the three armies with life, all as one, they interpreted the team attack and defense to the extreme ten years ago.
Ten years at a time, looking back at Dallas's road to success, the championship configuration is readily available.
Dirk averaged 23.0 points per game in the regular season and 27.7 points per game in the playoffs, no solution to the strong point; 38-year-old Kidd, although old, he has a historic level of control ability and is the most reliable controller of Dallas' offensive rhythm; The Spring Man Marion is the top outside multi-position defender, with the traditional pile-guarding basket blue-collar Tyson Chandler on the inside, these two internal and external defensive cores have been paired with Nash and Paul, and Dallas also has the best scorer group in the 2011 playoffs. Dirk shot 46 percent from three-point range, Terry 44.2 percent, Stevenson 39.7 percent, Peja 37.7 percent, Kidd 37.4 percent, single-handedly drove the three-point team to sweep away rattles; Dallas also has the deepest bench, Terry, Barria, Peja, Heywood, Masimmi, Cardinal, etc. are plug-and-play microwave ovens, especially sixth-man Terry actually played the core role of the outside offensive with unlimited firing power in the 2011 championship.
The 2011 Mavericks championship lineup seems to be old, but the single hand, organizer, defensive gate, shooter group, bench depth, veteran experience and other configurations are extremely complete and comprehensive, in addition to the age of almost no shortcomings, when the veterans with the same goal, the same dream to fight, this special team has a terrifying cohesion, success is not accidental.
After this battle, Peja retired, Cuban also rationally let go of Tyson Chandler, Barria, Stevenson, severe aging seriously plagued the defending champions, they are one year older, the Heat Big Three have run into another year, defending the title is almost impossible task.
Everyone happily got together and happily left wearing the championship ring. This is a precious experience that can be encountered but not sought, burning the last years of youth to fight unswervingly for the same dream, this group of old boys together truly interpret the meaning of the dream: on the road to chasing the dream, they will always be young, forever tearful...
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