1242: Really can cause trouble(1/2)
In the first round of the game, the super genius Doncic gave the founders of the Two-Date Dynasty a warning.
Doncic played very seriously today and had a strong desire to win.
Defeating Link is his only goal today.
After Doncic stood on the free throw line, all the fans of the court booed like a tsunami.
The Federal Express Arena has become a veritable home court over the years. With such booing, few rookies can still keep the pace.
However, Doncic remained calm under such booing.
He steadily cut the ball and successfully scored three-pointers.
That guy is not only calm in style, but also more mature in psychology than other young players.
After the Grizzlies attacked, Link actually wanted to take over the game.
But seeing Conley frowning, Link instantly gave up the idea of asking for the ball.
He just opened up space for his teammates and let Conley handle the offense himself.
Link could see that Conley wanted to call him back. If Link forced himself to ask for it now, it would be somewhat harmful to Conley's self-esteem.
Doncic watched Conley dribble slowly and thought it would be easy to steal.
But when he started, he found that Conley easily pulled the ball to the other side and avoided the steal!
"What!?" Doncic did not expect that Conley, who seemed careless, would pay attention to his dynamics at any time. The biggest feeling this season is that he started to go downhill, and he fell like a cliff jumping down.
However, even so, Conley still had no trouble avoiding Doncic's steal.
Doncic's rash steal made him lose his position, and Conley took the opportunity to break through!
Seeing this, Powell had to step forward to "block the gun". But Conley calmly made a pass and gave the ball from Powell's legs to Jokic.
Jokic received the basketball at the basket, but he didn't even jump. He threw the ball on the frame lazily and successfully scored.
"Uh... the Grizzlies played so easily, like a warm-up match." Van Gundy on the commentator stage wiped the sweat from his bald head.
He thought Link would respond to Doncic in person, but he didn't expect Link to "smoke the bottom corner".
After the Mavericks' offense, the Grizzlies still did not switch defenses, and Conley went to defend Doncic.
But now Conley is much more alert than just now. Although Conley's condition has declined significantly this year, he doesn't want to be beaten by a rookie to lose all his face.
Seeing that Conley was very defensive, Doncic chose to cover Porzingis again.
But this time, Doncic did not attack by himself, but passed the ball to his European teammates who cut in time after cover.
Porzingis is 2.21 meters tall, and in front of him, Jemichael Green is a small dwarf. Porzingis is very confident about this.
He leaned against Green and broke into the penalty area, but as soon as he was about to make a layup, Jokic stood under the basket with his arms raised.
"Fuck, when!?" Porzingis was a little surprised. Jokic's assisting ability was better than he thought.
What a flexible fat man.
Seeing Jokic staying at the basket, Porzingis suddenly slowed down. The one who was originally preparing to make a layup turned into a throw-in shot.
In recent years, the biggest obstacle to restricting the development of Porzingis is injury.
He played 72 games in the rookie season, 66 games in the second year, and last season he only played 48 games and was reimbursed.
Porzingis' talent is unquestionable, but injuries have filled him with too much uncertainty. If it weren't for the injury, the Knicks would probably not have let him go at all.
Every season, Porzingis opens high and closes low.
At the beginning of the season, he played like a god descending to earth. However, due to intermittent injuries, the performance was not good, which lowered the average data.
If it weren't for the injury, Porzingis would have definitely had a higher status than he is now and received recognition from more people.
Therefore, Porzingis himself is also a little afraid of being hurt, which makes him somewhat afraid of confrontation.
Seeing Jokic's "pork belly" guarding the basket, Porzingis wanted to score the goal in a minimal way.
It's just a pity that Porzingis did not master the power of his temporary throwing, and the basketball eventually came out of the box.
The Mavericks failed in offense, and Jokic hurriedly grabbed the rebound and then passed the ball long in the backcourt!
Dillon Brooks received the basketball and rushed to the Mavericks halftime like a crazy Bull.
Dillon Brooks' speed is not top-notch, but coincidentally, Hardaway's speed is not fast either...
So, Brooks easily broke into the penalty area and completed a one-handed dunk before Porzingis caught up.
4-3, the Grizzlies completed the overtake. Although Doncic scored a wonderful goal from the start, the Grizzlies still stabilized the situation.
Moreover, this is with Link playing soy sauce throughout the whole process.
Seeing that his teammates were so excited, Link didn't intervene for the time being. It was actually a good thing to make the Grizzlies less dependent on themselves.
Doncic was also a little strange. Didn’t Link say he wouldn’t give in to him? Why is there no movement at all now?
In the following rounds, both sides had offense and defense, but the Grizzlies had a slight advantage. Conley's calm organization and the other Grizzlies' tacit running positions allowed them to always find opportunities to score easily.
Three minutes after the first quarter, when Jay Michael Green, who had been cut by Porzingis after a counterattack, received a pass from Conley and used a two-handed dunk to widen the gap to 7 points, the Mavericks' meritorious coach Rick Carlisle called for a timeout.
Doncic walked towards the bench with some annoyance. He really didn't expect the Grizzlies to be so difficult to play. Is this the strength of the defending champion? Even the defending champion who has experienced a major change of blood.
Link didn't even take any action, and the Mavericks fell into a tough battle.
Just as Doncic and Link walked by face to face, Link, who had just been playing soybean, suddenly stopped and said something to Doncic.
This sentence made Doncic suddenly widen his eyes and stood there.
"This alliance is not as simple as you think, I don't even have to take action for the time being. Want to show off a show of my true performance to threaten us, little dear."
This trash saying may sound a bit old-fashioned, but the reason why Doncic is so surprised is because Link is all in Slovenian!
Slovenian is definitely a small language, and the Grizzlies don't have Slovenian players, so Link can't learn it from his teammates.
There is only one possibility now - in order to squirt trash Doncic, Link specially learned a few Slovenian words to squirt people.
This is so crazy!
Link saw Doncic's surprised expression and smiled proudly.
They are all good at teaching old science and specialize in learning other people's language and squirting trash before the game. This is something Kobe often did back then.
"Fuck, are you disdainful of your actions??" Doncic recovered from the shock and clenched his fists.
No wonder Link didn't move much just now, it turned out that's what it meant!
Doncic walked off the court with anger, and he was really completely outraged.
No matter how much trash Link said before, Doncic didn't take it seriously.
But at this moment, Doncic was really angry.
No matter how mature Doncic is, he is a second-year player after all, and it is impossible not to be affected by Link's trash talk.
However, Link was not actually disdainful of his move. When Doncic scored the 2+1 goal when he scored the opening game, he wanted to take action.
But seeing that his teammates were in good condition, Link simply let his teammates perform for himself.
This is a team after all, and Link doesn't want to force the ball when his teammates need to perform.
Link was not a data crazier at first. If his teammates could win, Link would be willing to paddle.
So, he simply let others solve the problem by themselves. He stood up before he could not solve it.
Little did they know that everyone was fighting really well, and they suppressed the Mavericks.
I have to say that this disappointed Link.
It’s not that I’m disappointed with my team, but that I’m a little disappointed with Doncic.
If that super genius is at this level, then he will be too hyped.
Link didn't know if his trash talk would anger Doncic. A player was angry usually had two situations.
One is that the mentality collapses directly, the emotions are completely out of control, and then they are impulsively whispered.
One is that when you are angry, you will burst out with stronger power and play better games.
The second situation is rare because players who can play better after anger are usually real superstars.
Link now wants to know which kind of Doncic belongs to.
The timeout ends soon, and the Mavericks attack first.
Doncic's expression was different from what he had just now. This guy's handsome face was full of murderous aura!
Conley continued to defend in front of Doncic, but Doncic did not shrink, but suddenly accelerated, but immediately retreated outside the three-point line when Conley retreated!
With a three-point jump shot from the back, Doncic's move was very bold, which caught Conley off guard.
Originally, Conley suffered a loss when he was tall and his arm span was shook away by Doncic, so he had no way to interfere.
In this way, Doncic hit a three-pointer and instantly showed his momentum!
After scoring the goal, Doncic yelled at it and waved his arms violently.
In the next quarter, Doncic led the team to counterattack.
To be continued...