After several years, the same match combination was replaced by American Airlines Arena in the warm South Bay. At the final countdown of the game, Dallas Mavericks' main player Dirk Nowitzki ran back to the lounge excitedly. This time he knew that everything he expected would be accomplished and the championship pennant would rise at the American Airlines Center. This championship not only broke the doubts of most people, but also the best gift he dedicated to Dallas, the city and fans who have always supported him.
Looking back at the 1998 draft, Dirk Nowitzki, the young boy from Wurzburg, Germany, was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, left his hometown and crossed the Atlantic to the United States. His language was distressed, his body had not yet adapted to his professional level, and his dilemma of closure, and the audience's booing when he performed poorly.
After the first season of the year, Dirk averaged 8.2 points, 3.4 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was even just over 40%. For Dirk, even though he had a high-paying life, Dallas seemed not as good as his hometown far away, and the seeds of leaving this idea were planted in his heart.
OK, Dirk's mentor Holger Geschwindner and his best friend Steve Nash accompanied him through this difficult time.
Holger Geschwindner knows that Dirk's opponents will try their best to destroy his physical balance and hinder his shooting rhythm. Therefore, as a coach with a "scientist character", when he helps his students find his own "weapons", he can have a foothold in this league and even become the key to victory - this is Dirk's one-foot back jump shot. When a seven-foot giant can have such a soft feel and balance, and although the one-foot kick seems weird, it gives him enough space and time to adjust the shot, and allows him to shoot and hit anywhere on the court. After that, the fierce German tanks will sweep the league.
Steve Nash, a Canadian defender who was also traded to the Mavericks in the 1998 season, also faces struggles on the court, averaging only 7.9 points and 36% shooting percentage. Fans all doubt the advantages of team manager Donnie Nelson and coach Don Nelson, the father and son, who liked the advantages of these two white guys. Two players who "come with each other" have revolutionary emotions through factors such as "non-Americans, poor performance, and renting a house next door". The two of them broke out of the cocoon and paired with Mr. Michael Finley, the three Mavericks with fierce firepower in the league. They not only led the Mavericks back to the league's powers, relived the taste of playoffs , but also began to have a guaranteed 50 wins in the season.
But in the 2004 season, perhaps considering the limitations of the three musketeers in the playoffs and the age and injury of the team's main controller Steve Nash, the Mavericks' boss Mark Cuban was only willing to open a four-year, 36 million contract for Steve Nash, causing Steve Nash to return to the Phoenix Suns, and won the league MVP for two consecutive times under the guidance of Mike D'Antoni, which indirectly opened the era of Dirk's own flag.
Time comes in 2006, with 9.1 seconds left. When Jason Terry made a three-pointer after a pick-and-roll screen, he failed to equalize the score at the American Airlines Center at home for the Mavericks. D.Wade took the rebound and threw the ball hard to the ceiling to celebrate the first championship since the Miami Heat was in the army.
In addition to missing the first championship in the team history, Wade won a total of 73 free throws in the four games lost by the Mavericks. The "golden" body and the whistle standards that the referee cannot understand are all unforgettable pains for Mavericks fans.
As if in response to doubts, Dirk Nowitzki led the team to 67 wins and 15 losses in the league next season, and successfully joined the 180 club with only six players in the league history [FG: 50.2% 3P: 41.6 FT: 90.4%], and won the regular season MVP of that year with good results.
But the good times didn't last long. In the playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks met their former mentor Don Nelson as coached by them. Golden State Warriors , nicknamed "Bandits Legion" by fans.Baron Davis relied on his thick figure to continuously play the Mavericks' backcourt lineup, and Monta Ellis' speed and Jason Richardson's physical fitness also brought great trouble to the Mavericks. In addition, Stephen Jackson's front-end defense also made Dirk Nowitzki unable to enter the situation. Dirk, whose data will evolve again in the playoffs, rarely declined in the playoffs data, and finally only left an average of 19.7 points, a shooting percentage of 38.3%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 21.1%. Surrounded by the Warriors fans wearing the "We Believe" yellow jersey, the Mavericks also became the team that was blacked out for the first time after adopting the 7-game four-win system in the first round of the playoffs.
After the game, the angry Dirk also used a trash can to smash a big hole in the Warriors' visiting team lounge passage. This big hole was like those voices questioning Dirk, and seemed to be difficult to get rid of. The season can win over 50 wins for many years, but the season cannot be the team that holds Larry O'Brien high. The label of "one-season season, one-season game" is also stuck to the Mavericks.
In the next few years, the team's main control changed from Devin Harris to Jason Kidd of Feng Huanchao, and the coach also changed from Avery Johnson to Rick Carlisle. But the thing remains unchanged is that even though he can have good results in the season and achieve good seed sequences, Dirk still plays high-level data and performance in the playoffs, but he still cannot step out of the West Zone and return to the championship field.
2010-11 season is here, and the defending Lakers are preparing to challenge the three consecutive dominances again, while the young emperor L. James makes a shocking "Decision", bringing his talent to Florida, and forming the Heat Big Three with D.Wade and C. Bosh, preparing to start their journey of "NOT1, NOT2, NOT3". The Thunder Three Aung has a bright future waiting for them.
, and the Mavericks renewed their contract with their top Dirk and exchanged for Tyson Chandler with a human check Erick Dampier. This reinforcement may not satisfy the expectations of Mavericks fans for the summer vacation of Libreville, but what they don’t know is that this Tyson Chandler, who was once returned by the Thunder due to his injuries, will be an important puzzle for the Mavericks to win the championship.
Before the start of the season, J. Terry stabbed the Larry O'Brien trophy tattoo on his body, as if he wanted to prove to the fans that this season would be different, but the good times were not long. The team's second leader, C. Butler, suffered a ruptured patellar tendon in early January, casting a lot of shadow on the Mavericks' prospects. Although he finally entered the playoffs with a third seed, pre-match expert predictions were considered to be the most likely combination to be defeated.
led the Mavericks 2-1 in the first three games of the first round. In the fourth game, they faced great setbacks in the Rose Garden Arena of the Pioneers. Brandon Roy scored 18 points in the fourth quarter, and led the Pioneers to overcome the 18-point gap to win this victory with 24 points in the whole game. The familiar "playoff Mavericks" seems to be back.
But Dirk and Terry don't think so. In the next five or six games, the two scored a total of 45 points and 55 points respectively and helped the Mavericks pass the first round of tests successfully. This small change seems to imply that this year's playoffs will be a different year.
The Mavericks face the defending Lakers in the second round. When most Lakers fans were still thinking about how to face the Thunder Third Young Master or the Grizzlies' Black and White Double Tower lineup, the Mavericks fell into everyone's glasses again, and after only four games, they were "SWEEP LA". In addition to shooting 20 three-pointers with a 62.5% shooting percentage, the huge gap also caused Andrew Bynum to lose his athletic elbow to J.J.Barea and was expelled from the field. This embarrassing ending was definitely not something the defending army could have imagined.
When facing the Thunder, neither Serge Ibaka nor Nick Collison could effectively limit Dirk's performance, and the bench led by JET and JJB was even more immature than the Thunder. In the fourth quarter of the fourth quarter, the Thunder led by 15 points 99-84. When the audience thought that the young third young man would equalize the score to 2-2, the Mavericks scored a 17-2 climax, and with Dirk's outstanding performance of 40 points in the whole game, he won an important victory and successfully advanced to the championship game.
When we came to the championship series, the Mavericks, who were relatively old on average, seemed to be difficult to face the young and powerful Heat Legion and their aggressive defensive counterattack. When the fourth quarter of the second game was 7 minutes and 14 seconds before Wade made a three-pointer in the bottom corner, the score came to 73-88. The 15-point lead made LBJ excitedly pound Wade's chest, as if they had won the second victory, but the resilient Mavericks once again overcome the 15-point behind and relied on Dirk's left cut to win the final victory.
In the fourth game, Dirk still played hard while having a high fever of 38.9 degrees, and this time he relied on the right to stabilize the situation. Before the fifth game, LBJ and Wade imitated DIRK's coughing scene spread throughout the world through TV, and this seemed to be a shot of a heart-warming agent that motivated the Mavericks to perform well. The Mavericks finally won the draw with a 68% three-point shooting percentage.
After several years, the same match combination was replaced by American Airlines Arena in the warm South Bay. At the final countdown of the game, Dallas Mavericks' main player Dirk Nowitzki ran back to the lounge excitedly. This time he knew that everything he expected would be accomplished and the championship pennant would rise at the American Airlines Center. This championship not only broke the doubts of most people, but also the best gift he dedicated to Dallas, the city and fans who have always supported him.
Looking back at the entire playoffs, without Tyson's assisting defense, rebounding and passion, without Marion's responsibility to monitor the opponent's number one scorer, without the firepower support provided by Jet and JJb, without Kidd's stable control ability, and without Peja's three-pointer, this team would not have been able to reach the end and win with a smile; but without Dirk as the team's core and number one scoring point, the entire system would not have been able to operate so smoothly.
Even if there is no championship title next year and no new labor-management agreement, as a rational fan, it is really hard to agree with what Tyson said that the same team may be able to dominate again, but such a group of veterans who are eager to win the championship, a good boss who is willing to invest at all costs for the team, and a team of stars who give their own everything is unforgettable for fans. Even though the Mavericks already have a rising star Luka Dončić, the fantasy playoff journey that year is an unparalleled and beautiful memory for Mavericks fans.
