2011 Finals, a magical series, the peaks and lowest points of the lives of the two superstars were both here. Nowitzki broke the criticism for several years, and James did not hesitate to bear the bad reputation and could not win a championship. The confrontation between the three Heat Big Three and the Mavericks veterans was praised because of the veterans' miraculous victory. The G6 in the series is not the most exciting game, but it is not only the moment when the Mavericks grit their teeth and win the championship, but also the re-examination of their own games by James and the Heat. This series is far more than just James' abnormality, Nowitzki's denomination.
Dallas Mavericks was a slightly tragic city before 2011. The years of cowboys in the west are far less chic and decisive. The fanatical boss Cuban and the big man Nowitzki are the totems of the city. But before they won the championship, they experienced too much. In competitive sports, only by winning can you have everything, and if you lose, you will have all kinds of criticism. Nowitzki is the first European in NBA history to win the regular season MVP, but in his 13 years of career before 2011, he has not known how much criticism he has endured.
In 2004, Nowitzki's partner Nash went to the Suns, and in 2005 Finley went to Spurs . As soon as Nash arrived at the Suns, he won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years and defeated his old club Mavericks in the 2004-05 season playoffs. In 2005-06, Nowitzki recovered the field, eliminated the Suns in the Western Conference Finals, and entered the finals for the first time, but the Mavericks led by third-year defender , Wade , defeated four consecutive games. This is not the end. In the 2006-07 season, Nowitzki led the Mavericks to a record of 67 wins and 15 losses in team history, averaging 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, winning the MVP, but was led by the Warriors Black Eight by former Mavericks coach old Nelson in the first round. At this point, Nowitzki is truly in a difficult situation and has many misfortunes.
The Mavericks almost fell into a slump. They only entered the second round once in the next three seasons. In the blink of an eye, Nowitzki is already 32 years old and looks to be getting further and further away from the championship. In 2009, the Mavericks traded for Sean Marion, and in 10 years, Tyson Chandler . At the end of the season, sharpshooter Peja bought out and joined, and nowski, Terry, and Kidder formed the core lineup of the Mavericks. Among these 6 players, only Chandler was under 30 years old and was in the veteran concentration camp.
is a pity. After winning the championship in 2006, the Heat were not much worse than the Mavericks. First, they were swept in the first round of the next year, and then the Eastern Conference ranked last, and then stopped in the first round in two years. Therefore, Wade urged his friends Bosh and James to join the group in the summer of 2010. The two equally unsatisfactory stars hit it off, which brought the Heat Big Three. The two teams met again in the finals five years ago. Although from the outside world, the Heat, R&F has a much greater chance of winning the championship than the Mavericks, due to the huge controversy, most of the United States supported the Mavericks to win the championship for a while.
Back to the game, G6's starters, Heat: Chalmos, Wade, James, Bosh, Joel Anthony; Mavericks: Barria, Kidd, Marion , Chandler. It seems nothing, but in fact the problem is very big. The Heat led 2-1 and lost two consecutive games. During this period, it was because coach Carlisle started to let Barria and Kid take the start in G4, and the offense-defense strategy won. The Mavericks continued their starting combination since winning, while the Heat did not use Mike Bibi , but instead let Chalmos start. This was his only start in 21 games in the playoffs. He had an excellent performance in double-digit games in the first five games. Spoelstra intends to let him and Baria compete against each other.
Charemos implemented the coach's intentions. He was all the two shots at the start of the game, but the Heat's first goal came from James' three-pointer. James scored 5 points in a row at the beginning, showing his desire to attack. This series is a nightmare for James. His performance can be divided into two. In the first three games, James played well, which was difficult for the Mavericks to cope with, and the Heat led 2-1.But starting from G4, Baria started, the Mavericks resolutely attacked, and used small outsiders to harass and various joint defense strategies to force him to make long shots that he was not good at. James suddenly made an abnormal game with 3 of 11 shots and only scored 8 points. He was undecisive in two consecutive games and had weak desires.
In contrast, the Mavericks, Marion took the lead in the first ball, and Baria took the lead in the second ball, and made a layup directly. Nowitzki made a pass before halfway through the serve. Baria broke through the third ball, Marion made a foul, Baria passed by Chandler for an alley dunk, and Baria broke through and threw the throw in the middle. Netizens once joked that they made a widely circulated limerick for Baria:
entered the Western Conference Finals 183,
peak finals to defend against him.
The real giant of western cowboys,
A mountain in Puerto Rico.
The Mavericks are very interesting. They shot the Lakers and the Thunder with three-pointers. In fact, they gave a real warning before the three-pointer era comes. But in the finals, the Heat were a team without a big center, so it might be inappropriate to do the same, so they fell behind after the first three games, and then Baria started. The small breakthrough became a powerful weapon for the Mavericks to charge. Neither old Bibi nor the young Chalmos could defend themselves, and the Heat did not have a big man who could protect the frame. The Mavericks could shoot space and stretch, and Baria became happier the more they played. If you only look at the first five minutes, you must think Barrea is the Mavericks' number one star.
James thought it very clearly in this game. He hit two consecutive jump shots in the connection segment, taking the lead for the Heat. The Mavericks often use joint defense and shrink the basket. To restrain the Mavericks, they only have super breakthrough and tear ability and strong shooting ability. At this time, Chandler was holding the ball at the basket. It was not easy to score in. James was not decisive in the connection, and he did not break through and kill with all his strength in the positional battle. He was afraid of his hands and feet and played two very low games.
After James sounded the horn, Bosh made consecutive mid-range shots in the connection section, and Wade also directly broke through Kidd in the connection section, and the Heat scored an 11-1 climax and led by 9 points. At this time, Nowitzki took a medium distance at the low post, and Baria broke through and scored again, stopping the bleeding slightly. During this period, Bosh cheated Nowitzki twice to commit a foul, forcing his opponent to leave the court early for a break. Bosh performed very stably in the series and had a quasi-winning performance, but his attack range was still in the three-point line, which affected the space very much. After losing in the finals, he sacrificed the most and practiced three-pointers to float on the outside.
It was obvious that something was going to go wrong, the Mavericks were replaced, and the "Jet" Terry came. What kind of player is Terry? He has a very strong shooting ability and his name will be in the top five of the three-point list in history for a long time. He made another three-pointer to stop the Heat. After the timeout, the Mavericks came back from defense and then made Cardinal, who had just arrived, hit a three-pointer in the positional battle. This is a very interesting player. He has very little playing time, but he is a very accurate three-pointer. His three-point shooting percentage in the regular season is 48.3% and 75% in the playoffs. The Mavericks stocked up a large number of pitchers in the lineup. The most accurate in the regular season, Caron Butler, has not played due to injury.
At the same time, the Heat lineup on the court is Wade, James, Mike Miller , Zhu Wan Howard, Haslem , and only Miller has one three-pointer. This is incredible in the game style left to the world by the Heat in the future. James almost hit Zhu Er's arms in one breakthrough. When Wade broke through, three players shrank their defense. Miller finally got an open opportunity, but he had not made a shot yet. How can he break this joint defense if he doesn't make it?
In the next three rounds, James and Wade poured the ball back and forth at the top of the arc. Wade shot two people in the mid-range shot, and James missed the three-pointer from a long distance. There was no way, James rushed in and had only one Miller in the three-point pass, and then he was directly intercepted. The Heat lineup and style of playing this year are really not right. The Heat couldn't make the game, but the Mavericks were in a good mood. Stevenson, , completed the steal in 3 seconds, and then made a three-pointer. The Heat went from 9 points ahead to 8 points behind.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat thought of some solutions. James brought House, Chalmos, Bosh and Haslem. This combination is very common in the Heat's championship in the future, but at this time they execute a completely different playing routine. Bosh was playing Nowitzki at the low post, and blocked the free throw line to break the joint defense. In addition, the Heat's bad outside line, but the Mavericks were thinking. Stevens took the opportunity to become a disruptor, and he then scored two more three-pointers in a row, with the Mavericks leading by 12 points.
In the crisis, Wade replaced James and increased his resolute breakthrough. Eddie House, who hit a three-pointer in the end of the first quarter, was a very good three-pointer. He made another three-pointer in the bottom corner. Wade made a foul, Charmos made a layup, Wade broke through Bosh's mid-range pass, and after the attack, the defensive rotation and footsteps were faster. Wade assisted with the big hat Chandler, House made another three-pointer, and the Heat overtook 14-0 with 2 points. After this ball, Haslem and Chandler had a conflict, and Chalmos would fight when he went up. Because it was a timeout, ten or twenty people from both sides gathered in an instant and almost started fighting. The atmosphere of the finals was tense.
The Heat made three-pointers from the outside, and the breakthrough was more resolute and the defense was more active. Finally, they found some solution, but the Mavericks were not willing to be outdone. Terry took action again to stabilize the situation for the team. The two sides entered a stalemate stage, but after House went down, the Heat collapsed on the outside, and the Mavericks finally led by 2 points to end the half. At the beginning of the second half, Nowitzki first provided a cover for Kidd to catch the ball, and then pretended to be a cover for Baria on the edge of the penalty area. In fact, he got himself a chance to shoot a one-on-one shot. The Northwis Fund hit the ball independently.
Careful readers will find that I hardly mentioned Nowitzki in the first half because it did not belong to him in the first half. The Heat were very targeted at his defense and tried to force him to catch the ball further away. As long as the dribble, there would be a pinch. He made 1 of 12 shots in the first half, which was terrible, but the other Mavericks felt very good and kept the lead.
The Heat's first ball in the second half was also very targeted. After James made the screen, he went to one side to receive the ball at a low post, compressed the defense, and the Mavericks hit a pinch, and passed the ball to find the bottom corner. Chalmos made a three-pointer, and then he made another one. James passed the ball and Bosh made a mid-range shot. When facing man-marking defense, James is more adaptable and can better show his ability to break defense. However, soon, the Heat exposed its shortcomings again.
The next round, the Heat pushed the switch, Wade faced Nowitzki in the middle distance and jumped to the 45-degree open position. When Chalmos came to make up for defense, he passed to Bosh who had just reached the top arc open position. Bosh made a pass fake move, Kidd in front of him defended and defended one and two, but kept his distance from moving forward. Bosh passed to James at 45 degrees in one step, James passed to Wade in the bottom corner open position, Wade made a shooting fake move, Kidd rushed over, James had no one 4 meters in front of 45 degrees, Wade broke through and jumped and passed to Chalmos at the top of the arc, Chalmos passed to James again, Nowitzki slowly walked to the free throw line at this time, James held the ball and rushed to the basket, knocked away Nowitzki, and jumped at Kidd and lost the ball. Then the Mavericks turned around, Chandler had not passed halftime, and Nowitzki made a mid-range shot.
This is a very interesting round, and it is also the main theme of the Heat's three games in the last three games. No one will make a shot, no one dares to take action, if you don't take action in a good round, you can't make it, and you can't make it to the point of being in a position to fight against others. The Heat have many problems in their first year of establishment. The three-pointers in offense were too poor and the key points were not known in defense. They had their own three-point shooting percentage in the entire playoffs, but their opponents were as high as 39.3%. The Mavericks are just the opposite, with 39.2% themselves and only 29% of their opponents.
G6's most classic rounds appeared in the third quarter with 6 minutes and 33 seconds left. The Heat accelerated the pace, the Mavericks made a series of mistakes, and the score difference reached 3 points. James held the ball on one side, and Baria defended in front of him. There was a huge gap in height and weight between the two. James chose to force his opponent to crush it in, but Baria not only was not afraid, but instead pressed her body forward. James pushed and raised his hand, and Baria fell backwards, and Javi decisively called an offensive foul. This is the referee who often explains the penalty for us now in the playback center.Barria defended James' attack, and it was indeed a mountain in Puerto Rico, with strength, experience and courage.
Although the Heat seem to have no choice but to do it in pieces, they work very hard on the defensive end, especially the mixed lineup is low in height and fast moving speed, which makes it difficult for the Mavericks to break through easily. The Mavericks therefore increased their three-point shots, and Kidd and Nowitzki both made long shots. Kidd made 37% of three-point shots in this series, but he really didn't attack and made the first move in the third quarter. However, he made 2 three-pointers in this quarter, which is an important factor in the Mavericks' leading.
The buzzer-beating in the third quarter was still very interesting. The Mavericks did not make an attack. Mashinmi grabbed the offensive rebound. Terry pressed the time and picked and rolled it with Mashinmi, but did not shoot, but passed it to him. Mashinmi was unpredictable in the elbow area and hit two points with a buzzer-beating point. Miller even rushed over while defending and retreated. Mashinmi, who had no baskets, was a masterpiece. As an inside blue-collar worker, Masinmi, with her consistent style throughout her career and no big improvement in performance, her annual salary has reached 15 million, which can be said to be the yardstick of the changes in the league trend.
Wade ran in the first goal in the fourth quarter, and dunked with Nowitzki with both hands, 2+1, but Wade did not make the free throw. If there is another factor in this game besides the offensive and defensive strategy match, it is the free throw. After the game, the Mavericks made 12 of 18 free throws, barely passing the exam, but the Heat's resolute killing won 33 free throws for them, but conceded 13 free throws, which had a great impact on the final battle.
James replaced the first ball after he came on the court, turned around and broke through Terry, Chandler quickly came over to interfere, James turned around and shot, and actually shot a shot without a frame. Chandler's defensive system against the Mavericks is decisive. Chandler, 28, was one of the best centers in the league when he stayed healthy, but he was plagued by injuries in the past two years, so that after the Thunder traded in 2009, he terminated the transaction on the grounds that he failed to pass the toe injury physical examination. Due to Nowitzki's large number of outside attacks, the Mavericks are actually more like a one-to-one and four-small game style, with good offensive space and good outside defense mobility, and a joint defense is like fish in water.
last 6 minutes and 40 seconds, the Mavericks led by 10 points 92-82. The Heat made the final counterattack, and James hit a jumper at the free throw line. Looking back, Nowitzki beat Haslem at a low post, and directly broke through and made progress after the confrontation. The two sides continued to stalemate. After James scored the ball, he seemed to hesitate about his choice again. He first rushed to the basket and was blocked. Then in the offensive rounds of the two positions, he passed the ball to the top of the arc at 45 degrees, and finally, Chalmos himself fought to the basket and was blocked. When the Big Three did not have effective offensive methods for a long time, they all began to hesitate. By the time James made a three-pointer in despair in the last minute, it was too late.
The most classic scene in the game comes from the last 30 seconds before the final game. Nowitzki, who scored consecutively, completed a layup with his left hand after an empty cut, which was exactly the same as his final kill in the last moment of G2. After Nowitzki made a layup, he raised his arm high, a classic move symbolizing victory. As the camera turned, the boss Cuban was already in a group with the substitute player and began to celebrate the first dream-like championship of Dallas . From buying the Mavericks in 2000, to losing the championship by the Heat in 2006, to the Black Eight, the Mavericks have experienced too much, and they deserve a championship.
It is the lifelong dream of an NBA player for picking up the O'Brien Cup. I don't know how much hardship it will take for it. The biggest regret in this series may be that neither Peja nor Bibi did play in G6. Peja burned out his last passion in the first two rounds, especially facing the Lakers. He and Bibi almost entered the finals with the extremely gorgeous Kings. Because they were blocked by the Lakers, they left regrets. Peja swept the Lakers in the semi-finals to take revenge. The two entered the finals at the same time, but only Peja won the championship, and he retired after the end of the season. Bibi left the NBA after playing dozens of games in Knicks the next season, and ultimately failed to win the championship with the Heat, which is a pity.
The significance of this series is not only to prove the miracle of a veteran winning the championship, but also to the times. James, Wade and Bosh joined forces but did not win the championship. A lot of problems were exposed in the game. The biggest problem was offensive space, which eventually became a common topic in the league in the next decade. James's abnormality seemed like accidental, but it was inevitable. From then on, his team never dared to only put a three-pointer on the court. The Heat next found Bathir, and Bosh trained three-pointers, and the small lineup was more determined, using three-pointers and lowered heights to exchange for the ultimate space. Then the Heat won the championship, and the Warriors, who did more crazy things, also won the championship.
Competitive sports are always cruel. Kobe once said that second place means you are the biggest loser. The pain James endured after the game was also experienced by Nowitzki many years ago. Only by waking up can he turn into a cocoon and become a butterfly and be reborn from the fire. Nowitzki and his Mavericks' dream champion are a story written in beautiful words. Whenever you look back on this series, they have unique charm.
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