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Rudy Gobert entered the league in 2013 and is now only a second-year rookie. But compared to Mozgov, Rudy is more like a championship-level center.

Indeed, he does not have a good touch and cannot open up space for the team like Yao Ming or Love. He also doesn't have superb low-post skills, and he can't stun the opponent in the three-second zone like Olajuwon. At the same time, Gobert is not like O'Neal and Chamberlain. He can be easily restricted on the offensive end.

Perhaps it is for these reasons that Gobert, who originally had high expectations for himself, was not selected until the 27th overall pick. You know, 2013 is still a small year for the draft. The 27th pick in the first round is not much different from the second-round picks in other years.

The results of it? As a result, he is now the "Tower of Suffocation" for the Dallas Mavericks. He may not be able to attack, and he may not have good touch or superb skills, but his shot blocking makes his opponents fail time and time again.

Andre Iguodala, the star player who is least like a star. A weirdo who has the ability to be a star, but pretends to be a role player.

Support, defense, cover... As long as you don't ask him to score, he is willing to do everything. The strong Iguodala has always been a leading figure on the defensive end, and Warriors coach Steve Kerr has never concealed his love for Iguodala. But such a powerful player now just wants to play for the Dallas Mavericks.

Tony Allen, when you first meet him, you may not know how this guy got into the NBA. Can't shoot, can't score, and doesn't have a dazzling butterfly step. As a perimeter player, you don't even know what else he can do. But once you start playing defense, you can see Tony Allen shining. The never-ending entanglement and never-giving fight for the floor ball have restricted the superstars to a loss. This year, at the age of 32, he was once again selected to the All-Defensive Team! Tony Allen is very popular in Memphis, but now, he is undoubtedly the darling of Dallas.

Dwyane Wade's knee injury makes him no longer what he used to be, but the experience accumulated from playing in the league for many years has given him a very strong ability to predict. By judging the opponent's next move in advance and reacting to it, not everyone in Wade's defense can easily break through.

However, Yiyang is more like a combination of the above four people. Top prediction ability, terrifying shot-blocking ability, always able to entangle the opponent and never give up, selected for the best defensive team for the third consecutive year! It's hard to imagine that a guy with yellow skin and black hair can perform perimeter defense to the extreme in a league like the NBA, where birds and beasts gather.

Kobe said he enjoyed playing against Yiyang the most. Lillard claimed that Yiyang's defense was something he had never seen in his career. Even Chris Paul was used to the fact that he could only be selected for the second defensive team.

Each of the above five people can become the defensive pillar of a team. But the scary thing about the Mavericks is that,

They can put the above five people on the field at the same time to create an unbeatable super "iron wall"! Carlisle's pursuit of defense has reached its peak!

Therefore, even LeBron James is helpless when faced with such a super defensive lineup.

Since the Mavericks started playing one-fourth in the first quarter, the Cavaliers have never taken the lead. LeBron James and Irving's single scoring can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause. They need a series of smooth attacks to climax, instead of being forced to take a shot every time in the last few seconds.

But playing an offensive climax in front of the Mavericks' defense is almost a fantasy. Only the Rockets and Warriors, two unconventional teams, can do this. But so what? Even if the Rockets and Warriors can hit an offensive climax in front of the Mavericks, their two teams combined will only win one game against the Mavericks.

James and Irving have been chasing points, but every time they look up at the big screen, they find that the point difference has never narrowed.

At the eighth minute of the second quarter, James motioned for everyone to pull away and he would try to use his personal abilities to solve the problem.

Smith tried very hard to get out of the way to share the pressure with James, but Tony... could feel it, that guy was too close!

Irving used a reverse run to go outside the three-point line in the right corner, and was about to raise his hand to ask for the ball, but Yiyang rushed over again, without giving Irving any space.

Owen fell into deep despair. Is there nothing in this world that can make Yiyang stunned?

Of course, Irving had shaken Yiyang's focus in the last game. Of course, that can only be done when Irving has the ball. In terms of running without the ball, Yiyang himself is an expert, so he knows the opponent's next move very well.

James broke through. James scored 44 points in the last game. James has also scored 13 points in this game. Judging from the data, Iguodala seems to have not restricted James' performance at all. From the data point of view, James seems to have no impact. But judging from the scene, James played really awkwardly.

It is impossible for superstars to be restricted in terms of statistics, but if they can reduce their offensive efficiency, it is considered a successful defense!

James worked his way into the paint and before exhausting himself, he threw the ball toward the basket and scored in front of him. Every time they attack, the Cavaliers play extremely hard!

But after the Mavericks attacked, there were two different scenes.

Yiyang leisurely passed the half-time, and even did a couple of crotch swaps. Then, he handed the ball to Iguodala and ran away quickly!

James clung to Iguodala like he was hugging his wife. He knew very well that when dealing with a guy like Iguodala, you can't even give him a chance to pass the ball!

Wade came up to respond and exchanged hands with Iguodala. Iguodala took advantage of the situation and delayed Irving. Wade immediately broke through!

James immediately switched defenses, and once again, he and Wade faced each other. But Wade is still very calm. He has long passed the age where he must decide the outcome with the opponent. Wade now only wants to focus on the overall situation.

Wade passed the ball, and Iguodala threw away the defender and cut in. After receiving the ball, he charged toward the basket aggressively!

Tristan nervously defended to the basket, and James also blocked Wade aside.

Iguodala averaged 8.8 points per game during the regular season, but after entering the playoffs and being assigned to the sixth man position, his average points per game immediately jumped to 15.6 points! Iguodala is definitely a very efficient scoring point, it's just that this guy habitually plays dead during the regular season.

But just when everyone thought Iguodala was going to hit the basket, the strong forward used a soft pass to deliver the "ammunition" beyond the three-point line.

Outside the three-point line, Yiyang took advantage of Gobert's off-ball screen to get rid of the Australian Dellavedova, received the basketball, and went straight out of the open space.

As the three-point king who broke the NBA three-point contest record this year, Yiyang's open three-point ability is very stable. The knife fell from his hand, and the basketball hit the net. This kind of easy and free scoring opportunity, the Cavaliers will take it! For the Mavericks, most of the goals are from wide open spaces.

In terms of offensive points, Irving and James are both super scorers. Looking back at the Mavericks, it seems that only Yiyang can be called a "scorer." Although others occasionally perform with high scores, they still cannot compare with Irving and James in terms of offensive power. What's more, the Mavericks lineup also has Gobert and Tony Allen, two weirdos who completely distorted the skill tree.

But the Mavericks' firepower seems to be more intense than that of the Cavaliers. Actually it doesn't depend on the offense, but on the defense!

Facing the Mavericks' defense, even having two scorers will be of no help to the Cavaliers. On the Mavericks side, everyone can get an opportunity to score easily, and it can be said that everyone is on the same page.

The emotional Blatter told himself that it was not over yet and the game still had to be played. But rationally, he has already admitted that he and the knight have no other choice.

"With a three-pointer, the Dallas Mavericks officially expanded the point difference to double digits! Once the point difference is widened by the Mavericks, it will be difficult to catch up! In the last game, the Cavaliers spent all 48 minutes chasing the Mavericks. Didn't catch up. Defense is a big problem, the Cavaliers' defense is too easy for the Mavericks to crack!"

Looking at the 11-point difference on the big screen, James felt that he had never been so tired. But for the O'Brien Cup, what does it matter? ?

James' enemies seem to be getting stronger forever. Back then, the Pistons' five-man team swept through the Eastern Conference and their iron-blooded defense was terrifying. In the 2005-06 season when the Pistons topped the league, James entered the playoffs for the first time and fought them for seven games. Unfortunately, the game was eliminated. But one wave after another, after Duncan's old monster "The future is yours", the teaming up of Garnett, Ray Allen and Pierce became an insurmountable gap for James. Warcraft's demands in the paint also left the Cavaliers helpless. .

Finally, James formed his own Big Three, and the Green Army giants disbanded. The Spurs are getting old, Kobe is approaching retirement, the Thunder are always going high and low, and Howard is gradually sinking... James thought that his own era had finally arrived. Until last season, Yiyang brought the Dallas Mavericks back.

James has survived so many difficulties, and he is not willing to lose to this Chinese who suddenly appeared. As a result, James began to attack more crazily and began an endless attack.

At the end of the third quarter, the exhausted James began to hit the iron continuously. The Mavericks took this opportunity and launched a 10-2 offensive climax, widening the point difference to 20 points before the start of the third quarter.

David Blatt sat on the bench at the end of the third quarter. The game was basically over.

Throughout the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers were tumbling in the mud. They tried to drag the calf down with them, but they just couldn't!

James did not take 50 shots today, but his 35 shots were almost the same as the 38 shots in the previous game. James must exert a lot of physical energy just to attack, let alone defend.

In basketball, it is indeed easy to be influenced by the performance of stars. But it is still a sport of five people. No matter how strong one person is, when there is a bottleneck.

Today, a more tired James only shot 31.4% from the field. Iguodala overfulfilled his task and completely eliminated the Cavaliers' hope of equalizing the score.

Not the hope of tying this game, but the hope of tying the entire series...

In the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, Yiyang's cold-blooded "shot" from the outside widened the point difference to 25 points. This expressionless Chinese is like an emotionless killer, leaving no chance for the knight to struggle.

32 points and 14 assists, limiting Irving to only 13 points. Great teams usually have a great leader. Yiyang has achieved the ultimate balance between team and individual aspects.

Blatter replaced all the main players and had no intention of fighting again. This also means that the Dallas Mavericks turned the series score into 2-0 five minutes early. The Cavaliers' five-small lineup cannot save this irreparable decline.

Since Yiyang joined the Mavericks, whenever the Mavericks have a 2-0 lead, they have never been overturned.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have no power to break this curse. The third O'Brien Cup in Yiyang's career is already waving to him.