After the opening ceremony, the lineups of the two teams were announced one after another.

Nets: Deron, Joe Johnson, Lin Ying, Yi Jianlian, Chandler

Mavericks: Kidd, Stevenson, Artest, Nowitzki, Yao Ming

"beep!"

A whistle sounded.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Yao Ming returned the ball to the Mavericks' half, and the New Year's Eve game officially began.

At this time, in front of countless TV sets in the country, the ratings also broke a new record the moment the game started.

At this time, fans are not the only ones watching the game. CCTV is constantly promoting the game, and even those who don’t usually watch the game will switch to the game channel.

Kidd dribbled the ball past half court and gave the ball to Yao Ming at the free throw line.

Nowitzki set a pick-and-roll for Artest and then cut outside. After receiving a pass from Yao Ming, he directly pulled up and hit a fadeaway jumper against Lin Ying.

Lin Ying didn't have much to do in the face of such an attack.

For such a big guy, he still plays backward, and his shot point is not at all high.

The Nets advanced to the frontcourt, and the Mavericks' perimeter defense put a lot of pressure on them.

Because Yao Ming is guarding the penalty area, they can expand very far.

Deron tried to pass the ball to Lin Ying but failed.

Artest's defense was very tight, and he was still trying to limit the ball.

Deron finally chose to take a mid-range shot after a pick-and-roll with Yi Jianlian.

But Kidd's shot was very stupid. He deceived Deron with a fake move forward, and then quickly made up for it in the next moment.

Deron's shot was disturbed with a surprised look in his eyes, and the basketball hit the basket.

There was a battle under the basket, but Yao Ming finally grabbed the defensive rebound.

Although Chandler's advantage after losing weight is not as great as before, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

And he quickly passed the ball, and the Mavericks actually started the Nets' fast break.

During the fast break, Kidd stopped the ball at the three-point line, deceived Deron with a fake pass to the center, and shot directly from the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

At the end of his career, Kidd has developed a stable three-point shooting ability!

The Mavericks beat the Nets 5-0 in the opening game!

Lin Ying finally got rid of Artest through Chandler's pick-and-roll, received Deron's pass and hit a mid-range shot.

The Nets broke the scoring drought on the court.

However, this did not seem to affect the Mavericks. After a rapid advance, Nowitzki received the ball directly from the three-point line.

The Mavericks' pace is really fast.

"Dang!"

Nowitzki's shot failed.

But Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound and quickly relied on Chandler's shot to cause the latter's hitter to foul!

To paraphrase what Buckley said before:

"Dwight Howard is the No. 1 center in the league, but Yao Ming can handle all the players he plays against."

Yao Ming stepped to the free throw line and made two solid free throws.

When Joe Johnson was holding the ball in the frontcourt, Stevenson, like Bradley before him, was on the defensive line, but his size disadvantage made him unable to defend him.

Johnson turned around and shot a jump shot, and then was defended by Artest!

"Dang!"

Johnson's shot missed.

In the battle for position under the basket, Lin Ying tried to rush the board but was blocked by Stevenson who was changing defense. Nowitzki recovered the basket and got the rebound!

Then the Mavericks played fast again. This time Kidd took a look and had no chance to stabilize the position, and then gave the ball to Yao Ming to continue the high-post organization.

Nowitzki set a pick-and-roll for Artest, cut back to the basket, and hit a pass from Yao Ming.

The tie between the Dallas Twin Towers.

2 to 9!

The game lasted for more than three minutes, and the Mavericks had already established a 7-point lead!

The domestic commentators for this game were Zhang Weiping and Su Qun.

Su Qun also conducted a period of professional analysis at this time.

The first thing he lamented was the coaching gap between the two teams.

"Rick Carlisle is one of the top coaches currently in the NBA. Even here, I can remove that one."

He wasn't entirely bragging.

Carlisle made his debut with the Pistons and reached his peak in his debut. He was the best head coach in the NBA in the 2001-2002 season, and then led the Pistons to the Eastern Conference Finals;

Then he transferred to the Pacers and took the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals;

Finally came to the Mavericks and directly brought the Mavericks into the finals.

Although he is not very lucky.

The Pistons missed a breath, and were finally picked by Larry Brown;

In the Pacers' best year, the team's vitality was severely damaged by the Auburn Hills brawl;

He took over the Mavericks from Avery Johnson and regained his morale little by little. He took over the Mavericks and faced the Big Three in New York last season.

But these brilliant resumes illustrate his coaching ability.

And he is really a great chef, he can make a sumptuous meal with any ingredients.

Take the opening sequence as an example. He did not blindly press the pace to play positions because of the existence of the twin towers, and the transition speed between offense and defense was still very fast.

Moreover, the positional battle was played very smoothly, and the ball was constantly moving on the court.

Including the defensive end, whether it is single defense or assist defense, he is very systematic.

On the other hand, on the Nets side, apart from Lin Ying running without the ball, the rest were singles and singles.

Then, the person he lamented was Artest.

"He has now changed his name to Charity World Peace, and he has also lost weight. It is very difficult to make such a choice at this stage of his career, but in effect, he should be the best player in the league defending Lin Ying."

Just like Su Qun said, Artest controlled his weight through diet in order to adapt to Carlisle's tactical system.

And now he has strength, speed and confrontation, coupled with his excellent defensive experience and skills, the effect of defending Lin Ying is really good.

About nine minutes into the first quarter, the score on the court was 12-22, and the Mavericks had already opened the point difference to double digits.

Then the two sides enter the rotation stage.

Nets: Jeremy Lin, Jimmy Butler, Joe Johnson, Shane Battier, Sheldon Williams

Mavericks: Baron Davis, Terry, Carter, Brandon Wright, Mahinmi

Carter came up and hit a three-pointer.

After Joe Johnson succeeded in a single, Terry immediately responded with a pick-and-roll pull-up jumper.

On the sidelines, Lin Ying was thinking.

It's true that he said the Mavericks have championship potential, because no matter from every perspective, this Mavericks team is better than the Suns team he played for.

Especially when this substitute lineup came on, it gave people the feeling of being a hooligan.

But if you think he will give up the game because of this, that is impossible.

There is just a gap in strength between the two sides.

Although the Nets were in good shape in January and had a winning streak all the way, if you analyze carefully, the two most difficult games, the Knicks and the Heat, were won by his explosive scoring.

One is him in a white-hot space, and the other is him in a sub-white-hot space.

The Nets' overly monotonous tactics and weak rotation are all weaknesses when playing against strong teams.

Regardless of whether it's Jeremy Lin or Butler, Jeremy Lin is really just a rookie, his condition fluctuates a lot, Butler hasn't developed yet, but Battier is actually the only one who is reliable.

Therefore, in this kind of game, you can only rely on explosive seeds to score points and lead with points.

But Artest's restriction on him was very effective. Under normal circumstances, he couldn't score as much as he did before.

He also tried very hard to get himself into the white-hot space, but it turns out that what he is now is indeed not enough.

After the first quarter, it was 16 to 30, and the point difference was getting wider and wider.

Avery Johnson tried to use words to encourage the team's morale, but it didn't work like it had in past games.
To be continued...