To be honest, when the Dallas Mavericks came to this season, although as the schedule progressed, the team's record remained as good as ever.

But at the same time, as the playoffs approached, Jiang Hao's inner anxiety gradually became more intense.

The reason is simple. He has truly experienced the playoffs, so he knows very well how far the team can go in the playoffs with its current configuration.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Hao feels that the Dallas Mavericks' lineup may not last long if it encounters headwinds in the playoffs.

He also cannot expect that the team will not encounter headwinds in the playoffs.

In terms of head coaching experience, there is a certain gap between Rick Carlisle and Gregg Popovich, but not too much, because Rick Carlisle has been with the Dallas Mavericks for a long time, and he still has the qualities

Jiang Hao has already experienced his excellent coaching ability in the past half of the season.

Therefore, the head coach is not his biggest concern.

From the veteran level of the team, with Dirk Nowitzki and Barea, Jiang Hao believes that these two old guys will help the team at critical moments. In other words, Dirk Nowitzki and Barea

The veteran combination of Ski and Barea is not much worse than the veteran combination of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.

So he was relieved about this.

From the perspective of the team's entire offense and defense, Jiang Hao is very confident in the team's defense. After all, the team has a defensive line from inside to outside, including DeAndre Jordan, Trevor Ariza himself, and Dwight Powell.

From an offensive point of view, this is undoubtedly what he is most worried about. Strictly speaking, with Harris Barnes, himself, and a group of shooters, they have no shortage of players who can stand up and score.

players.

In a real sense, what Jiang Hao is most worried about is the team's ability to organize offense, which is very important. Judging from the games that have been played in the regular season, he and Dirk Nowitzki can often help Lu

Kadoncic shares some of the organizational pressure.

But that won't work in the playoffs, so in this case, the pressure to organize the offense completely falls on Luka Doncic.

Jiang Hao must admit that Luka Doncic this season has been a surprise to the Mavericks. He is the best player among the rookies so far and is also the biggest favorite for the Rookie of the Year.

However, this is not enough, and Jiang Hao absolutely cannot put all the responsibility of organizing the offense on Luka Doncic.

After all, Luka Doncic is still a first-year rookie. After all, not everyone has a mysterious blocking improvement system like him.

Therefore, he was worried in his heart. He hoped that Luka Doncic could take on greater responsibilities, but at the same time, he also knew that he could not put too much pressure on Luka Doncic.

However, judging from today's game, Jiang Hao feels that his hanging heart can be more or less relieved, because Luka Doncic is even better than he imagined. In other words, if he maintains this

At the level of every game, he is capable of taking on more responsibilities in the playoffs.

So, this made Jiang Hao excited.

If the weak link of offense organization is solved, then Jiang Hao will have greater confidence in leading the Dallas Mavericks to win the O'Brien Cup.

"Luka, I mean, from now on, you need to prepare for the playoffs. This is your first season. You have never played in the playoffs, but you should know that the playoffs

It is completely different from the regular season. Frankly speaking, the team will rely heavily on your ability to organize offense in the playoffs, so I hope you can prepare in advance. For example, you can discuss some experiences with Barea."

Jiang Hao took the initiative to find Luka Doncic. He placed great hopes on Luka Doncic, so he hoped that Luka Doncic knew this.

Of course, he is definitely not rushing a duck to the shelf, Luka Doncic should understand what he means.

"Jiang, I understand. In fact, I feel that after an All-Star Weekend, my level seems to have improved, as if I have broken through a bottleneck."

Luka Doncic's unusually confident expression made Jiang Hao laugh. He just likes such confident players.

"DeAndre, if you can increase your free throw percentage to over 75 percent, I will give you a GM latest luxury car."

When Jiang Hao saw DeAndre Jordan practicing free throws hard in the training hall, he also laughed and said.

To be honest, he likes DeAndre Jordan's state. In fact, from the beginning of this season to now, Jordan has been working hard on his free throw skills.

And it needs to be pointed out that the rewards Jordan has received are huge. His free throw shooting percentage so far this season has increased to 60, and he has basically quit the group chat.

Before this season, Jordan, Dwight Howard, Capela, and Drummond were collectively known as the four "free throw masters" in active service.

No one expected that Jordan would actually find a way to improve his free throw shooting percentage, and his free throw shooting skills had made very good progress.

Jiang Hao knew that this would be good news for the Dallas Mavericks, because as the team's interior defense, Jordan will definitely start in the playoffs.

Then, at a critical moment, once the opponent uses the "shark-killing tactic", the team will suffer.

But now it's better. After hard work, Jordan's free throw shooting rate has been greatly improved. Under this situation, if Jordan can further improve his free throw shooting rate, then the opponent must seriously consider whether they can use "

Shark-killing tactics”.

In addition, if Jordan can further improve his free throw shooting percentage, he will not only be able to cope with the shark-cutting tactics, but it will also be helpful to the team's offense.

With his excellent athletic ability and strong physical fitness, Jordan is very dominant at the basket, but in the past, he could only rely on eating cakes to score on the offensive end.

But if he has a good free throw shooting percentage, the situation will change immediately. He can cause damage under the basket, and he can score through free throws to help the team score. In this way, the Mavericks' inside line can be

It has become a restricted area in a real sense.

"A word is settled, Jiang"

Jordan turned around and laughed loudly. He knew that Jiang Hao was a guy who kept his word, so if he could really increase his free throw shooting percentage to 75%, then he would indeed get a gift from Jiang Hao.

Luxury car.
Chapter completed!