With the starting lineup, Johnson probably never expected such a fierce game scene. Similarly, Rivers actually didn't consider that the on-field confrontation would be so hot.

The motivation in the locker room was not all Johnson had to do. In addition to cheering up the big guys, he had to figure out how to cause trouble for Rivers' team.

After all, I am also no.1 in the West, but I was knocked down by the mid-range team in the East. This not only gave the East a bad start, but also hurt morale.

Originally, a seven-game winning streak made the Mavericks' morale now. If they were successfully turned over by their opponents so directly, the next two games would definitely be difficult to play.

In order to establish his ranking in the West and to give his opponent a warning, no matter how he thinks, Johnson will not allow his team to collapse so easily.

I was scared by a wild boy? If this is spread, will the Mavericks still need to be in the West? Become the boss? I guess this failure will become a laughing stock for others.

Johnson would not make himself a loser who was ridiculed, so after he yelled those few times, he made a substitution adjustment. His trump card was more than Rivers.

The Mavericks have accumulated several years of character before they can get such a powerful player who can compete for battle. Johnson is much luckier than Old Nelson.

Diop, who was already a little broken, was replaced by Johnson, and Danpier did not take over.

"Dike, you retreat to the basket. Since that kid is coming to you, leave the problem to you to solve. Is there any problem?"

Looking at Nowitzki's eyes, Johnson asked seriously, but at this moment he was not asking for opinions from the core of his team, but was issuing a task.

This situation is rare. Johnson rarely uses such a tone for the absolute core of a team like Nowitzki.

"No problem." The German response was simple and straightforward, without any hesitation at all.

Moreover, Nowitzki was staring at Chen Feng who was raging on the court throughout the second quarter. His eyes were almost on fire. He probably wanted to fight with Chen Feng a long time ago.

"Okay, then you will retreat to the inside and stare at that guy. The opponent will probably open up the situation in the inside. Austin will help you complete the defense on the weak side."

Maybe no one can estimate that Johnson would do such a trick when the situation is unfavorable. Chen Feng was originally planning to fight Nowitzki to the death.

But the Germans didn't give him this opportunity, and now Johnson directly sent this opportunity to Chen Feng. The players on the Mavericks are now a little confused.

But Johnson did not explain too much, he just arranged his tactical adjustment step by step.

Austin Crohill was replaced, and he replaced Diop, who was breaking down. The height of the Mavericks' entire inside line suddenly dropped after the substitution.

Many people do not think that the old Crohill can be better than Diop, but Johnson did not question Crohill's ability because this guy didn't expect much at all.

For a veteran who is scrambling to live in the later stages of his career, you can only hope that he can make some use of his remaining energy instead of taking on any heavy responsibility.

"Austin, your mission after you come on the court is to hold yourself firmly to the No. 99, don't leave him, help Dirk resist him under the basket!"

Johnson's words were explained to the Mavericks' assistant coaches. He had no intention of asking Crohill to contribute any rebounds, scores or assists.

The task of the white power forward after he came on the court was to firmly hold on to the big man who was raging in their inside line, which was purely a consumable.

Not only that, Johnson also called Josh Howard to his side, and the guy's mission was to retract to the near three-second zone and do everything possible to interfere with the Celtics' inside offense.

Whether it is Jefferson holding the ball or Chen Feng holding the ball, this guy must resolutely execute double-teams!

Double-team! I guess the Mavericks coaching staff members were a little confused when they heard this, because they didn't expect that Johnson would attach so much importance to that wild boy.

Nowitzki did not enjoy the treatment of double-teaming, but Johnson had already used this tactical arrangement for Chen Feng's defense.

Although the coaching staff of the Mavericks said that they would not have to give the wild boy a star-level treatment.

But Johnson ignored the opinions of others, and his response was just one sentence, "If a guy who can beat me up two of my insiders is not worth my attention? Then who deserves my attention?"

Anyway, in the eyes of the "Little General", that wild boy, who was like a beast, was threatening than Pierce. That guy was like a thorn in the inside, which was so fatal!

Hell, if the Mavericks don't get that guy completely done, the Mavericks won't have any good life!

Double-team? Why not? As long as you can sleep that kid to death, Johnson is willing to use even more despicable methods!

The only one who can make Johnson so collapse is probably the only crazy guy like Chen Feng.

Lock that madman! Then go and deal with the others! Since Rivers let that kid attack, the Mavericks can do their best to play against each other!

Now Johnson is completely posing as if he wants to fight the inside. The Mavericks' inside line is weak, but the thickness of the Mavericks' staff is not comparable to that of the Celtics.

You have a fierce Chen Feng, so who else do you have? Jefferson? Or Perkins? I may not be as good as you, but I will trap you firmly!

Even I can let Nowitzki focus on the competition at the basket. Don’t forget that this is a group of crazy bulls from Dallas, and there is not only one firepower point!

Even if I sacrifice my trump card, I can still defeat you, the hateful Bostonians, by relying on sharp attacks!

"Harris, you're ready to play. When the inside is in a stalemate, I need your breakthrough and shooting, not only you, but Terry too."

"The Celtics' big guys are entangled in order to create space for you to break through. No matter who you have the chance, you can break through the inside, open up the space, and create space for offensive players outside the three-point line! You just need to remember one thing, that is, defeat them with attack!"

Terry, Harris, Howard, Nowitzki, and Johnson almost threw all the most accurate group of pitchers under his command on the field, except for Crohill's flesh shield.

Sacrifice a point to give the rest of them room to burst out. After verbal motivation, Johnson needs to let this group of bloodthirsty mad bulls smell the opportunity to tear their opponents apart.

Rivers is not God. He didn't expect Johnson to play so radically. Although the Celtics also made tactical adjustments in the locker room, they were still a beat slower than the other side.

Especially Chen Feng did not expect that his crazy 5-minute performance directly forced the German in front of him. At the beginning of the third quarter, the two of them were exhausted at the basket.

Originally, Rivers saw the opponent's substitution, and thought that Crohill was going to defend Chen Feng, but before he could recover, he saw Nowitzki starting to take the initiative to cause trouble.

With the smooth cooperation of the second quarter, Longduo drew the ball into the game at the beginning. When he saw Chen Feng, he passed the ball with a blow, and waited for the guy to hit the basket again and cut hard.

But Chen Feng just received the ball, and before he could turn around, he stretched out his long arms and almost slapped the basketball in his hand.

"Oh, I'll go!" Chen Feng was about to say that the big white man who came up was quite flexible.

As a result, Chen Feng suddenly realized that the person behind him was not Crohill who had just come up.

It was a German guy with golden retrievers. The guy was spreading his big hands and refused to retreat behind Chen Feng's back. He almost succeeded when he stole the ball just now.

Originally, he wanted to cause trouble for the other party, but now Nowitzki stood behind Chen Feng, and the fierce guy frowned.

Not only Chen Feng frowned, Rivers also felt a little tricky at this moment. He was originally asking Chen Feng to force an opponent's main scoring point to stare at him.

This goal is now achieved, but Rivers could clearly feel that this was the tactic Johnson planned, not the German who was forced to fight.

When you dig a trap and wait for your opponent, you find that the animal is already standing in the pit, the feeling is not good.

Moreover, such a sudden change made Chen Feng unable to play his full strength in this attack. Crohill's disturbance from the side forced him to pass the ball outside the three-point line again.

Pierce dodged Howard's entanglement and made a mid-range shot from a step inside the three-point line, but the basketball hit the basket and did not get into the basket as expected.

In the competition for rebounding, although Chen Feng relied on his own jumping power to get the basketball first, Nowitzki's height and long arms made him no chance to make a tip-in.

Not only did he not have the chance to make a tip-in, Chen Feng's plan to catch the basketball was not realized, and he just watched the basketball rub his fingers and flew out of the bottom line.

The strategy of defense and blocking worked. This sandwich biscuit-like defensive strength really made Chen Feng feel uncomfortable.

"That kid was in trouble. The opponent actually used double-team defense and sacrificed Nowitzki to trap him. I swear, Howard was also retreating just now, and the target was Chen Feng."

Looking at the situation on the field, Thibodeau had to smack his lips helplessly for Johnson's thoughts.

Use this defensive strategy to deal with a novice, damn it! This is almost the same as the old Nelson's shark-cutting tactics! Don't need too many fouls, just simply siege others.

Thibodeau wanted to curse, and Rivers also thought, but what he was more worried about at this moment was what Chen Feng was thinking about.

That kid has never encountered such a treatment of key points. At most, he is a one-on-one challenge like Stoudemire and Rashid. This level of marking is indeed a bit beyond everyone's expectations.

Facts proved that Rivers' concerns were not unreasonable. When Nowitzki focused all his energy on Chen Feng's death, the fierce inside attack just now lost its sharp edges.

Nowitzki is not the kind of natural defensive player. Apart from having a big man, this guy has not strong defensive ability, but Johnson threw a flesh shield next to him, plus an elusive Howard. This tactic of substitution and double-teaming caused trouble for Chen Feng.

Chen Feng was able to move Nowitzki, but having such a tangled guy behind him was not as simple as squeezing Diop away, and the opponent's footsteps were quite agile.

This made Chen Feng a little uncomfortable, but what made Chen Feng a little unbearable was Crohill's dead-handling tactic. That guy just treated himself as a sticky cake.

Dead post, a real dead post, even if Perkins ran out of the room on the other side, Crohill turned a blind eye, completely looking like he was fighting against Chen Feng.

The type of sticking defense is to press your hands on Chen Feng, then go up and down, left and right, touch them all, and take advantage of them.

This made Chen Feng want to roar, "Are you here to play basketball? Or are you here to play basketball? Model your sister! I'm not a woman! I'm going, let's talk, you're still excited!"

Nowitzki is already hard to deal with, and now Chen Feng is really a little troubled with such a slutty guy.

Although Chen Feng's vigorous spirit is still strong, the offensive firepower at the basket has not been greatly affected, but the smooth feeling is always destroyed by the opponent.

Nowitzki spared no effort to keep a guard, giving his teammates the opportunity to double-team, and his big hands could also create some interference for Chen Feng at critical moments.

As soon as the third quarter came, Chen Feng only had two attacks. Although he scored four points, the state of having to play hard for each goal was no longer as comfortable as before.

If you want to score a goal, you must deal with Crohill's harassment after breaking away from Nowitzki's defense. This high-intensity double-team really makes Chen Feng very uncomfortable.

Not only did the physical exhaust increase, but it also affected his stability at the basket.

The interference of close combat will always affect his shooting accuracy. He only won two of his four strong attacks. This state is definitely bad news for the Celtics.

Otherwise Rivers wouldn't have paced back and forth on the sidelines, and there was a bit of serious expression on his dark face.

This is the treatment Johnson gave to Chen Feng. Even Jefferson had never enjoyed such double-teaming, but Chen Feng was so naughty that Johnson made his double-teaming strategy.

It wasn't a double team, or even three people. Howard's elusive guy, just retreated and took a step in and took a handful. Chen Feng almost got defeated by this guy twice.

Although Rivers saw that the situation was wrong, he directly replaced two generals Pierce and Jefferson, but the defensive intensity of the Mavericks seemed to have suddenly increased by two levels.

With the replacement of the outside line and the replacement of the inside line, the whole rhythm seemed to suddenly speed up, and everyone rushed towards their defensive targets as if they were playing for life.

Defensive scar-type players like Lianterry and Harris have all started to fight their lives on the defensive end, and the horns of the Dallas were completely polished.

The offensive end was a little sad, but compared to the defensive end, it was much better. At least with Chen Feng taking root in the inside and Jefferson supporting him, they could always get points.

Moreover, Pierce's touch is really good today. He has scored three three-pointers from the outside.

But as soon as the Mavericks got angry, the Celtics' biggest weakness was exposed.
To be continued...