During the halftime break, in the Warriors locker room, Nelson was racing against time to plan the offensive and defensive tactics for the second half.

"Although we fell behind in the first half, I am very satisfied with this result. Your performance was very good. Keep up the good work in the second half and win this damn game."

After some encouragement, Old Nelson continued to deploy tactics.

"Sun is in good form tonight. We have to seize the opportunity and create scoring opportunities for him. As for the defensive end, you can give your full play."

Nelson is not good at defensive tactics and can only keep players motivated on the defensive end.

Sun Yi listened to Old Nelson's passionate deployment of tactics and felt that listening to your words was like listening to your words, which was completely meaningless.

From a tactical perspective, it can be summed up in one sentence: Give the ball to Sun Yi!

Sun Yi was not surprised by this. He knew very well that the Warriors had already performed their best in the first half and there was nothing that could be improved in a short period of time.

Both sides have played several games and are very familiar with their respective tactics. There are no secrets at the tactical level. The next game can only depend on the players' performance on the spot.

On the other side, inside the Mavericks locker room.

Head coach Carlisle is holding a tactical board, writing and drawing on it, and arranging tactics for the players.

"Our defensive strategy was very successful in the first half and did not allow the Warriors to shoot from the outside. The game continued in the second half."

Carlisle felt that by guarding the Warriors' perimeter offense, they would have a high probability of winning the game.

Unexpectedly, Sun Yi suddenly broke out and disrupted all previous arrangements.

Judging from the first half of the game, the Mavericks' inside line could not prevent Sun Yi and others from breaking through and attacking the frame.

If Dampier still has the defensive ability of the "second center in the Western Conference" back then, he should be able to limit the Warriors' breakthrough attacks.

As for starting center Haywood, he is also useless. After a serious injury, his physical functions have declined across the board and he cannot effectively protect the frame.

Without a big center who can guard the penalty area, the Mavericks' defensive system is not complete enough and cannot perform as effectively as it should.

Therefore, Carlisle decided to keep the defensive strategy unchanged in the second half of the game.

If the Mavericks were really beaten to death by a rookie, he would admit it!

The short 15-minute intermission ended and the second half began.

The lineup sent by the Warriors is: Curry, Ellis, Maggette, Sun Yi, Randolph.

The lineup sent by the Mavericks is: Kidd, Stevenson, Marion, Nowitzki, Haywood.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Warriors took the lead.

Curry dribbled the ball quickly and came to the top of the arc to organize the attack.

Seeing that the defender was still Marion, Sun Yi immediately ran to the low post area on the right, leaning on Marion and reaching for the ball.

"Oh! Sun is going to play a low post. It seems that the Warriors have shown their trump card." Mike Breen explained excitedly.

Curry, who was controlling the ball at the top of the key, immediately hoisted the ball into the paint.

Sun Yi received the pass, lowered his shoulders and center of gravity, hit Marion's chest with his shoulder, and slowly moved towards the penalty area.

"Damn it! This guy is so hard!" Marion felt the burning pain in his chest and felt that if he continued to be elbowed by Sun Yi, he would lie down and be carried out.

Fortunately, Sun Yi was merciful and did not continue to elbow. When he reached the edge of the penalty area, he turned over and shot a fadeaway jumper.

Marion grimaced in pain and didn't even bother to rush forward to interfere.

A swish sound!

Hollow into the net!

57:57!

The Warriors tied the score!

The audience suddenly burst into deafening cheers and shouts.

The ball transitions and the Mavericks attack.

Kidd dribbled to the frontcourt and cooperated with Nowitzki in a pick-and-roll.

Sun Yi immediately changed defense and used [Death Coil] to defend Kidd closely.

Faced with the defensive pressure from Sun Yi, Kidd failed to pass the ball to Nowitzki, who was downhill.

The tactics failed to work out, and Jibugong wanted to take Sun Yi to the outside and reorganize the attack.

But Sun Yi didn't follow the rules and didn't follow.

"Small, I don't know your depth yet."

Sun Yi knows very well that Kidd's three-point shooting is very unstable, and he often misses the shot but not suddenly.

Seeing this situation, Jibu Gong hesitated and shot a three-pointer.

"when!"

The basketball bounced out of the frame and missed!

The ball was a long rebound, flying just in the direction of Sun Yi.

Sun Yi jumped up hard to grab the defensive rebound. After landing, he immediately took a few steps forward and then threw the ball forward.

Ellis, who was on the fast break, received the pass, rushed into the penalty area, and scored the ball with a civilian layup.

On the sidelines, Mavericks head coach Carlisle clenched his fists angrily and shouted toward the court: "Reduce three-point shooting and use tactical coordination!"

On the court, Kidd looked embarrassed as he was dribbling forward, knowing that the previous offense was his fault.

In this offense, he did not mess around. After directing his teammates to move, he passed the ball to Nowitzki.

After receiving the pass, Nuo Tianwang immediately turned around and faced the frame for a single.

Sun Yi took the opportunity to cut the ball but failed.

Nowitzki took this opportunity and immediately released the ball, quickly passed by Sun Yi and broke through into the penalty area.

Sun Yi was a little annoyed, and in order to make up for his mistake, he quickly turned around and chased after him.

When King Nuo came to the penalty area, he immediately stopped, jumped up and shot.

Sun Yi chased from behind and rushed to interfere but failed to block the basketball.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball hit the net and made a steady hit!

59:59!

The Warriors served quickly, and Curry quickly dribbled the ball forward after receiving the ball.

The Mavericks retreated very quickly and did not give the Warriors a chance to play a fast break.

Falling into a positional battle, Curry and Sun Yi played pick-and-roll cooperation.

With the help of the screen, Curry got rid of Kidd's defense and broke through into the penalty area. When Marion's defense changed, he hit the ball and passed it out.

After blocking the opponent, Sun Yi quickly went down, received the pass, took a big step, jumped into the air, stretched his body in the air, and made a tomahawk chop gesture.

Nowitzki and Haywood, who were rushing towards the basket, saw this situation and immediately stopped, not wanting to act as a backdrop.

Bang!

Sun Yi vigorously smashed the ball into the basket.

The audience burst into thunderous applause, cheers and shouts resounded throughout the arena, and the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak.

Looking back, Nowitzki used the double screen of his teammates to get rid of Sun Yi's pursuit, and hit an independent jumper against Ellis's defense.

Sun Yi and Nowitzki started fighting again!

On the Warriors bench, Nelson saw the situation on the court and smiled happily.

These two people are worthy of being the disciples he trained, so they are very honorable!

On the other side, on the Mavericks bench, Carlisle frowned when he saw the scene on the court.

If the Mavericks were given a big center who could guard the basket, how could Sun Yi be so arrogant?

Nowitzki is too soft, Haywood is too slow, and the inside line formed by them cannot stop Sun Yi from attacking the frame.

If you want to restrict Sun Yi from attacking the frame, you can only shrink the defense.

But doing this will give the Warriors' perimeter an opportunity to take advantage.

Once the Warriors are allowed to shoot from the outside, they can't defend them at all.

This is a situation Carlisle doesn't want to see.

The only way at this stage is to compete against each other to see who scores more points!

The Warriors took advantage of outside threats to create breakthrough opportunities for Sun Yi, hitting the frame one after another.

The Mavericks used their entire team's strength to create scoring opportunities for Nowitzki. They used constant pick-and-rolls and screens to allow Nowitzki to play in misplaced singles, and hit back-up jumpers one after another.

Just like that, at the end of the third quarter, the score on the field was 85 to 84, with the Warriors leading by 1 point.

In the third quarter, Sun Yi scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
To be continued...