This season, the Trail Blazers are a dominant team. Judging by the regular season record, their 72 wins are naturally unmatched by other teams. Strictly speaking, other teams can't even touch the Trail Blazers' records.

Last year, while the Trail Blazers' 69 wins were equally impressive, the Heat's 66 wins and the Thunder's 60 wins were also impressive. The entire alliance has shown the phenomenon of a hundred schools of thought contending.

This year is different, except for the Trail Blazers' terrifying 72 wins, the second-best record in the league is the Spurs' 62 wins.

Not to mention that the Spurs have 10 fewer wins than the Trail Blazers, and there is no third team in the league other than the Spurs to win more than 60 games.

The Pacers, who are in first place in the East, have 56 wins, and the superteam Heat has only 54 wins. The record of these teams cannot be said to be bad, but compared to the Trail Blazers, it is indeed a lot inferior.

So, the media is looking at this season as the season that belongs to the Trail Blazers. Because judging from the 82 matchups in the regular season, there is indeed no better team than them, not even a similar record.

The Mavericks had a chance to swap places with the Grizzlies, but in the end, the hapless Mavericks had to run into the unbeatable Trail Blazers because of a one-game difference.

Although the Spurs, who are second in the West, are also difficult to mess with, Cuban is still more willing to see his team play against the second place in the West than the Trail Blazers.

However, what Kuban did not expect was that worse news was yet to come.

The news that Anjie was tested for concussion by the alliance has been a hot topic in the past two days. Because Anjie's absence or not will be directly related to the trend of the entire playoffs.

Cuban has also been paying attention to the news from beginning to end, but early this morning, Cuban learned that An Jie has been allowed to play!

What does this mean? This means that the Mavericks' last straw is completely lost.

As in previous years, ESPN did a special column before the start of the playoffs, and when the Mavericks and Cuban were mentioned, the hosts expressed sympathy.

"This is probably the two teams with the biggest difference in strength in the first round of the playoffs." Jeff Van Gundy looked at the playoff table and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Jeff, if you were to coach the Mavericks, what do you think would need to do to beat the Trail Blazers?"

"What needs to be done? We need to make Dirk at least five years younger! Otherwise, there is no drama at all! Van Gundy isn't the kind of guy who likes to joke when he interprets the game, and when he can only answer this question in a joking way, it shows that the Mavericks really can't do anything about it.

The Mavericks have really not had a good season this season, and the aging Nowitzki has seen a significant dip in form this year. Montaelis couldn't keep up his good performances after a high start to the season.

In the highly competitive West, the Mavericks were even almost overturned by the ninth-place Suns and almost improved the playoffs! It can also be seen from this that the Mavericks can still make the playoffs this year, and they are already thankful.

Complete the Black Eight Miracle? Van Gundy really couldn't think of any possibility.

"He averaged 1 point, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block per game, shooting 69% from the field. When a team has such an inside monster, they are very difficult to beat. Anjie's statistics this season are even better than when he won the MVP last year. What's more, compared to the data, Anjie's dominance on the basketball court is also extremely strong. And don't forget, the Trail Blazers also have Aldridge averaging 1 point and 1 rebound per game. What about the Mavericks? Vince Carter? Come on, it's the second decade of the 21st century. The Mavericks can't keep up with the pace of this era. ”

Before the playoffs even started, the Mavericks were already looked down upon by all the media.

Dallas fans were very unhappy about this, and on the Internet, Mavericks and Trail Blazers fans also launched a fierce scolding battle.

Mavericks fans say Anjie is a hypocrite who relies on fake wrestling to sympathize, while Trail Blazers fans are laughing at Monta Ellis's bizarre mistakes on the court.

In short, although the difference in strength is huge, the heat brought to the fans before the big battle between the two sides is still not low.

In the midst of this scolding battle, April 20 finally came. What will this game, which has attracted much attention because of the large difference in strength, be played like?

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2012-2013 NBA Championship.

Staring at the championship pennant fakes hanging from the training ground, Nowitzki was fascinated.

In hallways, locker rooms, and even now the training grounds, the Trail Blazers did their best to cramm the Moda Center with anything championship-related. This makes this City of Roses team always seem inseparable from the championship.

Indeed, the Trail Blazers are also the favorites to win the championship this year. Even the popularity of the Heat triumvirate was successfully suppressed by An Jie and the Trailblazers.

"What are you looking at, Dirk?" Seeing Nowitzki motionless, Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle walked up and patted the German on the back.

"Huh? Oh, didn't look at anything. Nowitzki smiled at Carlisle, but his heart was full of bitterness.

It's been 16 years, and I've been working this 420-square-meter site for 16 years.

What is the concept of 16 years, that is, when Nowitzki has entered the league to play, Anjie is still in elementary school. And now, the two are about to compete on the same field.

After so many years, this strong German has become tired. But there is no way, life has to go on, and you must continue to fight against generations of powerful opponents!

Picking up the basketball, Nowitzki tried to shoot. It's a pity that the first goal was not scored. Looking at the energetic Monta Ellis on the side, Nowitzki shook his head helplessly.

yes, who made themselves 36 years old? The older you get, the more ups and downs your form becomes. Nowitzki still has a championship heart, but his current ability can't support such a will.

It's been 16 years, and it's not long before I'm going to have another damn game. These competitions filled his life for 16 years.

Maybe it's time to just enjoy the game.

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Gasping for breath, Nowitzki ushered in another shock from Aldridge!

But Nowitzki didn't retreat, even though the impact made his chest tight, making him almost breathless, he still didn't retreat!

The cheers of the fans passed in Dirk's ears, and that's it, that's the kind of arena that made him obsessed with it for 16 years!

Aldridge frowned, he didn't know why Dirk's defense was so tough today. However, this issue will be discussed after the end of the game, Aldridge, who did not dare to delay time, hit the ball to the ground and passed, and Anjie, who cut in from a high position, received the ball and took three steps directly.

The experienced Nowitzki knows what Anjie wants to do, and who makes his interior partner Daim Porter an old guy like himself? Anjie was able to cut inside with ease, which was expected by Nowitzki.

Before Nowitzki could move his feet, Anjie was already jumping high. In the air, An Jie put his hands behind his head, glided for a distance, and then, vigorously filled the frame!

Shaquille O'Neal? No, no, no, it's not him, that guy is sitting in the commentary area in the middle of the stands. Nowitzki shook his head, and the center who is now wreaking havoc on the basketball court is Anjie, a Chinese who may be able to surpass O'Neal.

O'Neal's presence on the basketball court has forever become a memory. And he can't complete the defense as quickly as he did back then.

"Slow, slow." Nowitzki muttered to himself, dragging his heavy steps and running back to the front.

On the offensive end, Nowitzki will have a hard time getting rid of Aldridge's entanglement.

It's not that Aldridge's single defense ability is strong, it's just that Nowitzki's own key positions and running positions can't be compared with those years.

Before he could react, Montaelis broke his tactics and walked past him.

Nowitzki hurriedly looked back, only to see that the young and reckless defender had once again eaten Anjie's "hot pot".

This offensive and defensive round is simply a microcosm between the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers in this game.

The aging Nowitzki is powerless on the court, and the young Ellis is thrown to the ground again and again by reality.

The fans at the Moda Center shouted hoarsely, and they didn't care whether the person fighting with them at the moment was an "old man" who was already 36 years old.

"You shouldn't have chosen that way!" Vince Carter loudly reprimanded Ellis on the field, and the UFO, who was a year older than Nowitzki and had a gray beard, didn't seem to have any intention of giving up on the game.

But what's the use? He, like Nowitzki, is just a man who has been smoothed out by time.

Ellis shrugged off Carter's reprimand, and at one point, the old guy snatched the ball from his own hands.

In the first two years, Carter averaged 11 or 2 points per game. But when I get older, the state collapses. This season, Carter is averaging a career-low eight points per game.

8 points, can you still expect Ellis, a guy who is already disobedient, to listen to himself?

Carter looked at Andre Miller on the bench opposite, at least that guy chose an excellent retirement position

"Beep!" At the end of the match, Carter and Nowitzki looked at each other and shook their heads together.

85-100, the Mavericks, who were playing away, were blown up by the Trail Blazers. If Carter and Nowitzki had teamed up a decade ago, they would have been a championship-level combination. It's a pity that their meeting was a little too late

Looking at Anjie, who was celebrating unscrupulously on the other side of the court, Carter and Nowitzki were very envious.

That's how they fought on the pitch back then

"Fly, fly while you're still young, proud," Nowitzki said to himself, turned and put his arm around Carter's shoulders, and the two old guys walked into the players' tunnel with each other's arms.