The NBA All-Star Weekend ended perfectly with Yiyang lifting the MVP trophy, and this year's All-Star Game didn't leave many impressive images for fans, but it didn't go wrong either. But if you get through it smoothly, it's a victory.

After the All-Star break, Yiyang and Vignari said goodbye in New Orleans. As they spent more and more time together, each goodbye became more and more reluctant.

A few days ago, Yiyang felt like he was dying in bed. But at the moment of parting, Yiyang instantly felt that they had not done enough.

"When summer comes, I'd like to receive your championship ring." Before leaving, Vignari smiled and shook her empty hand.

In fact, the Italian girl is also changing direction to tell Yiyang. "In the summer, I'll wait for you to marry me."

Of course, Yiyang, the wooden pimple, doesn't understand this meaning. He nodded at Vignari and waved goodbye.

Two hours later, Yiyang also boarded his own flight and headed for Dallas. Since there is a game tomorrow on the 18th, the Mavericks' training will return to normal this afternoon.

In other words, from the moment Yiyang stepped on the plane, his holiday life was over. No matter how relaxed he was the other day, he had to be alert now. The regular season is not over yet, and the battle continues. And tomorrow's opponent will definitely make the Mavericks feel the pressure of the official game in an instant!

So far this season, the Mavericks have lost just five games. Five games, five completely different teams took the win away from the Mavericks.

But these losses are basically lost because Yiyang was banned or the Mavericks themselves were not in good shape. But there was only one game, the Mavericks played normally, but they still couldn't win against each other. This opponent is also the one that Carlisle and Yiyang are most worried about this season. They are the defending champions Miami Heat, who have dominated the league for the past two years!

Speaking of which, the relationship between the Heat and the Mavericks seems to have continued.

In 2006, when the Mavericks were leading 2-0 in the finals, they were stunned to win four games in a row, and the championship dream was ruined. And that year's Finals made a person's name loud in the league. Wade.

In 2011, the Mavericks reached the Finals again, and they faced the Miami Heat. Although at this time, compared with the two teams back then, they are already things and people. But fate still let the Heat and Mavericks collide.

That year, the Heat were stunned by the Dallas Mavericks when the lineup was too strong to match on paper, and finally watched the Dallas people complete their revenge and win the O'Brien Cup.

Coincidentally, in the finals that year, another young defender's name was well-known to everyone, and that was Yiyang.

Until this season, the Mavericks and Heat were expected by the media to meet again in the Finals. Although the probability of such a prediction being accurate is not high, it has to be admitted that the two teams have indeed imagined each other as imaginary opponents in the finals. Therefore, every time they meet, they play quite hard, completely playing the regular season as a playoffs. Only by honing your strategy in the playoffs can you make it safely in the playoffs.

Therefore, after the last loss to the Heat, the game against the Heat on the first day after the All-Star break was taken seriously by the whole Mavericks team.

No matter where you're playing these days, what you've done. For the afternoon training on the 17th, no one was allowed to be absent or late. Carlisle didn't go back to the regular season and meet him in the Finals. In that case, the morale of the team will fall before the game starts.

While neither the Mavericks nor the Heat will necessarily make it to the Finals this season, as a head coach, you always have to be prepared for all the possibilities.

So, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th, after Carlisle walked into the basketball court, he saw all the Mavericks players warming up seriously as usual. The tension of the regular season came back in an instant, as if All-Star Weekend had never happened.

Carlisle is quite pleased with the state of the players. This group of guys has not yet been carried away by victory. They know that they are still far from success!

While everyone was actively preparing, on February 18, the most high-profile game after the resumption of the NBA regular season finally started at the Center Arena in the United States!

Although there is still a strong collision between the Clippers and Spurs in the West today, ESPN decided to pay a lot of money for the exclusive national broadcast rights of this game. They believe that the intensity of this game is beyond the reach of the Spurs and Clippers.

Before the game began, James, who had also just returned from the All-Star Game, looked in good spirits. He told reporters seriously that he would continue to play this game as a playoff game and would not be soft!

It seems that not only the Mavericks, but also the Heat are also taking this game very seriously. Since Yiyang beat James to win the MVP trophy last year, James has been quite jealous of Yiyang and the Mavericks.

Before the game began, James even brought his teammates together to cheer each other on. This is rarely the case in other regular season games.

Once the game began, the Heat quickly showed their strong side. The defending champions are not in vain, and while this season's regular season record wasn't as impressive as last year's, they are still one of the best teams in the league.

James relied on Iguodala to play 2+1 after the opening, Iguodala is already the top physical player in the No. 3 position, and most of the small forwards in this league are not good against Iguodala.

But LeBron. James, on the other hand, can play with ease in front of Iguodala. This can't help but make people feel that LeBron is really an invincible existence on the basketball court!

Subsequently, Bosh also began to shine in the fifth position. This season, Spoelstra's admired small line-up has had good results. Battier and James play the No. 4 position, and the effect is not as fragile as people think.

And when Bosh plays center, it's easy to make those big men who have poor outside defense suffer. For example, Rudy. Goebel.

Bosh is a frequent outsider, and Gobert may be an excellent rim protector, but the Frenchman has little experience with big men who can shoot.

Bosh threw away, and Gobert had to stay out of the three-second zone. As soon as Gobert walks out of the three-second zone, LeBron will be completely liberated again. Carlisle felt very uncomfortable watching the Mavericks' impregnable defense being treated like this. Is the Miami Heat really strong enough to be this point?

Fortunately, the Mavericks are also doing well on the offensive end under the organization of Yiyang. Nowitzki played Battier without any pressure, and the former Rocket captain had to foul to block the German's goal.

As for Yiyang himself, he played with ease. Chalmers, an emaciated guy, was no match for Yiyang at all, and even if Spoelstra asked Wade to keep an eye on Yiyang himself, the effect was not very good.

Four years ago, Wade was able to bring Yiyang a lot of trouble every time. But now, four years later, Wade's knee has begun to make his lateral ability plummet. There is no doubt that this will be a fatal flaw on the defensive end.

Watching Yiyang break through Wade again and again, Heat fans are not happy. The soul of the No. 3 team was already tired in front of the young people.

The big battle between the Heat and the Mavericks did not disappoint ESPN, and neither side could prevent anyone, and the score was very anxious. The Mavericks' overall offense is better, while the Heat's side relies on the all-powerful James, coupled with the assistance of Bosh and Wade, and also plays well.

Until 23 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter, James hit a three-point shot from the outside, allowing the Miami Heat to overtake by two points in one fell swoop! Iguodala did his best, but once James turned on scoring mode, it was really hard to contain.

After this three-pointer, James' individual score has become 42 points. And the shooting percentage is also a perverted 69.6%!

Andre also wanted to defend LeBron with the move of letting go of the shot, but he didn't expect LeBron's direct three-point shot, and the ball went in. This cannot be blamed on Andrei, who made the right judgment and choice. If you want to blame, blame LeBron for being too powerful today! "Scoring 42 points under the Mavericks' defense, Mike. Brin was surprised by James' performance.

At this point, there is one last attack left in the game. The Mavericks trailed by 2 points and wanted to win, and three-point shooting became the Mavericks' only hope.

After Carlisle's timeout, Yiyang also managed to get out of the crowd and receive the sideline ball according to the tactics. But when Yiyang just looked up, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

At this time, in front of Yiyang, it was neither Chalmers nor Wade, but the Miami No. 6 with resolute eyes and seemed to want to devour the opponent alive. James!

"Coach Spoelstra just asked LeBron to defend, which is a bold decision!" Mike. Bryn's eyes widened, Tony. With Allen's almost negligible three-point ability, there's nothing wrong with handing it over to Chalmers defense. Wade is keeping an eye on Iguodala and there is a certain risk. But taking Iguodala to shoot a lore is a risk in itself.

If Carlisle dared to do anything, dare to let Iguodala execute the lore, Spoelstra would admit it. But the problem is that Carlisle doesn't have the determination at this time, and he still wants Yiyang to try!

So at the last moment, Yiyang had to face LeBron. Four years ago, James could only have been in front of Nowitzki. Now, four years later, the No. 6 has come to defend himself personally.

Yiyang was not afraid and dragged the time until the last 5 seconds before starting. Borrowing Nowitzki and Gobert's double blocking, Yiyang walked to the front of the basket one step outside the three-point line and shot directly!

However, to Yiyang's surprise, James slammed out, straightening his arm and trying to block. Yiyang didn't expect that after James was delayed by the block, he would be able to keep up so quickly.

Usually, Yiyang has a height advantage when shooting. But facing James today, Yiyang's height advantage was instantly gone.

James's palm almost sealed Yiyang's face, Yiyang can ensure that the basketball is not covered, but whether he can score or not, is another matter.

The basketball went straight to the basket, and looking at the arc of the ball that was too flat, Carlisle instantly "chuckled" in his heart. Yiyang's shooting, normally, the arc should be higher.

Sure enough, the basketball slammed into the front of the basket, and at the same time, the red light on the rebound came on. The Chinese defender who almost never misses a game failed today!

"Damn it!" Yiyang held his head in his hands in frustration, this game that he shouldn't have lost this season, but was finally buried by his own hands.

Watching the Heat players celebrate wildly, Yiyang felt very uncomfortable. The loss of this game also means that the Mavericks were defeated by the Heat in the regular season this season!

Lost Yiyang gritted his teeth, he knew very well that if he reached the finals, he would still not be able to climb the mountain of James. What a championship ring, it's all empty talk!

Four years ago, Dirk trampled LeBron on the soles of his feet with his magical performance. Now, four years later, Yiyang's desire to cross the shoulder of No. 6 does not seem to be as simple as imagined.

The seven-game winning streak came to an end, and the Mavericks' losses increased to six. But at this point, none of that matters.

At this time, Yiyang no longer had those winning streak numbers in his mind. He only cares about one name now, LeBron. James!