"All I can say is that I haven't seen this kind of defense at any point in my career."

Lillard's words in an interview with reporters after the game became a classic quote from major media the next day. In the future, if someone asks what is the level of Yiyang's defense? Well, you can give him what Lillard said as it was.

Damien. Lillard, an offensive guard who averaged nearly 20 points per game, was limited by Yiyang to the point of almost collapse. This game undoubtedly refreshed Lillard's perception of the word "defense". It also made fans all over the world see the reason why Yiyang was selected for the best defensive team last year.

Well, Lillard has always been a man who has seen the world. He has experienced things like being held to the head with a gun in the past, and being blown up by Yiyang made Lillard recover in just one night.

Early the next morning, Lillard also congratulated Yiyang and the Mavericks on breaking the franchise record of 17 consecutive wins on his Twitter. After that, he posted a photo of himself working in the studio.

"A new song about Yi is being recorded!"

Lillard didn't break his promise, he lost to Yiyang, so he would write a song dedicated to Yiyang and put it on his album.

Yiyang himself is also a lover of rap music, and he is still very much looking forward to this song about himself. Without hesitation, Yiyang pre-ordered Lillard's album online and posted the purchase information on his social media to show his support for Lillard.

Last night, Yiyang and Lillard were still rivals who were very angry with each other. But after a night, they became good friends with "similar smells" again.

These two guys are really similar, they are very clear about the game and life. The hostility of the game doesn't have to be brought into life.

And it is against the backdrop of the Trail Blazers that the Mavericks' 18-game winning streak is also extraordinarily great. After all, this year's Trailblazers are an out-and-out strong team!

"18 straight wins, 36 wins and 4 losses. Do you know what this concept is? The Milwaukee Bucks, who finished eighth in the East last season, have won only 38 games in a season. Now, however, the Mavericks have almost done what it would take an entire season for others to do, even before the regular season is halfway through. ”

"36 wins is a very impressive number, and we all know that the Mavericks have a good regular season record. So, I'm not thinking about 60 wins now, I'm thinking about whether they can break the 70 win mark! ”

"To be able to beat the mighty Trail Blazers to make an 18-game winning streak is proof enough that the Mavericks are not underdog killers. You ask me how long their winning streak can last? Let me tell you this, I wouldn't be surprised even if I broke the 27-game winning streak set by the Heat! ”

For a time, the news that Yiyang and Mavericks won 18 consecutive wins to break the record in team history became popular all over the world.

Although the 18-game winning streak is not comparable to the first few consecutive wins in NBA history, it sounds like a very bluffing number. What's more, no one knows how much Yiyang and his Mavericks will continue to make the 18-game winning streak go up. Perhaps, it will be as exaggerated as the records of previous generations in history?

The day after the victory over the Trail Blazers, the Mavericks flew back-to-back to Phoenix to take on the Phoenix Suns, the biggest "-stirring stick" in the West this season.

Are the Suns doing well this season? It's good, it's not good. They've been teetering on the edge of the playoff ranks and have never really made the playoffs. But one thing the Suns do very well is that they always mess with the Western Conference standings.

It is very likely that they have just defeated the strong team, but they inexplicably "send warmth" to the weak team the next day. It is precisely because of the presence of the sun that the ranking of the west will always be unpredictable.

Therefore, although the gap between the rankings between the two sides is huge, people still very much expect Phoenix's "-stirring stick" to drag the league's No. 1 into the water.

For one, the Suns themselves are not weak. Second, the Mavericks are playing back-to-back away games, and they have just broken the record, so it is inevitable that they will be a little slack and tired.

All favorable conditions point to the Suns, which allowed them to take the title of "Streak Finisher" from the media.

But with Bledsoe sidelined due to injury, the Suns simply don't have a point where they can attack the Mavericks' restricted area. How can a bunch of guys shoot from beyond the three-point line, and how can they shoot the Mavericks' outside trident, which is known for its defense?

In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Suns in Phoenix back-to-back. The Suns shot just 35 percent from the field as a team, which was lower than the Mavericks' three-point shooting percentage. In such a state, there is naturally no way to end the losing streak.

Yiyang had 33 points and 8 assists, and in the last game he gave Lillard a taste of what it means to be dead entangled. Today, he showed Slovenia defender Dragic what it means to be an extreme attack.

37-4, 19-game winning streak. At this point, the Mavericks have officially surpassed the legendary Bulls in the 95-96 season, and tied with the incomparable Los Angeles Lakers in 2000 for the sixth place in the league's longest winning streak!

How tough was that Lakers team in 2000? That's when the "OK" combination went viral. It is undoubtedly a great thing that the current Mavericks can do the same thing as the Lakers back then.

But any team that can squeeze into the top 10 of the NBA's winning streak is not a fuel-efficient lamp!

After a day off, on January 20, the Mavericks continued their road trip. This time, they came to Cleveland, which is part of the Eastern Conference, and will fight the Cavaliers here.

The Cavaliers drafted the top pick last summer, Anthony Brown. Bennett has become the biggest joke in NBA draft history. Former "NBA Most Watery Champion" Kwame. Brown has also shown some talent in the league, and it has been proven that he can survive in the NBA, but he is far from the status of "champion".

But Bennett, judging from the quality he has shown this season, let alone grow into a superstar, he doesn't even have the ability to survive in the league.

As a result, the Cavaliers have continued to paddle this season, and Irving undoubtedly remains the biggest star for this Cleveland Cavaliers.

Although the Cavaliers are only at the bottom of the Eastern Conference this season, the media still thinks the Mavericks will capsize in Cleveland.

Teams with a lot of wins in streak tend to capsize on underdogs, and it's almost like a spell that haunts everyone. Moreover, Owen once completed a lore on Yiyang's head, and that lore can be blown by the Cleveland media for a lifetime.

However, after the game started, the confidence of the Cleveland media disappeared in an instant.

Yiyang's desperate defense was replicated in the young Irving, who performed better than Lillard today, still scoring a team-high 26 points. But for this, he made a crazy 27 shots in the game, 7 more than Yiyang, who scored 33 points.

35% shooting, which clearly doesn't allow him to help the Cavaliers win. In fact, the "stingy" Yiyang will also remember Owen's lore for the rest of his life. So every time he fights Owen, Yiyang works extra hard.

109-97, the Mavericks stepped on the Cavaliers' charge, winning 20 in a row! This puts the Mavericks tied with the 1971 Bucks for fifth place in the NBA's longest winning streak!

"From breaking the all-time record of 17 consecutive wins to breaking into the all-time top five, the Mavericks myth continues! I'm still that question, who can stop it!? "After the game, Chris. The question that Webb shouted from the commentary stand at the Cleveland Quick Loan Center arena became the hottest topic in the league!

Who can stop it? Everyone has different opinions. Some people say that the Mavericks can only be governed by the Heat. Others say that the huge streak pressure will allow the Mavericks to crush themselves. But no matter how powerful the experts are, they can't give an accurate number.

The pressure of public opinion all over the world is on the Mavericks, and ordinary people may not be able to stand it, but the group of guys in the Mavericks are not ordinary at all.

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It was unusually cold in Toronto on January 21, and the snow covered the city like a quilt. This winter, Toronto has seen extremely low temperatures. When the Mavericks landed, the temperature even dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius at one point!

As soon as he got off the plane, Yiyang felt the malice coming from the cold temperature. Accustomed to the mild climate of Texas, it is really uncomfortable to come to Toronto in the middle of winter.

"Hey, I just got off the plane. Yes, Toronto froze to death, colder than Milan! I'll call you again when I get back to my hotel! Outside the airport, Yiyang found a corner where no one was there and called Wen Xue and Vignari to report their safety.

In just the few minutes he took his mobile phone to make a call, Yiyang's hands were already red from the cold. Hanging up the phone, Yiyang hurriedly took a few breaths of hot air into his palms, and his hands regained some consciousness.

didn't stay outside for long, Yiyang hurriedly got on the team bus. As soon as I got on the bus, it was snowing heavily. Luckily, they arrived early, and if it snowed heavily, they might have had to delay their flights.

"How? Doesn't feel like you're right? Seeing that Yiyang had completely shrunk himself into a "ball", Nowitzki asked with concern. The air conditioner on the bus had just been turned on and had not yet reached the right temperature. At this time, the temperature in the car was still very low, so Yiyang was still surrounded by cold.

"I ...... I'm more afraid of the cold. Yiyang's voice is trembling a little now, this guy has lived in southern China since he was a child, and he has been living in a sunny place like California since he came to the United States. Even after entering the NBA and moving to Texas, the temperature in Texas is very pleasant.

Although Toronto is very cold, the average low temperature in January is only -6 degrees Celsius. If it was minus six degrees, Yiyang would definitely not feel anything. But suddenly threw him to a place of minus 20 degrees, Yiyang, who had never seen such a low temperature since he was a child, naturally couldn't stand it.

This year's extreme low temperatures in Toronto have come at an inopportune time.

But fortunately, under the effect of air conditioning, the temperature in the car rose rapidly, and even made Yiyang feel a little hot.

Everyone took off their heavy coats, but Yiyang, who was afraid of the cold, still draped it on his body. After a 40-minute drive, Yiyang even covered his sweat.

After arriving at the hotel, as soon as he stepped out of the bus gate, Yiyang was trembling all over!

The cold wind blowing at minus 20 degrees blows the sweat droplets on the forehead, which is really cold and the heart is flying!

"Rudy, you remember to help me take out my luggage, I'll go to the hall and wait for you first." After Yiyang explained Gobert, he trotted directly into the door of the hotel.

When he walked through the door, he felt like his ears were freezing off. The high temperature of the air conditioner in the hotel made Yiyang sweat instantly.

After a short break at the hotel, the Mavericks will head to the training ground at the Air Canada Center arena to complete their afternoon workouts.

So this whole day, Yiyang spent the whole day in the case of alternating hot and cold.

In the evening, the Mavericks players offered to go out and try Toronto's food and warm up along the way. Carlisle won't interfere too much with the players going out to eat together. As long as you don't drink and don't play around, it's easy to say anything.

However, Yiyang refused the invitation of his teammates and lay on the bed weakly.

"Go eat Rudy, tell them I'm tired and want to sleep." Yiyang waved his hand at Gobert, then lay down and closed his eyes.

"Are you sure?"

Yiyang didn't answer directly this time, but just waved his hand at Goebel again.

Goebel didn't think much about it, Yiyang has indeed worked very hard these days, and it is normal to be tired. So he left Yiyang alone in his room and went to enjoy Canadian food with his teammates.

Three hours later, a bunch of strong men returned to the hotel talking and laughing. Goebel was carrying a bag of rice noodles for Yiyang. Toronto has the largest Chinese ethnic group outside of Asia, so Chinese restaurants are everywhere. There are many famous restaurants in the area, and most of them are owned by Chinese Americans. So it was not difficult for Goebel to find a place to buy Chinese food for Yiyang.

The door of his and Yiyang's room was opened with a card swipe, and Gobert, who was carrying rice noodles across the bridge, was stunned at the door.

"What's wrong, Rudy?" Seeing Goebel's unusual reaction, Nowitzki walked up in confusion.

I don't know if I don't know it, but when I look into Yiyang and Gobert's room, Nowitzki is also taken aback.

I saw that all three trash cans in the room were filled with paper balls. A lot of paper balls have filled the trash cans and fallen to the ground everywhere.

A man alone in a room with so many small paper balls can only say one thing!

No, no, no, don't think crooked. Yiyang: He didn't do anything that could make people enter the "kidney time".

This guy should have a bad cold.