The Dallas Mavericks are located in the American Southwest and are known as the top three in Texas along with the Rockets and Spurs.

For a long time, fans have a saying that the three Texas are delusional - the Rockets are strong, the Mavericks are weak, and the Spurs are old.

But now the three Texas delusions are becoming a reality, the Rockets were strong before the introduction of Paul, and the strength after the introduction of Paul is undoubted, and they are going to the West this season.

The Spurs haven't had a good record for several years in a row, Duncan has retired, and Ade's arrival has not lived up to expectations.

The Mavericks failed to recruit Jordan Jr. in the 2015 season, and finally stopped in the first round, and in the 2016 season, they signed Harrison Barnes for four years and $94 million, but Barnes played really averagely, and the team failed to even make the playoffs.

It can be said that the weakness of the Mavericks is no longer one of the three major delusions in Texas.

As the second core of the Mavericks, Barnes is under far more defensive pressure than he was during his time with the Warriors, so he has been performing poorly, which is why Justin thinks he can defend Barnes.

But as soon as the King warmed up at the American Airlines Center, Justin received a 'bad news', Dennis Smith did not play this game, and it was Jose Barria who played against Zhang Feng.

Barria against Zhang Feng, height, speed, weight, and skill are not dominant, Justin feels that even if Zhang Feng lets him half, he will lose this bet, and Zhang Feng's luggage this season is settled.

At 8 p.m., the Kings began to enter.

Zhang Feng walked to the court with headphones, and was thinking about how to play this game, when a reporter suddenly appeared and blocked his way.

Brandon, the deputy general manager of the team, waved his hand and motioned to the accompanying assistant to pull the person away, but Zhang Feng waved his hand to say no.

"Thank you, Zhang Feng, I'm a big fan of yours, I'm from the Dallas Sports Weekly ......."

Zhang Feng raised his hand to interrupt his self-reported door: "Hurry up and ask, the game is about to start."

"Huh? Okay, yes, just now Mr. Mark Cuban said that you have a lot of potential, you should leave the Kings in two years to compete for the championship, I wonder what do you think about that? The reporter looked at Brandon as he spoke, for fear of being interrupted.

Pre-game discord meter? Zhang Feng frowned, and found that things were not simple.

But thinking that Mark Cuban has always been a big mouth, saying everything, and being fined a lot by the alliance for this, Zhang Feng was immediately relieved:

"I don't have anything to say, I wish him a Merry Christmas in advance", he turned around and left, leaving the reporter with a confused face.

"You know about this, right?" Entering the players' tunnel, Zhang Feng asked Brandon a question.

After hesitating, Brandon sighed: "This matter was started by Cousins, and he regretted that he didn't leave the king early, and Mark Cuban said those words."

"Didn't he help me with my ball dad last time?" Zhang Feng was curious about how Cousins's attitude changed sharply.

"One yard to one yard, he had a very unpleasant falling out with Coach Carl, but the management still supported him, and both sides were at fault for his departure," Brandon explained.

"Hit the Pelicans at the end of the road trip, and now I have seen it."

American Airlines Center, Mavericks fans want to see the first win of the season, this game has a good attendance, plus the Kings lost to the Rockets by a big score in the last game, Mavericks fans have posted that as long as they guard against Zhang Feng, the first win of the season can be obtained.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the two teams officially entered the field.

In this game, the Kings' starting lineup remains unchanged, with Zhang Feng and Buddy in the backcourt, Justin and Randolph in the forwards, and Willy in the center.

Although Willy's defense is not good, he has a good hand in jumping the ball, and he relied on his physical advantage to suppress Noel and successfully point the ball to Zhang Feng's hands.

Looking at Baria who was defending himself up close, Zhang Feng had a question, Baria really has 183CM?

Maybe it's the height of wearing shoes, after bowing down and dribbling and pretending to break through, Zhang Feng successfully opened up a little space, and then pulled out three points, but unfortunately he didn't miss, and Nowitzki grabbed the rebound.

There is nothing wrong with this shooting choice, but it can be slowed down a little longer to find a more suitable opportunity, but the plus/minus value will definitely come down, which makes Justin smile at Zhang Feng, as if to say: Look at how I defend Barnes next.

The Kings were easy to defend, and it happened that Barnes played the first offense with the ball.

I saw Barnes stop under the three-point game, lean to the right, put the ball on the left side of his body with both hands, and the route can be left or right, making it clear that he was going to play singles, Justin was suddenly nervous and a little at a loss.

Seeing that Barnes was breaking through, Justin was still very stiff, and Zhang Feng yelled: "What are you afraid of, him!" ”。

It is very common to spray trash talk on the court, but it is really rare to spray trash talk so loudly to Zhang Feng, and the referee directly signaled a warning.

However, the roar had a good effect, Justin pounced on it, and Barnes couldn't change hands and was forced to almost hold the ball twice, but Wesley Matthews took the ball.

But the scary thing is that Buddy's defense is even stiffer than Justin's, and he was directly broken through by Matthews to the inside, Randolph had to step forward to make up for it, and Matthews hit the ground to give the ball to Nowitzki, who directly marked the action of the golden rooster and scored the basketball to wipe the board.

Embarrassing, suffocating embarrassment, Zhang Feng pretended to be better with the front foot, and scored with the back foot, the fans at the scene first cheered, and then opened to Zhang Feng who held the ball.

I have to finish it with tears in my eyes.

After leaving the ball for half time, Zhang Feng took the initiative to find Barnes and instructed Justin to watch Barria.

"Look how I him!"

Of course, this is said to Justin, but if this ball can't be played, his boss's prestige will be ruined.

Small fights are big, of course, by rhythm and speed change, but in the face of Barnes's slightly mocking expression, Zhang Feng decided to pull it out!

Dribbled three times, found the feeling, Zhang Feng rose from the ground, and Barnes was stunned and jumped with him.

Although there is a lot of difference in height between the two, Zhang Feng has a fast rebound speed and a good jump, and he was stunned to throw the ball before Barnes blocked his shooting vision.

There is no danger, this ball hit, and the boss's face is saved.

"Have you learned?" Seeing the goal, Zhang Feng turned to Justin and smiled.

Justin gave a thumbs up as he ran back, and nodded repeatedly: "Awesome!" ”。

Not only could Barnes not be able to endure such a provocation, but even the Mavericks fans in the audience shouted: Single-handedly pick up Zhang Feng and teach him a lesson!

The Mavericks quickly opened up space, but Zhang Feng didn't buy it, and he motioned for Justin to go up and defend Barnes.

The move was booed by the Mavericks fans again, and Justin looked at him in embarrassment.

"What are you doing with the Mavericks fans, him, don't forget our bet!"

Justin tilted his head and thought about it, as if that was the truth, and then greeted him.

Zhang Feng ran away after pretending to be a match, Barnes had no chance to regain face, he was angry and didn't think much about it, and shot directly.

Who knew that the whole shot failed to hit, Zhang Feng laughed, and Barnston was even more embarrassed.