The Cavaliers sat at home and still lost to the Mavericks.

James's performance under Chen's defense is still good, with a quasi-triple-double of 24 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, which is still an all-round performance.

Such a statistic can be called a rampant for other stars, but for James, it is unremarkable.

Even in the Cavaliers, this score is as good as Love's 29 points and Irving's 26 points, not to mention the 35 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists of Chen, who became the leading scorer in the game.

There have been calls on the Internet about Chen to be the first person in the league before, but these voices were soon suppressed, the main reason is that when the title of the first person in the league is mentioned, James is like a mountain firmly in front of him, whether it is Curry, Durant or the rapidly rising Chen Zhi, they can't get around this mountain.

Chen Zhi's performance can be called the most earth-shattering rookie season in NBA history, but James's influence in the hearts of fans is really great, even if someone raises the topic that James has given way to the first person, it will be annihilated by more people with saliva.

After this confrontation between the Cavaliers and the Mavericks, in the discussion of the topic of "whether Chen Zhi is already the first person in the league", there have been more and more supporters, and there is even a faint momentum that has overpowered James.

After all, James and Chen Zhi are basically in the opposite position in this game, and the data can already intuitively reflect the value of the two on the court.

In addition to the intuitive comparison shown by the basic data, Chen's 67% shooting rate is higher than James's 48% shooting rate, and the assists are not much different from the data, but the rebounding is a bit of a doorway, James has 2 frontcourt rebounds in 8 rebounds, and Chen has 9 rebounds, and there are as many as 6 frontcourt boards.

The value of the frontcourt board may not be higher than the backcourt rebound, but the number of frontcourt boards can often better reflect the true level of rebounding strength.

Tristan Thompson's title of the Eight Wise Kings, some Cavaliers fans praised him for his achievements in assisting James to win the championship, and many ridiculed him for daring to ask for a five-year 8,000 long-term contract with 8 points and 8 rebounds.

The Cavaliers finally made concessions, naturally mainly because of James' factor, Thompson is after all a signed player in the hands of James Jr. Rich Paul, not to mention James's attitude is also obvious, the Cavaliers want to win the championship, they need Tristan Thompson's return.

But the main reason for finally getting this contract is that Tristan Thompson's own value, although it is not too far from his asking price.

His average of about 8 points per game is simply negligible, and he can basically find a mid-level contract interior player from the NBA and give them the same amount of time and shots as Thompson, even for base-salary players.

But Thompson's 8 rebounds are worth a lot.

In fact, Thompson was able to make James voice his hope that he would return, not because of the 8+8 data in the regular season, even if it was 10+10 in the regular season, James would not necessarily say so.

However, in the six-game series against the Warriors, Tristan Thompson averaged 13 rebounds per game!

Even so, James still doesn't necessarily have to show Tristan Thompson on the Cavaliers.

But when those 13 rebounds are averaging 5.6 frontcourt rebounds per game, Tristan Thompson is worth the price in James' eyes.

Although Tristan Thompson's frontcourt rebounding ability is not enough to match the 7.2 frontcourt rebounds of former Rockets legend Moses Malone, he is barely worthy of the name of modern Rodman.

What's more, in the eyes of James last year, probably the only obstacle to winning the championship is the defending champion Warriors, as long as Thompson can have this level of frontcourt rebounding in the game with the Warriors, it will be worth the price.

That's the value of frontcourt rebounds.

James' 8 rebounds and Chen's 9 rebounds seem to be not much different, but in fact, the difficulty is not the same.

It's no wonder that after this confrontation with the knights, the call for Chen to be the first person on the Internet is completely different from the previous support rate.

What's more, Chen Zhi not only led the data ahead, but also led the team to victory, which greatly increased the gold content of Chen Zhi's data.

Although fans unanimously believe that Chen Zhi is the MVP of this game on the Internet, Chen Zhi does not think so, in his opinion, Curry Jr., the Mavericks bench, is the real MVP of this game.

You know, they filled the 15-point hole left by the starters in a short period of time, and this performance directly allowed the Mavericks to get rid of the passive situation in the next game.

If someone said in advance that the Mavericks bench would beat the Cavaliers bench, I'm afraid there will never be many people who believe it, and most of the small number of people who believe it are still considering that the Mavericks bench has been in good shape recently, after all, the Mavericks' bench lineup is too shabby.

After winning the game, Chen Zhi took the lead in rushing to the sidelines and hugged Curry Jr. and others, and then greeted the Cavaliers.

James lost the game and felt a strong challenge from Chen, but he obviously did not lose his determination to defend the title because of this, this time the Cavaliers lost to the Mavericks, and the outcome of the next meeting is still unknown.

On the one hand, James knew that he had some problems with his mentality, he played too conservatively in the previous game, far less decisive than in the final period of the game, and his performance in this game was really not good.

What's more, the Cavaliers will continue to seek reinforcements in the future, continue to increase the strength of the roster, and will never suffer a big loss on the bench when they meet the Mavericks again.

What's more, it is still unknown whether the Mavericks can reach the Finals from the West, after all, there is a strong Warriors team in the West, unlike the Cavaliers, who can easily fight their way out of the East.

After the game, Chen Zhi returned to the locker room, and just as he wanted to leave for the Cavaliers' locker room, he heard the door of the visiting team's locker room ring.

James was clearly still thinking about getting an autograph for his child.

"Man, had a good game tonight." James looked at Chen Zhi and said, "Congratulations on your victory. ”

James was questioned for hypocrisy, it is true that he handled his image too well, and after leaving the court, he did not have the demeanor of the first person in the NBA at all, except for being tall and strong, he was simply a kind old man next door.

"Obviously tonight we were the better team, haha." Chen Zhi is not modest, because in his opinion, the performance of Curry Jr. and others is definitely worthy of tonight's victory.

Chen then smiled, "A game doesn't mean anything after all, and I'm looking forward to facing off again in the playoffs." ”

"I'm looking forward to it, too." James said with a smile, if you want to ask the Mavericks and the Warriors who can go to the end, James is naturally more optimistic about the Warriors, after all, there will be a maximum of seven matchups in the series, not a winner, and then it will be a competition of the team's real comprehensive strength.

When James explained his intentions, Chen Zhi couldn't help but be a little surprised, James's child's idol turned out to be himself, and he really didn't know how James, the first person in the league, felt.

After exchanging autographs with James, Chen Zhi and James returned to the Cavaliers locker room together, asked for the autographs of Love and Irving, and finally asked for the autograph of Birdman Anderson, although Anderson is not a superstar, but his tattoos are indeed maverick, and his popularity is only higher than that of many NBA stars in his year.

After getting the autograph, James asked about Chen's itinerary to the Mavericks.

When he knew that the Mavericks would return to Dallas early tomorrow morning and would play the Pelicans at home the next day, he couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, so he had to cancel his plan to invite Chen to the small gathering.

The next afternoon, the Mavericks, who had played back-to-back away games, finally returned to Dallas.

In the Villa of Highland Park, Chen Zhi rarely continued to devote himself to training on this night, but sat in the living room with Zhou Jian and Liu Ning watching TV.

After this long road trip, Chen Zhi was also a little tired, not physically tired, tossing back and forth from west to east, and then from east to west, the time difference of changing back and forth, Chen Zhi felt that his whole person was a little confused.

However, the trio's mind is obviously not on the TV show.

"High-end custom suits are a good choice, and many stars have given them to their teammates, and Jeremy Lin has given them suits to his teammates." Zhou Jian suggested to Chen Zhi.

"But it's been too long to make a suit, and I hope I can give it to them tomorrow for the team's training." Chen Zhi shook his head and said.

The Mavericks players, especially the bench players, have played very well during this period, and Chen feels that as the new leader of the team, he must make a difference.

"Then I'll go buy some Rolex or something like that tomorrow, and I'll be able to do it soon." Zhou Jian suggested again.

"Wouldn't that be too insincere?" Liu Ning pondered, "Besides, who still brings a watch now, only on rare occasions." Especially these players, they usually have to play sports, and they don't need to do it at all. ”

The three of them have been discussing for a long time, but no result has come out.

"Otherwise, you can just send Mijin to it." Seeing that his and Liu Ning's suggestions were rejected one by one, Zhou Jian couldn't help but make a picky appearance.

I didn't want to hear it, but I thought about it seriously.

"You're not really going to send money to your teammates, are you?" Seeing this, Liu Ning couldn't help but speak.

Chen Zhi pondered for a while and nodded: "I think Brother Zhou's suggestion is very good." ”

"I advise you not to do this, it's not like no one has done this before." As a basketball reporter, Liu Ning knows more about NBA lace news and the like than Chen Zhi.

"Did anyone really send dollars?" Chen Zhi asked.

"No, Wall of the Wizards team has given 100,000 meters of gold to each of his teammates before, which has caused a lot of ridicule, and directly made Wall label cheesy and nouveau riche." Zhou Jian said.

Chen Zhi smiled and shook his head, "I think it's the most practical to give money, and buy what you want by yourself, which is much more intimate than giving suits and Rolex." ”

"Are you really going to do that?" Zhou Jian was heartbroken when he heard this.

"As long as the person receiving the gift really likes it, why care about other people's opinions, I think Wall is a lover." Chen Zhi said with a smile.

"And how much are you going to send for one person?" Zhou Jian asked.

"Now that Wall has made a start, he can't get by without giving face, so let's give 100,000 per person!" Chen Zhi pondered.

The next afternoon, in the Mavericks locker room, a red gift box appeared on every seat.

100,000 meters of gold is already a lot of money for substitutes such as Meijerry and Finney Smith, whose annual salary is only a few hundred thousand meters, but it is naturally nothing for players like Nowitzki and Delon.

However, after seeing the note other than the cash inside, everyone smiled, and Chen Zhi used the 100,000 meters of gold to unify the goal of winning the championship for everyone, "The Mavericks have only one goal this season, and that is to win the championship!" ”

On the evening of the second day, the Mavericks sat at home to face the Pelicans, their opponent in the same district.

Although at the beginning of this season, Anthony Davis ushered in another big explosion in his career, but unfortunately Brother Thick Eyebrows only used the data he cut to continue to stabilize his position as the leader of the empty slashing group.

The Pelicans started with an eight-game losing streak and then rebounded, but they are still the teams with the worst record in the league and an out-and-out underdog in the Southwest Division.

Facing the Mavericks, who have just won three strong teams in a row, the Pelicans can be said to have no chance of winning at all.

The two teams have already played each other in the preseason, and now they are facing the Mavericks again, and although the thick eyebrows try their best, the Pelicans still only have a defeat.

Chen Zhi and Nowitzki only played less than three quarters, and the Pelicans had completely collapsed, and finally lost 92-118 at the hands of the Mavericks.

Two days later, the Mavericks are still at home, and this time they are facing the San Antonio Spurs, who were just beaten by Chen to the stunner!

The Spurs are always a difficult bone to gnaw, but the Spurs players who played against the Mavericks only a few days ago suddenly found that the Mavericks in front of them seemed to be two teams with the previous Mavericks, as if they had experienced some kind of mysterious baptism.

The third quarter of the game is not over, and the Spurs, who have a poor hand, have fallen behind by 25 points, and the margin is still trending to widen.

The old man Popovich was furious, replaced with five members of the third team, and directly announced that the game had entered garbage time.

After the victory over the Spurs, Chen's first month of official games in the NBA was over, and the Mavericks had a 15-2 record, second only to the Warriors at the top of the Western Conference.

And before you know it, the Mavericks have won 11 in a row since the loss to the Trail Blazers!

After two comfortable home games in a row, the Mavericks are back on the road.

The opponent he will face this time makes Chen Zhi excited, Charlotte Hornets!

What makes Chen Zhi excited is naturally not this team, but the owner of this team!

It's finally time to meet Michael Jordan, the legendary god of basketball! Presumably, in this home game against the Mavericks, he will definitely be on the scene.

Just arrived in Charlotte and rushed from the airport to the hotel on the bus, Curry Jr. turned to Chen Zhi with his mobile phone and shouted, "Chen Zhi, the best player of the month has been announced, you and James are the best players of the month in the East and West respectively!" ”

Chen Zhi smiled calmly when he heard this, there are not many surprises in the award!