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There has been a debate about who is the best international player, some fans say it's Tony Parker, some say it's Pau Gasol, but with the Dallas Mavericks' victory over the Miami Heat in 2011, the debate has finally been settled for more than a decade, as Dirk Nowitzki solemnly declares to the world: I am the best international player of the 21st century.

Nowitzki's career began in the era when big forwards were blooming, but Nowitzki made people redefine the meaning of power forwards, because it was Nowitzki who opened the era of big forward long-range shooting, and it can be said that Nowitzki is the originator of today's three-point shooting era.

Because of this, Nowitzki has become a super power forward alongside Duncan, Garnett, and Webb, and is known as the four benchmarks of the league's power forward era.

Nowitzki's early stage of his career was tragic, he was not taken seriously when he first entered the league, but he experienced the Finals being overturned during the period of playing fame, and was blackened in the regular season MVP season, and was even named a "soft egg".

Similarly, Nowitzki is lucky again, he has a boss who loves basketball the most, Mark Cuban is a die-hard fan of the Mavericks, maybe Cuban is not the boss who knows the most behind the scenes, but Cuban is definitely the most willing owner in the league to spend money on basketball, so Nowitzki has never lacked effective helpers around him.

Following Weber, Duncan and Garnett also chose to retire at the end of last season, which also completely announced the end of the era of power forwards, and Nowitzki still dragged his aging body around the court, using his coquettish golden rooster to send fans one wonderful goal after another, Rao is so, and most people also know: there is not much time left for the old driver Nowitzki.

PS: Break free from my personal opinion: At the beginning of the last century, the league transitioned from the era of the four centers to the era of the four big forwards, which can be said to be the most glorious era of the NBA, as for the later era of point guards and small forwards, it is somewhat unworthy of the name.

On December 16, New York time, the Knicks went to Dallas and were about to start a battle with the Mavericks on the road, before that, the Knicks had a 25-2 record, and the Mavericks had a better record compared to last season after getting Harris Barnes and Bogut, and the 16-12 ranked sixth in the West.

There was once a rumor in the NBA: "If any team beats the top three Texas in a row on the road, the Spurs, the Mavericks, and the Rockets, this season's championship is in place." ”

Wang Zhuo doesn't believe in this kind of ethereal thing, he just believes in using the team's strength to win every victory step by step until he wins the championship.

The game officially kicked off at 9:30 p.m. New York time at the Mavericks' home stadium at the U.S. Route Center Arena, where Wang Zhuo led the players to enjoy the league's most comfortable away locker room.

"Mark is such a caring boss, and I suddenly had the idea of playing in Dallas."

Half an hour before the game, as the players left the locker room, Grant muttered quietly, clearly attached to the luxury massage chair in the Mavericks' away locker room.

"I'll fulfill you, you don't have to play in this game, stay here and enjoy it all the time."

Although Grant's voice was as low as a mosquito humming, it couldn't escape Wang Zhuo's ears, and a merciless word made Grant stick out his tongue and dare not squeak again.

When Wang Zhuo entered the stadium, the first thing he saw was Mark Cuban sitting in the most conspicuous place in the fan seat, the boss with a fat body and a big belly happened to look at this side, his eyes were full of unfriendliness, Wang Zhuo didn't mind, because everyone knew that Cuban was just a fan of the Mavericks, and the enemies of the Mavericks were the enemies of Cuban, and it was normal to put on an unfriendly attitude.

Coming to the bench, the players on both sides were conducting pre-game shooting drills, Wang Zhuo looked at Nowitzki's tall figure, and his heart swelled with infinite emotion: Dirk's pace is getting slower and slower, and it was not so obvious last season.

It's normal for your pace to slow down as you get older, but Nowitzki's shooting is not ambiguous at all, and during the period of time Wang Zhuo observed, Nowitzki shot 5-of-5, including a negative angle mid-range.

In Wang Zhuo's eyes, Carlisle is an extremely bookish head coach, focusing on defense, meticulous, typical academic, which can be said to be diametrically opposed to Wang Zhuo's style.

Of course, Wang Zhuo did not dare to despise Carlisle, a former champion coach who would make everyone who despised him pay a heavy price, just like the Miami Heat in the 2011 season.

The game entered the preparation stage, the players left the court, each returned to the bench, the on-site commentator announced the starting lineup of both sides, the Knicks remained unchanged, if there was no injury or special circumstances, Wang Zhuo generally did not change the starting lineup, the Mavericks' starting lineup was Nowitzki, Barnes, Delon, Bogut and Matthews.

"Kristaps, come on, take out Dirk, you're the best international player."

On the bench, Wang Zhuo patted Porzingis on the shoulder and encouraged Porzingis with very encouraging words.

Wang Zhuo sees the rapid growth of Porzingis, but Porzingis is only a second-year rookie after all, and there is still a long way to go, and there is an excellent opportunity to compete and learn from his predecessors, how can he miss it, so the tactical focus of Wang Zhuo's arrangement in this game is Porzingis.

If Porzingis can successfully torture Nowitzki, it means that he has grown into a top interior player, and if he is abused by the dying Nowitzki in turn, it can only prove that Porzingis is not fully mature.

The game began with the referee's loud whistle, Bogut had the upper hand in the battle with Noah, Delon got the ball, dribbled rhythmically to the frontcourt, and Grant marked one-on-one.

Nowitzki mentioned the high blocking, Delon went around in a circle and rushed inside, Porzingis made up in time to block Delung's breakthrough route, Delon knocked back, Nowitzki received the ball, Porzingis and Grant's sense of switching defense was excellent, and in just a moment, the dislocation formed by the blocking and dismantling cover disappeared.

However, Nowitzki didn't mind who the defender was, he pushed two steps inside with his back to Porzingis, carried it, and turned around with a flowing backward jumper, which was the signature move "Golden Rooster Independence", Porzingis propped up one arm and tried his best to block, but in the end it was only in vain, the ball drew a standard arc and hollowed into the basket.