Ever since Cuban took over the Mavericks, the team's roster has never been tied to mediocrity, as if without paying a little luxury tax on a player's salary, Garage owner will feel like people look down on him.

Since last season, the Mavericks have been positioned as one of the strongest teams in the NBA, and have set a number of team and individual records. The most impressive thing is naturally that after a 14-game winning streak, the Mavericks finished the season with the best regular season record in franchise history at 60-22. You know, the team has only had nine win-and-lose seasons in its history, and that season the Mavericks locked up a playoff spot early in mid-March, and they became No. 1 in the West for the first time since moving to Dallas in 1988, and despite losing 4-2 to champion Spurs, they still deserve to be admired.

If you want to look for the Mavericks to achieve this record, it is Don Nelson, who has coached the league for 25 years, and the elder Nelson has led the Mavericks to a record of more wins and fewer losses in four consecutive seasons, which is a high level that only seven NBA coaches have reached in the NBA.

Just like Formula 1, you need a talented driver to win, you need a good car to match, and the Mavericks' big three of Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Michael Finley are good cars under Nelson Sr. That season, the German became only the second player in the Mavericks after Mark Aguirre to score 2,000 points in a single season. In addition to scoring, the German has shown his versatility, leading the team in scoring, rebounding and steals, and most unfortunately, Nowitzki has continued to make steady progress in his five years at the Mavericks.

Under Nelson Sr., Steve Nash has proven himself to be one of the NBA's top point guards, ranking third on the team in points per game at 17.7, and his biggest contribution is not scoring, but playmaking, averaging 7.3 assists per game this season. This season, he achieved career-high free throw attempts, field goals, free throw percentage, steals and total blocks.

The Texas Trident's third man, Michael Finley, has contributed plenty of firepower and defensive security to the Mavericks this season, averaging 19.3 points per game, in addition to 5.8 rebounds and three assists, and staying healthy, playing 38.3 minutes per game.

Not only did the Mavericks win the league's best record last season, but their market was also very prosperous, with the help of Nelson Sr.'s small-ball tactics, 71 consecutive home games sold out since the 2001-02 season.

This season, the Mavericks have played more rationally, although the team's record has declined due to the composition of F4 and the rise of the Timberwolves, but the team is more competitive.

First, the team maintained its main lineup from last year, with Nowitzki continuing to dominate the team's No. 1 spot in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocks. Finley was as reliable as ever, being the hardest working man on the team with 38.6 minutes of playing time and finishing second on the team in both scoring and steals. Needless to say, Nash now believes that the fast-break engine is eligible for a 1000w+ salary.

On top of that, the Mavericks' two rookies, Jamison and Walker, have also proven their worth this season. Jamison is a strong contender for Sixth Man of the Year so far, and the flowy all-around forward has played in all 82 games, ranking third in the league on 53.3 percent shooting from the field.

Antoine Walker, who moved from the Celtics, has also performed well, and the team's two rookies selected this season, Josh Howard and Marquis Daniels, have proved that Nelson Sr. has a unique talent selection vision and has also made a huge contribution to the team, and according to current estimates, the two are likely to be selected to the NBA Rookie of the Year Second Team.

At the end of the day, the current Mavericks aren't afraid of any team, and of course, I mean the regular season, which happens to be the regular season.

But today, Mavericks fans were a little scared, and the Pistons' style of play made the elegant Dallas gentleman panic.

Nelson Sr. speculated that the Pistons should also give up this game, so he sent a lineup of center Shaun Bradley, power forward Nowitzki, small forward Jamison, playmaking guard Nash, and shooting guard Finley, which is also a lineup he is experimenting with, and he intends to use this game to warm up for the upcoming playoffs.

The Pistons' starting lineup remained unchanged, but as soon as the game started, they caught their opponents off guard.

Despite Bradley's terrifying seven-foot-six height, his bounce and consciousness were hard to beat, and Celestial picked the ball out to Billups with a slight leap. In the opening game, Billups used his strong body to knock away Nash and rush into the restricted area to pick up a basket and start the game.

Nowitzki quickly passed the ball to Nash, got the ball, and the Canadian, who was about to become the sun god, took a step forward and ran away. Everyone knows that AI is fast, but in fact, Nash's dribbling speed is not slower than AI's, at least that's how Hua Ben feels.

Nash was useless, Nowitzki and Finley couldn't keep up with the pace, he could only wait, but when the Mavericks players were in place, the Pistons had been waiting for a long time.

Nowitzki made a jumper, Rashid interfered with his vision, and the first ball bounced off the frame. It was Prince and Bradley who were guarding the basket, and Huaben was too embarrassed to defend the big bamboo pole, and he accidentally pushed too hard and might even put Mr. Bamboo to the ground, so he sent Prince in.

Wabbon grabbed the rebound from behind and threw it directly to Billups, who launched the fast break, who scored again.

The Mavericks are not panicking, this is the beginning, what is the hurry? As a result, they were not in a hurry, they missed two more balls, and Billups made two more fast breaks, and he scored all eight points in the opening game, and it was 8-0 in the first two minutes.

Seeing this, old Nelson had to stand up and yell twice, and Cuban, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, also yelled, but he yelled at the head coach: "Don, you see Steve's defense, do you think he can be worth 1000w?" No way! If I give him 1000w, the whole league will laugh at me, and they will think I'm stupid! ”

Nelson Sr. didn't want to quarrel with the boss on the field, but Cuban's words made him want to laugh, and he pointed at Nash and said, "You said the opposite, if you don't have 1000w to keep Steve, then the whole league will laugh at you!" Steve is a talented defender who can bring you a steady stream of wins and money! ”

If you look at it from the perspective of later generations, the elder Nelson is indeed a master of people, and the fact that Cuban let Nash go made the whole league laugh for several years. But today's Nash performance is a bit unworthy of such praise from Nelson Sr., he is too poor for Billups' defense, and his attack is actually stealed by the opponent again, and it is a counterattack, and Billups opened with 10 points.

When Brown saw it, he was immediately happy, it seems that these guys in Salt Lake City have indeed accumulated a lot of strength, and it is not okay to not let them release it today. Thinking about it this way, he immediately decided to teach the Dallas a lesson with the main lineup.

This lesson is really profound enough, at first the old Nelson was not in a hurry, he even sent Daniels and Howard to practice, but when the score was further stretched, he was in a hurry, just waiting for him to be in a hurry, and it was too late.

Nowitzki, the No. 1 core of the Mavericks, was made a big mistake by Rashid today, the German tank has an elegant style of play and comprehensive skills, but he is afraid of Rashid's rogue inside, with many small means, trash talk, and elbow and knee hits. Finley is stable, but facing him today is a defensive titan like Huaben, and the old man doesn't have many opportunities to connect the ball, so how to score?

In front of the Pistons, the Mavericks, who have been spanning for two seasons, finally made a fatal mistake, that is, this team is too soft, Nowitzki is soft, Jamison is soft, Bradley is softer, and as for Nash? Billups took him out with two small stumbling blocks.

The battle between the East and West teams ended with the Mavericks being completely suppressed, and the Pistons finally scored 125 points in front of this undefended team, of which Huaben used a fierce ** when the tank rampaged inside and outside, and scored 32 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 blocks, which destroyed the Mavericks unspeakably.

At the end of the game, the old Nelson was furious, but Cuban squinted and was not angry at all, and when the old Nelson finished getting angry, he found the old coach and threw out an idea: "Don, you say, if we don't renew Steve's contract, but sign the No. 3 beast in Detroit with a high salary, what do you think?" ”

As soon as he heard that Cuban was about to mention the idea of giving up Nash again, the elder Nelson raised his eyebrows and was about to scold, but in the end, he was also moved, "Sign Ben Wallace?" I'm afraid it's not easy, right? This guy, the Detroitman, is definitely going to match your contract unless he's crazy. ”

"If I give an annual salary of 20 million, will the Detroit people match it?" Cuban laughed, Rashid and Warburn's contracts are both expiring this year, while Hamilton and Billups are expiring next year, and Pistons management has really had some headaches lately, and it's clear that they have to eat the luxury tax if they want to keep this group of All-Stars.

An annual salary of 20 million? Old Nelson gasped and was excited, now there are only two people in the league with an annual salary of 2000w+, one is O'Neal, the other is Garnett, these two are indeed worth the price, and Huaben is indeed worth it according to the current state.

"But according to the rules, we can only add a maximum of 10 per cent to his salary for this season." Nelson Sr. still expressed his concerns, and the Bird Clause was not just raised.

Cuban saw that old Nelson was tempted, smiled and said mysteriously: "There are ways to solve these problems." ”

Hua Ben didn't know that he was now the prey in the eyes of the Mavericks, and he still had a lot to do after attending the press conference, in fact, he was really busy enough to come to Texas this time.

First of all, as soon as he arrived at Dallas, Yao Ming called him and asked him to help contact Wang Zhizhi, who was said to have something important to discuss. Secondly, when he arrived in Texas, not far from Eva, Hua Ben planned to go to see this girl, and he was a little sad to say goodbye without saying goodbye last time. Again, he really has to go to Houston, because he needs to ask Olajuwon to be his teacher, of course, this is all false, the point is that he wants to bring Olajuwon to Detroit to thicken his feelings, he is planned, and he will use the magic skill 'Dream Dance Steps' to clean up O'Neal in the finals.

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