Chapter 029: The Calf Strikes
After suffering their first loss of the season, the Lakers are about to host the Mavericks, one of the top three in Texas, at home.
Perhaps because of the poor condition of the opponent's newly defeated players, the Mavericks' cheerleader Mark Cuban vowed to beat the Lakers before the game, and Li Chen has his own opinion about this unique team owner in the league.
He's always the NBA's most unique team owner, and he's laughing, grumpy, dancing, screaming, and even blogging into a war of words with the likes of Barkley for his team. He's the Mavericks' most obsessive, crazy fan.
In order to provide a comfortable environment for the players, he invested $430 million in the new American Airlines Center as the home of the Mavericks, he offered the players lucrative salary contracts, and he customized Boeing 757 aircraft for the team to give the players a good mood during the road trip. In order to let his players get fair treatment from the league, he did not hesitate to argue with the referee on the spot and turn his face after the game with the league's top management.
Although he himself has paid many times for his words and deeds, he doesn't care about it for the sake of the players. At the same time, he also said that every time he receives a fine, he will donate the same amount to charity.
Under his painstaking management, the Mavericks' performance has reached a new level every year, and the team's strength has steadily climbed. The team's star Dek Nowitzki won the title of MVP of the regular season in the 06-07 season. Cuban's choked speech when he attended the award ceremony couldn't help but make people sigh at this man's deep affection for his team and his players.
For Lakers superstar Li Chen, a major topic in the league, Mark Cuban also expressed his appreciation for him before the game, saying that his achievements and strength are obvious to all, and he is very welcome to join the Dallas camp when Li Chen returns to free agency next season.
As a player, Li Chen also wants to live under such a boss, but the Mavericks already have a Nowitzki, and the deep relationship between Cuban and Nowitzki is also visible, as long as the German is still in the Mavericks, then he is the well-deserved core of the Mavericks.
While the tragic playoffs in '06 have led to criticism of the dominance of the German tank, no one can deny that Nowitzki is one of the top power forwards in the league right now.
Last season, Mark Cuban made a bold decision to trade the future for the present, and the potential star Devin Harris was used as a bargaining chip in exchange for Kidd, which brought Mark Cuban to the forefront again. One is the future of the team that shows its strength, and the other is a veteran All-Star who is getting worse and worse, and Mark Cuban's feat is something that cannot be described as bold. Although Kidd's addition makes the Mavericks less youthful and energetic, it is more stable.
The starting center of the Mavericks is Dampier, who calls himself the second center in the West, and was originally the first in the West, but the big shark that is good to die swims around in the East and then turns back, making our powerful West No. 1 center drop one place for no reason. However, last season's astonishing stats of 6.1 points and 7.5 rebounds really make people sigh at the strength of the second center in the West.
No, the second center in the West lost the jump ball again, and Bynum the little shark seemed to be completely unaffected by the last loss, completely suppressing the second center in the West from the beginning of the jump ball, probably too many times such a similar incident has happened, and the cowboys were not surprised in any way, and calmly retreated to the backcourt defense one by one.
Looking at the other party's point guard, who is not younger than himself, Lao Yu finally felt a lot relieved, and the old fish, who had been eaten by people for a long time with his youth and vitality, finally tasted the taste of parity this time. Of course, the parity is only in age, and I have to admit that there is still a big gap between the old fish and the old pervert Kidd in terms of strength. Lao Yu is just a half-court role with the ball in the Lakers, unlike Kidd who has to shoulder the important task of organizing the team.
Li Chen was very happy, because Josh Howard, who was supposed to defend himself according to his position, rushed to Kobe's side, and standing in front of him was Antoine Wright, a marginal man who was traded from the Nets to the Mavericks, and his average data of 7 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist per game this season shows his strength very well.
After a few games, Li Chen found that although he stayed with the Lakers and pressed a Kobe Bryant on his head at any time, the advantage was also obvious, that is, the opponent would always leave the strongest defensive player to Kobe.
Although Wright is not a player with outstanding defense, fortunately, Li Chen's defensive task is not complicated, follow the opponent closely, and foul the opponent when he shoots normally, which is the only requirement given to him by the coach.
And Wright also faithfully carried out the coach's task, and Li Chen grabbed the first rebound of the game after Kobe missed the shot. Recently, his rebounds have become more and more stable, especially in offensive rebounds, which is the envy of other coaches, and he doesn't look like an excellent rebounder with his physical fitness, but people still grab it, which is where many people are full of puzzlement about Li Chen in addition to free throws.
Wright decisively gave Li Chen, who was about to shoot, a foul, but the result of two free throws and two hits made him quickly feel that his foul was not worth it, which is the same as spending money to buy a TT with a hole, and the money was thrown out but did not produce any effect, Wright didn't know if his character was too bad or the other party's character was too good.
From the Nets' 10,000-year substitute miraculously mixed up to the current Mavericks starter, Wright feels that his character is still good, of course, this is inseparable from Terry's willingness to put down his body to play the sixth man.
The Lakers scored the first point of the opening game, and the Mavericks showed no weakness, and Josh Howard actually hit one on the head of the gods, which annoyed the boss. If you've watched the Mavericks' games, you can understand that Josh Howard is as important as the Mavericks' offensive system, if not less than Dirk.
Look at the Mavericks' offensive strongmen, and you'll find that none of them have solid low-post strong hitting skills, except for Howard. His low-post skills are no small few, and he often uses his strong body and extraordinary arms to force defenders in the low post again and again.
The average small forward can't defend against him, and it's also difficult to defend with a slightly shorter big forward. If he does defend him with a misalignment, he can create great opportunities for his teammates. His super athleticism makes him the first choice for the Mavericks' fast break. Not only does he have an excellent performance on the inside, but his mid-to-long-range ability inherits the glorious tradition of the Mavericks, and his mid-to-long range shooting is quite stable.
When the Mavericks couldn't open the game, it was Howard who stepped up more. With so many offensive means, Howard's Law is actually inevitable. He is definitely an important pawn when the Mavericks attack. Although Kobe Bryant is very strong defensively, he is still a little awkward to defend Howard with short hands. The boss waved his hand, and Li Chen reluctantly exchanged defenders with Kobe.
Josh Howard quickly paid the price for his arrogance, and Bryant took the initiative to find him on the next offense. Although he was ready to defend, Kobe Bryant, who was good at virtual and real, played a fake change to a real shot and scored two points mercilessly, and the home audience immediately burst into warm applause, watching the boss and people go head-to-head or something is their favorite.
If Li Chen was in Josh Howard's position, then he would definitely find a way to fight back. But Howard is not Li Chen, as a top defensive player in the league, he not only has excellent defensive ability, but also his firm execution of coaching tactics.
It's just that this guy's life off the court is a bit chaotic, and he has been repeatedly exposed to drug abuse and his physical fitness is deteriorating, which makes him less and less popular, but now he is still a very important part of the Mavericks system. After feeling that there was little hope of attacking Li Chen, Howard decisively poured the ball to Kidd on the outside.
Jason Kidd is the most perfect pure point guard, good at using excellent overall vision and the ability to transfer and distribute the ball to dispatch the whole team's offense, lead the offense with passing, get to the ball, and never be greedy. The playing is simple and gorgeous, the atmosphere is not lacking in delicacy, and the style of play is selfless, but it can also stand up at critical moments and save the team from fire and water.
No, Kidd put the ball in the hands of Nowitzki, who was about to get to the position, and the German chariot had his back to Gasol, and he still couldn't get tough in the face of another famous soft egg in the league, and the big ass gently pushed Gasol out of a certain distance, and then turned around and shot the ball into the basket independently with his famous stunt, Golden Rooster.
7-foot height and large-angle leaning back is almost an undefensible offensive method, and because of the extremely high arc, the basket area is large and the hit rate is relatively high, which is the same bug-level move as Yao Ming's small hook hand at his peak.
Gasol shook his head helplessly and said that this strange move is not something he can prevent, although his means under the basket are not inferior to Nowitzki, but compared to mid-to-long-range shooting, Gasol knows that the German in front of him, who has been criticized by soft eggs like himself, is not something he can compete with.
Gasol also has his own advantages over Nowitzki, at least his strength is much stronger than that of German tanks, and Gasol's high-level strategy ability is also good, with an average of 3.6 assists per game is very telling.
The Lakers' total number of assists this season is really eye-catching, and the addition of Li Chen seems to make the team's offense instantly smooth, and the average of 23.3 assists per game is also among the top three in the league, among which Gasol, Li Chen, and Kobe's role cannot be ignored.
Bryant's preference for Gasol is obvious to all, probably because the two men have privately agreed to tie their futures together. Seeing Gasol suffer, Kobe Bryant did not hesitate to hand over the ball to his good friend and let him play alone.
But Luohua deliberately flowed ruthlessly, Gasol didn't seem to see the boss's thoughts, and found that Li Chen ran out of the empty seat, so he threw the ball over without hesitation. However, it was precisely because of Gasol's selflessness that he finally got the opportunity to show his face in the top five.
Gasol, who thought that Li Chen would choose to shoot after receiving the ball, turned around without hesitation and prepared to scramble for possible rebounds, Nowitzki hesitated because he considered whether to make up for the defense, and Wright, who came to the scene, found that Li Chen did not make a shooting action while preparing to foul, and Wright, who thought that it was his own deterrent that caused Li Chen to hesitate to shoot, stood in front of the opponent very happily, but he was surprised to find that the basketball in Li Chen's hand was gone.
Boom, the basket's moans made Wright turn his head, and Gasol completed a powerful two-handed dunk.
At that moment just now, Li Chen found the exchange of Gasol and Nowitzki's position after receiving the ball, and he was keen on brushing assists and he decisively stuffed the ball over, although the process was thrilling, but finally passed through the defense of the German tank and reached Gasol's hands, except for the basket in front of him, the second center in the West had been taken by Bynum to the three-second zone, and Gasol took advantage of the situation to make a violent dunk.
"Li, it's so beautiful!" Even Gasol, who has an introverted personality, couldn't help but give Li Chen a hug after completing this goal, and dunking, especially a strong dunk with both hands, is not something that a technical big man like him can often accomplish.
Kobe Bryant looked at Gasol and Li Chen, who played the two brothers, and felt very uncomfortable, the boss felt a feeling similar to being dug up the foot of the wall, I don't know if the United States has such a statement as digging the foot of the wall, but that's roughly what it means.
Originally, I was going to fly with you, but you actually had a love affair with someone else, and the boss of the department, who felt deceived, decided not to pass the ball to Gasol again in this game.
The unhappy boss attacked the basket again and again in the next game, and Josh Howard, who was in front of him, bore the brunt of the dry bones at the boss's feet, although he tried his best to defend, but the outburst Kobe Bryant was not something he could prevent alone.
Even if he didn't hesitate to send his first foul of the game, the hot-blooded boss used a very simple 2+1 to tell the poor baby that some things should still be counted, and if you can't prevent it, let it go.
Although Kobe Bryant scored six points in a row to hit Josh Howard, the same Mavericks under Kidd's organization, the team blossomed more, and the three offenses also scored 6 points, and even Wright, who scored less than 8 points per game, seized the opportunity to hit a mid-range shot, and the Mavericks' offense was also quite powerful under the leadership of Kidd and Nowitzki.
At 35:35, the two teams were tied in the first quarter, and judging by the score, it seemed that it would be an offensive feast. In terms of personal data, Kobe Bryant scored 11 points, Li Chen scored 5 points and 3 assists, and Gasol scored 8 points.
As for the Mavericks' side of scoring, it was more complicated, except for the star Nowitzki, who scored 9 points, the other players on the court scored more or less a few goals, and the Mavericks' offense seemed to be completely open from the first quarter.
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