Christmas is a small holiday for the NBA players, and when the 26th holiday ends, when the American people are still in the afterglow of the holiday, the NBA has become full of gunsmoke again, and the game is playing again, and there are a total of eleven games and 22 teams playing against each other on this day.

The Warriors didn't rest either, but because they had just traveled to Miami just before Christmas, they qualified for the home game this time and they sat at home to beat the Mavericks.

The whole league is puzzled to meet this old rival so late this season, and according to Stern's urine nature, he should arrange for the two rivals, the Warriors and the Mavericks, to play the opener. Even if you don't play the opening game, then there should be a Christmas game, because there are so many stories between these two teams.

The Mavericks and the Warriors are inextricably linked, and these relationships are all because of one person, Nelson Sr.

In the 1998 draft, the old Nelson was bent on choosing Nowitzki, a German tank that everyone was not optimistic about, and he worked hard that season to recruit Nash, who was not well-known in Phoenix.

These two transactions were really mediocre at the time, and at that time, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao were waiting to see the jokes of old Nelson.

In the last century, there was no market for international stars in the NBA, and it was better than Petrovic and Sabonis to get no preferential treatment after coming to the NBA, although they both played a good price.

Here is a brief introduction to Sabonis, Avidas. Sabonis, perhaps the best interior player Europe has ever seen, note that he is the best interior player, not the best center or power forward, because it is so difficult to define the position of this person. A center whose passing ability is comparable to that of a playmaking defender, what is that?

Before the age of 30, Sabonis's cabinet was full of trophies from all the big and small tournaments in Europe, after which he stopped pursuing it in Europe and then moved to the NBA, when he was 31 years old, and for an interior player, he was long past his prime. But that's it, after he arrived with the Trail Blazers, he never let the Trail Blazers miss the playoffs, and with his help, the Portland Prison Team has always faced the heroes with a strong team attitude.

One might ask who Sabonis can beat in a one-on-one situation? Big shark O'Neill? Admiral David. Robinson? Big dream Olajuwon? Or gorilla Patrick Ewing.

In fact, Sabonis has never beaten them, because Sabonis's one-on-one level is really average, and he will definitely not hang two people to smash the basket like O'Neal, nor like David. Robinson is so crazy that he scored 71 points in a single game, and he can't play with the young shark at the Finals like Olajuwon does.

But when he grabs the rebound in his own half, the opponent will definitely have two or three people defending him, at least having to interfere with him. Because he is like a quarterback in football, or a libero with exquisite long passes on the football field, he can go from defense to attack in an instant with accurate long passes of about 15 meters long. He extended basketball from two halves to full-court sports, combining the core of the defense and the initiator of the offense.

When attacking, he is just as terrifying, as long as he holds the ball at a 45-degree angle at the waist and plays with one hand like an apple, your eyes must not blink, because the next moment you blink, the basketball will silently fly to some forgotten corner of mankind. When it comes to using his body as a fixed-point cover to make a wrap-around pass for a smaller defender, Arvidas Sabonis is one of the best on the planet.

The little giant Yao Ming once said this when commenting on the big shark O'Neal: I and Shaquill. O'Neal is not a level at all, I met O'Neill who was already going downhill, O'Neill at the peak, I'm afraid only Sabonis or Chamberlain could defend him.

Yao Ming's low-key introverted is well-known throughout the NBA, and since he said so, he is definitely not talking about it.

Although no one in the NBA has ever seen Sabonis at his peak, every veteran fan knows how powerful he is, how strong is he? As an insider, at the age of 40, he can still win the MVP of the Lithuanian League, the MVP of the regular season of the European League, and the MVP of the Top 16 Finals!

Sabonis has never beaten any famous NBA interior line in one-on-one, but just like Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang have never been the opponents of Guan Zhang, Zhao Huang or even Hua Xiong and the like, when talking about this person, if you are smarter, you never ask who he can defeat in one-on-one, because letting a marshal be a vanguard general is an underestimation of his ability and an insult to him.

Sabonis is so strong that no team paid attention to him when he came to the NBA, and even when he was with the Portland Trail Blazers, he was thrown a towel in the face by Rasheed Wallace, which shows how unpopular European players were in the NBA before Yao Min, Nashnowitzki, Parker, Ginobili, and the players.

But it was in this situation that the old Nelson in the 1998 draft still unswervingly selected Nowitzki, and in the following years, he began to support Nowitzki as the core of the team with great fanfare, completely ignoring the fact that there was still a super potential point guard Nash and former core Finley on the team at that time.

Nelson Sr.'s persistence earned the Mavericks a glory that continues to this day:

In the 1998-1999 season, Nash, Nowitzki and Finley began to form the Mavericks Trident, and the combination of the three made the Mavericks change the decline of previous seasons and become in the limelight;

In the 1999-00 season, the Mavericks saw the light of a resurgence, with a 40-42 record in the regular season and one step away from making the playoffs.

In the 2000-01 season, the Mavericks finally raised their eyebrows, and they finished the regular season with an excellent 53-29 record and re-entered the playoffs after an 11-year hiatus. The elder Nelson insisted that Nowitzki be the mainstay of the team. In the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks won three games in a row after falling behind 0-2, eliminated the Utah Jazz, and entered the second round.

In the 2001-02 season, the Mavericks moved to the American Route Arena and the team's record went to the next level, with a franchise-record 57 wins. As a result of the team's mid-season finish in the West, Mavericks head coach Nelson Sr. also became the head coach of the Western Conference All-Star team.

In the 2002-03 season, the Mavericks formed a lineup with Nowitzki, Finley and Nash as the core, and ushered in the strength of the Lafronz and Van Exel's teams, the Mavericks started with 14 consecutive wins and continued to expand their winning streak, turning 57 wins into 60 wins, and reached the Western Conference Finals again after eliminating the Trail Blazers and Kings 4:3 successively, but unfortunately in the subsequent series, they were still blocked by the Spurs, the champion of the year, with a total score of 2:4.

In the 2003-04 season, the Mavericks had a 52-30 record, but were eliminated 4-1 by the Kings in the first round of the playoffs. After the season, Nash moved to the Suns, Finley joined the Spurs, and just like that, the Mavericks, who had been improving for five consecutive seasons, fell apart, and the old Nelson also left the Mavericks and came to the Warriors.

However, Nelson Sr. left a good foundation for the Mavericks, and the owner of the Mavericks, Cuban, insisted on building the team with Nowitzki as the core, and did not stupidly completely rebuild the team and sell Nowitzki, otherwise this guy would definitely regret vomiting blood. In fact, even so, he regretted it in the following seasons, because Nelson Sr. carefully stole from the Suns, and Nash, whom he didn't like in Cuban, won the MVP for two consecutive seasons, becoming the second most fierce man in white history to do this.

In the 2004-05 season, the Mavericks won 58-24 and eliminated the Rockets with Yao Mai combination 4:3 in the first round of the playoffs, but in the second round the Mavericks suffered when they met the Suns led by Nash, in order to take revenge, in order to take revenge for Cuban's underestimation, Nash played exceptionally and led the team to kill the Mavericks.

In the 2005-06 season, the Mavericks went 60-22 in the regular season. In the playoffs, the Mavericks first swept the Grizzlies 4-0, then eliminated the Spurs 4-3, and then eliminated the Suns 4-2 to reach the Western Conference Finals and enter the Finals. However, the Mavericks, who participated in the Finals for the first time, lost to the Miami Heat with a score of 2-4 after winning two games in a row.

In the 2006-07 season, the Mavericks started with a four-game losing streak of 67-15 and the sixth-best record in league history.

In the first round of the playoffs, the old Nelson commanded the Warriors to eliminate the Mavericks 4-2, creating a Black Eight miracle that can go down in NBA history. This summer the Mavericks had a very painful time, all the fans were laughing at them, and Nowitzki became synonymous with 'soft eggs', and in this way, the Warriors and Mavericks became two new rivals in the league.

The Mavericks have continued their momentum at the start of the season, with a very good record and a good chance of stealing the top spot in the regular season this season, Nowitzki has stayed healthy, and Dampier, Josh Howard and Devin Harris will be supporting the German team to ensure that the team continues to be in the series of strong teams.

Compared to last season, the current Mavericks roster has not changed much, which ensures that the hatred continues, and the Warriors' Black Eight last season really made them lose face, and they have been waiting for this game since the start of this season, and they must slaughter the Warriors to pay tribute to their playoffs defeat last season with a hearty victory.

Nowitzki is one of the more mild-tempered NBA players, with a very humble temperament and not as arrogant as the average German. When Nelson Sr. first arrived at the Warriors last season, he would come up to greet his mentor whenever the two teams met, but this time in Oakland, the German tank is no longer so low-key and humble, but combative.

Before the previous game, the main force of the Warriors and the main force of the opponent would chat a few words of cheering feelings, on the one hand, because everyone was friends in private, and on the other hand, they also communicated their feelings in advance to avoid problems in a hurry.

But in this game, when the two teams met, there was only provocation and ridicule:

"No. 1 in the regular season, are you looking for again?"

"You'd better cover your butts today, or we're going to kick you out in front of your fans!"

"German softie, who is this? NBA'S TOUGHEST GUY SUPER-Z, GET READY TO KNEEL AND ADD IT! ”

"Rookie, today we will beat you to the ground!"

It was in the midst of the verbal exchange between the two sides that the game began.