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Chapter 210 LeBron, is the hot pot delicious?
Chapter 210 LeBron, is the hot pot delicious?
"Strong support to join, Mavericks will point to the championship!"
"Five-star calf, is it a joke or a myth!"
"Beyond the Lakers, the Mavericks have the highest probability of winning the championship!"
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Li Xuan looked at the newspaper in his hand, a little dumbfounded.
"These unscrupulous media reporters are so touting the Mavericks. They want to make the Mavericks a public enemy of the league. They have bad intentions!"
After a quick breakfast, Li Xuan came to the basement and drove to the arena.
When he came to the door of the locker room, he found movement inside and felt a little puzzled.
"Every time I am the first to come to the locker room, but today someone is here before me, I want to see who it is."
Immediately, Li Xuan pushed open the door of the locker room and walked in.
When he entered the locker room, he saw a somewhat familiar big black man standing in front of the locker to organize his belongings.
At this time, the big black man also noticed the movement behind him, turned his head to look at it, and sighed.
"The rumors are indeed true. You are the first player to come to the arena for training every time. It is inevitable that some people will succeed!"
After Uncle Mu expressed his emotions, he introduced himself: "I'm Mutombo, your teammate who will fight side by side in the future. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Li Xuan replied with a smile on his face: "My name is Li Xuan, welcome Uncle Mu to join."
Mutombo didn't have any objection to the little guy in front of him calling himself so, and continued to chat with Li Xuan, wanting to know some basic information about the team.
"Don't worry, Uncle Mu. The other teammates are very easy to get along with. I believe you will be able to integrate into the team soon."
"Li, thank you very much for your clarification, I see."
With new teammates joining, Li Xuan did not rush to the training ground for training, and patiently told Mutombo about the team's situation and the basic situation of his teammates.
Not long after, the Mavericks players came to the locker room one after another, greeted Mutombo warmly and welcomed him.
Uncle Mu felt relieved when he saw that the atmosphere in the Mavericks locker room was so harmonious.
Nor does he want to see an uneasy locker room environment.
Immediately, a group of people chatted and laughed and left the locker room and walked towards the training ground.
During the training, Uncle Mu did not rely on his seniority to be lazy or not to train.
He does what the Mavericks players train, and he trains very seriously.
In addition, in his spare time, he instructs the backup forward Najera and the backup center bee Nesterovic on how to block inside, how to grab rebounds, how to block shots and other defensive techniques.
Uncle Mu's actions also won him the respect of most Mavericks players. It can be seen that he really wants to make the Mavericks stronger.
In the afternoon, the old Nelson directly asked Mutombo to participate in the confrontation training match to run-in with the team.
The old Nelson has no choice, time is running out, there are only more than 20 games left in the regular season, and it will affect the playoffs if they don't run in as soon as possible.
After the team training match, the old Nelson was still very satisfied, and Mutombo showed a very good competitive state.
Immediately, the team was disbanded, and the coaching staff came to the conference room to discuss how to adjust the lineup.
After the team disbanded, Li Xuan stayed to practice for a while, then settled the dinner problem at the restaurant in the arena, and drove back to the apartment to rest.
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On May 2, at the American Airlines Center Arena.
At this time, there are no absentees in the arena, and the fans can't wait to know whether the strength of the Mavericks has become stronger.
Not long after, the starting lineups of the two teams were displayed on the big screen.
Cavaliers starting lineup: Jeff - McGinnis, Antoine - Walker, James, Carlos - Boozer, Ilgauskas.
The Cavaliers traded the team cancer Ricky Davis to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Walker.
Both sides of this transaction are not at a loss. Both are capable thorns, as long as they are suppressed, they can be used for them.
Mavericks starting lineup: Nash, Lagabel, Finley, Li Xuan, Nowitzki.
For the lineup of the Mavericks, the fans did not feel any surprise.
After all, Mutombo is too old, and he has just joined the team and has not yet formed a tacit understanding with his teammates. It will take a while to integrate into the team.
In the jump ball session, Big Z touched the basketball first, moved to the backcourt, and gave the Cavaliers the first chance to attack.
After the dribble tool man McGinnis dribbled the ball to the three-point line, he immediately passed it out and did his job.
James, who was in a high position on the right, received the pass, made a three-threat move, and took a tentative step.
Seeing that Finley didn't step forward to defend himself, he immediately started, and the tank-like breakthrough crushed Finley and headed towards the penalty area.
Finley occasionally encountered such brutal collisions in the usual training games, and summed up some defensive experience.
"Fortunately, there are such players in the team, let me know how to defend such a breakthrough, so as not to be crushed."
When Finley was about to be knocked into the air, he waved his arms and cut vigorously at the basketball in James' hands from top to bottom.
Clap!
Finley hit James' hands and didn't cut the ball off.
"Beep! Mavericks' number 4 thug foul."
The sideline referee blew his whistle and gestured towards the technical table.
Finley didn't refute, but raised his hand to signal that he had fouled, shook his head helplessly, and let out a sigh.
"Hey! Sure enough, it's not that easy. This guy handles and protects the ball very well. He's not a half-baked guy like Li."
The game continued, and the Cavaliers sent a sideline kick.
After receiving the ball, James started again, broke into the penalty area, encountered Li Xuan's help defense, and immediately distributed the ball.
Boozer, who was in the mid-range position on the right, took off immediately after receiving the ball and hit a mid-range jumper, scoring the first score for the Cavaliers.
Before the Cavaliers players could react, the Mavericks quickly sent the baseline ball and launched a fast break.
Nash quickly dribbled forward, changed direction and swayed past McInnis who stepped forward to intercept, and broke through into the three-point line.
When Lao Na broke through the penalty area, he turned his head and glanced behind him, playing a fake throw and a real pass to James who was chasing him.
James, who was flying in the air, knew that he had been deceived, and the defense ended in failure.
Li Xuan, who followed up quickly, received a ground pass and scored 2 points with a one-handed dunk.
There was thunderous applause in the auditorium, and cheers and shouts resounded through the arena.
In the next round, Nowitzki failed to make a hit in the inside singles of Big Z, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.
Li Xuan rushed to grab the rebound, immediately found Nash and passed it, launching a defensive counterattack.
The Cavaliers have long been prepared, after all, the Mavericks' defensive counterattack is considered a big killer in the league.
Except for Big Z who failed to retreat, the other Cavaliers players retreated.
Failed to make a fast break, Nash slowed down his speed, came to the top of the arc to organize the offense, and waited for his teammates to get in position.
Nowitzki quickly ran to the low post on the right and reached for the ball.
Seeing this, Nash immediately dropped the ball in, and then quickly moved without the ball.
After the "driver" received the ball, he hit the big Z face-to-face and took a tentative step to shake the big Z's center of gravity.
Big Z is a group that is uncomfortable at this time, he doesn't know how the Germans in front of him will attack.
"Damn it! Why are you so pissed off like a bitch, give me a good time!"
Seeing that the time was ripe, Dirk immediately started, turned around and passed the big Z, came to the basket, stood up, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.
"Good shot! Nowitzki's inside footsteps are very solid, and Big Z's snail-like lateral movement speed cannot be stopped at all." Buck explained in a teasing tone.
The ball is switched and the Cavaliers attack.
After James and McGinnis cooperated in the pick-and-roll, they misplaced Nash in singles.
Seeing the strong young man in front of him, Nash recalled the painful memories of single-handedly with Li Xuan.
"Fuck! Why does everyone want to single me out, I really think I'm a bully!"
Seeing James rushing over, Lao Na quickly dodged to the side, he didn't want to use his small body to head-on.
Originally, James thought that there would be a physical confrontation, and he sprinted with all his strength. Unexpectedly, his opponent did not follow the routine, which made him make a mistake when he sprinted with all his strength. The ball dribbled on his feet and rolled out of the baseline.
"Hahaha, LeBron made a mistake and it was on his own feet. It's really funny. It's been my joke for a year." Barkley laughed.
The ball is switched and the Mavericks attack.
This time it was Li Xuan who ended the offense. With the help of Nowitzki's cover, he got rid of Boozer's defense, made an air cut to the basket, rose into the air, caught Nash's pass, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. basket.
In the next round, James succeeded in a misplaced single against Nash. The tank broke through and crushed Nash to the vicinity of the penalty area, and made an emergency stop and hit.
Although the success rate of rushing into the penalty area will be higher, rookie Zhan doesn't want to go in and face the interference of Li Xuan and Nowitzki's help defense, and this area is enough for him to score.
In the following games, relying on the scores of James and Big Z, the Cavaliers clung to the score and did not allow the Mavericks to widen the point difference.
The highly anticipated new aid Walker did not integrate into the team. His shot selection was very poor, basically shooting against the defense, and also caused two or three pass errors, failing to form a tacit understanding with his teammates.
The Mavericks seized the opportunity and quickly established a leading advantage by relying on the offensive trident, Nowitzki, Li Xuan and Finley's scoring.
When the first quarter played for about 7 minutes, the Mavericks made substitution adjustments, replacing Nash and Li Xuan for a rest, and replaced Delk and Jamison.
"Lee was replaced, and the Mavericks made substitution adjustments ahead of time. They would not have adjusted like this before. It seems that the second quarter is quite interesting." Kenny Smith analyzed.
After the substitution adjustment, the Mavericks can still play on par with the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers with a full lineup did not take advantage of the rotation stage to narrow the point difference.
At the end of the first quarter, the score displayed on the big screen was 25 to 18, with the Mavericks leading by 7 points.
The intermission is over and the second quarter begins.
The Mavericks played in the second quarter: Nash, Daniels, Jamison, Li Xuan, Mutombo.
Daniels shot 38 percent from [-]-point range in limited minutes as the Mavericks' backup shooting guard, which isn't bad for a spot-up shooter.
The Cavaliers played in the second quarter: McGinnis, Eric Williams, James, Miles, Batty.
After the game started, Nash dribbled to the top of the arc to organize the offense.
Uncle Mu immediately stepped forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and took the defender out of the penalty area by the way, creating conditions for his teammates to cut inside.
At this time, all the attention of the Cavaliers was attracted by the pick-and-roll cooperation between Nash and Mutombo.
Li Xuan took this opportunity to suddenly start and cut towards the basket.
Miles saw a gust of wind passing by him, immediately reacted, turned around and chased quickly.
"Fuck! It's shameless to sneak attack while I'm turning around."
Nash, who rushed to the free throw line with the help of a screen, quickly moved the ball to the side of the basket, turned around and retreated.
"Hey! This assist is too easy to get!"
Under the basket, Li Xuan soared into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air, and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.
After landing, Li Xuan said something to Miles who rushed over.
"Young man, you need to concentrate on defense. Take this as a lesson. There will be many more in the future. I promise you will get rid of this bad habit after you finish this game."
Miles gritted his teeth angrily, turned around to pick up the basketball, not wanting to conflict with Li Xuan.
In fact, it is from the heart, if you can't beat it, you can only swallow your anger.
The ball is switched and the Cavaliers attack.
James ran to the frontcourt to participate in the offense, and his face darkened when he saw Li Xuan who was defending him.
"Fuck! Why is this guy?"
Immediately, the rookie Zhan cheered up, reached out for the ball, and prepared to single Li Xuan.
"I want to see how big the gap is between the two of us."
After receiving the pass, James made a triple threat and took a tentative step.
Seeing this, Li Xuan said, "LeBron, just shoot the ball, I promise I won't step forward to interfere."
Rookie Zhan was so angry after hearing this!
This is looking down on who!I can't shoot without defense.
What's more, if you let me vote, I will vote, I just want to break through!
Immediately, James started immediately, without fancy changes of direction, and went head-to-head.
Li Xuan quickly slid across and blocked James' breakthrough route.
Between the lightning and the flint, the bodies of the two sides collided and engaged in a fierce confrontation.
Li Xuan took a step back, and then quickly put up the defense.
And James failed to take advantage of it. After the confrontation, he almost lost the ball. After adjusting, he continued to break through to the basket.
After arriving at the basket, the rookie Zhan squeezed Li Xuan away with all his strength and threw the ball to the basket.
At this moment, a big hand suddenly appeared above James' head, heading towards the rising basketball racket.
Clap!
Uncle Mu, who came to help defend, slapped James' layup out of the baseline.
After completing the cover, Uncle Mu made a classic finger wagging motion.
"No, No, No, the youth basket is not the place for you."
Seeing this, Li Xuan on the side almost couldn't help applauding.
This beep dress is very silky!
Not to be outdone, he asked, "LeBron, is the hot pot delicious?"
"Victim" James had a bitter face, feeling very depressed, and didn't want to answer Li Xuan's question.
"Why don't I have such a powerful teammate!"
"Hahaha, James was educated by Mutombo, Jiang is still old and hot!" Kenny Smith joked.
The game continued, the Cavaliers sent the baseline ball, McGinnis rushed to the basket, received the pass and flew to the basket, but was slapped out again by Uncle Mu.
This time the basketball did not fly out of the baseline and was snatched by Li Xuan.
After landing, Li Xuan saw that there was no defender beside him, so he dribbled the ball forward and came to a position about half a meter away from the three-point line, and made a chasing three-pointer.
On the sidelines, Cavaliers head coach Paul Silas saw that the situation on the court was not right, so he immediately requested a timeout, and recalled the players to the bench to adjust.
(End of this chapter)