Defending champion

Chapter 395 The Focus Battle in the West

Chapter 184 The Focus Battle in the West
The Hornets relied on Paul and Jack's alley-oop, which raised the morale of the Hornets to the highest value.

Since then, the Hornets have given the Rockets a wave of 12-0 attacks!

The Rockets were repulsed as a result.

In the end, the score between the two sides was fixed at 112 to 98, and the Hornets won the game with a 14-point difference.

In this game, the Hornets are also in full bloom. The Hornets team has 5 people in double figures.

Among them, Jack scored 32 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

In this game, Chris Paul, who just returned from injury, scored 30 points and also sent 13 assists and 3 steals.Not only that, Paul also connected the Hornets' offense in series.The Hornets made a hearty victory.

After the Houston Rockets, the Hornets must move to the Dallas Mavericks.

When talking about the Dallas Mavericks, one of the characters that has to be talked about is the leader of the Dallas Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki.

Nowitzki landed in the NBA in 1998 and was selected by the NBA Milwaukee Bucks with the ninth overall pick in the first round. He was immediately exchanged for the Dallas Mavericks and has played so far.This is how he came to Dallas, where Nowitzki started his NBA dream journey, and later facts proved that he has such ability, and it also proved that this is the most successful transaction in the history of the Mavericks.

In his rookie season, he averaged 20.4 minutes, 8.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 8 double-doubles per game.

Since then, he has soared like a rocket, and formed the "troika" of the Mavericks with his friend Nash and his boss Finley.Nowitzki grew up under their wings.Gradually, Dirk became more and more mature and gradually became the first core of the team.

Nash, one of the Mavericks' three drivers, left and went to Phoenix, Phoenix, becoming the boss and absolute core of the Phoenix Suns.And Nowitzki started the road to leadership in the Mavericks.

Then Finley also left the Mavericks who played for 8 years and went to the San Antonio Spurs.The Mavericks became Nowitzki's only core team.Dirk's leadership is also increasing day by day, and he is hit again and again. Although he falls, Dirk never gives up and gets up stronger and more confident.

In the 2001-02 season, Nowitzki averaged 23.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.In the same year, he participated in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time.He was again selected to the All-NBA Team and also made the All-NBA Second Team.

And in last year's playoffs, Dirk Nowitzki's career honor reached its climax.

Nowitzki proved his superstar strength in the playoffs, averaging 27.0 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.Swept the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round.

西部半决赛与马刺打成3-3平后，第7场最后时刻打出2+1拯救了球队，将比赛拖入加时，最终大比分4-3险胜马刺从而挺进西部决赛。

与宿敌马刺的这轮系列赛被评为最经典的牛马大战，在21世纪的经典系列赛中也名列前茅。西部决赛再次面对纳什领衔的菲尼克斯太阳。在两队战成2-2平后诺维茨基在第5场比赛中独揽50分带领球队取得了胜利，最终6场大比分4-2淘汰太阳队，队史上首次打入NBA总决赛。

But unfortunately, in the finals, they met the Miami Heat team composed of The Flash and Sharks.

Unfortunately, in the finals, the halberd was broken!

When it comes to the Dallas Mavericks, one person you have to mention is Mark Cuban, the general manager of the Dallas Mavericks.

A big part of the Dallas Mavericks' delay in winning a championship is entirely Mark Cuban.

In the transfer market, Cuban was very generous, especially willing to spend money, but made a lot of stupid deals.

The dumbest of them all was the 2004 signing of Eric Dampier.From 1996 to 2003, Dampier's statistics can only be described as horrible.Only one season in double digits in scoring, and never top 10 in rebounding.

No offense, no rebounding, this kind of center would be a favor if he gave him a middle class, who would be so stupid as to give him 1000 million?The answer is Cuban.

Everyone knows that the Mavericks lacked insiders in 2004, so Cuban aggressively poached corners in the league.Just in the 2003-2004 season, in the wonderful contract year, Dampier scored 12 points and 12 rebounds per game, so Dampier began to call himself the "second center in the league".

One was willing to spend money, and the other was shameless. The two people with abnormal IQs hit it off, and a seven-year 7300 million contract was born.The development of things did not exceed the expectations of the fans. Since 2004, Dampier's data has been worse than the previous year.Because of this waste, Cuban rejected Nash's contract extension, allowing the Suns to pick a big bargain.

还有迈克.芬利，这个从没入选过全明星赛的球员在2001年签下了7年1.02亿的大合同。2005年8月小牛就利用特赦条款裁掉芬利，不过他们仍然要为芬利付完剩余的工资。芬利让小牛每年要缴纳2000万的奢侈税。

In short, Cuban's management of the Mavericks is like a year, and "shit" in three years.Except for Dampier, the Mavericks only have Diop who can't attack and the young Brandon Bass inside. Unfortunately, the fans will not blame the inside players for being unfavorable, they will only say that Nowitzki is too soft.

The characteristic of Nowitzki is his soft touch. If he is asked to give up his specialty and rush to the inside to compete with others, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?
However, even so, the Dallas Mavericks have achieved the most brilliant record in the league this season.

In addition to the record, the Mavericks also have a commendable place, and that is their locker room.

When it comes to the Mavericks' locker room, anyone will think that this is the legendary "the most luxurious locker room in the league".Not only is there a huge wide-screen TV inside, but every player's wardrobe made of wood can be pushed open, and you can see the most advanced and expensive electronic entertainment equipment configured by the owner Cuban for the players.The Mavericks' locker room is a high-end clubhouse, and Cuban spent $350 million for it.

Compared with the home team's locker room, the visiting team's locker room is slightly rudimentary.The room is only about 40 square meters, less than one-third of the home team, in a narrow, long, wide, and short rectangle.The space is a bit cramped, and there is no entertainment equipment placed on the cabinet for each player of the home team, but a simple combination cabinet, which is convenient for the players to rest.

Even so, the Mavericks' visiting locker room is already among the best in the league, and no player has ever complained about it.The shabby locker room of the visiting team is a major feature of the NBA. The locker room of the visiting team of many teams can be described as dilapidated. For example, the small locker room of the Milwaukee Bucks can hardly stand all the players, while the Sacramento Kings don’t even have a closet. Row of coat hooks.

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