I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 49
The Airline Center stadium was packed with fans tonight.

For fans of the Dallas Mavericks, there are three teams they hate the most. The first is the Miami Heat. If it hadn’t been reversed by them in 06, the Mavericks would have won the first O’Brien Cup in team history; the second team is the Golden State Warriors.

The third team is tonight's opponent - the San Antonio Spurs!
Not to mention that before 08, the pattern of the Western Conference had always been a situation where three teams competed for the world on the "Niu Ma Day".

Speaking of last season's playoffs, when the Mavericks were "black seven" by the Spurs, it was doomed to be absolutely impossible for San Antonio to easily escape from the center of the route tonight.

"You sons of San Antonio, you're going to walk out with your heads down tonight!"

"Damn guys, I've been waiting to see your ugly faces!"

"Go to hell! You stupid bastards!"

The Spurs players were still warming up, and the scene was full of boos and trash talking.

It's a pity that in front of the Spurs, who have won three championship trophies in the past ten years, these boos and trash talk can't affect them at all.

Even Tim Duncan wanted to pull Manu Ginobili to a "head rubbing dance" with these boos.

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"In this game, I hope everyone can stabilize the rhythm and let the game enter a positional battle. No matter how fast the Spurs move the ball, I hope everyone can maintain our own rhythm!"

The overall style of the Spurs has changed a lot this season. The rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions has been much faster, while the ability to control the game has not declined at all.

Rick Carlisle didn't want to fall into their game and made a point of it before the game.

Rick Carlisle's expression today was extremely serious. Last season, he was "black seven" by the Spurs. As the head coach, Nowitzki was scolded miserably. As the head coach, he was also criticized for a long time. Today's game is his battle of proof.

Another person who is very serious is Tyson Chandler. The weakness of the fifth position is the root cause of the reason why the Mavericks were dropped last season. This year, the Mavericks signed Tyson Chandler to make up for this shortcoming. This game against the Spurs is a battle for Tyson Chandler to prove his worth.

So now, Tyson, who is sitting on the bench, has even retied his shoelaces several times.

Lin Yang couldn't stand it anymore, so he said comfortingly: "Relax, Tyson, show your confidence in the nightclub, I believe you can definitely play well!"

The effect was quite obvious, Tyson Chandler showed Lin Yang a smile uglier than crying...

The coaches on both sides have just finished setting up, and the game has officially started.

The starters of the Mavericks and the Spurs stood on the court, Tyson Chandler and the starting center McDyess of the Spurs jumped the ball in the middle circle.

Antonio McDyess is a veteran who has been in the league for 15 years. He entered the league in 95. He was a first-class power forward in the league when he entered the league. At the peak of his career, he could score 21.2 points and 10.7 rebounds.

It's just that the height gap between the 2-meter McDyess and the 07-meter-tall Tyson Chandler cannot be made up for by enthusiasm.

The Mavericks successfully got the first attack right at the start.

The Mavericks fans at the scene cheered for the Mavericks' first goal.

Jason Kidd controlled the ball to the frontcourt, commanded his teammates to run, and at the same time suddenly hit the ball from a long distance to Tyson Chandler, who ran out of the inside line and ran out of space.

Tyson Chandler was still a little nervous.

It can be seen from his obvious exhalation after scoring.

"Tyson Chandler scored the first goal. As the most important signing of the Mavericks this season, Tyson Chandler has performed well so far. He averaged 11 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block per game. All statistics have increased significantly compared to last season."

"Man, Tyson Chandler was injured last season. If it weren't for the injury, he could have gotten the same statistics last season. So, your comparison doesn't make sense. What he really brought to this team is defensive ability."

"Charles, that's exactly what I'm going to say next!"

TNT has the right to broadcast this game, and their commentators today are the industry's ace commentary partners: Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.

"Shh!"

McDyess completed the goal against Tyson Chandler and made a mid-range shot into the basket. There was silence in the TNT commentary seats. They were about to brag about Tyson Chandler's defensive ability, but McDyess made the shot and the slap in the face was caught off guard.

"Well, well, Dirk Nowitzki next, this season..."

Kenny Smith chose to change the subject.

The Spurs counterattacked and scored, 2-2.

It was the turn of the Mavericks to attack again. Jason Kidd remembered what Rick Carlisle said before the game, and slowed down the whole rhythm. He didn't dribble past the center line until the other four teammates of the Mavericks stood in the frontcourt.

Jason Kidd dribbled the ball and observed it, and the lob was given to the inside, but this time it was given to Dirk Nowitzki.

Duncan lost weight in the off-season, and his movement is more flexible now, but the tonnage has also dropped because of this. Dirk Nowitzki has an advantage in facing the weightless matchup.

Dirk Nowitzki didn't hesitate to take the ball, and directly hit Duncan a few times, and then made a "golden rooster independent" shot, "shua", the ball fell firmly into the net.

Even Duncan felt a little helpless in the face of Dirk Nowitzki's "golden rooster independence".

In fact, if Duncan doesn't lose weight, he can interfere with Dirk Nowitzki with his original tonnage. After all, everyone knows Nowitzki's weakness, and his confrontation ability is not strong in comparison. Facing a tall insider with strength and tonnage, his success rate in singles is not high.

Instead, it's a space-based insider, and Dirk Nowitzki hits every shot.

Duncan has a bit of a space insider in the current Spurs.

The Mavericks regained the lead.

It was the Spurs' turn to attack again. Tony Parker used Tim Duncan's pick-and-roll to successfully get rid of Jason Kidd. He rushed inside but was interfered by Tyson Chandler. He missed the ball. Tyson Chandler took off again and took the ball firmly.

There were cheers at the right time.

"A beautiful interference, this is the change that Tyson Chandler brought to the Mavericks. Tyson Chandler, who is 2 meters tall and has nimble feet, failed to become a superstar in the league as many fans expected when he first entered the league. However, his defensive ability, especially the ability to assist defense, is underestimated by many experts!"

Tyson Chandler successfully assisted in the defense, and Kenny Smith, who hadn't finished boasting just now, quickly said what he had been holding back for a long time.

(End of this chapter)