The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 306 Four consecutive DPOY, God of defense

After the game, Iguodala looked helpless.

Losing is just expected.

Not only the outside world, even they themselves don't believe that they can win a victory in the hands of Li Xun.

But the loss is the loss, and the Mavericks player won a quadruple double, which is a bit unbearable.

What was even more unbearable was that the player with the quadruple-double was not Li Xun, but a nobody.

Now Green is indeed a nobody, because he is not even a starter in the Mavericks.

It's unbelievable that a rookie with the 30th pick in the first round can hit a quadruple-double.

But from now on, Green can no longer be described as an unknown person. He has become the only quadruple-double player in the league besides Li Xun.

"It's definitely an honor to be able to play next to Li Xun."

"I was born in Detroit. I watched Li Xun's games when I was young. My dream is to become Li Xun's teammate one day."

"Although this dream has not been realized in the Detroit Pistons, it is the same in the Mavericks."

"It's even more wonderful than the dream I imagined."

"Li Xun is the most perfect boss in the entire NBA history, and every teammate around him can be significantly improved."

"If it weren't for Li Xun, I don't think anyone would think I could get a quadruple-double."

"God, I'm so excited."

Green himself talks a lot. Now that he got the quadruple-double, he was so excited that he never stopped talking from the beginning to the end of the press conference.

Reporters can of course understand Green's mood.

If it were him, he won a quadruple-double in the NBA playoffs, and he was also a quadruple-double in steals. His excitement would definitely not be weaker than that of Green now.

"Draymond, do you think your Mavericks can win the championship this year?"

A reporter asked the excited Green Road with a smile.

"Of course!"

"I really can't think of a reason why we couldn't win the championship."

"Unless our leader Li Xun says he doesn't want to win this year, let us give up this championship."

"I think that's the only possibility of losing a championship."

"Yes, if the boss tells us not to win the championship, we will definitely not win the championship."

Li Xun rolled his eyes speechlessly, wishing he could cover Green's mouth, this guy can't speak more than his brain.

There is no such fool in the world who voluntarily gives up the championship.

Li Xun has a lot of champions in his hands, but it is definitely not many. After all, there are only three champions now, not to mention the historical rankings. There are many active players who have more champions than him.

After winning the Nuggets in the first game, there will be no suspense in the next three games.

The Nuggets have lost three games.

The Mavericks directly shaved the Nuggets' heads with a big score of 4:0 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.

The next thing the Mavericks have to do is to wait, quietly waiting for the Clippers and the Grizzlies to decide the outcome.

Of course Li Xun wants to play against the Clippers in the Western Conference Finals.

Because in his opinion, the Clippers are obviously much easier to deal with than the Grizzlies.

But Li Xun also knows that the possibility of the Clippers winning the Grizzlies is slim.

Sure enough, the Clippers were eliminated within two days of the Mavericks' first round.

They were eliminated by the Grizzlies with a big score of 1:4.

Originally, Li Xun thought that the Clippers might have their heads shaved in embarrassment, but Paul was indeed strong enough to pull back a game abruptly.

Griffin's performance disappointed Clippers fans very much.

In this round of the series, after five games, Griffin can only average 16 points and 7 rebounds per game. Whether it is compared with Gasol Jr. or Randolph, he is at a disadvantage overall.

Such a performance is obviously impossible to take the Clippers to another level.

In Li Xun's view, Paul's positional style of play is actually not very suitable for Griffin.

The inside line that is suitable for Paul should be a real inside line killer like O'Neal or Yao Ming.

And Griffin is suitable for the running and bombing Suns led by Nash a few years ago.

Griffin can almost be seen as a combination of Stoudemire and Marion.

It's a pity that there is only one Nash. Now that Nash is about to retire, Griffin will never meet a player like Nash in his life.

The Western Conference Finals against the Grizzlies also shows that Li Xun's previous predictions have failed.

He previously predicted that the Mavericks would play in the Western Conference Finals with the Grizzlies. Now that they have met in the Western Conference semifinals, it is obvious that they will not be able to reach the Western Conference Finals.

"Li, our whole team now has infinite confidence to beat you."

After seeing Li Xun on the field again, Prince was full of confidence.

He beat the Clippers with a big score of 4:1, which made the Grizzlies full of confidence.

"Confidence is a good thing, Tyshawn, but to beat us, I think you may need some luck."

"Maybe it's not enough for God to stand on your side. The Holy Son and the Virgin Mary are needed, and all the gods are on your side."

Li Xun joked with a smile.

As the game whistle sounded, the confidence of the Grizzlies players was quickly beaten to nothing.

After tonight's opening, Li Xun went all out.

Binding Clay's three-pointer, Clay's three-pointer hasn't started to show off tonight, but Li Xun has already started.

In just a few minutes of the start, Li Xun has already made 4 of 3 three-pointers.

If Li Xun is the only one showing off his power, then the Grizzlies will not be afraid, after all, their lineup configuration is quite luxurious.

The starting five is almost an all-star lineup.

But Zhuang Shen's performance also made Grizzlies fans feel a little desperate.

This rookie's talent on the rebounding end can definitely be called unique.

Facing the suppression of the black and white bears, he did not lose the wind at all. Even if Nowitzki floated on the outside, he could grab rebounds with ease under the basket alone.

This is a little scary.

You must know that Randolph and Gasol are both stars in their prime, while Zhuang Shen is just a rookie with no hair.

After playing for a few minutes, Nowitzki and Clay also began to blossom across the board.

Then Jiba showed good defensive skills, and joined hands with Li Xun to lock the Grizzlies' outside offense.

For a moment, the Grizzlies were stunned.

The first quarter of the game is not over yet, and the game has almost entered garbage time.

The head coach of the Grizzlies is Lionel Hollins, a head coach with fairly good abilities.

Since he started coaching the Grizzlies in 99, he has never moved from the position of Grizzlies coach over the years.

As a player, he was a player who was good at defense, nicknamed the train, and was selected to the best defensive team many times.

It is precisely because of his personal style of play that the Grizzlies will work hard on the defensive end.

However, in the face of the strongest spear in the league, the Grizzlies' defensive shield seemed a bit unreliable, and was beaten to pieces by the Mavericks.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies began to change their offensive strategy, and players began to shoot more three-pointers.

If it is left in three years, maybe the Grizzlies can really create a little miracle.

But now at this juncture, they can't count on three points at all.

Three years later, Gasol developed an extremely amazing three-point ability. This guy seems to have obtained the top three-point ability for nothing.

In the 15-16 season, Gasol Jr. hardly made three-pointers.

The average shot per game is only 0.1, and the three-pointers are less than ten times in a season.

In the 16-17 season, in just one offseason, Gasol's average number of three-point shots per game has increased to 3.6, and he can still reach about [-]% of the three-pointers.

This is amazing.

If Gasol has a three-pointer now, the Grizzlies may still have the ability to resist.

Too bad he didn't.

It's not just that Gasol doesn't have it, the three-point ability of the entire Grizzlies is almost at the bottom of the league.

They are currently a purebred retro style team that can no longer be purebred.

Of course retro is not a bad thing, but in the face of the general trend, this kind of sticking to retro will not end well in many cases.

Why did the small-ball era insist on jumping to the basket to shoot or shoot three-pointers instead of relying on mid-range shots?
The reason is that the efficiency of CIC is too low.

There is a statistic that can absolutely prove that history is abandoning the mid-range shot. Before 2000, the number of mid-range shots in a game probably accounted for about 36% of the total shots.

And by around 2020, CIC will only account for 13%.

It's not that a certain team is experiencing this decline, but that all teams in the league are declining.

If CIC is so efficient, are the data analysts of league teams really fools?

"Dudududu!"

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Grizzlies lost.

The loss was a bit miserable. If the Mavs hadn't let the Mavericks down in the fourth quarter, they would have lost more than [-] points tonight.

You must know that this is a Grizzlies that beat the fourth Clippers in the West.

As a result, when facing the Mavericks, it turned out to be so vulnerable.

The main reason is that the Mavericks' three-point efficiency tonight is too high.

The team took a total of 37 three-pointers and scored 24 of them. Just three-pointers alone scored 72 points.

37 shots, in exchange for 72 points, what kind of concept is this, everyone understands it.

With the Mavericks' offensive state tonight, it can be said that they are almost invincible, not to mention the Grizzlies, even the Pistons in the past two years. As long as the Pistons don't break out, they may have to lose to the Mavericks tonight.

But the three-pointer is a double-edged sword after all.

If you are accurate, you will make your opponent despair, if you are not accurate, you may make yourself despair.

The Rockets, who played magic ball tactics in later generations, like to shoot crazy three-pointers, but they have never won the championship, and this is the reason.

At the right time, they are really strong, blocking people and killing people.

When you are not allowed, you will cast yourself to death.

But the Mavericks are definitely not playing magic ball tactics. Their three-pointers are completely free.

When the hand feels good, shoot an extra three-pointer.

If the hand feels bad, the Mavericks have more offensive methods to ensure their own offensive efficiency.

In the second game that followed, the Grizzlies were in a better situation.

After all, it is impossible for the Mavericks to have that horrible three-pointer feeling every night.

After the first two home games are over, the annual regular season awards will start again.

The first is the honor related to the rookie.

Green is full of expectations that he can get the best rookie. After all, he even got a quadruple-double. Is there any reason not to give him the best rookie?
In the end, he was not given the best rookie.

The best rookie was taken away by Lillard in the same class.

In Li Xun's view, Green was actually not qualified to compete for the best rookie.

Although Green has a quadruple-double this season, the overall statistics are not outstanding, after all, he is not the team's starter.

With an average of 4.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.9 steals per game, how can he win the best rookie.

Lillard averaged 19 points and 6.5 assists per game.

You can't really give Green the best rookie because of a quadruple double.

However, Green did not fail to benefit, and was selected to the second team of this year's best rookie.

He is also the only pure substitute player in the All-Rookie Team.

Compared with Green, Middleton is even more inconspicuous, so he didn't even enter the best rookie team.

On the contrary, Zhuang Shen has stepped up. He was selected to the best rookie team this year.

With an average of 9.1 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, he was selected for a team with thick eyebrows, Lillard, Bill and Barnes.

The rookie-related honors are over, and the defense-related honors are next.

Li Xun undoubtedly won the two most valuable honors again, a best defensive first team, plus a DPOY.

What is top defense, Li Xun is the representative of top defense.

Selected to the All-Defensive Team for five consecutive years, that is, not a team in the first year, and all the teams in the remaining four years.

Won the DPOY honor for four consecutive years.

At the same time, he is also the only four consecutive DPOY.

In addition, he tied with Da Ben and Uncle Mu and became the player with the most DPOYs in history, both of them four times.

Considering Li Xun's current age, he still has countless opportunities to get DPOY in the future. It can be said that he is destined to become the person with the most DPOY in NBA history.

In addition to Li Xun, the Mavericks have gained a lot in this regard this year.

Jiba was also selected for the best defensive team, which is absolutely beyond everyone's expectation.

In terms of purely defensive efficiency, Jiba is indeed qualified.

But after all, he is not considered a star at the moment, who would have thought that the judges would value him so much.

Clay was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team.

The two laughed from ear to ear, feeling like a dream.

Especially Jiba, when he was in the Pistons, he almost couldn't even hit the ball.

Who would have thought that after arriving at the Mavericks, he would actually get a defense for a while.

This is a very valuable honor, especially for perimeter players.

If the current Jiba is worth an annual salary of 500 million, including this defense, he can be worth at least 800 million.

This is Chi Guoguo's promotion of social status, who can be unhappy.

Green muttered, very dissatisfied, because this selection has nothing to do with him.

Li Xun was speechless. It's not bad for this guy to win the second team of the best rookie. You must know that under normal circumstances, he didn't even get a hair in his rookie season.

"Boss, I think I should at least be in the second defensive team."

"Isn't my defense better than Paul George's?"

Green seemed to take a look at the defensive second team, and after pondering for a while, he pronounced Paul George's name.

The two guards are Conley and Green Kai's Bradley. He feels that there is no comparison with the two guards.

The remaining three are Pickled Pepper, Duncan and Gasol Jr.

No matter how arrogant he is, he must be ashamed to say that he is better than Duncan in defense.

Then Gasol's defense, in the eyes of all walks of life, is now considered underestimated.

Green had no choice but to target pickled peppers.

(End of this chapter)