The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 327 Ending the season with 72 wins and 10 losses

Thick eyebrows are actually very clear, regardless of the high evaluation of the outside world, they think that they are likely to succeed Duncan in the future.

But Duncan is not saying that one person can win so many championships.

He also has excellent teammates like Parker and Ginobili around him, and there are many excellent role players.

And now the New Orleans Hornets want nothing.

It is equivalent to saying that the thick eyebrows have no hope of winning the championship in the short term.

The short term mentioned here is not two or three years. It is estimated that there will be no hope of winning the championship for at least ten or eight years.

In this case, if you can hang out with Li Xun for a few championships first, and then fly solo later, then thick eyebrows are absolutely acceptable.

And the Mavericks definitely have chips to trade with the Hornets. As long as the thick eyebrows express their attitude of leaving the team and the Mavericks have enough chips, then this deal has a chance.

But seeing Li Xun leaving in such a hurry, he didn't even say a few words to himself after the game.

Nongmei knew in his heart that Li Xun probably didn't think about it that much at all. He helped him win the MVP just by doing it conveniently.

With the All-Star weekend over, two-thirds of the season is pretty much over.

After another week, the door of the trading market was closed. There will be no major changes in the lineups of the teams this year. They will use this lineup to compete for the final championship.

The closer to the end of the season, the more excited the Mavericks players are.

Because it also means that they are getting closer to the championship.

Especially players like Nowitzki who have only won one championship, they eagerly hope for the arrival of the second championship trophy.

On March 3, the Mavericks played away against the Detroit Pistons.

Although Li Xun has been away from the Pistons for a full year and a half, every time Li Xun steps into this arena, the fans still rejoice.

Their King of Detroit is back.

Since Li Xun left, the life of the Pistons has been worse year after year. At least last season, they were still the top players in the East. This season, they couldn't even make it to the top four and upper half of the East.

As far as the lineup is concerned, they are actually not bad.

After all, there are Leonard, Vucevic and Cousins ​​in the team.

Such a lineup is actually quite competitive.

However, the styles of Cousins ​​and Vucevic are a bit too similar, and neither of them can play the orthodox center position.

When the style of play completely overlaps, the effect of the two insider partners is very unsatisfactory.

It's not that the Pistons haven't thought about selling one of them, but they suffered too many losses in the transaction before, which makes them feel a little bit afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for ten years.

I'm afraid I'll lose one of them if I sell it.

Now the Pistons are not as rich and powerful as before. If they really sell at a loss, they will have little foundation to squander.

"Boss, I really don't want to stay here for a day."

"God, can you believe it? My car was broken into in the parking lot last night. He even took my half cup of coffee."

After Cousins ​​saw Li Xun, he immediately poured out his bitterness.

Although Li Xun did not say such a thing, Cousins ​​just felt that he had a higher status than Vucevic in Li Xun's mind.

But now the Pistons seem to value Vucevic more, which makes Cousins ​​a little dissatisfied.

He wondered if he could be as lucky as Clay or Jiba, and fell into Li Xun's arms again.

"Man, after this season, you are also facing a contract extension."

"If the Pistons don't give you a maximum salary, you have a chance to leave Detroit."

"So don't complain in front of me, there will be more teams that want you."

How could Li Xun fail to see Cousins' intentions and just let him die.

The Mavericks really have no shortage of insiders now, not this season, and next season, because Li Xun will easily get Jokic next season.

At that time, the Mavericks' inside combination may be a partner like Gobert plus Jokic.

Maybe the old Nowitzki has to play as a substitute, where there is still room for Cousins.

Cousins' strength is very good, but he actually has no bright spots, a bit similar to Giba.

He can score a lot, and he has averaged 25+ per game at the top inside level in the season, but his offensive efficiency is not high.

It is almost the grade with the lowest offensive efficiency in the interior.

Rebounding ability is good, but not top-notch.

In terms of defense, it must be completely incomparable with Gobert, and may be slightly worse than Da Baibian, Jordan Jr., and even Zhuang Shen.

So it's really useless for the Mavericks to ask for Cousins.

As for other teams, the situation is completely different. Weak teams need stars, and stars with good statistics to attract fans.

Cousins ​​is undoubtedly satisfied with this, and he will become the box office guarantee for some weak teams.

Vucevic's situation is similar, and he is also unable to attract Li Xun.

In the entire Pistons team, the only one that made Li Xun envious was Leonard.

It's a pity that the Pistons are enlightened now, or it may be that there is really no outside line available. Now Leonard has gained more and more opportunities.

The scoring average has changed from the original seven or eight points to an average of fifteen points per game this season.

The key is that the efficiency of averaging 20 points in this game is quite good, and there is a lot of room for improvement. It belongs to the kind that continues to feed him the ball, and he can easily reach [-]+.

Coupled with strong defensive ability, now Leonard has gradually emerged among the small forwards in the East.

If he failed to be selected as an All-Star this season, he may be easily selected next season.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Pistons to sell Leonard casually, and it is useless for Li Xun to be greedy.

The game on the field started, and Jiba played very actively.

Until now, he still has some complaints about the Pistons, thinking that the Pistons at that time delayed him.

How is he different from Leonard?Why Leonard can always start, he is not even qualified to enter the rotation lineup.

After his data soared this season, his self-confidence was a little bursting.

When he was in the locker room tonight, he already said he was going to blow up Leonard.

After hearing this, Li Xun was speechless. Tonight, Jiba will probably be severely beaten by the society.

Giba has actually been living in the shadow of Leonard throughout his career. The two entered the league relatively close in time, and they can be regarded as contemporaneous players.

In the head-to-head record of the two, Leonard can be said to have crushed Gibba in all directions, whether it is scoring, rebounding, or defensive performance.

The most exaggerated thing is that in the playoffs of the 18-19 season, Leonard, who played for the Raptors at the time, scored 76 points against Gibba who played for the 45ers and crushed Gibba by 10 points.

Jiba played 38 minutes in that game, took 12 shots, and only scored 10 points.

Leonard also played 38 minutes, took 23 shots, and scored 45 points.

In the tiebreaker of this round of the series, Leonard scored another 41 points, while Giba only had 16 points.

In the face-to-face dialogue, Jiba was almost beaten and couldn't take care of himself completely.

Li Xun doesn't think that Jiba can really beat Leonard tonight. If he can draw with Leonard, it will be considered a high profile.

The game officially begins.

Li Xun's number one position tonight is responsible for delivering shells to his teammates.

Just at the beginning of the game, Jiba took the initiative to ask for the ball, ready to face Leonard.

As a result, under Leonard's death entanglement, there was no room for a decent shot at all. Jiba didn't believe in evil, and rushed to get a fairy ball.

But since the fairy ball is called a fairy ball, it must not be so easy to score.

This ball directly hits the iron and misses.

The rebound was also collected by Cousins ​​​​under the basket.

When it came to the Pistons' offensive round, the ball was hoisted to the basket. Cousins ​​drove the old Nowitz and hit the rebound with a mid-range shot.

"Come!"

"Come and single me!"

"Don't be a softie!"

Jimmy - it depends on the situation - Butler yelled at Leonard frantically, he really wanted to confront Leonard, let fans all over the league take a good look, his strength is definitely stronger than Leonard.

Leonard looked at Jiba blankly, like a robot.

Maybe he hasn't figured out why Jiba is so excited, as if he has been beaten.

It's the Mavericks' offensive round again, and this time it's still Jiba doing the trick.

As a result, the situation was similar to the previous offensive round. Under Leonard's death entanglement, he couldn't find a decent shot space at all.

Finally, with the help of Li Xun's pick-and-roll, he got a decent shot.

It's a pity that the goal still failed to score.

When it came to the Pistons' offensive round, Leonard still did not participate in the offense, and Cousins ​​still played singles under the basket.

Perhaps because he wanted to prove himself in front of Li Xun, Cousins ​​also played extra hard tonight.

After pushing away the old driver, Cousins ​​continued to make mid-range shots.

Although he failed to score, he made a self-throwing shot and made a tip-up.

It has to be said that in terms of flexibility, Cousins ​​is quite outstanding among the inside group.

Seeing that Leonard still didn't make a move, Jiba was very dissatisfied.

He was so mad at provoking Leonard that he was still indifferent.

Are you looking down on yourself?

It's not that Leonard looks down on Jiba, but he is not the team's main shooting point at all.

He averaged a lot more shots per game this season, but still only 11.

In a four-quarter game, 11 shots were taken, an average of less than three shots per quarter.

Now that the first quarter of the game has just started, there is no chance for Leonard to make a move.

The game passed minute by minute, and Li Xun couldn't stand it anymore.

Jiba kept yelling, loudly, but he really didn't score a goal.

He already took six shots in the opening game, but only scored one goal in the end.

Under Leonard's death entanglement, Jiba's offense was greatly hindered.

As for Leonard, halfway through the first quarter, he only took one shot, but it was a three-pointer, and he scored it.

Jiba took six shots and scored 2 points.

Leonard made 1 shot and scored 3 points.

This scene amused Li Xun.

But now is not the time to be happy, because the situation of the Mavericks has fallen behind a lot.

At this moment, Li Xun must stand up and take over the game.

Jiba was replaced, and Li Xun started to play the third position.

When Leonard saw Li Xun coming to face him, a rare smile appeared in his eyes.

Next, the offensive and defensive confrontation at the third position, which can be called the highest quality in the league today, began.

The defense of the two is definitely the best in the league today, with Li Xun ranking first and Leonard ranking second.

As for the offensive end, Li Xun's offense needless to say, while Leonard has a high offensive stability although he takes few shots.

Because of the matchup with Li Xun, Leonard couldn't help but increase the number of shots.

In this confrontation, at the end of the first half, Li Xun didn't even take advantage of it.

The main reason is that the touch is really out of control. Li Xun's offense is really strong, but when he feels upset, he can't play a very efficient offensive performance.

The key thing the Pistons say is that there are two towers inside.

It is also impossible for Li Xun to carry Leonard's defense, and then carry the defense of the Twin Towers to the basket to score points.

Fortunately, Clay faced little defensive pressure tonight. He played very well on the offensive end. He scored 17 points in the first half and made 6 of 4 three-pointers, which helped the Mavericks gain some advantage.

The strength of the Mavericks team is that Li Xun is there to cover the bottom line.

As long as there is Li Xun, this team cannot be defeated by the opponent.

On this basis, as long as one or two players in the team play well, winning is not a problem at all.

Tonight, Kawhi was stunned by Leonard's defense, but Clay broke out.

In the second half of the game, Clay's hand feeling stabilized, while Nowitzki's hand felt better, scoring eight consecutive points and continuing to consolidate the Mavericks' advantage.

After the referee whistled the game, the Mavericks won the Pistons away by 111 points 103:8.

In tonight's game, Jiba lost only one mouth. He played for 30 minutes and took 13 shots, only scoring six points.

Simply appalling.

李勋今晚出手了17次，入账了25分13篮板14助攻3抢断2盖帽，算是一场中规中矩的比赛。

伦纳德今晚则是出手了16次，入账了24分7篮板3助攻2抢断2盖帽，表现其实比起李勋也不差太多。

Clay scored 34 points tonight, which is considered a contributor to the Mavericks' win.

If it weren't for Clay's explosion, it's hard to say whether the Mavericks can win tonight.

As for Cousins, he took 21 shots tonight, scored 27 points and 8 rebounds, and performed equally well.

The Pistons fans at the scene did not pay much attention to the game. They entered the scene to watch the game. In fact, most of them came for Li Xun.

Putting it on other players, Li Xun's 20+ triple-double tonight must have been considered a miraculous performance.

But on Li Xun, he looked so ordinary, which disappointed many Pistons fans.

I didn't see Li Xun's explosive cut data, so this ticket is a bit worthless.

However, this game was not fruitless, at least it made them see more clearly the potential of Leonard, the young master with facial paralysis.

Speaking of which, Leonard's temperament seems to be quite in line with the Pistons.

The time has already entered March, and the playoffs are not far away. Maybe Leonard will surprise them in this year's playoffs.

The time has come to April 4, and the regular season schedule of each team is over.

With a record of 72 wins and 10 losses, the Mavericks directly aspire to the top of the record list.

Although before the start of the season, countless experts predicted that the Mavericks are likely to win 70+ games this year.

But when they actually played out, it was still horrifying.

This is the third time in Li Xun's career that he has won 70+ games in a single season, and this is only the sixth season of his career!
(End of this chapter)