NBA: The Talent Burst from the Start

Artest's behavior naturally attracted the attention of the league and the Lakers.

This extremely provocative action is against the spirit of sports, so the league also made a verbal warning to Artest.

Said that if Artest dares to continue to fool around in the next game, he will face a more severe punishment.

The league did this, firstly to maintain its public image, and secondly to protect young players and the integrity of the Lakers' roster.

For the current Lakers, Artest is a defensive gate on the perimeter.

It is because of him that Lin Lei and Kobe can fully display their offensive abilities.

If the Lakers want to win three consecutive championships, they must be perfect in every detail.

As the president of the league, Stern is already in his final term of "217", and he hopes that the NBA can develop better.

This three-peat of the Lakers also has a crucial impact on the future of the NBA.

Therefore, although the league has no way to support the Lakers on the surface, it has to find ways to help the Lakers as much as possible behind the scenes to create certain favorable conditions.

While everyone was talking about the interaction between Artest and James Harden, as one of the protagonists of this incident, the Mavericks seemed a little dull.

Obviously they already have a very good record, and they are also one of the favorites to win the championship, but they have drawn a negative symbol in everyone's heart.

Even James Harden's remarks before this make people feel a little bit of reason.

As the core of the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki was interviewed by the media and asked what he thought of James Harden's contempt.

Nowitzki also smiled very humbly: "Everything on the court depends on basketball, so this round of series, we will do our best to show them the demeanor that belongs to the veterans.

Maybe the league will belong to the Thunder in the future, but it should belong to us now!"

Nowitzki's words are already very euphemistic, but whether he can fulfill his promise is still unknown.

As early as 2006, Nowitzki also beat the Heat 2-0 in the finals, but then he was beaten by the combination of Wade and O'Neal against the sky by 40%, completing a shocking reversal.

Because of this, in the next few years, when everyone talks about Nowitzki and the Mavericks, they often use a mocking attitude to think that they can't fight a tough battle at all.

Amid the skepticism of the crowd, the match between Thunder and Mavericks also came as scheduled.

Because the Mavericks are one place higher than the Thunder, the first playoff match between the two teams will also be held at the Mavericks' home.

The Mavericks, whose home base is located in Dallas, was born in the 1980s and was regarded as a very promising team at that time.

But it began to decline in the early 1990s, and even had the worst record in the league's history.

It wasn't until the 1998 draft when Dallas selected Nowitzki and acquired Steve through a trade that it became a strong force in the West.

In the 05-06 season, they entered the finals, and the next year they played the best 67 wins and 15 losses in team history and became the league regular season champion.

But at the beginning of this season, Nowitzki was off for a few months due to an injury, and did not return until the end of February.

Although the state has recovered recently, it is still unknown how much of the strength can be exerted.

But even so, can not stop the support of the Dallas area for this home team.

Their number one fan is naturally the team's owner, Cuban.

Since Cuban bought the team, he has built one of the most luxurious arenas in the league, the Mi Air Center.

The arena covers an area of ​​840,000 square feet and adopts a retro architectural style, but the interior of the arena reveals a variety of high-tech luxury rooms that can accommodate up to 20,000 people.

The seats in the stadium are also not far from the stadium, which can make the audience get a better viewing effect.

In order to provide a better viewing effect for the spectators at the upper level, the traditional construction method was not chosen as a support on the top of the tube.

In doing so, it is both aesthetically pleasing and able to expand the viewer's horizons.

The home fans are also very face-saving, and Cuban even put down his rhetoric. If the Mavericks can defeat the Thunder in this series of games, for each victory, Cuban will deliver burgers and Cokes to every audience at the scene.

This also greatly boosted the morale of the home court. When the Thunder players first stepped into the arena, they instantly felt the boos from the sky and the heat wave of the audience.

It is no exaggeration to say that the deafening cheers and the uniform cheering costumes have brought a great psychological shadow to the Thunder players.

At the beginning of the game, Nowitzki was full of fire. In the first 4 minutes, he hit all 4 shots and swept the Mavericks' 10 points in the first 12 minutes.

On the other hand, when the Thunder faced a group of veterans, Durant and Westbrook did not play well.

The reason is also very simple, although these veteran players may not be able to keep up with the young players in terms of physical strength and impact.

But they can use their wealth of experience to bring trouble to these young people.

Even Nowitzki, whose face is known as a soft egg, used high jumpers, low singles, and empty cut layups in the first half to give the Thunder the most solid inside line. Ibaka became a rookie. .

In the first half, the Mavericks had 5 points ahead of the Thunder with 48:43.

This sudden offensive upsurge also allowed everyone in the Thunder team who made a lot of nonsense before the game to taste the Mavericks' offense.

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And James Harden, who was out of shape last night with Khloe Kardashian until the early morning, shot 0-for-5 from the field.

Every time Harden missed a shot, the audience laughed, which made him even more anxious. He had already led three fouls in the first half.

Now the situation has become precarious, and even Lin Lei, who is watching the game in front of the TV, is amazed at the current state of the Mavericks.

He couldn't help sighing in his heart: "I thought the Thunder would successfully win the game against the Mavericks, but now it seems that the Mavericks have at least an 80% advantage!

Even if it's only the first game, and only the first half, you can make such a conclusion!"