manynovel Chapter 207 The Big Fight in the West Begins
Chapter 207 The Big Fight in the West Begins
Chapter 207 The Big Fight in the West Begins
On May 2, at the American Airlines Center Arena.
Tonight, the Mavericks will host the Portland Trail Blazers, officially starting the Western Conference.
Before, the Mavericks double-killed the Trail Blazers, and if there is no accident in this game, they can easily win.
Moreover, the Trail Blazers also had a major personnel transaction, which greatly increased the probability of the Mavericks winning.
During the All-Star weekend, the core player of the Trail Blazers, Rasheed Wallace, was traded to the Eagles. The team was still in chaos at this time, and morale was quite low.
Randolph wants to take the lead alone and lead the team to win the first place in the league. Unless a miracle happens, the result of the game will be difficult to change.
After the game started, the two sides played back and forth, which made the fans wonder if the Trail Blazers had become stronger.
But this is only their illusion, and they soon discover how wrong their views are.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the warm-up Mavericks accelerated their offensive rhythm and played run-and-gun tactics.
The Trail Blazers, whose defensive strength is not high, are full of loopholes and cannot limit the Mavericks' players to score at all.
Moreover, the Mavericks strengthened their defense and increased physical confrontation, making the Trail Blazers fall into a scoring drought.
When Randolph was holding the ball, he was frequently harassed by Li Xuan, which disrupted his offensive rhythm and made it impossible to score as easily as in the first quarter.
The other players of the Trail Blazers do not have strong offensive ability. As long as the shooting is disturbed, the shooting rate will drop significantly, and the efficiency is very low.
The Mavericks took advantage of this opportunity to score consecutively and instantly opened up the score, establishing a leading advantage.
During this process, in order to try a new skill [catch and shoot], Li Xuan ran out of opportunities to catch the ball and shoot, regardless of whether there were defenders.
The Blazers' defensive strength is not high, and there is no tacit understanding between the players, which makes Li Xuan mostly open, and the shooting rate is naturally very high.
Seeing Li Xuan hit one after another, Nash was very happy.
Who doesn't like a catch-and-shoot teammate who is also very accurate.
"Hey! With Li here, I don't want to have to assist the king!"
Nash sighed, and then passed the ball to Li Xuan who ran out of the opportunity again, happily receiving an assist.
"The MVP really deserves his reputation. Li continued his hot state in the All-Star Game. No one can stop him from scoring." Cole, who served as the commentator, commented.
Seeing that the score is getting bigger and bigger, the players of the Trail Blazers are very frustrated and have no desire to win at all.
Originally, Randolph wanted to struggle for a while, and wanted to brush up more data, but the next attack almost broke his mentality.
In one attack, Finley knocked out a mid-range jumper.
Li Xuan rushed into the penalty area, activated the active skill of [rebound sense], predicted the basketball's landing point in advance, occupied it first, and then took off with one foot, preparing to rely on his wingspan to pick the basketball to the outside line through Randolph.
At the same time, luck triggers the passive effect of [Supplementary King], and the bounce property and speed instantly increase, jumping faster and higher than usual.
Therefore, Li Xuan changed his plan and prepared to dunk Randolph.
At this time, Randolph jumped up to fight for the rebound, but failed to pay attention to Li Xuan, who rose into the air ahead of time behind him.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xuan pressed Randolph under him, grabbed the basketball in the air with one hand, and slammed it into the basket.
"Oh! It's crazy, Lee's underling has added another star player, and he dunks Randolph!" The DJ said excitedly.
There was thunderous applause in the auditorium, and cheers and shouts resounded through the arena.
After the two confronted each other in the air, Randolph staggered and fell to the floor, and it took a lot of effort to stabilize his figure and not fall to the ground.
Li Xuan, like a normal person, used the basket to stabilize his figure, landed firmly, and then celebrated with high-fives with his teammates.
Randolph, who was dunked, was very angry, but he didn't find fault.
On the one hand, he can't beat Li Xuan, a ruthless person. On the other hand, he doesn't feel ashamed to be dunked by Li Xuan. After all, many stars have been dunked before, and it doesn't matter if he has one more.
Although Randolph found an excuse not to admit that he was true to his heart, the desire to win in his heart had disappeared at this time, and he didn't even feel good about swiping stats.
After Randolph started paddling, the Trail Blazers got worse and the score was getting bigger and bigger.
At the end of the halftime game, the score on the big screen was 56 to 40, and the Mavericks entered the second half with a 16-point lead.
After the start of the second half of the game, facing the Mavericks' crazy offense, the Trail Blazers were beaten helplessly.
After that, Li Xuan hit three consecutive three-pointers, widening the point difference to more than 30 points, making the game enter garbage time before entering the fourth quarter.
In this way, the Mavericks successfully clocked out of get off work in three quarters and won the game without bloodshed.
In the end, the Mavericks beat the Trail Blazers 108-78 to avoid a losing streak.
数据方面，李轩上场28分钟，投篮18投13中，其中三分球8投4中，罚球3罚3中，得到33分8篮板2助攻2抢断2盖帽的全面数据。
开拓者队表现最出色的球员为兰多夫，在上场的32分钟内，投篮24投9中，罚球6罚4中，得到22分10篮板2助攻的全面数据。
After the victory over the Trail Blazers, the Mavericks set off overnight and flew to Los Angeles to play back-to-back against the Lakers.
It may be the arrangement of fate. A few days ago, Li Xuan was still here with great glory, but tonight he will encounter the Waterloo of his career.
For this game, the Lakers are very well prepared.
Kobe and O'Neal reached a provisional agreement, and this game temporarily put aside their previous prejudices and cooperated sincerely.
Cauliflower Snake desperately wants to win and beat the league's number one Mavericks.
And Fathead Shark wanted to avenge the All-Stars, so he taught Li Xuan a lesson.
Coupled with Malone's return from injury, the lineup is neat.
It can be said that the Lakers at this time are definitely the strength of this season.
After the game started, the two sides tried each other, but did not use their full strength.
Therefore, the game was played inextricably, and the scores alternately led.
By the time of the second quarter, the Lakers began to exert their strength.
Kobe and O'Neal linked internally and externally, and soon caused Nowitzki three fouls, and beat the "driver".
Without the restraining power of the "Silver Horn King", Li Xuan also became extremely difficult to score. He was flanked by Kobe and Malone many times and could only pass the ball out.
But the passed ball was not converted into an assist, and fell into a scoring drought.
The Mavericks quickly made adjustments. Li Xuan and Nash cooperated in the pick-and-roll to break the scoring shortage and stabilize the situation.
Seeing this, Lakers coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines immediately shouted to the field: "Play No. [-] defensive tactic!"
The Lakers players immediately made corresponding defensive adjustments.
The originally lazy O'Neal's defense also became very active, which greatly limited Nash's breakthrough.
Seeing this scene, Li Xuan knew that it was impossible to get out of the Staples Arena unscathed.
It didn't take long for his premonition to come true.
Kobe turned on the god block and kill god, Buddha block and kill Buddha mode, and scored consecutively. Even if Li Xuan went to help prevent interference, it would not help.
At the end of the half, the Lakers led by 8 points and entered the second half.
After the start of the second half of the game, the purpose of the Lakers was very clear, which was to make Dirk Nowitzki foul.
In order to avoid fouls, the "driver" did not dare to make big moves, making O'Neal unstoppable inside and scoring easily.
In this way, the Lakers relied on the excellent performance of Kobe and O'Neal to pull the score beyond 20 points.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Xuan tried to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, but Kobe followed him every step of the way, and the effect was very poor.
On the other hand, the Lakers' offense went smoothly. Kobe and O'Neal staged tacit connection cooperation many times, causing Nowitzki to graduate with six offenses.
After that, Li Xuan wanted to lead the team to counterattack, but time was running out and he was powerless.
In the end, the Mavericks lost to the Lakers 84 to 98.
数据方面，李轩上场43分钟，投篮20投7中，其中三分球9投3中，罚球5罚5中，得到22分13篮板3助攻2抢断2盖帽的全面数据。
Although the data is good, it is all based on the number of shots. The shooting percentage is only 35%, which is a career low, and the efficiency value is also a career low.
当选本场最佳球员的是湖人队的科比，在上场的42分钟内，投篮24投13中，三分球5投3中，罚球8罚6中，得到35分5篮板6助攻2抢断的全面数据。
After the game, Kobe, who was in a great mood, hugged Li Xuan, and then said some words of encouragement.
Li Xuan looked at Kobe speechlessly, and silently complained.
"It's only won once. Look at the cauliflower snake as happy as a two-hundred-pound child."
After exchanging a few words, Li Xuan bid farewell to Kobe, walked towards the player tunnel, and returned to the locker room to join the team.
(End of this chapter)