The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 298 The Fear of Being Dominated by Li Xun
"what?"

"Wade is injured?"

Li Xun was speechless when he got the news before the game.

Originally, he was thinking of taking a good fight against the Heat, facing these first-class teams, he could see the current shortcomings of the Mavericks.

Not only was Li Xun not unhappy with the loss to the Grizzlies in the last game, on the contrary, he was looking forward to this kind of loss that would expose the problem sooner rather than later.

And in this game against the Heat, with Wade injured, Li Xun didn't think the Heat would be their opponents.

In this way, the game would be meaningless.

Li Xun remembers that Wade has been injured from time to time since this year.

This season was pretty good, but next season he will only play about [-] games, and his health is not as good as it is year after year.

His style of play is actually predictable.

Every attack is like looking for someone to desperately. It's no wonder that his career can last long.

In addition, Wade's current style of play is gradually abandoned by this era. His style of play is completely like that of a retro small forward.

Three-pointers are barely shot.

Like DeRozan's criticized three-pointers, it is reasonable to say that the two Wade's three-pointers combined may not be as good as DeRozan.

Gradually, the body couldn't stand it anymore, and he didn't adapt to the times. It can be said that the era belonging to Wade is over.

This is also the reason why James left the Heat later, because the Heat could no longer give him the possibility of winning the championship.

In the warm-up session before the game, no Heat player came to say hello to Li Xun.

Li Xun didn't bother to talk to them either.

To say that the Heat's resentment towards Li Xun is really deeper than killing his father and enemy.

The entire Heat team, from top to bottom, was offended by Li Xun all over.

Fortunately, Li Xun didn't need to look at their faces.

"Boss, can you give me more opportunities to call out my phone tonight?"

"The last game I played was so bad it was a nightmare."

Before the game started, Clay volunteered.

Li Xun nodded, "Dude, you don't need to ask me about this kind of thing."

"You have to know that you are also the team's main perimeter attack point now, and you still play off the ball."

"As long as the ball is in your hands, as long as you think you can shoot, then go ahead and shoot."

"This is your right, but also your obligation, otherwise why should we give you the starting shooting guard position?"

Clay was moved. In terms of possession, Li Xun had never suppressed any rookie teammates.

As long as they want to make a move, Li Xun will try his best to meet their needs.

Because Li Xun knew very well that these newcomers had a bright future, and Li Xun didn't want to delay their future.

Moreover, if a team wants to become stronger, it is impossible to rely on one person to advance. Li Xun also needs these newcomers to help him.

For a strong team from scratch, the first and most important thing is to have a selfless boss.

With a selfless boss, new talents in the team may have room to develop.

If the boss of the team keeps suppressing the newcomers because he is worried that the newcomers will take his place in the team, then this team is doomed to fail.

Take the Thunder for example.

The Thunder are not a particularly successful team, but according to certain criteria, they are successful if they can win the runner-up. The Thunder also won the runner-up last season.

This should be considered a success.

If Durant wasn't selfless enough, Westbrook probably would have been killed 800 years earlier.

On Li Xun's side, no one doubted that if he was in power alone, his scoring average would probably exceed 50.

"Boss, do you think we can win the championship this year?"

Clay asked softly.

Li Xun scratched his head, not knowing how to answer this question.

Putting it aside last season, there is one and only one answer to this question, and of course they can win the championship.

But this season is different.

On the one hand, the Mavericks did not have the dominance of the Pistons last season after all.

On the other hand, there are more and more teams with small balls. Who knows if there will be a lucky team to win Li Xun.

Take next year's finals under normal circumstances as an example.

The Big Three of the Heat were beaten 4:1 by the Spurs, and their heads were almost shaved.

This is still the case when no one of the Big Three of the Heat is absent. If someone is absent, shaving their heads is probably inevitable.

Reasonably speaking, the Spurs should not have such strength.

That's the Big Three of the Heat, and a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

But they just beat the Heat, and the reason is actually because of the Finals MVP Leonard.

Many fans feel that the main reason for this FMVP to Leonard is that he restricted James.

In fact, this is completely impression flow.

Leonard didn't restrict James at all this time, and even James' shooting percentage in this round of the finals was quite amazing.

What really allowed Leonard to win the FMVP is not defense at all, but his offense.

That's right, Leonard averaged less than 10 shots per game, shot 61.2% from the field, 58% from the three-point range, and averaged 17.5 points per game, which is as accurate as a ghost.

Why is it accurate like a ghost?Then you have to ask James' defense.

It was also from this year that James' defense began to become extremely lazy, with akimbo defense and eye defense, which slowly came out.

"Do you want a championship?"

Li Xun turned his head and asked.

Clay said loudly, "Of course I do."

"Although I have already won the championship, I still want to get another championship ring after leaving the Pistons."

"A ring that weighs more on me."

Li Xun nodded, "Then you can win the championship."

"As long as you think about it, as long as you work hard, there is nothing you can't do."

Soon, the game officially started.

The Heat's starting lineup tonight is a little odd.

Boozer, Haslem, Battier, James plus Mario.

With Wade absent, there are actually no backup shooting guards in this Heat team. It seems that they can only come up with such a lineup.

And Battier may also be thinking of defending Li Xun when he was placed on the court.

Li Xun smiled wryly, what offensive firepower can this ghost lineup have, strangled James, and the Heat died instantly on the spot.

As soon as the game started, the Mavericks got the ball and started the offense.

Li Xun is still the team's starting point guard tonight.

After controlling the ball to the frontcourt, Mario, the opponent's No. [-] player, did not follow up, but Battier followed up.

Li Xun couldn't help but sneered.

This kind of gameplay is really thanks to the Filipinos.

Battier defends himself, so who does Mario defend against?
Anti-Clay?
Can he guard Clay?
Li Xun made a breakthrough and headed towards the basket.

Battier retreated one after another, waiting for the opportunity for Li Xun to make a shot, and then closed his eyes to defend Li Xun.

It's a pity that Li Xun didn't have any desire to attack at all tonight. After jumping up, he passed the ball in mid-air to Clay who was running without the ball.

"Shh!"

After Clay received the ball, he made a three-pointer in milliseconds.

The goal is scored, and the three-pointer is valid.

Mario, who has been defending, is extremely painful.

He could keep up with Clay, but so what.

As long as Clay receives the ball and starts jumping, how can he defend against others' shots.

The difference in height between the two is not even a little bit.

It was the turn of the Heat's offensive round, and this time James took the initiative.

Li Xun greeted him cheerfully.

You don't want to guard against me?But I want to guard against you.

Originally, Li Xun was thinking about a serious matchup against James tonight, to preview the possible finals matchup this year.

As a result, James didn't come to match himself.

There is no other way, Li Xun can only take the initiative to find the door.

Seeing that Li Xun took the initiative to defend him, James did not panic.

It has been a long time since I came to the Heat, and now James has actually made great progress compared to the Cavaliers.

Especially the basket. Although James' basket is not top-notch now, it is at least threatening.

Unfortunately, he is not facing the same Li Xun now.

Two years later, James with a basket is really not afraid of Li Xun.

But now Li Xun's bounce and speed have skyrocketed, and there is no use for a basket.

James started hitting Li Xun on the back.

No need to think about it, he knew that his own strength and tonnage would definitely not be able to withstand Li Xun's defense.

But he still had to play, because he wanted to use Li Xun's thrust to make a step-back shot.

Then James felt that he was in position, and directly pushed Li Xun, and with the help of this bullet force, he turned around and took a step back.

The moment he made a move, he was almost scared out of his wits.

Li Xun was like a big net, covering him directly.

Fortunately, Li Xun failed to complete the block, but it seemed that his fingertips still touched the basketball.

James felt very lucky, if Li Xun gave him a hot pot hat at the beginning of the show, it would be a shame to throw it at his grandma's house.

"boom!"

This ball Li Xun's fingertips did touch the basketball, changing the trajectory of the basketball.

The ball missed, Zhuang Shen and Nowitzki under the basket worked together to grab the rebound.

How to say Boozer's rebounds, in fact, not too strong.

Hasn't averaged double figures in rebounding for most of his career, but it's true that he rebounds a bit better than Bosh.

Under the attack of Zhuang Shen and Nowitzki, Boozer failed to grab the rebound.

Zhuang Shen put the rebound in his arms, and after seeing the Heat players start to return to defense, he threw the rebound out.

Li Xun nodded, Zhuang Shen did a good job in this regard, very stable.

Some centers, like a young boy seeing a woman for the first time, just grabbed the rebound and threw it out in a hurry.

This throw doesn't matter, it is directly intercepted by someone, and then let the opponent start a second attack.

It's like grabbing this rebound for nothing.

"That's right, just fight like this and stay steady."

"We don't need to worry, as long as we play steadily, in the end it's just a matter of how much we win and how little we win."

Li Xun clapped his hands and encouraged Zhuangshen.

The voice was not small, and hearing James' ears made him a little crazy.

What the hell does this guy mean?
He had only played one or two rounds in the match, and he was sure that he won more than he won?
Don't you, Li Xun, look down on people too much?

It's the Mavericks' offensive round again.

This time Li Xun still changed direction and broke through, and then began to distribute the ball to his teammates.

To be precise, it's actually giving the ball to Clay.

In the last game, Clay really abused Tony Allen enough. In this game, Li Xun plans to make up for him a little.

"Shh!"

Make another three points.

Klay is feeling overwhelmed tonight.

Of course, it may also be because the defenses faced are not at the same level.

Mario's defense, compared with Tony Allen, is probably the defensive gap between Curry and Leonard.

Li Xun could not hide a smile on his face.

Get two assists easily, this kind of game is not too easy.

He even feels that playing the Heat is much easier than playing the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies' black and white bears, if Li Xun doesn't play inside, it will be really difficult for the Mavericks to deal with.

It's not just the Mavericks, there may be no more than five teams in the league that can handle the double bears.

But the Heat don't have such a lineup configuration, and Boozer and Haslem's partner should forget it.

The two dwarfs are really not enough to see.

In addition, the Grizzlies have many and accurate three-pointers outside, and the Heat are almost meaningless in this regard.

It's the Heat's offensive round again.

James learned to be smart this time, and instead of confronting Li Xun, he directly started looking for his teammates' pick-and-rolls.

In the end, under the pick-and-roll of the tall Battier, he scored a two-pointer.

Li Xun didn't care much, this kind of goal was harmless.

It's the Mavericks' offensive round again, this time Li Xun is going to repeat the old trick.

Clay is also really good. After receiving the ball this time, he made another shot.

He made 3 of 3 three-pointers in the opening game, and he has already scored 9 points alone!
"God, why does Li Xun always have such strong teammates around him?"

"Clay's offensive firepower will definitely overturn the Heat's ceiling tonight."

"It's difficult for the Heat. Under this kind of offensive, I really can't think of how they can resist."

Kenny Smith immediately exclaimed after seeing Clay's astonishing performance.

Barkley on the side was not happy. Why did it sound like Li Xun was hugging his thigh all the time?
"Kenny, you old guy better think it through before you speak."

"What does it mean to have strong teammates around you all the time? Have you ever thought that it might be Li Xun who made them so powerful?"

"When Klay was in the Pistons, I never heard you comment on him being strong."

Barkley said angrily.

Kenny Smith laughed, he didn't want to talk to Barkley about this kind of thing.

The game on the field continued.

The Heat were lucky this time, and Boozer pulled out to shoot a two-pointer and scored directly.

The first three offensive and defensive rounds are over.

If you look at the hit rate, it's actually pretty much the same.

The Mavericks are 3 for 3, and the Heat are 3 for 2.

But if you look at the point difference, it's a bit outrageous, and the Mavericks directly lead 9:4.

Seeing that Mario couldn't guard Clay at all, the Heat directly made a substitution, simply replacing Mario and replacing Birdman Anderson.

Let Battier go after Clay and let Birdman defend Li Xun alone.

Of course there is an effect, but it has not played a role in reversing the situation.

Originally, the Heat lacked offensive points. After Birdman came up, this lineup was too dumb.

After 5 minutes, the Mavericks already had a huge advantage.

Li Xun has not been very offensive, but he has already got 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

With 5 assists in 5 minutes, one can imagine how powerful the Mavericks' players are tonight.

Still breaking through and scoring the ball, this time Li Xun was a little careless, and the ball was a little impatient.

As a result, it was successfully intercepted by Birdman Anderson.

Then Battier made a three-pointer in the frontcourt.

This ball undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Heat, and Birdman Anderson yelled excitedly.

Perhaps in his opinion, stealing a pass from Li Xun is quite a remarkable thing.

Li Xun was upset, it seemed that he would die if he didn't show his power.

It seems that the Heat have not experienced the fear of being dominated by Li Xun for a long time.

Just gave them a try tonight.

(End of this chapter)