I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 100 Career Score High
On November 11, all members of the Mavericks came to Los Angeles, preparing for the first game of the road trip.

This time in Los Angeles, the Mavericks are not going to meet the Lakers, but to play against the "Los Angeles Second Team" Clippers first.

Although the Clippers currently rank bottom in the West with a record of 1 win and 3 losses, the Mavericks still cannot take it lightly.

There are still many good players in the Clippers lineup, and all of them can really win most teams in the league if they play well.

There is no doubt about the strength of the inside core player Brand as the No. 20 pick. He averaged 10+[-] double-doubles per game in his rookie season, but he has no special skills and cannot become a superstar in the league. He has been selected as an All-Star so far.

At this time, Brand was not seriously injured, and he was very lethal at the power forward position.

Another outside core, Corey Maggette, averaged 24.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the first four games.

His scoring basically relies on his strong body to break through the basket and make fouls to get points. This season, he averaged 10 free throws per game.

After the warm-up activities, the players from both sides returned to the bench, and the starters were getting ready to play.

At the same time, the big screen at the scene showed the list of starting players of both sides.

Clippers starting lineup: Eddie - House, Quentin - Richardson, Corey - Maggette, Brand and Kaman.

Mavericks starting lineup: Nash, Finley, Li Xuan, Nowitzki, Rasu - Nesterovic.

Old Nelson adjusted the starting lineup to try out the effect.

At the beginning of the game, Nesterovic beat rookie Kaman to win the ball, and the Mavericks got the first chance to attack.

As soon as Li Xuan ran outside the three-point line on the right, he was entangled by Ma Gedi.

Maggette glanced at Li Xuan in front of him, and couldn't help cursing inwardly: "Sure enough, he's another guy who reported his height falsely. This nima is much taller than me!"

Li Xuan didn't get entangled with Maggette, and quickly ran forward to play a pick-and-roll with Nash.

Now their cooperation is becoming more and more tacit, Li Xuan successfully blocked House, and Nash took the opportunity to break through to the penalty area.

The Clippers chose to switch defenses, and Maggette quickly moved across to Nash to intercept, but saw him pass the ball.

After finishing the screen, Li Xuan easily squeezed House, who weighed only 85 kilograms, and quickly cut to the basket. After receiving a wonderful pass from Nash, he made an emergency stop and made a mid-range jumper.

0: 2!

The ball is converted and the Clippers attack.

After House dribbled the ball beyond the three-point line, he directly hoisted the ball into the interior.

The Clippers' tactical intentions were very obvious, and Brand was found in the first round.

Brand leaned on Nowitzki with his back, and then suddenly turned his back and broke through.

Brand used his nimble footsteps to throw off Nowitzki by half, and rushed to the basket to prepare for the attack.

Clap!
Brand's layup was shot out of the bottom line by Li Xuan, who came to help defend.

Brand turned his head and glanced at Li Xuan behind him, only to realize that he was a fierce man fighting against Garnett, and secretly scolded himself for being careless.

The Clippers sent the baseline ball, Richardson received the ball against Finley's defense, and hit the iron with a mid-range jumper.

Li Xuan retreated to the basket and grabbed the rebound, passed the ball to Nash immediately, and then ran forward.

After receiving the ball, Nash dribbled and passed the ball to Finley in front of him.

After receiving the ball, Finley rushed to the penalty area, was intercepted by the Clippers' retreating players, and then distributed the ball.

Later, Li Xuan, who plugged in, received the basketball from outside the three-point line, ignored House's interference, pulled it up directly, and shot.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

0: 5!

In the next round, the Clippers' offense was ended by striker Maggette.

Maggette rushed inside with the ball, ready to foul.

Li Xuan raised his arms high and stuck to Maggette's defense tightly, not giving him a chance to draw a foul.

When Maggette broke through to the left edge of the penalty area, he stopped suddenly, then took off and shot.

But he underestimated Li Xuan's height and wingspan, and got a solid block.

The Mavericks launched a defensive counterattack. In the transition stage of offense and defense, Finley hit a mid-range jumper and scored 2 points.

0: 7!

In the next round, the Clippers achieved zero breakthroughs.

Brand singles Nowitzki hit a jumper.

2: 7!

In the following games, when Nash cooperated with Li Xuan or Nowitzki in the pick-and-roll, the Clippers players had no choice but to find a way to restrict the Mavericks to score frequently.

However, the Clippers' offense was paralyzed by Li Xuan's help and supplementary defense. Breaking into the penalty area was either blocked or severely disturbed, making it impossible to score easily.

At the end of the first quarter, the score on the big screen was 18:26, and the Mavericks took an 8-point lead.

After the start of the second quarter, Brand was a little afraid of Li Xuan's help defense, and played timidly inside. He failed to seize many good opportunities and failed to catch up with the score.

The Mavericks seized the opportunity and played a quick defensive counterattack, smashing the Clippers' defense to pieces.

In the second quarter, Li Xuan scored three chasing three-pointers, which made the score bigger and bigger.

In just half the game, Li Xuan scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Looking at the score on the big screen, Li Xuan felt a little sad.

If this goes on, I'm afraid I won't be able to refresh the data during the garbage time.

The 15-minute intermission was quickly over and the second half began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Li Xuan changed his style of play and began to move quickly without the ball.

Don't look at Maggette's physical strength, but his defense is actually not very good.

After quickly shuttling through the inside "jungle", Li Xuan rushed out of the three-point line like a sharp arrow, just in time to receive Nash's exquisite pass, raised his knife and dropped it, and hit another three-pointer.

The Clippers wanted to return a three-pointer, but Richardson made a shot, but was interfered by Li Xuan who rushed over and missed the shot.

The Mavericks played a quick defensive counterattack, and Nash assisted Finley for an easy layup.

In the next few rounds, Li Xuan repeated his old tricks, easily getting rid of the defense and hitting a three-pointer and two mid-range jumpers, widening the point difference.

No one from the Clippers stood up to take on the important task of scoring and completely gave up the game.

After the third quarter, Li Xuan still couldn't escape the fate of taking a rest early.

At this time, the score displayed on the big screen at the scene was 61:82, and the Mavericks entered the fourth quarter with a 21-point lead.

仅仅三节比赛，李轩三分球9投7中轰下32分10个篮板5次盖帽，获得了生涯第一个30+两双数据。

In the end, the score was fixed at 85 to 110. The Mavericks easily defeated the last-last Clippers in the away game and achieved five consecutive victories.

Before the players of the Mavericks had time to feel the joy of the winning streak, they boarded the flight to Houston non-stop. The next game will be against the Houston Rockets.

The long-awaited national derby by domestic fans has officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)