The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 209 The Nightmare of the Defending Champion (Part [-])
With Irving's lightning-like breakthrough layup, the Cavaliers have led the Mavericks by 14 points 4-10, and the point difference has reached double digits. Field first pause.

Only 3 minutes into the game, the Cavaliers beat last year's defending champion, the Mavericks, with no power to fight back. The Mavericks scored all 4 points from Nowitzki's shots.

"Boys, what are you doing?" Carlisle, who has never been easily angered, showed his fiery temper rarely, and shouted at his players, "We are the defending champions. Going to Dirk's hometown to play in the shame of losing?"

Mentioning the team's respected Nowitzki, the players looked at the big German man sitting on the bench resting, and his expressions seemed to be touched.

"Hey, Rick, relax, relax." Yuan Man, who hadn't left the field, suddenly said to the Mavericks player area, "Anyway, I must be the winner in the end."

"Ahahaha!" Yuan Man laughed and walked away.

"Damn, what a stinky fart!"

"What an arrogant guy!"

"Disgusting!"

The Mavericks players expressed their dissatisfaction one after another, but they suddenly felt that the air was hot and dry. Looking back, coach Carlisle was so angry that he almost burst into flames!
"Go on stage and kill this kid!" Carlisle was furious!

After the timeout ended, Marion set an example for the Mavericks players. He almost hit Yuan Man in the face with a three-eight shot, but the ball flew out of Yuan Man's head and passed through the net.

"When I was in elementary school, I also used this shooting posture. I can better control the strength and center of gravity when shooting this way. I understand."

Yuan Man patted Marion on the shoulder and agreed with his [-]-style shooting.

Marion felt that something was wrong, I obviously scored the ball, why did it feel like he was comforting me?
Before Marion could figure it out, Yuan Man roared.

Yuan Man, who made an air cut to the basket, received a just-right pass from Irving, soared into the air, and did not wait for the Mavericks' inside player to fill his position, and directly dunked the ball hard into the basket!
"See, this is the goal that a real man should score!" Yuan Man spread his hands in front of Marion, showing a light look.

Looking at Marion's blushing face, Jamison couldn't help murmuring: "I didn't expect that Yuan Man was just a young guy who was second only to me in appearance, good jumping, and fair skills. Shooting, but I didn't expect that the trash talk has reached this level, it really is the best candidate for the next captain after me!"

"You're even more shameless." Owen ran past Jamison.

"What? How dare you speak to the captain like that, remember you are a rookie!"

Then Klay Thompson ran over, Jamison and Klay looked at each other, and Klay nodded, "I think what Kyrie said makes sense."

"." Jamison looked at Clay's running figure, although he was a little angry, but after thinking about it, he became happy again, "Sure enough, good looks are easy to be targeted."

Nowitzki desperately went into the paint, threw the ball against Jamison's chest, and caused Jamison's second personal foul!
Nowitzki clenched his fists and roared, the Mavericks have narrowed the score gap to 6 points.

In the middle of the first quarter, Nowitzki began to break out and frequently singled Jamison to succeed, but it was not because Jamison was not good enough to defend, but because of his height disadvantage, it was easier for Nowitzki to use his shooting expertise.

With a wave of Scott's hand, Jamison was replaced and Varejao came off the bench!

Varejao, who is 2.11 meters tall, can play both a center forward and a power forward. Although his shooting ability is not very good, his rebound protection and defensive ability can at least allow Varejao to occupy the fourth position.

"Tsk tsk tsk, your voice is very problematic."

The sudden appearance of Yuan Man shocked Nowitzki who was about to make a free throw!

"This guy, who has been provoking my players from the beginning of the game, and spouting trash everywhere, is simply Bird II!" Nowitzki looked at the Chinese in front of him, and felt that he was as introverted and low-key as Yao Ming. Not from a country at all.

"How should it be called?" The good-tempered German accepted Yuan Man's words honestly.

A trio of "Ah~~~~~~~" frightened Nowitzki so much!
In an instant, Yuan Man, Owen, and Clay appeared at the same time, calling out the sound of "Scream of the Groundhog".

Nowitzki, who was taken aback, added a penalty. The German, who had a 90% free throw percentage last season, missed it.
"Damn it!" Nowitzki couldn't help complaining about the Cavaliers players who disturbed his emotions just now, especially the leading Chinese player Yuan Man.

At the end of the first quarter, the difference between the two sides was still 6 points. Irving held the ball on the outside and organized the Cavaliers' final attack.

Yuan Man said to Marion who was close to the defense: "Don't touch it, you dead glass!"

Marion's face immediately turned red, and he opened his hands to defend, "I didn't touch it randomly, don't spit blood!"

Unexpectedly, Yuan Man had taken the opportunity to sneak to the outside line, Marion immediately chased after him, but was blocked by Varejao who was standing in front of him.

Yuan Man, who received a pass from Irving, used Varejao's pick-and-roll to get an open mid-range shot. Before the end of the first quarter, Yuan Man jumped high, a standard movement of catching the ball without pausing and directly pulling it out. Straighten and droop, raise your right calf, stabilize your center of gravity, use your waist and abdomen to support your upper body, gently hold the ball with your left hand, adjust the direction of shooting, use your right wrist to throw the ball!

At the moment of shooting, Yuan Man could feel that his shooting was much more standard than usual, and he could clearly feel the force in many parts.

At the same time as the whistle sounded, Yuan Man's shot hit hollow!

"Sean, this is what I taught you, the standard shooting posture."

Ending the first quarter with an 8-point advantage, Marion, who was facing him, hit a key goal. Of course, Yuan Man, who was integrated with Larry Bird, couldn't control his mouth.

"It doesn't matter, it's just 8 points! Our shooting touch will definitely come back, and the score gap will be recovered soon, I believe this!" Carlisle cheered for his players at the end of the first quarter.

But at the end of the first half, the score gap between the two sides widened to 13 points. In the second quarter, the Mavericks lost another 5 points to the Cavaliers.

"1 point, 2 points." Yuan Man actually counted his points in front of the Mavericks players who were leaving the field.

It turned out that in the second quarter, Yuan Man scored 14 points in a single quarter, plus the 10 points in the first quarter, at the end of the first half, Yuan Man scored 24 points!
And the 14 points in a single quarter were obtained with a 6% shooting rate of 6 out of 100 shots, 2 of which were three-pointers, and all of these 6 points came from jump shots!
"Wherever I shoot, that's my shooting hot spot." At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Yuan Man aroused the public outrage of the entire Mavericks team.

But as the game progressed, the players of the Mavericks had to admit that this guy with a big mouth did shoot twice!

The left and right bottom corners, the front, and the left and right sides at 45°, the 6 shots came from 5 different areas above, which fully confirmed Yuan Man's own bragging.

At the end of the first half, the Mavericks returning to the locker room were all downcast. For them, Yuan Man in the first half was simply a nightmare for the defending champion!

(End of this chapter)