Please call me Ding Shenxian in the NBA

Chapter 225. 222. On the Eve of the Second Fire Bull War (Second Change)
The Mavericks' six-game winning streak ended with a complete victory, so they still sit firmly on the league's first throne.

But the entire December schedule has been unkind to them.

After playing a few mid-range teams with a [-]% winning rate and a possibility of keeping the playoffs, it was followed by a thrilling three-game streak starting from the away game against the Heat.

The number of three consecutive visitors does not seem to be many, but the three opponents are the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Oklahoma City Thunder!
Two strong teams from the East and one strong team from the West lined up to serve the Mavericks. The three games were very intensive, and there was no time for the Mavericks to take a breather.

In Mike Brin's prediction, the Mavericks can win one game in this wave of three-game winning streak, and earn two wins in three games. The possibility of completing the three-game winning streak is extremely slim.

Mark Jackson and others have the same idea as him, but most of them are quite pessimistic about the Mavericks, thinking that their record will drop sharply after going through the devil's schedule.

Their reason is that Nowitzki often loses the chain, and Kidd and Arenas are unreliable.

The boxing champion did not contribute much to the victory, and he also had injuries.

Relying on a rookie Ding to break through the Eastern Conference is tantamount to wishful thinking. The best result for the Mavericks this year is to get 60 wins and then stop in the Western Conference Finals.

Ding Hei didn't even think the Mavericks would make it to the Finals.

This is black for the sake of black. In their view, the Heat are playing poorly now, but they will definitely surpass the Bulls and Celtics to reach the finals.

On the contrary, the Mavericks with a good record in the regular season will definitely suffer in the playoffs.

Because it is impossible for Xiaoding to continue his state until the end, he has not experienced a full professional season, and the rookie wall has arrived even though he is late.

This is the so-called double standard.

It is true that James is now a two-consecutive MVP, but there has never been a two-consecutive MVP in history who left his home team and ran to the enemy camp when he was about to be a three-consecutive MVP.

Of course, James' Cavaliers and Wade's Heat are not rivals.

In terms of surrendering to the enemy, James is slightly worse than Durant.

But the Cavaliers and the Heat are also Eastern teams, and they must be in competition. The MVP he trained for many years went to the Heat, and the people of Cleveland are justified in anger.

The two cities with the highest support for the Mavericks are Dallas and Cleveland.

There was Kevin Garnett before, and LeBron James later. In recent years, the departure of superstars has become the main theme. For the NBA, which has always advocated one person, one city, their approach is difficult to evaluate.

One thing is for sure, James, Wade and Bosh have become all-meter rivals except for Miami fans!
Apart from the locals in Miami, the only ones who support them are the media people who take money to do things.

Hearing the statement that the Mavericks could not make it to the finals, Stephen A. Smith laughed directly, "I can't refute this statement, because there are too many possibilities in NBA games. Maybe, the main force of the Mavericks will suffer from injuries; maybe, the management of the Mavericks will explode. Perhaps, a typhoon will patronize Dallas..."

"There are so many things that could have prevented the Dallas Mavericks from winning the title, but that probably doesn't include the Miami Heat!"

Stephen A. Smith stands directly in opposition to many of his colleagues as well as the Heat's Big Three and their countless fans.

This requires courage and self-confidence. Stephen A. Smith firmly believes that the Mavericks can play a championship-level performance, that Ding will not hit the rookie wall, and that fate will not continue to torture the Mavericks. These may be just possibilities, and he believes that these situations will not happen.

As for the Miami Heat, Stephen A. Smith affirms the dominance of their three, but in terms of the completeness of the lineup, they are much worse than the Mavericks.

Big Z still stays on the starting list, and the starting point guard is still Carlos Arroyo, who has not been able to play the famous guard for eight years.

These two people plus the Big Three are the result of 2+3<5.

The Heat's substitutes, except Super Mario, the old Uncle Huo, Mike Miller who overlaps with James, the useless Dampier, House, the old leftovers James Jones and Joel Anthony, it's over, there is no one else.

On the other hand, the Mavericks are full of talents, and even in a wheel battle, they can exhaust the Big Three to the point of exhaustion.

Came to Miami, the Mavericks will experience what is called a crazy local fans.

An old man gave them the middle finger through the bus window.

This meant that the old man was too old to be beaten, otherwise Arenas and others would have to get out of the car and pin him to the ground to beat him up.

The middle finger is considered light, and the more suffocating operation is that someone threw shredded plastic into the self-service salad provided to the Mavericks.

Boykins almost fell for the trick. He dunked the salad directly into the trash can, and then pointed at the salad plate mixed with broken plastic to spit fragrance!
The rest of the Mavericks put down their dinner plates, and then changed hotels overnight.

Because one incident may lead to another, everyone's attention is on tomorrow night's game, and no one has time to 'fight wits and courage' with the crazy waiter in the hotel.

The Mavericks' assistant coach stayed on to handle the matter.

Why an assistant coach?
The main reason is that Barkley can't really get a championship ring with just a name. He also has to do something. The job Carlisle arranged for him is to find out the perpetrators and make him and the poorly managed hotel pay the price!

Barkley is also eager to let him leave the team to do this kind of thing.

Watching Xiao Ding and the others train crazily every day, Barkley had the idea of ​​returning to the game.

Of course, this is just an immature idea, even if he agrees in his heart, the countless layers of fat on his stomach do not agree.

So Barkley paid less attention to the actual practice of the Mavericks and turned to things like logistics coordination and data collection.

Ding and the others are okay, but Boykins is a little bit intimidated by the crazy fans in Miami.

"As expected of the city of crime, we must be careful."

Boykins looked left and right as he spoke, as if he was wary that the walls had ears.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, Xiao Ding patted him on the shoulder, "Trust our management, they can handle everything off the field!"

"Yes, our job is to go out and win the game. Only when we have done our job well can we ask the management to provide high-quality services!"

Nowitzki isn't intimidated by Miami because he's been through worse a few years ago.

But what makes him uncomfortable is not the crazy fans, but the referees who are desperate to prevent the Mavericks from winning!

If Boykins is afraid of small moves off the court in Miami, then Nowitzki is afraid of small moves on the court in Miami.

A bunch of small things have created a burden on the hearts of the Mavericks, which will most likely affect their game state.

Xiao Ding knew that tomorrow night's game would definitely be a fierce battle!
(End of this chapter)