Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 194 196 [Christmas War]

The Christmas game of the 2018-2019 season is slowly coming amidst people's expectations and heated discussions.

Every focus competition, the vane of the entire public opinion will be fully reflected.

So, either focus on the Los Angeles Lakers, or focus on the Toronto Raptors, in short, on this day, everyone turned their attention to the teams and players they supported and expected.

For the Dallas people, counting the time, they seem to have been absent from the Christmas game for a long time.

In the post-Dirk Nowitzki era, although the Dallas Mavericks belonged to a big city team, they were always not favored by officials, and they have been absent from the Christmas game in recent seasons.

It has to be said that this is really a regrettable and helpless reality.

But all this has changed with the joining of the bayonet this season.

The traffic and popularity carried by the bayonet itself are extremely terrifying, so terrifying that even the league officials have to face up to his existence.

As far as this season is concerned, the Dallas Mavericks not only have the quota for the Christmas game, but even the number of live broadcasts across the United States is a generation higher than last season.

All this is thanks to the bayonet.

Therefore, Dallas people even waited for the start of this Christmas battle with gratitude.

Although tonight's opponent is the very strong Philadelphia 76ers, in fact, today's Dallas Mavericks fans are not afraid of any team in the league.

From the beginning of the new season to the present, the Dallas Mavericks have achieved the best record in the league. Up to now, they have only lost 3 games and are the team with the highest winning percentage in the entire league.

And a statistic that makes Dallas Mavericks fans more confident is that the Dallas Mavericks have not lost when they have encountered other top teams in the league this season, and they have maintained a [-]% terrifying winning rate. It is no wonder that many people are ridiculing , Rick Carlisle should think of a way, can't let the team always lose in front of weak teams, because if this continues, they may be blacked out in the first round of the playoffs.

"This will be the first Christmas game in my career. Obviously, I am looking forward to the Christmas game. Whether it is us or the Philadelphia 76ers, they are both very strong teams. Therefore, the outcome of this game is five or five. Open, of course, I have the confidence to lead the team to victory in the Christmas game"

In the pre-match interview, Bayonet looked very confident. He had given enough expectations for the upcoming Christmas game. At the same time, he also continued his usual style, that is, enough confidence.

As he said, the Philadelphia 76ers are very strong, but they are still not close to the Dallas Mavericks.

"Although I entered the NBA earlier than him, I have to admit that he is my idol. Yes, that's it. He let people know what the best rookie is. He encouraged us young players. As long as we keep attacking We are really no worse than those Mesozoic or even old generation players, and rookies can also win the championship.”

Embiid, who has always been outspoken, defiant, and extremely confident, unexpectedly gave the bayonet enough affirmation before the game. To be honest, this is unbelievable.

Because in everyone's impression, Embiid is the master of the sky and the earth. Not only did he clash with many star players in the game, but even off the court, few players could fall into his eyes.

Although he was strong and possessed great talent, frankly speaking, his posture caused him a lot of trouble.

In this case, he was able to actively express his admiration for the bayonet.

Is this a sign of weakness?

"It's two different things, man, the bayonet is good, but listen, the Philadelphia 76ers are definitely not weak this season, and our goal is the O'Brien Cup"

Is this plausible?

People breathed a sigh of relief.

Just say it.

How could Embiid's temper show weakness?

Bayonet said that he can lead the Dallas Mavericks to defend home glory, while Embiid said that the Philadelphia 76ers this season have the ability to beat any team.

Therefore, in this case, the Christmas battle between the two teams has attracted a lot of attention.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the home of the Dallas Mavericks, the American Airlines Center Stadium, with the whistle of the referee, the game officially began.

As Embiid said, the Philadelphia 76ers this season are really good, which can be seen from their starting lineup.

Ben Simmons, Redick, Jimmy Butler, Dario Saric, Embiid!

This is a starting lineup with outstanding young athletic ability and both offense and defense. It is no exaggeration to say that the starting lineup of the Philadelphia 76ers is enough to rank among the top three.

So far this season, the Philadelphia 76ers have also received good results from this starting lineup.

As of now, their record ranks second in the East, second only to the leader of the East, the Toronto Raptors.

It is worth noting that they have defeated the Toronto Raptors before.

In the eyes of many people, the Eastern Conference champion this season is either the Toronto Raptors or the Philadelphia 76ers.

In other words, Emperor Embiid did not talk big, and the Philadelphia 76ers this season do have the strength to compete for the O'Brien Cup.

Before this Christmas game, the Philadelphia 76ers won a wave of 5 consecutive victories. Among them, the 2017 No. 10 pick Ben Simmons was in a hot state, especially in terms of organizing offense, averaging 3 and 76 assists per game, surpassing the Philadelphia [-]ers. The offense is only sorted out in an orderly manner, which is the biggest contributor to the team's five-game winning streak.

In this case, tonight's Christmas game, when Ben Simmons takes the bayonet, the story is too long.

Judging from the draft position, Ben Simmons is the No. 2017 pick in [-], and the Bayonet is the last pick.

Judging from the performance of the rookie in the first season, although both of them were selected to the best rookie team, but for well-known reasons, Ben Simmons won the best rookie easily, while the Bayonet won the O'Brien Cup and Finals Most Valuable Player.

Frankly speaking, the bayonet's performance in the rookie season completely crushed Ben Simmons, because Jiang Hao was in the Spurs, and he played off the bench in most cases during the regular season, so he couldn't compete for the best rookie.

As for the subsequent playoffs, winning the O'Brien Cup and the Finals Most Valuable Player, this is simply unimaginable for Ben Simmons.

Judgment high and low.

However, the two are both rookies in 2017, so the best way is to face each other in competitions, especially on a stage like the Christmas game, which is more obvious.

And from another point of view, Ben Simmons is not bad, with the halo of "LeBron James' successor", his performance in the first season of his rookie is also completely worthy of the best rookie, and this season After coming to his second season as a rookie, he also ushered in a big explosion.

Although the current Philadelphia 76ers have Embiid and Jimmy Butler, to be honest, without Ben Simmons, their offense would be like losing their soul in an instant.

On the court, the Dallas Mavericks are the first to attack. As the schedule progresses this season, Luka Doncic is indeed becoming another big surprise for the Dallas Mavericks.

Luka Doncic this season is definitely the best player for the Dallas Mavericks outside of the bayonet.

As of now, he can average 14.5 points, 9.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game. You must know that he is a first-year rookie.

In the eyes of many people, Luka Doncic this season is not much worse than Ben Simmons last season, and he is also the most popular candidate for the best rookie of the season.

After Luka Doncic held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, she was very calm. Facing Redick's defense, she used her excellent ball-handling skills to get rid of it, and then broke through to score the ball and gave it to the left corner. Matthews.

Matthews raised the knife and helped the Lone Ranger get the first 3 points.

From Luka Doncic's breakthrough to the ball, and then Matthews made a shot, the whole process flowed smoothly and looked perfect.

Lone Ranger head coach Rick Carlisle on the sidelines nodded with satisfaction. One of the unspoken rules of the NBA game is that the first attack of the game usually looks for a shooter.

After one-third of the season, Luka Doncic obviously knows this. In other words, in his eyes, Luka Doncic is definitely a child who can be taught.

In the offense of the Philadelphia 76ers, after Ben Simmons pushed the ball into the frontcourt, his first reaction was to find a shooter, but Redick seemed to be completely entangled by Matthews, and it was impossible for him to hand the ball to Redick .

And himself?

To be honest, the Lone Ranger did not defend him at the top of the arc, but only guarded against his breakthrough. It seems that the whole world knows that Simmons is not good at three-pointers.

Ben Simmons eventually handed the ball to Jimmy Butler.

Jimmy Butler may not look good, but he is definitely one of the toughest guys in the league.

Jiang Hao likes players like Jimmy Butler, and he also knows that dealing with such players is not as easy as imagined.

But he still approached Jimmy Butler without hesitation. It was impossible for him to witness Jimmy Butler easily send the ball into the basket.

On the right side of the free throw line, facing Jiang Hao's defense, Jimmy Butler hesitated. He knew exactly what kind of player Bayonet was. Although this guy didn't look very strong, he was recognized by the league as having both offense and defense. represents one of the players.

In other words, the bayonet in front of him is also very good on the defensive end.

Therefore, he hesitated, and the shrimp that was confiscated by his wrist that he planned to shoot directly slipped.

This caused him to complete the shot, but there was a problem with the shooting angle.

pendant!
The basketball hit the rim.

The rebound was firmly held by DeAndre Jordan, and Embiid, who was facing him, didn't even have the courage to get stuck with him.

Because for Embiid, he knows where his advantages are. His body is very easy to get injured. In order to avoid sitting on the injured bench again, sometimes he has to play smarter, otherwise he will easily suffer.

(End of this chapter)