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With Nowitzki absent, the ball is completely in the hands of Li Muhua.

Butler's running position became more active. Under Li Muhua's tandem, he scored 6 points in a row and directly stopped the Thunder. After the timeout, the Thunder began to double-team Butler.

In this case, Li Muhua and Stevenson got a chance on the outside.

Stevenson covered from the flank, and Li Muhua made a direct shot.

Marion was restricted by Durant and helped Chandler attract the defense at the basket.

The Thunder's defense was torn to pieces, until Butler's hand sank, and Li Muhua started to cover Stevenson's shots again.

Yes, the Mavericks have no offensive core at all, but they are blooming everywhere.

After Li Muhua started to run, he widened the distance from Westbrook and started jumping directly from the middle distance.

The Mavericks fully opened up the offensive end. In the first quarter, the Mavericks scored 34 points brutally, while the Thunder scored only 25 points. Among them, Li Muhua scored 12 points and 5 assists, which directly or indirectly affected the situation in the first quarter.

This became Li Muhua's personal performance. In the first quarter, Westbrook was blown away.

In the second quarter, Kidd played, Terry was the main attacker, and was double-teamed by the Thunder. Instead, Marion got a lot of shots. Kidd was not polite, and frequently assisted Marion. , 8 of 6 shots, played against the sky.

Marion proved his strength, the level of the All-Star level.

The Mavericks continued to lead at 27:25 in the second quarter.

At halftime, the Mavericks led by 11 points.

The faces of the players of the Thunder team were ugly. The Mavericks still led easily despite the lack of a core, and the offensive rhythm was very fast.

Durant stood up again in the third quarter, and continued to hit the low post, but it was useless.

Li Muhua also felt helpless, his teammates were in good condition, and the Thunder had no chance to catch up with the score.

After the official timeout of the third quarter, Li Muhua played again.

Before the game, Westbrook was arrogant, but Li Muhua was not polite. Since he wanted to tear up his old club, he would not be soft-hearted. Facing Westbrook, he didn't even need a cover to shoot.

Harden was disgraced from being defended outside the three-point line, 5 for 0, and continued to maintain a cheating state.

Whether it's misalignment or matchup, facing Harden or Westbrook, Li Muhua has improved his defensive strength. As a former teammate, Li Muhua has already been familiar with the technical movements of the two, and it is not a problem at all to defend.

It's just that it's difficult to face Green, and the defense is still very tough.

Green's state is indeed not as good as before, and his foot speed has slowed down, which is very beneficial to Li Muhua. Under the cover of Marion, Li Muhua directly breaks through to the basket to score the ball.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks led by 18 points.

The Thunder did not admit defeat, and Carlisle directly sent Chandler, Terry, Marion, Butler, and Li Muhua to the field.

This is already the strongest lineup without Nowitzki.

Terry took possession of the ball and broke through with a screen to the top of the arc. Li Muhua threw the ball into the interior after being targeted by Westbrook, and Chandler dunked directly.

The point difference reached 20 points.

The Thunder's offensive efficiency is not low. With a bad hand feeling, Durant made fouls in the low post and barely maintained, but Westbrook and Harden both pitted the team. One was 5 for 1, and the other was 4 for 1 again. The shooting gestures were all deformed under the interference.

In this case, it's hell to be able to hit the shot.

Harden is good at shooting three-pointers from the outside, and has a certain level of breakthrough. However, the Mavericks' inside defense can't keep up. He made two mistakes, and his ability to protect the ball is still a bit poor and needs to be further improved.

The Thunder did not do well in covering, which is also related to the team's XJBD tactics.

Often after a defender breaks through, he usually attracts double-teams and divides the ball. However, the Mavericks' defense has a sense of hierarchy. With Harden's consciousness, there is no quality of pass at all, and mistakes are inevitable.

Another ball, Harden layup was directly cut off by Li Muhua, and a three-pointer was shot.

The point difference came to 20 points.

The Thunder requested a timeout, withdrew their main players from the field, and declared defeat at home.

Li Muhua sat on the bench and drank Gatorade. Marion was very excited and chatted with the starters one by one.

"Li, how did I do today!"

"great!"

"Who is better, me or Caron?"

Li Muhua didn't know how to answer, but Butler sat on the other side and had already turned his ears. It's well known in the team that these two don't fight each other. As long as there is performance, they will compare each other and ask for other teammates. Blow it up and satisfy your curiosity.

Fortunately, Terry pulled Marion away, otherwise Li Muhua would have to talk nonsense.

Marion is entangled with Green in the interior, and it is hard to tell which of the two has the upper hand. From the defensive point of view, Marion is indeed very active. It is really hard to judge whether he is stronger than Butler.

At the end of the game, the Mavericks won the away game 121:100.

From being suppressed at the beginning to the end of the game, the Thunder never turned around. This is not to say how strong the Mavericks are, but their tactics were restrained. Even though the Thunder kept looking for misplaced positions, the Mavericks had no obvious flaws in any position.

There are no bright spots and no flaws. In the absence of Nowitzki, the Mavericks have become a panacea.

Westbrook looked at Li Muhua and Green hugging with a dark face.

Li Muhua is the highest scoring player of the Mavericks, scoring 24 points, 15 assists and 3 steals, almost getting what he wanted from Westbrook. Marion scored 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Butler scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. After that, the most terrifying thing is that 6 Mavericks scored in double figures.

If it wasn't for Chandler's laziness to attack, I'm afraid the seven players would be in double figures.

Generally speaking, for the main four and sixth players, as long as five players score in double figures, the probability of winning is basically high, and six players score in double figures, which shows the team's offensive ability.

And most importantly, the point guard's coordination ability ensures that the players can score under reasonable shots.

However, the players were not too happy, but worried about Nowitzki's injury.

In an interview, Kidd was helpless:

"Injury is part of a player's life. None of us can avoid it. The team has been strong this season. To be honest, no one wants to have the impact of injury, but there is no way. The only thing I can do is to pray for Dirk's injury. Nothing serious, the team is really difficult sometimes without him. Yes, coach Carlisle is very worried, including Cuban, they have gone to the hospital first!"