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Chapter 427 20 consecutive victories after suffering

After playing against the Knicks, Li Shengli and Curry were both suspended, one for five games and the other for three games, and the main force dropped two, but there was a three-game away game behind, one can imagine how much the Mavericks played difficult……

Playing against the Supersonics, the whole court was pressed and beaten, and he couldn't lift his head. He lost every quarter and lost the whole game by 16 points. In the absence of Li Shengli, Kemp felt like there were no tigers in the mountains. The defensive end repeatedly blasted the Mavericks' penalty area, and the defensive end just chased Garnett and it was over.

Playing against the Rockets, because the Rockets replaced the glider Drexler with Thorpe at the fourth position. Garnett was in a better situation than the previous game, but Olajuwon was unstoppable, and the backup center Donald was completely helpless Threat to Olajuwon, which made the Rockets play the Mavericks the same as the first Mavericks to play the Grizzlies, and the Houstonians scored a huge 27 points in the game.

Playing the Jazz is similar to playing the Supersonics. Fortunately, Malone is more face-saving and civilized. Garnett got a good stat of 20+9 in this game.

However, the combination of Stockton + Malone is far from what Kidd + Garnett can match, because in the former's classic pick-and-roll, Stockton had a super high shooting rate of 54.2% last season. You can also choose to shoot Malone, but the latter... Kidd's offensive shortcomings make his handling after the pick-and-roll awkward, and Garnett doesn't have much lethality when he goes down to the deep position.

So they played the Jazz, and the Mavericks blew up again, losing 20 points in the first three quarters. Fortunately, Jerry Sloan let go of the water in the garbage time of the last quarter, and finally lost the third game with a 10-point deficit.

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Losing three games in a row, Dallas fans cried.

Curry returned in the fourth game. In the expectation of thousands of fans, Curry's rematch did not significantly improve the team's combat effectiveness.

Because Tony, who replaced him, was also able to shoot long shots from the outside, and the difference between the number of hits and shots was not much different. In the fourth game, he returned to the home court and played the Grizzlies again. Leading by 1 point gave the Grizzlies a win.

Lost the Grizzlies?

In the fifth game against the Spurs, if you think about it, the situation is the same as the game against the Rockets, without Li Shengli... The super center's destruction of the Mavericks inside is simply inhumane, and because of Li Shengli's absence, David Robinson's The dominance overturned Dallas that day, scoring a full 51 points in a single game, which became the highest record in a single game in the new season.

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Two big victories in the opening game, kneeling in the next five games?

It's not that you can't win without Li Shengli, but these five games have proved one thing... The Mavericks' lineup relies on the depth of the center position.

You know, the Mavericks lineup was formed with Li Shengli as the core at the beginning, and in the absence of the core, although the five consecutive kneelings did not perform well, the bigger reason was that their own tactical system could not be used at all...

Garnett has no fire cover and output environment, and will always be hung in the fourth position of the meat shield.

Kidd carried a basket of ammunition on his back, but he didn't have a cannon. This thing could only blow himself up.

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With a total record of 2 wins and 5 losses, and the bottom of the Western Conference, the seventh game finally ushered in the rematch of Li Shengli, and the situation of the Mavericks was revitalized immediately, and the activity was a bit scary, as if four points were connected in a line by the center , the original record of defeat has also begun to rise.

Without Li Shengli, the team has no backbone.

With Li Shengli on the court, the effect is completely different, and the offense and defense have been improved by one and a half levels.

First of all, Kidd's basket of ammunition has a place to go. The more mature field control has greatly improved his assist data, and Li Shengli has also become more relaxed. When playing against opponents who are not strong inside, he can just eat the cake and finish the game. In the team, anyone who catches them will be killed.

Followed by Garnett, Kidd made Li Shengli's offense easy, and Li Shengli's unsolvable offense also attracted the defense, giving Garnett a good output environment.

This kind of linkage effect did not exist in the first five games, but with Li Shengli on the court, the Mavericks' combat power had a very high linear improvement.

However, the improvement of the Mavericks' complete lineup is not only that.The combination of the young Big Three has made the small offensive end a headache for all teams. But in this case, Curry and Jones, McLeod, and Crotty, who rotate back and forth at the third position, also have sufficient strength. Explosive power can supplement the firepower of the Big Three.

Everything goes right!

It can be said that Li Shengli's rematch gave the Mavericks an amazing sublimation.

But this sublimation is not over yet. After all, the above is only the offensive end, and the Mavericks' defense... makes all the teams they played against in the new season puke.

First, the outside line. Kidd and Curry's defense is not weak. If the opponent has enough firepower in the third position, Gordon will let the defensive champion Crotty play, and whoever catches whoever is caught. Crotty is still very adaptable. It is not limited to blocking the third position. Even if the data cannot reflect it, the whole Mavericks team knows... We have a foreign defense master on the bench.

Then there is the inside line.

Needless to say, Li Shengli's defense in the penalty area is his label. Confrontation, and this has played a huge role not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end. strenuous.

Li Shengli is enough to fuck, plus a Garnett who is "bullying the weak and fearing the hard", the ultra-high-speed help defense not only allows Li Shengli to abuse his opponents more safely, but also further improves the perimeter defense, because the outside is short-lived. It doesn't matter, Garnett will definitely arrive in seconds to prevent the opponent from making a shot.

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How can this be?

The Mavericks' main starting lineup is both offensive and defensive, and they are all first-tier. The only drawback that can be found is probably the lack of internal rotation, but the problem is that Li Shengli and Garnett are both in the healthiest state. Three quarters is enough to kill opponents, and for the Mavericks... the fourth quarter is always garbage time.

No fourth quarter in Dallas?

Facts have proved that the young concept version of the Big Three has exploded with extremely terrifying fighting power on their growth path. After the humiliating five consecutive kneelings... they directly won a 20-game winning streak, with a total record of 22 wins and 5 losses.

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What is the concept of 20 consecutive victories?

Except for the 70-game Lakers in the 33s, that is the 70-game Bucks in the 20s. The Lakers and the Bucks have one thing in common. The former is led by Chamberlain, and the latter is led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Super giant center, and Li Shengli led the team to break the dusty record of more than 20 years, making the whole league pee blood.

The 20th company is already scary, what's even more frightening is that you don't even know where Li Shengli's end point is, and more people are willing to believe... Li Shengli already has the potential to compete with famous big shots for honor, no matter what he hits At that time, a place in the Hall of Fame could not escape, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of the NBA next year.

Top 50 superstars!

This kind of honor is very important in the long history of the league, and the Mavericks' first game after 20 consecutive games, the whole world discovered that the Mavericks actually faced... the Orlando Magic?Li Shengli faced another young top 50 candidate O'Neal.

Li Shengli VS O'Neill?

Speaking of it, a single game may not be able to determine who is superior and who is inferior, but the outcome of the game is a factor that proves the strength of the two brothers, and it coincides with the Mavericks' 20 consecutive victories, breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's winning streak in the Bucks, as long as they win One game... the Mavericks are the second in history.

During the Jazz period, O’Neal’s resistance was only a gap in team strength. In the early days of the Mavericks, Li Shengli’s resistance was only a gap in team strength, and God’s blessing is...

Both the Magic and the Mavericks have become full bodies.

Li Shengli and O'Neal are also reaching their peak.

From beginning to end, the competition between two people has never been so fair!

(End of this chapter)