I'm really good at shooting.

Although the Knicks have left Ewing, their overall strength is not weak.

The two teams played until the last moment, Nowitzki hit a key three-pointer, and the Mavericks made a thrilling pass 99 to 96.

Nowitzki scored a team-high 24 points, and Sun Hao scored 20 points after his recovery.

However, Nash's state is still average, only scoring 9 points and 4 assists.

After playing the Knicks, the Mavericks played two consecutive back-to-back games with the Kings and the Sonics, and lost both games.

Adelman and the King became the old Nelson and the Mavericks, and the Sonics also learned from the Spurs to play against the Mavericks.

Sun Hao's performance also fluctuated accordingly.

Obviously, as he gradually played high-profile performances, opponents began to study against him.

They don't value star face as much as Phil Jackson. Knowing that Sun Hao likes to use pick-and-rolls, they all switch to flexible big men to defend him.

Although Sun Hao can also rely on getting rid of scoring, the decline in scoring efficiency is inevitable.

And slowly they also discovered that Sun Hao's passing ability was not as good as expected, and double-teaming began to come up.

Although the rookie wall that Barkley mentioned was a bit late, it was still full of dust and came towards Sun Hao fiercely.

Of course, as Su Qun said, Sun Hao played very smartly. After being targeted, his performance was not so explosive, but his scoring was actually not too low.

Compared with him, Nash is the one who is more depressed.

After the Mavericks started this difficult schedule, no, to be precise, from the Lakers game, Nash's performance dropped a lot.

In the previous 18 games, he averaged 14 points and 6.3 assists per game, and only 2.1 turnovers per game.

But in the past four games, he averaged only 9.2 points and 4.6 assists per game, and his turnovers became 2.9 times.

And the shooting rate + three-point shooting rate has also dropped from the previous 48.7% + 40.6% to 41.5% + 35%.

Christmas is approaching, the Mavericks' record has changed from 14 wins and 5 losses to 15 wins and 8 losses, and the ranking has also dropped to sixth in the West.

Although I have been mentally prepared before, when the team's record really declines, the team is still filled with frustration.

At this moment, the media, who had long been displeased with the Mavericks, could finally vent their anger.

"Man, offense wins the box office and defense wins championships."

In the latest episode of TNT, Barkley once again yelled his wise words to the camera.

"Dirk I can only shoot Dirk Nowitzki, when he doesn't feel right, he's a squirming German fat bowel."

"Sun hit his rookie wall, the madness is no longer crazy, and the little emperor was even pulled from his throne, and he was left with a few blind throws."

"Steve Nash, I don't know anything about defense. I don't even know how to attack!"

Buckley seized the opportunity and spoke mercilessly.

When Kenny Smith gave him the look that was a little too much to say, Barkley had one final remark.

"Jumpers, never, never win a championship, they might not even make the playoffs."

As a historical low-post master, he has always dismissed teams that rely on outside shooting and rely entirely on the sky.

History is also his most powerful assistant. There has never been a team that has won a championship entirely by offense.

The remarks quickly spread among fans.

And in the United States, it also attracted a large wave of fans to echo.

"I've seen the Mavericks upset for a long time. Shooting and shooting, they seem to only shoot! God is fair, they can't keep shooting the ball!"

"That's right! Look at the game against the 76ers. If it weren't for their luck, my first 40+ night of the season would have been ruined?"

"Don't talk about it, that guy from Asia is all lucky in front of him, and my first 40+ night in the card was ruined by him!"

"And old Nelson, that drunkard, what kind of shark-chopping game, it's just a game of loopholes. If it wasn't for shark-chopping, I might lose to them?"

"The rookie owner named Cuban said he would buy a plane for the team, what else would he do besides bragging? Don't even look at how much he is worth!"

"The city of Dallas is even more difficult to describe. There is a perfect match for this kind of team."

……

Fans are more realistic than Barkley. You must know that in the United States, after Jordan retired, the fans were divided into several large groups.

The Mavericks beat the Raptors again, reversed the 76ers, and used the Shark to deal with the Lakers. This offended all the most popular teams.

Belittled by the media, attacked by fans, for a while, the Mavericks became the target of public criticism.

Chapter 140 An Unprecedented Gift

It was against this background that Cuban stood up.

When he participated in the latest talk show, he directly mad at Barkley.

"So you won a championship with defense? So you have a championship?"

Cuban is also a wolf, and he directly hit the most painful part of Barkley's heart.

"Before Jordan came into the league, no one thought he was a basketball god."

"Before Phil Jackson succeeded, no one knew the power of the triangle offense that no one could understand."

"Everything, until it's over, to say it's never going to be possible is bullshit and hooliganism."

"I'm not going to say we're going to be the first team to win a championship with shooting, but I believe in my guys and they're going to get it done."

……

Cuban showed his temperament side vividly in the show.

That doesn't look like a billionaire at all, just a hard-core football fan.

And when it comes to Barkley's attack on Nowitzki and the others, Cuban is even more outraged.

"Fuck Barkley, you never know Deke's greatness, he will win the championship that you can't get, he will become the greatest big man, the historical status will surpass you, and you can only hide Grandstanding behind the comment section!"

Cuban has true love for Nowitzki, even though it was less than a year before he bought the team, but it was like "love at first sight" with Nowitzki.

And he was merciless when he talked about Barkley.

"Now you say that Sun is throwing a few shots. Why didn't you say that when he hit you in the face? Did you forget that he just won the best rookie of the month? He is the best performer among the 2000 rookies. Okay, and he's really just the 24th pick."

Cuban really has nothing to say to the players, and the key is that he is really not afraid of things.

And the interesting thing is that Barkley didn't return to Cuban.

Obviously, when he can say something like "how can you not be handsome when you have three or four billion worth", it is impossible for him to fight with a billionaire like Cuban.

Cuban earned a face for the Mavericks on the show, but the Mavericks are still in an embarrassing situation.

In a few days it's the Christmas War, and they won't be part of it.

But as soon as Christmas is over, they will immediately usher in games against the Suns, Jazz and Timberwolves.

All three teams are rivals, and one is back-to-back.

Coupled with the team's poor record in the past week, this period of the schedule is really difficult.

The only good news is that they finally have a Christmas to breathe.

As Christmas is approaching, Sun Hao has a problem.

It's not that the team's record is not good, or that their own performance has dropped.

He is well aware of the current strength of the Mavericks, and he also knows that the schedule is not good for the team.

Even if it is his own performance, he is mentally prepared and believes that the situation will improve in the near future. After all, he has experienced these many times in Europe.

Experience, not just on the pitch.

What really bothered him was Nash.

Nash, his favorability is declining!

Originally, they had about 65 or so favorability, but they started to drop all the way after playing the Lakers, and now they have dropped to 58.

This change made Sun Hao a little confused.

To rule out the possibility that Nash is a cannonball, there must be a communication problem between them.

That's not going to be good for him or for the Mavericks.

He tried to talk to Nash, but in the end...Nash declined.

He thought of a trick, and pulled Nowitzki and the others to have barbecue.

In the end, Nash even found a reason not to come!

"Dirk, what have I done recently that made Steve feel uncomfortable?"

The barbecue in his hand suddenly tasted bad after eating it, and Sun Hao was also very helpless.

Nowitzki shook his head, he was also very strange.

Although Nash usually likes to be jealous, he is by no means a narrow-minded person.

Besides, the team's record is not good, so it has nothing to do with Sun Hao!

Even if you blame him, you can't blame Sun Hao, Sun Hao is just a rookie!

"You fell in love with a girl at the same time as him?"

What Nowitzki said with a smile immediately met Sun Hao's eyes.

"Let me talk to him later."

Nowitzki put away his smile, swallowed the pork belly in his mouth, took a sip of beer and said.

After eating Sun Hao's food, he has to work.

Two days later, the day before Christmas, Nowitzki and Nash finished chatting.

But unfortunately, he didn't talk about anything.

Nash didn't seem to have any hostility towards Sun Hao, and even regarded Sun Hao as a friend.

This thing is really confusing.

The next day, according to the original agreement, Cuban invited the Mavericks to have the most luxurious meal at the largest restaurant in Dallas.

What Australian Lobster, Emmas Caviar, Kraft and Beef Eye Steak...

Anything you can think of is on the table.

He even whipped up a Dominic Crolla 007 Royal Pizza!

What's so special about a slice of pizza?

Check out the toppings on this pizza!

Lobster soaked in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, prosciutto, venison and vintage balsamic...

These things sounded like the sound of a money printing machine counting money.

Of course, the most important thing is that the pizza is decorated with 24 carat gold flakes.

It's not pizza, it's money.

Cuban's kindness to his players is really reflected in every detail.

This also makes the players look forward to the next gift.

The food is so ostentatious, what will the gift be?

If you want to know what Cuban said, he is the one who agreed to buy a Boeing plane for the team!

Sun Hao was also full of curiosity about this.

"I had prepared a gift, but yesterday I suddenly changed my mind, and I prepared another gift."

And when everyone was about to finish eating, Cuban's words whetted his appetite even more.

Then he clapped his hands, and a team member came in with a thick stack of documents.

Everyone has a question mark face, because this temporary gift is really strange.

It was a booklet, and the staff distributed it to everyone according to the serial number.