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Chapter 313 The Difficult Warrior

In this preseason game, Green only scored two points in total, and these two points were scored through free throws.

In the open battle, the guy didn't score a single point.

不过他的其他数据倒是相当的亮眼，8篮板6助攻3抢断2盖帽，这还仅仅只是打了25分钟的数据。

The starting five team sent by the Mavericks tonight are all young people, but the fighting power displayed by these young people makes people feel a little horrified.

With just these five people forming a team, it seems that entering the playoffs is not a problem at all.

If you are lucky, you may be able to make a dash forward, such as reaching the Western Conference semifinals.

You know, these are five new melon eggs!

"I played very well, and I hope to continue to do so in the next games."

"In our Mavericks team, if you don't work hard enough, believe me, no matter how talented you are, you will definitely become a marginal player."

"Since Li Xun came, what our Mavericks lack the most has never been talent."

Carlisle first praised the newcomer, and then issued a warning.

The newcomers are still silent in the joy of the big victory at this time, how can they listen to these advices.

"Giannis, you played very well tonight, but your style of play is too dangerous."

"I admit that your physical talent is very good, but no matter how good you are, you can't be better than Li Xun."

"Li Xun will not be like you in every game, holding the ball and rushing towards the inside. It is too easy to get injured."

"You are a very talented young man. Even if you don't play point guard in the future and play forward, I think you will be successful."

"The premise is that you have to learn to protect yourself."

"During this period of time, practice your shooting well. Shooting should be regarded as the least injury-prone offensive method."

Old Kidd was also more and more satisfied with Antetokounmpo. After the game, he caught Antetokounmpo for ideological education.

Antetokounmpo nodded again and again.

If someone else's physical talent is better than his own, then Antetokounmpo must be 1 unconvinced.

But now that Li Xun's physical talent is better than him, he is convinced.

He also knew that what Kidd said was right. Li Xun's physical talent was so much better than his own, and he was not so reckless. He really should practice shooting well to reduce the risk of injury.

If Li Xun knew that Kidd said such things to Brother Antetokounmpo, he would definitely be dumbfounded.

Kidd is afraid that he underestimated the physical fitness of the Greek monster.

There are still five preseason games to come, and the Mavericks will easily kill their opponents without bloodshed.

Although it is a preseason game, the fighting power displayed by the young Mavericks is quite frightening.

Compared with last season, the Mavericks' lineup has hardly changed much.

The departure of veterans like Kidd, Marion and Carter has little impact on the Mavericks.

The one that really has a little impact is Zhuang Shen's transaction.

But looking at the performance of the newcomer Gobert, given him a certain amount of time, his performance will definitely not be worse than Zhuang Shen.

The main reason is that Gobert's physical hardware is much better than that of Zhuang Shen.

There is a full ten centimeters difference in height between the two.

Not to mention the wingspan, Gobert is known as the wingspan monster, his wingspan is as high as 235 cm.

It is definitely the level that makes Yao Ming cry silently.

In addition, Gobert is taller, but his flexibility is very outstanding. It is rare to see a big player of his height who can move around with that level of flexibility at the basket.

In addition, his offensive method is not a rough guy like Zhuang Shen. Gobert has a good hook ability.

It's a pity that this is not the year for insiders to dominate. If it takes another 20 years, Gobert's development will definitely be at least two grades better than normal.

If he is lucky and wins more championships, he will be a historical super center.

The time has entered late October.

The opening game of the new season is about to start.

The opening game of this year's East and West is the Raptors in the East against the Bulls.

And the Mavericks in the west against the Warriors.

Although the Clippers got Howard in the offseason, which caused their combat power to soar.

At least it seems that the fighting power has increased greatly.

But if you want to talk about the popularity of the stars in the team, the group of Curry plus Durant must be higher.

So the league decisively arranged for the Warriors to play the opening game against the Mavericks.

From the arrangement of this opening game, it can be seen that the era belonging to the Pistons is completely over.

In the first five seasons, under the leadership of Li Xun, the Pistons reached the finals in the first season. Of course, because the lineup was too weak, and Li Xun had shortcomings in personal strength, they lost to the Lakers.

In the next three seasons, Li Xun led the Pistons to successfully create a dynasty.

The fifth season was the season when Li Xun left. Starting this season, the Pistons officially went downhill.

It may not be appropriate to say that it is a downhill road. The Pistons are completely in free fall.

Up to now, they can't even qualify for the opening match, which is really embarrassing.

Li Xun didn't feel any embarrassment, because this was already something he had foreseen.

As long as you leave by yourself, the Pistons will have no fresh blood to join, and it will only be a matter of time before they decline.

Home of the Golden State Warriors.

Li Xun was also very helpless, as if he had played the opening games all these years, and every time he played away games.

The main reason is that the team he joined doesn't seem to have a big market.

When I was in the Pistons, I either went to New York or Miami, these metropolises.

The Warriors' ball market is still very good, at least much better than the Dallas Mavericks.

In the NBA, the size of the team's ball market can generally be divided into several grades.

The first level is of course the teams located in Los Angeles and New York, the Knicks, Lakers, Clippers and the newly relocated Brooklyn Nets to New York.

The ball market is not about how much money a team makes, but how much profit potential the team has.

So the Clippers can be regarded as one of the biggest teams in the ball market, after all, they are located in Los Angeles.

And the next second grade is the teams located in big cities such as the Bulls, Green Kai, Warriors, 76ers and Heat.

The Mavericks are somewhere between third and fourth gear.

It is roughly the same size as the Magic and Eagles.

"Hey, Lee, I'm coming to the Warriors."

"Is this a surprise to you?"

When Durant saw Li Xun, his face was full of smiles.

At least in Li Xun's opinion, he hasn't smiled so happily for a long time.

Perhaps in his opinion, after joining the Warriors, his chances of winning the championship will be higher.

"It was indeed a surprise."

"I very much hope that there will be some strong teams in the West, otherwise it will be too easy to qualify for the Finals."

Li Xun said with a smile.

"I promise, you will definitely not get tickets to the finals this year."

"Because this ticket has already been booked by us."

Durant patted his chest and said confidently.

Li Xun nodded with a smile, "I hope you can still have this kind of confidence after the game is over."

"By the way, you made an appointment with Stephen, the warrior who came together?"

Li Xun asked curiously.

Curry joined the Warriors on the front foot, and Durant came on the back foot. It's hard to say whether the two have any PY deals.

"No, boss."

"I didn't know Kevin would come until I signed the contract with the Warriors."

"I have to say, it was a big surprise."

Curry still habitually calls Li Xun the boss.

"Okay, then I wish you a wonderful game tonight."

"I won't show mercy, I hope you can hold on."

After Li Xun finished speaking, he glanced at the Warriors' bench.

Head coach Cole was wearing a suit that looked a bit cheap, standing on the sidelines with his hips akimbo, looking as if he was going to sell insurance to someone at any time.

There are some generals sitting on the bench.

Iguodala, Iron Eagle Barnes, David Lee, Bogut, Jermaine O.

Li Xun was startled, good guy, Xiao Ao hasn't retired yet?
He couldn't remember how many times he had such an exclamation.

His eyes swept over Bogut, and Li Xun narrowed his eyes.

Bogut was blowing water with Iguodala, but when he felt Li Xun's gaze, he immediately shrank his head.

This guy is not afraid of anything, except Li Xun.

Li Xun was already considered a psychological shadow in his heart, whenever he met Li Xun, his liver would tremble.

The lineup of the Warriors is a bit powerful.

In terms of lineup, the Warriors' lineup this season is actually replacing Durant with young Clay and Green.

In addition, Green is not a starter this season, he is just a substitute player in the team.

Don't think about it, the Warriors' starting lineup tonight must be Bogut, David Lee, Durant, Iguodala and Curry.

The good news is that their inside combination is not strong.

Don't look at David Lee's stats are very luxurious, but he is not the kind of player who can determine the outcome of the game.

It's the kind of winning or losing that doesn't seem to have much to do with him.

As for Bogut, in fact, the threat is quite big, especially for an old fritter like him, who is definitely going to take care of newcomers.

But with Li Xun on the court, Bogut certainly didn't dare to go too far.

"Dudududu!"

After a while, the referee blows his whistle, and the game is about to officially start.

Tonight is the opening game, and it is against an opponent like the Warriors, so the Mavericks did not let Middleton start, but let Clay start.

Gobert, Nowitzki, Clay, Giba and Li Xun.

Brother Antetokounmpo is sitting on the bench, as a substitute for Li Xun.

In the first offensive round, Li Xun, who played point guard, appeared on the midfield line to execute a jump ball.

Seeing Li Xun with a ferocious face, Bogut's calf softened.

Besides, even if his calf is not soft, it is impossible to beat Li Xun with the jump ball.

"Voted, voted."

After Li Xun successfully jumped the ball, he received a pass from Clay on the spot, and then controlled the ball to the frontcourt.

As soon as he arrived in the frontcourt, he transferred the ball to Clay, and he waited for a possible rebound under the basket.

Nowitzki pulled out to make a pick-and-roll, and Clay shot a three-pointer straight away.

"boom!"

It's a pity that the iron is not hit.

Li Xun, Gobert, Bogut and David Lee under the basket jumped up.

In the end, Li Xun took the rebound into his arms ahead of time.

Just after landing, before Bogut and David Lee could stand still, Li Xun took off for the second time with an astonishing bullet speed, and directly completed the dunk on the heads of the two.

Curry on the field had a bitter smile on his face.

He was very familiar with this style of play when he was teammates with Li Xun in the Pistons.

It's just that Li Xun shouted that the target of the shot was himself, not Klay who is currently on the court.

It's the Warriors' offensive turn.

Li Xun had a headache, not knowing whether to defend Durant or Curry.

In the end, he aimed at Durant.

"Hey, Li, you're the point guard and I'm the forward. Did you guard the wrong guy?"

Durant was defenseless and speechless.

Li Xun shrugged and said in a low voice: "No way, who makes you the most offensive threat player."

Durant who said this directly was in a good mood.

In Li Xun's mind, the offensive threat turned out to be greater than Curry.

"Shh!"

The two just chatted, and then only heard Curry's three-pointer.

Jiba raised his finger, looking ashamed.

He didn't defend the ball well, allowing Curry to find the pick-and-roll position, and then made a quick three-pointer.

Then the two sides fought fiercely.

Li Xun is still the omnipotent God on the court.

And the Warriors did not fall into much disadvantage.

Their inside line was indeed crushed by the Mavericks, but they couldn't stand Durant and Curry feeling good tonight.

Not only does it feel good, but their perimeter defense is also quite good.

The shooting percentages of Clay and Jiba are limited a bit low.

Iguodala, a veteran, has shown valuable defensive experience on this occasion. When chasing and defending Clay who is running without the ball, he never missed a single shot from start to finish.

Playing until the end of the first half, the Mavericks took a lead of 63:62, only temporarily leading by one point.

Just looking at the score in this half, you can know that the efficiency of both sides is actually very good.

Li Xun has scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the halftime.

Although no one on the Warriors scored 17 points, Durant and Curry both scored [-] points.

Iguodala not only played well defensively, but also made four consecutive three-pointers on the offensive end, and also scored three.

This is a bit uncomfortable.

Li Xun has not experienced this kind of anxious game for a long time.

There is no way, a lineup like the Warriors wants to hang them, unless they are not up to date and their shooting percentage is low.

In the second half, the situation still did not improve.

When there were only 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the point difference between the two sides hovered around three points.

In other words, everyone has a chance to win this game.

The game passed by one minute and one second, and when the last 20 seconds were left, the Warriors had the ball. At this time, the Warriors were only two points behind.

If they score two points, the game goes to overtime.

If Curry made a three-pointer directly, the Mavericks would lose in the opener.

As the defending champion, losing the first game of the new season is really unreasonable.

Outside the three-point line, Curry is holding the ball, stalling the rest of the game.

Li Xun came directly to defend Curry.

The pressure on Curry at the moment is actually great.

He knows better than anyone what it feels like to be targeted by Li Xun.

With the last three or four seconds left, Curry shot directly.

This was a bit beyond Li Xun's expectations. He originally thought that Curry would pass the ball to Durant and let Durant end the game.

"boom!"

Curry missed a three-pointer.

Gobert at the basket desperately protected the rebound.

Then the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Mavericks won the Warriors without any risk.

Although they won the game, the difficulty of the Warriors still put some pressure on Li Xun.

(End of this chapter)