The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 314 Warm Boy Adams

The Warriors lost, but they didn't seem to lose.

Because of such a result, whether it is the Warriors fans on the scene, or the players such as Curry and Durant on the field, they can accept it in their hearts.

How could Warriors fans have imagined that their home team, the Warriors, could compete with the team led by Li Xun.

And Durant has lost countless times under Li Xun's hands.

Although they lost tonight, the disadvantage is very weak. If Curry scored the three-pointer in the end, the winner would be their Warriors.

And this is the regular season, if it is the playoffs, the Warriors may be more secure, choose to play two points, and strive to drag into overtime.

Anyway, no matter what, he was able to compete with Li Xun, and Durant had an unconcealable smile on his face.

As for Curry, he felt a little regretful that he failed to score the last three-pointer.

But to be able to make it like this, he also felt that it was already good.

You must know that this is a brand-new Warriors team, and the players in the team have not experienced much of the running-in period. If they are running in for a season, maybe they can really kill the Mavericks and get tickets to the playoffs.

全场比赛打下来，李勋狂砍48分17篮板11助攻外加3抢断5盖帽，完美的发挥率队惊险赢球。

As for the Warriors, Curry made 11 of 6 three-pointers tonight and scored 29 points.

Durant's efficiency is also good, scoring 32 points.

The two have already scored 61 points together, which is indeed a bit scary.

Fortunately, Iron Eagle Barnes's performance is not good. He does not have Durant's misplaced height advantage, and he does not have Curry's quick shot method. Got a mere 6 points.

As a player like Barnes, it cannot be said that he is not good enough.

But even without the ability of a superstar, given him the ball, he can average 20 points per game with good efficiency.

But if he raises it further, he will not be able to raise it.

"Li, shall we go out and get together tonight?"

"My treat."

Durant, who was in a good mood, invited Li Xun out after the game to have fun.

Li Xun shook his head, "We have back-to-back matches tomorrow night, and we have to fly to Oklahoma in a while."

Durant was taken aback, the Mavericks' opponent in the next game turned out to be the Thunder?
He blushed, feeling a little embarrassed.

It seems that this guy is not completely without conscience, and he also knows that it is not a glorious thing for him to leave the Thunder.

"Well, that's a pity."

"I wish you the best of luck."

Durant said with a smirk.

Li Xun laughed, of course he had to continue to win the game, if he lost to the Thunder tomorrow night, then Durant would definitely be embarrassed to death.

When the team had him, Jian Tian'er was abused by calf blood.

Now that he's gone, the Thunder actually won against the Mavericks.

……

The schedule of this season left Li Xun very speechless. He felt that Stern had let himself go a little bit before retiring.

As the champion team last season, Stern didn't say that he would give some preferential treatment.

There was no preferential treatment at all, on the contrary, a back-to-back was arranged directly as soon as the match started.

At one o'clock that night, the Mavericks will board the plane.

At three o'clock in the morning, I got off the plane and took a bus for nearly an hour to the airport.

After settling down, it was already daylight.

There is still a game at night, even if the players can't sleep, they can only force themselves to rest quickly to prepare for the game at night.

I slept until three o'clock in the afternoon, and then the players trained in the gym for a while.

At 07:30 in the evening, Li Xun saw Westbrook, whom he had not seen for a long time, on the field.

Westbrook haggard a lot.

His experience was indeed miserable.

If he is wrong, he is actually right. He played hard enough, and I have never heard of him being lazy in training, let alone any inappropriate behavior towards his teammates.

It's a pity that he couldn't make a shot, so who can explain it.

"Russell, what you are wearing today suits you very well."

When Li Xun and his teammates went to the locker room, they happened to meet Westbrook in Tang suit.

"Li, this is the clothes I specially ordered for tonight's game."

"A full two thousand dollars!"

Westbrook grinned, showing his teeth.

Li Xun was taken aback. Is this thing inlaid with gold?It's worth so much money.

But it's normal to think about it, this kind of high-end customization, the price will definitely not be cheap.

Once wearing this Tang suit, Westbrook looked like a member of the outsider.

"Yes, it really suits you."

"Kevin left, what's your plan next?"

Li Xun asked curiously.

Westbrook waved his hand, with a trace of pain on his face, "Don't mention him to me, I didn't even know the news when he officially announced his departure from the team."

It seems that Westbrook was also deeply hurt.

After the night's game ended, the Mavericks continued to win away games. At the Thunder's home court, they beat the Thunder by 119 points 102:17.

Westbrook played very hard tonight, and his efficiency is rare.

The audience scored a total of 33 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, and started with a large triple-double.

"Li, do you think I have a chance this season to average a triple-double like you?"

After the game, Westbrook approached Li Xun and asked expectantly.

Of course he wanted to get an affirmative answer from Li Xun.

Li Xun nodded solemnly, "I have averaged a triple-double for three consecutive seasons, and I think you can do it too."

With Durant's departure, Westbrook now has a lot of ball power in his hands, which already belongs to the true sense of unlimited fire power.

Not only has unlimited fire rights, but also unlimited rebound rights.

The addition of Neptune Adams to the team has greatly increased Westbrook's rebounding.

Adams is a warm man, regardless of his rough appearance, but in the NBA, he is a rare player who can be trusted by his teammates and praised by his opponents.

On the court, he has countless actions to protect opponents from injury.

On the rebounding side, his concession to defensive rebounds is also an important reason why Westbrook can average a triple-double per game.

For example, in the two seasons from 17 to 19, Adams averaged more offensive rebounds per game than defensive rebounds per game. This is a theoretically impossible thing.

For any inside player with reliable rebounding ability in NBA history, there has never been an example of offensive rebounds higher than defensive rebounds in a single season.

Not to mention two seasons in a row.

What's even more outrageous is that Adams averaged 17 offensive rebounds per game in the 18-5.1 season, while his average total rebounds per game was 9.0.

Zhuang Shen was the rebounding leader that season. His offensive rebounds were also 5.1, tied for first with Adams, and his average total rebounds per game was 16.

This shows how much Adams sacrificed for Westbrook.

Offensive rebounding is actually the key to proving a player's rebounding ability.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Adams has a little selfishness, it is impossible for Westbrook to average a triple-double per game.

At least [-]% of Westbrook's feat of averaging a triple-double should belong to Adams.

For this kind of selfless player, no one would dislike him, and Li Xun was no exception.

Although in terms of strength, Adams is definitely not as good as Gobert, after all, Gobert's two DPOYs are there.

But if you really want to say that replacing Adams with Gobert, Li Xun is still very willing if it will not cause a serious decline in the team's strength.

Li Xun didn't play long tonight, he only played 26 minutes. He was trying to squeeze out the playing time for Middleton as much as possible.

However, in these 26 minutes of playing time, Li Xun still scored a quasi triple-double with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.

As for Middleton, he played very well tonight.

It may also be the reason why the Thunder's defense in the backcourt is not very good. They don't have a defensive mad dog like Andre Robertson in their current lineup.

全场打了33分钟，出手了24次，入账了34分4篮板4助攻。

Very typical data for a first-class shooting guard.

With Middleton's performance, anyone with a discerning eye can definitely see that the Mavericks are focusing on training this second-year rookie this season.

Middleton barely played last season, and this season he seems to have gotten the favor of the Mavericks management.

Or maybe it was favored by Li Xun.

The key is that this performance is indeed impressive.

Among the four shooting guards, except for Kobe who can still play now, the other three have retired, and Carter can only play as a substitute now.

In the league, there are really not many young shooting guards who can make a move.

Clay counts as one, DeRozan counts as one, and Harden counts as half.

It's not that Harden's strength is not good, but that he can't be regarded as a shooting guard at all. In terms of position, he is more like a point guard than a shooting guard.

Then it's gone.

So if Middleton can rise up, he will definitely be able to sell for a good price.

Rare things are more expensive, this principle applies everywhere.

It's just that Middleton's games are too few after all, and he needs to play at least [-] or [-] games to really increase his worth.

After the first two back-to-back games, Li Xun directly hung up the truce card and was put on the injured list by the team.

Of course he wasn't injured, but this kind of back-to-back match was quite torturous.

Mavericks was also afraid that Li Xun was really injured, so he just took this opportunity to let Li Xun rest.

The rhetoric to the outside world is a muscle strain in the game against the Thunder.

This muscle strain injury is simply too easy to use, and it can be pulled out as a shield at will.

Now that he has reached Li Xun's level, data is not very important to him, as long as he can talk about the past, that's fine.

The number of matches doesn't mean much, as long as you can play [-] games in a season and enter the data ranking, that's fine.

What really matters is physical fitness.

The body is the capital, Li Xun is very clear about this.

He doesn't want to be the second Ross himself.

In the third and fourth games, the Mavericks played against the Utah Jazz and Timberwolves respectively.

Li Xun did not play in both games.

The Jazz are actually the Mavericks' sufferer.

If it weren't for the Mavericks to cut the beard, then Gobert is actually a Jazz player now.

However, in Gobert's rookie season, the Jazz didn't reuse him much, and the team also chose to draw the No. [-] pick this season.

Facing a bad team, the Mavericks certainly can't lose.

Even if Li Xun is not there, the Mavericks' lineup is enough to bloodbath the Salt Lake City home court.

Middleton continued to play well, scoring 41 points in the game, still a good offensive efficiency.

With two consecutive 30+ games, Middleton rushed to the headlines that day.

An unknown second-round pick in his rookie season, after the second grade, he was given a chance, and he really took it.

There have been many such inspirational models in NBA history, and each of them is fascinating.

However, most of these inspirational models are short-lived, and they only had a good season for a season, and then disappeared from everyone.

Jeremy Lin is almost the best example.

But Middleton is different. His body has the capital to become a star, which also makes many teams very optimistic about this second-year student.

Even after just two good games, some teams are already thinking about finding the Mavericks for a trade.

Their idea is very simple. Before they can really play their worth, see if they can snatch Middleton from the Mavericks.

A young first-line shooting guard in the second grade sounds really attractive.

And it seems that the possibility of him falling into the water is not very high. After all, this is the player Li Xun chose, and how bad it can be.

It's a pity that the price they gave was not sincere enough, and the Mavericks were not tempted at all.

The fourth game against the Timberwolves, this game exceeded many people's expectations.

The Mavericks lost.

Although Li Xun is absent, with a lineup like the Mavericks, the loss to the Timberwolves is still shocking.

Under normal circumstances, this season's Timberwolves are still fat.

But with the arrival of Zhuang Shen and Pekovic's trade, the Timberwolves have become a little different.

Now the Timberwolves have Zhuang Shen, Love, former Eagle King Josh Smith and Kenyon Martin.

The defense is indeed a bit weak, but the rebounding and offense are already quite impressive.

Especially the rebounds. When they played against the Mavericks tonight, they completely blew up the Mavericks' rebounds.

Love is a rebounder, Zhuang Shen is a rebounder, and combo forward Josh Smith's rebounds are not bad.

The frontcourt combination of these three is definitely a combination of rebounders.

Li Xun was not there again, counting on the starters Gobert and Nowitzki, how could they beat them.

Zhuang Shen has been looking forward to this match for a long time. Since the day the schedule was released, he has been thinking about this matchup day and night.

He is now the Zhengyin champion center, and he has a bit of status in the league.

Seeing that his original position was replaced by a Frenchman, of course he was terribly angry.

Scored a large double-double of 22 points and 22 rebounds throughout the game.

Double [-] can be regarded as Zhuang Shen's forte. Tonight, in order to sanction Gobert, he worked hard.

The strength of this game made many experts sigh.

They feel that the Mavericks let go of Zhuang Shen, which is definitely the most failed move, and even this move may cause them to be unable to continue defending the title.

Li Xun didn't care much about what these experts said.

This means that I didn't play. If the appearance rate, you see how the Timberwolves can win.

Their frontcourt is a combination of rebounding monsters, could it be that the Mavericks are not good enough?

Not only is it not bad, but Li Xun is confident that he can completely overwhelm the Timberwolves on the rebounding end.

That being said, the improvement of the Timberwolves' strength is also obvious. If there is no accident, it will definitely not be a problem for them to make the playoffs this year.

For these teams, actually being able to make the playoffs is considered a success.

(End of this chapter)