Chapter 655: Desserts
Dallas, located in Texas, USA, is the largest city in the continent and the ninth largest city in the United States.
As a super city, Dallas sports are naturally very developed. The Dallas Cowboys of the American Football League, the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, the Texas Rangers of the Major League Baseball and the FC Dallas of the American Professional Football League are all indispensable and important forces in various leagues. The footsteps of the Dallas city have appeared in major leagues, and their professional sports degree is very high.
Of course, among the Dallas professional sports teams, the one that Chinese fans are most familiar with is undoubtedly the Dallas Mavericks, which belongs to the NBA League.
As a team that has just won the championship in five years, the Mavericks' popularity has always been very high. What's more, Mavericks owner Cuban is a person who is very good at using the media and creating news.
Therefore, even though the Mavericks can only struggle in the seventh and eighth position this season, and even risk falling out of the playoffs, they are still one of the most popular teams.
With these conditions, coupled with the superstar effect of German Dirk Nowitzki, the Mavericks have successfully connected with the international community and are full of popularity in Europe.
Now, in today's game, the Dallas Mavericks were able to receive national live broadcasts at home. You know, teams ranked like the Mavericks usually do not have so many national live broadcasts. However, it is precisely because they are called Dallas Mavericks that they are unique.
Although I got another opportunity to show myself in front of fans around the world, the atmosphere in the Mavericks' locker room was a bit solemn.
Because another team involved in this game, the Portland Trail Blazers, is definitely the worst opponent.
Rick Carlisle is very troubled now. The Mavericks' ranking is neither up nor down, so they must seize all opportunities to win every game. Even if the opponent is the first in the league and the defending champion, they must fight to the end.
But the Mavericks' inside lineup this season is quite embarrassing. Dalemport, a veteran who entered the league in 2001, is now the only starting center that the Mavericks can play.
You know, Anjie's first NBA game was against the 76ers in the preseason. At that time, the starting center of the 76ers was Dalem Porter.
At that time, Anjie, who had just come out of college, had already made Dalemport unable to cope with it. Now, the gap between the two is even bigger.
This is why Claire is worried. Dalemport is not threatening in front of Angel. In other words, the Mavericks have no way to restrict the double-producer MVP now half an hour before the start of the game.
Another bad news was that yesterday, the Trail Blazers official suddenly announced that Aldridge would make a comeback in today's game.
Aldridge's return is undoubtedly a double blow to the Mavericks. I hope that Aldridge, who just returned from injury, will be affected.
The worried Claire couldn't help but look at Nowitzki, who is also an international player. The only one he can look up to is this German.
It's not that Nowitzki can limit Angel on the defensive end, but Nowitzki can recover the lost points.
"Dick." Claire suddenly stood up and called Nowitzki's name.
"What's wrong, boss."
"Let go and fight!"
"Hehe, I can!"
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"How is it feeling? Go back to the field." Angel stood with Aldridge with his waist.
Aldridge closed his eyes and enjoyed the shouts passing by himself.
"Great!" Aldridge suddenly opened his eyes and replied in high spirits.
"An, La Marcus, here!" At this moment, Divac's shout interrupted the two of them's chats. The competition was about to begin, and Divac was going to gather everyone to make the final arrangement.
When Anger saw Dalemport standing in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Time flew by if he didn't pay attention.
The scenes of my first NBA fight against Dalemport seem to be vivid in my mind, but in fact, that was already six years ago.
"How are you doing lately?" Unexpectedly, Anjie did not spit out trash at his opponent, and even Delham Porter was still unresponsive.
"Uh...just be sloppy." Dalemport and Angel didn't have much intersection, and his answer was a bit stiff.
"Is it so careless... It's pretty good..." As soon as Anjie finished speaking, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth. At the same time, the basketball jumped into the air, and Dalemport, who had no advantage in height or bounce, lost without any suspense. The Trail Blazers won the first attack at the Mavericks' home court!
In this game, although Divac and Ricard agreed to Aldridge's request for a comeback, they did not let him play the starter.
So, at this moment, the one who partnered with Anjie on the field was still the inside player with the iconic explosion.
Claire's heart eased a little, and prevented Aldridge from starting directly, does it mean that Aldridge's condition and body have not met expectations yet?
But Claire wasn't glad that long before the Trail Blazers had already scored.
"What!?" The Trail Blazers scored so quickly for the first time that Claire, who had just been distracted, didn't see clearly.
The guy couldn't help but stand up from the bench and stared at the big screen.
The big screen started to return to defense when the Trail Blazers scored just now. As soon as Lillard transported the ball outside the three-point line, Anjie had already settled the position deep in the low post.
No matter how Dalemport pushed, Angel didn't move at all. Lillard hurriedly passed the ball, fearing that such a good position would disappear instantly.
In the end, when Anger received the basketball, Dalemport still failed to push Anger out.
An Jie, who received the ball, jumped directly with one foot, raised the basketball with his right hand and shook his wrist.
The basketball passed Dalemport's finger and fell steadily into the net. A light hook was hooked, that's all. This also indicates that Angel's play against Durhamport was so easy!
"It's okay Samuel, we'll just call back!" Nowitzki patted Dalemport on the shoulder. He didn't want Dalemport to have too right guilt and guilt on his back.
Nowitzki understood Delham Porter's goal conceded, even if Delham Porter made Angel score more than 30 points today. After all, it was really too forced to let an average veteran defend the strongest player in the league.
But as Nowitzki said, the Mavericks quickly responded on the offensive end. The person who responded was not Nowitzki, but Monta Ellis, who opened high and closed low this season.
At the beginning of this season, Ellis played smoothly with the Mavericks, and his extremely selfish old habit seemed to have restrained a lot. Nowitzki, who is humble, even told the media personally that Ellis is the core of the Mavericks and he is willing to retreat to second place.
You should know that not all team cores are willing to give up their positions. More reasonable, Nowitzki said such things in front of the media.
Ellis did have a perfect honeymoon period with the Mavericks, but after the honeymoon period, Ellis seemed to become impatient again and became more and more like before.
It was not until the end that people in Dallas discovered that the city had only one core, and his name was Nowitzki.
Although her performance is unstable, Ellis can occasionally break out for one or two games. The beautiful jump shot just now also gave Mavericks fans and Claire some confidence. If Ellis breaks out, the Mavericks might be able to really get the wrestle with the Trail Blazers.
The two sides continued to fight 2-2.
An Jie still killed everyone in the inside, and everyone on the Mavericks played unexpectedly.
After most of the first quarter, the scores of both sides were still anxious. Divac couldn't help but look at the game time on the big screen, and when he changed some fresh blood to the court.
The former Kings center walked directly to Aldridge. Aldridge immediately stood up and took off the training suit in just three seconds.
The camera's camera also temporarily left the stadium and pointed at the Trail Blazers No. 2 star who returned from injury and was about to appear.
"You can send it! Vlad!" Aldridge was eager to try.
"After the dead ball, you go and replace Robin. Hey, let me open the score, okay?"
"Pack to me!" Aldridge answered affirmatively.
On the court, Angel and Lillard completed a pick-and-roll cooperation. After Lillard broke through, Angel quickly moved down. Dalemport, who was slow to follow Angel's butt.
Angel received a pass from Lillard. Seeing that Dalemport had not caught up with him, Angel suddenly used force to jump high.
Unexpectedly, Nowitzki, who was originally guarding Robin, suddenly rushed over. This guy might think he had to do something.
However, Nowitzki is not a master of blocking shots. He bravely intercepted him in exchange for a foul.
Aldridge walked to the technical stage excitedly, and Anjie wanted a free throw, which meant that he was going to play too!
In the first free throw, An Jie steadily pushed the ball into the ball against the booed by all the fans of the court.
At this time, the game was dead and the players on both sides began to rotate.
Aldridge and Robin were brimming with high fives. He looked at the basketball court. His mother must have watched him on TV!
"I will make you proud of me, mother!" Aldridge drew a cross on his chest and stepped into the court with a bench!
Where is Angel? This guy looked at Aldridge who was on the field and smiled on his face.
Chapter completed!