NBA: The Talent Burst from the Start

Lin Lei's words are neither rhetorical nor deliberately elevating the opponent he is about to face next.

Judging from the preparation state of both sides and their confidence in winning this game, the Mavericks are far ahead of the Thunder by two grades.

On the side, Kobe nodded after hearing Lin Lei's words, watching the highlights of Nowitzki's first half, and fell into contemplation.

For his old rival, Kobe is still very understanding.

It is no exaggeration to say that this season's Nowitzki, although he suffered from injuries at the beginning of the season, rested for so long.

But now he is in his strongest state for so many years.

"Gasol, you have to find a way to defend Dirk Nowitzki's mid-range fallback!

After pondering for a while, Kobe began to arrange the corresponding tactics for Gasol.

And Gasol is even more grim, if the Mavericks really succeed in winning, there is no doubt that most of the time and Dirk Nowitzki is his own.

This also brought a severe test to Pau Gasol.

Just as everyone was making a detailed analysis of the opponents they faced next, the second half of the game came as scheduled.

In the second half, Nowitzki still continued his hot touch, and even blocked shots on the defensive end. In the case of Ibaka and Durant, he finally scored 48 points and led the Mavericks to win the game.

After the victory of the first game, everyone in the Thunder team also left the field sadly, especially Harden, who had previously uttered mad words, and bowed his head in dejection under the boos of the sky.

On the other hand, Nowitzki and others did not leave in a hurry, but stood at their home and enjoyed the cheers of the fans.

Their team can be completely described as a classic car.

The team's starting point guard, Kidd, who is 38 years old, did not fall far behind when facing Westbrook, who is very physically fit.

This is also the last two years of the triple-double Wang Kidd's career.

Seeing the arrogant Mavericks on the TV, Kobe's expression became even more indifferent, he even picked up the phone and sent a message to the group of all Lakers team members.

"Today's game with the Mavericks, I don't know if you watched it or not. If you haven't watched it, you must watch the replay in time!

Soon Phil Jackson also responded in the group.

"Yes, Kobe's words also represent the opinions of our coaching staff!"

Almost all players responded immediately, only two, one was Bynum and the other was Lamar Odom.

These two players are also in trouble this season. Although Odom has gradually recovered at the end of the season, he is still reluctant to face his former ex-wife Klein Kardashian.

In this game, Khloe Kardashian also went to the court in person to express his support for James Harden.

Rather than expressing her support for Harden, she was giving herself a chance to show her face.

After all, the life of the entire Kardashian family is not easy now, and they must seize every opportunity to gain popularity.

But who would have thought that James Harden, who bet on him, played extremely abnormally in this game, and could even be described as appalling, which also made the smile on Kardashian's face a little frozen.

She didn't want to carry a reputation for ruining players' form, but it's been done now.

Following the Mavericks' upset victory over the Thunder, the entire league was also questioned for a while, and everyone began to re-examine the teams that entered the Western Conference playoffs.

Before the game, everyone believed that the Lakers, which could defeat the Grizzlies without a fight, were also questioned for a while.

The Grizzlies have a very good lineup this season, even though they are only 8th in the Western Conference, it is really possible to complete the miracle of the Black Eight.

The player configuration is not much different from last season, which makes them more stable

The three players with the most points were forward Guy, defender Mike Conley and Zach Randolph.

In 2009, the Clippers traded power forward Zach Randolph to the Memphis Grizzlies. As early as the Clippers period, Randolph averaged 20.98 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.

Randolph, a player who played his own level in the Blazers period, later moved to the Knicks and the Clippers, and finally came to the Grizzlies and found his position completely.

He formed a black and white duo with Marc Gasol, and he is also quite prestigious among other teams in the league.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the Spurs, who played very well in the regular season, had a headache when facing the Grizzlies.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Lin Lei this season, perhaps the Spurs would face the Grizzlies with the No. 1 record in the regular season, and they would likely be blacked out!

Even so, the Grizzlies did not have too much fear in the face of the Lakers, because they have the best perimeter defender, Tony Allen.

Tony Allen is known as Kobe's best defender. There are many ways for a player to gain a firm foothold in the league. However, like Tony Allen, there are not many people who are memorable by virtue of defense.

Kobe was a very arrogant person, he rarely praised his opponents, but when a reporter asked who was his best defensive player, Kobe once said Tony Allen's name without hesitation.

And Bryant added later: "Tony Allen is the only guy who doesn't yell at you on defense and needs help when he's facing you.

He will confront you head-on, and even if I keep scoring points, he will continue to push you hard and put enormous pressure on you! 33

Especially after Tony Allen joined the Grizzlies this season, top inside defenders like Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph on the inside, and Tony Allen on the outside, also made Kobe feel great pressure.

In one game, Bryant even made 18 shots and only hit 4 goals.

Kobe only scored 10 points in that game, his lowest score in recent years.

"Today's game, everyone must find their own opportunities. If there is danger or feel that the hand is not very good, you must believe in your teammates!""

Because of Tony Allen and the Grizzlies' defense, it seems that the Lakers have no one but Lin Lei to open up the situation.

Phil Jackson, the head coach of the Lakers, deliberately told them to keep telling them in order to prevent other players from playing during the game...