One Guard

After the game, the reporters were all restless. The defending champion Lakers actually lost to the Dallas Mavericks, which no one was optimistic about before. Nowitzki, who has always been called a "soft guy", has a steady output in this game, scoring 23 points, leaving Gasol and Odom at a loss.

Of course, Yiyang, who was questioned after being drafted by the Mavericks, surprised fans all over the world with his performance of 30 points and 8 assists. Yiyang used this campaign to tell everyone that Asian guards can not only survive in the NBA, but also thrive here!

Kobe scored only 17 points today, and his shooting percentage was not high. The legend who just won two consecutive championships is now overwhelmed by a rookie. Although Kobe's injuries are the biggest reason for this situation, this result is beyond most people's expectations.

Kyle Thompson looked at Yiyang who was surrounded by reporters, he wanted to shrink back, but if he didn't keep his words, his reputation in front of the fans would be greatly affected in the future.

"Damn it!" Thompson gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly, and walked towards the court. The sharp-eyed reporters immediately spotted him, and then there was a good show...

Yiyang stood in front of several cameras, still answering the reporters' questions perfunctorily. The current Yiyang will never talk too much with the reporters, he has not forgotten how the reporters framed him to look down on Kobe. Therefore, it is almost impossible to ask something exciting from this taciturn Chinese.

At this moment, Yiyang noticed that the eyes of the reporters passed through him and fell behind him. Yiyang turned around curiously, he thought it was Terry making faces behind his back.

However, the guy who walked towards Yiyang was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

A slightly thin black man with a bald head and sunken cheeks was walking towards him with a sad face.

"Your performance is really great, Yi!" The man couldn't help but shake hands with Yiyang after walking up. As promised, he publicly praised Yiyang in front of the reporters.

Hearing the voice of the visitor, Yiyang remembered who this guy was. Kyle Thompson, the guy who said he couldn't keep Kobe under 25 points.

"Hello, sir." Yi Yang looked at Thompson, and he was now thinking about how this guy would use his butt to throw a basketball into the hoop.

For this question, Kyle Thompson himself has no answer. When he first made the bet, he was full of confidence and just said so casually. Who's going to really think about shooting from the ass unless his brain is really broken.

But at this moment, this seemingly unbelievable thing is what Kyle Thompson has to face next.

"I made a bet that if you prevent Kobe from scoring 25 points tonight, I will shoot with my ass. I keep my promise, but I may need your help." Kyle Thompson put up his old face and kept himself reputation.

Unexpectedly, Yiyang waved his hand. Before the game started, Yiyang was still very interested in it. He really wanted to see what Kyle Thompson would do after losing.

However, when Yiyang really touches on victory, he feels that all this is not important anymore. Victory is the greatest reward for their efforts. As for a commentator's bet, who cares?

Kyle Thompson thought that Yiyang wanted to do this thing another day, so as not to embarrass him in front of so many people and reporters. Just like when Charles Barkley kissed the ass of a donkey,

It was also performed a few days after the bet was lost.

However, what Yiyang said made Kyle Thompson's eyes widen.

"It's true that Kobe didn't score 25 points today, but it's not because of me alone. Jason, Jeter, Stevenson and everyone else, it was us, we guarded Kobe, not me! So , You didn’t lose. If you didn’t lose, you don’t have to fulfill your promise.” After Yiyang finished speaking, he shrugged and smiled slightly.

Afterwards, the No. 1 guard pushed aside the crowd and followed his teammates towards the player tunnel. Kyle Thompson froze in place, the way Yiyang spoke just now did not look like a young man in his twenties at all.

If the 20-year-old Bryant had won the bet at the moment, perhaps he would have relentlessly supervised Thompson to fulfill his promise. This is young people, and young people are usually invincible after victory.

But Yiyang, looking at that fading back, Kyle Thompson felt that he was more like a veteran. A veteran who doesn't care much about temporary wins and losses, and who knows what true honor is.

Like Tim Duncan or Tony Parker, do you think they're going to be all over the place for a normal game win? Or, do you think Duncan takes pleasure in humiliating his opponents? No, of course not. However, Duncan is already a veteran who has been in the league for many years, but Ke Yiyang, he is just a rookie.

When Kyle Thompson saw Yiyang's statement in the newspaper that defending Kobe was not difficult, he felt that the Chinese defender was just another young man who didn't know what to do. So in a fit of anger, he made such a bet.

But today, when Kyle Thompson personally contacted Yiyang, he found out. What is hateful is not Yiyang, but those irresponsible reporters.

A terribly mature rookie... Now, Kyle only hopes that his son Clay, who is about to enter the draft, can be like Yiyang when he enters the league.

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After today's game, the nba officially announced that the general manager of the Mavericks, Don Nelson, was selected as the nba manager of the year this season. With the victory of the game and the blessing of another person's honor, the Mavericks can be described as double happiness.

The reason why Nelson Jr. was able to receive this honor is that he and Cuban brought Yiyang to Dallas.

Although the Mavericks have a good record this season, the signing with Peja in the middle of the season can also be regarded as a stroke of genius. But there is no doubt that Yiyang is the biggest plus point for Nelson to win this honor.

The key victory in the series and the honor of the best manager let the Mavericks return with a full load tonight. With so many honors in hand, is it still reasonable not to touch the O'Brien Cup?

The total score of the playoffs became 3-0. After Xu Yiyang won the best sixth man, Nelson won another personal honor. This series of successes has boosted the morale of the Mavericks. The Los Angeles Lakers, already in a "half-dead" state, fell into a trough as a whole.

On May 8, the Lakers played against the Mavericks in Game 4. The degree of attention to this game has been far inferior to the previous three games. Although at this time, there are still a small number of fans who think that the Lakers will create a miracle of winning four games in a row to complete a major reversal, but those who still think so are still only a small group of people.

Most sane people, including the Lakers themselves, know that there is nothing they can do.

Phil Jackson came to the locker room early today because he knew that this might be the last game of his coaching career.

He didn't put too much pressure on the players, and he didn't put too much pressure on himself. At this moment, "Zen Master" felt that he was really old. The godfather of the champion who was once glorious, now, when facing failure, he is so calm.

What about Kobe? He has also recognized the reality. Today, he will continue to play with injuries. It's just the desire to win, not so strong anymore.

In this series, apart from Kobe's injury, the fatal flaw of the Lakers is that the inability to guard the Mavericks' outside line is also one of the reasons why they have come to such a field. Today, the Lakers have completely collapsed psychologically, and their defense against the Mavericks' perimeter is useless.

In the first quarter, Nowitzki, Terry, Kidd and Yiyang made four three-pointers for the Mavericks. Kobe tried to score on the court for redemption. But Kobe's resistance now looks so weak.

However, in the first quarter, the Mavericks' three-pointer was just a test, and in the second quarter, it was the beginning of an explosion across the board!

Terry, Yiyang's big brother, feels hot today. As long as Yiyang hands the ball to him, it is very likely that he will get an assist.

In just 12 minutes of the second quarter, Terry, who came off the bench, hit 5 three-pointers and scored 20 points in the half. Peja, who also came off the bench, also scored three three-pointers.

This powerful outside firepower made the already collapsed Lakers even more unable to parry. At the end of the halftime game, the score became 63 to 38. The defending champion fell behind by a large score, and the game seemed to have lost its suspense. Even Mike Brin said that this kind of score, even in 2k games, has to be played on easy difficulty.

The Lakers were mentally broken. Kobe made only 1 of 5 shots in the second quarter and only scored 2 points. Bynum and Gasol also missed frequently at the basket. They have lost the power to resist, and the Mavericks' unreasonable three-pointers have killed the last sliver of illusion of the Lakers. It has become impossible to equalize or even overtake.

Facing a game that is destined to lose, how many people are willing to fight hard? In the second half of the game, the Lakers' defensive loopholes continued to increase. And the group of shooters of the Mavericks really shot crazy today.

Peja, Terry and even Barea, who didn't have much playing time, made frequent contributions from outside the three-point line today, which caught the Lakers off guard. The more the Mavericks made three-pointers, the less motivated the Lakers were to resist. And the Lakers have no motivation to resist, this game will become a unilateral massacre. With such a vicious circle, the handicap is getting bigger and bigger. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers trailed by 29 points, and less than half of the fans still sitting in the Staples Center were left.

You know, the price of tickets for the Lakers' home games in this series is as high as the highest in the league! But this unexpected ending of the game caused a serious discrepancy between the ticket price and what the fans saw.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe did not play again, and the Lakers came up with a rotation lineup and completely gave up resistance. As for the Mavericks, the three-point rain has not stopped. While explaining the game, Mike Breen looked up the information with his glasses on. Because everything the Mavericks have done today is getting closer to the records of the NBA.

When the game went to the last minute, Mike Breen didn't know how to organize his language. The defending champion was crushed and lost the game in such a humiliating way. And the Mavericks, like playing a game, tied several NBA historical records.

"In the half game, the Mavericks made 11 of 15 three-pointers, which tied the best record in the NBA playoffs! In the whole game, they made 20 of 32 three-pointers, which also tied the best NBA record. Jason. Terry was even more surprising. He made 6 of 7 three-pointers in the first half and scored 20 points. He made 9 of 10 three-pointers in the game, tying the personal best record in the nba playoffs. Played 25 minutes and scored 32 points. There is no doubt that this rebellious old boy is the only protagonist today!"

Under Terry's eye-catching performance, Nowitzki scored only 17 points, and Yi Yang only scored 14 points. But because the Mavericks' shooters were exceptionally strong today, in addition to 14 points, Yiyang also scored 14 assists, only one short of tying Yiyang's career high assist record.

Although under the exaggerated three-point shooting rate of Terry and others, Yiyang is a bit overshadowed today. But is the large double-double data of 14+14 really not worth mentioning? It can only be said that today, the performance of the Mavericks is too exaggerated. Even 14+14 has become a norm.

After the game, the score was fixed at 122 to 86, with the visiting team ahead and the home team behind. The Lakers ended their defending championship journey with a humiliating 36-point difference, and completely shattered their dream of creating a dynasty again after ten years.

Kobe dragged his exhausted body to the end of this season's journey, and a generation of legendary coach Phil Jackson ended his coaching career in the NBA in such an unseemly way.

4 to 0, this incredible score was presented to the whole world by the Mavericks. When the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers played in the first round of the series, people said that even if the Dallas people advanced, they would not go far.

But now, they have swept the defending champions and advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a high profile!

Yiyang stood in the center of the Staples Field. He stood in this basketball temple and won the game he wanted to win in the most exaggerated way.

In the past, Yiyang would experience all this in the game. Experience the scene of dueling with Kobe, experience the scene of winning at Staples and being sought after by thousands of people.

Yiyang raised his head, under the white light, Staples looked extraordinarily beautiful. Here is no longer a place where he can only come in games and dreams. This place is the same as the street basketball court downstairs of the apartment in the Wood District, which is the venue he once conquered!

This is not a game, this is reality!

Yiyang watched the score on the big screen and couldn't help clenching his fists.