One Guard

The seven days after Christmas are a time for Westerners to celebrate. Until the new year arrives, most people can rest at home and not work.

But for professional players, they are not entitled to seven days off. Unless, these guys don't want their jobs anymore.

The day after Christmas, the Mavericks immediately plunged into the ongoing intense season. As always, Mayo was a mess in training after returning from Christmas, and God knows how many hours he slept during the two holidays.

But now everyone on the Mavericks is used to Mayo's ups and downs. Carlisle has decided to put Carter back into the starting lineup, with Mayo coming off the bench. If Mayo happened to play well, Carlisle would let him play a little longer. If Mayo didn't play well that day, Carlisle wouldn't continue to trust him like before.

In just two months, Mayo has gone from being the team's leading scorer to a dispensable X factor. The Dallas Mavericks still belong to Yiyang.

In the first game after Christmas, the Mavericks met their old rivals, the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the playoffs last season, the Mavericks were kicked out by the Thunder. During this year's regular season, the Mavericks also lost more than they won against the Thunder.

However, since Yiyang just scored a terrifying 62 points in the last game, tonight, the Thunder are still a little wary of the Mavericks.

In today's game, Nowitzki, who has just returned from injury, is still in poor condition. When Mayo came on as a substitute, he didn't achieve much. As a result, Yiyang naturally became the Mavericks' first scoring point again.

In the second quarter of the game, Carlisle replaced Darren Collison with Yiyang on the back line. In this way, Collison has become a pure number one position, while Yiyang is only responsible for interspersing runs, catching the ball and scoring.

"Yi Zhen is a plug-and-play all-around defender. He can not only help his partner score, but also can be used as a scoring point to convert his teammates' passes into assists. The term combo guard may be redefined by Yi! If If you can't do this, you don't deserve to be called a combo guard!"

The perfect integration of Yiyang and Collison is why Cuban is eager to get Deron this summer. Yiyang can switch freely between attacker and organizer, and anyone paired with him can achieve good results. But now Cuban knows that blindly pursuing big names is not the way to success. You must carefully consider your signings next summer.

After Carlisle let Collison take control of the ball, fans saw an incredible scene. Durant, the leading scorer, actually had a back-and-forth with Yiyang on the court!

Durant relied on his height advantage to hit a jumper over Marion, and Yiyang was able to break through Sefolosha on the offensive end for a layup. Durant entered the penalty area and drew a foul to hit a three-pointer. Yiyang was also able to put Perkins in foul trouble in the Thunder's three-second zone.

In the past, people knew that Yiyang was a point guard with good scoring ability. Now Yiyang has made everyone understand that he is not just good at scoring. If Yiyang completely turns on the scoring mode, he will be a being who can compete with the scoring champion!

In the end, Durant scored a team-high 42 points. But the Thunder still lost. Westbrook only shot 35% from the field, making Durant the king of empty shots today.

Yiyang only recorded 4 assists today, that's because all the organizational tasks were handed over to Collison. 44 points, 46% shooting. Yiyang used his outstanding scoring performance to help the Mavericks narrowly defeat the Thunder by 4 points!

In the match against Durant, Yiyang actually won. There is no doubt that Yiyang's popularity will continue to rise. After scoring 62 points and then scoring 44 points, people's impression of Yiyang has already gone beyond "that kid's passing is pretty good".

However, Yiyang's performance did not end there. One day after defeating the Thunder, the Mavericks will rush to Denver Plateau for back-to-back games to challenge the Nuggets, who are gaining momentum this season.

Due to Denver's high altitude, many players are unable to quickly adapt to the thin air here. Coupled with the Nuggets' "track team" style of play this season, it is very likely that the Mavericks, who are playing back-to-back games, will be difficult to handle. Therefore, experts all believe that the Mavericks' three-game winning streak is about to come to an end in Denver.

Facts have proved that the experts’ predictions were not unreasonable. Nowitzki's performance of missing all 4 shots in the first quarter was the best proof of their remarks. Mayo seems to have regained some energy today and can occasionally help on the offensive end. But his help was insignificant in the Nuggets' overwhelming offensive.

After halftime, the Nuggets returned to the locker room with a 15-point lead. When Nuggets center JaVale McGee was interviewed by reporters at midfield, he even said that they might rotate extensively in the second half to give more people a chance to practice.

However, McGee seems to have forgotten that basketball is a 48-minute duel. Now, the game is far from over.

In the second half, Yiyang, who was desperate, stood up again. Instead of racing against the athletic Nuggets, he settled down and looked for opportunities outside the three-point line.

After Ty Lawson wears shoes, his height of 1.8 meters will be very difficult for him to defend Yiyang's shots. In the third quarter, Yiyang was full of firepower from beyond the three-point line, helping the team close the 15-point difference in one fell swoop.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Nuggets, who were already confident of winning, felt desperate. Yiyang's three-point firepower was still fierce, and the Jazz went from leading to falling behind in an instant. They gritted their teeth just to keep the score and not let Yiyang take away the game.

However, until the last minute, the Nuggets collapsed. Yiyang's scoring ability makes the Nuggets' huge advantage in athleticism meaningless. Iguodala fought his way into the paint and scored two points. Yiyang ran without the ball and received a pass from Collison and was able to return a three-pointer.

Over time, the difference in points gradually widened. By the time the Nuggets reacted, they were already 12 points behind the Mavericks.

Yiyang scored 39 points and made 7 of 11 three-pointers. The Mavericks defeated the Nuggets 106-94, leveled the Denver Plateau, and won four consecutive games!

So far, Yiyang has scored more than 30 points in 3 consecutive games. Among them, one game was 60+, one game was 40+, and one game was 1 point shy of 40. Yiyang's performance made a wonderful thing happen in the NBA.

In the MVP rankings, Yiyang's ranking, which was not in the top five, continues to rise, and is now ranked as the fourth candidate!

"Yi's recent momentum has been very strong. If he can maintain this performance until the end of the season, I believe he will have a share of the MVP!"

"Yi's performance this season is indeed no worse than Rose's in 2011, or even better. The only factor that prevents Yi from winning the MVP is the Mavericks' not-so-good record. This is something that can't be helped. The Mavericks' lineup this season is not enough. Strong, but it’s hard to say whether the Mavericks’ record will bottom out in the second half of the season.”

"Now the Mavericks have won four games in a row, and they have gotten rid of Mayo's shadow. I would not be surprised at all if the Mavericks' performance improves by leaps and bounds in the second half of the season."

"With Derrick Rose in front, I wouldn't be surprised if he also wins the MVP trophy. After all, his performance is good enough. Of course, the premise is that this performance must be maintained."

Outside, the topic of whether Yiyang will win the MVP trophy is already in full swing. This "sudden" superstar caught fans and experts off guard.

In the last game of 2012, the Mavericks and Spurs met again. In this game, Popovich did not allow Yiyang to score another 62 points, nor did he allow the Mavericks to win the game again.

But Yiyang continued his streak of 30+ points. 35 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Although the Mavericks lost, even Popovich admitted after the game that Yiyang played another perfect game. It’s just one win away from perfection.

After January, Nowitzki's condition began to improve. Yiyang's assist numbers also began to slowly approach double digits.

On January 7, the Mavericks challenged the Jazz away from home, and Nowitzki scored 20 points for the first time this season. Yiyang scored 32 points and 10 assists. Together, the two helped the team defeat the Jazz and ended the team's recent two-game losing streak.

A week later, the Mavericks played against the Grizzlies at home. In this game, Mayo has been automatically ignored. People are no longer interested in the story of his revenge against his old club.

Nowitzki maintained his form today, scoring 17 points and 6 rebounds. The Grizzlies suffered a painful defeat by 20 points.

Nowitzki's 17 points certainly wouldn't let the Grizzlies lose so miserably. The reason why this game lost suspense early was because Yiyang maintained his continuous scoring performance of 30+ points. The detailed number of Yiyang's score today is 52!

"This guy is crazy. When Dirk's condition declined seriously and no one else on the team could step up, he still led the team to victory with a 52-point performance! If it weren't for his entire fourth quarter He didn’t even play, so he is very likely to score another 60 points today, or even 70 points!”

Mike Breen can no longer believe his eyes. Yiyang has changed so much during this period that the entire alliance can't react.

60+ in one game and 50+ in one game. It’s not like no one in the NBA has produced such statistics in one season, but as a passer, Yiyang was able to immediately shoulder the scoring responsibility of the Mavericks, which really surprised the commentators.

After this game, Yiyang successfully surpassed Paul in the MVP rankings, rising to third place. Before him, there were Durant, the youngest scoring champion, and LeBron James, who led the Heat towards the next championship trophy!

Whether Yiyang can break through the dominance of Durant and James and win an MVP trophy has become the biggest suspense for the Mavericks this season!

In the past four years, LeBron James has won three MVP trophies. The only time he failed to win an award was when Rose "took her love away". The emergence of Rose prevented James from completing his three consecutive MVP awards.

Maybe this year, another magical young man will have another step in James' road to becoming a god?

There are still three months left for the regular season to end, and anything can happen...

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