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Doc Rivers lied to Griffin yesterday. During halftime, he told Griffin that the fans might not remember that dunk.

Big mistake! Not only did the fans remember it, but that one-man dunk became one of the most replayed scenes of the game the next day by major television stations!

The second among the five best shots in the NBA that day was Yiyang's dunk on Griffin! The reason why this goal only ranks second is because in yesterday's game between the Warriors and the Hawks, Stephen Curry scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer. If it weren't for this buzzer-beating shot, the "combination" of Griffin and Yiyang would definitely top the list!

Not only on TV, but also on the Internet, Griffin has been almost unanimously questioned.

"Blake was so arrogant before the game started. I thought he was so good. In the end, he only scored 15 points with a 37% shooting rate. This is the answer he handed in. It's really ridiculous!"

"30 points, 11 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Do you think I'm talking about Blake Griffin? No, no, no, I'm talking about the guy who was too 'scared' to respond before the game started!"

"Blake Griffin may have some misunderstandings about himself and the Clippers. Although he and the Clippers performed very well in the first three games. But the Dallas Mavericks and the Clippers have not been able to complete the entire season. They are doing very well now.”

Countless basketball commentators and fans almost all sided with Yiyang. Griffin used his own personal experience to interpret the meaning of the Chinese idiom "overestimating one's capabilities" for fans across the United States.

After that day's game, Griffin, who was still active in front of the media, temporarily disappeared.

He refused interviews with all reporters and even declined invitations to appear on television programs. This guy just wants to stay in his little nest and wait until the whole thing calms down before re-entering the public eye.

The tweet Yiyang posted after the game also received likes from celebrities from all walks of life. Among them are Carter and Kobe who are recovering from injuries at home, Wade who is working hard for the championship, and Wall who just lost to Yiyang. Of course, Hayward and then-Celtics coach Brad Stevens were also indispensable.

This phenomenon surprised many media to discover that the usually taciturn Chinese defender had unexpectedly good connections in the league. They can imagine that if it was Yiyang who was dunked and Griffin was the one who tweeted, Griffin might not have received so many likes from stars.

The reason why Yiyang is able to get along well in the alliance is because of one thing. This poor boy from the Wood District knows what respect is.

He respects all opponents, no matter what color you are, what nationality you are, what position you are in, whether you are a star or a water fountain keeper... No matter who you are, Yiyang will give him the minimum respect.

Of course, respect is mutual. If you touch Yiyang's point like Griffin or Pachulia, then Yiyang will let you know what the greatest disrespect is.

Defeating the Clippers can be said to be a great feeling for Mavericks fans. Yiyang not only silenced that annoying guy Griffin, this victory also finally allowed the Mavericks to win their second ten-game winning streak this season!

As the saying goes, one thing loses another. There is no absolute underdog in the NBA. Each team has its own unique style and play style.

Therefore, if you want to win consecutive games in the NBA, it means defeating many different types of opponents, which is inseparable from the team's strength, team tacit understanding, fatigue, etc. If one step goes wrong, the winning streak may be broken.

So far this season, only two Texas teams, the Spurs and the Mavericks, have won more than 10 consecutive games, and strong teams like the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder have yet to do this. It can be seen that a long-term winning streak is not easy in the regular season.

The media took a look at the Mavericks' schedule for the next month.

With both the Mavericks and Yiyang in such excellent form, they couldn't help but raise a question.

"Will the longest 17-game winning streak in the history of the Mavericks be broken this season!?"

As soon as this topic was raised, it was discussed wildly by fans and experts. Generally speaking, except for the Mavericks who won the championship in Yiyang's rookie season, people generally believe that the Mavericks in the 2007 season are the strongest.

The Mavericks' 67 wins in the 2007 season was the league's best record after the 1996-1997 season, tied for first place with the Lakers who had the "OK combination" in 2000, and ranked sixth on the all-time list.

Excluding the 4-game losing streak at the beginning of the season and the 3-1 win when the main players rested for four games at the end of the season, the Mavericks have a record of 66 wins and 8 losses, with a winning rate of 89%! A wave of 8 consecutive wins, 12 consecutive wins, 13 consecutive wins and 17 consecutive wins respectively, sweeping all 15 teams in the Eastern Conference at home. Their record in the first half was even comparable to the 72-win Bulls that year.

People are all imagining whether the Mavericks would have had a chance to win the first O'Brien Cup in team history if they hadn't been beaten this year or if their first-round opponent hadn't been the Warriors led by Nelson.

After all, the Warriors really defeated the Mavericks that year, and Nelson, who once coached the Mavericks, also knows this team very well. If the opponent in the playoffs had been a different person, history might have been very different from now.

And this record of 17 consecutive victories was created by the invincible Mavericks in the 0607 season.

This season, the Mavericks are no worse than the Mavericks team in the 2007 season, both in terms of their paper lineup and actual performance. Even, slightly better! So it's not impossible to break the winning streak.

After the last ten consecutive wins, if Carter hadn't been injured and Yiyang was suspended, God knows whether the record of 17 consecutive wins would still exist!

Although this topic is now hotly debated by the outside world, Carlisle only said one sentence to the players during training.

"Forget those damn records! We don't play to break records, so don't put the burden of records on yourself. Play normally in every game, that's enough. Don't listen to the nonsense of people outside, they It will only cause trouble for us!" Doesn't Carlisle want to break the Mavericks' winning streak? Of course he wants it too! This is an opportunity to make a name for yourself in history!

But putting the huge pressure of "breaking records" on you is not a good thing for the team and players. Therefore, Carlisle would rather not let the players think about the damn record, but also to keep the record stable.

Most of the people on the Mavericks team are veterans and don't really care about recording this kind of thing. And young people like Gobert have no idea about 17 consecutive victories. As for Yiyang, Carlisle is not worried that he will be too stressed. That guy knows priorities. Perhaps no one in this league has a better mentality than Yiyang.

While the outside world was discussing the record of 17 consecutive wins, the Mavericks players continued on the road with a relaxed attitude.

Just one day after winning the matchup with the Clippers, the Mavericks faced the challenge of the New York Knicks at home.

The Knicks' record this season is not very encouraging, with a record of 10 wins and 22 losses clearly not in line with their expectations. Stoudemire continues to be injured, and Anthony becomes more and more "cancer". Although Tyson Chandler, a former Mavericks player, is in the paint, the Knicks' defense still shows little improvement.

Today, facing their old teammates, Yiyang and Mavericks showed no mercy. They were in complete control of the situation from the first quarter. Chandler is no longer the "boxing champion" he was back then. Although he is still one of the best defensive centers in the league, his dominance is no longer what it used to be.

Looking at Yiyang, the young rookie at the time, now he is handling the Mavericks' offense as orderly as Kidd. Chandler couldn't help but sigh, time can really change everything.

Anthony took 20 crazy shots in the game, but only scored 19 points. What about Tyson Chandler? No shots blocked, no points scored. 4 rebounds was all he contributed in the game. When young people like Yiyang become stronger and stronger, it also means that old guys like Chandler are gradually withdrawing from the stage of history.

The weak Knicks are naturally no match for the Mavericks, and they have won 11 consecutive games. 92 to 80, the Mavericks won easily. Yiyang's performance of 35 points and 8 assists also allowed him to completely defeat Anthony, the scoring leader who beat him by 0.1 points last season.

After the game with New York, the Mavericks encountered the second consecutive "point problem", the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers are full of injured players this season, and there have even been cases where a player has no substitutes available after committing six fouls, so he has to make an exception and continue to play on the court. People say that the bench at Staples Center is the most comfortable bench in the league. Because the Lakers bench is so empty that you can even lie down on it.

Although Kobe Bryant joked with Yiyang before the game, saying that the Lakers would end the Mavericks' winning streak. But a joke is a joke after all. Unless Kobe can put on the jersey himself and play, there will be no changes in this game.

When a team relies on Sacre, the last pick in the draft, to play its starting center, you can probably guess how poor this team is. The Mavericks faced almost no resistance and won their 12th consecutive victory at home this season!

111 to 97, the Mavericks won cleanly. Yiyang scored 30 points, 10 assists and 3 blocks, winning the game like a joke.

After the game, Kobe first congratulated the Mavericks. But he also threatened that he would take revenge on Yiyang sooner or later. It seems that the entanglement between this pair of old enemies and old friends is enough for the fans to watch for a whole time.

After being reminded by reporters, Yiyang discovered that the 12-game winning streak was already the longest winning streak in his career! Reporters asked Yiyang how he felt about breaking his career winning streak, but Yiyang was speechless.

He didn't even know the existence of this record before, so how could he feel about it?

"I just want to win. I don't care too much about records or anything like that." Yiyang told the truth, he is such a strange guy. This poor boy who came out of the Wood District has always been only interested in actual victory.

As for other accessories, they are optional!

At this point, another milestone in Yiyang's career has been completed. The Dallas Mavericks are only five games away from tying their 17-game winning streak.

Yiyang has already broken his own career record. In the eyes of the fans, it is only a matter of time before he breaks the team's historical record...