The Clippers only renewed their contract with Dunleavy in August for two years. They continued to serve as general manager and head coach, with an annual salary increasing to 5 million.

Old Dunleavy's salary has increased a lot, but he is only ranked fifth among the NBA active coaches. The annual salary of Zen master is 10 million. He has been the highest-paid head coach in the league in recent seasons.

On October 27, the NBA regular season finally rekindled. On November 1, the defending champion Clippers welcomed their first opponent of the new season at home. The latter has grown into a Western Conference powerhouse under the guidance of head coach Carlisle. This game is even regarded as a preview of the Western Conference Finals. Of course, this is what the Dallas media said.

The first game of the defending champion has always been played at home because the champion team has to award the players the championship ring in the first game.

The Clippers have won two consecutive championships, and they are already familiar with how to conduct the ring awarding ceremony. This year's ceremony is no different from last year. It just changed the shape of the championship ring, especially the addition of the logo representing two consecutive championships. The cost of each ring has also increased by 10%. There is nothing new.

Mark Cuban watched the Clippers' award ceremony on the spot, but he didn't want to see this scene. Since buying the Mavericks in 2000, Cuban's closest time to the championship was in 2005. As a result, they became the only three teams in NBA history that led 2:0 in the finals but were reversed.

The finals in 2005 were already embarrassing enough, but there were more exciting things happening in the second year. The famous Black Eight case made Kuban and Nowitzki even more unable to raise their heads, and also completely shot down the Mavericks. The media and fans after this Black Eight.

After experiencing the nightmare of the 2006 finals and the black MVP in 2007, they all feel that the Mavericks do not have the championship temperament. Dallas may be born with a lack of the championship halo.

As the core of the team, Nowitzki, known as the "Black MVP", lives in the mouth of the masses every day. Waste, soft eggs, noodles... Public opinion thugs think he is the mud that cannot be supported by the wall, and thinks that he will be like this for the rest of his life.

Cuban's jealousy towards Sterling is beyond words, it is simply a naked jealousy. The Clippers, a bad team, had no sense of existence before two seasons. Just because of luck, I picked up two rookies insiders, and ended up winning two consecutive championships. This made Cuban, who pays luxury tax every year but cannot see the champion, feel that how can he not be jealous, envious and hate?

Since the NBA implemented the luxury tax collection system in the 2000-01 season, only the Knicks paid more luxury tax than the Cuban Mavericks. In the nine years since the luxury tax was collected, Cuban has not fallen year by year. According to statistics, the Mavericks have paid more than 23 million taxes twice (2003-0425 million; 2008-0923.6 million); and in the past nine years, in seven of the years, the Mavericks paid more than 15 million; among the Mavericks' Southwest Division opponents, the Spurs paid four times. The total tax payment was 12.5 million; the Rockets paid once, which was 1.2 million; the Hornets and the Grizzlies have never paid luxury tax.

The total tax amount paid by the three teams in the Southwest region in the past nine years is not as good as the Mavericks’ tax amount paid last season, but the Spurs have already won the three championships. The Mavericks have been incompatible with the Spurs, so it is not difficult to explain when they see this.

Rockets fans may be more impressed by this statistics. Although the Rockets had a combination of Yao and Mac before, they have never crossed the bottom line of luxury tax. You can imagine what their role players are. This is the fundamental reason why they have never been able to enter the real championship ranks.

In 2000, except for the Spurs, Pistons and Clippers, there has been no other example of teams winning the championship without paying luxury taxes.

Judging from the Clippers' record of playing against the Mavericks in the past two years, the Clippers' record has 5 wins and 3 losses. In the first season, the two teams tied with 2 wins and 2 losses. Last season, the Mavericks are no longer a match for the Clippers.

ESPN and TNT both broadcast the game live. The Mavericks strengthened their lineup in summer, and won eight games in the preseason, and with Cuban's big mouth, fans are very concerned about this game.

The Clippers players received their own championship ring before the game, and the morale of the whole team was high!

Especially the two new veterans, Hill and McDyce, came to the Clippers to get a ring they had dreamed of at the end of their career.

The Clippers' starting lineup today is expected by media. The five starting players are: Chauncey Billups, Aaron Avraro, Grant Hill, Ji Guomo and Ji Guoqiong.

In this lineup, Avraro is no longer the fake starter of last season. In the eight preseason games, Avraro's playing time has increased significantly, and the same is true for the team's training. Old Dunleavy's emphasis on Avraro has been significantly improved compared to last season.

Such changes were obtained by Affraro himself. Affraro did not go on vacation all summer. He was the most active player in the Clippers' team training. He will naturally gain something if he works hard. After a summer of hard work, Affraro's strength has improved significantly compared to last season. With his outstanding defense, Dunleavy will naturally value this young player more.

The Mavericks' starting lineup: Jason Kidd, DiShaun Stevenson, Sean Marion, Dirk Nowitzki, Massin Gott.

This season, Coach Carlisle finally has excellent players to implement his offensive and defensive system, but the defense in the inside is still the biggest problem for the Mavericks. Nowitzki is old and cannot be able to combine offensive and defensive, so he basically doesn't defend much on the defensive end. Although his new partner, Polish Gotat's defense is not bad, he alone cannot protect the penalty area. This is the biggest hidden danger for the Mavericks.

After two seasons of championship baptism, Old Dunleavy became more confident in commanding on the spot. Once this person was confident, his reaction seemed to have been much faster and his mind was a little smarter. Before the game, the Clippers customized tactics were to focus on the inside of the Mavericks.

Ji Guochou mainly trained this summer to break through the arc top and the face frames of the two wings, referring to the young bully Stoudemire, and at the same time strengthened the hook stability of the two low posts and waist circumferences. The three-pointer that was slightly more than a small amount was not trained. His weight has increased to 245 pounds after a summer of training. This allows him to have greater lethality at the low post. It is a bit unnecessary to shoot three-pointers from the outside.

Gotat faced Brother Panda today. He was not at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but he couldn't keep up with his footsteps, had a lot of poor athletic ability and insufficient experience.

Ji Guoqiu broke through to the right at the free throw line, entered the inside and stopped and turned around, went around to the left side of the rebound to easily advance the basketball. The whole move was completed in one go.

Nowitzki had long been attracted by Ji Guomeng to the outside line. Although Marion rushed back from the outside line to assist in defense, the hackers' pace was no longer as fast as they were at the peak of the Suns. They tried to block Ji Guochu's layup with their long arms, but in the end they found that they could not reach the basketball.

On the offensive end of the Mavericks, Marion and Stevenson cut back and forth, Kidd threaded the needle on the outside, Nowitzki attracted most of the Clippers' attention, Gott received Kidd's unexpected pass at the basket and easily advanced the ball.

The biggest change for the Dallas this year is on the offensive end, with their unball running and interspersed empty cuts much more than last season.

As soon as the person moves, the scene will come alive. Kidd's skill in threading needles and threads can also be used.

The Clippers turned their heads and handed the basketball to Ji Guomeng.

The training of the Little Fox and the Giant Panda summer is exactly the opposite. He gave up training in the penalty area and low post and completely shifted his focus to the outside.

Throughout the summer, he continued to strengthen his ball-holding breakthroughs and increased training for step-back jump shots, with the goal of reducing the rash shots in the previous two seasons.

Therefore, in the new season, Ji Guomo will shoot three-pointers after running without the ball, directly attack the basket after breaking through, stop and step back and jump shot, mainly these three offensive techniques.

Sometimes, it is not good to know too much. If Ji Guomo is proficient in these three tricks, it is more than enough to deal with any big scene.

Most of the fourth position will definitely not keep up with the Fox Brother's breakthrough and will be sieve. If the small guy is sent to prevent him from breaking through, the Fox Brother, who has increased his weight to 240 pounds in Xia Tian, ​​can attack with his back and forth from both wings. His back turns and shots are not put down, but he has not strengthened his training. His shooting percentage has not improved much from last season, but it is still very threatening to play with small players.

The two brothers can be both internal and external, and can use their physical strength to attack players who are not as tall and strong as themselves. Faced with players who are taller and stronger than themselves, they can pull out and defeat their opponents with speed and skills. In other words, players in the league who are better than their athletic ability are not as good as their two skills. And players who are better than their two skills are not as good as their athletic ability.

Ji Guomeng's breakthrough is more threatening than last season, which is reflected in the significant improvement of ball control ability. From his pause when dribbling, it can be easily seen that Ji Guomeng is more relaxed and comfortable when he is on the rush, which makes him much less likely to be intercepted. Just like this time, Ji Guomeng's breakthrough was in a double-teamed manner when he was trapped in the Mavericks' double-team, and he jumped into the air to transfer the basketball to the weak open hand. The person who received the ball was veteran Grant Hill, who made an unguarded 18-foot mid-range hit, and the Clippers took the lead 4:2.

The Staples Arena immediately cheered for Grant Hill. Clippers fans had already seen that this 37-year-old veteran was not old at all. When the team was about to go down, he could always run ahead, which was definitely not slower than Avraro. This was the habit he developed in the Suns. In positional warfare, Old Hill's stable mid-range shooting was a very stable scoring point for the Clippers. Although Hill is 37 years old, with his solid basic skills and super reading game ability, he can occasionally break through unexpectedly. Moreover, Hill's final finishing ability is outrageous, and both his left and right hands can make layups, which is very terrifying.

At 8 minutes and 30 seconds in the first quarter, the two brothers attracted most of the Mavericks to defend. Billups dribbled and broke through again, and the Mavericks directly missed Avraro and Hill.

Billups only played three games with Hill, but his trust in him has exceeded that of several young players on the team. At this time, he naturally chose Hill as his first pass target.

Marion is also awesome, and in this case, he can even fight his life to save himself and save the defense.

Hill made a shooting posture, raised his hand and shook the hacker who was also experienced in many battles. He suddenly entered the penalty area and threw a left-handed throw to the board, easily getting two points.

Old Dunleavy clapped his palms on the sidelines. Hill's skills were completely superstar. His sense of smell on the court was different from ordinary role players. Hill's ability to read games was at the same level as Billups.

Old Hill's problem is the deterioration of athletic ability caused by injuries. It sounds a bit similar to the Mavericks' Kidd. Although his athletic ability is no longer good, he relies on top consciousness and basic skills, especially after the twin brothers and Billups attracted all the defense, Hill's threat posed by him was stronger than Crawford, and the latter's stability and consciousness were much worse than Old Hill.

The score was 12:6, Carlisle called a timeout.

The Mavericks played well on the offensive end, but their performance on the defensive end was poor. The Clippers always found open shots. As long as they double-team the twin brothers or assist in defense, they would definitely leak a player from the Clippers in the end.

Charles Barkley said after the timeout: "Nowski can't be defensive unless his partner is Kevin Garnett, and he must be the 25-year-old version. This German can become a 25+10 beast comparable to Hakeem Olajuwon, Elgin Baylor and Bob Petit, but I never thought he was a key gentleman who could fight the team on his shoulders and fight a path."

Kenny Smith didn't argue with him, and said: "Cuban is a psychopath, and he can also be said to be a dreamer, but he has always been the kind of boss that fans like the most. Before the game, he said that this year's Mavericks will snipe the defending champion. However, let's look at the members of the Mavericks. These people have either become tomorrow's yellow flowers or have obvious shortcomings. In short, no matter from any angle, they are not standard components for the champion team."

At the end of the timeout, Nowitzki received the ball from the wing and prepared to play singles with Guohuo.

Avraro immediately came up to double-team. Old Dunleavy's arrangement on the defensive end today was to resolutely double-team Nowitzki. He must not use his trick to play the two brothers alone.

Although Ji Guomeng gained weight to 240 pounds, Nowisky's back was still a little unbearable, and his teammates' double-teaming was indeed very important to him.

Nowitzki passed the basketball, but it was difficult for him to hand the ball to Kidd. The Clippers' defense was very targeted, but it was not arranged by the old Dunleavy, but by the players' adaptability.

It has to be said that it is different for smart people to play together. The players on the Clippers are all high-ball merchants. The Mavericks have turned the ball several times, but Kidd just couldn't get the ball, but instead was driven to the basketball by the Clippers' rotation.

Jason Terry, who was replaced just now, had to make a strong shot by himself. This guy is also a drawer, but he didn't get up today, so he didn't hit the box at all.

Ji Guochou took the rebound and the Clippers immediately fought back.
Chapter completed!