From the beginning of the millennium, if you want to find the best supporting actor in the NBA, Dirk Nowitzki is definitely worthy of it.

Nowitzki's style of play is not popular, so fans don't like seven-foot-long guys to jump shots on the outside, so no matter whether they are healthy or sick, no matter whether they are poor or rich, let alone any climax or trough. The German tanks are always an unstoppable All-Star substitute, gathering up the number of players to Kobe and James as supporting roles. What's even more tragic is that the All-Star is just a microcosm of his supporting roles.

Power forwards who are in the same era as Duncan are destined to have no good endings, and he is the player who is destined to be the leader of the power forward position.

Those leaders usually leave their peers far behind, so Weber, Wallace, and Garnett are also gorgeous and physically magnificent, but they do not really defeat Duncan.

In contrast, Nowitzki showed tenacious vitality in the struggle against Duncan, and the Mavericks and the Spurs were also the two teams with the best average performance in the past decade. However, the comments about them were very different.

In fact, the biggest difference is that the Mavericks encountered Miami when they defeated the Spurs, but after defeating the Mavericks, the Spurs won the championship. There is no way, the damn ring makes Dirk always a supporting role in front of Duncan.

It's pretty good to be a supporting role for a historical best power forward like Duncan, but what's worse is that he is a supporting role for a new star like Wade who was only in the third grade at that time. In the finals, he witnessed his opponents going into and out of seven at home, and eventually became a legendary footnote.

If you take a step back and lose to Wade, it’s fine. He will be the top five shooting guards in history in the future. He is not an unknown junior, but...

Warriors, Hornets, Nuggets... These teams can only defeat the stable Mavericks in a specific year. Unfortunately, Nowitzki can always seize the right time to achieve these impetuous up-and-comers. The Black Eight Miracle in 2007 made him the most embarrassing regular season MVP in history.

Old Nelson made Nowitzki with one hand and then destroyed it crazily; Hornets had only a bit of special strength in 2008, and they returned to the playoffs to sacrifice the flags. Seeing Paul accelerated and throwing away the old Kidd, Dirk could only sigh to the sky; in 2009, Dirk's wish was just not to sweep, which was also the brink of collapse in the German tank psychology.

Perhaps it is because things are rare. Most NBA players have a back and a bear's waist, and their explosive power is amazing, so that fans begin to yearn for a few excellent soft eggs to relieve visual fatigue. Therefore, all big men who are tall and long, have delicate skills, fail to hit the key ball or are good at outside shooting are classified as soft eggs.

So many failures and the name of a soft egg that is almost unscrupulous made Nowitzki walk on thin ice.

He doesn't have many chances, and this season is perhaps the closest he has to the O'Brien Cup.

Nowitzki's thoughts swam to the sky. In the first half and the third quarter, the game was advancing in an amazing direction.

After the third quarter, the Mavericks fell 19 points behind.

They seem to have no chance.

The young Raptors didn't know how to suppress the joy in their hearts. His happiness was beyond words. As for their opponents, they didn't seem to admit defeat.

Li Xing looked at Nowitzki, and he thought the other party was already desperate.

Strange, why is the fire getting stronger and stronger?

To determine whether the violent state is strengthened, it is fundamentally dependent on the flame surrounding the violent state.

After the sluggishness of the second and third quarters, his condition did not disappear.

No, it's not just not gone, it seems to be more powerful than before.

Li Xing didn't know what stimulated Nowitzki. This situation was not normal, but he didn't have time to think about it anymore.

"Rachy, are you going to come down and rest for a while?"

The team led the lead with a big score, and every corner would do it to replace the main players and rest. However, Li Xing saw that Nowitzki was about to explode, so he refused.

"No, I feel something is wrong with Dirk, let me continue to fight." Li Xing said.

Something is wrong?

Snyder watched three quarters of the game and found nothing wrong with Nowitzki.

Li Xing didn't have a break from the middle of the second quarter to the end of the third quarter, and Snyder was very worried about his physical strength.

"But you've been playing for sixteen minutes in a row," said Snyder.

"Don't worry, coach, I'm not tired." Li Xing said seriously.

Li Xing's expression made Snyder believe that what he said was true.

"Okay, tell me if you need anything." Snyder didn't want to force him.

Nowitzki was surprised to find that Li Xing was on the court as well.

"Are you worried about being ahead so many points? Are you not satisfied with the data?" Nowitzki thought he was coming up to brush the data.

Li Xing didn't say anything.

The Raptors' first attack in the final quarter came from the aerial relay of Lee Xing and Calderon.

After the pick-and-roll, Li Xingshun took off and received the ball in the air and dunked it, giving the sixth free-receiver of the game.

So he completed the event tonight.

Now he no longer cares whether the incident is completed, and Nowitzki's next performance is what he focuses on.

The German is preparing to explode.

The Raptors' defense is the Mavericks are forced to a dead end, and they have to rely on Nowitzki's offense.

This is what Li Xing hopes to see.

Nowitzki held the ball outside the three-point line.

A big man like him can control the ball freely outside the three-point line, which has to be said to be an amazing talent.

The coordination of the ball-holding offense looks like a defender. Li Xing knew how he would attack, and he stuck to the point every time he defended.

Nowitzki knew this would happen, so he leaned against Li Xing when he got stuck in the position, found the rhythm of the shooting, twisted and jumped up, and shot the ball in his hand.

This was too fast and too high. Even if Li Xing could reach a higher area than Nowitzki, he would not be able to reach this raised ball.

"Swish!"

"Don't relax, the game is not over yet."

Nowitzki said it as if Li Xing and him were in the same team.

Calderon asked, “Do you need help?”

"No, I'll come alone." Li Xing said.

The strong always like to fight qi, Calderon understands it.

Li Xing refused him, and like Nowitzki did, he was planning to ask for the ball outside the three-point line.

Calderon could not have thought it was not seen.

Looking at Li Xing's position, Calderon's ball was passed.

Li Xing grabbed the ball and looked at Nowitzki.

Li Xing will not forget what the skills he first obtained were, one was George Gervin's fingertips to pick up the basket, and the other was Nowitzki's "sameness".

The combination of the two skills will have unexpected effects.

It can be said that Nowitzki is his object of imitation and learning.

Fortunately, Li Xing did not learn Nowitzki's defense.

"Come on, boy!"

After Nowitzki said that, Li Xing dribbled the ball and started. His speed was too fast. Such pace and acceleration should not be something a giant like him should have.

Let Nowitzki defend Li Xing and Chandler assist in defense at the back. This is the Mavericks' current move.

Chandler wants to assist in defense, he has to empty Banyani. You should know that the Italian averages 20 points per game this season, and it takes courage and determination to empty him.

If they dare to let Banyani out, Li Xing dares to pass the ball.

"You Dallas clowns who are looking down on people, taste my awesomeness!"

This is the most embarrassing scene tonight. The three-pointer without anyone defending, and he spoke harshly while he was heading. He didn't know that he was too much, but he shot a three-pointer and went out of bounds.

Suddenly the quiet air made Banyani very embarrassed.

"cazoo! I knew this was not my blessed place!" Banyani complained.

"Andre, back to defense."

Li Xing was worried that if he continued like this, the team's momentum would be defeated.

Banyani clenched his fists and burst into tears: "You must believe me, this is not my strength! This is not!"

"I understand, Barney, let's go back to defend." Calderon shouted.

It was the Mavericks' turn to attack, Kidd passed the half steadily, and Calderon's defense was not as oppressive as Stephenson.

If he was the head coach of the Raptors, he would not let a guy like Calderon defend himself because of his poor progress.

Even so, the Raptors' defense is impeccable under the influence of Li Xing.

It is almost impossible to break their barriers from the periphery.

The basketball came and passed by, and time walked urgently, and there was no time left.

Nowitzki roared and ran out to ask for the ball.

It was outside the three-point line again, and Li Xing followed him out.

Nowitzki stood two steps away from the three-point line, and looked like he was about to shoot.

His posture, movements and expression were perfect, and even Li Xing was deceived by him.

At that moment, he suddenly put the ball on the ground and completely shook past Li Xing.

However, Li Xing's height and wingspan were there, so he had no time to rush into the basket and to shake the person away and he had to take action.

The terrible talent showed its fatal superiority at this moment, and Nowitzki seemed impossible to escape the block.

Talent can set up an endless ceiling for players, but talent is never the whole of basketball.
To be continued...