"It's not a big deal, it's just a little bit of skin, and it'll be fine in a day or two!" Li Tuanjie's heart warmed, and the scene just now when the calves would defend themselves and angrily scold Bowen made Li Tuanjie's heart very warm.

"Unity, let the team doctor take a good look at the injury after the game, don't leave any dark injuries, and you can rest well in the next game!" Head coach Johnson saw the scene that happened on the field just now, and now he is still a little apprehensive, he is really afraid that Li Tuanjie will be abolished by Bowen's black feet just now, and the Mavericks will be really tragic.

Li Tuanjie was a little helpless, he actually didn't have any injuries at all, although the palm of his hand was scratched, but there was no bleeding at all, which did not affect Li Tuanjie to continue to appear.

In this game, Li Tuanjie has now scored 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, ranking second in the team, and Terry, the team's second attacker, has only scored 11 points!

As for Nowitzki, the absolute core of the team, he scored 18 points in the first half.

There is no doubt that Li Tuanjie's performance was perfect, at least on the offensive end, impeccable!

The only thing that can make people find fault is probably Li Tuanjie's rebounding data, Li Tuanjie, who is 210 cm tall, played a lot of time in the first half, but the rebounding data is only three, which is really too little.

But considering Lee's position on the court, there are very few opportunities to stand under the basket and compete for rebounds, and he spends most of his time opening up space for Nowitzki, so it can be said that he only grabbed three rebounds.

Mavericks head coach Johnson had mixed feelings when he saw Lee's on-court performance and the technical statistics he played.

Lately he's been thinking about trading Lee Tuanjie for an interior rim protector who the Mavericks are currently in desperate need, and Dampier won't recover until All-Star weekend, when the trade deadline is just a week or two away!

This means that if the Mavericks don't strengthen the interior in the near future, they can only hope that Dampier can maintain his original competitive state when he returns.

But once Dampier can't maintain his original competitive state, then the trade door will be closed, and the Mavericks will completely lose the opportunity to strengthen the inside!

In this era, what is the price of weak inside, Johnson knows better than anyone else!

Last season, the Mavericks lost to the Heat in the Finals, who had O'Neal and Mourning, among which the Kidney fighter Mourning contributed five blocks in a single game in the sixth game of the Finals, and the Mavericks couldn't find the north!

If it weren't for Mourning's dominance on the defensive end, the G6 Mavericks would have had a lot of hope of winning, after all, the Mavericks only lost by three points in that game!

Once G6 wins, the finals will enter the tie-break, and the Mavericks will not have the possibility of winning the championship!

Last season, that is, the 04-05 season, the ugliest defensive battle Finals in NBA history, created a new low ratings in the Finals, and Duncan, the Spurs' interior line, averaged 20+14+2 blocks per game, which successfully helped the Spurs defeat the Pistons.

Pushing forward, the 03-04 season, which is the season of the Pistons, the Pistons' victory over the Lakers F4 aristocratic legion, in addition to Billups' stable play, the play of the interior double Wallace is also crucial.

Big Ben averaged nearly 11 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block per game, which truly explains the role that the top blue-collar interior line can play in the finals!

Going forward, it was still the Spurs' championship-winning season, and needless to say, Deng Dudu, a top interior player, still played a vital role in the Finals.

The backcourt trident composed of the Nets, the opponent of the Spurs, Kidd, Martin, and Jefferson, is not weaker than the current Mavericks in terms of offensive power, but their interior line is too weak, resulting in the final being picked off by the Spurs and missing the opportunity to win the championship.

Further on is the period of the OK combination's three consecutive championships, needless to say, O'Neal at his peak is the strongest inside line in the league!

Throughout the history of the NBA in recent years, it will be found that none of these championship-winning teams does not have the top interior line in the league.

This is the experience given by history, Johnson thinks that if the Mavericks want to win the championship this season, not to mention that they can have an advantage inside, at least they can't lose too much to their opponents, otherwise, they are likely to follow in the footsteps of last season, and the original Nets may be their lesson!

The Nets reached the Finals for two consecutive years, were swept by the Lakers OK combination in the first year, and fought six games with the Spurs in the second year. It's the barrier that they lose because they lack an inside line!

Johnson really wants the Mavericks to bring in a strong interior lineman, he doesn't have the luxury of bringing in an interior line of the peak O'Neal or Duncan's level, he only needs an interior line at the peak Dampier level to be satisfied.

If Dampier is at his peak, Johnson feels like the winner of last season's Finals will be their Mavericks, not the Heat!

However, Li Tuanjie's performance is so good at the moment that he is reluctant to take it out for trading!

Lee's consistency on the offensive end is definitely the dream piece of any team's championship puzzle, and with such a bench player, every coach will probably wake up smiling from sleep.

And now Li Tuanjie is just a rookie, and he can continue to grow in the future!

With such a precious rookie player to trade, it's no wonder that Johnson is reluctant!

"Hey, what the hell is going to do?! It is imperative to strengthen the inside line, and I am really reluctant to exchange Li Tuanjie, but in addition to Li Tuanjie, the value of others in the team is not enough to trade a decent inside player! "Johnson is in a dilemma!

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The game continued, and to everyone's surprise, Popovich not only put Bowen off the court after calling a timeout, but all the other starters did not continue to play, and all the players on the court are currently playing on the edge of the Spurs.

It was unexpected, but it was actually expected by everyone, and it was only a preseason game at the moment, and Popovich didn't want the Spurs to consume physical energy, which was a normal thing.

Not to mention the preseason, it is the regular season, and it is not uncommon for Popovich to rotate players.

Duncan, for example, has not experienced any major injuries in his career, but he has not played much, only playing about 60 games in half of his career, and only playing 82 games in the whole season, only twice......

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With the departure of the Spurs' main players, this preseason game has basically entered garbage time, and after the main players of the Mavericks played some advantages, they were also taken by Johnson to rest!

In the end, in this game, the Mavericks won by five points in a battle between the two fringe players and won against the Spurs.