The Clippers only renewed Dunleavy Sr.'s contract in August for two years, while continuing to serve as general manager and head coach, increasing his annual salary to 5 million.

The elder Dunleavy has increased his salary a lot, but he is only fifth among active coaches in the NBA, and the Zen master has an annual salary of 10 million, and has been the highest-paid head coach in the league for several seasons.

On October 27, the NBA regular season finally rekindled, and on November 1, the defending champion Clippers hosted their first opponent of the new season, the Mavericks. The latter has grown into a Western Conference powerhouse under the tutelage of head coach Carlisle, and this game is even seen as a preview of the Western Conference Finals, which of course was said by the Dallas media.

The defending champions' first match has traditionally been played at home, as the champion team awards championship rings to players in the first game.

The Clippers have won two consecutive championships, and the ring presentation ceremony has long been familiar, and this year's ceremony is no different from last year, except that the shape of the championship ring has been changed, especially the logo representing the two consecutive championships has been added, and the cost of each ring has also increased by 10, and there is nothing new in addition.

Mark. Cuban watched the Clippers' award ceremony on the spot, but he didn't want to see it. Since buying the Mavericks in 2000, Cuban has come closest to winning a championship in '05, and as a result, they became the only three teams in NBA history to have a 2-0 lead in the Finals only to be overturned.

The finals in '05 were embarrassing enough, but there was something even more exciting to happen the following year, when the famous Black Eight case made Cuban and Nowitzki even more unable to raise their heads, and knocked the Mavericks out of the abyss completely. The media and fans after this Black Eight,

After experiencing the nightmare of the 2006 Finals and the black MVP in 2007, they all felt that the Mavericks did not have a championship temperament, and the Dallas people may be born without a championship halo.

As the core of the team, Nowitzki, known as the "black MVP", lives in the sea of saliva of the masses every day. Waste, soft eggs, noodles...... The thugs of public opinion think that he is a mud that cannot hold up the wall, and that he will be like this for the rest of his life.

Kuban's jealousy of Sterling goes without saying, it is simply naked jealousy. The Clippers are a big bad team, where did they have any sense of existence two seasons ago, just because they were lucky to pick up two rookie insiders, and as a result, they won two consecutive championships, which makes Cuban, who pays luxury tax every year but can't see the championship, how can he be embarrassed, how can he not be jealous, envious and hateful?

Since the NBA began collecting luxury taxes in the 2000-01 season, only the Knicks have paid more luxury taxes than the Mavericks in Cuban. In the nine years since the luxury tax was levied, the Kuban has not fallen every year. According to statistics, Mavericks has paid more than 23 million taxes twice (2003-04, 25 million; 2008-09, 23.6 million); In the past 9 years, seven of which have paid more than 15 million in taxes; Among the Mavericks' opponents in the Southwest Division, the Spurs have paid 4 times, and the total tax payment is 12.5 million; The rocket handed over 1 time, 1.2 million; The Hornets and Grizzlies have never paid the luxury tax.

The total amount of taxes paid by the three teams in the Southwest over the past 9 years is not as good as the tax paid by the Mavericks last season, but the Spurs have three crowns in hand, and the Mavericks have always been at odds with the Spurs, which is not difficult to explain.

Rockets fans may be more impressed by this statistic, although the Rockets have Yao Mai combination before, but they have never crossed the bottom line of the luxury tax, you can imagine what level of their role players is, which is the fundamental reason why they have not been able to enter the ranks of real championships.

Since 2000, there has been no example in the league of teams that have won championships without paying the luxury tax, except for the Spurs, Pistons and Clippers.

Judging from the record of the Clippers and the Mavericks in the past two years, the Clippers have a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, the two teams were tied at 2-2 in the first season, and 3-1 last season, and the Mavericks are no longer opponents of the Clippers.

ESPN and TNT both broadcast the game live, and the Mavericks strengthened their roster in the summer, winning eight games in the preseason, and with Cuban's big mouth, fans are paying attention to this game.

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

In particular, two new veterans, Hill and McDeis, came to the Clippers in order to get their coveted ring at the end of their careers.

The Clippers' starting lineup today, as expected by the media, the starting five are: Chauncey. Billups, Aron. Afflaro, Grant. Hill, Ji Guosha, Ji Guoqiu.

In this lineup, Afflaro is no longer the pseudo-starter of last season, in eight preseason games, Afflalo's playing time has increased significantly, and the team's training is the same, and the old Dunleavy has significantly improved his weight on Afflaro compared to last season.

Such changes were won back by Afflalo himself, who did not go on vacation all summer and was the most active player on the Clippers team. After a summer of hard work, Afflalo's quality has improved significantly compared to last season, and with his excellent defense, it is only natural that the elder Dunleavy will use this young player even more.

Mavericks starting lineup: Jason. Kidd, Deeshane. Stevenson, Sean. Marion, Dirk. Nowitzki, Massin. Gortat.

This season, Coach Carlisle finally has enough players to execute his offensive and defensive system, but interior defense is still the Mavericks' biggest problem. Nowitzki is old and can't do a combination of offense and defense, so the defense is basically not very defensive, and his new partner, the Polish Gortat, is not bad defensively, but he alone cannot protect the restricted area, which is the biggest hidden danger for the Mavericks.

After two seasons of championship baptism, Dunleavy Sr. has become more confident in commanding on the spot. As soon as this person is confident, his reaction seems to be a lot faster, and his brain is a little smarter, and the tactics customized by the Clippers before the game are to focus on the Mavericks' interior line.

Ji Guoqiu's main training this summer is to break through the frame at the top of the arc and on the wings, referencing the small overlord Stoudemire, while strengthening the hook of the two low posts and waist circumference. His three-point shot, which was already a little smaller, was not trained, and his weight had increased to 245 pounds after a summer of training, which allowed him to be more lethal in the low post, and it was a bit redundant to shoot three-pointers from the outside.

Gortat is facing his panda brother today, and he doesn't suffer in strength, but he can't keep up with his pace, his athleticism is a lot worse, and his experience is insufficient.

Ji Guoqiu broke through to the right at the free throw line, made an emergency stop and turned around the inside, and went around to the left side of the rebound to easily score the basketball, and the whole action was done in one go.

Nowitzki has long been attracted to the outside line by Ji Guoqiu, although Marion rushed back from the outside line to help defend, but the hacker's pace at this time was not as fast as when he was at the peak of the Suns, trying to block Ji Guoqiu's layup with a long arm, but finally found that he couldn't reach the basketball.

On the offensive end of the Mavericks, Marion and Stevenson cut back and forth, Kidd threaded the needle from the outside, Nowitzki drew most of the Clippers' attention, and Gortat received Kidd's surprise ball under the basket and scored the ball with equal ease.

The biggest change for the Dallas this year has been on the offensive end, with a lot more off-ball runs and interspersed open cuts than they did last season.

As soon as the person moved, the scene came to life, and Kidd's kung fu of threading the needle was also displayed.

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

The little fox and the panda summer training is the opposite, he has abandoned the training in the penalty area and the low post, and completely shifted his focus to the outside.

Over the summer, he continued to strengthen his ball-handling breakaways and increased his step-back jumper drills in an effort to reduce the number of dry shots he had in the previous two seasons.

Therefore, in the new season, Ji Guoyi will focus on three offensive techniques: three-point shooting after running without the ball, attacking the basket directly after breaking through, and jumping in a hurry.

Sometimes, it's not good to know too many things, if Ji Guoyi is proficient in these three tricks, it is enough to deal with any big scene.

Most of the No. 4 positions will definitely not be able to keep up with the breakthrough pace of the fox brother, and will be suddenly turned into a sieve. If you send a small one to prevent him from breaking through, the fox brother, who has increased his weight to 240 pounds in the summer, can attack with his back on both wings, and his back turn shot is not put down, but he also does not strengthen training, and his shooting percentage has not improved much from last season, but it is still very dangerous to play small players.

The two brothers can play inside and out, and can use their bodies 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 beat their opponents with speed and technique. In other words, the more athletic players in the league are not as skilled as the two of them. And the players who are more skilled than the two of them are not as athletic as them.

Ji's breakthrough is more threatening than last season, which is reflected in the significant improvement in ball control, and it can be seen from the pauses when he dribbles that Ji Guoyi is now more relaxed when he stops and starts, which makes him much less likely to be cut off. Just like this time, Ji Guoyi's breakthrough did not panic at all when he fell into the bag of the Mavericks player, jumped into the air and transferred the basketball to the weak side of the empty hand, and it was the veteran Grant who caught the ball. Hill, an unguarded 18-foot mid-range shot, gave the Clippers a 4-2 lead in the opening period.

Staples Arena immediately resounded to Grant. Hill's cheers, preseason Clippers fans have already seen that the 37-year-old veteran is not old at all, when the team is down, he can always run ahead, definitely no slower than Afralo, this is a habit he developed in the Suns. And in positional warfare, the old Hill's steady mid-range shooting is a very stable scoring point for the Clippers, don't look at Hill is 37 years old, but with solid basic skills and super ability to read the game, he can occasionally break through unexpectedly, and Hill's final finishing ability is ridiculously strong, and he can go to the basket with both left and right hands, which is very demonic.

At 8 minutes and 30 seconds in the first quarter, the two brothers drew most of the Mavericks' defense, and Billups dribbled again, and the Mavericks directly leaked out of Afraro and Hill.

Billups has only played three games with Hill, but he already trusts him more than a few young players on the team, so it was natural to choose Hill as his first passing target.

Marion is also a bull, and in this case, he can still fight hard to make up for the defense.

Hill made a shooting pose, raised his hand a little, shook off the same battle-hardened hacker, burst into the restricted area and threw a left-handed board to easily score two points.

Dunleavy Sr. clapped his hands on the sidelines, Hill's skills are completely superstar-level, his nose on the court is different from the average role player, Hill's ability to read the game is on the same level as Billups'.

Hill Sr.'s problem is the deterioration of athleticism caused by injury, which is a bit similar to the Mavericks' Kidd, although the athleticism is no longer good, but relying on top awareness and fundamentals, especially after the twin brothers and Billups have drawn the defense all over, Hill poses a stronger threat than Crawford, who is much less stable and aware than Old Hill.

The score was 12-6, and Carlisle called a timeout.

The Mavericks play well on the offensive end, but the defensive end is terrible, and the Clippers can always find open shots, and as long as they wrap up the twin brothers or help defend them, they will definitely leak a player from the Clippers in the end.

Charles. After a timeout, Barkley said: "Nowitzki can't go defense, unless his partner is Kevin. Garnett, who also has to be a 25-year-old version. The German can be a 25+10 beast on par with Hakeem Olajuwon, Elgin Belle and Bob Petit, but I never felt he was a key man who could put the team up against his shoulders. ”

Kenny. Smith didn't raise the bar with him, and said, "Cuban is a psycho, you can say he's a dreamer, but he's always been the kind of owner that fans like." Before the game, he said that this year's Mavericks will snipe the defending champions, but if we look at the members of the Mavericks, these people are either a thing of the past, or they have obvious shortcomings, in short, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a standard component for the championship team. ”

At the end of the timeout, Nowitzki received the ball on the flank and prepared to single Ji Guosha.

Afraro immediately came up to wrap the clip, and the old Dunleavy was resolutely wrapped up in Novitzki on the defensive end today, and he must not be allowed to use that trick to play the two brothers independently.

Although Ji Guoyi has gained 240 pounds, Novitzki's back is still a little unbearable, and his teammates' bags are really important to him.

Nowitzki passes the basketball, but he struggles to get the ball to Kidd, and the Clippers' defense is very targeted, but it's not Dunleavy Sr., it's the player's improvisation.

I have to say that smart people playing together are different, the players on the Clippers court are all high-ball quotient types, and the Mavericks players turned the ball a few times, but Kidd just couldn't catch the ball, but was forced into a corner by the Clippers' rotation.

Jason, who has just been substituted. Seeing this, Terry could only force his own shot, this guy is also a convulsioner, but it seems that the situation is not drawn today, and this shot did not touch the frame at all.

Ji Guoqiu picked up the rebound, and the Clippers immediately counterattacked.

Billups, Ji Guoyi, Hill, and Afralo almost went down at the same time, and the Mavericks suddenly had a feeling of five to six, and Ji Guoyi finally made an easy layup, and the difference was stretched to 8 points. R1152