"Dirk Nowitzki, the team's main player, will miss the rest of the regular season due to an ankle sprain and a back Achilles tendon injury, and the exact return date is yet to be determined."

Rick Carlisle said this in his post-match press conference.

Originally, the Mavericks players were happier when the team won, but in this way, the atmosphere suddenly froze.

After the game, he flew to Dallas, and Qin Yang gathered his teammates:

"Dirk's injury, don't worry, let's go see him tomorrow, in the next game, everyone will be in trouble, but the coach will have countermeasures."

Dirk's injury was the first big crisis for the team.

The Mavericks have not been formed for a long time, and the tactical run-in is not enough, and Nowitzki's presence has helped the team share a lot of pressure.

Normally, it doesn't show up because Nowitzki's points and other stats are very few this season.

But tactically speaking, Nowitzki is crucial for the team.

Interior defense, Nowitzki is very important, Gobert is still a little immature and has a lot of potential, but he can't take on the responsibility in a short period of time.

In terms of attracting defense, in addition to Qin Yang, it is Nowitzki.

If Nowitzki can't play, Qin Yang will run into a bag. The team will become more difficult to play. The other players won't think about it so much, they will only feel that the next game will be difficult, but for Qin Yang, there will be more questions to think about.

The team has to change.

The next day, the entire Mavericks team went to the hospital to see Nowitzki.

Nowitzki's injury was serious, and Dirk was still lying in bed when Qin Yang came with his teammates.

Ankles and Achilles tendons are very important to athletes, and now it's early December, and the injury could affect Nowitzki's playoff appearance.

Cuban and team manager Nelson Jr. are also here.

There was nothing wrong with the team, but before leaving, Nelson Jr. called Qin Yang, and in the corridor outside the ward, there were also Curban and Coach Carlisle.

"Bruce, Rick, Nowitzki are injured, our interior strength has dropped further, and I want to ask your opinion for the next game."

Nelson Jr. didn't say anything, just asked Qin Yang and Coach Rick Carlisle.

Coach Carlisle's expression changed violently when he heard this, he was silent, and turned to look at Qin Yang. Qin Yang's brows furrowed and he asked:

"Mr. Donnie, what's the team's opinion? I don't really understand. ”

Donnie Nelson smiled:

"It's like this, Bruce has a lot of potential rookies in the draft, including Anthony Davis and others, Nowitzki is injured this year, and our plan to win the championship is a little difficult, not to mention that the depth of the squad this year is not enough, so it's better to give others more opportunities to prepare for winning the championship next year."

Kuban did not speak.

This opinion is certainly not Donnie Nelson's alone. Cuban also agreed, and the two would say so.

But Coach Rick Carlisle disagreed.

That's why I asked Qin Yang.

Qin Yang is the MVP of the finals, a superstar with super strength, and Qin Yang's attitude is crucial when the team is at an impasse.

“TF！”

Qin Yang scolded in a low voice in his heart, the contradiction between the team coach and the team uniform team is common in every team, and the Mavericks are no exception.

Qin Yang glanced at the three of them and said unhurriedly:

"It's okay to train the newcomers, but there is no contradiction in winning this championship, the team's lineup is very good this season, in the first round of the playoffs, maybe Nowitzki will not be able to play, but what about the second round, the Western Conference Finals, this year is still the best time to win the championship."

"The strength of the Heat team has dropped a lot, Bosh and Wade are older, next year James will go to a strong team, the Pacers will get stronger and stronger, the Nuggets will catch up, the Spurs Leonard is performing better and better, if you hope for next season, then the team's performance will be worse next season."

Qin Yang agreed to train the newcomers, but the goal was still to win the championship.

……

December 11th.

The Kings host the Warriors.

The Warriors have had a good season.

Stephen Curry is showing more and more superstar style, especially when it comes to attracting defense, and Curry is forcing most superstars to do well.

In this game, the media is generally not optimistic about the Mavericks.

Nowitzki was injured, and the Mavericks were down.

But during the pregame interview, Stephen Curry dismissed this opinion from the media:

"I don't know what other people think, but ...... Dallas has Bruce Qin, he is alone, the Mavericks have always been a strong team, I can't say whether the Mavericks have the strength to win the championship, but there is no doubt that they will be a strong team at the playoff level, why is such a team weak? ”

Curry gave Qin Yang another hard milk.

Curry's EQ is really high.

When Curry was questioned at the beginning, only Qin Yang stood up to speak for Qin Yang, and the famous saying that he won the championship by shooting and winning fans by dunking shocked the league even more.

This season, Curry's performance has started to be superb.

At the beginning of the game, the Mavericks' starters were special, Gobert, Marion, and Vince Carter, Seth Curry and Qin Yang on the outside.

In this lineup, the outside defense is scum.

Defensive weaknesses on the inside are also evident.

But...... That's how the Mavericks adjusted.

As soon as the game began, the team began to play fast attack tactics.

If you don't talk about anything else, it's hard work.

Gobert jumped the ball successfully, Qin Yang directly took the ball to accelerate the breakthrough, the first ball fake fax map, the basket was easily scored, Bogut was more than one step slower, and he didn't dare to pull people.

A pull, ironclad free throws.

Qin Yang's free throw shooting rate is too desperate.

The league's top two players in free throws this season are both with the Mavericks, with Qin Yang and Calderon both shooting more than 96% from the free-throw line, a first in the league.

Warriors offense.

Curry broke through after the cover and passed the ball to David Lee. David Lee accelerated, took the ball and dunked in the air, and no one could defend him under the basket.

Gobert was a step slower, and the two were not on the same level.

The Warriors' offense, the Mavericks are difficult to defend.

There's no way around it.

But Qin Yang didn't panic, he couldn't prevent the Warriors' offense, but the Warriors couldn't defend the Mavericks.

Qin Yang began to exert his strength on the offensive end, all kinds of singles on the outside of the Warriors, Barnes was beaten back, and others were helpless.

After constantly scoring, Qin Yang was able to attract the bag with every attack.

The Warriors had to wrap up.

At this time, Seth Curry got a chance, and Gobert received a pass from Qin Yang and scored several air cuts.

The two teams played well.

It's a pity that the Mavericks didn't take the lead.

In this game, Curry was in excellent shape, with all kinds of strong shots and all kinds of breakthroughs. It feels misleading, and maybe Curry isn't doing enough on the defensive end.

But on the offensive end, Curry did an impeccable job.

The two teams played very well, but the difference was never widened.

At the end of the first half, Qin Yang used an ultra-long-distance three-pointer to force a shot in front of Curry, and the Mavericks reversed the difference and led by 2 points.

In the third quarter, Al Jefferson came on again.

Al Jefferson is not suitable to play in this kind of game situation because the Warriors play fast break, and at this time Al Jefferson is on the court, and the defensive end is too flawed.