On Nov. 6, the Warriors took on the Dallas Mavericks on the road.

The two teams in the Western Conference last year met, and in the new season, the new hatred and old hatred met together, which was very eye-catching.

The Mavericks basically maintained the main lineup from last season, but the lineup outside the team's main team has changed a lot.

Key backup scorer Marquis Daniels was traded by the Mavericks to the Indiana Pacers, who are ready to rebuild, in exchange for forward Austin Crohill. In addition, veteran Keith Van Horn chose to retire after the end of last season, Adrian Griffin signed with the Chicago Bulls as a free agent, and Raul Marshall, Doug Christie and others also left the team.

At the start of the new season, the Mavericks had lost their previous two games.

Losing to the Suns in the opening game, a game the day before yesterday, losing to the Rockets by 31 points 76-107, Yao Ming cut 36 points on the head of "No. 1 in the West" center Dampier, and guarded Dampier with 2 points and 4 turnovers.

Cuban was so hot to see it, compared to Yao Ming, Dampier is a joke, why was he blind to give Dampier such a high contract in the first place? should chase Yao Ming with all his might, and if Yao Ming is paired with the German tank Nowitzki, the picture of this inside line should not be too beautiful.

The Mavericks are not in good shape as a whole, but the Warriors on the other side are gaining momentum.

Experts at the San Francisco Herald suggested that the reason why Ray Allen fits perfectly with the Warriors is not because the Warriors have made significant changes. It's because Ray Allen himself fits any team in the NBA, this kind of player who doesn't possess the ball, can shoot when he catches the ball, and is good at defense, is only strengthened for the team everywhere.

Last season, because of Terry's three-pointer, the Warriors and Mavericks were full of thrills and uncertainties.

In the last game against the Rockets, Terry had a terrible hand all over the court, only 1 of 5 shots, 2 three-point shots were lost, and he only scored 3 points in a humiliating manner.

Back in Dallas, Terry felt his hand recover, and in the first quarter he and Ray Allen went on a three-pointer blast, cutting down 8 points and 1 rebound.

On the Warriors' side, Ray Allen was in hot form, also scoring 8 points, and Yang Di had 5 points and 3 rebounds, nothing particularly surprising.

In the second quarter of the game, Yang Di grabbed several rebounds in a row, and doubled his half-court rebounds.

Yang Di and Tyson Chandler took turns defending Nowitzki, who shot mediocre from the field and the Mavericks led the Warriors by two points at halftime, 59-57.

In the second half, Monta Ellis, who came off the bench, performed eye-catchingly, scoring 11 points on consecutive shots, including 3-of-4 three-pointers, as if Reggie Miller was possessed.

Terry felt cold again in the second half, losing all 5 shots, and the Mavericks relied on the excellent play of the little-known minor Greg Buckner, but in the end they still lost to the surging Warriors of the whole team.

The Warriors defeated the Mavericks 109-100 on the road, opening the game with a four-game winning streak.

Yang Di finished with 17 points and 22 rebounds, a standard statistic he had with the Warriors two years ago. Ray Allen scored 25 points and Monta Ellis also scored 16.

The only one whose stats are not so conspicuous and shrunken is Byron Davis, who has averaged only 13.7 points and 7.7 assists per game since the start of the season, which is much worse than last season's 18+9 data.

Byron Davis's face was calm, but there was a flash of anxiety in his eyes.

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The next day, the Warriors played back-to-back games, and the schedule scheduled them to travel to New Orleans to take on the Hornets.

This is the second season of Paul's career, and Yang Di and Paul are already very familiar with each other. The Hornets selected Yi Jian Lian, and recognized the athletic ability of the young Yi Jian Lian, and after the preseason run-in, they cultivated Yi Jian United as a good and excellent seedling, and arranged him to enter the main rotation lineup.

There are also a lot of Chinese media here, after all, it is the Chinese basketball player with the highest draft pick except for Yao Ming, and he has a great future.

The Hornets confirmed Paul's leadership, and the Chinese media especially wanted to hear Chris Paul's evaluation.

Paul spoke cautiously, and he didn't have too deep cooperation with Yi Jianlian, and he didn't want to exaggerate too much, he thought about it carefully, and then muttered: "Yi is a very talented player, but I think he still has a long way to go, China is a country rich in excellent basketball players, Yang Di and Yao Ming are among the top players, and they are also his predecessors, so you know, everything has to be slow, and you have to learn to adapt to the NBA before you can get a foothold in the NBA." ”

The Chinese media originally wanted to blow a wave, but they didn't expect Paul to be so conservative, and after they communicated with each other, they found that this was actually a news point, and the path taken by Yi Jianlian was different from that of Yang Di and Yao Ming.

In fact, each of the Chinese players who entered the NBA has a different trajectory, including Wang Zhizhi and Battle before, and now Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue.

Yi Jianlian asked Yang Di about his advice on how to develop, and Yang Di's advice to him was six words - hug Paul's thigh.

In the final analysis, the NBA is a business field, and how a young player can play his fame and status is not a record, but a statistic. In the NBA, wins come first and statistics are second, and no player thinks he has scored too many points, rebounded too much, and assisted too much. And a traditional point guard who passes the ball first has greatly helped the growth of the interior player's stats, and the significance of hugging his thigh is self-evident.

Such a Chinese derby attracted the attention of many Chinese fans, and the imperial court station also specially broadcast the game on this day.

The Warriors won the game 100-93, Yang Di performed well, cutting 31 points and 14 rebounds, the Hornets lacked people inside, whether it was David West, or Cedric Simmons, they couldn't stop Yang Di, and Yi Jian Lian was even worse, Yang Di mercilessly grabbed the frontcourt rebound in front of his compatriots, and dunked under the basket.

Yi Jianlian was knocked into disgrace by Yang Di and embarrassed, which surprised the Chinese fans watching the game in front of the TV.

It turns out that there is such a big gap between Yi Jianlian and Yang Di! It's a chasm between rookies and top stars in the league.

The media wiped their sweat and secretly called for luck, if they had advocated Yi Jianlian's talent to chase Yao Ming and Yang Di a few days ago, and the future stars would be just around the corner, today's face would be swollen.

In the end, Yi Jianlian, who came off the bench, played 11 minutes and only scored 4 points and 1 rebound.

After the game, Yang Di hugged him gently, "Come on, practice three points, practice defense well, learn to cut in the air, and learn to seize opportunities." ”

Yi Jianlian nodded with red eyes, 108,000 miles away in a foreign country, there is a big brother who is willing to carry him, this feeling is really like a family.