After the league announced the results of the first round of voting for the All-Star Game, the Trail Blazers were about to take a quick trip to Texas.

On the 9th and 10th, the Trail Blazers will face the Mavericks and Spurs in Dallas and San Antonio respectively.

Duncan and Old Driver are considered Wayne's touchstones.

Of course, this was also considered an opportunity for them to take revenge on Wayne.

Ma Dan robbed one of our All-Star starting positions, so we must seize the opportunity to clean up the situation!

Well, if you want to say that the schedule and the timing of the All-Star first-round voting announcement are just coincidences, Wayne won't believe it.

At this moment, he seemed to see Stern's sinister smile.

"Xiao Wei, you really didn't disappoint me. I hope you like this torturous journey we arranged for you."

Moreover, these two are actually back to back.

Wayne feels that this should be the season in which he has played the most intensive and most back-to-back games.

In an instant, the voting result was no longer good.

If you meet Duncan and the driver now, that doesn't mean you hit the point of a gun.

When it comes to the whole job, Stern is the master.

On January 9th in Dallas, Wayne's haters were delighted.

Because today, the defending Western Conference champion Mavericks got their revenge at their home court, defeating the Trail Blazers 99-93, breaking the Trail Blazers' 2007 undefeated streak and successfully drawing first blood.

In the opening game of this season, the Mavericks lost their first blood to the Trail Blazers.

Dirk is also a very particular person and understands the importance of reciprocity, so he also got first blood from the Trail Blazers today.

Today, the Mavericks' tactics are actually still the same as the old five - all the gods take turns playing singles.

But unlike the season opener, this time, the Mavericks' singles were very successful.

Moreover, they also added a tactic - running without the ball and then catching the ball and shooting three-pointers.

This allowed the Mavericks to shoot directly from beyond the three-point line.

Terry made 3 of 4 three-pointers, Josh Howard made 3 of 4 three-pointers, former Trail Blazers general Clothier made 2 of 2 three-pointers, and Craig Buckner made 2 of 3 three-pointers.

The Mavericks made 10 of 16 three-pointers, a shooting percentage of 62.5%!

When your opponent can shoot more than 60% of the three-pointers, and the three-pointers account for one-third of the total points in the game, it is really difficult for you to win this game.

Dirk also performed well today, scoring 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Facing the double-teaming of Dirk and Josh Howard, Wayne only recorded 20 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

That's right, double team.

Junior general Avery Johnson double-teamed Wayne directly.

As the Trail Blazers' record becomes more and more outstanding, the top players in the Western Conference attach completely different importance to Wayne than before.

Even last season, Wayne rarely encountered being double-teamed.

But this season, Wayne has been double-teamed more than once or twice.

As a championship contending team, the Mavericks must test whether their tactics against various imaginary enemies can be effective during the regular season.

As the star player of the Trail Blazers, Wayne is naturally the one who has been targeted the most.

And today, Avery Johnson's double-teaming strategy was successful.

Someone is going to ask, isn't it that you, Wayne, are known for your excellent support skills? If you were double-teamed, wouldn't you pass it to your teammates?

Passed the ball, but Uduka made 0 of 3 three-pointers today, and James Posey also made 0 of 3. The two of them had opportunities today, but they couldn't make the shot.

This is the ending.

The young general was betting that your Blazers role players couldn't score, and the facts proved that he was right.

It seems that this season's playoffs will be a huge test for Wayne.

Facing extremely high pertinence? Can you still perform at the FMVP level?

Just like that, Wayne lost the game in Dallas.

In addition, the individual score is slightly worse than that of the driver.

Under such a situation, how could the old thief Vicky, who is a long-time Wayne fan, not come out with some weird words?

He said in an interview the next morning: "Nowadays, people like players with gimmicks so much, because everyone thinks that a popular player must be strong, and his team must also be strong.

They don't even look at rebounds, turnovers, or the performance of the players. Today's fans don't care at all.

This is the power of gimmicks, everyone likes stars, not really good players!

So, just take a look at the All-Star voting. The best players may not appear on it."

"Is this the gimmick player you're talking about Wayne?"

"Oh, you said that, I didn't."

Popovich left with a smile, then walked to the training field to supervise the team's training.

Looking at the results achieved by the Mavericks yesterday, Popovich said: "I want it so much. I don't have any hobbies in this life. I just like to watch Wayne be embarrassed!"

Today, Popovich specifically asked the team to practice three-pointers and added many three-point tactics.

Because the Trail Blazers have lost several games this season because of three-pointers.

The Trail Blazers' main rotation role players such as Parker, Udoka and Posey seem to be a little uncomfortable defending three-point shots after running without the ball.

They may be able to contain non-star players in one-on-one duels, but they are almost useless in off-ball defense.

Anyway, old thief Vicky is following his example. The Mavericks won the last game like this, so I will give it a try today.

The last time the two sides met, Wayne scored his first triple-double of the season, and the Spurs were also beaten 108-85.

A person as generous as old thief Vicki will definitely not remember any of this, and he will definitely not hold grudges. He can't even remember the fact that his teeth were knocked out by Wayne two years ago.

Therefore, he definitely has no intention of coming back for revenge!

In other words, if you want to win 100 million points from the Trail Blazers, 100 million points is enough.

Wayne knew without looking that the Spurs were sharpening their swords and waiting for him.

Now that this person is famous, it is really easy to attract hatred.
Chapter completed!