The game scene, the Mavericks' home court, the US Route Center Stadium.

After the on-site warm-up event, the entrance ceremony for the home team players is as usual.

After the player channel, Dirk Nowitzki specifically greeted Xue Ding.

"Hey, Xue, I'm glad we finally met in the playoffs." Nowitzki said with an iconic smile.

In response, Xue Ding also responded with a smile: "Yes, but we will take away a victory from here. Dirk, you have to pay attention."

"Haha, I won't let you succeed. This is the American Airlines Center, not the Rose Garden Arena in Portland. Not only can you not take a victory away from here, but we will definitely take two games away from Rose Garden." Faced with Xue Ding's provocative response, Dirk responded without being outdone.

"Haha, is that? Then let's wait and see. I can't wait to stand on the court to show off with you."

"It's almost done, boy, I'll let you understand what the real playoffs look like, rookie."

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Before the game started, Xue Ding and Nowitzki began to whine in the player channel, but the two of them were talking and laughing, which made others not convinced them at all.

The time is 9:29.

The starting lineup of the home team Mavericks is Dirk Nowitzki, Sean Marion, Eric Danpeir, Jason Terry and Jason Kidd.

The starting lineup of the Trail Blazers is Xue Ding, Brandon Roy, Nicholas Batum, Blake and Chandler.

Near the center line, Danpier jumped with Blake.

"Beep!"

With a few whistle, the referee threw the ball into the air.

Blake took the lead, grabbed the ball, and passed it to Roy.

The Trail Blazers team immediately passed the half. Roy shook the ball twice and handed the ball to Xue Ding, hoping that Xue Ding would complete the first attack in the playoffs.

Because now that Ade is injured, the only stable scoring point in the Trail Blazers is Xue Ding, so he has to help Xue Ding find the feel at the beginning of the game.

Xue Ding took the ball, and Marion, as the team's defensive vanguard, was naturally the first to push up.

Marion pushed Xue Ding's lower abdomen with one hand and raised the other half, ready to take off the ball from Xue Ding's hand at any time.

Xue Ding wanted to play Marion single with the ball.

But just as Xue Ding was controlling the ball at the top of the arc to find a sense of rhythm, Kidd suddenly appeared behind Xue Ding, took the ball out of Xue Ding's hand, and then quickly started to the frontcourt, completing a two-match and zero-match cooperation with Terry, Kidd got an assist.

Seeing Kidd easily steal Xue Ding, the Mavericks fans at the American Airlines Center Arena cheered, and even some fans who were entering the court couldn't help but stand in the passage and cheer when they saw this scene.

Because in their opinion, the start of scoring in this way is undoubtedly perfect, and today's game has great hope of winning.

After Xue Ding was stolen, Roy hurried over to comfort Xue Ding and said, "It's not a big deal to stay focused."

Then Roy held the ball and passed it to Xue Ding after halftime.

"Xue, believe in yourself, don't worry, Blake and Chandler will grab your rebounds," Roy encouraged.

With Roy's encouragement, Xue Ding took the ball and broke through directly in the middle, leaning on Marion to make a layup.

Unfortunately, he failed to score in a layup and was taken off by Nowitzki.

Nowitzki passed the ball to Kidd.

The Trail Blazers quickly retreated to the half of the team and defensively landed.

As one of the best point guards in the league today, Kidd did not look for anyone after holding the ball and directly found Xue Ding and wanted to play Xue Ding alone after passing the half.

Perhaps it was because of the stealing of Xue Ding just now that Kidd's confidence increased greatly.

Kidd dribbled the ball slowly in front of Xue Ding, looking for opportunities.

After a mistake and missed a shot, Xue Ding already felt a little bad.

Now Kidd takes the initiative to play singles for halftime again, which makes Xue Ding feel a little dissatisfied. He thinks Kidd doesn't take himself seriously. Although he failed to play two attacks, it doesn't mean he is a soft persimmon.

Kidd showed off his dribbling in front of Xue Ding, looking for a sense of rhythm.

Then he suddenly pulled out his hand.

Xue Ding also jumped up at the same time.

Just as Kidd was about to take action, Xue Ding blocked the ball from Kidd's hand with great force.

After Xue Ding blocked Kidd's goal, before the other players on the court had time to react, Xue Ding had already rushed to the frontcourt with the ball and dunked directly under the empty basket of the Mavericks!

Xue Ding's dunk was a response to Kidd. He wanted to tell him that not everyone could show acrobatics in them, and no one could show acrobatics in front of him.

After Xue Ding dunked the goal, the teammates on the Trail Blazers' bench stood up and applauded, waving towels.

After Xue Ding dunked, he walked back to his side and returned to defense at halftime and happened to meet Kidd. Xue Ding said to Kidd while walking in his mouth: "Jason, not everyone can shoot casually in front of me."

Kid looked at Xue Ding without a response.

The next time the ads were suspended in the first quarter, neither side made any achievements on the offensive end, and it was difficult to get a point.

Mainly because the Trail Blazers have strengthened their rotation defense, it is difficult for the Mavericks to get an open opportunity to take an easy shot.

On the Trail Blazers, the main reason is that their poor touch has affected their scores.

Therefore, after the first half of the quarter, the scores of both sides were only 9-7, and the Mavericks temporarily led the Trail Blazers by 2 points.

"It can be seen that the defensive intensity of both sides increased at the beginning of today's game. Neither side scored more than ten in the first six minutes, which is relatively rare." Su Qun commented in the CCTV studio.

"Yes, the reason why both sides scored so low is that in addition to the improvement of defensive intensity, the shooting of both sides is not good, especially Xue Ding, perhaps because of the first time playing in the playoffs, I feel that he is a little tight on the court and can't let go.

Look, if the steal from Kidd was just intercepted in the regular season, Xue Ding would not have made such a mistake, and there was also the layup, which was the tight performance of the players.

I hope Xue Ding can adjust through this timeout. He didn't score in the first half of the quarter." Director Zhang said.
Chapter completed!