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If he had better luck, he should have entered the Western Conference Finals at the age of 23. At that time, he was the aggressive "Queen Bee", but fell under the Lao La Spurs in the tiebreaker.

If it were not for "basketball reasons," he would have easily broken through the bottleneck hand in hand with Kobe and created an era that belonged to them. At the end of last year, Paul and Kobe talked about not how many games they won in a season, but how many championships they could win together. But Destiny made a big joke with this baby-faced point guard who had a shy smile when he first joined the league.

Paul still came to Los Angeles, but joined the Clippers, who failed to make the playoffs in the previous five seasons. Paul is very familiar with the game mode of teaming up power forwards and centers. When in the Hornets, he helped David West become an All-Star power forward and also helped Chandler, who won the Mavericks last season, become a double-double. machine.

In the Clippers, Paul just turned the object of feeding the ball into Griffin and Jordan. Their teamwork did not disappoint the fans. The Clippers have become one of the most admirable teams in the league. The Clippers, who have been ridiculed by fans as the "Los Angeles Second Team", are also under the leadership of Paul, the "Captain". I finally tasted the taste of the playoffs.

Meet the Dallas Mavericks, who have lost to him three times in the regular season, and Yiyang, a 21-year-old rookie. Everyone thought that the Clippers and Paul would pass the level easily, however, Destiny made a not very funny joke with Chris.

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Dallas is very quiet in the early morning, and the whole city seems to have not woken up yet. Compared to the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles 24 hours a day, the atmosphere in Dallas seems more suitable for a person to settle down and do something.

Paul put the hoodie hat on his head and appeared early at the entrance of the American Airlines Center Arena. There were no people around the American Airlines Center Arena in the early morning, and naturally no one would pester him to ask for an autograph.

"Hey, the arena is not open to the public yet! If you want to go in and visit, you will come back after ten in the morning." Old Ian, the guard of the American Airlines Center Arena, saw a man with a hood approaching, and he opened his voice loudly. call.

The playoffs are going hot these days, and many fans who come here but can't get tickets want to visit the interior of the Mavericks' home stadium. But many outsiders don’t know when the arena is open to the outside world. In the past few days, this kind of thing that people came to patronize early in the morning has not happened for the first time.

But the man who was walking towards the arena didn't seem to stop. When he walked in front of Old Ian, Paul tore off the hat from his clothes.

"I should be considered an insider, sir!" Paul smiled at the gray-haired doorman. This guy looked very kind at this time, unlike the Paul on the court.

"Sorry sir, I didn't know it was you..." Old Ian waved his hand quickly. Who would have thought that he would meet Chris Paul early in the morning! ?

"No, I'm bothering you, sir!" Paul patted old Ian on the shoulder and motioned to him not to apologize.

"If I remember correctly, the Clippers' training time today should be from 9 am to 5 pm." Old Ian asked curiously as he opened the door for Paul. Yiyang is used to coming to the training ground in advance every day. Ian has long been accustomed to it, but the visiting team players will come to train in advance. Before this, Kobe was the only one.

"Yes, but you also know..." Looking at the posters of the Mavericks players around, Paul couldn't help sighing. "We are at stake!"

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After this series, people might say that Yiyang has surpassed Chris Paul. These news undoubtedly made the Dallas fans extremely excited. Now they also have a top point guard in the league!

But there is no doubt that this kind of news sounds ridiculous in Yiyang's own ears. Paul's offensive stability is inferior to Yiyang. Paul's ability to control the rhythm of the game is excellent, and Yiyang is also slightly less.

He knew very well that too few rotations and injuries were the cause of Paul's "violent death" in the last game. Yiyang does not deny that his restrictions on Paul played a big role, but he will not be blindly complacent because of this.

"The 2K company matters after the playoffs, now I don't want to be distracted." On the training ground, Yiyang, whose vest has been soaked, was talking to his manager Bill Duffy.

"But their game has to go live in October, and now we have to make some publicity preparations!" Duffy knows Yiyang's stubborn temper. In front of the key game, Yiyang can give up everything, even he once The money that I really want.

"Then wait until after the Western Conference Finals and wait until tomorrow's game is over."

"Hey, I admire your professionalism very much, too. But...what are you worried about? You have a 3-0 lead, and both Griffin and Paul have injuries. You advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, That's a certain thing." Bill Duffy shook his head. Jennings's uncorrect attitude has kept him uncomfortable, and Yiyang, it seems that he has tried too hard.

"It has nothing to do with promotion or not, Mr. Duffy. Chris Paul wants to have a good fight with me, and I respect him. Therefore, I must make sure that I am 100% online!"

"You can also make history, why can't I?" Paul's firm expression when he said these words after the last game left a very deep impression on Yiyang.

At that time, Yiyang knew that Paul and himself were basically the same kind of people.

Compared to Griffin, Paul never makes excuses and never gives himself a reason to give up. He only believes in one thing, hard work!

"This reason for you is really novel, to prepare for the battle to respect your opponent? Okay, I will tell Mike Wang that your cover shooting plan will be postponed for a few more days. After the game tomorrow... you have to take a good rest. "Duffy knows how intense this season is. Is Yiyang not tired? Tired, Yiyang even played the entire court during the time when Kidd was injured. This kid, he just never complains.

After hanging up the phone, Yiyang stood up again, picked up the basketball and continued to contact. Chris, tomorrow, I will let you end this season decently!

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On May 8, 2012, the NBA playoff battle returned to Dallas. Today, Cuban put aside his wild words before the game began, the Mavericks will surely be able to eliminate the mortal rival Clippers by sweeping.

One by one, the fans are like sincere believers, buying tickets frantically into the stadium to see Cuban’s "prophecy" come true. The luxurious arena is full of seats, and the eyes of the world are focused on this retro-looking stadium.

"How do you feel?" Before the game, the Clippers team doctor was still checking Paul's physical condition. While stretching, Paul reluctantly rushed to the team doctor and made an "OK" gesture. In fact, his frowning expression had already betrayed himself.

Where is Yiyang? This guy is the first player to come to the training court to warm up. Looking at Yiyang's unsmiling appearance on the court, people even thought that the Dallas Mavericks were behind 0-3.

Before the game started, Yiyang and Paul did not have any intersection, and neither of them even glanced at each other. After the game begins, the entire stage will be played by these two men.

"Chris went all the way to the basket and put the ball into the frame! God, if Chris played like this for the whole game, sooner or later he would be exhausted!" Paul used another extremely exhausting Kenny Smith was anxious to see Kenny Smith's physical force layup.

After Paul scored a goal, he dragged his unwell body and quickly retreated. He knew he could not play a whole game like this. But while he can still play, he must score as much as possible!

On the other hand, Yiyang tortured Paul's nerves with his lightning-fast starting speed. Yiyang didn't have the ball in his hands for a long time today. Most of the time, he handed the ball to his teammates in the first half of the game. And he, tirelessly interspersed in the half-court range!

In order to keep up with Yiyang, Paul expended a lot of physical energy, even ignoring the pain. But can he not follow? He must follow. The two three-pointers that Yiyang just scored were the punishment that Paul didn't follow closely.

After going outside the three-point line again, Yiyang received a pass from Carter. Panting, Paul posted it in time, and the 26-year-old gave it all. The 21-year-old Yiyang is more than capable!

Three threats stepped to the left, but Yiyang suddenly pierced toward Paul's right hand. This simple action was extremely lethal when used on Yiyang. Because of the entire league, no player can be found faster than Yiyang's first step!

Paul subconsciously reached out to grab Yiyang's jersey, but unfortunately, in Dallas, Paul has no privileges. The referee blew his whistle and Yiyang stepped to the free throw line. Paul accumulated two fouls in a single quarter, and in order to protect him, Denagro had to replace Paul.

Panting, Paul sat on the bench with a towel, as if he had just walked out of the shower room.

Paul went off the field, and Mo Williams, who came off the bench, had no way of handling the Clippers' offense. The team played in a mess, and it was another embarrassment of not scoring for 2 minutes and 43 seconds. 30 to 22, the Mavericks ended the first quarter with an 8-point advantage.

Caron Butler finally awakened in the second quarter of the game. Clippers fans looked forward to four full games before this guy finally got over. 8 points, 100% shooting, preventing Marion and Carter to death. Caron Butler dreamed of returning to the peak in the second quarter, helping the Clippers to narrow the point difference to only 2 points before the end of the half game.

The Clippers insisted on an 8-man rotation at halftime. The advantage is that it will not interrupt the player's competitive state. The disadvantage is that when the main players are not physically strong, it is difficult for those players who do not play well to get into the state quickly.

In the third quarter, the 2000 draft pick Kenyon Martin finally got the chance to make an appearance. However, he was already on the ice, but he was shocked by Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian pulled to the middle distance. As long as Yiyang passed the ball, Martin always couldn't run. Panting, he ran between the basket and the mid-range, unable to defend effectively and also drained his energy. What about Yi Jianlian? He made 3 of 4 shots and scored 6 points. Although he did not play last season's Odom's data, but for an Odom replacement, it is enough.

With 10 Mavericks rotating, there is no physical problem at all. After Yiyang is off the court, there is Kidd, and Kidd's performance in the playoffs is also not for Xiao Xu.

However, Paul doesn't seem to intend to end the entire season in this way. In the last offense of the third quarter, Paul, who was injured, broke through Yiyang, dodged Haywood's block with a big drawbar in the air, and successfully layup. This hard-won goal allowed the Clippers to stabilize the point difference at 10 points!

Paul's performance won applause from everyone, including Yiyang's. But respect goes to respect, victory goes to victory. Today, the Mavericks players don’t want to be losers.

In the fourth quarter, the "incomprehensible" person changed from Yiyang to Dirk. Nowitzki's first three quarters were tepid and Griffin cast a psychological shadow from the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The German made Griffin almost crazy with a variety of turn-over jump shots. As soon as the ball is delivered to Nowitzki, it seems that his defense has already failed~www.novelmtl.com~ After Nowitzki finished shooting, Yiyang took over the second half of the game and gave it with his breakthrough. The Clippers' final blow.

In the last 54 seconds of the game, the Clippers trailed by 10 points. Griffin had already left the court due to knee pain, but Paul's eyes were angry and he wanted to win!

Paul broke through the singles in the middle, suddenly turned around and immediately jumped, throwing the ball to the basket.

Responsive Yiyang slapped Paul's layup, and Paul fell to the ground due to an unstable center of gravity in the air due to confrontation.

Terry received the basketball being slapped by Yiyang and immediately rushed to the front court.

Paul, who fell to the ground, wanted to get up and turn back to defense, but strangely, he fell down after halfway through his stand! The injury worsened, and Paul could no longer bear his pain.

Yiyang was stunned for a second. He looked at Paul and wanted to help. But he looked at the front court again, gritted his teeth, and ran away alone. This is professional basketball, Yiyang told himself. If you just went to help Paul and delayed the attack, it would be stupid!

As a result, Paul could only limping towards the backcourt.

"I can't fall, I can't **** fall down!" Paul yelled alone in his heart.

Without Paul, the Clippers have 4 defenses and 5 defenses. Yiyang's pass easily shredded the defense without Paul, Terry easily hit a three-pointer, 49 seconds, 13 points, the game has no suspense!

At this time, Denagro stopped the game. He didn't have to deploy any subtle tactics to help the Clippers come back to life. After the game was suspended, Paul only heard one voice.

"Chris, come down and rest, it's all over."

Paul was stunned and looked at the score on the big screen at the scene and his embarrassed self. The fire in the eyes of "Queen Bee" disappeared.

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