Chapter 781 Cuban’s Big Move
Trailing 0-3, the Mavericks' training changed to a closed session.
In a desperate situation, their season would be over if they lost one more game.
The luxurious lineup was swept in the first round, an outcome they could not accept.
The morale of the team members is inevitably low during training.
While practicing, team owner Cuban came to the training hall.
Cuban is one of the owners who loves basketball the most in the league. With the team in such a situation, as the number one fan, he is more anxious than anyone else.
He came to the arena for only one purpose, which was to boost morale.
Behind him were several assistants, who brought in several large boxes.
Judging from the portion size, it's quite heavy.
Carlisle saw Cuban coming and was about to call the players off the field.
Cuban motioned him not to shout, and he stood next to Carlisle, chatting and waiting.
After the on-field training was over, he asked Carlisle to gather the players together.
"I know every one of you has worked hard on the court, but I know you can do better. Remember you are playing for Dallas."
Cuban's words are relatively direct, and his character has always been like this.
"This is a little gift from me to you."
Cuban said and asked the staff to open one of the large boxes.
Inside are brand new computers.
"This is the latest laptop from Lenovo. They are a great company with great products."
Cuban said.
The retail sales of all Lenovo products in the United States are much lower than in other countries, and its reputation is very good.
One of these notebooks costs just over a thousand dollars, and fifteen of them cost less than twenty thousand dollars. They are indeed small gifts.
However, the gift does not matter the size. It is a memorable event in itself for the team members to receive gifts from the team owner.
Cuban then asked staff to open a second box.
The second box was opened, and a golden light dazzled the team members.
Cuban actually brought the championship trophy he won in 2011 to the training gym!
"I heard that Don and AD had championship trophy tattoos on their arms, so I brought the real one to you."
"my darling."
A sweet smile appeared on Nowitzki's face.
The championship trip five years ago was his sweetest memory and he will never forget it.
He said that he had already stepped forward to touch it.
After the NBA championship trophy is won, there will be a regular championship parade, and then it will be displayed in the showroom.
The last time Nowitzki touched this trophy was during the championship parade five years ago.
Five years later, things have changed, and he and Jose Barria are the only ones in the original group.
Then there was a burst of cheers in the training hall.
The team members swarmed forward.
This is the first opportunity for most of them to touch the championship trophy.
This gift is much more valuable than the computer just now.
Butler also went up, and he had a complicated expression when he touched the championship trophy.
There is excitement and disappointment.
He was excited because he had the chance to touch it, but disappointed because it didn't belong to him.
"Guys, the series is not over yet. I believe in you. You can bring back the championship trophy that belongs to this team."
After all the players had touched enough, Cuban continued.
There was a burst of shouting in the training hall.
Carlisle was also rarely excited.
Cuban has used this ultimate move, and he will win the fourth game no matter what!
Cuban is gone, and the championship trophy is taken with him.
This thing is a priceless treasure and cannot really be placed in the training hall.
But seeing and touching it was enough. The morale of the Mavericks players was as high as ever.
During training, the shouting in the training hall never stopped.
When the training was over, Butler stayed to continue practicing.
He didn't finish training until after 2 o'clock in the night.
After taking a shower, he took out the computer given by Cuban.
He is a training fanatic and usually trains except for games.
But last summer at the Hard Training Brothers Training Camp, due to the hurricane, he played 2K with Tang Tian and Walker for several days.
So there is another leisure project in his life, playing 2K.
He had already started playing the game before the extra practice, and he was ready to play it now.
He installed it and opened the game.
Playing two games properly is a good way to relax after training.
The game started, but after playing for a while, he found that there was a lag problem, and the back of the bottom of the computer was very hot.
As a result, after playing the game, I felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
"What rubbish."
He threw the notebook directly into the closet.
The quality of this notebook is also inferior.
After changing his clothes, he stopped caring about the notebook.
Although the notebook is terrible, the championship trophy Cuban brought still inspired him.
He can still fight better. No matter what, he will win a match against Tang Tian.
Two days later, the game between the Pelicans and the Mavericks kicked off at the American Airlines Center.
This is the match point game for the Pelicans. If they win this game, they will sweep the Mavericks and advance to the second round.
This is also the Mavericks' last stand, and they have no retreat.
The American Airlines Center was packed with fans holding a large number of signs.
In addition to defending the home court, there are also many slogans such as "Next Stop New Orleans" and "0-3 Reversal".
Dallas fans also knew that this was a matter of life or death, so they brought everything they could use to the game.
There were still fifteen minutes left before the start of the game, and players from both sides entered the stadium one after another.
Stevens observed the status of the Mavericks players at this time.
Sure enough, Tang Tian was right again.
Every member of the Mavericks team is very excited. This game will be more difficult than the previous three games.
In the opening ceremony before the game, the Mavericks players cheered loudly when they came out.
It was at this time that fans noticed that the Mavericks lineup had been adjusted.
Deron, who had performed poorly before, did not start again, and Jennings became the team's starting point guard.
This is a change of tactics from Carlisle, and it also makes the fans excited.
It is a positive sign that change is needed in a desperate situation.
Embiid jumped past Davis, kicking off Game 4 of the series.
Nowitzki broke through Davis head-on as soon as he came up, and turned around and hit the Golden Rooster independently, giving the Mavericks the first score.
Tang Tiansan responded with a threat of a breakthrough layup.
But looking back, Harris made a mid-range shot despite the interference of Holiday's defense.
Davis received Tang Tian's assist and got up from the basket, causing Nowitzki to foul, and made two free throws to continue to increase the points.
Jennings missed a three-pointer when he came back, but Butler flew up to grab the offensive rebound and caused a foul on Jokic, who also made two free throws!
After the first quarter, the score on the field was 32 to 26, with the Mavericks leading.
Although I don’t know the reason, the Mavericks showed a completely different state tonight from the previous three games!
Stevens stood up from the bench with his tactical board in hand, frowning.
Looking at this quarter, the Pelicans are in good condition on both offense and defense.
On the other hand, the Mavericks performed superbly tonight.
It seems that as Tang Tian said, the series will probably return to New Orleans!