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And Li Tuanjie scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in his first show, and it only took six minutes. no problem!

For a player with the 14th overall pick in the first round of the draft, Li Tuan's performance is already outstanding!

When the first quarter ended, the Houston Rockets led by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady did not have any advantage due to the outstanding performance of the Mavericks. The Mavericks still led the game.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Tuanjie did not get a chance to play, and coach Johnson put another power forward in the team, Austin Crohill, on the field.

There are currently three power forwards in the Mavericks lineup, namely Dirk Nowitzki, Li Tuanhe and this Austin-Crow Hill!

Obviously, Crohill is Li Tuanhe's biggest competitor at present, and the two will share Nowitzki's rest time!

Regarding Crohill's strength, Li Tuanjie didn't really care about it. Generally speaking, in terms of experience, this veteran who entered the league in 1997 must be richer than Li Tuanjie, but there is a big gap compared with Li Tuanjie in other aspects. , Li Tuan is confident that he will beat Crosher in the competition and win more playing time!

This is Crohill's first season with the Mavericks, and he was still playing for the Pacers last season!

Head coach Johnson was sitting on the sidelines with a smile on his face. He was in a great mood. It was a huge profit to be able to select an outstanding young man like Li Tuanjie with only the 14th overall pick in the draft year.

It is true that Johnson does not think that Li Tuanjie's upper limit can be so high, but Li Tuanjie now fits the Mavericks' lineup very well. In the absence of Nowitzki, Li Tuanjie can provide a lot of fire support!

Li Tuanjie's cost performance made Johnson very satisfied!

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The second quarter kicked off, Crosher and the Mavericks came off the bench, while Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady rested off the court for the Rockets!

The half-main and half-substitute lineup of the two sides played back and forth, and the score was tight.

Just three minutes later, Van Gundy called a timeout again and put Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming back on the court!

"Damn, what the hell is Van Gundy doing! This is just a preseason game, not the finals. Could it be that the stars under his hands are all hardcore?!" Johnson was extremely annoyed. Generally speaking, the preseason game is used to run the lineup , plus some training for rookies, anyway, the result is not included in the official record, so the meaning between the two parties is over. Few teams let their own stars play for too long.

But Van Gundy obviously doesn't care about these rules and regulations, he wants to win!

"Damn it, we're also on the starting lineup. Van Gundy wants to win, and we want to win even more!" Head coach Johnson directly put the Mavericks' main starting lineup on the field...

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Sitting on the bench, Li Tuanjie was a little disappointed. He originally thought that this was just a preseason game and that there should be no need to make a big fuss, but he didn't expect Van Gundy to be so serious, and kept catching Yao Ming and McGrady to death...

It doesn't matter if Van Gundy is serious, but Li Tuanjie will be miserable. If the fight continues at this pace, if the two sides get angry, the situation will be bad!

You must know that Li Tuanjie has a mission now. If the mission is completed, it's okay to say, it doesn't matter whether he plays next or not!

But now his task has not been completed. If the two sides get angry and the head coaches of both sides use the main lineup to their death, then Li Tuanjie will not get playing time, and the end will be very miserable...

Just thinking about the punishment for mission failure makes Li Tuan shudder!

Now Li Tuanjie is only one three-pointer away from completing the task and three points away from scoring in double figures. If he is lucky, he may be able to solve the task with only one shot!

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This game gradually developed towards a scene that Li Tuanjie didn't want to see. The two sides were really angry. Of course, this was mainly due to the anger of the head coaches of both sides.

Mavericks coach Johnson was angry that the Rockets ranked last in the Western Conference last season and didn't even make the playoffs, while the Mavericks were No. In a desperate posture...

So annoyed, Johnson didn't give the Rockets a chance at all, and the Mavericks' main lineup stayed on the court.

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When the game was in the middle of the fourth quarter, Li Tuanjie still had no chance to play. Except for the second half of the first quarter, Nowitzki stayed on the court for most of the next game.

The home fans at the scene were all overjoyed. The main reason why the ticket prices for the preseason games were cheap was that the team's main lineup generally didn't play for a long time. For a game, their ticket price is really worth it, almost comparable to the level of the playoffs.

The domestic fans shouted cheating one by one, what about the Chinese Derby? Yao Ming has played for more than 30 minutes, and Li Tuanjie only played 6 minutes...

"Poor, it stands to reason that Li Tuanjie's performance in the second half of the first quarter was very exciting, shouldn't he only have so little playing time!"

"There's no way around it. Didn't Van Gundy keep putting Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady on the court? The score between the two sides has not been drawn, and there is only a single-digit difference of 8 points. Once the Mavericks are on the bench, maybe The opponent will save the disadvantage and win this game!"

"In any case, judging from this game, although Li Tuanjie didn't play much time, his future performance is worth looking forward to!"

Domestic fans complained for Li Tuanjie. Originally, in this preseason, most rookies could get a lot of opportunities to play, but Li Tuanjie was unlucky and met Van Gundy...

"Damn it, it won't be long before I really want to dance the elephant dance in front of tens of thousands of people, right? Then my career has not started yet, it is almost over..." Li Tuan glanced at the remaining time of the game, Some anxious!

If one of the two teams is blown up and the game enters garbage time, then Li Tuanjie still has a chance to play, but right now the Rockets are only eight points behind. According to Van Gundy's temperament, he will never surrender...

And the Mavericks have the lead here, and surrender is even more impossible...

For a while, unless there is a turning point, Li Tuanjie has lost hope of appearing on the stage!

It doesn't matter if you can't appear on the stage, what matters is the punishment after you can't complete the task!