Chapter 334

As long as you ignite Kobe's competitive spirit, you can get everything you want.

This day, Fan Xi gained a lot; he received plenty of teaching experience from Kobe.

Although these experiences wouldn't immediately transform into combat power, they had unquestionable guiding significance for Fan Xi's training.

The next day at the Clippers' training gym, Fan Xi trained with Arenas again.

When Fan Xi practiced 20 stop-and-go jump shots according to Arenas's guidance, Arenas exclaimed from the side: "Jack, you are simply a genius. I feel your ball-handling jump shot can be developed, your arc, your rhythm... most importantly your body control, the moment you shoot, your body is stable. This is different from before; before, every shot looked good, but the moment you shot, your body was unstable. You can't develop a shooting percentage like that."

Fan Xi smiled faintly. He recognized Arenas's professionalism a bit more in his heart.

A former super-giant like Arenas who relied on hard training had precise vision.

He could see the crux of the problem at a glance.

"Jack, I feel you can become a qualified perimeter attacker in just two or three years. Plus your off-ball ability, breakthrough ability, and assist ability. I think you will become a top-three super superstar in the league before you are 25."

Arenas estimated optimistically.

Becoming a top-three super superstar in the league at 25 is a super high evaluation.

However, Fan Xi didn't have much excitement; he was just thinking: Top three?

What Fan Xi wanted to become was the league's number one, no, the history's number one.

Being in the league's top three wasn't enough to make him stop his forward pace.

"It seems I need to train even harder."

Fan Xi then trained even harder on his ball-handling jump shots.

Although the Clippers had a three-day break after returning from Oklahoma, the training gym was "overcrowded" the next day. Young players are naturally court rats; Leonard and Butler are representatives of the hard-training faction. Although Jordan and Kwame Brown weren't that hardworking, everyone was working so hard that if you didn't struggle, you would look like a salted fish.

The old players basically all came too; although they didn't engage in high-load exercise, they were all running tactics and doing adaptive training; they also had to maintain their state at all times.

Because they all knew clearly that this year was the closest they had ever been to the championship in their careers.

Although the Lakers were visibly powerful, and the Miami Big Three's strength was becoming more and more terrifying.

However, they all had the confidence to complete a perfect counterattack under Fan Xi's strong leadership.

The Dallas Mavericks fulfilled their promise; they defeated the invading Memphis Grizzlies at home, winning the first round of the playoffs 4:2.

This was an unexpected surprise for Dallas; they never thought Dallas could continue to make achievements in the playoffs after trading Nowitzki.

But the newly joined Griffin took on the responsibility under the support of old teammates, and Lamar Odom, who was originally brought from the Lakers as a scrap, unexpectedly experienced a second spring, which made Dallas abundant in the forward position, which was an important reason why they took down the Grizzlies.

As for the second round, entering the Western Conference Finals, or even higher dreams.

Dallas Mavericks fans actually had no more wishes.

They knew they couldn't beat the Clippers; this was the consensus in Dallas. Although their media was still shouting about giving Dirk a warning, this tended more toward flirting.

The two teams were not on the same level; they were able to win against Memphis because the Grizzlies had regressed significantly this season, and Zach Randolph's injury had a huge negative impact.

The Clippers arrived in Dallas to start their Western Conference Semifinals; the matter of deliberately getting the seventh seed in the regular season had pros and cons.

The pro was that they could organize a snipe and clam fight, the con was that they would lose all home-court advantage, and all opponents would automatically have four home-court advantages in the series.

However, Fan Xi didn't intend to let them complete four home games.

The atmosphere of this game seemed relaxed.

Thanks to no one thinking the Mavericks would win the series, Lamar Odom and Blake Griffin were even invited by TNT to talk about James Harden and Khloe Kardashian's romance before the game started.

James Harden and Khloe Kardashian's romance was the hottest gossip news in the NBA recently; they fell in love rapidly. James Harden took a plane back to Los Angeles on the same night he lost the series, although he was a Californian.

But this speed still made people think of Khloe Kardashian.

Coach Brooks said James Harden's injury was recurring, so he went back to Los Angeles for a check-up, and he also explained the reason for James Harden's poor performance in the fifth game. In short, Coach Brooks was a good coach; he tried hard to smooth things over for his players.

However, James Harden clearly failed to live up to the head coach's good intentions.

The next day he was photographed going in and out of nightclubs with Khloe Kardashian; Khloe was dancing twerking on the stage, while Harden kept spraying money with a money gun, and they were having a great time.

Subsequently, they were photographed in Hollywood, on yachts, in Beverly Hills, and various other places; they were inseparable.

Khloe Kardashian finally found a basketball star who could match her.

So, she said on social media: "I've dated many basketball players before, but James Harden made me understand that there is a difference between basketball players and basketball players. Harden is not only a true super superstar on the basketball court, but also in the bedroom; he always dominates me."

Khloe Kardashian's words made her relationship with James Harden public. And she also said a famous sentence: Harden explored a brand new territory of my body, this is a forbidden zone that no one before has ever reached.

These words were a public declaration of love for Harden, and a full affirmation of Harden.

However, it undoubtedly attacked the Dallas twins.

These two forwards, who were in great form on the court, felt great offense and trouble.

"I don't care what she said, she is a liar. And, she needs to remember one thing, my engagement with her hasn't ended, she is still my fiancée, although I don't care about her anymore." Lamar Odom said to the ESPN camera.

The heat of their relationship exceeded the game itself.

After all, everyone knew the Clippers would win.

And no one knew what kind of sparks Kardashian could still strike with these three NBA players.

"She always has this kind of rhetoric, before she dated me, she said the same thing, and it was the same rhetoric when she dated Lamar. And, her math has always been bad. She forgot, I was the first pick in 2009, and James Harden was the third pick."

"Don't forget, we are playing in the Western Conference Semifinals, the super superstar in her mouth is accompanying her to play overtime in the nightclub."

Blake was young and vigorous, he looked very angry. "Harden will definitely regret it, just wait and see. He will reap what he sows."

"Khloe Kardashian is the bad fruit, this bitch is poisonous!"

Griffin said confidently.

Their interviews had great dramatic effect; if put on some emotional channel, the ratings would definitely explode.

However, it was broadcast before a basketball live stream.

It sounded absurd.

But if the name of this series was Clippers vs. Mavericks, it would become reasonable.

"Jack, Khloe Kardashian is the secret weapon you released to defeat the Thunder and the Mavericks, right." Mark Cuban joked with Fan Xi before the game started.

Fan Xi shook his head and waved his hand decisively. He didn't want to have anything to do with Khloe Kardashian at all. This woman was too cruel.

He already had a premonition that James Harden would soon be consumed and drained.

Although James Harden would enjoy unprecedented spotlights and physical pleasure in a short period of time...

"Let's talk about the game, Mark, you know. Tonight we will only win by 15 points." Fan Xi said to him easily: "Who told you to send us such an amazing German tank."

"I guarantee you can't win by 15 points." Mark Cuban said stubbornly: "You will win by 13 points at most."

Hahahaha.

The atmosphere before the game was pleasant.

This pleasantness continued until the game started; Fan Xi didn't let Nowitzki start.

The reason was, I don't want him to get cheers at the American Airlines Center.

But in fact, Nowitzki had already received cheers from all the fans when he entered.

This series was actually not about winning or losing, only silent warmth.