After the Nets, in seventh or eighth place are the Raptors and Rockets, these eight teams, and they also think they have a chance to win the championship.

This year's prediction has also been agreed by most fans, and ESPN is finally reliable.

However, in this wave of predictions, the Wizards, who finished fifth in the playoffs last season, are only ranked 20th among all teams, and are not even in the playoffs.

"They're weaker than they seem, and they haven't been able to keep Paul Pearce this past summer."

ESPN's assessment is pretty simple.

Such evaluations and rankings also somewhat stimulated the Wizards.

"In order to attract traffic, they will always make some so-called predictions, and if you look at the Warriors' prediction rankings last year, my predictions may be more accurate than theirs." Wizards star Wall's predictions for ESPN looked dismissive.

Come to think of it, although they lost Pierce, they basically retained last season's roster, and also signed 3-and-D player Jarred Dudley as a replacement for Pierce in the offseason, and also recruited former Spurs veteran Gary Neil.

There's no reason why they're in this position.

They are in the same situation as the Knicks, who picked Porzingis (the first pick) and Jerry Grant (19th pick in the first round) in the draft, and signed Robin Lopez, Afflaro, Derrick Williams and other players in the free market, but they are only fifth from the bottom on this list.

"They never saw us, so who cares." Anthony shrugged off the rankings.

However, from the words of the two main generals, you can still feel that they are not convinced.

This is also a normal psychology, although the NBA is a job for players, but even if it is a job, who likes to be looked down upon?

ESPN's prediction list has ushered in a wave of saliva from fans, but the smoke of controversy has not yet subsided, and the bell of the new season has officially sounded.

The Nets have a game on day one, and against the Wizards, who were in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.

The NBA has always liked to create topics and create old feuds, such as the Warriors' home opener is a Thunder, and the Nets have not escaped this catastrophe.

For the Nets, a new roster and they need to play with momentum in the opener.

As for the Wizards, they will definitely have revenge for last season's playoffs, and ESPN's just wave of predictions has made it even more necessary for them to prove themselves with wins.

"Don't have a mental burden, play at the pace of training and we'll win the game."

Tang Tian didn't say anything thrilling before the game, the current strength of the Wizards team is average, he just needs the team to win it smoothly.

Fans in New York couldn't be more excited.

The Nets have quickly shown a rise after Tang Tian became the owner, which makes them full of expectations.

It's all a team in New York, although the Knicks are older and more worthy of their expectations, but the rotten "Ni" can't hold up the wall, so they naturally transfer this support to the Nets in the same city.

In the first game of the season, the Barclays Center had an attendance rate of more than 90%.

After last season's playoffs, the "immediate" defection of New York fans came a little fast.

The cheers were thunderous, and the players of the Nets were also eager to try.

After a long grass wait and a full month of training, they were a little too eager to compete.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Brooklyn, New York, the Barclays Center, let us welcome our players with the warmest cheers and screams......"

Under the introduction of the on-site host, with the end of the dynamic 3D projection, the players of the away team and the home team were introduced one after another.

On the Wizards' side, the outside is a two-gun combination of Wall and Beal, the inside is Gortat and Nenei, and the small forward is Otto Porter, who had a very good performance in the playoffs last season.

The Nets, on their side, lined up with a regular starting lineup, with Deron and Booker on the outside, Jimmy Butler and Yi Jianlian on the front, and Jokic at center.

Yi Jianlian jumped to win against Gortat and got the opportunity for the home team to attack first.

Jokic's response from beyond the three-point line, the Nets still play the system they are most familiar with.

Run-in is actually a game, the more tactics are played, the more proficient, and the more tacit understanding between teammates.

Booker and Delon took the cover and came out in a row, Yi Jianlian ran a counter and cut the basket, Jokic understood it, and saw that the Wizards' defense did not keep up, so he threw the ball directly to the basket.

After Yi Jianlian saw it, he also jumped up a step, and the air catch was directly an empty catch.

"Bang!"

With a hammer-like muffled sound, the emotions of the audience exploded suddenly.

The Nets came up and gave the Wizards a dose of medicine!

Wall drove forward with the ball and Beal and Porter flanked on the wings.

Porter received the ball and wanted to shoot, but Butler's serpentine move squeezed through the block and instantly became close, faster and more accurate than last season's Joe Johnson.

Porter gave the ball back to Wall, and half of the Wizards' offensive time was wasted.

Wall himself beckoned Gortat to block and break to the basket, and Jokic obviously closed it early, giving up a step, a defensive way to prevent the burst and shoot.

Wall's shot was inconsistent and he didn't shoot the basket, but returned the ball to Gortat after hitting the basket.

At this time, there was not enough time to attack, and Gortat forced a shot against Delon at the free throw line.

"Bang!"

With a shot, Jokic easily picked up the defensive rebound.

The cheers from the audience were even louder.

The addition of Butler has greatly improved the defensive ability of the Nets' wings, and with Jokic's improvement, this defense does not look bad at all!

And before the cheers fell, Jokic, who picked up the rebound, had already lifted the ball, saw Delon rush out, and made a quick pass directly.

The Serbian with amazing handwork, a pass was directly in place, and Delong quickly whipped to the front court and scored directly with a low-handed layup.

4 to 0!

The situation at the beginning is a bit one-sided!

The Wizards advanced to the frontcourt, and Beal singled Booker with the ball.

They lost Pierce in the summer, and Dudley, who was added to the mix, and Porter, who started the game, were both 3-and-D players, and the singles had to be left to Beal.

Bill confronts Booker, a rookie, and rushes to the basket with a change of direction.

Booker is good at everything, but he is as short as Griffin and has a small defensive area, and he was squeezed through this time.

Beal accelerates to the basket.

"Smack!"

But just as he was about to start, Butler quickly came from the weak side and took the ball out of his hand!

Before the steal came too fast and didn't react, Butler had already run to the front court with the ball, glanced at Wall, who was chasing behind him, and jumped up and pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Bang!"

Another two-handed slam dunk, and Butler even hung on the hoop and swung around!

6 to 0!

The live camera showed Whitman, the head coach of the Wizards' bench, who was still motionless.

Slipped away.