Walton wasn't in a good mood at the start of the season. Management pressured him to fire him if the Lakers didn't make the playoffs this season or didn't make the playoffs like last season.

After many teams in the league have changed, it is actually a test for other teams that have not changed much. Last season's Lakers and Clippers didn't survive such a change. The playoffs were directly shut out.

There are still a lot of changes on the part of the Los Angeles Lakers in the new season. They welcomed Thomas and Channing Jr. from the Knights! The team also fired some players, Yi Jianlian is in this list, and the management still wants to get the big devil from the Rockets, but the other party has just brought Zhou Qi back from the development league. In the end, the matter was settled.

The departures of Clarkson and Nance have allowed the team as a whole to continue to make adjustments. Fortunately, the arrival of Thomas Jr. did not disappoint the Lakers too much. The team took him seriously when he arrived.

Thomas Jr. still feels very comfortable in this new team. Two players, Kobe Bryant and Nash, are here. Other young people are more experienced in the game. In the team, Lopez is basically more secure on the inside.

On the outside, he noticed that among the young players, Ball and Kuzma have two good assists and strong offensive ability! It stands to reason that this lineup still makes people continue to ignite a lot of hope! Maybe it's because I just joined, so the team's record is still relatively low.

They all won the game by almost a little bit, and in the end, the opponent took the victory...... But no matter what the state of management and coaching staff is, the current Lakers players are quite high-spirited, and they have offensive players like Pope, Ingram, and Kobe Bryant in terms of guards! Where point guards stand out, there are lineups like Ball, Thomas Jr., and Nash!

Center Zubac, Channing, López! The performance of the strikers is not weak either! In short, the players are still very aggressive! That's the only thing that comforts Wharton at the moment.

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At the end of the second quarter, the final score was 60:59! Both teams had a bit of a fight in this quarter. But in the end, it feels like no one has taken much advantage. In the third quarter of the game, the Nets began to exert their strength! 91：87！ In the end, he entered the final quarter with a 4-point lead!

That's what the Charlotte Hornets faced in the regular season. They actually did pretty well today. Sometimes in the first half, the opponent opened up a difference of about 15 points. It's not easy to chase it back.

"It's pretty much the same as we defended in the first quarter. Be sure not to over-wrap the other party, their reaction is still very fast. Sometimes the players are there to get your attention. There aren't many players who play alone, so don't get too close even if it's one defense......"

Crawford saw that the score difference was not big, and he still felt that he could fight with the other party. So I was very serious when assigning tasks. Howard also came back in the third quarter and was fouled just after coming on the court in the third quarter...... Now there are 4 fouls on him.

The Hornets lineup for this quarter is Howard, Gilchrist, Batum, Walker and Lamb! It's still pretty good on the offensive end. Batum only began to gradually regain his touch after the second half.

Now the team needs his speed as a player. He and Lamb can pull the team's speed up.

The Nets' lineup on this side is Mozgov, Okafor, Williamson, Jeremy Lin, Russell. In terms of rhythm control, it is still up to two defenders to adjust. Okafor's main point is to hope that his attack can give the team more points.

Now a lineup like Brooklyn is still good defensively!

"Warcraft basically wants to let him go down quickly, and when the time comes, it should be Kaminsky who comes up, don't take it lightly, you have seen it. The team played well without Howard. Take it seriously, Okafor, Williamson has to pass more here......"

Mozgov chuckled in his heart again, what about me? Why don't you pass it on to me? Actually, he thought a little too much. The reason why he wasn't mentioned was because Howard was in a position against him, and the ball basically didn't score in the past.

The happy big monster is also a little depressed now. I didn't expect my foul count to come up so quickly today.

Russell and Lin exchanged a bit in the backcourt after Russell went to the frontcourt, Williamson held the ball and pretended to attack and then suddenly passed the ball to Lin, without thinking much about Jeremy Lin, he jumped up and hit a three-point shot! 94：87！

The ball put a lot of pressure on the Hornets. If the point difference is widened to about 10 points, is it still possible to catch up with the Nets? Charlotte's side is not like other teams, and it is still not so high in terms of self-confidence.

They're not a super powerhouse, and they're not a top-8 team in the East. The last few seasons have just been a mess and a normal team. But they want to make the playoffs every season.

And the Hornets who have passed the adjustment should not have found their form and rhythm of the game at present.

Walker took the basketball and went to the frontcourt, and Howard immediately took the basketball and faced Okafor and Mozgov and chose to pass the ball out! But Okafor's defense is very fierce! The monster was directly blown by the referee for three seconds in the process......

The Nets' defense of the other players made the Monster's pass hesitate for a moment and picked up his fifth foul......

Lin quickly got to the frontcourt, and Williamson took the basketball and ran to Howard! Fortunately, Gilchrist arrived in time to collide with Williamson! Hit 2 free throws at the free throw line! 96：87！

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'Kaminski is a good player as well. Howard did have a little more fouls in the early stages. However, he had a lot of mistakes and fouls of his own today. Our players will be in a similar situation in some games. ”

Chen was interviewed by the media. The expression has relaxed a lot. Just had a chat with Clifford's own boss from a few seasons ago. Then it was blocked by a media outlet.

"So what is your assessment of the Charlotte Hornets right now? And whether they can make the playoffs this year, what do you think about that? ”

"I'm still quite confident in the overall state of the Hornets right now, eh, like Batum and Walker, these two players are good! If it hadn't been for Howard's multiple fouls today, we don't know what the outcome of the game would have been."

"They didn't relax in the second half, did they?"

"Yes, Kaminski and Bacon and Lamb they played very well! Thanks to their efforts, we have not opened up too much of a point difference with each other. This season I feel like they could still make the playoffs. I feel good about some of their offense and coordination! ”

126：115！ If Lamb and Batum come to the Nets, Chen should give the team a good improvement in another aspect! He thinks that this team sometimes attacks and the players are really powerful! However, the team is only good in some areas, but it is not very good in terms of defense, control of the number of turnovers, and sometimes offensive efficiency.

On Charlotte's side, Howard got 6 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block, and Marvin had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists! Batum 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists! Walker 27 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists! Lamb 19 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists!

Walker fought hard in this game, but he couldn't get the team to win the final victory. Lamb and Batum played well, and the three of them combined to score 62 points! But in the late stage, after the Nets' defense and offense came up, the Hornets also felt that basically the result could not be changed.

Here in the Nets, Mozgov has 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and Okafor has 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks! Williamson 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Burke 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Jeremy Lin 15 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists!

Okafor did well. In the first quarter, the Nets' overall performance was relatively in shape. In the fourth quarter, Howard was out of the game with an overwhelming advantage. After coming out of the arena, the players got on the bus and headed to the airport, where they were going to train directly at the Staples Center Arena.