The fire of the new season is about to be ignited.

The alliance is brewing its arrogance again, ready to explode directly.

The Lakers, who lost in the finals last season, the Spurs, who hated the semifinals, the Cavaliers, who were alone, the Celtics, and the Hornets who broke the stings in the Western Conference finals......

Every team has its own demands for the new season.

In the 08-09 season, the Bulls selected the top pick Derrick. Rose, the white-robed youngster, is also going to bring new changes to the Bulls.

Each player will wash himself and defeat the enemy in the 08-09 season.

On October 5, 2008, the opening game of the NBA preseason was opened by the Hornets and the Warriors.

This season's Hornets have ushered in a lot of attention, and after a series of trade reinforcements, their lineup has the level to compete for the championship.

As a result, there were not many fans watching this opening game.

However, what disappointed everyone was that in this game, Paul and Zhong Yu only played soy sauce, and the Hornets almost relied on their own substitutes to play this game. In this way, many people who were looking forward to watching Zhong Yu's performance just saw Zhong Yu's stats sheet of 7 points and 2 assists and flashed in a hurry, and Paul disappeared after getting 4 assists, and in the end, the Hornets defeated the Warriors 101-97.

Although Paul and Jongwook barely played, the Hornets played quite well, Reggie. Evans and Cotter. Thomas had 11 and 7 rebounds respectively to secure the Hornets' interior, and Ariza didn't shoot well but contributed three beautiful big hats.

West and Peja are not very long.

Today's performance is still the Rockets team that has established the 'Big Three' model, Yao Ming + Artest + Maddy's Big Three combination, which has attracted a lot of attention, but, I don't know if the opponent is too strong, or the Big Three of the Rocket Team are just a pseudo-Big Three, or they have not finished running in, in short, the Rocket team on this day lost to the opponent.

Four days later, the Hornets faced the Spurs, in this game, Zhong Yu and Paul still did not play too much, although the Spurs wanted to take revenge on Zhong Yu and Paul, but the Hornets wanted to hide the sword, they really had no way. However, they found that the Hornets' bench lineup is also quite difficult to entangle, and in the case of the bench really can't hold on, Zhong Yu and Paul will return to the court to make a false shot, in such a tactic, the Spurs are so depressed that they want to vomit blood, and at the last minute, Paul hit a three-pointer to completely seal the victory.

The preseason has been played for nearly a month, but Zhong Yu and Paul have not played much time, and of course everyone feels that Zhong Yu and Paul have made great progress, and now the team is hiding them to achieve a surprise effect.

In fact, the main purpose of the Hornets is to hone the team's benches and let them have a lot of tacit understanding in the shortest possible time.

In these preseason games, a few people who were traded, Reggie. Evans is averaging five points and 11 rebounds per game with Kerter. Thomas was able to score 9 points and 8 rebounds per game, and Ariza was able to get 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks...... It's just that he only hits 35 percent.

However, while Ariza is revealing his Iron God name, his defense is exactly what the Hornets need.

Now, the Hornets finally have enough rebounding ability, especially with the addition of Evans, a rebounding beast.

The preseason is over, the real NBA regular season, the real NBA, the 2008-2009 season, is about to begin!

And whether the Hornets have become the team they want and whether they can make up for the shortcomings of last season depends on this season.

On October 30, 2008, the Hornets' regular season opener was officially played at home!

In this game, the Hornets will face the Golden State Warriors at home.

The Warriors and the Hornets have played each other in the opening game of the preseason, but today is different, today is the official start of the regular season, and the Warriors are the first opponent the Hornets meet in the regular season.

Before the game, all kinds of voices had already made enough predictions about the game - everything. Most of it points to the current roster of the Hornets, as well as the current fighting ability of the Warriors.

Last season, the Hornets finished second in the West, giving the Hornets their best record in recent years.

"The Hornets have been on a rifle in the offseason to bolster their interior line, and on the outside, they've retained Paco, a tough backcourt attacker, not to mention the backcourt duo. The current Hornets have a relatively good interior strength in the league, and at the same time have the most perfect and best outside strength in the league...... It's very scary. ”

"The Hornets are really not to be underestimated right now, and they are no longer the team that struggles in the belly bench area. They are not even the team that unfortunately fell under the iron heel of the Lakers last season, and this year's Hornets are quite strong! I would even dare to say that this is stronger than many people think. ”

"The Warriors have now sent away Davis, and although they have bought Margety, there is a grim reality in front of them - the team is seriously underwhelmed! And the Hornets, the strong strength of the outside, really make the Warriors incomparable......"

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Such news has naturally become evidence that many people are optimistic about the Hornets, and they all believe that the Hornets are already a pretty good team after the offseason reinforcements, especially the Hornets fans and Zhong Yu's fans, who are also advocating for the Hornets.

Of course, there are still a lot of objections -

"The Hornets have a roster that looks strong this season, but there are still a lot of problems. First of all, can Jong-wook's performance be as consistent as last season? Secondly, the Hornets' non-stop blocking and dismantling last season has been recognized by many teams in the league, and can they sweep all sides this season like last season? Finally, the current lineup of the Hornets lacks run-in at all! ”

There are also many such opinions, and many people believe that the Hornets have lacked enough run-in this season.

This was rightly refuted.

"The Hornets lack a run-in? A lineup like Paul, Jong-wook, West, Peja, and Chandler swept the Mavericks, defeated the Spurs, and played seven games with the Lakers last season...... At most, the lack of run-in is just new players who have just been traded, and they can't affect the Hornets. ”

"The Hornets have a very good lineup right now, but it's not perfect, and they're going to have a pretty enlightened ending! Now, I think they're going to prove themselves with their victories and show people how good they really are. ”

Of course, there are still some people who are not convinced: "The Hornets' lineup, at least for now, can only be said to be an unknown before the regular season officially begins!" We need to test this team with real practice whether it really has the so-called qualification to compete for the championship. ”

Yes, turn around, and in the end, you can only hand it over to the game!

Leave it to the game to determine what kind of team the Hornets are.

The game was played at the home of the Hornets.

The Hornets have a full lineup and are all playing!

With more than 20,000 fans in the arena today, the Hornets are indeed getting a new lease of life, a team that had only seven or eight thousand people at home before Paul arrived. After Paul's arrival, that number rose to about 16,700, and now, with the rise of Zhong Yu, that number has become more than 20,000!

The Hornets can't be said to be a big ball market, but they are able to achieve such impressive results.

"The Hornets! Come on! ”

At the beginning of the warm-up, the fans in the stadium were close to boiling.

Then, under the illumination of the lights, two figures, one tall and one short, appeared in front of everyone, and through the big screen, everyone could see that these two figures, the numbers on their chests were No. 3 and No. 5 respectively!

Suddenly, the whole arena was boiling!

"Zhong Yu! Zhong Yu! Shadow Assassin! ”

"Paul! The queen bee is powerful. "The fans of two people rendered the whole stadium into a place where people couldn't stop feeling their blood boiling.

Everywhere is filled with the power of sound explosions, and everywhere, it seems that people's voices are going to burst people's eardrums.

This is Zhong Yu and Paul, the attention they are getting now, and their popularity!

Especially Zhong Yu, he is only a sophomore now, but his popularity in New Orleans is close to equal to Paul's. Looking at the entire American basketball world, Zhong Yu's fame may be greater than Paul because of his special position as a scoring guard......

When such a thing happens, Zhong Yu is also a little embarrassed, but there is no way, Paul is a very strong person, but he does not receive too much attention in the entire basketball world.

Even after a great season.

Of course, after Zhong Yu and Paul formed the strongest backcourt in the league, Paul's popularity in China has also increased dramatically, and it has reached a rather terrifying level.

As soon as the Warriors players came out, they heard the cheers of the fans in the audience for Zhong Yu and Paul, and for a moment, they were all a little envious......

The atmosphere at their home stadium is not so good.

However, this game, they want to win, they want to prove that the people who say the Hornets can abuse them are some bastards, some guys who don't have long eyes!

Both teams have the heart to prove themselves!

The Hornets certainly don't want to lose, and now they need a perfect season to really elevate themselves to the heights of a strong team.

(To be continued)