After losing to the Nets, the Knicks played against the Lakers.

It was a simple game and the stars of both sides didn't give it their all. With a score of 101-90, the Lakers lost two straight preseason games, and the Knicks won their first game.

Even without seriousness, the Lakers have disappointed a lot of people, and they are struggling and not like a strong team in the slightest.

The Knicks mainly inspect newcomers, although they play very averagely, Zhou Xuan doesn't play much, but fans can understand. Last season ended late, and he wasn't idle in the summer, so rest is the most important thing.

On the 9th, the Knicks flew to Beijing on a special plane to prepare for the China game against the Clippers.

This year's preseason Knicks players are tired and have to fly long distances. Moreover, Zhou Xuan is fighting at home in China, and he can't just play for a while and go down to rest, and he has to fight to win to have an explanation.

The coaching staff didn't want Zhou Xuan to work hard, but as long as he thought that some fans had bought expensive tickets and even came from other places to support, Zhou Xuan was not allowed to play soy sauce by himself. Because of the support of the majority of fans, he has popularity, his current status, and his super high advertising endorsement fees. He has to repay the fans, not with his mouth, but with his actions.

This is not the first time that the NBA has come to China to play a preseason game, the game was held after the National Day holiday, and Zhou Xuan still made the game very attractive. The champion Knicks and the super lineup of the Clippers have labeled this year's China game as the most luxurious.

How hot will the competition be in Beijing? One detail speaks for itself, many media reporters from all over the world were only able to watch half of the game that night. Because there were so many reporters who signed up for interviews, the organizing committee had to arrange for some reporters to only watch the first half of the game, and give up their seats to another group of reporters at halftime.

Journalists who have the opportunity to watch the half-time game are considered lucky, because in addition to some of the media outlets who have been denied interview requests, many reporters who have obtained press accreditation can only spend their game time in the media.

In addition to the popularity of the media seats, tickets for the game are even more difficult to find, a large number of scalpers gathered outside the Wukesong Stadium, but there are very few scalpers who can receive tickets, which is also a strange sight.

On the Internet, the asking price of the two games is more than three times the face price, the 200 yuan is sold for 650 yuan, and the VIP ticket price has exceeded 10,000 yuan.

Previously, Yao Ming was the most popular Chinese tournament, and it is said that the income of Beijing and Guangzhou exceeded 10 million yuan, and this year this figure will be rewritten.

On the morning of the 10th, the two teams went to Wukesong for an hour of warm-up training, although the time was not long, but for the first time, the training session was open to the media, and hundreds of reporters were always attracted from the sidelines.

The Lakers, who brought in Nash and Howard, are considered to be the most successful team to recruit in the summer, but in fact, the Clippers with Crawford, Odom, Hill and others have also increased unabated, and the overall strength should not be underestimated.

Embarrassingly, Paul will not play at all, he had a minor operation after the Olympics, and doctors said he could not move vigorously yet. This time he came to China to play along. Paul's inability to play will make the game a lot more disgraced, and it can only be Crawford and Bredsoe against Zhou Xuan.

The training is simple, a few outside shots than three-pointers. On the inside, it's heads-up drills, with the Knicks putting a lot of emphasis on low-post offense, and two new signings are active. After the training, the reporters stretched out the original half-hour interview time for more than an hour.

Zhou Xuan is undoubtedly the busiest star. In addition to training, he also has to launch his combat boots and do interview shows. There were also offers to write a biography of him.

When interviewed by reporters, Zhou Xuan said: "Although the Olympics are a little tired, fans, please rest assured, I will definitely play for more than 30 minutes and dedicate a wonderful game to everyone." Even though there are a lot of NBA games live, there aren't many opportunities for fans to see me live, so I'll let them have a good time. ”

The reporter asked: "Are you confident that you will successfully defend your title this season?" ”

"I have faith, and I hope so. Someone commented that it looked easy for me to win two championships with both the Warriors and the Knicks, and that proves how strong we are. A lot of teams think they can beat the Knicks, I don't think so. When the regular season starts, everyone will see the results. ”

On the evening of the 11th, Zhou Xuan fulfilled his promise. This is just an ordinary preseason game, but the Knicks played it as a regular season, Zhou Xuan played the first quarter, and he had a strong desire to perform at the beginning, which did not disappoint the Chinese fans who supported him.

One minute into the game, he sent a high throw in the fast break and assisted the starting small forward Leonard to score a one-handed dunk in the air. He then forced a break on a solo fast break, causing Willie Green to foul and hit both free throws. After that, he assisted Anderson and Matthews to make a three-pointer to start the game with a 10-2 run.

The Clippers are without Paul, who is extremely fluency, has a lot of mistakes on the court, and mostly plays alone. The best performer was Griffin, who scored a couple of low shots.

Griffin missed the Olympics in the summer after suffering a torn meniscus in his left knee and is recovering very well. As a famous dunker, his physical talent is indeed enviable, he sprained the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in 2008, and his first season in the league was completely reimbursed, and many people doubted that Griffin was going to follow the old path of Oden, but he played an All-Star stat.

Towards the end of the first quarter, Griffin's breakthrough head flattened the frame and won warm applause from the audience.

However, relying on only one person to play can't withstand the Knicks' wild attack, Griffin didn't do well enough on the defensive end, Zhou Xuan relied on blocking and dismantling two misplaced points on his easy stop-and-go jump shot, and also broke through to make fouls and hit two free throws. Zhou Xuan scored 8 points and 4 assists in the single quarter, and the Knicks took a 34-19 lead.

In the second quarter, the Knicks continued to be in control, and Scola and Bleche were the biggest takeaways of the summer, and the two easily broke the interior line formed by Hollins and Odom.

Odom is the most declining player in the league, and after leaving the Lakers, he suddenly didn't know how to play, his weight increased, his speed slowed down, and his shooting was even more terrifying. The Clippers also have Kenyon Martin, a short interior lineman, who did not play in this game.

In the second half, Zhou Xuan came on the court, and the two substitutes cooperated very tacitly, the Knicks played a double block and dismantle in the positional battle, Zhou Xuan played Griffin in a dislocation very easily, and encountered a one-point shot in the bag, Scola in the high post shot two hollows, and Bleche also scored under the basket.

Against Hollins' defense, Bleche can take what he wants. Such a player only gets an annual salary of 1.1 million, and he is really envious of others. At least one-third of the league's teams want to bring in a big man like Bleche who can shoot the basketball. Although he is poor defensively, he is fully qualified to be a starter.

Zhou Xuan also has funny tidbits, Scola grabbed the backcourt rebound and made a long pass to him for a single fast break, seeing that no one was following the opponent, Zhou Xuan also wanted to show off the dunk, but a difficult one-handed dunk popped out of the frame, and he could only smile awkwardly. He wanted to buckle a big power and be clean, so he had a small stagnation and stretched his body as much as possible, but bouncing was really not his strong point.

The Knicks led by 20 points at 58-38 at halftime, and Zhou Xuan scored 15 points and 7 assists.

Griffin didn't look energetic without Paul, and the others didn't give him enough support, with only Crawford coming off the bench to get some applause with a fancy dribble single.

In the third quarter, Zhou Xuan continued to play, sent two free assists in half a minute, and grabbed a three-point shot after a steal. The first six minutes were all his show time, and he scored two more shots, scoring 22 points, 10 assists, 2 steals, and no rebounds.

The Knicks' play made the trip worthwhile for the fans, and then Zhou Xuan was replaced, and the Knicks led by 31 points at most.

In the fourth quarter, Bredsoe and Crawford led the team to catch up, Hill and Barnes also scored three-pointers, but they fell too far behind before, and the game was long gone, and Zhou Xuan did not play again.

After this battle, the Clippers exposed a lot of weaknesses. It will still be difficult for them to make it from the west to the final.

One is that it relies too much on Paul's organization, and once the core defender is not there, there is not much tactics to speak of, and it returns to the state of playing randomly before Paul came. Clippers coach Negro was so poor that his poor on-court response in the playoffs last season led to the Clippers' heavy defeat. There is no way to make effective adjustments to the opponent's lineup.

The second is that the Clippers' interior line can't pull the empty basket. Whether it's Jordan Jr., Griffin, or Odom off the bench, the shooting percentage is pitiful. After the pick-and-roll, the Knicks can just shrink the defense and don't care about them at all.

Odom was brought in in in the hope that he would bring veteran experience and pick-and-roll mid-range shooting to the team, but the Clippers made the wrong bet. Fighting for any of Kaman, Scola, Brand is much more useful than Odom.

If the 122 joint defense can't be broken, Zhou Xuan feels that the Clippers can reach the second round of the playoffs thankfully, and the current team, even the Magic, knows that teams that don't play baskets rely on shrinking.

On the 14th, the two teams played another game in Shanghai, and the popularity of the ball market was similar to that in Beijing. This Knicks obviously stayed strong, except for Zhou Xuan, the other main players all played a quarter and rested, focusing on role players.

On the Clippers' side, Paul chose to make a comeback, and even so, the Clippers still didn't beat the Knicks. Their shooting problems still can't be solved. Jordan Jr. struggled quite a bit, was put into the high post many times, missed a jump shot, and forced a break to knock down Stephenson and was sentenced to hit someone with the ball.

The Knicks are the most lacking, and it happens to be the shooter that the Clippers lack the most, with Nick Young, Battier, Parsons, and Copeland taking turns firing, and Jeremy Lin also shot a three-pointer off the bench.

Although Jeremy Lin is not famous, the audience still gave him applause, just because he is Chinese. It is better to leave a Chinese in the team as Zhou Xuan's partner than Lucas III, who has suffered the humiliation of his crotch.

Bleche continued to play steadily on the offensive end, showing his defensive weaknesses, and was given 18 points and 9 rebounds by Jordan Jr., playing star statistics, which people love and hate.

Either way, the Knicks won again. 96 to 88.