This year's preseason schedule European and Chinese events, and the NBA wanted to promote the brand one step closer, so Zhou Xuan was given the opportunity to return to China to perform.

As early as July 16, it was already decided that the Knicks would play with the Clippers in China. The two races will be staged on October 11 at the Mastercard Center in Beijing and on October 14 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.

This is the sixth time that the NBA has held a preseason game in China, and it is also the first time that an NBA championship team has participated in a Chinese game. The core is Chinese, plus the silver medal of the Olympics, fans want to see Zhou Xuan's true face, and tickets were sold out a month ago. Both teams have multiple All-Stars, and there are super guards, or offense-oriented, and the game is going to be very exciting.

In addition, eight NBA teams competed in eight preseason games outside the United States, including the 2012 NBA Europe and the inaugural NBA Canada Series.

On October 6, Celtic played their first preseason game in Turkey.

After Ray Allen's departure, the Celtics still have a "big three": Pierce, Garnett and Rondo, who form the starting lineup with Brandonbas and Kutney Lee. John Terry came off the bench to play for his new club for the first time, as Jeff Green, who had been out for a year from heart break, also returned.

However, the Green Army did not play well and showed its old state. Lost 91-97 to Fenerbahce.

The next day, other NBA teams saved face. The Mavericks beat Berlin, the Grizzlies beat Real Madrid, and the Spurs beat Siena.

The Knicks only appeared on the 9th, against the Nets. The match, which was played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, was the Nets' debut after they moved.

The relocation of the Nets to Brooklyn in 2010 has long been decided. In order to move, they paid a total of $4 million in compensation for the IZOD Center, their former home arena. For two years, they shared a arena with the New Jersey Devils at the Putenju Center.

The atmosphere was very lively, and even though it was only a preseason game, it was accompanied by the deafening "Brooklyn! Brooklyn! Cheers. Because of the special significance of this game, a special ceremony was held before the game, and the league's president, Stern, and the core of the Nets, Deron Williams, became the focus of the audience, and the NBA welcomed Brooklyn as a member of the league family.

How significant is it for the Nets to relocate to Brooklyn and begin opening the Barclays Center? This even affected the departure of All-Star player Deron Williams. Deron has made it clear that a big reason he stayed with the Nets was because the team moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn. "That's a big reason, and I don't think I'm even going to think about staying in New Jersey if the Nets stay in New Jersey," he said. ”

That's why Carmelo Anthony was willing to join, he finally arrived in New York and was able to play in the big city.

Commenting on being able to play at the brand new Barclays Centre, new Nets signing Joe Johnson said: "Everyone is super excited, we all feel like it's a fresh start and we want to get off to a good start. The performance of the fans is very exciting for me and I know that these fans have given us everything and they have done all they want us to work hard enough on the pitch to give them a good game. ”

Nets coach Avery Johnson also said: "For the last two years we've played every game like we've been playing away because we don't feel like home-court advantage. It's exciting to move to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Let's accept that we're already in Brooklyn, and that's all different. ”

Nets power forward Humphries was unsparing in his praise of the more than $1 billion Barclays Center, which he compared to Madison Square Garden, home of city rival Knicks. In Humphries' opinion, the two arenas are not at the same level at all, and the Barclays Center Arena is much better than the Madison Garden Arena.

"I don't really think you can compare these two arenas," he said. Barclays Center is better than Madison Square Garden, whether it is the stands or the locker rooms, all aspects of the facilities, this is a different level of arena. I don't need to explain. Barclays Centre is even better, and spending a lot of money is enough to say that. ”

Nets owner Prokhorov recently participated in a talk show, in which he said: "I said before that if the Nets can't win an NBA championship in five years, I'm going to punish myself by getting married." We're in our third year, so no one wants a championship more than me. ”

The Russian tycoon's goal is much more than just a championship trophy, and he says he wants the team to compete for the championship year after year, and to challenge for the league's highest honor every year. And when asked when the Nets will be able to achieve this goal, Prokhorov replied very simply: "Next June." ”

With a team of stars and the best stadium facilities, New York, the biggest NBA market, the Russian tycoon feels like he can win the championship.

After the game began, the Nets proved that they were indeed qualified to be arrogant, pressing the Knicks to play.

Starting four All-Star-caliber players, Humphries, who was never an All-Star, had 13 last season. 8 points, 11 rebounds, 1. 5 assists 1. 2 blocks of data, probably he posted all his grievances about his divorce from Kim Kardashian on the court.

Delon and Lopez cooperated in blocking and dismantling, and Lopez showed the power of "White Duncan", scoring consecutive shots, and showing off his footsteps in the low post to single Chandler successfully. Anthony singled out Leonard and scored six points.

The Knicks were beaten 13-2 by a wave of cold outside hands. Relying on the goals of Zhou Xuan and Matthews, he barely bit the score, and fell behind 18-35 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Kidd and CJ Watson formed a double guard, with Chadris and Evans partnering up front, and Turyaf in the center. The Nets' lineup has little offensive power on the inside, the combination of Knick Scola and Bleche is more luxurious, and the outside line Nick Young, Jeremy Lin, and Parsons also performed well, and the Knicks took the opportunity to chase points.

The two veterans of Billups and Battier rested, but even so, the youngsters played a smooth combination. Jeremy Lin, in particular, passed Kidd several times.

Kidd is now a retirement, and a slightly faster defender can get past him. The purpose of the Nets to introduce him is to be a spiritual leader, and the second is to cultivate talents for the management, Kidd is familiar with the Nets, and has a good relationship with DeLong, Joe Johnson, Anthony and others, and is highly respected, and can directly enter the coaching staff after retiring.

Zhou Xuan only played 18 minutes and got 6 points and 8 assists. He is very happy with his new teammates, especially the two on the inside, who can shoot when they catch the ball. Scola had a ball in the low post that shook Evans and couldn't find North.

In the second half, the Nets successively replaced the main team to let the rookie play a little longer.

Marshawn Brooks took over the game, hitting two three-pointers in a row and breaking through sharply. He was 12 in his rookie season. 7 points 2. 4 assists, excellent performance. Some predict that this season will be his explosive year, but because of the arrival of Joe Johnson, he may have to continue to play as a substitute.

The player, who averaged nearly 25 points per game in the NCAA and was the second-highest scorer, known as Kobe Bryant, has endured hardships on his way to stardom. In order to get more opportunities to play, he played very hard.

Nick Young is also keen to prove himself, and the two look somewhat similar in their style of play. D'Antoni gave Nick Young plenty of playing time, and Stephenson was back on the bench, still off the bench. His three-point shooting is a bit of an improvement over the previous two seasons, but he's not as good as the pumper Nick Young, and the coaching staff is ready to keep him on the fringe.

Stephenson was already mad, sitting on the sidelines in a daze, fantasizing about grabbing D'Antoni by the collar and slapping him.

"Calm down, you'll have a chance." Zhou Xuan whispered beside Stephenson.

"That's what you said two years ago, I'm not bad, if you think I can, just help me say something good." Stephenson said depressedly.

"Okay."

If he always says that his teammates are good, but he doesn't let him go, Zhou Xuan will become a big fool like Duncan. At that time, Duncan said to many people, "The future is yours". As a result, none of the opponents he defeated so far won the championship. Duncan is fooling his opponent, and Zhou Xuan is even worse fooling his own people.

Even if Nick Young is not introduced, the swingman position is strong enough, and the singles king wants the championship too much, and the asking price is too cheap, and Mullin can't refuse. Matthews starts, Nick Young comes off the bench, where is Stephenson's time? HE IS ONLY 196CM TALL, WHICH IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PLAYING SMALL FORWARD, AND IF HE DOES THIS, HE MAY BE USELESS ON THE BENCH.

Zhou Xuan is ready to talk to the coaching staff about giving Stephenson more playing time, his defense, offensive ability with the ball is not bad, and he may be able to play a cameo point guard at a certain time. Billups has not shown superior quality in training, is mediocre in terms of playmaking, and his defense is not comparable to Stephenson's, which may allow him to play in the No. 1 position.

Although Jeremy Lin is likely to stay, Zhou Xuan is not optimistic that he can play well, he is just a marginal person.

Probably for the purpose of the demonstration, the Nets took this game very seriously, so Anthony and Derondo played for a while, the two of them had strong attacking power, Parsons and Jeremy Lin couldn't defend them.

In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Anthony scored five points in a row, and the score opened again. In the final quarter, Watson made three three-pointers against Lucas's defense, and the margin continued to widen. Humphries and Evans also grabbed rebounds and played fast breaks. In terms of rebounding, the Nets are better than the Knicks. Originally, starting center Lopes was criticized for not being good at rebounding, and Evans came to make up for this weakness.

Jeremy Lin and Stephenson's outside line was blown up. They are all eager to perform, and they don't cooperate very tacitly, often hitting the basket directly with a block. Not only did he not make a good impression on the coaching staff, D'Antoni was still very dissatisfied, and there was nothing for them to do at the beginning of the game.

As for Lucas III, the defense is really poor, the confrontation is always at a disadvantage, the uniform team does not plan to sign with him, and he can leave after the preseason.

In the first game, the Knicks lost to the Nets 92-107.