On October 29, the 2008-2009 NBA regular season officially began.

The Eastern Conference Celtics beat the Cavaliers 90-85. James scored just 22 points on 9-of-21 shooting to get off to a "black start", and if he wants to enter the Finals again, he must pass the Celtics first.

The Bulls beat the Bucks 108-95, Derek. Rose had 11 points, four rebounds and nine assists in his debut.

The Lakers beat the Trail Blazers 96-76. Oden had 0 points and 5 rebounds in his regular season debut, and he went off with a right foot injury after only 13 minutes. The two champions appeared on the same day, and the results were very different. People began to wonder if Auden was capable of dominating the League.

The NBA officially released the first edition of the team power rankings yesterday. Defending champions Boston's Celtics dominate the rankings, while last season's Western Conference champions, the Lakers, are in second place. The Houston Rockets are in sixth place in the league behind the Spurs and Mavericks in the Southwest, behind the Hornets.

The three teams with the most improvements were the Cavaliers, Clippers and Bucks, with the Warriors ranked as the team with the biggest regression, dropping a full seven spots to 21. Despite their good preseason play, no pundits believe they will make the playoffs. It's no wonder that the West is so competitive that if you want to make the playoffs, you need to get at least 45 wins or more. Compared with many powerhouses in the West, the Warriors' lineup looks a bit sweaty, and they don't even have an All-Star. With Davis and Ellis, the Warriors didn't make the playoffs either.

The league also predicted several "dark horses", that is, teams that were generally not favored by everyone before the game, but they may play good results. There were three such teams in the NBA last season, the 76ers and Hawks in the East both returned to the playoffs after many years, and they caused a lot of trouble for the Celtics and Pistons in the first round, and almost caused an upset; The honor of the dark horse in the West should be given to Paul's Hornets, who not only finished second in the regular season in the West, but also made it all the way to the Western Conference semifinals until they lost to the defending champion Spurs.

And what about the new season, who will be the biggest dark horse? Who will surprise everyone? Experts believe that there are three, all in the east.

First of all, the Milwaukee Bucks, Yi Jianlian just walked on the front foot, and the league listed the Bucks as a dark horse, which seems to be a little sorry for Chinese fans. But the Bucks' summer swing has a reason to put them in the ring. Despite leaving, Yi Jianlian and Mo. Williams, Mason and Simmons are the four main forces, but the Bucks' combat effectiveness has increased unabated, Jefferson's joining, allowing him to form three strong points with Reed and Boggart, and Jefferson's breakthrough and interior singles ability can also make up for the Bucks' lack of interior offense; In addition, Villanueva does not have to worry about competing with the UAE to start, and can devote himself to the game; And on the point guard line, the most unique Mo has gone. Williams, here comes Rednow, Lue and three-point shooter Damon. Jones, plus the original Charlie. Bale and Cecionse, they will only be better than last season.

Chicago Bulls. Miraculously getting the No. 1 pick seems to indicate that the Bulls will do something new in the new season. The Bulls have no shortage of good players, but they lack an excellent point guard who can connect them, and they have picked up Derrick, a talented point guard who has been rare for so many years. Rose, this embarrassment will be improved. Ross will let Ben. Gordon, Rohr. Deng, Nocioni, Larry. Hughes, Noah, Gooden and others benefit, so that the Bulls' offense will be more reasonable, and the momentum of rebuilding the Bulls' dynasty in the previous two years will return.

Miami heat. As the champion of 2006, no one expected that the team would come back in the new season. Wade played very well at the Beijing Olympics. Although he didn't get the champion as he wished, he chose Derek, who he had wanted for a long time. Rose, but Beasley's addition could take the burden off Wade and Marion's scoring burden, with Beasley averaging 25 per game at the University of Kansas. 3 points 12. 4 rebounds 1. 3 assists and 56 percent from the field. 2%, 74 free throws. 0%, 43 three-pointers. 5%, no matter how you look at it, it's a superman.

As for the West, whether it is TNT or ESPN, all basketball experts seem to agree that there is no suspense about the playoff spots, and the Lakers, Hornets, Rockets, Jazz, Spurs, Suns, Mavericks, and Trail Blazers will occupy these eight spots unconditionally. The biggest possibility of a dark horse will be in the playoffs and on the way to winning the championship, and that is the Houston Rockets.

This is the team that has received the most attention in the world, and it is also the team that has disappointed the most times in the world except for the Chinese men's football team, and there may be changes in the new season. Although the Big Three is no longer a new thing, and now the league can come up with three All-Star level players everywhere, but the Rockets The Big Three just complement each other, Atai can make up for Yao Mai's defects in leadership temperament, and Yao Mai can just suppress Atai's fiery personality, which is definitely a perfect match. In addition, the Rockets also have strong role players such as Battier, Alston, Scola, and Landry, and no one will be surprised if they win the championship at the end of the year.

Today was the last time the Warriors prepared for the game, and the players played well in training. The 12-man roster for the rotation has finally been decided.

Organizational defender: CJ. Watson, Zhou Xuan.

Shooting guard: Corunna. Azubuuk, Marco. Belinelli, Anthony. Moreau.

Small forward: Stephen. Jackson, Corey. Margeti.

Power forward: Anthony. Randolph, Brandon. Wright, Ayr. Harrington.

Centre: Ronnie. Turiaf, Andris. Bidrins.

DeMarcus. Nelson and Richard. Hendricks was offered a contract at the end of the season, but there is no place for them in the team and it is likely that he will be sent to the Development League first when the new season begins. Monta. Ellis is on the injury list waiting to be activated.

Nelson Sr. asked the players to assemble, got up from their chairs, and said loudly: "At the beginning of every season, there are people who predict the final result, and we are in 21st place in the power rankings, and seven of the nine teams behind us are Eastern teams, do you know what that means?" ”

None of the players spoke, and Nelson Sr. continued: "That means nobody is looking forward to us, they think we're only going to finish 11-13 in the West at best, and we're definitely going to miss the playoffs. The Clippers and Grizzlies are all ahead of us, and I want to ask, do you think we are really that weak? ”

"Nope! We're in the playoffs! Zhou Xuan was the first to answer Nelson's question.

"It's good, young people have to have this kind of blood. We have quality and pre-season is the best proof of that. Don't talk about the weak teams such as the Grizzlies and the Clippers, we also have the strength to defeat the Hornets! Can we win the opener? Old Nelson asked again aloud.

"Yes!" The roar of a group of macho men resounded through the arena!

If you want to win, the squad is only one aspect, but the same important thing is morale. The Warriors are not a bad team, they have the ability to win.

The Hornets have also arrived in Los Angeles to prepare for the season, and they are aiming to get the season off to a good start.

This is Scott's fifth year as coach to the Hornets, and he has also tweaked the team's style of play and style, aiming to make the Hornets a more defensive-minded team in addition to scoring sharp, which has been reflected in the training camp and preseason games that the New Orleans have attended. What's even happier is that the whole team is doing their best to defend, and many players have volunteered to stay and practice after training.

It's worth mentioning that the Hornets are still the only team in the league to have an excellent 7-0 record in the preseason campaign, despite being practice-oriented. The results of a summer's efforts will naturally be tested more powerfully in the opener.

The current situation of the whole team is both happy and sad for Scott, happy that the number of people who can play is unprecedented, and the team chemistry is very good, and the worry is that it will take some time to make reasonable arrangements for substitutes and give full play to the role of each player, and this is one of Scott's main goals.

Since the retirement of Magic and the Smiling Assassins, no team with a point guard as the core has won a championship, from Stockton, Payton to now Kidd, Nash, or Delon of the same age, all missed the championship, and Paul was no exception last year, so people understand how difficult it is for a point guard to lead a team to win a championship. If the Hornets can break the spell and wear a championship ring, it will definitely be a big surprise.

At his first meeting with the players after training camp, New Orleans Hornets head coach Byron. Scott showed the entire Hornets a video of the San Antonio Spurs celebrating after they sent the Hornets home in Game 7 of the second round of last season's playoffs.

Scott's intention in doing so is clear, and he wants his team to remember past failures and use them as motivation to stay focused and keep going, even though last season was quite successful for the Hornets. They have a team-high 56 wins in a single season, topping the Southwest Division, and have performed well in two playoff rounds. However, the youth army has higher requirements for themselves.

After the session, Scott told the players: "We're going to set goals for ourselves, and now it's not a goal for us to make the playoffs, the Southwest Championship? No, it was already won last season. We're all focused on the O'Brien Cup right now. If you want to make your dream come true, you can't start working until December or February next year, we have to work hard to win the championship from the beginning! We're going to fight for every victory! ”

"Victory!"

Scott said to Paul again: "The Warriors starting lineup is good, four of them have a lot of experience, your defensive task is not heavy in this game, you have to put more energy on the offensive end, if they let the Chinese start, blow up that rookie!" ”