The NBA2013-14 regular season kicks off on Oct. 5, when the Wizards will fly to Wukesong Arena in the capital of China, where they will play the Los Angeles Lakers in a preseason matchup.

As a head coach, although Wang Xiao's exposure rate is not as good as that of a player, the honors he has won still make him have a high reputation in China, not to mention that the Wizards team also has Yi Jianlian, the current first brother of the Chinese men's basketball team.

After Da Yao retired, the Wizards basically became the home team of Huaxia, and the record of the Wizards team also made Chinese fans feel proud, after all, there are still more people in this world who like the strong, and no one likes to watch games that have been losing.

Stern naturally will not let go of such a good publicity opportunity, the preseason was busy arranging the Wizards and the Lakers, the two most popular teams in China, together, and specially called the general manager of the Wizards before the game, Glenfield, to tell the team's stars to play a dozen in this game, even if it is for a few minutes.

This made Grenfield feel very unhappy, and the reason for the upset was naturally not Stern's fingering of the team, but Stern's behavior was completely revealing his scars.

As a general manager, he has no control over the team at all, and the Wizards are completely in the hands of Wang Xiao.

Of course, Wang Xiao will not refuse this kind of thing.

It's not a year or two since the NBA has made money in China, basically every year in the preseason, Huaxia's stadiums are full, and I'm afraid it's the same this time.

In this case, the greatest satisfaction for the fans to be able to get the team's stars to play is naturally a good feedback, at least it has to be worth the ticket price, isn't it?

Throughout the preseason, Curry and other team cores played for more than 25 minutes, and they were very active on the court, with various half-court three-pointers, interior empty dunks, and the atmosphere in the entire arena never cooled.

Compared to the Wizards, the Lakers are a little bleak.

Kobe Bryant was out for the season, Howard left Cleveland, and the biggest star on the Lakers team was Steve. Nash & Paul. Gasol.

And the two don't have much time to appear.

Nash is over 40 years old and still has injuries to come, but he only made a symbolic two-minute debut before going off.

Gasol, on the other hand, played a little longer, but it was less than ten minutes.

The main players of the Lakers are all a group of young players who are not well-known.

As a result, the situation on the court was completely one-sided, and Wukesong was like the home of the Wizards.

In the end, the score of this preseason game was fixed at 131-97, and the Wizards won the Lakers by 34 points.

Subsequently, the remaining preseason games of the Wizards were all played on American soil.

At this time, people were a little surprised to find that the Wizards actually changed the habit of previous seasons, and did not use a lot of rotation and lineup attempts in the preseason, but only used a few fixed lineups, which were also the most used lineups last season.

As a result, the Wizards ended the preseason with a complete victory.

This is not surprising at all.

Not to mention Curry and others participating in the preseason, with an average playing time of about 20 minutes, even if Curry and other cores are put aside, it is not easy to mess with the Wizards' bench lineup.

Isaiah. Thomas + Jimmy. Butler + Chandler. Parsons Gar Drummond. Green + Rudy. Goebel ......

Such a lineup, even if it is directly as a starter, and then it is matched with Cuarón. Butler plays the sixth man and puts it in the East, which is also a level that can properly reach the playoffs!

Using this lineup against a team that is basically a game of substitutes in the preseason is definitely quite a bullying thing.

Wang Xiao didn't want to abuse vegetables, but since his goal was to break the Bulls' 72 wins, he must make some preparations for this.

It is absolutely necessary for the players to find their form better and familiarize themselves with each other's style of play.

In this regard, the Wizards have a unique advantage this season - teammates know each other well.

Curry, Thompson, Leonard and George have been paired for two years, and this season is about to be in its third year.

Several people are very familiar and tacit understanding with each other, and they can also play a better role in the field.

Last season, the only two main players who left the team were Whiteside and Jamison, and the new Gobert was very similar in style to Jordan Jr., McGee and Whiteside, and became familiar with it very quickly.

And Drummond. After a season of training, Green can also take on more tasks on the field.

With the blessing of these factors, the Wizards have a great chance of breaking the Bulls' 72 wins, which is also the reason why Wang Xiao dares to say such a "big talk".

After the preseason ended with all the big wins, the momentum of the Wizards team has reached its peak.

From the core of the team like Curry to the bench bench like Thackeray who has little playing time, they are all united by the same goal...... The Bulls' 72-10 record!

Finally, the NBA regular season has officially begun!

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On October 30, the Wizards hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

I have to admit that Stern knows how to attract the attention of fans, and he is not pretentious at all in the schedule, it is completely such a focus battle, everyone hurry up to see the situation.

The Wizards, who have won two consecutive championships and can be called an invincible division, meet the Cavaliers who have formed the Big 4 in the new season, what will happen when the two tigers compete, almost fans around the world are very curious.

On the Wizards' side, the starting five Tigers are Curry, Thompson, Leonard, George and Gobert, except for Gobert, who replaced Whiteside, there are no changes to the lineup from last season.

On the other side, the Cavaliers started with Irving, J.R. Smith, James, Love and Howard.

In the summer, the Cavaliers signed shooting guard J.R. Smith with the only mid-level contract option available.

At that time, the Cavaliers faced a difficult choice, after all, there was only one mid-level contract, and there were many players on the free market who could match that price.

In the end, after thinking about it many times, they chose JR. Smith, who averaged 18.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game for the Knicks last season.

Smith's contract, in Wang Xiao's opinion, is still worth the money, although JR. Smith has been criticized by fans for his brainless moment in the 18 Finals, but his own strength is still remarkable, and the most important thing is that the Cavaliers provided him with only a middle-class contract worth about six million.

Compared with the other time and space knights who renewed his contract for 16 years, this middle-class contract can really be described as good and cheap.