At five o'clock in the evening, all the players of the Hornets, including Bai Xiao, flew on the bus, and then flew to New York on a chartered flight to the airport.

The reason why Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, is the Mecca mecca of basketball, there are two main aspects, first, New York is the largest city in the United States, the center of the world economic system, and the holy land in the minds of elite men, it affects and controls all aspects of the United States and even the world economy, creating a steady stream of value for the society, it is worth mentioning that the headquarters of the NBA is located in the Empire State Building in New York.

The second and most important aspect, the history of the New York Knicks team is long enough, in 1946, the predecessor of the NBA, BAA, was founded, when there were only eleven teams, after more than half a century of turmoil, there are only two teams that survived and did not relocate to the city, one of which is the Boston Celtics, and the other is the New York Knicks, for more than 70 years of history, the Knicks contributed Dick McGuire, Willis Reed, Walt Fraser to the NBA, Hall of Fame level players such as Dick Barnett, Earl Monroe, Dave Debusschel, Bill Bradley, Alan Houston, Patrick Ewing, and many others, and won two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973 under the leadership of the Knicks' best head coach, Red Holzman.

The Knicks have a long and glorious history, and the home of the Knicks, Madison Square Garden, is also not too much, Madison Garden is one of the oldest arenas in the United States, it has been built since 1874, and today, Madison Square Garden has been relocated twice and renovated three times, and now, Madison Square Garden, which can accommodate nearly 20,000 people, stands on the "New York wheel" - the upper floor of Pennsylvania Station, becoming one of the landmark buildings of New York. In fact, Madison Square Garden is not only the home of the Knicks, but also the home of the New York Rangers in the American Hockey League, and also hosts various games, concerts, and of course, those who come here to show their skills are the leaders in the industry.

Today's game was a little late, it didn't start until ten o'clock in the evening, Bai Xiaofei and other teammates were standing in the players' tunnel, waiting to enter, suddenly, Bai Xiaofei felt that the lights outside the stadium went out, and in the darkness, a few colorful neon lights flashed.

"Fans, thank you for being with us tonight! Here, I want you to promise that you will witness a great game tonight! Let's get high! ”

Seven or eight tall and plump girls were wearing Knicks jerseys, revealing two slender and white long legs, dancing passionately in the middle of the court, each of them was pure and sweet, and their beauty was like a flower, which made people unable to control themselves.

More than 20,000 people stood up and cheered collectively, holding mobile phones in their hands, or holding beer, coke or potato chips and shrimp crackers, no matter what they were swinging to the rhythm of DJ music, the scene was so lively!

Just watching the opening of the game, the NBA instantly opened the level of the domestic basketball game, here to explain, the NBA regular season general sports stations are not allowed to broadcast cheerleaders, but the finals are okay, there are some unwritten rules, and some are considered for advertising broadcasts, so most domestic fans have not seen the real NBA cheerleaders dance.

The DJ's passionate voice rang out again, "Now, the game is about to begin!" First of all, let's welcome our Hornets brothers from Louisiana, all the way from New Orleans! ”

The audience gave a standing ovation!

To be honest, basketball is in the lowest position among the four major competitions in the United States, but I have to say that the basketball atmosphere in New York is so good that it can be said that it is the city with the strongest basketball atmosphere in the United States and even the world! Not one of them!

"First of all, let's welcome the first player of the evening, who was the 2001 regular season MVP! He is a four-time scoring champion! He's an eleven-time All-Star! He's none other than Allen Iverson, a guard from Hampton, Virginia! ”

Obviously, Iverson not only has a wide and strong fan base in China, but also in the star-studded United States, the image is not small, and nearly 20,000 spectators at Madison Garden Square gave Iverson the warmest applause, such a treatment, even the absolute core of the Hornets - Chris Paul has not gotten!

Here's how the audience at Madison Square Garden is probably the most rational audience of any NBA team, their applause is not divided into home and away, the opening is generally not applauded, the players play well, the audience applauds, the play is not good, the audience boos you are not negotiable, even the players of the Knicks team can't avoid it!

"The second player to come out tonight! Striker from Serbia, Peja Stojakovic! ”

The audience also gave more face, and sparse applause rang out.

Iverson's fame is not to be said, Peja is also a veteran in the league, how can he be regarded as a star back then, he has played in the NBA for more than ten years, how can he be familiar, there are more than 20,000 people in the stadium, there will always be a few fans who will like Peja. If Peja is the audience to save face, then the next few players are cold, no matter how loud the DJ on the scene shouts, the audience just doesn't buy it, so they hide their hands in their pockets and don't take them out.

"Next, let's welcome defender Marc Belineri from Italy! Defender Quincy Bondset from Fresno, California! Bai Xiaofei, a player from China! Sean Marx, a centre-forward from New Zealand! Marcus Thorton, a guard from Baton Rouge, Louisiana! ”

After DJ introduced the Hornets' bench players, the Knicks fans just didn't applaud, a little cold, and DJ simply read out the Hornets' starters!

"Down on the pitch is Dallius Sanguella, a striker from Lithuania! Craig Blaggins, a forward from Los Angeles! Trevor Ariza from Miami, Florida! ”

The audience still didn't react, but when the DJ read Ariza's name, the audience reacted a little bit, and it is estimated that the small number of applause were the fans of the team that Ariza stayed on last season, the Rockets.

"Now, let's welcome, two-time assist king, two-time steal king, three-time All-Star, Chris Paul, a young guard from Winston-Salem, North Carolina!"

The enthusiastic and discerning New York fans gave Paul the same sparse applause as Peja.

Paul trotted out of the locker room aisle uh and high-fived the other players in celebration!

"Now, please bring all your enthusiasm out there, and the Knicks players are on the court! First of all, let me welcome the player from Pasadena, California, Anthony Randolph! ”

The DJ's pitch rising significantly as he introduced the Knicks players was intended to heighten the atmosphere of the arena, where every game is not just a game, but like a three-hour party where everyone participates and has fun.

Randolph has been playing in the league since he was 18 years old and has huge potential in him, playing 33 games for the Warriors last season. can average 11.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, this is only his second season, no one knows what kind of player Randolph can develop into after a few years of tempering, but in the real world, Anthony Randolph only played in the NBA for 7 seasons, and in 2014 moved to Russia, frequent injuries and lack and fear of physical confrontation The shortcomings are infinitely magnified, although he has good offensive skills, but such a player seems out of place in the NBA that advocates muscle and strength, and can only leave with regrets in the end.

"Now let's welcome Bill Walker, small forward from West Virginia, Huntington!"

Walker is 198 tall, weighs 100 kilograms, is a power point guard, was selected by the Wizards in the second round in 2008 at the 17th place, and then was sent to the Celtics, in 2010, Walker became a bargaining chip to trade Nate Robinson and came to the Knicks, in high school, college, Walker was a star guard, but in the NBA, he became a marginal figure in the league, everything stemmed from his fragile knee, and he had undergone three knee surgeries in five years, which cast a shadow on Walker's development prospects. Walker is still not the Knicks' main rotation player at the moment.

"Now, coming to us is Tony Douglas from Jonesboro, Georgia!"

This is Douglas's second season, last season as a backup point guard, he averaged 8 points per game, two assists, he is a well-rounded and growing point guard, conscientious on the defensive end, rarely makes mistakes on the offensive end, plays according to the coach's layout at a glance, and is a player who will be appreciated by the coach.

"Now, let's welcome Roger Mason, a guard from Washington, D.C."

Mason is a late bloomer, he stepped into the NBA in 2002, the first five seasons were unknown, until 2008, Mason signed a two-year $7.3 million contract with San Antonio, who knew that this small signing turned out to be the best signing of the Spurs that year, in the season, Ginobili and Parker were injured one after another, it was Mason, who propped up the Spurs' outside line, and repeatedly shot key shots with extremely accurate three-point shots, and last year, he was also invited to participate in the NBA's three-point competition, That's the best compliment to Mason!

"Now, the player standing in front of us is this year's rookie, Andy Lautings from Canada!"

Andy Lautings is the son of former NBA player Leo Lautings, this player is unusually accurate in three-point shooting, but his physical fitness is relatively poor, he can't adapt to NBA-level confrontation, and whether he can survive in the NBA is still unknown, this season in 21 games, he played an average of 8 minutes per game, can score 2.1 points, and is proud of his three-point shooting, which is only 21.7%.

Knicks fans gave the young lad the greatest encouragement.

"Now, let's welcome, Wells Chandler, a guard from Port Michiganton!"

Chandler was the 23rd rookie hand-picked by the Knicks in the first round in 2007, he is a well-rounded player who can break through, dunk and shoot three-pointers, and will be a great bench wonder in the future, the only small drawback is that he has too many portions of the ball and is very prone to conceding the ball.

"Now, let's welcome the young player from Russia, Pavlovich Mozgov!"

In 2010, Mozgov joined the Knicks for 3 years and 9.72 million US dollars, he is 216 cm tall, weighs 113 kg, and is known as the "Russian Big White Bear", he is different from those European players who are delicate but lack of confrontation, Mozgov's total area is limited to the restricted area, he dares to be tough on the inside, and his strong height and weight also make Mozgov full of advantages in the confrontation under the basket, which shows that Mozgov is fully adapted to the NBA game and will grow into a very good interior player in the future.

The Knicks also gave Mozgov a lot of applause.

"Now, let's welcome center from Harvey, Illinois - Eddie Curry!"

When the team's DJ read Curry's name, Curry didn't get applause, but booed! Many over-the-top fans stood up and gave Curry the middle finger, but Curry ignored the bad factors off the court and walked out of the locker room on his own, taking a lazy step and greeting the other players.