Stefansky is an old fox after all, and before giving up, he still wants to consult Ji Liang's thoughts and take care of the feelings of the team's cornerstone.

Two days have passed since Stefansky's fight with the Magic and the Trail Blazers, and the Nets have already gone to Charlotte to challenge the Hornets.

This time, Coach Rivers also made up his mind and pressed the thorn Gil to the bench, even if he rotated the lineup to play, he didn't give Jill a chance to play.

No way, Rivers is a rookie coach, and the team's record after the start of the new season has put him under a lot of pressure. If he continues, it may not be long before he has the possibility of leaving.

Sure enough, after the absence of Jill, the Nets' coordination became more fluid, obviously suppressing the Hornets.

Of course, this has to do with the strength of the Hornets, the core of the team is Eddie Curry, who was traded from the Lakers last year, and as for the other players, they can only be regarded as qualified starters at best.

As a result, the Hornets couldn't resist the Nets' offense, and before the first quarter was over, the Nets had a double-digit advantage.

"It's obvious that the Hornets are in trouble, and I have to say that Ji Liang's vision and passing skills are really good, and before the first quarter is over, he scored 7 assists, fully activating the team's offense. In addition, he is also the cornerstone of the Nets' defense, he does a pretty good job on the defensive end, his help defense is very good, the defensive action is standard, and Cage blocks the Nets' restricted area! The ABC commentator looked at the situation on the court, and he didn't expect this game to be so disparity from the first quarter.

"Now the Hornets can only rely on Eddie Jones' singles, but this is too inefficient, the situation is very bad for them, they need to change! Now that the Nets are in absolute control, hopefully this timeout will make the Hornets better! ”

Under the voice of the commentator, the Hornets chose a timeout, at which time with two minutes left in the first quarter, the score became 17-28, and the Nets already led by 11 points, and if it continued, I believe that the game will soon go into garbage time.

After the timeout, the Hornets fielded Byron Davis, the 'bearded' they picked off at this year's rookie conference.

Before this season's draft, Davis had turned down a tryout with the Hornets because he didn't want to play in the East, but it backfired, and the Hornets picked him in third.

In college, Davis was a key player at UCLA, with great speed and explosiveness, and a good sense of the ball, which became unstoppable as soon as he got his hands on it. He always makes a decisive run into the open space and is not afraid of physical confrontation at all, but he has the mind and team spirit of a playmaker and likes to play the ball to his teammates with dizzying passes.

Even though he is still a rookie, Davis already has a good immediacy, and his performance is hardly much worse than Armstrong and Billups.

With the help of Davis, the Hornets barely bit the score, but this also has a lot to do with Ji Liang staying off the court.

In the second quarter, Ji Liang returned to the court, as the team's main attacker, he mastered almost all the offensive methods inside and outside, and his technique, speed, explosiveness and court vision were perfectly combined, which could not only eat the opponent with ease, but also pass pleasing passes.

In addition, defensively, he is simply another Garnett, his fast and flexible pace, coupled with excellent reach and physical fitness, as long as he is determined to defend, his ability to assist in defense is naturally quite good, even if he can't block the opponent, he can still interfere with the ball.

So, after Ji Liang came on the court, the Hornets fell into the bottom again, even if Davis and Eddie Curry tried their best, they were still helpless.

Under the leadership of Chi Liang, the Nets' score continued to rise, and by the end of the first half, the Nets widened the gap again, and Chi Liang achieved 12 points, 13 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals.

Judging from this trend, Ji Liang is likely to achieve the great data of double 20 triple double again after last season.

"Chi Liang, you continue to play in the third quarter and defeat the Hornets as soon as possible!"

At halftime, Coach Rivers laid out the tactics of the second half, and judging from the difference between the two sides, once the score continues to open up in the third quarter, then the fourth quarter is likely to become garbage time.

Ji Liang did not refuse, and compared with last season, his physical strength has become more abundant, which is the main reason for the increase in playing time this season.

After the break, looking at Ji Liang who continued to play, the Hornets felt a headache because they couldn't restrain Ji Liang in the first half.

In order to clock in and out of work in advance, Chi Liang opened the dynamic vision in the third quarter, and due to the fact that his teammates felt hot, he still focused on assisting his teammates, supplemented by scoring.

In a hot state, Chi Liang's data rose rapidly, and the momentum was even more crazy than in the first quarter.

So, after the end of the third quarter, he also reached the perverted data of double 20 and triple doubles in advance, which felt like eating and drinking.

96:65

Under the leadership of Chi Liang, even though the Hornets did a lot of measures, it was still useless, and instead expanded the difference to 31 points.

With only the last quarter left, it is impossible to smooth out the 31-point difference, and the fourth quarter naturally becomes garbage time.

Unsurprisingly, the Hornets gave up their resistance, and the main players did not continue to play throughout the fourth quarter.

With such a big advantage, the Nets naturally didn't have the idea of killing everything, and Chi Liang didn't bother to continue to brush the data, so he naturally didn't play, and all the players who played were on the court.

At the end of the game, the Nets beat the Hornets lightly and finished with a 3-3 record in the first six games of the new season.

On November 13, the Nets returned to New Jersey, and during afternoon practice, Chi Liang was called over by Stefansky alone.

This conversation is naturally related to O'Neal Jr., Chi Liang can't give up this opportunity, even if O'Neal Jr. doesn't reach his peak, it is enough to make up for the Nets' shortcomings. When the time comes, with the Nets' lineup, there is a good chance of achieving good results.

As a result, Ji Liang's request was extremely strong, and finally succeeded in convincing Stefansky to be willing to add chips in exchange for O'Neill Jr.

On the same day, Stefansky and the Trail Blazers made a deal, and the two sides signed the trade paper, which was then uploaded to the league, which also marked the Nets' official acquisition of Jermaine O'Neal.

In the deal, the Nets sent Kendall Gill and second-round pick Evan Eschmeyer to the Trail Blazers' backup center, Jermaine O'Neal.

When the deal was approved by the Alliance, Ji Liang finally put his mind at ease, and his heart was surrounded by blazing heat.