Barnes' importance to the Dallas Mavericks is self-evident, and in the current Dallas Mavericks lineup, apart from Chen Zhi, he is probably the only player who has both offense and defense. Ｘ

Among the other players, Nowitzki, needless to say, has little defensive ability, and at his age he can only choose to leave his strength on the offensive end, although he was not a defensive elite when he was younger.

Matthews, Anderson, Finneysmith, Bogut, Hammons, and Mejery are all typical defensive players, with various flaws in offensive ability, and several players with better offense, Barria, Delon, Curry, etc., are also lacking in their presence on the defensive end, among which the best defense is probably Barria, a small man whose actual height is less than 183 cm.

With Barnes and Chen, these unique cards can form a combination of different powers in Carlisle's hand.

The Dallas Mavericks' second preseason game arrived soon on the night of the 3rd.

In this game, Chen Zhi finally felt the taste of the home field!

The 20,000 seats in the American Airlines Center Arena are almost full, which is almost impossible for a preseason game!

Because many of the team's leading stars will not be on the scene at all, and even if they do, they will not be able to play for a few minutes, and many of the players who play are training camp players, and may not end up being left by the team.

Mark Cuban's action was next to the team's bench, he looked at the dense fans on the stage, and was very happy, although the stadium is not completely full now, but Nelson Jr. has long told him that all the tickets for today have been sold out, but it is not yet 7:30, and many people have not yet arrived at the scene.

As the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, the Mavericks' home ticket prices are generally set lower, compared to high ticket prices, Mr. Ku has always preferred more attendance, and the Dallas Mavericks' home attendance rate has exceeded 100% all year round, ranking among the top five in the league, and even often the top two.

This kind of pricing is definitely a very good perk for fans, and with the owner of Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks have always had a very good atmosphere on the scene.

So, in Texas, which has three NBA teams, the most popular has always been the Dallas Mavericks, which can be said to be the home team in Texas, and the Rockets in Houston are the least popular.

If he only signed Barnes this summer, it would definitely not have achieved this effect, after all, fans are no strangers to Barnes, who has been with the Warriors for several years, and even if there are some expectations, it will not be too high.

So far, Chen Zhi has only played one summer league in Las Vegas, and the preseason game the day before yesterday was not in Dallas, so many fans are inconvenient to go to the scene to watch.

For Chen, Dallas Mavericks supporters have heard too many rumors and seen too many video clips of him online, but they didn't get a chance to watch the team's top salary draft pick until today.

The enthusiasm of the Dallas Mavericks fans has been building up for too long, and this is why there will be a preseason game that is actually full!

Cuban looked at the scene and found that many fans came to the scene with their families, and the number of young fans was much more than before.

There was already a sea of blue in the audience, and most of the fans were wearing Nowitzki's No. 41 jersey, and there were also many fans wearing Chen to No. 10 jerseys, but there were still a few!

Noticing this situation, Cuban thought for a moment, turned to Nelson Jr. and said, "Inform the store that the price of all new signings' jerseys today is 10% off!" ”

Chen Zhi also noticed the situation on the scene, the home atmosphere was too strong, when he walked out of the players' tunnel, the cheers on the scene were deafening, and Curry Jr. couldn't hear him talking to him next to him.

In the audience, Chen Zhi even saw a lot of fans with Chinese faces, I don't know if they are international students or Chinese people living in the local area.

The opponent of today's game is the Hornets from Charlotte.

This team has never had a resounding reputation, whether it is in China or the United States, the sense of presence as a team is relatively weak.

Probably because their current boss is so famous in the basketball world, so famous that when it comes to such a team, the first thing that comes to mind is not the star of the house, but the owner of the team!

The god of basketball, Michael Jordan! One person can overpower the presence of a whole team!

Chen was looking forward to this game before the game, if he was lucky, he could see the god of basketball in this game, although it was an old version of Jordan, it was also the god of basketball!

It's a pity that Chen Zhi took a look near the Hornets bench and didn't see Boss Qiao, it seems that Boss Qiao should generally appear at his home court, which makes Chen Zhi a little disappointed.

For this preseason game, the broadcasters of the United States did not pay much attention, but in China it was a different scene.

The Dallas Mavericks' preseason games have all become free for Penguins Live, and every game will be livestreamed.

Ke Bufan, the most popular host of Penguin Live, teamed up with Yang Yi and Wang Meng, two popular guests, to explain this preseason game.

"A preseason game that attracts so many viewers should be the first time in the history of Huaxia Sports live broadcast!"

Yang Yi, who laughed a little obscenely, was surprised when he looked at the number of online viewers, "I have the impression that Da Yao didn't have such a high level of attention in the preseason at that time!" ”

"Ahh Wang Meng, who has round eyes and a bald head, pushed his black-framed glasses and let out his demonic laughter, "That's definitely not comparable, it can't be compared, I was stationed in Houston when I was stationed, and I mainly relied on TV to watch the game in China, like this kind of preseason Huaxia TV doesn't broadcast at all, and the audience can't pay attention to it if they want to!" ”

"At that time, the fan base was also small, after all, Da Yao was the bridge between Chinese basketball and the NBA. But if you look at the attendance rate of Dallas this preseason, it's really not about anyone, the 30 teams in the league are absolutely unique! ”

After Ke Bufan finished speaking, he continued to introduce: "Okay, the home team players have played, Chen is undoubtedly the starting point guard, Matthews, who did not play on the court, is in the position, Barnes small forward, big forward is the bearded Quincy, and the center is still Leopard Brother Powell!" On the Hornets side, Bryan Roberts, Ramon Sessions, former three-point king Marco Belinelli, Batum who signed a 100 million yuan contract, and Roy Hibbert of Black Yaoming! Basically, they are all new signings this season. What do you think, two teachers, which team has a better chance of winning. ”

Yang Yi blinked when he heard the words and said: "I think, let's not guess the victory, the audience also knows that there is no suspense about the outcome of the victory, you look at the attendance rate of Dallas, even if Coach Carlisle wants to train, he has to wait until the overall situation is decided, right!" Let's guess the data that Chen has received, how many points he can score in this game, this is still a bit suspenseful! I guess it's about 15+5 compared to the last game! ”