The Dallas Mavericks' season got off to a good start, and the Pacers' home bankers' living arena was bustling in the visiting locker room, and the joy was palpable after the win.

In this game, Chen Zhi's performance was naturally extremely eye-catching, the second senior brother DeLong scored 20 points on the bench, as if he had a second spring, and Barnes performed even better, especially compared to the preseason performance.

For Chen and Barnes, this game was the first official game after joining the Dallas Mavericks, and the veteran driver of Nuo Tianwang silently reduced his shot count to 9. That's an unthinkable number for a superstar like Nuo, who usually takes around 18 shots in a match.

In order to make new signings Chen Zhi and Barnes play more satisfactory statistics, Nuo Tianwang sacrificed his right to shoot on the court again after sacrificing his contract in the offseason. With such a core leader of the team pressing, the Dallas Mavericks locker room must be harmonious.

In fact, since Mark Cuban took over the Mavericks, the Mavericks have been one of the most harmonious teams in the league in the locker room, especially after the disintegration of the Mavericks' troika of Finley, Nowitzki, and Nash, and even more so in the Dallas Mavericks' locker room in the Nowitzki era.

Probably the occasional discord is the ridicule of an old driver when talking to a player who doesn't train seriously, "Do you want to play in Huaxia?" ”

After all, compared with the NBA, China's professional league level is much lower, and even now there is still a long way to go.

Early the next morning, the Mavericks regrouped and returned to Dallas.

A day later, the Mavericks will face the Houston Rockets, their preseason opponent, in their home opener, and will still play the Houston Rockets several times this season.

In the NBA regular season, each team has to play 82 games, and there is naturally a set of rules for the setting of these games.

Opponents in the same division have to meet 4 times a season, two home and two away, such as the Texas Final 3 in the same Southwest Division with the Dallas Mavericks, and they have to meet each other 4 times in the regular season, and now the NBA has 5 teams in each division, and the opponents in the same division have 16 games.

Two teams in different divisions play each other twice, one at home and one away, as was the case with the Dallas Mavericks and Pacers, with a total of 30 games.

The remaining 36 matches are scheduled to be played between 10 opponents in the same division but in different divisions, with four of them playing three games and six teams playing four games.

That's the basic principle of the NBA's schedule for each team, and if you count the preseason this season, the Dallas Mavericks will play the bearded Rockets five times before and after.

At the same time, it can also be seen from this arrangement that although the NBA tries its best to make the schedule fair and reasonable, it is clear that teams in weaker divisions and divisions will play more games against weaker teams.

When many fans are in Black James, they have to add one more, they don't dare to go to the powerful west to fight, and pick up cheap in the weak east!

Although this is certainly not James's subjective idea, LeBron is the son of Akron, he has been an authentic Easterner since he was a child, and when he joined the NBA League, he was also drafted by the Cavaliers in the East, but it is indeed true that he can easily achieve a better record in the East.

After all, since the end of Jordan's Bulls era, the NBA league has roughly entered an era of strong West and weak East. Generally speaking, the record of the western team is significantly stronger than that of the eastern team, and if you take into account the gap in the schedule, it is even more obvious that the western team is stronger than the eastern team, and the western team has a higher record in the same situation.

The team's afternoon training routine will still be canceled, and overwork can easily lead to injuries, especially for teams like the Dallas Mavericks, who are full of old people.

After returning to Dallas, the players went back to their respective homes to begin their post-away breaks. Chen Zhi found that compared to their players, Liu Ning, who is still in college, is the busiest, especially when the team has an away game, as soon as he returned to Dallas, Liu Ning embarked on the road back to school.

After Chen Zhi returned to Dallas, he still went to the training hall in the afternoon to train, although he can train at home, and even in the ball soul training hall, but Chen Zhi, as the core of the team, will undoubtedly take over the leadership of the Nuo Tianwang in the future.

The veterans may really need a break, especially after a trip on the road, but the newcomers to the team could get plenty of unpopular breaks in the future if they don't take all the time to train, especially a few youngsters on the Mavericks, especially Justin Anderson and Dorian Finneysmith, nicknamed the electric fan.

The growth of young people does not come naturally with the passage of time, and if you want to grow, you have to go through a process of hard work and training, even if sometimes, it is in the case of overdrawing the body, and this is the reason for wanting to take first.

"With such a super talent and such hard work, this Chinese man is really a role model for young people!"

"Perhaps, it is this kind of hard work that makes him look amazingly talented!"

"Of course, it's possible, but this amazing effort is a talent in itself!"

At ten o'clock in the evening, looking at Chen Zhi's figure of leaving after an afternoon of training, several stadium staff communicated privately.

"Brother Zhou, where are you going? It's not the way home! ”

After Zhou Jian drove northwest and walked directly onto the highway, Chen Zhi finally realized that this route was a little wrong, it was not the way back to Highland Park.

"Seeing me on the highway, you should know where I'm going!" Zhou Jian said with a smile.

Chen Zhi was stunned, "Go to the airport?" ”

Zhou Jian nodded and smiled mysteriously, "Go pick up a few old friends." ”

His smile immediately made Chen Zhi feel something, and he asked with some surprise, "Could it be that they are here?" ”

"That's right!" Zhou Jian smiled, he could clearly feel Chen Zhi's spirits.

Zhou Jian obviously knew the exact flight news, and the car drove without hurry along the way.

"Brother dog! I'm here! I'm here! ”

Just waited at the exit of the airport for two minutes, and heard the deep voice of the little fat man Su Yun, although Chen Zhi was wearing sunglasses, the Mi Guoyan could not recognize it, but the little fat man could tell it at a glance, and he took the lead in running towards Chen Zhi with a backpack on his back!

There is also a huge team behind him, the Yang University Basketball Team!

"Chen arrives!" "Captain!" "Team Chen!"

Everyone came to the front and shouted.

Chen Zhi looked at these people in front of him, almost all the members of the Yang University team came last year, and in addition to a few strange young faces, it was no surprise that they were the fresh blood who just joined the Yang University team this year.

After seeing them coming, Chen Zhi was more excited than he imagined, hugging and greeting them one by one.

Hugging the last person, Chen Zhi smiled and said, "Beauty, hug or shake hands!" ”

"Get out of the way!" Regarding Chen Zhi's obvious banter, Jiang Da Beauty smiled and scolded very unceremoniously.

"My temper is still as hot as ever!" Seeing Jiang Lanyue like this, Chen Zhi couldn't help but be very happy, this was the Jiang Lanyue he wanted to see.

"Huh!" Although Jiang Lanyue responded like this, there was still a hint of joy between her slender eyebrows that was difficult to hide.

"Get in the car! I'll take you to a hotel first! Chen Zhi said with a smile.

Zhou Jian said with a smile when he heard this, "No need, the hotel has already been booked!" ”

"Really?" Chen Zhi said unexpectedly, "It seems that Brother Zhou, you have already arranged it, and you only hide it from me!" ”

"You're to blame me! I didn't arrange it, and I only received the notification today. Zhou Jian said with a smile.

"What the hell is going on? When I invited you before, you said that you want to prepare for the cuba competition, or not? Now I even booked the room without telling me! Chen Zhi asked Jiang Lanyue.

Jiang Lanyue was very unladylike, and her hands were in her pants pockets, "Blame yourself for being late for the invitation!" The Mavericks invited us in advance before you even invited us. No wonder Nowitzki has stayed in Dallas and has been willing to take a pay cut, Mavericks owner Cuban is very good at winning people's hearts! Are you now a grateful mess ready to stay in Dallas for the rest of your life! ”

"You think about the problem, it's still so complicated!" Chen Zhi said, and couldn't help but think of Jiang Lanyue's remarks that she had a blood relationship with the old professor of Yangda.

Even if there is a suspicion of attracting people's hearts, it is undeniable that Kuban is indeed a good boss!

"By the way, Li Xuedong asked me to tell you that you can't go to watch him play, and he doesn't have time to watch you play, so it's flat, he doesn't feel sorry!" Jiang Lanyue said again.

"Well, that sounds like a little white face!" Chen Zhi said with a smile.

He has long noticed that Li Xuedong did not appear, it would be strange if he appeared here at the moment, the CBA league will start at the end of October, as the core player of the Jinyang team under the Yuqun Group, if he appears on the side of the NBA court to watch Chen Zhi play at this moment, it is estimated that he will be sprayed by Yangcheng fans.

"Would you like to get something to eat?" Chen Zhi asked towards everyone.

Unexpectedly, the members of the Yang University team instantly brushed their heads and turned their heads to look at Jiang Lanyue.

"Yo, it's still so powerful!" Seeing this, Chen Zhi smiled and said, it seems that the members of the Yang University are still strictly controlling their diet under Jiang Lanyue's rule.

Jiang Lanyue, who may have won the championship, is no longer so strict, nodded slightly, and relaxed some restrictions on the school team's diet control.

"You're still controlling your diet, aren't you?" On the way to dinner, Jiang Lanyue, who was sitting in Zhou Jian's car with Chen Zhi, looked at Chen Zhi beside her and asked.

Chen Zhi nodded, "Naturally! However, it is not as strict as before, and Brother Zhou said that it is not good to be too tight. ”

Jiang Lanyue nodded when she heard this.

"There are a lot of newcomers to the school team!" Chen Zhi asked, "At least 5 newcomers have been added!" ”

Jiang Lanyue nodded, "I plan to add 5 or more newcomers to the school team every year in the future." ”

"So much? What do you think? Chen Zhi was a little surprised.

"Although the level of cuba has been rising, for many people, becoming a professional player is still far away, I know they all love basketball, but for most people who have not become a professional player in the slightest, I hope they can take basketball as a more pure hobby." Jiang Lanyue's mood seems to have changed a lot from before winning the championship, "With the players who retired this year as the team, I formed a team of Yangda CUBA Sunshine Group. ”

"Yo! That's not going to book the Sunshine Group champion this year! Coach Jiang, this can be regarded as cuba's two consecutive championships! Chen Zhi said with a smile.

Jiang Lanyue ignored Chen Zhi's ridicule, but asked very seriously: "What do you think of my approach?" ”

Seeing Jiang Lanyue's serious appearance, Chen Zhi stopped ridiculing, thought about it and said, "What is basketball?" At the end of the day, for most people, it's a form of entertainment! Once it is linked to competition, it will inevitably become very strict, and even lose the essence of basketball in many cases. In fact, the most important thing is to get more people to like the sport and participate in it, even if a bunch of rookies peck at each other, I'm afraid the fun is no worse than watching a high-level game. ”

"Then do you think I made the right choice to participate in the Sunshine Competition?" Jiang Lanyue confirmed.

"As long as you choose to participate, you can't say anything wrong, not to mention that a school like Yangda that does not have professional sports students is more suitable for participating in the Sunshine Group competition. In fact, I think in the beginning, the significance of basketball games was more about promoting basketball itself, even the current NBA, although full of commercial operations, but whether it is the former NBA president Stern or the current president Xiao Hua, they have not forgotten the mission of the NBA. Chen Zhi said.

Chen Zhi said very vaguely, but Jiang Lanyue could understand what Chen Zhi meant, for the Sunshine Group game, Chen Zhi did not depreciate because of the low level, but he was not very optimistic about its role in promoting basketball, because the level was indeed a little low. The Sunshine Group competition may receive some attention in the initial stage, and it is difficult to say how much it will play in the future, after all, it is necessary to promote basketball in China, or a higher level of competition has a greater role, of course, at the same time, it cannot be separated from the youth soil.

"If the league between classes and departments of Yangda University can be more standardized, organized, and normalized, and at the same time, commercialized to a certain extent, and become an influential traditional competition in the school, I think it may be more meaningful than participating in the competition."

Chen Zhi hopes that Jiang Lanyue can make some efforts in these aspects, and the current basketball atmosphere of Yangda should be able to reach this stage, and college competitions, especially those in the same city, can form a certain system and echo the professional league.

"How are you preparing for the CUBA Pro competition?" Chen Zhi asked.

Jiang Lanyue frowned slightly when she heard this, "It's not too optimistic, although it is true that a few very talented players have been added, and now the basic skills of basketball are indeed getting better and better than before, but it is difficult to say how far it can be achieved in the end." ”