Li Zhi was extremely excited after scoring the free throw, and Kobe Bryant's breakthrough in the frame gave Li Zhi more options on the offensive end.

This season, Li Zhi's defense has improved more, Ray Allen's three-point and Kobe Bryant's two skills are enough for Li Zhi to continue to disguise himself as the "little Anthony" last season, although the style of play has changed somewhat, from projection-based to breakthrough-based, but with the transfer of playing time and tactical core, Li Zhi believes that his data will not be much worse than last season.

Last season, Li Zhi's statistics were indeed terrifying, averaging 22 points per game, which was enough to be at the top of the NBA rookie list, and if the data was too poor this season, Li Zhi would inevitably be attacked by fans and some experts.

However, the next game was not easy, because Lowry was led by the Hornets' Chris Paul, and the Hornets' strength was indeed much higher than that of the Warriors, so in the next few rounds, although the Warriors were not pulled away, they played extremely difficult.

The difficulty is reflected in the rebounding, after the Warriors scored several offenses, they were also the defensive end, so they successfully interfered with the shots of Paul, Peja, and Dawei West, but the Hornets' boxing champion was one-on-two, grabbing rebounds on the heads of O'Neal and Barnes on the inside.

"Boxing King" Tyson Chandler's ability is at the same level as "Wolf King" Garnett and "Warcraft" Howard, since the 05 season, Chandler's rebounds have steadily ranked in the top three in the league, averaging 11.7 per game last season.

Zhang Li analyzed in the commentary: "It seems that O'Neal is overestimated by the outside world, his interior rebounding ability is not as good as before, and O'Neal's defense that only seems to score is only 60% accurate in the past." ”

Yu Jia continued: "The reason why the Warriors were able to defeat the Hornets twice in the preseason is because Paul only played ten minutes, and the Warriors did not have the strength that the outside world said. ”

Although fans don't like to hear this kind of talk, it does make sense after thinking about it.

And O'Neal also elaborated on this fact on the court, Chandler rebounded O'Neal, and Chandler grinned at O'Neal before the end of the first quarter: "You're really old now, at this level, it's really pitiful." ”

O'Neill was sprayed, but there was nothing to be done, who made himself really old, so O'Neill wittily replied: "Your grandma!" "Then he went off the court with a high spirit, as if it was the Warriors who were in the lead.

After the first quarter, the Warriors 23:30 Hornets.

Li Zhi had 7 points and 2 assists, and O'Neal had 4 points and 1 rebound. On the opposite side, Paul scored 5 points and 5 assists, and the inside "boxing king" got 2 points and 7 rebounds.

In the second quarter, Nelson replaced O'Neal after deliberation, and replaced Jordan Jr. and Milicic with excellent rebounding on the inside, and the small steel cannon who was tortured by Paul to death on the outside was also replaced and replaced by Crawford.

Before going on the court, O'Neal patted Jordan Jr. on the shoulder and said, "DeAndrew, all you have to do after you get on the court is to keep grabbing rebounds, and grab the rebounds of the two bearded guys on the opposite side for me!" ”

Little Jordan blinked, and Mu Na nodded.

Milicic snorted coldly on the side, and said in his heart: This guy is really old, old is good, and when he is old, the inside starter will fall on me.

Milicic disdains to compete with Jordan Jr. for a position, in his opinion, Jordan Jr. doesn't seem to know anything except to grab rebounds, and he is not only handsome and in good shape, but is rebounding, shooting, and defense not the best?

Li Zhi listened to the conversation between O'Neal and Little Jordan, and also laughed, O'Neal is really an interesting guy.

After coming on the court, Li Zhi made a defensive contribution in the first round, and when Peja shot a three-point shot, the violent block attracted the amazement of the audience.

It's a pity that the Warriors didn't form a fast break this round, although the basketball was picked up by Crawford, but the Hornets returned to defense very quickly, and Li Zhi's plan for a fast break was ruined.

Coming to the offensive end, Li Zhi and Crawford raised their eyebrows, Crawford instantly understood, as for how he knew, it was not clear, they trained together for a summer, does this tacit understanding need to be explained?

Under the cover of Crawford's outside to eat the ball, Li Zhi smoothly shook off Rassell Butler, who was defending him, and cut to the basket.

The only thing on the Warriors' interior is Jordan Jr., and Milicic disdains to stand under the basket and squeeze around with a bunch of blacks, so he prepares to catch and shoot on the perimeter.

The sprint space left for Li Zhi is very abundant, Li Zhi's blood is surging, and he is about to dunk, seeing Li Zhi coming back, Tyson Chandler's instinctive face changes, and he wants to leave Li Zhi behind.

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Li Zhi yelled in the air and forced a landing under Chandler's tug, but the referee blew Chandler for a shooting foul.

Even so, the fans at Oracle's home stadium still booed Chandler, who looked bad and didn't want to be shut.

Lee Zhi hit both free throws, 25:30.

Crawford glanced at Chandler angrily, this guy's foul wasted an assist of his own, so Crawford was very "attentive" when defending Paul in the next round.

In the face of David West's blocking, Crawford also pulled Paul and made one of Paul's attacks come to naught. Although the referee blew Crawford for a foul, Crawford was still very happy, and the psychological tactics taught by Jackson really worked!

Li Zhi looked at Paul's expression, obviously extremely depressed, and the defensive intensity seemed to exceed his expectations.

Tyson Chandler made a free throw on the sidelines, and under Chandler's terrified gaze, Li Zhi intercepted the ball and walked away, scoring two points on a fast break.

27：30.

Oracle home fans have begun chanting Rich's name.

Nelson looked at the situation on the court and was very relieved, in fact, this is the strongest Warriors lineup in his heart.

Yes, the Warriors' strongest lineup is not a starting combination, but a bench combination.

With the Warriors' substitutions in the second quarter, athleticism and offensive ability were raised to a higher level, and the Warriors quickly gained a foothold with the Hornets in the fast-paced offense.

It's just that I pity the cold Golden Retriever, who only had 1 shot in the whole quarter, although he threw them all, but look at Li Zhi, then look at Crawford, and then look at Jackson, even if it is little Jordan who will bounce on the inside, he also has two shots, and all the assists are from Li Zhi.

"Why don't you pass the ball to me? Can't I make it? "Milicic is crazy in his heart, but there is no way, who makes him not aggressive every time?

At halftime, the Warriors still trailed the Hornets 46-50, but the four-point difference was not unacceptable, and Nelson was extremely satisfied with his lineup.