After playing the Wizards, the Raptors players don't have time to be idle! For them, this is just the first game of their five-game travel streak, the Wizards are just an appetizer for them, and the next four opponents to fight are all big dishes.

They were away to the Hornets on January 17, Spurs away on January 19, Magic away on January 21, and then back-to-back, and away on January 22.

But it didn't happen, people's schedules are arranged like this, and the Raptors' results last season were not good, so this season is like a child who no one hurts, the schedule is dense, and it always hits hard ballasts one after another.

It's not like the Cavaliers, this season is like that, but the results of last season are good, so this season's schedule is much better than the Raptors, although there are games in some key game days, but games like consecutive strong teams back-to-back, no! This is also what the Raptors players envy the most.

After winning against the Wizards on Jan. 15, the Raptors arrived in New Orleans on Jan. 16 to prepare for a game against the Hornets.

If there is a fan in the league that is the most loyal, the first best is the Warriors, and the Golden State's support for their hometown team is indeed very strong, especially in recent years, the Warriors' results are not good, but there are many fans who support them.

The second best is the Clippers! It's because the Clippers are in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, as for why not the Lakers...... Or the Knicks in New York, mainly because the Clippers have cheap tickets...... Watching a Lakers game, you can watch three Clippers games, those pseudo-fans, there is nothing diehard, plus the white-collar workers who watch the game is just a pastime, they like to watch the Clippers game more, as for who loses and who wins, it doesn't matter, because except for the different Peugeot on the floor, walking into Staples Arena, there is no difference between the Clippers and the Lakers at all.

If you only look at the football market, it is obviously better to be a strong team! In the 2009-2010 season, the NBA team attendance rankings are as follows! No. 1 Bulls, No. 2 Cavaliers, No. 3 Trail Blazers, No. 4 Mavericks, No. 5 Knicks, No. 6 Jazz, No. 7 Lakers, No. 8 Pistons, No. 9 Celtelers, No. 10 Spurs, No. 11 Warriors, No. 12 Thunder, No. 13 Nuggets, No. 14 Raptors, No. 15 Heat, No. 16 Suns, No. 17 Magic, No. 18 Hawks, No. 19 Rockets, Twentieth Clippers, No. 21 Wizards, No. 22 Bobcats, No. 23 Hornets, No. 24 Bucks, Twenty-fifth Timberwolves, twenty-sixth 76ers, twenty-seventh Pacers, twenty-eighth Grizzlies, twenty-ninth Kings, thirty-thirtieth Nets! The worst Nets home court can accommodate 20,000 people, but the attendance rate is only a little more than 60%, with an average of 13,000 people watching the game per game, which is indeed a miserable result.

As for Jiang Yang, the Hornets they are about to play, this team has nothing to do with the loyalty of the fans, the ball market is good or anything, and if you talk about which ball market is the worst in the NBA, you will definitely be able to find the New Orleans Hornets, basically he is comparable to the 76ers, the Pacers and other teams. When the 76ers were at their lowest, it was when the AI first left, and the ball market has eased recently, and the Pacers are probably this routine, and the attendance problem last season finally changed from the first to the fourth from the bottom...... But it's still just as miserable, and as for the Hornets, it's always been miserable.

It can only be said that the owner of the Hornets chose this relocation place is not ideal, the Hornets joined the NBA in 1987, and joined the NBA at that time with the Magic, the Heat and the Timberwolves, but it was in Charlotte at the time, they played very well in Charlotte, and in the fifth season of the team, they were locked in the playoff cold, and Larry Johnson's 12-year, $84 million contract was the most lucrative contract at the time...... In the end, Larry Johnson and the famous tough guy Alonzo Mourning turned against each other for the position of team leader, and the two gradually fell apart, and the Hornets began to decline.

However, with the addition of Glen Rice, the Hornets began to emerge in the East, and in the 1996-97 season, the Hornets entered the playoffs again, but unfortunately the East was super strong at that time...... Because it's still the reason for the Jordan era.

Although at that time it was still strong in the West and weak in the East, but the pattern was much more chaotic than now, with a 54-28 record, which could only rank sixth in the East at that time, and was swept away by the Knicks at that time in the first round, the 97-98 season, which was a small Hornets team, they reached the Eastern Conference semifinals, although they still lost the game, but this is already very powerful!

Starting with the 98-99 shrinking season, the Hornets' record has been getting worse and worse, and in the 99-00 season, the Eastern Conference playoffs have been a first-round tour.

In the 00-01 season, the Hornets' record improved steadily, reached the playoffs again, and swept the Heat in the first round, and then fought the Bucks in the semifinals, and was overturned by the opponent with a 3-2 lead, which also became the peak period in the history of the Hornets. In the 01-02 season, Byron Davis became the new leader of the team and became the new queen bee, and the conflict between the fans in Charlotte City and the management of the Hornets intensified, resulting in a very bad home record for the Hornets, but a very good record on the road, just like the original Rockets! But the Rockets got through it, and the Hornets didn't! In the 02-03 season, the Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans...... Here they played quite well.

It entered the playoffs that season, but then in the 04-05 season, it was more offensive, Byron Davis was making trouble, and the management of the Hornets never had anything to sell to sell, and if you dared to make trouble, they would trade you! But they were lucky.

Although they are at the bottom of the West this season, they are waiting for Paul to join next season, but it turns out.

New Orleans is really not a good place to be...... In 2005, the city of New Orleans was hit by a hurricane and lost its home stadium overnight...... had to move the home court to Oklahoma City (the city of the current Thunder, but at that time the Thunder was still called the SuperSonics, staying in Seattle), but it is foreseeable that this team will move over temporarily, how many people can watch the game?

It may also be from that period that the team has been set, and it is not a habit to attract fans......

Until this year, the Hornets' ball market has not been very good, and finally their owner George Sean couldn't stand it and yelled "Labor and management don't play anymore!" As a result, he directly handed over the team to the NBA trusteeship and left himself!

On December 6, 2010, NBA commissioner David Stern announced that the NBA had officially purchased the New Orleans Hornets, and Gary decided not to continue working with majority-owned acquisition owner George Sheen, who is now the owner of the Hornets.

And it is precisely because of this acquisition that the Hornets, which were originally the first in the league at the beginning of the game, especially slowly fell back, which is also something that everyone did not expect, but even if it falls again, the current Hornets are also a very strong team.

And because the Hornets now belong to the NBA, the Hornets are also nicknamed the 'Royal Foresters' by Jiang Yang and others.

But now, Jiang Yang and their miscellaneous army can bully the 'Royal Forest Army' in the NBA.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on January 17, 2011, the game between the Raptors and the Hornets officially started at the New Orleans Arena, the home of the Hornets, and the starting list of the Hornets today is as follows: the center was the core of the Bobcats, beat Howard in his rookie season, and won the best rookie Emika Okafor...... The small forward is a former Rockets player, who is 'affectionately' called Tiezha by Chinese fans, and is a famous No. 3 defensive gate in the league, Trevor Ariza, but Ariza is really not going to attack, and now in the Hornets, he doesn't need to attack, he plays much better than the Rockets.

The shooting guard is Marco Belinelli Italian, who was originally a player for the Raptors and was selected by the Warriors at No. 18 in the first round in 2007...... Yi Di has three teams in four years, and he is the same!

In 07, he was in the Warriors, and then in 09, he was traded to the Raptors, and on August 11 this year, he was traded by the Raptors to the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for Julian Wright, who is a good friend with Banjani, after all, he is a fellow countryman, and they are all members of the national team! So the relationship is naturally good, and there was talk and laughter with Banyani before the game started.

However, although they are fellow countrymen with Banjani, their style of play is completely different, this Italian guy's team is still tough, dares to find confrontations, and likes to dunk...... But the mentality can change, but the body can't!

The Italian's poor physique saw him play just 66 games in his most season, with injuries for the rest of the season.

Point guard, Chris Paul, is also one of the main actors in today's play, and his confrontation with Jiang Yang is known as the shortest and tallest duel in the No. 1 position! Jiang Yangyuan is not the tallest in the NBA's No. 1 position.

But among the current active players, he can be regarded as the highest in the No. 1 position, not Maddie, who is not a cameo, Jiang Yang's height of 201 cm is relatively unique in the NBA, at least in the No. 1 position!

And Paul is far from being the shortest, after all, there is Nate Robinson, even if Nate Robinson is counted in the second position, then there is Earl Boykins, so this title actually has some title party meaning.

However, from the height comparison between Jiang Yang and Paul, it can also be seen that today's Raptors obviously have a height advantage.

In fact, the Raptors have a clear height advantage in whichever team they play...... Marc Gasol is 216 cm, Okafor is only 208 cm, and Banyani is 213 cm on this side, while David West is only 206 cm, Andrei Kirilenko is 206 cm, Ariza is only 203 cm, DeRozan is 201 cm and Belinelli is only 195 cm.

Not to mention Jiang Yang's 201 and Paul's height of only 183 cm when he wears shoes! So in this game, from the beginning, Jiang Yang and they set a tone, that is, shooting! Facing so many small benches behind them, all Jiang Yang needed to do was to turn around and jump directly, and then send the basketball into the basket, and that's it! It turns out they were right, and the Hornets are in trouble.

At the beginning of the game, except for one of Ariza's jump shots, it was basically the Raptors performing, all kinds of shots!

Speaking of shooting, Banyani said that first, Jiang Yang didn't dare to fight! This guy's shooting is really very against the sky.

Especially when the hand is smooth, after Banyani on the inside line receives Jiang Yang's ball, he sits back!

He, like Nowitzki, is the type who has a soft touch but lacks strength. This sat back.

If it were someone else, it would probably be him who was bounced out, but David West ...... With him is the same type.

Coupled with the obvious disadvantage of weight and height, under this sitting, David West's hasty retreat just gave Banjani the opportunity, turned around directly, his hand was raised, and he turned around and jumped, the big man on the inside was a killer move! However, David West on the other side can be regarded as a long-term famous player after all, and an All-Star level player has even reacted at this critical time.

Stretch out your right hand, snap! slapped on Banyani's arm, and the huge force directly slapped the basketball in Banyani's hand, and Banyani, who was slapped off the basketball, sighed, he was indeed too weak in strength.

Such a ball is a clear foul and the referee is unlikely to favour the home team at the beginning of the game, even though it is the Rangers.

So the referees still sent Banjani to the free throw line, just opened, Banjani may have a bad hand, two free throws and one hit, but it finally made the Raptors laugh! With a good start, it's much easier! DeMar DeRozan hit a mid-range shot after receiving Jiang Yang's pass, and Maxu Gasol on the inside received Jiang Yang's inside pass and hit a layup.

After Jiang Yang dribbled past half court, he was one step away from the three-point line, in front of Paul's defense, and hit the shot!

7-2, the Raptors played a good start directly at the beginning, and the Hornets obviously didn't do anything about the height of the Raptors, but the Hornets also have their own must-kill! Think about the Hornets' tactics when they finished second in the West......

Pick-and-roll! Yes, when the situation was a little unopen, the Hornets began their best pick-and-roll tactics.

This tactic was the current Cavaliers coach Byron Scott's specialty at the beginning, although it was not as good as Malone and Stockton commanded by Sloan, but with this tactic, he also won the NBA Best Coach for a year! However, with the Hornets' poor record, he also stepped down, and his head coach was the general manager of the original team, Jeff Ball!

Such a coach is like, you let a guy who is a businessman come over and play tactics! That's an insult to basketball, but this Jeff Ball doesn't think so, at least he's doing a good job now, mainly because this guy really doesn't understand...... And it's very self-aware, if you don't understand, don't command blindly! Jeff Ball knows how to delegate.

So he basically just looked at what tactics were good, and he discussed them with Paul, and then Paul and them carried them out.

So now it's not so much Jeff Ball as the head coach, it's better to say Paul is the head coach, which has both advantages and disadvantages, although in doing so, the team loses some of the overall situation, or changes its tactics, after all, there is a coach on the sidelines, no matter how bad the coach is, he can always watch the game in the third person, so that you can find some problems in the team, and the players are on the field, not good, but a selfless player like Paul can change the style of play on the field faster!

It's like just now when he was still playing a single offense, but when he found that he couldn't get into the Raptors' defense, he changed his tactics and became his most familiar and favorite blocking and dismantling tactics, when the Hornets were second in the West, the combination of blocking and dismantling tactics was Paul and Tyson Chandler, Tyson Chandler, a famous interior defense master in the league, he really didn't have his own offensive ability, he couldn't shoot, couldn't dribble, couldn't pass, but he had a bounce and could catch in the air, which was enough.

With Paul, it really complements each other, and now Paul is paired with Okafor, Okafor has been cultivated as a core since he entered the NBA, so he is better at personal offense, such blocking tactics, he is really not used to it, he didn't play well when he first came, but after cooperating with Paul for a while, he has slowly played better and better.

It's like now, he pulled it out to make a block for Paul, but Jiang Yang is not afraid of a person's blocking! After flashing Okafor for the first time, he forced Paul into a corner, and I have to say that Paul's passing was indeed very sharp, just when Jiang Yang and Marc Gasol were between the defense, he could still throw the basketball from the back of his head and hand it directly into the hands of Okafor who ran behind him.

Usually at this time, Tyson Chandler is about to fly, so Jiang Yang hesitated, he flew first! But just after Jiang Yang flew up, he was surprised to find that Okafor didn't move, still standing there, and only after Jiang Yang flew over, he jumped up 5 feet away from the basket and lightly hit the basketball......