Chapter 157: The Emperor Descends

"The Hornets scored, I had an inexplicable urge, no, it was the flame of hatred burning. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After Barkley quickly explained Kemba Walker's goal, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and then joked angrily, obviously hoping that the Hornets could beat the Knicks and frustrate Wang Zhuo's arrogance.

"Charles, don't forget that the big boss of the Hornets is the one you hate all your life."

O'Neal didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and deliberately picked up the old feud between Barkley and Jordan and expanded the war.

"Shaq, you're a bastard, okay, from this moment on, I'm not biased towards anyone, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and have nothing to do to watch the excitement."

O'Neal's "kindness" reminded Barkley that he was immediately annoyed and angry, and couldn't help but scold, after scolding O'Neal to show his neutral attitude and find a step for himself.

The laughter and scolding of the two commentators on the sidelines did not affect the turmoil of the game at all, Hibbert stepped up under the basket and blocked Rose's layup, Marvin Williams grabbed the defensive rebound, made a long pass in the backcourt, and Walker got up again under the basket, beat Noah to foul, stood on the free throw line, and hit both free throws.

4-0, the Hornets started very strongly, the Knicks seemed a little slow to heat up, and they didn't get into the state for a long time, Porzingis returned from injury, his hand was not good, and his mid-range jumper near the left free throw circle was missed, Hibbert raised his arm high, squeezed away Noah, and took the ball into his arms.

Walker received the ball again and rushed forward quickly, the Knicks suffered two dark losses on Walker, Grant and Anthony did not hesitate to choose the frontcourt package, but Walker did not hesitate to be strong, after attracting the bag, knocking back the ball, Batum received the ball at the top of the circle, pulled the bow and shot arrows, and hit three points.

Time Warner Arena was thunderous, the fans' emotions reached a climax in advance, and Jordan sat in the audience with a smile on his face, obviously very satisfied with the performance of the Hornets players.

7-0 in the opening game, Wang Zhuo's face was expressionless, but he was a little anxious in his heart, if the Knicks still can't break the deadlock in the next wave of offense, they must call a timeout.

Fortunately, Anthony relied on his personal ability in the next offense, shook off Batum and shot a frontal shot, hitting a mid-range shot, breaking the Knicks' scoring drought and stabilizing the situation a little.

Unexpectedly, the Knicks had not yet begun to fight back, and Noah received another foul when he was entangled with Hibbert under the basket, and after only more than 3 minutes of the first quarter, Noah had already committed two fouls.

Noah's foul was a little impulsive, when Walker broke through to the basket, Porzingis returned from injury, and his pace couldn't keep up, Noah was stuck behind Hibbert, seeing that Walker was about to stride to the basket again, Noah was in a hurry, and pushed away Hibbert in front of him, the referee was quick and selfless, and the foul warning was sent directly.

Wang Zhuo had to call a timeout, replace Noah, and send O'Quinn on the court, O'Quinn's contribution on the offensive end is gratifying, but the ability to protect the basket is too far from Noah, Hibbert relied on his height advantage to turn over the river under the basket, but O'Quinn was helpless.

Porzingis' form is also inconsistent, and O'Quinn can't form a defensive barrier under the basket like Noah, so the Knicks' interior defense is useless at this time.

At the time of the official timeout in the first quarter, the Knicks were already 8 points behind the Hornets, rotating the lineup time, relying on the mid-range shots of Ray Allen, Jennings and Yi Jianlian, barely recovering 3 points for the Knicks, Rao is so, still trailing by 5 points.

In the middle of the second quarter, the starting lineup was back on the lineup, Porzingis was recovering from injury and playing time was limited, O'Quinn came on to fill in the gap, Noah was fouled twice, the defensive end looked cringe, the Hornets became more and more courageous, and Walker's breakthrough was like a lightning bolt, tearing the Knicks' interior again and again.

The half-filled hole that the bench had managed to fill was instantly widened, and there were problems on the defensive end, which led to weakness on the offensive end, and the Knicks' situation was precarious.

Noah has lost his deterrent power under the basket, and even became a defensive colander, Wang Zhuo had no choice but to call a timeout again and replace Noah.

"Greg, how do you feel?"

Losing the two main forces of Noah and Porzingis, the Knicks' interior line is no longer available, Wang Zhuo turned around, looked at Oden, and asked.

"Everything is ready and ready to be announced."

Auden looked like an old dragon clock, and his voice was extremely rough, but Wang Zhuo could read from Auden's expression that he was extremely eager to play.

"Okay, I'll leave that big black guy to you, if the task is not completed to my satisfaction, I can't guarantee the chance to appear in the future."

Wang Zhuo turned his head, pointed to Roy Hibbert on the Hornets bench, and said to Auden with a serious face.

In fact, Wang Zhuo has thought about the use of Oden, but it is not this game, because Wang Zhuo does not want to be too entangled with Barkley on the issue of Oden, once Oden plays, it will inevitably lead to a new round of war of words.

Unexpectedly, the Knicks' interior line has fallen to the point where no one is available, and Oden's appearance is really helpless, but this is Oden's first appearance since signing with the Knicks.

"Oh my God, am I dazzled? Greg is on the scene, and I feel like I'm out of this world, Charles, what do you think? ”

At the end of the timeout, when the players from both sides reappeared, O'Neal's eyes lit up when he saw Oden appear on the court in a Knicks jersey, just like Columbus discovered the New World, but O'Neal did not forget to tease Barkley.

Wang Zhuo choked Barkley in front of the media on the signing of Oden, and now that Barkley is present, Wang Zhuo sent Oden for the first time, which is tantamount to tearing up with Barkley head-on, who wins and who loses, see each other face to face.

"Tonight, I'm a Roy fan."

Barkley was slightly embarrassed, but not to be outdone, he directly incarnated as a fan of Hibbert and stood on the opposite side of Wang Zhuo.

At the beginning of Oden's entry into the league, he was named "Oden the Great" by fans, but the Great did not ascend the throne in the end, and in college, Oden also beat Hibbert at both offensive and defensive ends, but now it is different from the past, whether Oden can be reborn from the fire, everything is still unknown.

At first, Wang Zhuo was a little worried, but these worries quickly dissipated, and Oden showed strong aggression on the court, first receiving Grant's lob ball, completing a powerful dunk in the air, and then jamming Hibbert on the defensive end to cover Walker's layup.

"Back to the light."

Seeing Auden's eye-catching performance, Barkley couldn't sit still, and the dead duck taunted Auden.

Perhaps, as Barkley said, Oden's performance may have been in a hurry to perform in his first appearance, but then Oden's display of strength gave Barkley a resounding slap in the face.

Anthony missed a three-point shot on a quick counterattack, only to see Oden accurately stuck in position, separated Hibbert, and dunked the ball into the basket. (To be continued.) )