ended the game with the Nuggets, and Horn immediately became the darling of the media here, because Horn's performance today was too coquettish, and it was a suppressive performance, and Horn relied on his own ability to knock out the Nuggets.

After the game, Horn's goal highlights suddenly became the number one basketball video.

Horn also relied on this game to gain 100 gold coins again, when the Nets played the Nuggets, they were in the most difficult moment, the team was tired, and everyone was not in good shape, but after this hurdle, the state of the Nets suddenly improved a notch.

The Nets won the next game in a row, and the Nets won four games in a row.

As a result, the Nets' ranking in the East suddenly rushed to fourth, which is very high, and it is already a strong team in the East.

The Nets were so happy that the team's management and owners were so happy that the team's general manager, Billie King, immediately approached Horn to discuss with Horn what he thought of the team.

Before the Nets signed Horn because they saw Horn's good ability, and then signing Horn also meant playing against the Knicks, and now that Horn can play so well, Billy King began to pay attention to Horn's role.

Billy King is a complete utilitarian, he doesn't have a great reputation in NBA circles, has signed a lot of garbage contracts, was the general manager of the Knicks, and has a bad relationship with many stars.

It's funny that the Russians have Billy King as their head coach, but think about it. What are the advantages of Billy King? Billikin's point is that it costs money. The big Russian bosses are now aiming to throw money at it. Smash the Nets into fame. In this way, rich people really have a different view of the world from our normal people.

Billikin took the initiative to find Horn this time, and he also opened the door and said: "Horn, your performance has been very good recently, and I am very proud of you!" ”

Billikin is of course proud, in the past he was known for signing bad contracts, and now he has finally signed a high-quality Horn, of course he feels that he still has a good vision, and he has taken a fancy to Horn's team to have the excellent performance he has now.

Horn didn't really feel much gratitude to Billikin. He came to the Nets to see the money and the face of the big city. Billikin was looking for himself in the first place, that is, to get some gimmicks to attract fans in New York, and Horn knew this.

So he wasn't going to get close to Billy King: "Thank you! ”

Horn's words were very succinct, and Billikin realized that the other party was not very enthusiastic about him, and he immediately threatened and lured: "Now that you are doing very well, the team intends to reformulate the team's offensive tactics with your core, so that you will have more opportunities!" ”

Billikin thinks that if he says this, Horn will be excited, but Horn knows the team better than Billikin, and the young general has no offensive system at all. The core is not the core, not all are the same. Williams is still the core! Look at him! In this team, the most important thing is not the status of the team. It's personal ability. The junior general relies on the individual ability of the players to complete the attack, so Horn simply ignored Billikin's lure.

"I listen to the team! It doesn't matter to me whether I hit the core or not! “

When Horn said this, Billy King immediately felt that it was more tricky, this person didn't get in the oil and salt! Billikin originally wanted to draw Horn to his side, but now that he saw that Horn had no intention of getting close to him, that would not work. It seems that Horn will definitely become the main force of the Nets in the future, and as the general manager, he must have a good relationship with the main force of the team.

Billikin had the intention of deliberately wooing at this time, so he no longer used the means of coercion and inducement.

"Huh! Horn is a player with a professional ethic, I'm free tonight, why don't we go and eat steak together? ”

"Okay!"

Someone invited him to dinner, and Horn still wouldn't refuse.

After chatting in the office for a while, the two of them left the club and headed straight for the restaurant, where Billy King chose one of New York's most famous steakhouses.

When the two of them walked into the restaurant, they happened to see Anthony and Glenn Vogg, the general manager of the Knicks, also walking into the restaurant.

This restaurant is a famous restaurant in New York, so it's no surprise to see Anthony and Glenn Vogel.

It is worth mentioning Glenn Vogel, Glenn Voag turned out to be the vice president of the team, and his position is much higher than that of general manager. The reason why he is standing in this position now is because the general manager of the previous team was very lax and said a lot of things that complained that the team had wasted too much chips by trading Anthony.

Of course, the general manager of the last Knicks would say that, because the players used to trade Anthony were all bought by him with great difficulty, and he was naturally reluctant, but the team's top management understood what the Knicks needed.

For the Knicks, it's not a good deal or not, it's not a record, it's not even a playoff and a championship. For the Knicks, it's all about the momentum, it's the gimmick, and the gimmick is the star. So the Knicks want to get a superstar on their team at all costs.

That's what Billikin did in New York before, and I didn't care what my record was, I just used the money to make a splash.

The Russian owner bought the Nets and hired Billy King to do the same work as the Knicks before, and Billy King and Vogue still have some friendships. Now that the two of them met together, Billy King immediately greeted his old boss warmly: "Mr. Vogel, I really didn't expect to meet you here?" ”

"Yes! It's been a long time since we've seen each other, so let's eat together! ”

"Of course!"

Vogel and Billy King were talking and laughing, Horn saw Anthony, and Anthony saw Horn but felt a little unhappy. The two men did not greet each other, but looked at each other warily.

The four of them sat together, the steak was served, and Vogel said gentlemanly: "Billy, congratulations on leading the team to fourth place in the East, this is a good position, if you finish the regular season in this position, you may be promoted." “

Billy Kim smiled at this time. Said immediately; "We're only fourth. Now you're third in the East. We're still inferior to you. Mr. Vogel's introduction of Mr. Anthony is really a great move! “

The Nets have been playing well recently, the Knicks have been playing well recently, and the Knicks have been completely strong in the East this season, and now they are third in the East, with a very good record.

Vogel mentioned the record, and Anthony immediately laughed and said in a weird way while cutting the steak: "Horn, now we are third and you are fourth." But we're 7 wins ahead of you, so you need to work harder! “

Anthony said this to stimulate Horn, you are now ranked fourth, but you are far from us.

Horn looked into Anthony's eyes at this time, and also cut the steak calmly and said, "7 wins!" It's not much for me, and we'll catch up with you at the end of the regular season. “

Horn was not convinced to chase the Knicks, and Anthony immediately sneered: "It's up to you? "Of course!"

Horn and Anthony also started to fight when they met a steak together, and Vogel and Billikin saw this kind of scene and were very smart not to speak, and the two players competed. That's what makes it interesting.

When he returned home from the restaurant, Horn was also angry. Didn't Anthony win a few more games than he did? What a drag! Look, Dad, I'm chasing the game back.

Horn went home and decided immediately, not to mention anything else, to catch up with the Knicks.

Yunzhu came back when he saw Horn snorting angrily, but he came over very gently and grabbed Horn: "Why is your face so ugly today, and there is no game today, why are you like this!" ”

"Don't mention it, when you meet Anthony, they have a better record than us, and they immediately ridicule me! I have promised him that I will catch up with them. ”

"Huh! You really look like children. ”

Yunzhu smiled at this time, thinking that Horn was ridiculous. In fact, competitive sports is really just a game, but a confrontational, more technical game.

Horn ignored Yunzhu, the idea in his heart remained the same, he would definitely have to compete with Anthony this season, and he would definitely have to compete with the Knicks.

At this time, Horn thought again, even if he didn't compare, the media would compare himself to Anthony. The two have been hostile before, and the media will definitely compare the two together, and the results of leading the team must also be the focus. No way! From today onwards, I need to work hard, not for anything else, just for dignity and not to fall behind.

Yun Tang saw Horn's silence at this time, and immediately said: "Horn, I support you, you will definitely win, because you are much more handsome than Anthony!" ”

Since Yuntang almost confessed to Horn that day, there has been some silent ambiguity between the two of them, and Yuntang is much more gentle to Horn.

Horn was naturally very pleasant when he heard this compliment, and he smiled at Yun Tang.

Yun Zhu's eyes rolled and he noticed the strangeness of the two people, and immediately hammered Horn's shoulder and said, "You are not allowed to look at my cousin, do you have any thoughts about my cousin!" “

"No, no!"

Horn hurriedly denied it, and Yun Tang also blushed and said to Yun Zhu; "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Yun Zhu looked at the two people, blushing slightly, but did not speak.

Horn decided to catch up with the Knicks, and went to the training center the next day to be much more diligent, and the Nets' training atmosphere was still good. Williams, as the leader of the team, usually goes to the arena early to start training.

When Horn arrived at the arena today, Williams was practicing his shooting there, and Williams didn't play well with the Nets. On the one hand, there is the impact of injuries, and Williams is far less destructive after the injury. On the other hand, Williams is indeed a system player, and without the old Sloan shackling Williams, Williams often doesn't know what to do. When he was on the court, Williams made mistakes when he thought too much, and he thought too little and attacked too directly.

But Williams' training and games were no problem, and Williams saw Horn arrive at the court early, and he was also very happy and said, "What? Coming to the stadium so early today, do you want to continue your winning streak? ”

Horn was surprised to hear Williams say this, and Williams was surprised to see that Williams' presence on the team was only strong in the locker room and on the training ground, and his presence on the court was as much as a turnover.

At this time, Williams said this, and Horn was curious: "Do you really want to win in a row?" ”

"Of course!" Where Williams said: "Of course I would like to. If we can win on a winning streak. I can be scolded a lot less by the media. Do you think I'm willing to be scolded? Do you think I'm willing to be compared to Paul? I didn't have a way before, as long as there was a way, I wanted good grades. ”

Horn nodded happily at this time, as long as Williams thought about it again, things would be much easier. He immediately said to Williams, "Let's two practice our pick-and-roll coordination!" Our pick-and-roll wasn't very smooth. ”

"Okay!"

Williams happily agreed, and the two began practicing pick-and-roll together.

The relationship between Horn and Williams is getting better, which is excellent news for the Nets.

Horn and Williams practiced blocking for a day, and in the evening the Nets will face the Trail Blazers, who are also quite strong this season.

Although last season, their main point guard, Roy, completely finished off his knee and then retired. But the overall skeleton of the Trailblazer is still there.

This season, the team has revolved more around Aldridge, who always feels like a junior brother when Roy is still on the team.

But now that the team is the only one, and he can only put the responsibility of the team on his shoulders, people immediately find that Aldridge's ability is still trustworthy. And the Trail Blazers have always been a team of young players, even without Roy, as well as the French flyer Batum, and super sixth man Jamal Crawford, these people are not easy to deal with.

Although the Nets' current momentum is strong, it is absolutely difficult to win against the Trail Blazers.

The game was played on the Nets' home court. Commentating on today's game are two venomous shooters, Reggie Miller and Steve Cole. Both of them are shooters, and their mouths are very vicious. At the beginning of today, Reggie Miller said: "The Nets have been in the limelight recently, winning 8 consecutive wins, but I think the real strength of the Nets is not so strong, the strong opponents that the Nets have defeated have an element of luck, the Nets are not such a strong team, and now they may not be able to stand in the fourth place in the East." ”

Miller is not very optimistic about the Nets, after all, the Nets' foundation is too thin, and the team has many problems.

Kerr also agrees with Reggie Miller at this time: "The Nets have won so many times recently, mainly because of Horn's wonderful performance. But a player can't lead a team to a long-term victory, even Jordan can't lead the team further alone, Horn doesn't have Jordan's ability yet, and the Nets are now about to reach the top! ”

Kerr has also seen the Nets here, but fans on the Internet don't think so, and many fans have become obsessed with Horn and the Nets. They all thought that the Nets would win today because Horn was playing more beautiful and ornamental.

If you play ugly, you won't like the audience, and then it will be difficult for the team to take it seriously.

Horn didn't want to lose at this time, because this was not only the last link in the continuous mission, but also the beginning of a new confrontation with Anthony.

The referee's whistle blew and the match between the two teams finally began.

The lineup on the Nets' side is point guard Williams, scoring guard Stevenson, small forward Wallace, power forward Horn, and center Lopez.

In terms of lineup, the Nets' starting lineup is very high and has strong confrontation ability, and the only drawback is that the projection ability is somewhat lacking.

Horn and Wallace both have three-point shots, but they are both inconsistent, and the only player on the team who has a good three-point shot is Williams, but Williams is not a pure shooter, which is the biggest shortcoming of the current Nets lineup. The upside is that the defense is more mobile, Horn and Wallace are both wings who can defend, and Stevenson is also a defensive maniac when he is desperately strong.

The lineup on the Trail Blazers' side is point guard Felton, scoring guard Matthews, small forward Batum, power forward Aldridge, and center Sickson.

Originally, it was Aldridge who played the center when he was playing, but Aldridge desperately didn't let everyone call him center, and he didn't let the team give him the banner of playing center, and everyone knows this reason. Then Hicks could only tragically play the center position of the Trail Blazers.

Unlike the Nets, the Trail Blazers are good at three-point shooting and long-range shooting. Matthew is a pure 3-and-D player, that is, he has three points and defense. Felton can also shoot three-pointers, and Batum's three-pointers are accurate. Aldridge rarely took three points. But the long-range shooting ability is superb. What the Nets aren't good at is what the Trail Blazers are good at.

The Nets are good at wing defense, which is really something that the Trail Blazers are not good at, and the Trail Blazers' defense is not very good.

The two teams are very complementary and such teams play in clear and distinct matches.

As soon as the game started, the Nets got the ball, and after so many games of running-in, the Nets have played a chemical reaction. This chemistry is very different from the calf led by the little general.

Horn has a vague sense of meshing the team together, and today the Nets have the advantage on the inside. The Nets sent the basketball to Lopez on the inside as soon as they opened the game, and now opposite Lopez is Sickson, who has a big height advantage.

Lopez, who took the ball, was not in a hurry to confront Sixon, Sixon's strength is very strong, and directly confronting him is not the best example, Lopez took the ball and turned his body twice, only then did he dribble in one step, jumped to the basket, and easily scored 2 points with a hook hand.

Lopez easily relied on his height to score, and Mike Milan's side was a little upset as the head coach of the Trail Blazers. He thinks this defense is not good, and Saxon should go to defend Horn. Aldridge should come to defend Lopez.

In the opening game, the Nets first hit the interior to succeed, Horn is currently very capable of reading the game, and he immediately knew when he saw this situation, the Trail Blazers' defense is a weakness, and playing this kind of team is to die on the inside.

The Trail Blazers conceded 2 points in the opening game, but they were not in a hurry, and the Trail Blazers' offensive firepower was strong.

Felton chased the Nets' ass with the ball at this time, and the Trail Blazers played very fast, very fast, and when the Nets chased back, Felton turned around and passed the ball to Aldridge, who had only entered the three-point line for half a step.

Aldridge took the ball and made a 2-point shot, Aldridge's shot was very powerful, very stable, and the speed of the shot was very fast, and the shooting point was also very high, coupled with his height, this is simply a weapon that kills people without seeing blood.

Lopez is indeed very difficult to play Aldridge, and at this time, the young general can only go to the sidelines to let Horn defend Aldridge and replace people to defend.

The Nets played back here, Williams held the ball, Williams held the ball when Horn went up to block and dismantle the Trail Blazers' penalty area was suddenly empty, at this time Stevenson suddenly cut inward, which was a strategy that the Nets did not have in the past, Williams made a quick pass at this time, and Stevenson went up to the air cut and scored 2 points.

The Nets' offense at the beginning played very well, although the Nets at this time were a few games away from the Nets in front. But now the Nets have some systems, Horn plays a supporting role, and the rest of the details, everyone on the team silently fills in.

The Nets are playing more and more holistic, and the Trail Blazers are not such a holistic.

Their style of play was a bit more free-spirited, and after Roy left, the Trail Blazers' discipline was loosened all of a sudden. They also started to play a lot of individual offense, and the Trail Blazers' offensive routine in this round was just Batum passing the ball to Aldridge, Aldridge responded slightly at 34 degrees, and Batum made a direct three-pointer in the past.

Such an attack is naturally difficult to succeed, and Batum misses the attack.

Once Batum missed, the Nets also chased the ass very quickly, since the Suns hit the run-and-gun, the whole league knows the benefits of the run-and-gun, and everyone is fast when it should be fast.

Williams caught up at this time and shot directly with a three-pointer "Bang!" ”

Williams misses a three-pointer, at which point Horn chases over and picks up the rebound, and Horn picks up the rebound and turns around to play.

But at this time, the Trail Blazers' defense was also slightly targeted, and they immediately doubled Horn, who hurriedly passed the ball out to Stevenson outside, and Stevenson made a quick three-pointer at the bottom.

"Bang!"

Stevenson's three-point shot was also missed, and the Nets' three-point shot was really bad.

The two teams missed one after another, and the Trail Blazers got the ball or a fast break, and they turned around and ran quickly to the Nets' half.

Today's game started with a very fast pace, which is a bit of a disadvantage for the Nets.

Stevenson was inconsistent on the offensive end and suffered on the defensive end, and Matthews was a few steps faster than him before he shook off Stevenson and scored 2 points with a layup.

The Trail Blazers were 4:2, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

At this time, Reggie Miller also immediately said: "Today's game has the characteristics of the two teams, it depends on who can bring out the characteristics." It's clearly in the Trail Blazers' favor right now that the pace is so fast, and the Nets should be in control of the pace of the game now. ”

Kerr also said: "The Trail Blazers have a strong projection at the moment, Crawford hasn't played yet, and the Trail Blazers have a big advantage in a game like this! ”

Mike Milan didn't have much joy when he saw that his team had the advantage in the opening game, and the Nets proved to be a team that is very good at making late moves. Now playing well in the first quarter doesn't prove anything, Horn always starts to exert force in the second quarter, and now his team can't overdo it, and then the second quarter is broken by someone's confidence.

The mentality of the little general and Mike Milan is similar at this time, and he is not in a hurry! The Nets' way of playing is definitely not offensive with the Trail Blazers, the Nets can only play the Trail Blazers with toughness and patience, and now they are only slightly behind, and they are not so bad that they will not let themselves do anything.

The Nets are indeed in a good state of mind at the moment, and the winning streak has brought not only the record, but also the confidence to this team.

They were not in a hurry to fall behind for the time being, and when it came to the opponent's half, Horn immediately went to the flank to get into the position, ready to attack in the low post.

Williams and Horn are now in a good mood, and Horn passes the ball to Horn, who takes the ball and Sickson defends it.

Sixson is the kind of miniature power forward who is physically strong and fast, and he is a little faster than Farid, but not as strong as Farid. This kind of player is very suitable for defending Horn, Horn took the ball and shook it for a while, and sure enough, he didn't shake off Sickson, who was taken seriously by the Cavaliers when he was a Cavaliers, and now he is also reused by Mike Milan when he is a Trail Blazers, because this player is too physical and energetic.

Compared with this kind of player, you must not compare the body, nor can you test the opponent's fighting spirit, the best way is to compare the wit.

Horn quickly decided on the style of play, and deciding his offensive style according to the opponent's situation is a basic reading of defense, and if you can't do this, you can't play at all, and basketball is definitely not just physical and can.

Horn decided to fight wits and immediately raised his hand for a feint, dribbled and turned around for another feint, Sixon's attention was very focused, and he controlled two feints in a row without jumping.

But Horn didn't expect Sickerson to jump at all, and after his second feint, he took a small step forward and then got up and scored two points with a light low-handed layup.

Sixson defended very aggressively, but was tricked by Horn in the end. It's a typical Horn-esque offense, with a deep intellectual grind.

This is the home court of the Nets, and Horn played such a beautiful offense, and the audience immediately cheered, and the Nets players also came with confidence.

Williams and Lopez also came over to know with Horn at this time, and now that Horn has been recognized by the fans, recognized by the players, and trusted by the young coach, he should be able to play his own world. (To be continued......)