D'Antoni sat firmly on the bench with no expression on his face.

This fat man has been proud of the Knicks this season, and his most satisfied disciple Nash finally came to the Knicks. Under the tactical system that D'Antoni specially arranged for Nash, the Knicks played a very beautiful start to the season.

In 7 games, the Knicks averaged 125 points per game, and although the points conceded were also high, the Knicks still suddenly became the most gorgeous offensive team in the league.

D'Antoni, who was dismissed from last season's mediocre playoff team and was controversial and sacked, also came back to life all of a sudden.

The Knicks are located in New York and are one of the most watched teams in the league, so there are many fans who watch the Knicks play, and at the same time, the most beautiful style of play in this league is the run-and-gun tactics led by Nash under the arrangement of D'Antoni. Once again, D'Antoni applied the fast-paced trait to the Knicks.

The Knicks now shoot the basketball faster than the Suns in 7 seconds each time, and sometimes even shoot the basketball between 6 and 5 seconds, regardless of whether they can grab the rebound in the frontcourt. In this case, the two big men of the Hornets, Gasol and Oden, were basically exhausted in repeated back-and-forth runs, exerting their physical strength in vain.

"Pause! Time out! Seeing that his side couldn't slow down the tempo, Oden and Gasol were also running out of breath, and Monty had to call a timeout.

"Gasol Oden is off, Roy and Yi Jianlian are on the field, Yi Jianlian is the center, Wallace is the big forward!" Monty said loudly that because the Knicks' pace was so fast, that their own center Chandler was also in a similar rhythm to Gasol Oden, and there was no time to enter the interior to rush for rebounds, so Monty decisively replaced the two starting big men, and then let Yi Jianlian, who is also tall, serve as the center.

"Me?" Yi Jianlian was stunned for a moment, he had been in the Hornets for a long time, but including the preseason, Yi Jianlian had never played in such a critical period in the first quarter.

"What? You don't want to get on? Then change Milicic! Monty said.

"No, no! Of course I'm on! Yi Jianlian hurriedly said, how could Yi Jianlian miss this kind of opportunity.

In fact, Monty is to say, what is the use of changing Milicic at this time? Don't look at Milicic and Anthony at the same time 03 and the draft pick is higher than Anthony, but the two can't compare now, Milicic is now also a little useful for interior defensive ability and rebounding, and in the offensive battle with the Knicks, Yi Jianlian, who has long-range shooting ability, is more suitable.

Wang Meng patted Yi Jianlian on the back, when he was in the national team, Yi Jianlian didn't take care of Wang Meng, who was unfamiliar with life, how could Wang Meng forget? "Behave well, I'll make you a ball later! You just have to attack, play well, and the playing time will definitely increase in the future. ”

Yi Jianlian nodded and took a deep breath.

After the draft, Yi Jianlian relied on the starting terms signed by his agent and the Bucks, and played a long time as a starter in the Bucks, and later the Nets and the Wizards also played many starts, but even so, when Yi Jianlian appeared on the court again, he was still a little nervous. He was too scared to express himself, and the pressure from the Chinese fans almost crushed him.

The Hornets brought down Gasol and Oden, and the Knicks also made adjustments, with scoring maniac J.R. Smith being replaced at small forward, Anthony and Wallace being the same at power forward, Stoudemire at center, and Chandler off the court as a spectator.

At this time, the audience was a little stunned when they saw the lineups of both sides.

Hornets: Point guard Wang Meng, split Tony Allen, small forward Roy, power forward Wallace, center Yi Jianlian.

Knicks: Point guard Nash, split Shambaugh, small forward JR, power forward Anthony, center Stoudemire.

"Are they going to be sharper than which side of the attack?" Fans are very puzzled by this, because according to the lineup on the surface, the Hornets are obviously inferior to the Knicks, the most obvious point is the gap in the center position, although Stoudemire's performance last season was disappointing, but after all, it is also an All-Star with an annual salary of nearly 20 million, and it is not easy to face Yi Jianlian, who has been unable to find his form for a long time?

The fans think so, and so do the players on the pitch.

"Do you dare to go against me?" The performance of several games made Stoudemire regain the domineering spirit of the original little bully, wearing goggles, he saw Yi Jianlian and he was in a position with him, and almost didn't break his eyes, he stared at Yi Jianlian, and said fiercely: "Do you believe it I demolished you!?" ”

Yi Jianlian didn't look at Stoudemire, as if he didn't hear his words, in fact, he has always used this way in the NBA to avoid other people's provocations, which is effective but not appropriate.

Stoudemire has always had a very unhappy feeling about Chinese players, the main reason may be because he and Yao Ming were drafted in the same year, Yao Ming is the champion but he is only the No. 8 pick, you must know that he won the best rookie in his rookie season, and what about Yao Ming?

In Stoudemire's eyes, most of the Chinese players rely on the advantages of being Chinese fans. Just like Jeremy Lin who was on the same team as him last season, Stoudemire knows very well what his true level is, and it is indeed more than enough to be a starter, but being touted like that is obviously not in proportion to his strength.

Now the Yi Jianlian in front of him is the same, he was the No. 7 rookie at the beginning, isn't it very bleak now?

"Wait! Then again, this girl is the No. 7 rookie, which means that the draft rounds are also higher than mine? Stoudemire looked at Yi Jianlian's eyes and became more and more unhappy, "Boy! You're dead! ”

At this time, Yi Jianlian had not yet realized that he had been regarded as the prey of Stoudemier, so he ran to the bottom line and sent the basketball to Wang Meng.

Wang Meng received the basketball and found that the player who defended himself had changed from Nash to Shambaught, but it was right to think about it, Nash's defense was too poor, and the strongest offensive ability to defend the Hornets must be a big pit, so it was better to use others to change the defense, anyway, although Tony Allen, who was in the position of scoring guard, was very strong in defense, but the offensive means were very single, and the pressure on Nash to defend Tony Allen was much smaller than that of defending himself.

But. Wang Meng dribbled horizontally in front of Shambaugh in a wide range, pulled his center of gravity, and then suddenly burst into the interior line from the opposite position in disguise, "It's useless to let anyone defend me!" "The Knicks don't have a one-sided master, whether it's Shambaught or J.R. Smith, or even Anthony, they are not defensive masters, and in the face of their defense, the only difference between Wang Meng is how much physical strength it takes to break through them.

Wang Meng burst into the inside line and successfully attracted the bag, and then he immediately passed the basketball out, Wang Meng still remembered what he said before, so this ball Wang Meng passed to Yi Jianlian, who was about to grab a rebound on the bottom line.

Yi Jianlian was a little surprised when he received this basketball, but he quickly reacted, "There are no defenders in front of the basket. Yi Jianlian was slightly happy in his heart, and he was able to add two points to his score again.

Yi Jianlian put on a very standard shooting posture, using the gentlest feeling to pull the basketball out, as soon as the basketball shot, Yi Jianlian had a smile on his face, and many years of playing experience told him that this ball was definitely there.

"Smack!" Before the smile on Yi Jianlian's face could be fully relaxed, he heard a crisp slapping sound, and Stoudemire suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and slapped the basketball thrown by Yi Jianlian like a volleyball smash.

The basketball was immediately changed its trajectory by a tremendous force and flew far away from the court.

"Want to shoot ?!! in front of me" Stoudemire let out a domineering roar, looking at Yi Jianlian's eyes full of disdain.

The smile on the corner of Yi Jianlian's mouth froze, and his wrist, which was originally in the shape of a swan because of his shot, was frozen in the air, as if he was trying to put it down.

"Allian!" Seeing this, Wang Meng immediately ran over, patted Yi Jianlian, and said, "It's okay!" Let's call one back! ”

"Call back? You mean by him? Or is it up to you? Stoudemire asked disdainfully, in his eyes, Wang Meng was indeed much better than Jeremy Lin, but that's all.

"I can call back." Wang Meng looked at Stoudemire and said lightly: "He can also do it, I will blow you up in the next ball, do you believe it?" ”

"You can give it a try!" Stoudemire smiled, Wang Meng, this kid really doesn't know the sky, because of the injury last season, he shouldn't have played against him, I didn't want this girl to really be invincible, I must follow this opportunity to teach him a good lesson.

"Okay, you're sure to get your face back, trust me, and serve." Wang Meng said to Yi Jianlian.

Since Stoudemire flew the basketball cover out, the ball was still the Hornets'.

Yi Jianlian sent the basketball to Wang Meng on the bottom line, and then wanted to run to the outside, because he just heard that Wang Meng was going to play back, so he wanted to empty the inside.

"Wait." As soon as Yi Jianlian moved, Wang Meng screamed, "Don't come out." ”

"Not coming out?" Yi Jianlian was a little confused, "If I don't come out, won't there be someone inside?" How do you play singles? ”

Wang Meng shook his head and said, "If you come out, Stoudemire will also come out to defend you, even if I play alone, what's the use?" I said, I'm going to blow him up! ”

"Huh?" Yi Jianlian was stunned.

"That's it, just stay inside." A smile appeared on Wang Meng's face again, "Soon, that guy will regret what he did just now." ”

(To be continued)