The Hornets started the season with a seven-game winning streak, a strong performance that surprised everyone, and a winning record also put the Hornets in the league's first place for the time being.

Many people think that the strengthened Thunder, Spurs, Lakers, and Heat will show strong strength at the beginning of the season, but they didn't expect that the most eye-catching thing is the silent Hornets.

As the general manager of the Hornets, Liz has suddenly become a target of many's touting.

What started out as seemingly brain-dead decisions now seems to be incomparably wise and cost-effective. Wallace and Oden, who were originally traded, are now two giants who average 16 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds per game and 13 points and 10 rebounds respectively, and Brandon Roy, the sixth man signed at the beginning of the season, has averaged 18 points and 7 assists per game in 7 games, making all experts who want to see jokes fall through their glasses.

On November 18, the Hornets defeated the Bucks 101-95 away to extend their winning streak to eight games.

"The wasp is ferocious! Who will stop them? "The media of the coalition have already written such articles.

All eyes are on the Hornets Game 9, Game 9 is still the home of the Hornets, and the opponent is the Knicks.

Last season, the Knicks' record was mediocre, but a Jeremy Lin suddenly appeared in the middle and late stages, which caused a lot of storms, and also made the Knicks' overall momentum rise and successfully entered the playoffs.

Compared with the previous opponents of the Hornets, the Spurs and the Thunder, the previous Knicks seemed to be much worse and would not hinder the Hornets, but now it is different. The Knicks now have a soul figure, Steve Nash.

This guy who almost can't defend has won two regular season MVPs in a row in the Suns, and this season, he came to the Knicks, which instantly raised the Knicks' firepower to a higher level, whether it is Stoudemire or Anthony and Nash, the cooperation is very tacit, coupled with JR Smith and other convulsion level masters, the Knicks successfully turned into an upgraded version of the Suns at the beginning of the season.

Before playing with the Hornets, the Knicks' record was 5-2 in 7 games, Anthony as the team's star scored an average of 29 points per game, and Stoudemire also swept away the slump last season, with 21 points and 8 rebounds All-Star data, all of which are directly related to Nash's arrival.

In seven games, Nash averaged 10 points and 14 assists per game, ranking first in the league in the number of assists, surpassing second-place Rondo by 2 assists. Wang Meng's average of 9 assists per game can only rank fourth in the assist list, and Paul, who is in third place, has 10.5 assists.

The current Knicks are very similar to the original Suns, the only difference is that the current Knicks not only have Anthony, who is more versatile and efficient than the hacker Marion, but also has a center with very strong defensive ability, boxing champion Tyson Chandler. Although the boxing champion does not have the ability to shoot from a distance, the cooperation with point guards such as Paul, Kidd, and Jeremy Lin in several seasons has made him and Nash have a tacit understanding that is not low.

"It's going to be a tough battle!" Monty said in a deep voice: "The Knicks' rhythm is faster than the Thunder, if you want to limit the Knicks, we need to pay attention to two points, the first point is the most important point, that is, Nash, Wang Meng You need to lock Nash, can't let him play the rhythm out, he is the soul of the Knicks now, as long as he stops, then the Knicks can only fall into a single situation." ”

"The second point is Anthony, Wallace, your task today is not light, if the first point Nash is locked, then the Knicks will give the ball to Anthony in most cases and let Anthony break the deadlock through singles, Anthony's offensive means are too comprehensive, he must not be allowed to play!"

Monty's tactical arrangement is very reasonable, but sometimes the tactical arrangement is a problem, and whether it can be executed smoothly is a problem, such as now, the Hornets are in trouble.

"Damn it!" Wang Meng gritted his teeth and watched Nash pass the ball out, but he couldn't do anything, his single defense level is indeed high, in the case of occasional instant explosion, Wang Meng can prevent most of the players in the league, but the defense here refers to the opponent's attack.

Nash doesn't attack at all when facing Wang Meng, in fact, when he faces a lot of people, he won't choose to attack, as one of the most passable point guards, Nash thinks about how to make his teammates score better, unless his teammates feel bad, or when he is completely empty, Nash rarely chooses to attack by himself.

Wang Meng can prevent the opponent from shooting, because no matter how strong the opponent is, his final choice is only a position in the basket, but Nash's pass can be passed everywhere aimlessly, how can Wang Meng defend it?

Passing is not one-on-one.

Stoudemire received Nash's pass, stopped, and rushed to the basket in two steps, Gasol was not standing in front of Stoudemire due to positional problems, and these two steps directly threw Gasol away.

"Hah!" Stoudemire yelled and dunked the basketball into the basket with both hands, "This feels so good!" "It's been a long time since Stoudemire has received a pass like this, and since Stoudemire chose to leave the Suns, most of the time he has been able to choose a single player on the inside, and not every point guard is like Nash who can pass the ball where he is most comfortable.

Shaking his head helplessly, Wang Meng went to receive the serve.

There's no way, how can you prevent the pass? Wang Meng also tried to use his body to press Nash and prevent Nash from easily controlling the ball, but Nash is as gentle as the wind, Wang Meng can't effectively keep an eye on Nash closely, and the nickname of the Son of the Wind is not given to Nash for nothing.

"But it's okay" Wang Meng dribbled across the half court, looking at Nash's thin bean sprout-like body, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

"I can't stop your pass, but you can't stop me." As a point guard who can physically eat Westbrook, Rose and others (although it is in an instantaneous explosive state), Wang Meng almost didn't even have to think about it when facing a super defensive black hole like Nash, and rushed straight to the Knicks.

To be honest, Nash's defensive aggressiveness has always been very good, but his defensive skills are so poor that almost any NBA starter-level figure can blow him up.

Seeing this, Chandler immediately came over to make up for Wang Meng, Wang Meng waited until Chandler was close to his fall, and then passed the basketball out in the form of a ground pass, the basketball passed through Chandler's crotch, and flew into Oden's hand just right, Oden didn't even need to adjust more, and jumped directly to dunk the basketball into the basket.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Being broken through like this by Wang Meng, Nash didn't feel a little unhappy, in fact, he has been broken through like this for more than ten years, and he is already very calm. He took Stoudemire's serve and drifted towards the Hornets half like a gust of wind.

Wang Meng didn't say a word, and immediately stepped forward to block Nash, who had to stop before half time.

Although the footsteps stopped, Nash's hand did not stop, he pushed the basketball out with one hand like a shot put, Wang Meng looked in the direction where the basketball flew out, only to see that Anthony had run to the Hornets backcourt in advance, and reached out to receive the pass. At this time, Wallace had also rushed over, and in the face of Wallace's defense, Anthony Young was about to shoot.

Wallace initially thought that Anthony was just a feint, but he soon realized that he had misjudged Anthony because Anthony was already floating backwards in the air.

"Lean back!" Two words crossed Wallace's mind, and then he jumped to his feet, reaching out as hard as he could to disturb Anthony.

With both of them in the air at the same time, it was obvious that Wallace was jumping much higher than Anthony.

Wallace's physicality is absolutely top among small forwards, even compared to James, although Anthony's body is also great, but there is still a distance from a beast like Wallace.

However, basketball is not strong for anyone with good physical fitness, although Wallace jumps higher than Anthony, but Anthony's shooting is backwards, and Wallace can't block Anthony even if he jumps higher.

Anthony adjusted the angle in the air unhurriedly, and because Wallace jumped very high, Anthony deliberately raised the shooting angle a little higher to prevent being blocked by Wallace.

The basketball makes a nice arc in the air and then goes into the hoop.

"Quick! Ball! Before Wallace could think anything, he heard Wang Meng's shout in the half.

As a teammate who has cooperated for half a season, Wallace also has a certain understanding of Wang Meng, he immediately returned to the baseline and threw the ball to Wang Meng, Wang Meng received the basketball at the half-court line and immediately rushed to the Knicks inside.

"Instant explosion!" Wang Meng secretly sighed in his heart, his speed suddenly skyrocketed, and he passed Nash, who was very scummy in defense, and jumped at the free throw line in two steps, scoring a violent dunk.

This ball is also a fast attack, and Chandler, who is the core of the Knicks' defense, has only retreated to the three-point line, and Wang Meng has already scored.

"It's too fast!" Monty shouted from the sidelines, although the ball was scored by Wang Meng, Monty still reminded. Although the Hornets are also fast on the fast break, it is undoubtedly a very unclear choice to break fast with the Knicks, and the best way is to simulate the tactics of the Spurs when they defended the Suns, play steadily, do a good job of defense, and lock the ball path of other players except Nash, which is definitely much more effective than fighting fast with the Knicks.

Wang Meng naturally knows this truth, but the Hornets are not Spurs after all, and they can't do the suffocating regional joint defense like the Spurs, and the Knicks are not the Suns, but Nash's team alone, in the Knicks, there are players like Anthony.

(To be continued)