On October 11, the NBA's 2008-2009 season officially began, and the New York Knicks played their first game on the "Wachovia Center" to face its host, the Philadelphia 76ers.

The 76ers' home court, Wajovia Center, has a capacity of 20,444 people, and there are no seats today. The visitors hadn't been in before the game, and fans who hadn't watched the game in months couldn't wait to start making noise.

The NBA's average visiting team locker room has almost zero soundproofing.

Zhang Yu could even hear the noise coming from the stadium, as if someone was scolding him for raising **, he couldn't bear it!

D'Antoni announced the starting lineup in the locker room, point guard Chris Duhon, shooting guard Zhang Yu, small forward Gerard Wallace, power forward Zach Randolph, and center David Lee.

Zhang Yu is not worried about his starting position at all, D'Antoni is the absolute core of his current tactics, and the Knicks are like the Suns without Nash, they can only play eggs.

"This is the first pre-season game of the season, I'm going to give most of you plenty of playing time, and if you want to get more playing time when the season officially starts, then give me a good look!"

D'Antoni came to the Knicks with the halo of the best coach, and the prestige was still enough.

He narrowed his small eyes and looked around everyone, even the very piercing Randolph did not dare to be presumptuous.

The Philadelphia 76ers poached Elton Brand from the Los Angeles Clippers this year, and the captain ruptured his left Achilles tendon last season and played less than 10 games.

Brand's contract was due to expire in 2009, but the shrewd captain knew that in his own form, he would definitely not get a big contract in '09. So after Philadelphia gave a five-year, $79.8 million contract this summer, Elton Brand chose to jump out of the contract without hesitation and come to Philadelphia to retire with peace of mind.

Isiah Thomas, dressed in a suit, followed the team to Philadelphia and sat in the audience.

This was Zhang Yu's first NBA game, and fans throughout New York were following the game. Madison Square Garden was even half full, with adorable fans opting to watch the game from the big screen at their home stadium. Although this is a voluntary payment from fans to come to see it, the Knicks are always a bit shameless in making money, because they only get a 5% discount on such tickets!

The Wall Street Journal did an investigation a few days ago that the Knicks had earned the salary of an All-Star player just by selling a badminton jersey. It is said that the Knicks are negotiating a new broadcast contract with a local TV station, and because Zhang Yu's joining has driven the Asian market, the Knicks have opened their mouths and asked for a sky-high broadcast contract of $4 billion for 20 years.

There are no other 29 teams in the league who are not blushing, because for this alone, the Knicks don't know how much more they make every year, Dolan is a bastard!

Not to mention that the Knicks have also increased the ticket price by 25% this year, which makes the Knicks, who are already the most expensive in the league, even more dominant**.

All this proves that although Dolan is brainless in running the team, he is the opposite when it comes to business.

Zhang Yu's jersey is temporarily priced at $89 a piece, and even a T-shirt can be sold for $29.9, which is more expensive than James and Kobe's jerseys, and the price continues to rise. Surprisingly, such an expensive jersey is still in short supply on the market, and many fans complain that they can't buy Zhang Yu's jersey at all, and the store has been out of stock.

The Nike factory is working overtime to produce a batch for the Knicks, and before it appeared, it was already sold out, and it is estimated that it was looted by China's scalpers

The game was broadcast live on TV, with Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley sitting in the live broadcast room, Jazz holding a few photos in his hands and flipping through his thick lips......

"This one, do you see it, this is the Chinese kid's new home in New York a few days ago, and he still looks too thin standing with me."

Barkley took a photo with Zhang Yu and said with some boasting, you can see in the photo that he is in Zhang Yu's apartment, I don't know when this big ass will be mixed with Zhang Yu.

"Look at this again, this is a photo of me personally teaching him back body skills, but obviously the weak body of the Chinese kid can't learn my skills at all, his ass can't be called an ass at all, and my wife's is bigger than him."

Barkley took out another photo, this time I didn't know that it was in that street court, the photo was the moment when Barkley pouted his ass and flew Zhang Yu!

Kenny Smith had a black face, and when he saw that Barkley was going to introduce him again, he hurriedly stopped the other party!

"Okay, we all know that you have a good relationship with that Chinese kid, which means you support the Knicks."

"That's right, that's what I'm trying to say."

Kenny Smith laughed, "Let's make another bet on who will win this game?" ”

Charles Buck shook his head with force, very disdainful of the content of the other party's bet, and said in a disdainful tone: "Old man, the audience will not be interested in such a bet, we have to come up with something new to attract them to watch our live broadcast." ”

Kenny Smith had a bad feeling that he would recall the unbearable past after the last bet, and immediately regretted taking the initiative to bring up the bet.

"What do you want to do?"

Kenny Smith asked in a very frightened tone like a little Lori meeting a strange man.

Barkley smiled a devilish smile: "I heard the little guy in China mention an interesting bet the other day, called 'Rulai Divine Palm'!" ”

"If you come to the Divine Palm?"

Kenny Smith pronounced the name of the twister twice, and the bad feeling intensified......

"That's right, it is said that this is a very popular bet in China, and the person who loses will be slapped by the opponent, and it will be a merciless slap!"

Kenny Smith shook his head, "That's stupid! ”

Barkley ignored the opponent's resistance and continued: "I don't think you will accept a bet on just one game, so we are betting on a season this time. ”

"A season? How to bet? ”

"Quite simply, we're betting on the Knicks' wins and losses. Just like last season, the Knicks' record is 20-62, so 62-20=42, according to this algorithm, I need to bear your 42 Nyorai Palms, which means that you can slap me 42 times, how about are you excited? ”

When Kenny Smith heard Barkley's explanation, he immediately relaxed, and he was indeed moved by 42 slaps on Barkley's stupid face

The Knicks' win percentage last season is really hard to watch, even if they get Zhang Yu and Wallace to improve this year, even if they add 20 wins this season, he is still the winner, and he can slap Barkley twice.

"Bet, why not bet on this bet, the thought of slapping you dozens of times after the season, I can't wait for this pretty long season to end soon."

After Kenny Smith finished speaking, both of them laughed, clearly thinking that they would be the winners.

At the game scene, when the Knicks appeared, Zhang Yu looked into the audience and was surprised to find many Chinese wearing his jerseys, about counting, there were hundreds of people, and he had to sigh: Chinese are more, more people are cattle!

CCTV broadcast this game in China as expected, this is Zhang Yu's first NBA game, very commemorative value, although it is a preseason game or away, but the ratings in China are not worse than the playoffs, Chinese fans have watched Yao Ming's game for four or five years, and they are already a little aesthetically fatigued.

Although Yao Ming is capable, he is really not as good as a guard, even if Zhang Yu rarely slams a dunk, everyone feels more interesting when they see him pull out three points.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yu is playing, and the basketball has always been in his hands, but Yao Ming has to wait for the point guard to pass the ball before he can show it, and he is anxious and angry.

This year's CCTV broadcast plan has made many fans of other teams scold their mothers, and the live broadcast schedule is the Rockets in addition to the Knicks, and occasionally insert a Nets game between these two teams, so that Chinese fans can see the space easy, and there is basically nothing to do with other teams

Seeing such a broadcast table, the fans of the boss, the fans of the little emperor, the fans of the queen bee, the fans of melon, and the fans of the Flash are all scolding their mothers

Philadelphia 76ers starting lineup: point guard Andre Miller, shooting guard Andre Iguodala, small forward Thaddeus Young, power forward Elton Brand, center Samuel Delham Porter.

Zhang Yu met Iguodala, who is good at outside defense, in his first NBA game, and the American media are waiting to see his good performance, expecting Iguodala to give this Chinese champion a little color to see, so that he knows that the NBA is not so easy to mix.

Sabi and Rakhi, the two like-minded guys, since the Olympics, don't know how to meet each other, singing and singing Zhang Yu in their respective columns, digging out all day long to analyze his various shortcomings and shortcomings, and even provoking the relationship between him and his teammates and coaches, and hacking him in every way, it makes Zhang Yu wonder if these two bastards have taken the boss's money to deliberately disgust him?

Although many media still think that Zhang Yu has the possibility of parallel goods during this time, Iguodala does not have so much confidence, but he watched the Olympic finals, Zhang Yu's two vicious fouls on Kobe Bryant made him remember it vividly but his heart was dark!

This Chinese rookie is not easy to deal with, the boss's experience is still in front of him, you have to be careful!

Zhang Yu didn't expect that he played Kobe's little brother twice, making his dangerous Cheng dù in the hearts of NBA players, and he rose directly to the level of Uncle Bao like an elevator.

The game starts with a whistle from the referee!

David Lee tried his best to jump the ball, but it still ended in failure.

The 76ers' interior defensive stalwart Dalem Porter has good bounce and height advantage, giving the 76ers an opportunity to open the game.

New York's starting center is almost the shortest in the league, and David Lee is only 206cm tall, which is more suitable for power forwards.

However, D'Antoni doesn't care about this at all, his tactics don't need to be too tall inside, as long as he has good mobility and mid-range shots.

In the current starting lineup, Zach Randolph is a thorn in his side!

D'Antoni looked sideways and vertically, anyway, no matter how he looked at this dead fat man, he felt unpleasant, in his mind, if he replaced Randolph with Xiao Si, it would be perfect.

The Knicks defended first in the first round, and D'Antoni's defensive tactics were man-to-man, which was simply understood, one to one, just take care of your own defensive players.

Zhang Yu often played regional defense, bag and trap tactics at Stanford University, etc., which he had not practiced at all in the Knicks in the past half a month.

D'Antoni basically doesn't teach them to defend, and more than 70% of the daily training is offensive-related training. The defensive training is put at the end, and the team's defensive coach simply arranges some basic training, D'Antoni does not look at them, and after the offensive training is over, he is busy with his own business, and the players can practice if they want to, and he can't see it if they don't practice.

Offense is the best defense, Zhang Yu basically figured out his coach's tactical concept in half a month, and it was basically in this sentence.

Although he has some doubts in his heart, can he really win the championship without defense? You must know that whether it is in the national team or at Stanford University, defense is a very important part. But with the Knicks, D'Antoni doesn't demand how much he defensively, but rather demands a lot from his offense.

Zhang Yu shook his head, although he had some doubts about D'Antoni's philosophy in his heart, but as a player who values logarithmic jù very much, D'Antoni's tactics will definitely make his number jù very good-looking.

Iguodala received the ball and tried to break through Zhang Yu, but his singles ability was not strong, and Zhang Yu slid to block his breakthrough route. Iguodala saw no chance, pulled the ball back and passed it to Elton Brand, who was already in place on the inside.

Randolph's defense does not exist at all in Zhang Yu's eyes, and it is estimated that Space Yi can easily score 20 points under his defense.

Just think about it, even D'Antoni thinks the defense is miserable, can you still watch it?

Facing the old captain Brand, who was already much inferior to before, Randolph's blind figure actually took a step back when he was leaned on...... Lean in again and take a step back......

Zhang Yu was helpless, and sighed in his heart, could it be that this guy rubbed too much Indian divine oil last night? Otherwise, why is it so empty? Do you look good with that physique?

Elton Brand suddenly had a feeling of returning to the top under Randolph's defense, leaned back twice, and immediately turned around after entering the paint area, shook Randolph with his inside foot, and scored two points on an easy layup.

The 76ers home fans shouted wildly, Brand's first shot was very exciting, and it still looks like the All-Star interior who averages 20+ per game.

When a goal was scored, the Knicks didn't say anything, and in D'Antoni's tactics, it doesn't matter if you lose points, as long as you score more points than the opponent

David Lee served quickly, and Dujon received the ball and dribbled quickly across the frontcourt.

Iguodala followed Zhang Yu closely in the half court and did not let Zhang Yu receive the ball easily.

Randolph slowly helped Zhang Yu make an off-ball cover in the middle line, and Zhang Yu used his generous body to get rid of Iguodala and receive a basketball from Duhon.

Zhang Yu did not slow down after receiving the ball, and took it directly to the opponent's basket, Thaddeus Young made up for Zhang Yu, and Iguodala was blocked by Randolph and turned to change the defense Wallace.

Wallace also figured out his new manager's tactical philosophy, and he accelerated from the backcourt, which would have rushed into the three-point line at high speed, and Iguodala chased after him, the defensive stalwart was unguarded and was about to cut into the box.

Zhang Yu made a scalpel-like pass at the top of the arc to cut through the 76ers' defense, and the basketball accurately passed to Wallace, who jumped and dunked directly at the moment when Durham Porter was still in position......

The Knicks' offense was typical of D'Antoni's style of play, and the entire offense was completed in five seconds, and the opponent's interior desperately returned to the defense before running to the restricted area, and Wallace had completed a powerful dunk when he got into the air.

D'Antoni waved his hand hard off the court, and Zhang Yu's pass proved that he has the talent of a master passer, his height allows him to pass more than the average point guard, and his passing skills are enough to put his vision to use.

But after the joy, looking at Randolph, who had just finished the offense and had just run to the three-point line, D'Antonio had an urge to pull out a gun and kill him!

Zhang Yu and Wallace hit their chests once after scoring, and the two have only known each other for a short time, but they have a good impression of each other.

Gerard Wallace wasn't the boss of the Bobcats either, and his poor offensive talent didn't expect much from him. In particular, Qiao Gang Leader has never looked down on him very much, thinking that his number jù is brushed out by relying on high shots, and a player with a passable level can brush up on the number jù that is better than him.

When he came to the Knicks, Zhang Yu was very polite to him as the core, so that he did not feel unhappy after his status declined. And Zhang Badminton is not unique, there is a subtle pass, which makes it easier for him to score than when he was in the Bobcats, just like just now, as long as he runs in place, the basketball will pass to his hands.

Zhang Yu thinks that Wallace is the best defensive one among all his teammates, and if he doesn't have the single defense ability of the Wallace League, with the Knicks' defensive system, it is estimated that he will be killed before killing the opponent.

The reason why the Suns have a good record is also because they have players who are good defensively like Ragabel, Marion, and Dio.

In the first quarter of the game, Zhang Yu began to dribble the ball from the backcourt most of the time, bringing the team's offensive rhythm very fast, and did D'Antoni's 10-second offensive ball, and the starting point guard Du Hong has become a fixed-point pitcher.

The 76ers' Andre Miller is also a top-tier point guard who is good at playmaking and controlling the tempo. However, the 76ers were not prepared for the Knicks today, especially not expecting D'Antoni to let the scoring guard perform the task of point guard, and Zhang Yu brought the rhythm up at the beginning.

With 7 minutes and 50 seconds left in the first quarter, the 76ers called a timeout for the first time, and the two teams scored 12-6, and the Knicks were on fire, scoring 12 points in four minutes.

Zhang Yu scored 5 points on 2-of-4 shooting, Wallace scored 4 points on 2-of-3 shooting, Du Hong hit an open three-pointer, and the two insiders have not scored yet.

After the timeout, D'Antoni replaced Dujon and put Crawford at point guard, effectively asking him to perform the task of shooting guard.

Standing 196cm tall and weighing 200 pounds, Crawford is fast and nimble enough to defend the number one.

He also played at the No. 1 position with the Bulls for a while, and he had some ball handling. With his height and weight, it is a bit of a disadvantage to defend the No. 2 player, and his steps to defend the No. 1 position are not at a loss, and there is a height advantage.