On the first day of the new year, the Wizards will face a strong opponent on their home court, which is the New Orleans Hornets, who are currently ranked 7th in the West with 19 wins and 14 losses.

After dealing with the fake CP3 for so long, Li Kaiming is finally going to meet the real CP3!

At half past seven in the evening, after the necessary pre-match ceremonies, the starting line-ups of both sides were revealed on the big screen.

Washington Wizards: Point guard Simridge, point guard Nick Young, small forward Sun Yue, power forward Li Kaiming, center Andre Blach.

New Orleans Hornets: Point guard Chris Paul, point guard Marco Belinelli, small forward Trevor Ariza, power forward David West, center Emeka Okafor.

The rotating commentators at the mcI Center tonight are Steve Bukanz and Dave Johnson.

Bukanz looked at the lineups of both sides on the screen, and after introducing the audience, he turned his attention to Johnson next to him.

"Dave, what do you think the Wizards need to do tonight if they want to win the game?"

Dave Johnson, as the home commentator of the Wizards, naturally knows his own team very deeply, he looked at the notes he made, pondered and replied, "I think the most important thing is to play your own style, the Wizards are such a team that has always been strong and weak in attack, they must ensure that their offense cannot have problems!" ”

"So do you think the Wizards should focus primarily on the outside offense?"

Johnson shook his head and said, "I don't know, the Wizards' outside firepower is very strong, they used three-point firepower to directly extinguish the opponent's counterattack in the first two games, and then won the game, but the three-point touch can't be maintained all the time, I can't be sure that they will have the same touch tonight as before." ”

Just as the two commentators were talking about tonight's game, the players on both sides of the field were already ready near the center circle, and the two center forwards who jumped the ball, Bradge and Okafor, were also standing in the circle.

The technical station and on-site camera equipment were all in place, and with a whistle, the first game of 2011 for the Wizards began!

Bracchi and Okafor jump ball, although Okafor is a very talented interior player, but this time the jump ball is Bracky won.

Okafor is only 208 tall, but his scouting report notes that he is explosive and proficient in a variety of offensive tactics.

But unfortunately, it was Okafor, who was new to the league, and at this time he was already plagued by injuries, as the 2004 pick, he beat Chris Paul and Ben Gordon of the best sixth man in the 2004 draft, and became the existence of the 2004 draft pick behind Dwight Howard.

And Okafor's rookie season surprised the team, averaging a double-double of 15.1 points and 10.9 rebounds per game, unexpectedly winning the rookie of the year.

Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived, and Okafor had to gain weight in order to adapt to the NbA confrontation, which overwhelmed his lower limbs and eventually turned into a glass man.

His experience perfectly illustrates what it means to be at the peak of his debut, and then he has been going downhill, and he has never played the kind of data of 15+10 per game in his rookie season for a few years.

After being traded by the Bobcats to the Hornets, Okafor had a vague sense of rejuvenation, and although he couldn't achieve the goals he set for him, he still had no problem as a qualified starter.

The Wizards got the ball on the first offense and gave Hinrich a dribble across the halfcourt.

Under Paul's tight defense, Hinrich slowly moved to the front court, and then called Li Kaiming to go out to cover.

However, Paul is a chicken thief, especially after David West told Paul that there was cover, he even took a step forward, and then let Li Kaiming's cover go bankrupt directly.

However, Xin Liqi doesn't particularly need Li Kaiming's very solid cover, it is better, but it does not prevent him from using this space to kill inside!

Paul, who was blocked by Li Kaiming, was still half a step behind Hinrich, and when Hinrich was stuck with Paul and rubbed inside, Li Kaiming also turned around and went down.

David West had a serious look on his face, shouting loudly to attract the attention of his teammates, and at the same time kept up with Li Kaiming to prevent the latter from breaking through directly to the basket after receiving the ball!

He had seen the video of this guy before the game, and after receiving the ball inside the three-point line, there were no more than one hand in the league that could prevent Li Kaiming from making a layup.

Bracy also stood on the edge of the box, ready to help his two teammates clear the ball at any moment.

By the time Hinrich reached the free-throw line, he was surrounded by almost all Hornets players, so he made a shot feint to shake the space and then hit the ball to Li Kaiming on the other side.

Li Kaiming did not hesitate after receiving the ball, and directly put the ball together with both hands and went to the basket to kill, and his determination looked like he was going to blow up the enemy's bunker with an explosive bag!

David West immediately returned to his defensive position, and he was ready to use his good confrontation to force Li Kaiming away from the basket.

It's a pity that the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.

West's idea is very good, but he only forgot one possibility, that is, he didn't even give Li Kaiming a chance to fight!

After Li Kaiming received the ball, with the help of that pair of long legs, he only took one step and arrived in front of West, which scared West's soul almost away!

I rub! What kind of thing swoops like a big rat and then passes away?

Okafor, who was responsible for protecting the basket under the basket, could see it clearly, and seeing that Li Kaiming had arrived under the basket, he was also ready to protect the frame.

Come on! Rookie! Although I, Okafor, am a person who has been seriously injured, but after all, I am the one who beat Howard to win the best rookie back then, how can this basket make you presumptuous?

The thought in Okafor's heart had just appeared, and Li Kaiming had already arrived at the reasonable collision zone with a gust of wind!

Okafor's eyes were fixed on Li Kaiming's posture, ready to jump up and block the latter's shot.

Li Kaiming took one last step on the floor, and then changed his two-handed ball to one-handed grasp, and the whole person rose into the air like a rocket!

Okafor still didn't anticipate the seriousness of the matter, and he kicked his feet on the ground, then his body rose to the ground, and he reached out a hand towards Li Kaiming's right hand with the ball.

Then what happened in the next second made Okafor's face immediately become a little flustered!

Because after he reached his highest point, he was still a palm's distance from the ball in Li Kaiming's hand!

How can it be!

Okafor's eyes widened in disbelief, but what happened in the next second made his face show a ghostly expression, because Li Kaiming opposite him was still rising!

The camera at the scene accurately captured this picture, Li Kaiming rushed to the basket and jumped high, his entire forearm exceeded the basket, after colliding with Okafor fiercely, as if he pressed Li Kaiming's switch, he took the ball with his right arm and slammed it vigorously, and then made a good start for tonight's game with a bloody violent dunk!

Rumble!

The fans at the mcI Center immediately started the party! No one expected that Li Kaiming would play so exciting on the first ball in the game!

Bang!

Li Kaiming and Okafor collided in the air with a dull sound of muscles colliding, and then both returned to the ground under the influence of gravity.

Li Kaiming took two steps back after landing, he waved his arms to maintain his balance, and the opposite Okaforke was not so easy, he had suffered physically, and now he was still bearing the impact of Li Kaiming on the spot, and the latter's kinetic energy was almost absorbed by him, so he took several steps back after landing, fortunately, there was a basketball hoop behind him, so as not to let him lose his balance and lie directly on the ground.

Li Kaiming gave Okafor, the former genius, a dismissal on the first ball, which made the latter put away his contempt.

The Hornets served to Paul, who held the ball to the front court and faced Hinrich's defense, and directly called Okafor on the inside to come out to cover.

I have to say that Paul was called the "God of Point Guards" in college for a reason, he is a standard traditional point guard, after Okafor blocked and dismantled, and Paul went inside together, the Hornets played an exact same tactic with the Wizards.

However, the Hornets' goals were not as violent as Li Kaiming's, not to mention that Blatche, who was 213 under the basket, was not dry, and finally Paul passed the ball to Okafor on the edge of the penalty area, who faced Blatche's defense and threw a shot!

Paul averaged 10.7 assists per game last season, and was the league's assist leader for two consecutive seasons.

But as commentator Johnson said, if the Wizards want to win, the most important thing is to play their own style, what is the style of the Wizards? It's an unreasonable offense, a three-point shot like a rainstorm!

So in the following time, the Wizards replaced the big center after playing for a while, and then took the classic five-outside lineup.

Hornets head coach Monty Williams saw that the Wizards had finally come up with a killer move, and he immediately told the players to pay attention to the opposing three-point shot.

One of the benefits of the Hornets' short interior is that they can not use their power forward to defend Li Kaiming after the Wizards have come up with a five-outside lineup, thus leaving an open spot for Lewis on the perimeter.

After the Hornets rotated the Wizards, they directly let Okafor defend Li Kaiming, so that there is no problem of misalignment at all.

This idea is very good, but after the implementation of it, it encountered a small problem, that is, Monty did not seem to take into account the situation that Okafor was blown up by Li Kaiming......

Li Kaiming was speechless, one of these coaches he met recently is counted as one, why are they all some inferior men!

They seem to have developed tactics based on their own wishful thinking, thinking only about theoretical feasibility and not thinking about what to do if the situation was different from what they thought.

The previous Pacers head coach had no brains and the Wizards to fight for five, and tonight's Monty took Okafor to defend himself.

It seems that it is time for these men to recognize themselves!