After the familiar pre-match ceremony, the starting line-ups of the home and away teams were also announced on the big screen above the arena.

Washington Wizards: Point guard Simridge, point guard Klay Thompson, small forward Cowai Leonard, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.

New Jersey Nets: Point guard Deron Williams, point guard Evan Turner, small forward Damien James, power forward Chris Humphreys, center John Petro.

The managers of both sides have also been on the bench in suits.

When the game time came, the starters were in the center circle in the center of the pitch, and the referee stood between Brac and Petro with the ball with one hand, and then blew the whistle and threw the ball into the air!

Bracchi and Petro jumped one after the other, although both of them were resting in the second round, but Bracchi was obviously at the top, and easily put the ball in the hands of Li Kaiming behind him.

The Wizards attacked first, Hinrich controlled the ball over half court, Li Kaiming mentioned the top of the arc to block Hinrich, and Blatch and Leonard on the inside hung a no-ball cover for Thompson.

This tactic was only recently devised by Saunders, and the main principle is to use Li Kaiming's strong threat in the process of blocking and dismantling, at least to attract the defensive center of gravity of the opponent's two men.

If the opposite side does not take a double package for Li Kaiming, then Hinrich will pass the ball to Li Kaiming down or single.

If Li Kaiming is trapped, Thompson's movement will play a role at this time, and after using off-ball screens to get rid of defenders, opponents will either choose to switch defenses or choose to bypass screens, which will create misalignments and gaps.

If he is misplaced, Hinrich will pass the ball directly to Blatch inside, and Thompson will directly catch the ball and jump shot on the outside when he runs out of space!

This tactical design can be said to be very tight, one link after another, and there are many links that can diverge, according to Sanders' vision, this strategy will become the foundation of the Wizards team in the future.

Li Kaiming's performance in his rookie season undoubtedly made him a thorn in the side of the opponent, so when he acted as a cover man and blocked Hinrich, Deron Williams and Humphreys both chose to adduct and defend Li Kaiming.

Such a simple tactic directly created an open three-point opportunity at the top of the arc for Hinrich, which is Li Kaiming's strong containment!

Hinrich took advantage of the open space to shoot directly from the top of the arc, and with a bang, the Wizards' first point of the new season was recorded.

An offseason passed, and he

Xinrich's hand is still very hot, and it can be seen that he has not been wasted at all in the past hundred days.

The Nets serve to the frontcourt, and Deron Williams is undoubtedly the absolute core of this team, and no team other than him averaged more than 15 points per game last season.

For the first attack of the new season, Deron Williams naturally has to give it a try first.

Hinrich defensively is very smart, barely reaching out or trying to make tackles, just keeping himself in front of the opponent, a quaint defensive approach that makes him a kraft candy defender.

He's only easily beaten up against some of the most physically gifted guards, but his defense is more than enough to deal with the vast majority of defenders in the league.

Deron Williams tried to dribble twice from beyond the three-point line and called a cover after finding that he couldn't easily get past Hinrich, at this time Williams can be said to be in his prime, and he won the Western Conference Player of the Month once last season.

Using Petro's cover, Williams made a quick change of direction past Hinrich and then drove straight into the Wizards' box.

Blach, who is on the inside, chooses to crouch and defend and wait for the challenge of Deron Williams under the basket.

As a heavy tank guard, Deron Williams is not afraid at all when he is speedy, even if there is a center under the basket, and he goes straight to the basket against Brackey.

While Bracy stayed under the basket to protect the basket, the Wizards' restricted area defense was very tough, Deron Williams missed a layup, and Li Kaiming next to him took the opportunity to pick up the rebound.

After getting the ball, Li Kaiming raised his eyes and saw that Leonard had begun to go down at some point, so he made a long pass directly to Leonard who came to the frontcourt.

The ball was passed just right, and when Leonard received the ball, he was already in front of the three-point line, and he could take three steps directly with a dribble.

But I didn't expect that Leonard, who was on the court for the first time, was a little nervous, and he was not very skilled in dribbling, so he actually dribbled the ball directly to his knee!

At this time, Klay Thompson, who ran to the three-point line, directly bared his teeth and laughed.

"Kehuai, I didn't say you, you're too good for dribbling!"

Leonard's expression didn't change, he still turned like a robot, slowly turned to the backcourt to prepare for defense.

Thompson finds it uninteresting to tease a robot, so he follows him to the backcourt.

The Nets served the baseline ball, and after arriving in the frontcourt, Deron Williams wanted to repeat the old trick, but Bradge suddenly lifted the double to wrap Williams, and in desperation, Williams passed the ball to center Petro.

This Petro was drafted in the same year as Deron Williams, with the 25th pick in the second round in '05, and his biggest talent is his height, which is a full 216, but other attributes are very much in line with his level at the end of the second round.

After playing in the league for so many years, a big man of 216 averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds per game last season, and did not average 1 block per game, you know what level of person this guy is.

Petro, who received the ball at the top of the arc, was a little helpless for a while, Williams was heavily guarded, he couldn't catch the ball at all, and he couldn't shoot three points, let alone dribble to play inside, and the ball became a hot potato in his hand at this time.

However, the rest of the Nets also knew that it was very inappropriate to have a stupid big man at the top of the arc, so the rest of the team started running to get the ball.

For example, starting small forward Comrade Damian James bravely stepped up, first shaking his head to create the illusion that Leonard was going to run in the other direction, and then suddenly rushed behind Petro with a return gun, ready to come to catch the ball with a hand.

Damian James, who was the 24th pick in the first round last year, didn't get much of a chance in his rookie season, averaging only 4 points and 4 rebounds per game while shooting in his early 40s.

In the eyes of Damian James, the guy who could dribble to his leg for a fast-break layup just now was actually selected with the 12th pick, and he could play as a starter as soon as he came up.

So in this game, you must teach the face to face that the face paralysis in the opposite position, and by the way, tell your own management to see what gold always shines!

And just when Damian James fantasized that he could beat Leonard to prove himself, a hand ghostly inserted between him and Petro, and then the big hand directly pulled the ball away as if it had suction in his hand!

Right! Pumped away!

The cooperation between Damian James and Petro was very fast, but Leonard's hands were like lightning, and he didn't even react to the two people who handed over the ball to catch the ball, and Leonard and Thompson were already starting to get down!

Seeing Leonard, who had just made a layup and was embarrassed, proved his strength on the defensive end in a blink of an eye, Li Kaiming's face showed a kind smile like an old father!

This time Thompson was in front, Leonard directly pushed the ball to Thompson, who took the ball and dribbled it and then closed the ball directly!

The next moment, however, the joyful comedian mcI center performed again.

Thompson's hand slipped on the ball, the ball fell to the ground, and then when he tried to pick it up, he tripped himself again, and finally the ball bounced directly into his face and rolled out of the baseline......

At this moment, Li Kaiming, Sanders, and other players of the Wizards who had already watched the game all held their foreheads with their hands......

Are these two rookies selected to perform comedy?

After the grizzled Thompson got up, his face turned red and white.

He was still laughing at Leonard just now, and in the blink of an eye, he did something even more humiliating than the former......

Leonard, who walked up to him, tugged at the corners of his mouth and let out a tractor-like laugh!

"Heh, hehe!"

It could be seen that he was already doing his best to imitate humans and mock Thompson......

At this time, Evan Turner, an actor and spokesperson for the New Jersey Steel Plant, who had been watching for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore and decided to stand up and demonstrate to these two disgraceful goods what the dominance of the first-round show was.

After he arrived in the front court, he wanted to hit Thompson with the back of the ball, and he made the first effort!

Huh, didn't move? It must be that I didn't make a effort!

Turner tops again!

Hey! Didn't push again? Am I wrong?

Turner looked back and saw that Thompson behind him looked solemn, with no expression of distress at all.

I still don't believe it, I can't even hold a ball to the person who dribbles it in the face!

Turner's expression was hideous, he gritted his teeth and pouted his ass and slammed it back!

Ouch!

There was no wall-like figure behind him, and Thompson pulled a stool to defend and directly let Turner turn on his back.

In order not to lose the ball, Turner threw the ball in the direction of Damian James in a panic, but the little card student who was waiting on the side was already hungry and thirsty, his long arm stretched out, and the mechanical hand directly stuck the ball in the air.

At this time, Li Kaiming, who was on the inside, saw the situation clearly, and found that after Leonard stealed, he did not hesitate to sprint directly to the frontcourt, and Humphreys next to him was left behind him in the blink of an eye.

As soon as Leonard saw that the team boss was charging forward, and his ability to control the ball was not good, he threw the ball forward!

I have to say that this version of Leonard's ability to handle the ball is too rough, and it is Li Kaiming who catches the ball in this pass, and he can't catch up with others who hold their lungs out.

Rao was at Li Kaiming's speed, and he only caught the basketball when the ball was about to fly out of the bottom line, and then jumped directly with both hands behind his back!

4 to 0!

In just two minutes, Leonard made two steals alone, fully fulfilling the Wizards' expectations of him.

The Nets served to the frontcourt, and Deron Williams chose to single out Hinrich this time and hit a shot from the mid-range.

As long as the defense is in place, the Wizards don't need to make any changes on the defensive end.

Turning his head, the Wizards attacked, this time it was still Li Kaiming and Hinrich who blocked and dismantled, and the Nets were afraid of being shot by Hinrich again, so they chose to defend up.

Hinrich slitched the ball to Li Kaiming alone, and the Nets came over on both wings to help defend, just at this time Thompson had reached 45 degrees with the help of off-ball cover, and Li Kaiming directly passed the ball to Thompson, who received the ball and shot smoothly.

Swish!

Thompson scored his first career point with a three-point hollow shot!