In the morning, the Bobcats players meticulously practiced the tactics for two hours under the leadership of Brown.

For them, they have been doing devil training for the first three days, and today's tactical training is easy and easy.

At 4 pm, after a light meal, the players came to the Hornets' home stadium, New Orleans Stadium, which can accommodate 18,500 people.

New Orleans, where the Hornets are located, is a port city in southern Louisiana, USA. It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and is an important port city in Louisiana. It is famous for its jazz and French colonial culture. New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana, USA and the second largest port city in the United States after New York.

People here still like to enjoy it. Whenever it is evening, some bars, nightclubs, hotels and other leisure places in the city become lively in the melodious jazz music. There are also many people who come to the stadium to watch the game.

So the Hornets' market is not big, but their daily attendance rate is still good.

The Hornets also have a lot of relationships with the Bobcats. The Hornets, who joined the NBA in 1987, were originally in Charlotte at home. At that time, it was still an Eastern team. They moved to New Orleans in the 2002-03 season.

Since Chris Paul's emergence in 2005, coupled with the growth of players such as David West, the Hornets have gradually become a strong team in the Western Conference.

However, this time the Bobcats came to the door, and the Hornets did not dare to neglect them. The team's general manager and head coach Jeff Ball has been leading the team to carry out targeted defense.

From 1995 to 1997, Ball worked as a scout for the Hornets. In the 1998-99 season, he continued to serve as a scout while also working as an assistant coach of the team. Later, Ball helped the Hornets' new head coach Paul Silas lead the team to a record of 22 wins and 13 losses, and he officially became the team's assistant coach. When he was an assistant coach, Ball was best at guiding players to improve his shooting skills. The former "Queen Bee" Barron Davis once made great progress in shooting percentage under the guidance of Ball.

In 2000, Ball became the team's assistant manager, and in 2004, Ball became the Hornets general manager.

After the end of last season, the team fired the famous coach Scott and Ball took over the position of head coach.

"Chris, you have to strengthen your defense. After all, Ginger's shooting is too accurate." Ball said to Paul.

Paul chewed chewing gum and didn't say anything. He also felt very puzzled because Jiang Jun was not well-known before, but unexpectedly he became famous as soon as he entered the NBA, which was much brighter than his season when he won the Best Rookie.

In theory, players who are awesome in the rookie season have been very famous before, either swept through high school or killed in college.

Faced with the strong attack of the Bobcats, Ball formulated many tactics. The most important thing is the restrictions on Jiang Jun.

Because their coaching staff has already studied this, Jiang is the key figure in the team's victory. When he is on the court, his role in every game is positive. And the average is as high as more than 10.

In other words, as long as Jiang Jun is on the court, he will help the team win over 10 points.

However, Jiang Jun's technique is like an antelope hanging on its horns, and it feels like there is no trace to be found.

He seems to have few sharp dunks, and he rarely makes fancy pulling rods or hips? He dribbles, and he does more of his frontal open shots and breakthrough passes. Of course, his blocks and steals are very good, and blocks are averaged per game this season and steals are average per game. This can be said to be second to none among the league guards.

In terms of steals, Paul was originally the league's steal king. He averaged steals per game in the first three seasons.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Jun surpassed him as soon as he arrived.

Jiang Jun's assists are quite terrifying. The average is 15 times per game, which exceeds the number of career assists of any player in history.

Paul's assists were also very good. In the two seasons of 2007-08 and 2008-09, he ranked first in the league with more than 11 assists per game. In the just-concluded season, he lost to the old defender Nash who was rejuvenating with a slight advantage.

This also reflects his stable ability to organize offensively.

Now, this data is also left behind by Jiang Jun.

Sometimes Paul looked at Jiang Jun’s data and thought he had seen himself in a trance.

The two are like looking in the mirror. Their advantages and strengths are so amazingly similar.

In addition to Jiang Jun, Yao Ming of the Bobcats is also the focus of Ball's care.

In recent years, because the Rockets and Hornets were in the Southwest Division of the league, the Rockets center Yao Ming at that time had to fight with the Hornets four times a season. Before, it could be said that the Hornets suffered all the hardships of Yao Ming.

However, after Paul came, the Hornets became stronger and stronger, and they gradually won more and lost less against the Rockets. Although they still complained about Yao Ming when defending, they were no longer as afraid as before.

However, this time it was different. In the past, they often used fast running and ball drops to drag Yao Ming down, but after Yao Ming joined the Bobcats, his playing time decreased, but his efficiency improved.

The Bobcats don't seem to be afraid of playing fast because of Yao Ming's existence. They even seem to like playing fast.

This made Ball a little embarrassed.

In short, this year's Bobcats make it impossible for every opponent to see through.

It seems that except for one Jiang Jun, the others are not that scary. Jiang Jun looks like a harmless big boy with a big man and a bright sunny smile on his face. His playing style on the court is not arrogant, and even looks gentle.

But other teams just couldn't defeat them. The big brothers of the Bobcats were very popular with Jiang Jun, the little brother. Jiang Jun's organization of offense on the court was like a finger, and the team burst out with amazing combat power and cohesion.

Tonight's game, the strongest tnt sports station in the United States will be broadcast nationwide.

The current Bobcats, because of their winning streak this year, have almost caught up with the defending champion Lakers in the previous two seasons.

This game is still live broadcast and commentary by "Big Mouth" Barkley and his colleagues Smith and Miller.

Less than half an hour before the game started, the stadium was filled with people. When Bobcats owner Jordan entered the stadium and walked towards the VIP seat, the fans exclaimed a chaotic amazement.

Jordan waved to the fans. Many older fans screamed excitedly.

Miller said sourly: "Charles, it seems that your good friend Michael is more popular than you."

Barkley smiled indifferently and said, "Indeed, this guy is so cool everywhere. There is no way, he is a successful person."

As if he heard their conversation, Jordan clenched his right fist at Barkley and blinked mischievously.

"Oh, Michael is really proud now. His team is really great." Smith smiled.

Miller snorted, "I really didn't expect that a rookie Jiang would save Michael."

Then, players and coaches from both sides entered the court. The referee signaled that both sides would prepare for 10 minutes and the game would officially begin.

"Charles, what do you think is the reason why General Manager Ball was appointed as head coach by the Hornets?" Kenny Smith asked.

"To save money," Barkley said without hesitation: "It is well known that the Hornets' current economic situation is very unsatisfactory."

Miller nodded, "Perhaps this will be Paul's last season with the Hornets."

It turned out that George Sean, the Hornets' original major shareholder, decided to transfer the team last season, but for various reasons, the small boss Gary Joester ultimately failed to take over the scepter.

According to media reports, if there are no local giants to buy the Hornets, then at the beginning of this month, the Hornets will become the first league-owned team in NBA history. League president David Stern said that he will continue to seek a new local buyer for the Hornets, but at the same time, the Hornets are likely to relocate again. In this way, the prospects of the team's core star Chris Paul are even more unpredictable.

Smith sighed: "To be honest, if I have the strength, I must buy the Hornets, after all, there are Chris here. Not every team can have such an excellent organizational defender."

Barkley smiled and said, "There will be such a player tonight. He may be even better than Paul."

Miller shook his head and said, "I really don't dare to draw conclusions about these two people now. Which one is better?"

"Fortunately, the game will begin soon, let's wait and see. I can't wait to see the confrontation between the best defenders in the league and the best rookies."

The Bobcats' starting lineup is still Jiang Jun, Jackson, Bardinger, Thomas and Yao Ming.

The Hornets' starting lineup is Paul, Mark Belinelli, Trevo Ariza, David West, Emecca Okafor.

Barkley sighed: "From the lineup, the Hornets can be regarded as an All-Star lineup except for the shooting guard. There is no doubt that I think the overall talent of the Hornets is higher than that of the Bobcats."

"You can't compare like this. Judging from the starting lineup, the Bobcats have the advantage in center and shooting guards, while they have to be at a disadvantage in power forwards and small forwards. So the key to this game depends on the performance of the two super defenders. It can be said that the performance of Chris and Jiang will be directly related to the team's victory or defeat." Smith said.

Miller nodded and said, "Yes, the highlight of today's game is the organizational guard."

Yao Ming and Okafu jumped the ball. Although Okafu jumped well, he was only 2.08 meters, which was much shorter than Yao Ming. Yao Ming still pushed the ball into Jiang Jun's hands.

Paul walked up and stared in Jiang Jun's eyes.

This is the first time Jiang Jun has watched the league's first point guard up close. Paul looks handsome and looks good. If he is not a black race, he will be like Jiang Jun, who is just a little white-faced.

Paul's figure looks strong, his arms are well-melted and his legs move quickly. What makes Jiang Jun laugh is that he thinks of a game he watched when he was a college student.

At that time, a former national player of the Chinese national team commented on the game and said that Paul was in good health and had a erect buttock. A player with this figure must have both strength and speed. Jiang Jun found it very funny when he heard it.

So today he deliberately glanced at Paul's buttocks and found that it was indeed more straight than ordinary players. He was a little more upright and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Jiang Jun's strange expression, Paul lowered his head, not knowing what was happening on him that made his opponent laugh.

Just when he was inexplicably surprised, Jiang Jun accelerated and ran over Paul.

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