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Chapter 111 Want to fight?
After defeating the Suns, the Bobcats also continued their winning streak at home, bringing back the long-lost fanaticism to Charlotte, a city that loves basketball.

Due to the sluggish record of the Bobcats in the past 10 years, Charlotte has been misunderstood by many people as a bleak ball market.

But in fact, when the New Orleans Hornets were still called the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, the Charlotte Hornets ranked first in the league in attendance for a full 10 years.

The Hornets joined the league in the same batch as the Heat, Magic, and Timberwolves as the first team to expand the NBA in 87. After four seasons of silence, the Hornets selected "Big Mom" ​​Larry Johnson and After Alonzo Mourning, the "Fifth Center out of the Big Four" and the help of "Bug" Boggs, who is only 91 cm tall, he immediately reached the fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

Since then, although it has not entered a year, it has maintained its competitiveness, especially in the 96-97 season, that is, the year Divac replaced Kobe. The team was led by the new coach NBA superstar Dave Cowens. He created the best record in team history with 54 wins, and ranked in the top four in the Eastern Conference with 51 wins the following year.

The Hornets in those 10 years were much more star-studded than the Bobcats in the past 10 years. At that time, the "Queen Bee" was a name familiar to fans such as Glenn Rice and Jamal Mashburn.

However, the scoring leader in team history was included in the team at the beginning of the team's establishment. Curry, who has been on standby for 10 years, won it with nearly [-] total team points.

Dell Curry was also the Hornet, the witness of Charlotte at the time, and now he has felt Charlotte's strong interest in professional basketball for a long time.

Before the start of the game, a reporter captured Chen Xiao's silent interaction with Bobcats fans. This photo has become the favorite basketball poster of Charlotte and North Carolina this year.

Maybe some future NBA player from Charlotte has this poster hanging in his room right now.

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Professional players are always on the way to away games. After defeating the Suns at home, the Bobcats players had a day's respite before heading to New Orleans.

When I came to New Orleans again, the sense of familiarity was still very strong.

After all, just over half a year ago, the Superdome and countless New Orleans local fans witnessed the moment when the Blue Devils won the championship.

In this way, as a landlord, the Hornets' No. [-] thick eyebrows also have many unforgettable but bad memories here.

"Crabs are not meat, can't you make it this time? I'm waiting to kick your ass." Chen Xiao said in a relaxed tone when he saw the phone was connected.When you come to New Orleans, you naturally have to greet the host.

The Hornets have 2 wins and 2 losses since the start of the game.

"FxxK, don't worry, 100% status is back, the Bobcats are no match for the Hornets!" Thick eyebrows shouted.

Seeing that Nongmei is so confident, Chen Xiao is very pleased, young people just need to be aggressive.

The New Orleans arena, home of the Hornets, is adjacent to the Superdome. After arriving at the arena, Chen Xiao can still see the UFO metallic appearance of the Superdome.

"Hello, my friends. ESPN will bring to the audience friends the contest between the Bobcats and the Hornets, who won the last place in each division last season, respectively won the No. [-] pick Chen Xiao and the second place Anthony Davis.

The current records of the two teams are 2 wins and 1 loss and 2 wins and 2 losses respectively. Judging from the appearance of the new season, it will be a brand new season.

The focus of this game is naturally the first meeting between Chen Xiao and Davis in an official NBA game. Davis has never won against a strong opponent, whether it is the NCAA or the Summer League.

目前两人场均数据对比，陈逍以23.6分16.6个篮板3记封盖大幅领先戴维斯的14.5分6.5篮板1.5记封盖，接近于倍杀。

In addition to the game, the historical origins of the two teams are well known to everyone. It is rumored that Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is planning to change the team back to the Charlotte Hornets. "Today's ESPN sent its ace commentator Brin to explain this new army battle.

Bobcats starting five remained unchanged.

The Hornets lined up after the thick eyebrows came back: Robin Lopez, Anthony Davis, Aminu, Greivis Vasquez, Austin Rivers.

In addition to thick eyebrows, there is naturally Rivers Jr., an old acquaintance who often caused Duke to have a cerebral hemorrhage but gradually stabilized in the follow-up.

Chen Xiao came to New Orleans, so he naturally had to care about his old teammates.

If it is said that the performance of thick eyebrows at the beginning of the game may be slow,
However, after coming to New Orleans, Rivers Jr. is currently in a mess. He scored 25 points on 5 of 18 shots in three games.

It's so yellow, this is Chen Xiao's first feeling when he stepped on the floor of the arena.

The floor is yellow-orange-orange, and the Hornets jersey is also in the same hue. They are all rich yellow, which fits Chen Xiao's impression of the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans.

Organize jerseys, tuck jerseys, stand at halfway line, ready for jump ball.

At this time, Lopez was facing Chen Xiao, who had already gained a reputation among the league's centers because of the three games in front of him. He recalled in his mind the instructions from the newcomer on the team before the game, the future core Anthony Davis, to him.

"Robin, be careful of Chen's back punch, his back punch is very powerful." The serious look with thick eyebrows seemed to be still in front of him.

However, Lopez, who is 7 feet tall and weighs 265 pounds, thinks that with his weight, he should have no problem resisting Chen Xiao, who is 10 pounds thinner than him.

I can't help but laugh in my heart, I'm not just 220-pound Davis.

Others are tall, so the center of gravity is also high.Hitting from the back doesn't necessarily give you strength.After pumping himself up, Lopez turned his attention back to the basketball in the hands of the referee in front of him.

Jump ball.

Facing the unknown mascot killer at this time, Chen Xiao easily took the ball away.

Facing the flamboyant Lopez Jr., Chen Xiao, who was already on the edge of the paint after catching the ball on the right side of the basket, began to play back.

Little Lopez put both hands on his chest to resist Chen Xiao's four-in-one force.

But in the continuous and small force exertion, little Lopez only felt powerless. This strength is not the supernatural power to knock him away all at once, but the rhythm of exerting force is that it can be firmly pressed against his chest.

Little Lopez, who was ready to fight hard three times, was squeezed to one foot on the collision line.

In such a deep position, Chen Xiao turned his left foot inward and his right foot outward, and after a moment of closing the ball, he turned around and took Robin away with a deep step.

Facing Robin who had no strength to parry and was carried away and stood by on the spot, Chen Xiao retracted his right foot, and without jumping on the spot, he raised the ball with his right hand and easily threw it and hit the board.

After the hit, Chen Xiao looked at the bushy eyebrow on the other side, and said nothing.

Seeing that this offensive round was played so easily, Nongmei scratched his head a little. Didn't he explain to Lopez how he was smoothly beaten into the basket like cutting tofu.

Looking back, I thought it was a flat defensive round, but the Hornets blocked the ball from the outside after a circle and gave it to Lopez who got stuck with Chen Xiao a few times and bounced back.

At this time, there are only Lopez who is catching the ball with one hand in the high position of the bottom corner and Chen Xiao in front of him on the left side of the basket.

The fans are excited, this is to play Answer Ball.

Robin, who had just been opened by Chen Xiao and seemed helpless, is already preparing to be possessed by Batman?
Chen Xiao, who was watching Lopez Jr.'s footsteps closely, saw Lopez Jr. flicking the ball, and immediately dribbled forward with his right hand.

Chen Xiao saw that the dribbling space was exposed, so he poked it, and the result was a cloud of air.

The defense failed, and Lopez, who intended to use offense to regain his face, still had two moves. He took two sudden steps and immediately connected, then turned and came to the basket.

But Chen Xiao, who was slightly out of position, returned to Xiao Luo's side with one stride.

Seeing Xiao Luo rubbing the floor in front of him, going left and right, playing with dreamy footsteps.

It's really confusing, as Chen Xiao, who has a small back and a good level, made a comment.

However, Chen Xiao, who has already returned to his position, does not jump, but stretches out his hand vertically, you can hook it.

Seeing that the defender behind him just didn't jump, Lopez, who didn't mobilize Chen Xiao's center of gravity after twisting twice, chose to go up the line and make a hook shot.

Hey, although Chen Xiao's fingertips didn't touch the basketball, but as a 【Frame Protector Elite】, in front of his body, under the full threat, the basketball still bounced off the rear frame.

Turning around to protect the rebound, this offensive and defensive round ended with 2 points and 1 rebound for Chen Xiao.

Passing the ball to Walker, Chen Xiao ran forward with a relaxed face.

Run to the place and look at the thick eyebrows, what's going on, little brother, can't you even hit the first ball by yourself?

At 4 minutes and 27 seconds into the first quarter, Lopez made a comeback, but this time he was in a fast break. Xiao Luo received a well-timed pass from the defender and faced Walker in front of him. At this time, he had already run to the free throw line From the inside position, he observed Chen Xiao on his side and then sent the ball to the left.

After the score, he turned around by inertia, just in time to stop Chen Xiao who was returning to defense.

Aminu, who was slipping to the bottom line, received the pass and did not choose a quick finish. Instead, he took a step to collect the ball, took off and turned around to dunk the basket.

Little Lopez has already run to the frontcourt, it is impossible for Chen Xiao to still be wandering in the backcourt. At this time, he was cruising beside Little Lopez who was holding the ball. When he saw that Little Lopez passed the ball, he immediately accelerated overtake.

Lopez, who had just passed the ball and stopped at the same time, disintegrated his idea of ​​turning around after passing the ball to block the pursuer, and saw Aminu stepping to join the ball.

After both of them intended to finish the slam dunk and chase the cap, Chen Xiao saw Aminu, who was a little distance away from him, getting closer and closer to him, and the basketball that was in his arms was also exposed upwards.

Not to mention, with a slanted wave of his right hand by inertia, the basketball that had come to the top of the basket bounced away and fell into the hands of Middleton on the side.

Seeing the ball coming from the sky, Mitton, who has been tempered by Chen Xiao all the time, reacted quickly and immediately pushed forward with the ball. Although the speed was not fast, but with the fast break cooperation of Walker and Henderson, he still added two more points for the Bobcats. point.

At 3 minutes and 02 seconds before halftime, there was an episode on the court.

Chen Xiao, who hit the inside line hard and caused damage, after the first free throw was securely pocketed, it was rare to see the first ball miss the second ball.

The basketball that fell after bouncing on the basket twice was slapped on the board by Nongmei in the fierce competition between Mullens and Nongmei and then got it.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao also went back to defend. If you miss, you don't hit. Missing free throws is a common thing in football.

But Chen Xiao, who had just returned to his penalty area, saw that the two who had just been fighting for rebounds seemed to be still arguing, waving their arms and pushing and shoving.

Accompanied by the referee's right arm raised high and the non-stop whistle, the two stopped to confront each other.

In this case, the speaker must act.

With a big stride, he easily surpassed the little Lopez who also reacted, and Chen Xiao rushed to the middle of the two of them, facing the thick eyebrow side.

At this time, in the composition of the audience's broadcast perspective, there is a 1v4 Chen Xiao in the middle of the screen, with a tall body facing the 4 "little guys", and behind him is Mullens who is protected by him.

However, Chen Xiao, who rushed to the front line, found that the two of them fell silent immediately after being scored by the referee. The silence is New Orleans tonight.

As for me who was at the forefront, I was thought to be coming up for something. Among the three Hornets who surrounded me at the same time, Little Lopez was still behind. Given the huge difference in size, I naturally didn't move much, but hurriedly separated Chen Xiao and Nong Mei. , and kept trying to persuade them to fight.

It made Chen Xiao a little funny, didn't I f*ck come to persuade the fight, how could I be persuaded to fight.

But it also managed to prevent a potential conflict, which is great.

(End of this chapter)