You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 445 You are no longer worthy
In the preseason, the Lakers won all five games.

Kobe Bryant averaged 30+ per game, and Wei Xia weirdly averaged single-digit points per game, but scored 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Since the preseason, the Lakers have played extremely aggressively.

Someone asked Bryant if he felt a change in the team during the five preseason games.

Kobe is as indifferent as ever: "Is preseason a game?"

He doesn't take it seriously.

Everyone only knows that Kobe is still on the shelf of the Lakers, and his attitude towards leaving is still positive.As long as his attitude remains unchanged, the sword of Damoris hanging over the Lakers may fall at any time.

There have also been some changes in Wei Xia's family recently.

His older sister Wei Chun officially graduated from UCLA, and moved to Wei Xia's home because she was still looking for a job.Wei Xia hoped that she would live there all the time, so that his food and daily life would be guaranteed.

Since Wei Qiu and Li Zhongxian got together, his life has changed.Three meals a day, Li Zhongxian can arrange properly, but like a machine, monotonous, repetitive, without any new ideas.

When Wei Chun came, Wei Xia's life was greatly improved.

Wei Xia first settled down in life, and then concentrated on preparing for the opening game of the new season.

The Lakers are also one of the teams participating in the opener this year.

In the opening game, their opponent was the Houston Rockets teamed up by Yao Mai.

The Lakers have a lot of connections with the Rockets, from Olajuwon to Francis, and then to Yao Mai.The Rockets formed by Yao Mai have not yet played against the Lakers in the playoffs, so there is no direct relationship, and they can only dig out some old rotten things to build up the atmosphere of their rivals.

Unlike last year, this year's Lakers have a very difficult schedule at the beginning.

I played the Rockets in the opening game, and then went down to the Suns, Jazz, Hornets, Timberwolves, Spurs, Rockets, Pistons and Bulls again.
After sweeping through the list, the Timberwolves don't look like serious opponents, and they should be able to play garbage time. Others, normal games are hard battles.

2007/10/30

For the first game of the new season, the Lakers sit at the Staples Center.

The Houstonians arrived and lined up, standing McGrady, Alston, Battier, Hayes, and Yao Huang.

Is there anything special about this lineup compared to last year?
Answer, one year older.

Moreover, in order to allow Kobe to use all his strength on the offensive end, Weisha was specially asked to attack Battier and defend McGrady.

Kobe was extremely dissatisfied with Zen Master's arrangement.

Shouldn't he deal with the most difficult shield and the most difficult spear?Even if he was going to be traded, he was still the boss before being traded.

Jackson wisely picked out the loopholes in his words: "Yao is the sharpest spear in Houston. Do you want to defend against him?"

Kobe's last stubbornness: "If I have seven feet."

"I still want to have the soft touch of Larry Bird, what do you think?" Wei Xia interrupted.

Kobe snorted, "Don't even think about it for the rest of your life."

Things are settled, Wei Xia on both ends of the offense and defense will face the greatest pressure, which is exactly what he wants.

In the eyes of others, Jackson's operation was to prepare for Kobe's departure and let Weixia adapt in advance.

But those who have paid attention to the Lakers in recent seasons will not find it difficult to find that it is the Lakers' normal state to let Wei Xia defend the opponent's trump card.

It's just that Wei Xia is the opponent's number one defender to deal with now, which is strange.

But defenders pay attention to two-way options. If the Rockets don’t put Battier in front of him, then Wei Xia can only close his eyes and hypnotize himself besides masochistically calling for pick-and-rolls to find Battier to switch defenses: McGrady is the Rockets.

Rockets coach Rick Adelman has not fainted.

Of course, Battier wanted to defend Kobe, while McGrady came to face Weixia.

This is beyond the control of the Lakers, and the players can only adjust themselves.

"Kobe applied for a trade, don't you apply?" Wei Xia didn't know how to answer Yao Huang's question, and he couldn't see any causal relationship for a while.

As for the jump ball, Yao Huang did not beat Andrew Bynum, who was put on the starting lineup.

People from the Jr. Bass department have repeatedly obstructed, and the Lakers are not good at strengthening the inside line. The third-year Bynum has improved greatly from his rookie days, and it is time to start.

The Zen master clearly knew what little Bass was looking forward to, but he couldn't resist it.

It was the first time that Bynum played as an official starter, not as a surprise player, and he jumped the ball with the highest height in the league. His bounce speed and long arm surpassed that of Yao Huang, and won the ball for the Lakers.

"Come on, rookie, let me see your skills!"

McGrady opened his hands and said something disillusioning to Wei Xia.

Rookie?

"You don't know that I have been playing for three years, right?" Wei Xia moved to the left.

"Guys under three years old are rookies in my eyes!" Wei Xia may be the only third-year McGrady knows.

No, add Paul and Deron, three.

The Lakers' starting lineup was unconventional, as Odom missed the opening game with a minor injury and was replaced by Luke Walton.

The "smartest Lakers" got a pass from Fisher from the first round, and it seems that Lian Laoyu has heard of his reputation.

But Walton hit the iron with a jumper from the free throw line, which failed Fisher's trust.

But it doesn't matter, Bynum rushed down the offensive rebound, and the person competing with him was Yao Huang.Although Yao Huang's chassis has eaten Bynum to death, the latter is not Howard's obsessed with upper body muscles that cause the muscles to grow in the brain. His strength cannot be compared with Yao Huang, but his dynamic talent and static talent are both beast-level.

The ball goes to Kobe.

Kobe tried to pull up without knowing how to count, but Battier blocked his eyes and missed the shot.

Unexpectedly, the Rockets lost another offensive rebound, Wei Xia appeared like a ghost, took the ball, hit the ground, and Bynum dunked.

2 is better than 0
"My time has come!" Bynum roared excitedly.

Then something happened that excited him even more.

Yao Huang hit him with the back and hit him twice, worried that the Lakers would double-team him, otherwise three hits would be more appropriate.

Bynum had to thank Wei Xia. It was the latter's double-teaming posture that made Yao Huang dare not make a third hit, but turned sideways and hooked after the second impact with poor rhythm.

With Bynum's brain capacity, Weixia's contribution cannot be seen. He thought it was his own credit.

Yao Huang was defended, and the counterattack speed was not as fast as the Lakers. In a blink of an eye, it was 4-0.

The Rockets still decided to play from the inside. Wei Xia was transferred to the corner half a field away from Yao Huang's low attack, and Kobe decisively double-teamed.

Yao Huang scored the ball, but the president missed a three-pointer.

No one understands the frustration of teammates wasting great opportunities better than Yao Huang.

Fortunately for the Houstonians, they bumped into Walton, who has not yet adjusted from the offseason mode to the new season mode.

The "smartest Lakers" made an offensive miscalculation, and his layup was blocked by Alston, who seemed to have no defensive threat.

At this scene, there was a lot of boos.

"Luke's in pretty bad shape!"

Michael Thompson said worriedly.

McGrady rushed to the backcourt to catch the rebound, and played steadily to the frontcourt. Yao Huang took the first step to get a position, ready to give Bynum a little color.

However, McGrady shot backwards at Wei Xia's changes in front of him. In a flash, it seemed that people saw the peak of Orlando's white horse spear back then.

Maybe McGrady has a height that is difficult for elders to reach, but Wei Xia's jumping ability inherited from Skywalker is not a joke.

He jumped to a higher position than McGrady in an instant.

McGrady was forced to increase the arc of his shot in exchange for an iron ball inside the rim.

Neither Yao Huang nor Bynum competed for rebounds. Instead, the duel between Luke Walton and Hayes ended in the latter's victory.

Hayes is a pure insider, and Walton is known as "the smartest Laker", but he is too smart, and he actually wanted to make Hayes an offensive foul.Not to mention that he is taller than Hayes visible to the naked eye, just to say that Hayes' back-hitting style is so regular that even Yao Huang is amazing, it is not easy to draw a foul.

Wharton chose to dive and failed. Hayes just wanted to have an easy wipe. In any case, he could not have imagined that Wesha, who was outside the three-point line, would return so quickly and hit his ball to the floor from behind.

"What a good defense! Wish's presence on the defensive end is absolutely amazing!"

There is only one thing Wei Xia failed to do well.

He didn't shoot the ball out of bounds or under the legs of his teammates.

Yao Huang bent down to pick up the ball, and Wei Xia double-teamed him on the spot. He and Bynum joined forces to flank and successfully forced the little giant to submit and pass the ball outward.

McGrady made an open three-pointer.

With a bang, the rebound fell into Wei Xia's hands.

Two and a half minutes passed, except for Bynum, the two sides had no points, and it seemed that neither of them had recovered from the holiday.

Fisher, who was supposed to ask for the ball to perform his duties as a point guard, did nothing.

As a role player, he can join many strong teams. In addition to being stable and big-hearted, he also has good eyesight.

He can see what the star of the team needs at a glance.

He needs someone to hold the ball, he needs someone to make a three-pointer, or he wants to do it himself.

Wei Xia is now in the state of wanting to come by himself.

Fisher is very good at picking the time to rely on the old to sell the old.

That time was by no means now, he gave the ball to Wei Xia, and watched him and McGrady 1V1.

"Why don't you let Kobe play against me?"

McGrady opened his mouth to stimulate Wei Xia.

Unexpectedly, it suffered a serious backlash.

"Haven't you seen it yet?" Wei Xia said unexpectedly, "Our coaching staff has already felt that you are not strong enough to match up with Kobe. I hope you don't mind. They think that a player of my level is more than enough to deal with you."

As soon as Wei Xia finished speaking, Mai Di's dead fish eyes widened 5 times in vain.

It happened to be able to clearly see how Wei Xia squeezed into his defensive position one step at a time, and how he stopped suddenly like lightning, shaking his body to the side two meters away.

"￥!!...%"

Cheers at Staples Center go to Wescha.

The moment McGrady was released, Wei Xia made a long-distance shot with one step inside the three-point line.

With a swish, it showed that his sweat during the offseason would never be in vain.

(End of this chapter)