The world's best combo guard

Chapter 48 47 [First appearance]

The preseason games of the 2003~2004 season started on October 10st. The goals of each team were similar, basically to run-in the lineup and train troops.

The Lakers will play a total of 4 preseason games this season, all in the United States. Their opponents are the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic.

Among them, at 10 pm local time on October 1, they will sit at home against the Suns.

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The Los Angeles Lakers never lack attention. As the sun sets and night falls, the Staples Center, even in the preseason, cannot hide its hot atmosphere.

When Li Hao followed his teammates out of the player tunnel one after another under the spotlight, he was shocked. He had never experienced such a noisy and hot scene before, even though he knew it was just a preseason game.

Phil Jackson announced the starting lineup for this game: point guard Gary Payton, shooting guard Karim Rush, small forward Devin George, power forward Karl Malone, center Brian Cook!

In the absence of both the OK combination, the two star players Gary Payton and Karl Malone can start the game. It can be seen that Phil Jackson wants the two of them to quickly react with the team.

As for Li Hao, he sat on the bench unsurprisingly. Li Hao was not surprised by this at all. The reason why Brian Cook, who is also a rookie, was able to start was because there was a shortage of insiders, but the outsiders were different. Point guard Derek Fisher has sat on the bench, what else can he say.

For the Suns, head coach Frank Johnson continued last season's starting lineup: point guard Stephon Marbury, shooting guard Joe Johnson, small forward Leonardo Barbosa, power forward Sean Marion, center Starr demire.

A lineup that looks gorgeous but can't achieve results, Li Hao stumbled, and "Penny" Hardaway was still sitting on the Suns bench.

After all, it was only a preseason game, and neither side had a strong desire to win, so after the start of the game, both the offensive and defensive ends played casually.

In this case, it is all about shooting hard. Whichever player has a higher shooting percentage, they can take the lead.

Not long after the start of the second quarter, Phil Jackson began to make personnel adjustments, starting players were replaced one after another, and substitute players began to appear.

For players like Gary Payton, they may not necessarily play in this game. It is impossible for Phil Jackson to let these players play too many games in the preseason.

"Lee, replace Derek. We are now in the lead. Your task is to organize the team's offense and continue to suppress it. Let go and play. The main purpose is to familiarize yourself with your teammates' playing habits and give full play to your characteristics."

When the game was halfway through the second quarter, the offensive coach Brucher found Li Hao, and he conveyed to Li Hao what Phil Jackson asked of him.

Li Hao took a deep breath, took off his coat, got up and walked straight to the court.

At this time, the camera on the scene also showed Li Hao, and Li Hao's information was also displayed on the display screen above the arena.

When the scene was led by many Chinese fans to burst into violent cheers, everyone knew that the first Chinese player in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers was connecting.

"Li, don't be nervous, show your state in the training match." Derek Fisher patted Li Hao on the shoulder and said.

After Li Hao was replaced, the game continued, 39:32!The Lakers temporarily lead by 7 points.

The Lakers' offense, the backcourt position, Li Hao received Rick Fox's serve and began to advance with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, facing the Suns player Howard Eisley's forward defense, Li Hao threw the ball to Karim Rush who was running from the right, and then quickly moved forward, getting stuck in Ellis's In front of him, trying to create a better space for Karim Rush.

However, Karim Rush didn't understand Li Hao's meaning. His original intention was to step forward to create a good space for Li Hao. Therefore, when Li Hao passed the ball to him, even if he had already made a good shot However, he didn't make a shot, but when Ellis broke free from Li Hao's position and rushed over, he passed the ball back to Li Hao at any time.

Li Hao was a little stunned. He knew that he and Karim Lash did not expect to be together, but looking at the position, he could make a move in this position.

Immediately, a retreat step quickly shot.

The moment Li Hao made a shot, another player of the Suns, Jahidi White, rushed towards Li Hao and reached out to hit Li Hao's wrist. This caused Li Hao's shooting angle to deviate for a moment, and the basketball smashed. out of the box.

"beep"

The referee blew his whistle, indicating that Jahidi White had made a shooting foul, and pointed to Li Hao at the free throw line.

Li Hao couldn't help laughing as he walked towards the free throw line. Before that, he tried to think of many ways to get the first point, but he didn't expect to rely on free throws to get the first point of his Lakers career. Game scores are not included in career statistics.

For his free throws, Li Hao has always been very confident. As a defender, Li Hao's serving level does have the capital of confidence.

"Swish"

After the first free throw was hit steadily, louder cheers erupted from the scene, especially those Chinese fans, the scene of Li Hao scoring was what they most wanted to see.

On the other side of the ocean, China's BJ, the CCTV studio, is commenting on the game between the Lakers and the Suns at the moment. Sun Zhengping and Xu Jicheng are in charge of explaining the game.

After seeing Li Hao hit the first free throw and scored the first point of the Lakers career, the two couldn't help cheering for Li Hao.

"Very stable, Ah Hao's free throws seem to be very good"

Sun Zhengping was very familiar with Li Hao when he commented on the CBA games before, so he is very confident in his comments at this time.

"Director Sun, in fact, when we discuss Ah Hao's free throw level, we have to think of Dayao. Although Dayao is an inside player, his free throws are also very good." Xu Jicheng is a loyal fan of Yao Ming, so Fans are already familiar with his commentary style of often pulling out Yao Ming in commentary games.

On the court, after Li Hao scored 2 points by relying on free throws, the game continued.

Compared with the first attack with the ball, Li Hao in the second attack was obviously more decisive. After he broke through to the inside and was immediately blocked by the inside players of the Suns, he quickly understood the positions of his teammates on the field and quickly Throws the ball to Rick Fox in the left corner.

An open Rick Fox catches and shoots, and the ball hits the net hollow.

After scoring for the first time in the previous round, Li Hao got the first assist of the Lakers career in this round, and everything seems to be going well!
(End of this chapter)