The world's best combo guard

Chapter 60 [Opening Battle]

At 10.22:7 pm on [-], Los Angeles time, at the Staples Center, as the opening game of the new season for the Lakers, this matchup with the New York Knicks naturally attracted the attention of many fans.

The attendance rate of the arena is very high. At a glance, the entire arena has been covered by the elements of the Lakers' home court. The enthusiasm of the fans seems to be clamoring for the hotness of this opening game.

When the live big screen played the Lakers roster for the new season, this hot atmosphere reached its peak.

Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, Shaquille O'Neal, Derek Fisher, Gary Payton; Devin George, Karim Rush, Stanislav Medvedenko, Li Hao, Rick Fox, Bruce Ryan Russell, Brian Cook;
This is the brand new chariot built by the Lakers management to return to the finals in the new season after an offseason of polishing and precipitation.

The four giants are the most dazzling, supplemented by players such as Derek Fisher, Devin George, rookies Li Hao, Brian Cook, etc. Everyone believes that relying on this lineup, the Lakers can do a lot in the new season.

Not only the fans believed in this, but Li Hao as a player also believed in it.

"Let's welcome the talented defender Li~hao from China"

The lights dimmed, the DJ sounded loudly, and when the home team players played, Li Hao's appearance aroused cheers from many people. This Chinese defender who brought everyone hope in the preseason has already been loved by many fans.

"Li, come on, let's rise up"

"Fuck those bastards in New York"

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When Li Hao trotted all the way through the player tunnel, the fans on both sides were crazy and kept shouting at him.

This surprised Li Hao, he finally realized what is the NBA home atmosphere, what is the NBA regular season?The fans here are absolutely loyal. The Los Angeles Lakers are the Los Angeles Lakers. When any other team comes here, what awaits them is only abuse and boos, even if the historical origin of the two teams is not so dense.

Point guard: Gary Payton, shooting guard: Kobe Bryant, small forward, Devin George, power forward: Karl Malone, center, Stanislav Medvedenko.

This is Phil Jackson's starting lineup for this game. Except for Shaq O'Neal who will be out for six weeks due to injury, the other Big Three all made their debuts. This made the Lakers fans who came to watch the opening game very excited. People Always love watching those star players perform.

"rapist, shit"

"Kobe, you shouldn't be here, you're in prison"

Of course, for Kobe Bryant, this is not a good night, maybe he is destined to experience something this season.

Many fans were obviously angry that he was exposed as a rapist and kept bashing him.

Li Hao could tell that Kobe was obviously affected by these abuses. There was no smile on his face, and even his dribbling movements were a little stiff.

Li Hao shook his head, all of this may be self-inflicted, and it may be difficult to make people forget all of this, maybe we can only see what happens next!

The New York Knicks, an NBA team that can also be called a living fossil, are in the "Big Apple City", just like the Los Angeles Lakers, they are also the focus of many people's attention.

But if you want to compare the background of the giants, I am afraid that the Knicks are a bit shy, because so far, they have only one O'Brien trophy, which is not at the same level as the Lakers.

From the late 80s to the beginning of the 20th century, in the NBA, many teams and stars were rejected by Michael Jordan from the championship trophy, among which the New York Knicks is one of the representatives.

The New York Knicks in the 90s had the opportunity to increase the number of team championships. After all, they had the peak Patrick Ewing, but they fell at Jordan's feet every time in the playoffs and retired in the midst of Jordan. In that year, they finally made it to the finals, but unfortunately lost to Olajuwon, which made them miss the championship again.

The 90s were the rare peak years for the Knicks, and after entering the new century, this wasted team that has been in the playoffs for 14 seasons has finally shown signs of fatigue, and now they have been reduced to fish belly.

Everyone knows that the Apple team led by the old double guns Alan Houston and Sprewell may only fight for the No. [-] pick in the new season.

From this perspective, it seems a little cruel for the Lakers to use them as the test stone for the first game of the new season.

However, when the game started, everyone found that it seemed that the game was different from what they thought.

The New York Knicks are okay, their performance is not very good, within everyone's expectations, and the performance of the Lakers completely surprised everyone.

The three giants, except for Karl Malone who played a little more normally, the performance of the other two were all substandard. Kobe was obviously out of shape, and he was immersed in the state of ironing throughout the game, while Gary Payton seemed to be playing. In stand-alone games, you don't call your teammates at all, and your own feel is not good.

It was supposed to be a good start with a crushing strength, easy victory and a good start. After the first three quarters of the game, it abruptly turned into another plot.

71: 49!

The Knicks in the away game led by 22 points. With only the last quarter left in the game, everyone found out that the Lakers had an upset loss in the first game of the new season.

In addition to the poor performance of the Big Three, the other two in the starting lineup.The performance is also very average. The team's highest scorer is Derek Fisher who was replaced by Gary Payton and sat on the bench. His performance in this game is quite normal. So far, he has scored a total of 12 points.

As for Li Hao, who was covered in cheongsam by many Chinese and domestic TV fans, he didn't even get a minute of playing time in the first three quarters.

With the starting players in poor condition and the team chasing points from the very beginning of the game, to a certain extent, Phil Jackson cannot be blamed for not giving Li Hao a chance.

Li Hao finally got the chance to play in this game. Just 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, when the point difference widened further, Phil Jackson replaced all the main players in one go, replaced them with substitutes, and declared garbage time.

Li Hao sighed slightly in his heart. He never thought that his NBA debut would be done in garbage time, especially in garbage time when the team lost.

Li Hao's appearance brought some vitality to the lifeless arena, but that's all. In this case, everyone was more silent.

91: 77!

In the end, the Knicks defeated the Lakers by a big score, breaking the first big upset since the start of the new season.

(End of this chapter)