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Chapter 248 Brad Miller Retires

This is the home court of the Lakers, so before the start of the game, there must be a ring awarding ceremony.

Dayao sat on the sidelines watching the start of the ring presentation ceremony. He looked at Wu Di enviously. Wu Di already had two championship rings, but he didn't have any.

Although he has come back to play, his condition has not been good, and he has not adjusted in the preseason.He hasn't touched the ball in a year and it will take some getting used to.And he has a psychological burden. He is afraid that the injury he just recovered from will relapse again. In this mental state, he may not be able to play well at all.

The ceremony for the announcement of the Lakers' rings has already been carried out, and it is the same as last year, even the order of receiving the rings has not changed.The only difference is that after awarding the ring, Brad Miller stood up.

"I am very grateful to the Lakers, my teammates, and the coaches. They let me get two championship rings. You must know that many people don't have this ring, including many superstars-I'm sorry, Yao, I didn't mean to say you !"

Dayao smiled helplessly when he heard Brad Miller's ridicule. He is one of the superstars without a championship ring.Indeed, there are too many superstars without a championship ring for life, not only Yao himself, but also Tracy McGrady, Iverson, Anthony, Howard, Nowitzki, Nash and so on.

"It is my honor to be able to win two championship rings in a row at the end of my career. The Lakers are a great team. Now the Lakers are building a new dynasty. I really want to follow the Lakers to complete this dynasty."

"But my body is no longer allowed. The last injury made me unable to return to the court. I decided to officially retire this year!"

Fans have clearly gotten wind of it, but they have no regrets.Brad Miller's position in the Lakers is not very important, any substitute at the fourth position can resist his position.But they still gave Brad Miller applause, because Brad Miller is still helpful to the Lakers, at least he used his experience to help the Lakers win a lot of games.

Brad Miller retired, a good player left. This is always the case in the NBA. When newcomers come in, old people leave. Who will leave next?Think about those stars who have declined, O'Neal, McGrady or Iverson who can no longer adapt to the NBA?
Brad Miller's retirement ceremony took only a moment before the game officially began.

The two sides sent their own lineups, the Lakers' starting five remained unchanged, and they were still Bynum, Gasol, Woody, Kobe and Fisher.The Rockets' starters are Dayao, Lamar Odom, Artest, Sean Battier and Kyle Lowry.

A few days ago, Artest changed his name to Cixiang World Peace, and he is called Ci Shiping in China.

Bynum succeeded in jumping the ball, but Yao didn't even jump up.

Fisher dribbles against Kyle Lowry. Kyle Lowry is fast and powerful. He is also an excellent point guard, and it is the point guard that Fisher fears.

But Fisher passed the ball to Wu Di after halftime.In the new season, Wu Di's possession of the ball has once again increased, which is what Jenny Buss and Zen Master mean.

Jenny Buss and Zen Master both want the Lakers to establish a dynasty. Kobe is too old. If he spends too much time in the regular season, he will definitely not have much physical strength in the playoffs.The reason why the Lakers were able to easily win the championship last season has a lot to do with the rotation rest in the late regular season, which ensured that the Lakers did not suffer from injuries in the playoffs.

Wu Di faced Artest, and Artest has already declined in some form, and he is not young anymore.Wu Di singled Artest and squeezed him away. Since the upgrade of the legendary Zhou Cang, few people have been able to stop Wu Di's breakthrough.

After squeezing away Artest, Odom came over to defend, Wu Di passed the ball to Gasol, and Gasol scored a jumper.

The Rockets served, Kyle Lowry directly broke through Fisher, Wu Di rushed directly to defend, and let Artest go.Artest's three-point shooting percentage is no longer enough to threaten the Lakers, and the characteristic of his shooting is that it is basically the same if there is no one.

Against a player like Nerve Knife, it is useless to defend him tightly. Unless you can block him at once, no matter how you defend, it will not have much effect.

The reason why Wu Di didn't let the inside defense come out is because Kyle Lowry's lethality is very strong, but it can be seen from his speed that his speed is not much slower than Wade and Ross and others. , The lethality may be stronger than Rose and Wade.

It's just that after Kyle Lowry entered the NBA, he was not reused, so his reputation was not obvious.

Wu Di stopped in front of Kyle Lowry, Kyle Lowry immediately passed the ball to Artest, Artest immediately shot from outside the three-point line, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.Last season, Artest's three-point shooting percentage was about 35%, even if he was allowed to shoot the whole game, it would not help the Rockets win the game.

Bynum and Gasol immediately blocked the opponent, and finally Bynum grabbed the rebound and handed it directly to Wu Di.Wu Di took the ball and went straight to the fast break, and Kobe and Fisher also ran.

The Lakers' counterattack was very powerful. After Wu Di started running, few players could stop him.If two people block Wu Di, they will be hit more or less by the frontcourt, which greatly increases the success rate of the Lakers' fast break.

Dayao didn't perform much in the whole game. He tried to beat Bynum in singles, but the success rate was too low.

In fact, the current Rocket-style Odom leads the team. He and Kyle Lowry play pick-and-rolls, and the scoring mode is too single.In the second quarter, Wu Di made a guest appearance at the first position and blocked Odom from the outside, while Sun Yue was used at the fourth position, making it more difficult for Kyle Lowry to make a layup.

The Rockets have new aid this year, that is Kevin Martin from the Kings. If it wasn't for this game that required Sean Battier to defend Kobe, Kevin Martin would be in the starting lineup.The Rockets traded Kevin Martin to replace McGrady, but his defense is really not very good, and his effect is not as strong as McGrady.

And Kevin Martin is also a master at drawing fouls, but at the Lakers' home court, such a person is obviously not favored by the referees.

Since the start of this season, David Stern has focused on promoting Wu Di, and also on promoting the Lakers' establishment of a dynasty.The Lakers are very strong and fully capable of establishing a new dynasty, which is also good for promoting the NBA.Especially this year, there are more strong teams with more components. The most concerned is that the Heat have James and Bosh, and they have also formed the Big Three.

(End of this chapter)