You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 556 Unfathomable Potential

Chapter 563 Unfathomable Potential
In the opening game of the 2008-09 season, the league arranged for the Trail Blazers as their opponent.

As early as the preseason, they raised the fans' expectations of them with a complete victory.

As many commentators expected before the game, the return of Bynum and Ariza, the addition of Gasol Jr. and Rudy Fernandez greatly offset the adverse reactions caused by Weixia's absence.

Although the Blazers are not as strong as the Celtics and Spurs, they are a team with a bright future.

First of all, they have talents visible to the naked eye.

The shortest player on the team is 191 cm.

Maybe one day, he, they will have such a lineup: Roy (196 cm), Batum (203 cm), Outlaw (206 cm), Aldridge (211 cm), Oden (213 cm), and the average age of this lineup is 22 years old.

With both height and talent, someone might evolve one day.

The average starter for the Blazers is 23 54/44 years old, but they were one of the slowest, most refined, and most organized teams in the league last season.A group of fierce Zhang Fei led by two precocious gentlemen (Roy and Aldridge) scored [-] points per game purely on jump shots. (The Utah Jazz in the same district scored [-] points per game on jump shots.) They are only faster than the Pistons.They are very stable, very slow, do not steal, do not foul, do not play fast breaks, like a group of good students who are meticulous and perfectionistic.

Wesha sat behind the Lakers bench in a suit, next to Chris Mihm who, like him, hadn't played an official game for a long time due to injuries.

"I didn't expect to have you as my company." Mim laughed.

Wei Xia smiled bitterly.

Before that, Wei Xia had to walk into the court and watch with his own eyes the championship banner that he and his teammates won together fly above the Staples.

He stood up and took his championship ring.

Kobe even stared at the ring for a long time.

Wei Xia beside him said: "If you lose today, will it reflect my importance?"

"So you're rooting for my opponent today, too?" Kobe glanced at him.

"Are you overestimating my bottom line? How is that possible?" Wei Xia supported the Lakers' loss at most in his heart, and he still had to do superficial work.

Lakers starting: Fisher, Bryant, Radmanovic, Gasol brothers.

Seeing Bynum sitting on the bench, Wei Xia was shocked, what happened?

With Bynum's pre-injury performance last season, he should be regarded as the core of the future by the Lakers to train, but now he is sitting on the bench?
Could it be that Gasol's immediate combat power is stronger than him?

The answer will be revealed in the game.

Kobe snorted, he felt there was nothing Wei Xia couldn't do.

The pre-match ceremony was over, and Wei Xia returned to his seat.

lakers starter

At the beginning, Michael Thompson frequently said one word: "Tight."

The two sides played tight. As a young guard, the Blazers naturally dreamed of blowing up the defending champion and becoming famous. The Lakers, carrying the burden of the defending champion, wanted to play gorgeous basketball.

In the opening attack, both sides failed.

Kobe and Gasol want to relive their old dreams, cooperate at a high position, and strike iron;
Aldridge's high position support diverted Roy from the weaker side to shoot, but failed;

The Lakers' fast break allowed the team's skiing champion and the No. [-] VIP in Seattle's nightclub to take a long shot, no;
Aldridge turned around and shot after asking for position twice in a row, but failed.

Even when Kobe started to score, Roy and Oden made weak side screens, but it was still unsuccessful;

Aldridge beat Gasol on the back and walked, but it still ended in failure;
Roy singled Radmanovic but was intercepted and failed.

Suddenly, the Blazers couldn't play basketball.

Kobe scored 6 points in the first quarter, and the Blazers also knew to use Travis Outlaw to match Kobe.

Kobe hit the first two balls for the Lakers, and then hit the Lakers' last ball in the first quarter. At other times, last season's regular season MVP almost disappeared.

Of course, Kobe's graceful swing drew the Blazers' first foul of the game.

In one round, in order to prevent Kobe from claiming the position, the Blazers did not hesitate to grab him by hugging him.

In the second quarter, the Lakers let Gasol Jr. and Bynum form the second team with the Twin Towers. Suddenly, the wind picked up.

They first gave Gasol a shot and made a high shot.

The Lakers didn't wait for the Blazers to settle down, cut in and scored the ball, and Bynum dunked with his left hand.

Fernandez's fast break did not wait for the opponent to take a long shot, and the point difference was 8 points.

It was Fernandez again, unable to make a fast break, and Ariza Scola who followed up made up the front board, leading by double digits.

Still Fernandez, he chased the ball and shot a long-range three-pointer: he stopped the Blazers.

Rudy Fernandez almost crushed his opponents within 4 minutes of the second quarter, once again reminiscent of his bravery against American superstars in the men's basketball final of the Beijing Olympics.

He brought that energy to the NBA.

The first game of the two new aids made Lakers fans remember their names.

Fernandez's handsome face has even won him many female fans. Gasol Jr. is different from his brother's solidity and toughness, which makes people have unlimited expectations for him.

Wei Xia whispered: "How do you feel that Mark's defense is better than Paul's?"

Mim said: "Your feeling is absolutely right, Mark is more like an insider."

Why is the Lakers' positional defense terrible?
In the Western Conference semifinals last season, Carlos Boozer, the nemesis who made Rockets fans have a cerebral hemorrhage once he saw the Lakers, stumbled inside the Lakers.

For the Jazz, when the Lakers put Wei Xia or Kobe as the small forward, and then Yishi 206 cm away from the front line, the situation is obvious.

In American football terms, against the Lakers, you can't use running offense, you can only pass the ball.

The defense of Phil Jackson's teams has been the same since the Bulls: press you to the wing, and double-up you from the bottom line.Long pass!Pippen and Jordan were on the opposite side waiting to steal the ball, and they both began to think about what kind of alley-oop to complete the counterattack.

Then, another point.

Wesha was impressed by Trevor Ariza's growth.

Elite single defense, diligent help defense, and tireless running like him.

He missed the playoffs last year due to injury and could only watch the game from the sidelines. Wei Xia's performance was deeply imprinted in his heart. His current appearance is just following Wei Xia's path.

Although he is far behind Wei Xia, for the Lakers, his performance is enough.

From the second quarter onwards, the Lakers dominated the game, entered garbage time in the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter, the Lakers substitute who refused to give up scored the 130th point viciously, showing the most terrifying side like a perpetrator.

The collapsed Blazers have already given up their dream of beating the Lakers.

They found it was an unrealistic dream and had to give it up, or they would go home tonight dreaming about what their opponents did to them.

The Lakers ended the first game of the new season in the most dominant way.

Their performance was so good that the home commentator was inflated: "If Wish is here, I think this team can break the Bulls' record for regular season wins."

Wei Xia knows that even if he is not there, the Lakers, without a superstar selected for the three teams and one defense, are still stronger than last season.

It is equivalent to using him to welcome back the evolved Ariza, the recovered Bynum, the mature immediate combat power of Gasol and Fernandez, and better chemical reactions.

The potential of this team is unimaginably high.

(End of this chapter)