NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 73
The referee threw the ball, and the home fans saw that Wang Zelin was rarely at a disadvantage in the jump ball.

However, considering that the other party is Howard, nicknamed "Superman", I am relieved.

Faced with the inadequacy of their own children, it is always easy for parents to find reasons to forgive him.

At the beginning of the game, Kobe showed his explosive scoring instinct of the league's first shooting guard!
In the face of French Pippen's rough defense, he just carried the opponent to force a shot and hit a two-pointer, which almost caused the former to foul.

Shrimp and pork heart at the beginning.

"Fuck!" Wang Zelin took a deep breath, this Nima dared to vote, how could he get in.

Really one person defends like air.

Batum, as the best player on the perimeter defense of the Blazers, has reached a first-class level of 83 in the league. In this game, Coach Terry was naturally appointed to defend Kobe Bryant.

If you really let the 1-meter Basius go to defense, you don't have to think about it, you will be blasted into a sieve by Kobe.

Unexpectedly, coach Terry was suffocated by Mamba's venom at the beginning of the game.

Easily, the Lakers started with a 2-0 lead.

After the Blazers played, facing the young and strong Lillard, Nash struggled on the defensive end.

After Wang Zelin stepped forward to cover, Lillard quickly circled to the right and cut in.

The Lakers hurriedly shrank their lineup, and Aldridge was exposed. With Daga and Nash surrounded on both sides, Lillard successfully passed the ball to Aldridge, who was two points long on the left, at the moment of take-off.

Lillard has always memorized his eldest's favorite shooting spots on the left low and long two-pointers.

Catch, aim, and release softly.

The muscle memory formed over the years made Aldridge's series of actions look like a ruthless machine that strictly followed instructions. The basketball flew into the basket accurately under the attention of everyone in the audience.

2: 2!

After the goal, Aldridge suddenly glanced at Kobe, as if sending a message.

This is my horse!
"We saw a wonderful duel between the team leaders at the beginning, and LaMarcus gradually learned how to be an excellent leader!" The home announcer shouted excitedly.

Although the two are not players in the same position, this does not prevent them from air-to-air.

It is a pity that the home fans did not seem to buy the face of the team leader, and there was a brief burst of applause in the arena.

Kobe smiled and did not respond, and silently went to the frontcourt to take a place.

Nash, as the NBA's well-known master of field control, controls the rhythm unhurriedly, hoping to find flaws in the opponent's defensive line.

After passing the ball a few times, Kobe successfully ran out of the gap and hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

After the Lakers formed F4, the changes in the inside line have not yet been seen, but the changes in the outside line are extremely obvious.

In particular, Kobe, the core of the team, has consciously changed his style of play and began to add a lot of off-ball movement and empty cuts under the basket.

Facts have also proved that Kobe can really play without the ball. He eats the right to shoot instead of the right to hold the ball.

And after playing with Nash, Kobe Bryant's offensive efficiency in the off-ball mode is outrageous.

After the first quarter, the two sides tied at 30:26.

湖人打得还行，科比3中2、霍华德4中2、大加5中3、纳什1中1，四人都将自己的个人能力展现得一览无遗，效率也极高。

But the pioneers are the leading side.

This is amazing!
There is certainly the reason that the boss Aldridge scored 12 points in a single quarter, but Wang Zelin always felt that the opponent played very strangely.

A dignified NBA-level team, but also a top-level team aiming to win the championship, actually did not show a few cooperation in a quarter. Far?
After the start of the second quarter, after the two sides changed into rotations, the Lakers' performance worsened.

You must know that on their bench, there is Jamison, who has averaged more than 20+ points per game for many seasons in his career, has been selected to the All-Star bench twice, and scored 17 points last season. Super sixth man, and then Plus Judy Meeks, the 76ers main force last season.

But even so, it still played a very lame attack.

If the Lakers could still rely on F4's personal ability to cover up the lack of training and tactics in the first quarter, then in the second quarter, the lineup's individual struggles and frequent mistakes made the Blazers coaching staff speechless: I worked hard on my own. The opponent is actually this~~~
Out of desperation, at 7 minutes and 21 seconds in the second quarter, Mike Brown hurriedly paused and prepared to replace the main force again.

At this time, the battle between the two sides became 47:33, and the Blazers led by 14 points.

"Wang, is the team in front of us really a championship favorite?"

Aldridge, who scored a game-high 17 points and 3 rebounds, had incredible expressions on his face.

This is the favorite to win this year!
"I don't know, Damien, how about you?"

Wang Zelin shook his head, his eyes full of surprise.

In my impression, although the Lakers performed very crotch at the beginning of this season, he really did not expect to be so bad.

Moreover, Wang Zelin clearly saw in the system that Howard's internal defense attribute was as high as 95, and the block block was also 92, but he always felt that the ability displayed by the other party could reach 80.

But it is impossible for the system to make mistakes, otherwise, where would he come from with this ability.

Then, there is only one possibility: Howard has changed. He no longer wants to do the hard work of defense. Instead, he wants to use offense to prove himself.

Looking at the top centers in the league before Howard, which one is not the offensive power table, it is basically the team's offensive axis.

Howard may also want to align with his seniors in his heart, at least to prove to the big shark who has never seen him, that he is not incapable of offensive ability, but his previous defensive ability was too strong to cover up his offensive talent.

……

"Ah, what did you just ask?"

Well, Leigh directed this kid to his brains short-circuited by the Lakers' performance.

It took only 2 minutes to play after the tentative return, and the Lakers ushered in a blow.

Steve Nash, the team's starting point guard and one of the F4 players, hit his knee in a supplementary defense, and he fell on the Rose Garden Court on the spot, rolling around in pain.

House seemingly endless rain!

This is only the second game of the new season and one of the starting players is injured. In addition, Dajia, who has just returned from surgery, should not play more, Lakers coach Mike Brown is completely stunned.

How can this be done?

Without Nash, the only perimeter coordination that the Lakers can see is completely gone, and the entire team is in a state of anxiety.

Fortunately, Kobe stood up in time and forced a large number of singles to score 11 points to stabilize the Lakers' situation.

At the end of the game, the two sides played 51:43, and the Lakers entered the second half behind by 8 points.

At halftime, everyone in the Lakers locker room was silent, waiting for Steve Nash's injury report.

Finally, the accompanying doctor came out.

Kobe hurriedly stood up and asked, "Gary, how is Steve's injury? Will it affect the next game?"

"As of now, no major problems have been found, but for the sake of safety, Nash can't play this game anymore. After all, he is a nearly 40-year-old veteran, and he will have to wait for an MRI tomorrow to get accurate results. ."

Gary Widdy, a veteran team doctor who has served the Lakers for more than 20 years, has a high reputation in the team. He was the first to detect the "HIV" virus on Magic Johnson back then.

Therefore, Gary Widdy's words are very heavy, and even Kobe has to think carefully: "Well, I see, let Steve have a good rest."

When Gary Widdy was gone, everyone could vaguely feel the temperature in the entire locker room dropping.

And the source of all this is the Black Mamba sitting in his seat without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)