I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 61 Opening match, witness the greatness! (For collection, for follow-up)
"Lu Yi, do you want to take a break?" Dunleavy called Lu Yi into the office and asked directly.

Lu Yi was a little surprised, the first game of the regular season, take a break?What does it mean?
"You are the absolute core of the team and your health is the team's greatest wealth.

The upcoming schedule is relatively tight. If you feel unwell, you can take an extra day off.

By the way, this is what the boss meant.Of course I also care about your physical condition. "

Dunleavy said so.

Sterling had revealed to Lu Yi before that he wanted to play at home, but now it's just a rehash of the past.

As for Sterling not coming today, that is also normal.

It is impossible for a white capitalist to revolve around a Chinese player in his team every day.

Sending someone to convey his meaning is more like something Sterling can do.

The final answer depends on Lu Yi, but Sterling did not make a mandatory request that Lu Yi not play in the next regular season.

However, the face of the team owner still needs to be taken care of more or less.

Lu Yi thought about it, and finally decided to play.

"The schedule and intensity of games in the NBA are completely different from those in the NCAA, and it will take me some time to get used to it.

In terms of personal wishes, I also want to cooperate with the team's work and play the first regular season game of my career at home.

But I want to help the team as soon as possible and achieve a certain record at the beginning of the regular season.

I want to play with my players as soon as possible, and I want to meet my fans as soon as possible.

I decided to find time to rest later, I am healthy now, I am sure! "

Lu Yi said seriously, and Dunleavy knew Lu Yi's attitude, so he didn't say much.

The preseason is completely over, and the time is already October 10.

The opening game of the regular season of this season will start on October 10.

The opening game of the regular season is one of the guarantees for the ratings of the NBA. It can be said that it is the "opening drama" of the NBA. It has attracted the attention of fans, second only to the Christmas game.

As a ratings guarantee for the opening game, there must be the home championship flag-raising ceremony of last season's champion team, as well as the championship ring awarding ceremony.

In the remaining opening games, the team with the No. [-] pick and the teams with more popular playoffs in the East and West last season will usually be given some opportunities to play.

Coincidentally this year, the Lakers just won the championship and the Clippers won the No. [-] pick, so the opening game just arranged the two together.

The Lakers will be crowned kings at the Staples Center!

The Clippers served as another team at Staples Center as a foil.

In other words, Lu Yi's first regular season game in the NBA will witness the legendary moment when the championship flag is raised and the players of the championship team receive the championship ring.

Many NBA stars, even the top [-] superstars, try hard to do things that they will never encounter in their lifetime, and Lu Yi will see them when he first enters the NBA.

Although this honor, this legend does not belong to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi didn't think that this might be the closest he was to a championship ring in his career.

Ke Luyi still wanted to be a great witness to witness all this with his own eyes.

Of course, once a fan of Kobe, Lu Yi was able to see Kobe receiving the championship ring as the head of the team with his own eyes. This is also an unspeakable joy.

And after that, Lu Yi will find an opportunity to tell Kobe himself-the future is mine!

Including the championship, including the King of Los Angeles, including Kobe Bryant once had everything at the Staples Center...

Even if the Clippers owner Sterling doesn't want Lu Yi to play the opening game to increase ratings for the NBA and sell tickets for the Lakers, Lu Yi will still not miss the next opener.

If there is a chance, as a Kobe fan, Lu Yi wants to celebrate Kobe in a special way-the extremely memorable moment of receiving the most important championship ring in his career.

For example, he personally broke Kobe Bryant's highest score of 45 points in the opening game in the Staples Center two years ago.

As for Jordan's all-time high score of 54 points in the opening game, Lu Yi probably has no chance to break it.

But after breaking the record of the opening game at the Staples Center, Lu Yi felt more or less confident.

As long as you score 12 points in each quarter, you can break the record.

That is to say, he makes 4 three-pointers in each quarter. If Lu Yi wants to break the record, he must be able to set 10 three-pointers in a single quarter.

Besides, Lu Yi can't only rely on shooting three-pointers to score.

Although Lu Yi is not an offensive kaleidoscope, he is still very rich in scoring methods.

Having said that, the schedule at the beginning of this year's season is indeed particularly unfriendly to the Clippers.

In the regular season in October, in addition to the opening game, the Suns will be played back-to-back on the 10th, and then the next day, the Jazz will be played on the 28th and the Mavericks will be played on the 30st.

Not to mention all the strong teams in the Western Conference playoffs, they actually played four games in five days, two of which were back-to-back.

If it is the sprint stage in the second half of the regular season, this arrangement is fine.

It really makes people feel speechless to directly increase the intensity at the beginning of the season.

Looking at the Clippers is bullying, right?
Therefore, Sterling's "hypocrisy" towards Lu Yi is not unreasonable.

Lu Yi, the cash cow, must be well protected, and if he gets hurt, he will die.

The Grizzlies next door selected Griffin with the second pick, but Griffin was reimbursed after finishing the summer league.

This news made Sterling gloat for a while, and after that, he had some doubts about Lu Yi.

Not only Sterling, but the entire NBA has an inherent impression of Chinese players that they are prone to injuries and impatient.

In order for Lu Yi to continue selling tickets for the Clippers to make money, Sterling is willing to pay his full salary and force Lu Yi to play part-time.

However, playing in the United States, players have the right to "freedom" to play.

Lu Yi himself is going to play the opening game. Dun Levy can't directly DNP Lu Yi, can he?
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Time soon came to October 10th, the opening game between the Clippers and the Lakers was about to start at the Staples Center.

There is no doubt that the Staples Center is full of seats today, and even many Lakers fans surrounded the arena outside the arena.

Of course, Clippers fans also spent a lot of money to watch the game in order to see the first NBA regular season debut of Lu Yi, the No. [-] pick.

It's just that there are very few fans in this group, and the vast majority of those present are Lakers fans.

In short, today was very lively until the championship ring presentation ceremony began.

The lights of the audience dimmed in an instant, and only the center of the arena was illuminated by a beam of light.

NBA commissioner David Stern stood there with a microphone in hand and began to call the Lakers' championship feats last season.

It's a pity that old Buss, who has mobility problems, didn't show up. Aunt Jenny, who was wearing a white shirt, black shorts, and knee socks, attended instead.

The process quickly proceeded to the moment of the championship flag-raising ceremony.

At this time, Lu Yi was standing at the entrance of the visiting team's player tunnel. He had to jump up and look over the heads of a group of media reporters to see Kobe wearing a championship ring and smiling crookedly.

Perhaps thinking of his youth, or thinking of what to do next, Lu Yi couldn't help curling his mouth.

(End of this chapter)