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After the preseason, each team rests for four to five days, and the regular season will officially begin.

For the Lakers, after a period of running-in in the preseason, the main lineup is basically determined. Due to Divac's injury, he is temporarily unable to play. Tomjanovich was promoted to the team's main lineup and served as the team's main center.

Grant is still a blue-collar player at the power forward position. Although he did not perform well in the preseason and averaged only 21 points and 3 rebounds in 5 minutes per game, he is a veteran with a salary of 1400 million. He has expectations, Tomjanovich still expects that after the start of the regular season, he can improve his concentration in the game and show a good performance.

Odom continued to appear at the small forward position that he could also take care of. Kobe and Atkins partnered at the back line. This is an operation without a second choice.After all, their respective bench strength gaps are relatively large.

Due to salary issues, there are not many people available on the Lakers bench.These days, the mainstream atmosphere in the league is still a lineup that dominates the world, and the Spurs have a relatively thick bench lineup.

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In the offseason, Matt Grady was acquired through a big deal. The Rockets, which formed the combination of Yao and Mai, challenged the defending champion Detroit Pistons away in the opening game. The team is not a good result, but from a commercial point of view, this is a game that the whole United States will focus on. In terms of the regular season throughout the season, it may be second only to the Christmas game.

Mike James, McGrady, Jim Jackson, Juwan Howard, Yao Ming, the starting lineup of the Rockets is very extreme. Mike James is a veteran of the league. A certain ability to attack independently seems to be the third point that the Rockets have high hopes for besides the combination of Yao and Mai. Uncle Huo may have a good mid-range shot on the offensive end, but it is not a display on the defensive end. Not too much.

However, what most fans did not expect was that the newly formed Rockets were not suppressed by the Pistons as many people expected when they faced the defending champion away. On the contrary, for a considerable part of the game time, The Rockets turned their backs and took the initiative in the game.

In the 0203 season, McGrady once led the Magic to lead the Pistons 3:1 in the first round of the playoffs, that is, after the G4 game, McGrady said the famous saying: "I have already considered the opponent in the next round. "(It feels good to get in these second round (It feels good to get in these second rounds). After that, the Pistons were excited, and the three armies worked hard. They won three games in a row and reversed the series. McGrady also paid the price for his youthful arrogance. In this game, facing this The opponent who brought me painful memories, McGrady performed well on the offensive end, making consecutive mid-range pull-up hits, and Yao Ming also faced Ben Wallace's defense inside, calling "Big Ben" a "little alarm clock" ", the two stars worked together to lead the Rockets to take the initiative in the game.

Only after the game entered the fourth quarter, the situation changed suddenly. First, Billups and Hamilton succeeded in attacking consecutively to help the Pistons narrow the point difference. Then, Yao Ming, whose physical strength was seriously declining during the wrestling with the Wallace Brothers, made three consecutive attacks. A mistake, an iron strike, the Pistons seized the opportunity to counterattack one after another, overtaking the score. At the last moment of the game, Prince and Ben Wallace jointly blocked McGrady's jumper, helping the Pistons to defend the game with a score of 88:83. At home, the Rockets didn't mess up their awards ceremony.

In the whole game, McGrady scored 28 points, and Yao Ming also scored 22 points. The combination of Yao and McGrady scored 60% of the team's points. It still couldn't help the team win, which is enough to show the quality of the role players of this team It's really a bit of a problem.Of course, this still couldn't stop Huaxia's Huo Mi from being crazy about McGrady's performance.Undoubtedly, the boss of Beaver, McGrady is a superstar with a higher quality!As for the combination of role players, that's not something fans should consider.The combination of super shooting guard + super center is too reminiscent of the OK combination that once completed three consecutive championships.

On the evening of the 31st, the Staples Center ushered in the first game of the new season for the Lakers against the Denver Nuggets led by Melo Anthony.The entire arena was full of voices and shouts one after another. The fans wore golden Lakers jerseys and stood in the auditorium to form a golden ocean.

Another advantage of being in Los Angeles is that it is backed by Hollywood. There are many big-name entertainers such as Nicholson, Xiao Li, and Jessica Alba are die-hard Lakers fans. The team does not even need to set up a mascot to warm up. When you are on the scene, show the camera to various stars, and the atmosphere on the scene will be very active. Hollywood stars are much more effective than mascots.And today, the biggest star in the front row at the Staples Center is America's Sweetheart, Hilary Duff, a youth icon as delicate as a doll.

The Nuggets selected the popular star Carmelo Anthony in the 03 draft, and made it to the playoffs in Anthony's debut season. "The joining of Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby, the best defensive player, helped the Nuggets greatly enhance the team's defense, and the team is also working hard to do something big in the new season!

Ke Yan was sitting on the sidelines in casual attire. Since he was young and of Chinese descent, the broadcast cameraman thought it was very interesting and gave him a close-up shot.

Because the game against the Rockets was staggered, CCTV also broadcast the game, and the commentator Da Xu also made a special trip to introduce the fans: "Ke Yan, he was Tomjanovich's assistant coach in the Rockets before. The Suns, who were invited back by Tomjanovich this season, are still very young and will definitely become the head coach in the future."

Compared with some professionals who have a deeper understanding of Ke Yan, the information update of these commentators on CCTV is indeed a bit insufficient, or they don’t pay much attention to Ke Yan. Everyone is more concerned about how Yao Ming can do and when Yi Jianlian can enter the NBA. .

White fireworks sprayed violently from around the stadium, and the atmosphere of the fans was fully mobilized.

The DJ sounded, and the on-site commentator continued to read the names of the Lakers players.

Bryan Cook, Luke Walton, Sasha Vujacic...... Bryan Grant, Lamar Odom, Kobe Bryant~~~~~~!

When Kobe Bryant's name was mentioned, the fans at the scene shouted the most strongly. Kobe's performance in the preseason was very good, which also made the fans in Los Angeles choose to use greater support to support Kobe whose image was damaged.

Nuggets starting lineup: Andre Miller, Voshan Leonard, Anthony, Kenyon Martin and Camby, the card lineup is quite good.

For the Lakers, Birdman Anderson happened to play for the Nuggets last season, but he never got a chance. In this game, he "returned to his hometown" and played as the main center of the Lakers. Xin performed in front of his old club, and the moment the referee threw the basketball, he reacted quickly and soared into the air, defeated Camby, and won the ball for the Lakers in the first round!