The older superstars of the NBA

Toyota Center.

An NBA regular season is being held here. The two participating teams are the home team Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers who are away to challenge them.

Although the Rockets brought in the star James Harden last season and poached the popular Jeremy Lin from the Knicks, their lineup was still mediocre, and their final performance was not good enough to make it to the playoffs. .

After the end of the season, the Rockets continued to operate, trying to find more helpers.

At this time, Dwight Howard was not happy enough with the Lakers. His passing along was in stark contrast to Kobe Bryant's harshness. Coupled with the team's poor record, the two also reached the point of parting ways.

As a result, the Rockets successfully traded Dwight Howard to their team.

This All-Star center player who was once able to replace LeBron James also made the Rockets fans look forward to it. When the preseason began, the Rockets fans had already begun to predict, and many people felt that they could hit the West Finals and even finals.

For Dwight Howard, playing against his former team is of course "interesting".

He was not happy when he was in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant has different requirements for the game, and his attitude towards his teammates is also quite strict. Of course, it is difficult for an optimist player like Dwight Howard Go with Kobe Bryant.

Therefore, before the start of the game, Dwight Howard had already expressed his thoughts in interviews with the media.

"It's a pity that Kobe didn't make it here!"

"However, we will beat the Lakers... In Kobe's words, respect the opponent and go all out..."

Dwight Howard's words sounded euphemistic, but in fact the meaning was very clear, that is, he would take his old team seriously and let them feel his "warm care"!

Not only Dwight Howard, but other Rockets players are also confident, especially the leader James Harden.

He just scored 31 points in the last game and led the team to three consecutive victories. He is naturally confident in the face of reporters' inquiries.

"We've got three in a row and I think it's going to be our fourth!"

"The championship is our ultimate goal this season!"

Jeremy Lin, one of the team's main team members, was also interviewed by the media before the game. Of course, the media paid more attention to his views on Zhao Feiyang.

Jeremy Lin is still as humble and polite as before.

"Zhao is a great player! I've watched him play, and his three-pointers are really good!"

"I'm looking forward to playing against such a good player..."

At the same time, in the Lakers locker room before the game, compared with the high morale of the Rockets, they looked very sluggish.

Head coach Mike D'Antoni also looked anxious, looking at a group of players in the locker room lost in thought as he arranged the team's starting lineup.

The Lakers' lineup has obvious problems this season, and age has become the biggest obstacle to the Lakers' lineup.

The team is either veterans in their 30s like Paul Gasol and Steve Nash, or a group of inexperienced young players who want to find someone who can carry the team, starting from the current lineup It seems extremely unrealistic.

"Nick, you go to the second position to start!"

"From now until Kobe recovers, you replace him first..."

Coach Mike D'Antoni finally chose to believe in Nick Young, making him the No.1 pick at the second position.

Sitting in the corner, Zhao Feiyang thought that he would be the first substitute after Nick Young started. What he didn't expect was that the head coach Mike D'Antoni chose Jody Meeks as the first substitute. It became the second substitute.

"Ugh!"

Zhao Feiyang shook his head helplessly.

In these games, Jody Meeks averaged only 7.1 points per game. His performance is definitely not very good, and his own data is still better than his.

But because he didn't get the trust of head coach Mike D'Antoni, he still could only sit on the bench.

After the lineup was arranged, the staff came in to remind the game that the game was about to start. The players walked out of the locker room one after another and walked towards the infield.

Zhao Feiyang was a little depressed, and walked in the last position, but when he went out from the player tunnel, he was shocked to find that the exclamation of the scene suddenly rose.

On both sides of the player tunnel, there were many yellow-skinned faces waving their arms or shouting at him.

"He's out!"

"Ahh! Zhao Feiyang!"

"Come on Feiyang, you are the pride of our Huaxia players..."

Listening to the familiar Mandarin, Zhao Feiyang couldn't help cheering up.

The live camera was also aimed at Zhao Feiyang, and a close-up of him was specially given. When his face appeared on the big screen, all the Chinese fans shouted.

Surrounded by a lot of enthusiasm, Zhao Feiyang also took the initiative to wave to the fans.

After entering the arena, players from both sides greeted each other, and Jeremy Lin also specially came to Zhao Feiyang's side.

"Feiyang, hello!"

"I'm Jeremy Lin!"

Jeremy Lin's Mandarin is not very good, but his friendly attitude surprised Zhao Feiyang.

"Shu Hao, I'm very happy to fight against you!"

Zhao Feiyang also took the initiative to clap and hug.

This scene of the two was also captured by the live camera, and the Chinese fans were so crazy that they shouted loudly in the field.

On the Huaxia side on the other side of the ocean, many viewers watching the live broadcast in front of the screen were also very excited.

"Let's not mention who is better, these two guys are indeed the pride of the yellow race in the basketball world!"

"If Yao Ming has not retired...if Jeremy Lin can become a naturalized player, together with Zhao Feiyang, the backcourt formed by the two of them must be very strong. At least in Asia, they will definitely help the national team win the championship easily. ..."

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded and the game officially started.

Zhao Feiyang temporarily sat on the team bench as a substitute, and Jeremy Lin, as the main lineup player of the Rockets, served as the No. [-] position of the Rockets, entering the starting lineup together with Dwight Howard and James Harden.

Snapped.

The two sides jumped the ball, and the Rockets took the lead in getting the ball.

Jeremy Lin advanced with the ball.

After halftime, he organized the offense at the top of the arc.

James Harden planned to come up to catch the ball, but he was stuck tightly by Nick Young. Seeing that James Harden was unable to respond, Jeremy Lin raised the basketball directly on the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right without any hesitation. Make a decisive move.

Swish.

An opening three-pointer went steadily into the basket.

The Rockets fans on the sidelines cheered.