NBA: James wants to team up with me

On December 12th, the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers, was packed with seats. Countless Los Angeles fans poured into the arena just to witness the first showdown of the Lakers' Super Big Three.

In the front row of the audience, newlywed Jessica Alba was wearing a white knitted sweater. Her perfect figure was perfectly framed by the tight sweater, and her exquisite makeup made anyone unable to stop.

"Made, Wang Chong is a dog thief, you must rob my beloved, you deserve to die!"

Wang Chong has now become a public enemy and is envied, jealous, and hated by millions of male compatriots.

Jessica Alba was the focus of attention before the game, but as the players from both teams came on stage to warm up, the fans' attention was immediately diverted.

After all, they spent money to come to the arena to watch the game, not to watch the beautiful women.

The appearance of NBA superstars can cause them to cheer even more.

"Kobe! Chris! Dwight!!!"

Lakers home fans chanted the names of the Big Three, especially Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, the two superstars who first came to Los Angeles. Fans kept chanting their names. When the two raised their hands to When the stands waved, it even caused waves of cheers.

The Bulls' starting lineup has not changed from last season. It is still Curry, Billups, Wang Chong, Garnett and Gasol. This winning lineup has repeatedly proven its strong dominance.

In comparison, the Lakers' starting lineup has changed drastically.

In order to acquire Paul and Howard, the Lakers' original lineup that made it to the Finals for three consecutive years was torn apart. The starting lineup has become: point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and small forward Ron Artest. , power forward Troy Murphy, center Dwight Howard.

Everyone else knows that power forward Murphy is not an outstanding player, but when he was with the Warriors in the past, he averaged a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds per game in the regular season, which is more than enough to serve as a starter. , but Murphy suffered from injuries last season and only played 35 games in total. His average data per game dropped sharply from 14.6+10 in the previous season to 3 points and 3 rebounds. Although he has returned from injury, he is obviously not what he used to be. Zhiyong, the Lakers only offered him a contract with an annual salary of 135 million in the free market.

Letting Murphy serve as the team's starting power forward is really a helpless move. In order to gather the Super Big Three, the Lakers paid a high price. There is a shortage of talents on the bench, especially among the inside players. Fortunately, the Lakers' current big man is the league's number one center, Howard. Even if the players at the power forward position are of poor quality, Howard can single-handedly support the Lakers' entire interior defensive system.

The game is about to begin, and players from both sides appear.

Howard and Gasol jump ball, there is basically no suspense.

At this time, Howard had not suffered from back injuries. In the original 11-12 season, Howard should have suffered a season-ending injury in April 2012. Now, in December 4, there were still more than 2011 days before he was injured. Considering the different lineup structures of the Lakers and Magic, it is still unknown whether Howard will suffer serious injuries.

Therefore, Howard was still at his peak at this time, and his jumping and explosive power were not affected in any way. Fighting for the jump ball with Gasol was just like an adult bullying a child. He just jumped and easily won the jump ball.

Paul caught the ball and dribbled the ball halfway, then stopped and waited for his teammates to get into position.

After Howard caught up from behind, he did not enter the inside immediately, but came to Paul to help him pick and roll.

Paul used the pick-and-roll screen to rush straight into the penalty area. Paul, who is a typical short and flexible defender, is very fast. Gasol obviously cannot keep up with Paul's speed. On the other side, Garnett had to give up his defensive goal and come to help assist. Defend.

But Paul, who rushed to the basket, didn't panic and threw the basketball in his hand into the air. Behind Garnett and Gasol, Howard's magic weapon descended from the sky, leaped high into the air, received the pass, and violently empty-handed his hands. Receive a dunk.

"boom--!"

The rim was rattled by Howard's powerful force. Lakers fans' eyes lit up and they stood up to applaud and cheer.

Such a beautiful alley-oop cooperation, how many years has it been for the Lakers?

To be precise, since Kobe has grown older and transformed from a dunker with outstanding athletic ability into a master of mid-range shooting, the Lakers, who mainly focus on positional warfare, have rarely had such a hearty dunk offense.

Wang Chong looked at this scene, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

This move is very similar to the most commonly used move by the Clippers after Paul joined the Clippers.

The Clippers, who have Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, often use these two to cover Paul in pick-and-rolls, and then immediately receive Paul's alley-oop pass to attack. Both players are top athletes. He is an inside player who is very fast among inside players. Coupled with his outstanding jumping and strength, the picture of alley-oop dunks is full of beauty, and Paul's passing skills, especially his passing skills for alley-oop dunks, are absolutely perfect. He is the top player in history among defenders.

Under his cannonball delivery, both Griffin and Jordan deducted super dunks that will go down in history.

Griffin's dunk of the century, Thunder center Perkins' dunk, and Jordan's alley-oop dunk over Pistons guard Knight were all brutal and bloody scenes that made people's blood boil.

Now Griffin and Paul have not been able to join the Clippers because of the butterfly effect brought by Wang Chong.

However, the current development prospects of the Los Angeles Clippers are not bad. After all, they did not get the No. 1 pick. Although they missed Griffin, they got James Harden.

Harden can definitely be called the strongest shooting guard in the league after Kobe Wade. Without the three years of dormancy while working for the Thunder, Harden, who was trained as the main core as soon as he was selected, lived up to expectations and grew rapidly.

Last season, the second year of his career, Harden was able to steadily contribute 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. His personal performance has surpassed that of Curry, Evans and other strong rivals in their rookie seasons in the same period, except for Griffin. The strongest rookie in the 09 class.

Wang Chong knows better that Harden will only get stronger and stronger in the future, and the price/performance ratio is definitely much better than Griffin.

It’s just that at this stage, the Clippers only have Harden, Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan, Kaman and other players. The team’s strength is limited, let alone competitive enough to make the playoffs in the Western Conference with so many strong players. They are all difficult to get into and they take time.

The topic has gone far, back to the Lakers.

Paul doesn't have the cooperation of Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, but he has a stronger Howard.

At his peak, Howard was incomparable even to Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. He not only had the same athletic ability and dunking skills as Griffin, but also had the height and wingspan to rival DeAndre Jordan. The two of them could do it on the court. Howard can do everything perfectly, and at the same time, on the defensive end, he can provide a defensive shock effect that far exceeds that of the two.

It is no exaggeration to say that Howard alone can allow the Lakers to take over the title of Alley-oop City from the Clippers.

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Paul and Howard's pick-and-roll alley-oop combination is pleasing to the eye and shocking.

But the Bulls were unmoved.