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Chapter 64 NBA regular season opener! Wang Chong who started the game

Kobe was unable to play in the Lakers' regular season opener. When Wang Chong learned the news, his lips almost reached behind his ears.

No one is so lucky!

Wang Chongcai doesn't care how Kobe Bryant's case is handled in Eagle County. He now hopes that Kobe Bryant will be directly convicted and imprisoned, and will not be able to play games for the next entire season.

Anyway, based on Kobe's performance during the regular season and playoffs of the 03-04 season, Wang Chong feels that he can completely replace and fill Kobe's position, and even do better.

At least he wouldn't deliberately grab the ball and take crazy shots in the finals, leaving O'Neal without a chance to play.

Can you imagine that as the second leader of a team, he averaged nearly 6 more shots per game in the finals than the first leader, and at the same time his shooting percentage was 25% lower than the first leader?

However, this possibility is unlikely. There is a high probability that Kobe will still use his money power to settle with the other party out of court.

But at least in the first game, Wang Chong will be the direct beneficiary of Kobe's absence.

In the locker room before the game, when Phil Jack spoke, he repeatedly mentioned the need to make more use of Wang Chong's pick-and-roll running without the ball to score points, open up mid-range scoring points, and prevent the opponent from double-teaming O'Neal in the paint.

No one, including Payton and Malone, had any objections to this arrangement.

Wang Chong's performance in the preseason left them unable to find any faults.

Unlike Kobe, Payton and Malone are here to win the championship. They don't care whether they have the ball or whether the data is good. Rather, if Wang Chong can perform at a star level in the regular season, they will be very happy to give up. of ball rights.

In this game, in the absence of Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson arranged such a starting lineup.

Point guard: Gary Payton.

Shooting guard: Devin George.

Small forward: Wang Chong.

Power forward: Karl Malone.

Center: Shaquille O'Neal.

Wang Chong started the game as the team's starter, and there were no surprises.

From the moment he was traded by the Lakers, everyone basically knew that Wang Chong would be the Lakers' main small forward in the new season.

After all, the Lakers' forward line has always been weak, with only a few average players like Fox and Devin George barely supporting it.

As the team's starter, Wang Chong enjoys the rights that only home starters enjoy, including introductions.

Although he is the youngest among the five starters, Wang Chong is the first to be introduced, ahead of Devin George who will obviously be his substitute this season.

Standing in the players' tunnel, Wang Chong could already hear the noise outside.

Although there have been NCAA finals, summer league and preseason baptism.

But Wang Chong's heart still beat violently.

After all, this is the NBA regular season, and it is completely different from the previous games he participated in. Just from the dense noise coming from outside the tunnel, you can tell that the Staples Center audience is probably full.

This historic arena can accommodate 2 people. When the entire arena is full, the noise from the fans alone is enough to shock people.

After all, Wang Chong was just an ordinary person before time travel. How could he have seen such a battle?

Seemingly sensing that Wang Chong was a little nervous, O'Neill patted Wang Chong's back hard.

"Kid, don't think too much, stand up tall and welcome the cheers of the fans and enjoy it!"

While O'Neal was speaking, the lights outside the venue dimmed, and at the same time the passionate voice of the DJ sounded.

<divclass="contentadv">"Gentlemen and ladies! Let us invite a small forward who is 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 230 pounds, the new generation force of the City of Angels-Wang Chong!"

"do not care!"

Wang Chong took a deep breath, put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, and ran towards the players' tunnel.

The moment he ran out of the tunnel, the spotlight hit Wang Chong's face, and the bright lights made him unable to see anything clearly.

But the cheers and applause, like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, completely covered all other sounds in Wang Chong's ears.

Just the warm atmosphere at the scene made Wang Chong's blood boil.

"NBA! I'm gonna do it!"

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The Mavericks' starting lineup at this stage is quite strange, because they used main center Reeve LaFrentz as a bargaining chip to exchange for forward Antoine Walker from the Celtics, which resulted in the Mavericks' internal strength being empty.

The Mavericks head coach also made a bold decision at this time to abandon the traditional center and let Nowitzki play the center position.

Although Nowitzki, who is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms, has a soft style of play, there is no problem with his size at the center position, except when facing O'Neal.

But having said that, how many centers in the league don't seem to be out of position when facing O'Neal?

The result is the Mavericks' new starting lineup, which becomes point guard Steve Nash, shooting guard Michael Finley, small forward Antoine Walker, power forward Danny Fortson, and center Dirk Novis. base.

There are two forwards who are over 2 meters tall at the forward position. The Mavericks' lineup also has a shadow of the future small ball lineup. However, the current main point of the Mavericks is Nash. Although the Mavericks' playing style is not up to the Suns' peak running and gunning seven years. The intensity of the offense is second to none, but it is also the fastest team in the league.

However, the concept of this lineup is still too advanced and is incompatible with the current league rules and play style. As a result, the Mavericks' record in the 03-04 season was not as good as the previous season. They only achieved 52 wins and 30 losses in the regular season. In the first round, they were defeated by the Kings 4:1 and were eliminated.

The failure of the Mavericks allowed Cuban to vent all his anger on the unlucky Nash. Nash left the team angrily and signed a modest contract worth 4 million in four years.

Then the Son of the Wind achieved a qualitative transformation in the Suns. He used the ultimate run-and-gun tactics and exquisite passing to win two regular season MVPs, which gave the Suns a big advantage.

Of course, this is a story.

Right now, the Mavericks are just paying the tuition for this bold lineup.

Especially against the Lakers.

湖人锋线位置上，分别是2米09的王崇与2米06的马龙，均高于2米01的沃克和丹尼.福特森。

This is by no means the focus, the focus is on the inside. Nowitzki made a guest appearance as center for the first time in the new season. Looking at the fierce O'Neal in front of him, he swallowed hard.

He really wanted to say something to the other person.

"Brother, please be gentler for a while, I'm afraid of pain."

This is really not an exaggeration.

With Nowitzki's thin arms and legs, if O'Neal exerted a little force, he might break them.

But having said that, Nowitzki is not completely unable to beat O'Neal. He has an advantage that O'Neal has a very headache for, and that is that his shooting range reaches beyond the three-point line.

When he was young, O'Neal was still capable of running all over the court, and his defensive area was not small.

But O'Neal in the Lakers has a tonnage of more than 150 kilograms. If Nowitzki is always shooting from the outside, he will be really difficult to deal with.