After Li Kaiming finished the interview, he went straight to the gym and started training with his teammates.
At the Magic's pre-game press conference, when a reporter asked Howard how he would defend Li Kaiming, Howard showed his signature smile, his white teeth shining in the light.
"Just defend like that!"
It can be seen that Howard is very confident in guarding Li Kaiming, but it makes sense. After all, Howard has won the best defensive player for the second consecutive season in the past two seasons. If he cannot guard a rookie, I am afraid others will only think that he is modesty.
What's more, Howard is not such a humble person. His dominance in defense is the same as his dominance in giving birth to illegitimate children. He is famous far and wide. He became famous at a young age and has arrogance. This is reasonable.
Perhaps rather than discussing the issue of defending Li Kaiming, Howard will pay more attention to how to take good care of his newly sown seeds.
The fans in Orlando tonight are also very impressive. There are many seats in the Amway Center. Li Kaiming stood on the court and looked around, but he couldn't find any empty seats!
As for why Li Kaiming had nothing to do and looked into the audience, that's because Li Kaiming received a message from Jiang Shan before the game, and she wanted to come to the scene to cheer for Li Kaiming!
That's why Li Kaiming rarely searched everywhere in the audience, but this made other fans feel very excited. Whenever Li Kaiming looked somewhere, the fans there would collectively stand up and scream and cheer at Li Kaiming!
It seems that Li Kaiming is not low in popularity in Orlando.
After a while, Li Kaiming found the beautiful figure he was thinking about.
The ticket Jiang Shan bought was pretty high up, right behind the Wizards bench in the first half, not too far away.
However, because the number of people present was too large, Li Kaiming had to search halfway before he saw Jiang Shan waving at him.
Li Kaiming waved to Jiang Shan excitedly!
In the audience, Jiang Shan's face lit up with joy when she saw this. She was about to wave to Li Kaiming, but she was buried in the crowd by the crazy audience around her!
It turned out to be fans near Jiang Shan. When they saw Li Kaiming waving in this direction, they all stood up and were blocked by the delicate Jiang Shan!
Jiang Shan was stunned immediately!
Is this guy so popular in America? This is an away game!
Seeing Jiang Shan surrounded by the crowd, with only one hand exposed, Li Kaiming smiled helplessly and continued training.
At 7:50 in the evening, the starting lineups of both sides were already displayed on the LED screen of the Amway Center.
Orlando Magic, point guard Jameer Nelson, shooting guard Vince Carter, forward Quentin Richardson, power forward Rashard Lewis, center Dwight Howard.
Washington Wizards, point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Nick Young, forward Al Thornton, power forward Kaiming Li, center Andre Blache.
After the on-site commentator introduced the starting lineups of both sides, all the lights in the entire Amway Center suddenly dimmed!
After a while, a beam of light shone on the center circle of the stadium, and at some point, a female singer with a high hat appeared there.
Before the singer started singing, the lighting at the venue had returned to the point where you could barely stretch out your hand and see your fingers.
Everyone at the scene stood up, and as the accompaniment sounded, the female singer began to sing America's national anthem "The Starry Flag."
Li Kaiming, who grew up in America, was already used to this, but it was a little awkward for Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue who were sitting next to him.
The remaining teammates put one hand in front of their heart and bowed their heads in prayer.
NBA has this kind of collective activity of singing the national anthem before every game. Patriotism education is a top priority even in America.
There were only three people in the field, Li Kaiming, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian, standing blankly.
As the song reached its climax, the lights above the arena illuminated a projection of the American flag on the arena floor.
When the song ended, everyone sat down.
The arena was once again plunged into darkness.
Suddenly, blue flames burned on the LED screens surrounding the arena, with the name of the Orlando Magic dancing on them!
On both sides of the player tunnel near the home team's locker room, two staff members suddenly waved two large flags. The rectangular flags had the Magic team's logo printed on them, dancing with the flames on the screen!
The live DJ duly took over the microphone.
"Welcome to the 2010-2011 season, Orlando Magic!"
The whole audience burst into cheers!
The DJ's voice was so contagious that even Li Kaiming's blood flow speed increased a lot after listening to it!
"Orlando Magic, starting lineup shooting guard, dunk king, All-Star Vin~Ska~te!"
In the NBA, the order in which players are introduced by the home DJ before the start of the game is very particular. Generally, one of the core members of a dual-core team or the second player in the team will appear first, and the other core member or the team leader will appear last. The further back you play, the higher your status in the team will be.
The Magic's first appearance is demigod and dunk king Vince Carter, which also conforms to this pattern.
All the searchlights on the scene were shining on the exit of the home team's player tunnel. Carter was wearing a blue training suit and ran out briskly!
The fans at the Amway Center went crazy instantly, screaming and applauding endlessly.
Immediately afterwards, the DJ introduced the next three people, in order, Quentin Richardson, Jameer Nelson and Rashad Lewis.
Finally, DJ finally introduced the soul of the Magic team, the most important one.
"Next, let us welcome the two-time Defensive Player of the Year, All-Star, son of Orlando, Warcraft Dwight~Howard~De~"
Before the DJ finished reading his lines, the audience at the Amway Center burst into unprecedented cheers. After the DJ stretched out his voice and finished reading Howard's introduction, the atmosphere reached a new peak again!
"Dwight, mvp!"
"Dwight, mvp!"
"Dwight, mvp!"
Howard walked out of the tunnel, opened his arms as if to hug, and then high-fived his teammates one by one!
It has to be said that the atmosphere of the NBA main game, whether it is the number of fans, the level of cooperation, or the professionalism of the DJ, dwarfs any competition that Li Kaiming has participated in before!
Even before the game started, the fans were already excited. With such powerful operating capabilities, it’s no wonder that the NBA is the most profitable basketball league on earth.
The lights at the Amway Center finally returned to normal, and Li Kaiming also used the lights to see clearly the referee Niu tonight.
Brother Tony!
Grass!
Li Kaiming felt as if he had been fed a fly. It was so disgusting that he felt sick to his stomach!
Who's wrong? It's this guy!
Ever since he was sanctioned by the Tony brothers in the first game of the preseason, Li Kaiming's dislike of the latter has been engraved in his DNA.
Just like Chinese people hate neon people who live a good life, it is a kind of disgust that comes from the heart.
What's even better is that the appearance of this Tony brother really has the charm of a devil...
The two sides stood in the center circle, and the Tony brothers held the ball with one hand and placed it between Blatche and Howard!
beep!
A whistle!
Brother Tony threw the ball into the air with one hand. Before Brac could react, Howard on the opposite side had already flown into the air!
In front of Howard, Bratsch was like a 2G network meeting a 5G network, and his response was not even the slightest bit slow.
The basketball was successfully obtained by the Magic. In the first round, the Magic attacked.
The three-point defense strategy emphasized by Sanders was well implemented by the Wizards players. The Magic did not find good three-point shooting opportunities.
Seeing that there was not much time, point guard Nelson took advantage of Howard's screen, took two steps in, and suddenly threw the ball toward the basket!
Those who didn't know the height thought this guy was throwing it blindly.
Li Kaiming's opponent is Rashard Lewis. This guy knows that Li Kaiming is fast and good at assisting defense, so he simply doesn't enter the three-point line.
So Li Kaiming could only watch as Howard took off, then blocked the ball with both hands in the air, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and dunked the ball directly into the basket through Brac!
2 to 0!
Howard came up with a two-handed dunk, a top ten goal!
Amway Center suddenly burst into huge cheers, almost lifting the roof of the arena!
Next to the Wizards bench, Sanders looked at Blatche who looked bitter on the court and felt helpless.
What should I do?
