The referee threw the ball up, and the home fans saw that Wang Zelin was at a rare disadvantage during the jump ball.
However, considering that the other party was Howard, nicknamed "Superman", he was relieved.
Faced with the shortcomings of their children, parents can easily find reasons to forgive them.
From the very beginning, Kobe showed off his explosive scoring instincts as the league's number one shooting guard!
Facing France's Pippen's rough defense, he forced the opponent to hit a two-pointer and almost caused a foul on the former.
It starts with shrimp and pork heart.
"Fuck!" Wang Zelin took a breath. He dared to shoot, and he really could score.
Really, one person's defense is like air.
Batum is the best outside defender of the Trail Blazers. His outside defense has reached the league's first-class level of 83. He was appointed by Coach Terry as the player to defend Kobe Bryant in this game. If he really let the 1.93 meter Basius If you go to defend, you don't have to think about it to know that Kobe will explode into a sieve.
Unexpectedly, Coach Terry was met with Mamba's venom as soon as the game started.
Easily, the Lakers took a 2-0 lead.
After the Trail Blazers beat him, Nash struggled on the defensive end facing the young and strong Lillard.
After Wang Zelin stepped forward to pick and roll, Lillard quickly went around to the left side and cut inward.
The Lakers hurriedly shrank their lineup, and Aldridge was left open. Surrounded by Dajia and Nash, Lillard successfully passed the ball to Aldridge, who was two points long on the right, at the moment he took off.
Lillard knows all of his boss's favorite shooting spots by heart.
Catch the ball, aim, and release softly.
The muscle memory formed over the years made this series of movements like a ruthless machine that strictly followed instructions. The basketball accurately flew into the basket under the attention of everyone in the field.
2:2!
After the goal, Aldridge suddenly glanced at Kobe, seemingly sending a message.
This is my horse!
"This is a duel between the team bosses. LaMarcus has gradually learned how to become an excellent leader!" the home commentator shouted excitedly.
Although the two are not players in the same position, this does not prevent them from fighting against each other from a distance.
Kobe smiled and didn't respond, silently taking his position in the frontcourt.
As a well-known master of court control in the NBA, Nash controlled the rhythm unhurriedly, hoping to find flaws in the opponent's defensive line.
After passing the ball several times, Kobe successfully ran out of the open space and hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner.
After the Lakers formed F4, we haven't seen any changes on the inside yet, but the changes on the outside are extremely obvious.
In particular, Kobe, the core of the team, consciously changed his style of play and began to increase a large number of off-ball movements and cuts under the basket.
Facts have also proved that Kobe can really play without the ball, and after teaming up with Nash, Kobe's offensive efficiency in this mode is astonishingly high.
After the first quarter, the two sides tied at 30:26.
The Lakers played well. Kobe was 2 of 3, Howard was 2 of 4, Marc was 3 of 5, and Nash was 1 of 1. All four of them clearly demonstrated their personal abilities and were extremely efficient.
But it turns out that the Trail Blazers are the leading side.
This is amazing!
Although this is due to the boss Aldridge's 12 points in a single quarter, Wang Zelin always felt that the opponent played very strangely.
An NBA team, a team that aspires to win the championship, actually didn't show a few coordinations in one quarter, relying entirely on its stars to carry like crazy. How far can such a team go?
After the start of the second quarter, the Lakers' performance became even worse after both sides switched to rotations.
You must know that on their bench, they have Jamison, a super sixth man who has averaged more than 20 points per game in many seasons in his career. He has been selected to the All-Star bench twice and scored 17 points last season. Plus Judy Meeks, the main player of the 76ers last season.
But even so, he still played a very loose offense.
If the Lakers could still rely on F4's personal ability in the first quarter to cover up the lack of lineup training and lack of tactics, then in the second quarter the rotation of the lineup was fragmented and made frequent mistakes, leaving the Blazers coaching staff speechless: they have to study hard on their own. The opponent is actually this~~~
Forced to have no choice, at 7 minutes and 21 seconds of the second quarter, Mike Brown hurriedly called a timeout and prepared to replace the main force again.
At this time, the battle between the two sides was 47:33, and the Trail Blazers led by a full 14 points.
"Wang, is the team in front of us really a championship favorite?"
Aldridge, who scored a game-high 17 points and 3 rebounds, had incredible expression written all over his face.
This is the favorite to win this year!
"I don't know, Damien, what about you?"
Wang Zelin shook his head, his eyes full of surprise.
In his impression, although the Lakers performed very well at the beginning of this season, he really didn't expect it to be this bad.
Moreover, Wang Zelin clearly saw in the system that Howard's internal defense attribute was as high as 95 and his shot blocking was 92, but he always felt that it would be good if the opponent's ability could reach 80.
But the system cannot make mistakes, otherwise where would his current abilities come from.
Then, there is only one possibility: Howard has changed and no longer wants to do the hard work of defense, but wants to use offense to prove himself.
Looking at the league's number one centers before Howard, none of them have explosive offensive power. They are basically the core of the team's offense.
Howard may be thinking of joining the ranks of his predecessors, or at least proving to the big shark who doesn't want to see him that he is not without offensive ability, but that his previous defensive ability was too strong to cover up his offense.
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"Ah...what did you ask just now?"
Well, Coach Lee was so frightened by the Lakers' performance that his brain was short-circuited.
After only two minutes of tentative play, the Lakers received a wake-up call.
Steve Nash, the team's starting point guard and one of the F4s, hit his knee during the defense this time. He fell to the Rose Garden on the spot, rolling around in pain.
House seemingly endless rain!
In just the second game of the new season, one of the main starters was injured. Coupled with the fact that Dajia had just returned from surgery and was not suitable for playing more, Lakers head coach Mike Brown was completely confused.
How can this be done?
Without Nash, the Lakers' only decent outside coordination was completely gone, and the entire team fell into a state of anxiety.
Fortunately, Kobe stood up in time and scored 11 points with a large number of singles, which was enough to stabilize the Lakers' situation.
At the end of the game, the two sides tied at 51:43, and the Lakers entered the second half trailing by 8 points.
At halftime, everyone in the Lakers locker room was silent, waiting for Steve Nash's injury report.
The accompanying doctor finally came out, and Kobe hurriedly asked: "Gary, how is Steve's injury? Will it affect the next game?"
"For now, no major problems have been found, but to be on the safe side, Nash can no longer play in this game. After all, he is a 38-year-old veteran. We will have to wait until tomorrow for an MRI to get accurate results. .”
Gary Widdie is a veteran team doctor who has served the Lakers for more than 20 years and has a very high reputation in the team. He was the first to detect the HIV virus in Magic Johnson.
Therefore, Gary Weedy's words carried so much weight that even Kobe had to think carefully: "Well, I understand, let Steve have a good rest."
When Gary Weedy left, everyone vaguely felt that the temperature of the entire locker room was dropping.
The source of all this is the Black Mamba, who is sitting silently in his seat.
