The loss to the Mavericks not only caused the Lakers to lose their first game of the season, but also caused Li Hao to lose the best player in the Western Conference in the first week of the NBA.
The Warriors, who played a day earlier than the Lakers, defeated the Pelicans with a score of 132:120. Curry proved his powerful scoring ability to the entire league with a 53 point.
Curry made 17 of 27 shots in the game, 8 of 14 three-pointers, and 11 of 11 free throws. His performance could not be more perfect.
It was precisely with these 53 points that Curry averaged an exaggerated 39.3 points per game in the first week, while also sending out 7.3 assists and grabbing 5.7 rebounds.
Li Hao's data in the first week were 30.6 points, 10.3 assists, and 11.6 rebounds. The triple-double data will definitely not be worse than Curry's, so the main factor in determining the best player is the game where the Lakers lost to the Mavericks.
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"Your performance is no worse than Stephen's." Between Curry and Li Hao, Kobe will definitely side with Li Hao unconditionally.
"I think so too" Li Hao nodded.
Although the current Warriors are not the true cosmic warriors they will be a year later, in fact the Warriors lineup this season is also very strong, definitely not comparable to the Lakers.
"No, why are you here again?" Li Hao couldn't help but complain.
"Li, I'm going to officially announce my retirement," Kobe ignored Li Hao and said to himself.
"Huh?" Li Hao didn't dwell on Li Hao's sudden appearance at his home for a moment, because according to Li Hao's few memories, it was the last day of this month when Kobe Bryant officially announced his retirement.
"I have decided that I want to officially announce my retirement." Kobe said almost exactly the same thing.
"No matter what decision you make, I will support you," Li Hao said.
To be honest, Li Hao is actually very conflicted in his heart. He wants Kobe to retire, but he doesn't want Kobe to retire.
From the first meeting last year to now, the relationship between the two has been both mentor and friend. It can be said that it is very close, so Li Hao wants to play with Kobe, but at the same time, Li Hao knows very well that if Kobe does not retire, he will not be able to become the Lakers. The boss and core in the sense.
Indeed, Li Hao does not have less possession of the ball than Kobe now, and he does not take fewer shots than Kobe, and sometimes even more, but even this does not mean that Li Hao has replaced Kobe.
With 20 years of career and 5 championship rings, Kobe and the Lakers have become inseparable. Therefore, as long as Kobe does not retire, Li Hao cannot truly become the core of this team.
"Well, you can rest assured now." As long as Kobe doesn't make an official announcement for a day, he may change his mind.
Of course, even if you announce your retirement, it is not necessarily safe, and regrets will never happen. Even the God of Basketball has regretted it.
"I'll be very sad if you think so," Li Hao said pretending to be angry.
"Okay, if our identities were reversed, my thoughts would be the same as yours," Kobe said indifferently.
"Actually, I knew from the first time we met that we were the same kind of people," Kobe continued.
"You can find out if I hide it so deeply?" Li Hao looked at Kobe with "surprise" on his face.
"Ambition is not a bad thing. Only with ambition can there be motivation. If a player has no ambition, he will definitely not achieve anything in the future." If Kobe had no ambition, then he would not fall out with O'Neal.
Although the Lakers may not necessarily choose Kobe at the time, one thing cannot be changed whether the Lakers choose Kobe or not, that is, Kobe must be the team leader and the true core of the team.
"I believe that you will create the future of the Lakers," Kobe said.
"I believe it too." As a loser, Li Hao absolutely believes in his ability.
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The next day, the Lakers welcomed the Nuggets at home, and Li Hao finally met Jokic. Jokic officially signed with the Nuggets in July.
In the first game of the Nuggets' new season, Jokic got 4 minutes of playing time and scored 2 points. In the second game, Jokic got 18 minutes and was one rebound away from scoring a double-double.
In the third game, Jokic's playing time increased again. Although his performance was not as impressive as in the second game, he still performed well. Jokic had a very good start with the Nuggets.
But in today's game, Jokic did not get playing time because Jokic was injured and had a waist strain. Although it was not serious, the Nuggets head coach still did not let Jokic play.
This is what makes Li Hao very disappointed. This guy has two interests when he enters the NBA. The first is to compete with the top players in the league. The second is more precisely a bad interest, which is to bully stars who have not really grown up.
The future MVP of the two leagues is obviously qualified to be bullied by Li Hao. Li Hao has even imagined that scene. After blocking a shot, Li Hao looked at Teacher Yue: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA."
Although Jokic was selected by the Nuggets in 2014, he only officially entered the NBA this year, so he is still considered a rookie.
In another scene, Li Hao scored while defending in front of Jokic: "Keep working hard, you almost guarded me."
But obviously, neither of these scenes is possible. Although Jokic came to Los Angeles with the team, he did not change his game clothes at all.
Li Hao, who failed to bully Jokic in the game, could only vent his frustration on other Nuggets players. As a result, Li Hao once again received a triple-double.
Played 36 minutes, made 12 of 18 shots, 4 of 6 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws. He scored 33 points, 13 assists, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.
With Li Hao's triple-double, the Lakers finally defeated the Nuggets with a score of 119:110.
The record of 3 wins and 1 loss also gave fans hope of the team's re-emergence. Although the Lakers' opponents in the first four games were not strong, the fans didn't care.
Then there is Li Hao's strong performance. He has triple-doubles in three of the four games. He is one of the best players in the league today. This is only Li Hao's second season in the league.
"If Li can continue to perform like this, he will probably have a chance to hit the regular season MVP in his second year." Because of Li Hao's outstanding performance, the media set off a trend of hyping Li Hao.
However, this situation was terminated the next day, because Kobe officially announced through the "Players Tribune" that he would officially retire at the end of the season.
Immediately afterwards, the Lakers announced this news to the outside world. For a time, almost all media rushed to Los Angeles, and the news of Kobe Bryant's retirement almost swept the world, hitting hot searches in various countries.
This is the globalization of NBA promotion. Under the tireless promotion of old president Stern, NBA has gone beyond the United States and gone to the world.
Silver has indeed brought huge benefits to the NBA, but in fact, if it weren't for Stern's decades of hard work, there would be the fruits of Silver's current success.
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