Chapter 1661 Is This an Unusual Start?
October 27th!
The new NBA season has finally resumed after a four-month hiatus. Countless basketball fans have set their alarm clocks and are waiting in front of the TV, waiting for the first game of the new season to begin.
It has to be said that the league is still very talented in arranging the opening game. Although there are only two games today, whether it is the Heat, the new big three in the East, against the old Big Three, the Celtics, or the China Derby in the West, the Lakers vs. the Rockets. , both are quite interesting duels.
What's more, putting the highly hyped Lakers and Heat games on the same day in the offseason makes people even more excited about what sparks will come from the collision between the two teams.
Due to the time difference, the showdown between the Heat and the Celtics will begin first. This will also be the debut of the new Heat. The showdown with the Green Kai, the strong player in the Eastern Conference for three consecutive years, will also be a test of the Heat's quality to a certain extent. The best chance.
As many Heat fans have said, no matter how many games they lose in the preseason, as long as they defeat the Celtics, those disputes will disappear.
Moreover, being able to defeat last season's Eastern Conference champion Celtics also means that the Heat are truly capable of competing for the Eastern Conference championship.
But of course the Celtics will not let the Heat pass easily, especially Pierce. In the summer, he often stood up to ridicule James's grouping behavior. In addition, James had a dispute with Pierce when he was in the Cavaliers. This time they met, It can be described as old and new grudges.
Before the game even started, the Celtics gave the Heat and James a thumbs up.
When Pierce walked to the technical stage with magnesium powder, the fans in the audience burst into deafening roars.
Magnesium powder reaches the sky, and its magic power is boundless.
Everyone knows that this is James' signature move in the Cavaliers. Pierce took it out at this time, and the reason is naturally self-evident.
James: ""
Although the little emperor was expressionless at the moment, everyone knew that his lungs were about to burst with anger at this moment, but he held it in his heart. James swore in his heart that he would let these green guys see my illustrious reputation in a while. .
When he was in the Cavaliers, James was surrounded by a bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled people, and they were bullied miserably by the Celtics. Now they are all brothers in basketball, and they are surrounded by strong soldiers, not to mention Wade and Bosh. I also have Mike Bea here. Bill, Jones, Big Z, Miller, Juwan, Howard, and Eddie House are all powerful players. Could it be that they are still afraid of you?
However, as soon as the fight started, James realized that he was wrong, very wrong. Although the people around him were famous, he was really the only one left in the fight...
At the beginning, my brothers were tough for a while, but were quickly suppressed by the Green Army. The high-pressure defense of the Green Army's old monsters made the Heat extremely uncomfortable. In addition, the Heat's tactics were really rubbish. Let the Big Three play one-on-one, and there is no other tactic. In addition, Bosh is still free and the substitutes are all misfired. As a result, they scored 40 points in the first half, of which James alone contributed 18 points and 6 assists. Still It’s being a father and a mother at the same time.
The second half was still the same. James played 43 minutes and scored 29 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, but the Heat still suffered a bad start 88-80...
In addition to James, Wade had 19 points, Bosh had 11 points, Eddie House had 8 points, Big Z had 6 points, Bibby had 4 points, Howard had 1 point...
The Heat stars who were praised to the sky before the game collectively stretched their hips...
Looking back at the Celtics, Pierce had 22 points and 7 rebounds, Ray Allen had 25 points, and Garnett had 15 points and 14 rebounds, including 6 offensive rebounds. Taken together, the old giant blew away the new giant.
The substitutes are even more incomparable. The Everbright baby scored 10 points and 6 rebounds, which is about the same as Bosh.
So the Heat locker room, which was quite cheerful a few days ago, suddenly became quiet...
The fans stopped talking. This was the regular season and there was no good excuse. Many experts who were more optimistic about the Heat before the game felt their faces hurt a little.
"The Heat still have a long way to go if they want to make a difference in the new season." Yu Jia, who explained the game, said.
But he immediately put the game aside. The local Americans were more concerned about the Heat. For them, today's NBA game is just one game!
Half an hour later, Staples, the Western Conference opener is about to begin.
CCTV started the live broadcast in advance and broadcast the championship ring awarding ceremony before the game in full.
Ji Feng was the first to receive the championship ring from the officials and put it on his hand. It merged with the rings of the previous two seasons. It was slightly different from the rings of the previous two seasons. This season's ring was more gorgeous. After all, it was a dynasty ring. The Lakers and league officials have spent a lot of money.
Facing the camera, Ji Feng raised his fist to show the ring in his hand and raised three fingers, which meant that this was the third championship ring in his career!
"We can see that Ji Feng is showing off his third personal ring. He is also the first triple crown winner in Asia. As the first triple crown winner in Asia, Ji Feng is a role model for all players." Yu Jiawang He said excitedly after arriving.
Not far away, Dayao was also watching this scene with emotion. As a veteran in his eighth year in the league, he also longed for his own ring, but he didn't know when he would get it.
But then Dayao burst into laughter. After the ring awarding ceremony, Artest, the Los Angeles Lakers player who had received the ring before the game, held a microphone in his hand to preside over the inauguration ceremony of the Staples championship banner. Artest looked extremely excited. If Tay's hormones had risen even slightly by 1%, or the background music of the game had played even one second slower, Artest might have auctioned off his championship ring on the spot.
This is understandable, after all, this is Artest's first championship ring.
The Zen master also fully considered Artest's excitement, so Artest started the game against his former club, the Rockets.
Ji Feng was directly moved to the No. 1 position. Lao Yu, who had undergone knee treatment in the offseason, sat on the bench. The same was true for Bynum, who had an injured knee. Powell came on the bench.
As for the Rockets, Dayao started, Scola played four, rookie Budinger unexpectedly appeared at the third position, Brooks and Kevin Martin partnered in the backcourt, McGrady has left the Rockets to pursue his dream with the Pistons.
This lineup cannot be compared with the Lakers on paper, but they are better because they are young and energetic.
The visiting Rockets have been fighting without Yao Ming for a whole year, and after Yao Ming's return, they did not tactically arrange Yao Ming's low-post offense. Therefore, Yao Ming's return provided enough height for the Rockets' inside line. And it did not slow down the offensive and defensive speed that the Rockets honed last year. This made the Rockets' opening offense very smooth. Especially the outside shooting touch of the Pudding combination was very good. They took advantage of the Lakers' slow offensive and defensive transition to score consecutive points and beat the Lakers. Caught off guard.
Although Kobe began to deliberately increase his personal offense in the second quarter, and Ji Feng also began to use air cuts to respond to Kobe's passes, the Lakers' substitutes did not step up in time to share the outside scoring. After Yao Ming came off the court, the Rockets used Miller's high position support With Budinger, Martin and others' reverse runs and air cuts, they easily broke through and scored again and again. In just 2 quarters, the Budin combination scored 37 points very efficiently, leading the Rockets to end the first half at 62:51.
At halftime, public opinion was in an uproar. After the Heat capsized, would the Lakers also be in trouble? !
"This is an unusual start..." Barkley muttered to himself.