bestfiction Chapter 271 265 [The new season starts]
Chapter 271 265 [The new season starts]
Chapter 271 265 [The new season starts]
Phil Jackson's stubbornness is well-known in the NBA. No one thought that this guy would make such a big change after returning to the Lakers. To a certain extent, if he hadn't witnessed all this with his own eyes, Lakers fans would Can't believe it.
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On September 2005, 9 local time, the NBA preseason game continued in full swing. For Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, one of the preseason games in the NBA still attracted their attention today, and that was the away game of the Lakers. Game against the Rockets.
Why does such a preseason game with unimportant results attract the attention of many Chinese?
Obviously this is because people once again have the opportunity to see the "Chinese Derby".
Although Li Hao played at the level of an NBA superstar last season, it is no exaggeration to say that Li Hao is now the most outstanding NBA player in Asian history.
However, for Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, his improvement in the last season, especially in the second half, is obvious to all. Today, he can definitely be selected as an All-Star by virtue of his hard power.
From this perspective, today's "China Derby" is obviously more valuable.
Therefore, many people are looking forward to the start of this game.
However, 4 hours before the start of the game, the official news from the Lakers poured a basin of cold water on many people, that is, Li Hao will not play in this game because of his stomach discomfort.
As soon as the news came out, the pot was blown up immediately, and almost everyone thought it was Phil Jackson who was "playing tricks"
But in fact, what people don't know is that Phil Jackson only knew that Li Hao didn't want to play in this game before the game. The reason why Li Hao didn't want to play in this game was entirely his own idea. Phil Jackson just " Let's cooperate."
The reason why Li Hao is unwilling to play in this game is mainly due to three reasons.
First, this is an irrelevant preseason game, and winning or losing the game is not important.Second, he did have something to do today, and third, Li Hao did it for the good of Yao Ming.
Especially the third point is the main reason why Li Hao finally decided not to play in this game.
Two days ago, Li Hao received a call from Yao Ming. During the call, Yao Ming asked Li Hao some questions and told Li Hao about his situation in the Rockets. Li Hao could tell that Yao Ming planned to play a bigger role in the new season. .
Of course, Li Hao also got such a message from the situation Yao Ming said, that is, Yao Ming is still under great pressure until now. This pressure mainly comes from the expectations of the Chinese people, even from him.
Therefore, at this time, Li Hao is unwilling to let Yao Ming meet with him before the start of the new season, so that he can have a good attitude and try to improve himself further. After all, the goal of the Rockets in the new season is also the championship. Li Hao sincerely hopes Yao Ming's ability to play the characteristics of the Chinese inside line has become a beautiful landscape in the nba.
In this way, the much-anticipated "Chinese Derby" finally became a slogan...
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So, Li Hao didn't play in this game, where did he go?
Then, almost at the same time as the preseason game between the Lakers and the Rockets was going on, the ESPN TV live program gave the answer. It turned out that Li Hao was accepting an exclusive interview with ESPN at this time.
ESPN (English: Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, that is, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, generally referred to as ESPN) is a 24-hour American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports programs. At first ESPN also broadcast entertainment programs, and later fully developed sports programs. It is the most popular sports program in the world today. The famous sports TV network, a 24-hour continuous broadcast sports program channel.
ESPN was founded by American Scott Rasmussen and his father Bill Rasmussen. It started broadcasting on September 1979, 9 and is headquartered in Bristol, USA.At present, ESPN has developed into the largest sports television network in the world, with satellite network covering 7 countries, programs in 160 languages, and more than 21 million viewers worldwide.
In the NBA, many players are proud of being invited by EDPN for an exclusive interview, because everyone knows the influence of this TV station. Although Li Hao does not like dealing with the media, he still cannot refuse this kind of invitation.
Originally, EsPN TV station planned to conduct an exclusive interview with Li Hao after the finals in June, but because Li Hao was very tired and the schedule was close at that time, Yao Zhijun and the others discussed with espn immediately and postponed the time until now.
United States, Bristol, ESPN headquarters live broadcast room, Li Hao appeared in the studio wearing a casual outfit endorsed by him.
Britney, a 29-year-old beauty host, is responsible for the exclusive interview with Li Hao.
Britney: Oh, Lee, welcome here, nice to meet you!
Li Hao: Me too!
Li Hao's relaxed and natural expression made Britney a little surprised. Doesn't this guy in front of him have any interest in his figure?Britney began to wonder, is she not sexy enough?Even though she knew that Li Hao already had a wife.
"Li, you seem to be in very good condition. It was reported by the media before that you have given a lot of time to the training hall recently. Is this true?" Britney's exclusive interview began soon.
"There's a thing like that, for me, practice is part of basketball, I have to make sure I'm improving, you know..."
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"Li, will you surprise people again in the new season?"
"Haha, who can say for sure, of course I want to do this, let's wait and see!"
"What is your goal? To catch up with Michael? In the NBA, this has almost become the common goal of many talented players"
"Yeah, you know, Michael is of course a great player, a lot of players would like to be compared to him, it has to be done step by step..."
It is hard to imagine that when Li Hao was interviewed by ESPN, he attracted more attention (mainly referring to Chinese fans) than the game between the Lakers and the Rockets. This situation is not a secret at all in the context of the rapid development of the Internet in the United States.
Therefore, the ESPN headquarters president's office, "Jack, try our best, we must maintain a good relationship with Lee, and we have to cooperate with him more in the future, his value is terrible, what a gem" ESPN President John Ski Seeing the increasing interest in the live broadcast room, Per excitedly yelled at the assistant.
The interview lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. Li Hao was very cunning. During the interview, Britney set him up many times and often raised some controversial topics, but Li Hao prevaricated them all. It made Britney extremely depressed, and she realized that the number ten of the Lakers is indeed different...
When Li Hao's interview with ESPN ended, on the other hand, the preseason game between the Lakers and the Rockets also just ended. However, the result of this game was beyond many people's expectations.
Before the game, the Lakers not only announced that Li Hao would not play in this game, but also announced that Kwame Brown, Kobe and others would also not play.
On the Rockets side, Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said that all players, including the team's two core Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, will play in this game.
Therefore, before the start of this game, many people are optimistic about the Rockets at home.
However, now that the game is over, the winner is the Lakers, even if they narrowly win by 1 point.
what does this mean?
I'm afraid everyone can think of something. This at least means that the defending champion is still the strongest contender for the championship in the new season. It means that the Houston Rockets still need a lot of work to do if they want to challenge the defending champion.
Not only the Rockets, but also a reminder to other teams in the league that aim for the championship in the new season. They want to beat the Lakers, it is definitely not as simple as imagined.
Especially for those teams that spend a lot of money to introduce superstar players, it is not necessarily successful to rely solely on accumulating stars.
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"We performed better. Everyone is in a good state. In fact, I told everyone before the game. Relax and play, and just play what we should have."
After the game, Phil Jackson was interviewed by the media. Facing the camera, Zen master appeared very confident.
"Goal for the new season? Dude, it's obviously a bit funny for you to ask this, but I can answer you, as the defending champions, we have only one goal for the new season, and that's the defending title."
When a reporter at the interview site proposed the goals of the Lakers for the new season to Phil Jackson, although Phil Jackson was very impatient, he still straightforwardly stated the team's goals for the new season.
Yes, as Phil Jackson said, as the defending champions, they have only one goal in the new season, and that is to defend the title.This is an undisclosed secret that almost the whole world knows.
"I keep repeating, he's a kid with great potential, he's been in this league for two seasons, and he's been unbelievable in the Finals for two consecutive seasons, he's always very confident, he's I believe that I can do it, so he did it. In the new season, I believe he will grow even better."
This is not the first time that Phil Jackson has publicly praised Li Hao. However, it is obvious that when someone at the scene hoped that Zen Master would comment on Li Hao, people could see the pride in Zen Master’s expression. Speaking of which, Li Hao was able to get up, and he also had a share of the credit.
On October 2005, 10, BJ time, the 14-2005 NBA regular season officially began. On the first day of the new season, the league arranged a total of two sets of duels, one for the east and the west, and they were all blockbuster duels.
In the East, the Detroit Pistons are playing at home against the Miami Heat. As the two teams with the strongest lineup in the East, the confrontation between these two teams is not only a battle for the leadership of the East, but will also be accompanied by more other focuses. For example, after an offseason of hard training, has Dwyane Wade made progress?For example, can Billups once again lead the Motor City Legion to rise strongly?
In fact, the Heat have made a lot of moves in the transfer market in the past offseason. Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Williams, Anthony Walker, all the famous names have joined this team. Therefore, if the Lakers seem to be the best team in the league, then the Heat are the team second only to the Lakers.
Many people think that this year's finals is likely to be the Lakers vs. the Heat again.
At the beginning of the game, both sides did not play very well and made frequent mistakes. However, in general, the Miami Heat in the away game performed better. When the first quarter played 6 minutes, the Miami Heat in the away game won With such a lead of 19:12, it seems that Dwyane Wade has indeed successfully leveled up this offseason. Of the 19 points scored by the Heat, he alone accounted for 10 of them, and his state can be described as very hot.
However, just 1 minute later, there was a scene on the court that everyone did not expect, that is, the Miami Heat's main small forward Anthony Walker suffered a major injury ~ a severe fracture of his left leg!
This is a big bad news!
At the Pistons home court, at this moment, the atmosphere is extremely dignified. Everyone is praying for Anthony Walker. At this moment, the hearts of the people are the greatest, and it has nothing to do with the team's grievances!
"This is a very unfortunate picture, God, this is too cruel, but it must be admitted that this is part of basketball. As professional players, they must face it. Let us wish Anthony Walker an early return..."
Walker's sudden injury changed the direction of the game. Even though the Heat players were sad and passionate, they played very tenaciously in the next game.
But it was still the Pistons who won the game in the end.
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In the West, this matchup can be called the peak matchup. The San Antonio Spurs are at home against the Houston Rockets, and the Rockets "mm combination" is facing the Spurs "gdp combination". It is an absolute all-star melee.
After the start of the game, the Rockets in the away game were the first to enter the state. A wave of 6:0 beat the Spurs by surprise, but it also woke them up. It was not "GDP" that made the first effort, but Bruce Bowen. Record a three-pointer and instantly help the Spurs equalize the score.
In the end, the Rockets played in an away game, relying on Yao Ming's blocking of Tim Duncan at the last moment and won the game with difficulty.
For the Rockets, being able to beat the Spurs means that their new season can be expected in the future.
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翌日，也就是BJ时间2005秒10月15日，NBA2005-2006赛季多场比赛陆续开始。
The home of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Staples Center, one hour before the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, the two-time finals MVP Lakers No. 1 arrived at the arena wearing portable headphones and an Armani suit. In ten minutes, the Lakers players also arrived one after another!
In this game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, because there are many stars in the lineups of both sides, that is, the lineup is luxurious, so this game is one of the live broadcast games in the United States. The commentators are in place, such as the giant tnt commentary team, Kenny Smith and Barkley are talking and laughing in the commentary booth.
"Man, this is the second consecutive season that we have commented on the first game of the new season of the Lakers. I remember that last season, the first game of the new season of the Lakers was an away game against the Nuggets. That game is still in my memory today. Still new," affirmed Smith.
"That's right, I remember that in that game, when the Lakers were generally not favored, they actually suppressed the Nuggets at home. In the end, they beat the Nuggets. It was a slap in the face for each of us. ,Ha ha"
"So, guys, we must not treat the Lakers as a team with common sense. This season's Minnesota Timberwolves look very strong on paper. After all, they have Kevin Garnett. But, I don't want to hide my In my heart, it is clear that the Lakers will be the winner of this game, as people have been discussing before, the strength of the defending champion looks so impeccable"
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"Fans and friends, welcome to lock on CCTV5. We will soon bring you the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. I am the commentator Zhang Weiping, and I am Xu Jicheng"
CCTV naturally chose to broadcast the game live across the United States, and because of Li Hao, the Lakers are already the home team of Chinese fans, and CCTV will not be able to broadcast it.
"It's been a long time since I saw Li Hao play in the regular season, and I really can't wait," Zhang Weiping joked.
"Haha, Director Zhang, I have to say, your words can be regarded as expressing the aspirations of most Chinese fans."
(End of this chapter)