On October 30th, the NBA's opening game began. There were three games going on at the same time. The most interesting ones were naturally the Celtics VS the Heat and the Mavericks VS the Los Angeles Clippers. As for the Wizards and Cavaliers, no one paid much attention to them, and there weren't many broadcasts.
Han Zhe's Bobcats could rest for two more days. Their first match was on November 2nd, when they would play against the Pacers at home.
Their first game was also crucial because they had lost 23 games in a row at the end of last season. If they lost against the Pacers, it would mean that they had lost 24 games in a row in the regular season. Everyone was under a lot of pressure. No one wanted to extend this record, not to mention that this was the home opener!
In the evening, Han Zhe was also called to the living room by the Martens to watch the live broadcast of the Lakers-Mavericks match on TNT.
After watching the opening performance, when the commentator read out the list of the players, Mr. and Mrs. Martin looked jealous. They might be comparing their team to others.
Han Zhe also raised his eyebrows when he heard that. This year's lineup was really unreasonable. It was an All-Star lineup. This was not a description. The main players were really players who had participated in the All-Star.
Kobe, Gasol, Howard, Nash, and Meta. Any player was a superstar. Such a team was a bit exaggerated.
"As expected of a big city. The Laker is really rich!”Martin said sourly.
Catherine curled her lips." Our team has money too. The substitutes are all the million-star players, Gordon!”
" Pfft." Han Zhe was amused by their conversation. He also mourned for Gordon. They must have seen the news report at the press conference the day before yesterday and learned about this cold joke.
Who dared to say that the Bobcats were poor? Their substitutes were all billion-star players!
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When the game began, Kobe received a pass from Nash and directly rushed into the lane for a slam dunk. The home fans were immediately ignited, and the cheers on television could be heard.
TNT's famous mouth Smith smiled at Barkley, the bad boy next to him." Is Kobe trying to use this ball to hit back at those who say he's old?”
Barkley curled his lips and said,"I, a retired old man, can also score this goal!"”
"You? You might be able to fight, but you really can't play basketball!”Smith said disdainfully.
Barkley was unhappy. Why couldn't he do it? He was also a superstar back then, so the two of them spat at each other.
The audience watched these two clowns bicker and were overjoyed. These two commentators were really fun. They dared to say anything and criticize anyone.
Han Zhe and the others were also enjoying themselves. It was indeed interesting to watch the game while listening to the commentators criticize people. If it was in China, it wouldn't work. Let alone talking nonsense like this, the slightest misuse of words would cause the game to fail. For example, when Huang said that his soul had been possessed, his soul had left his body and said goodbye to CCTV.
At the end of the first quarter, the Los Angeles team led 29-25.
Smith said," The Laker played well in the first quarter. It looks like Old Brown has done a good job of running the team.”
Barkley said disdainfully," Give me an all-star team. I can make them play well as a coach!”
These words made Smith choke, but he was indeed speechless. This lineup was really easy to play with. Even if it was led by a pig, it would not be bad!
However, everyone could only guess the beginning, not the end.
After the second quarter, the Mavericks were four points ahead of the Lakers. In other words, the Mavericks had chased them back by eight points.
"How did the Laker play like this? It feels like the rhythm of the second quarter is completely in the Mavericks 'hands. The Laker has been suppressed!”Old fans like Martin had already noticed that the situation was not good for the Los Angeles team. Catherine turned to Han Zhe, a professional player." Han, why are the Lakers so bad even though they're all stars?" she asked.”
Han Zhe said bluntly," It's because they're all stars that it's not easy to play. Everyone wants to show off, and no one is willing to admit defeat to the other. The others are better off. Look at Kobe, who basically won't let go of the ball when he holds it. Howard also goes for it when he has the ball. It'd be strange if he could play well.”
"So the rumors about the discord in their team are true?”Martin asked curiously.
Han Zhe spread out his hands." How would I know? I'm not a paparazzi. Besides, Kobe has always been so independent. It doesn't mean anything that he doesn't cooperate.”
In fact, Han Zhe also felt that there might be a problem internally with the Los Angeles team because their cooperation was really bad. Only Gasol and Nash played selflessly. The others rarely passed the ball. They chose to go up hard. Although the Mavericks 'Nowitzki was absent due to injury, the Mavericks were not weak. It would be strange if they could win like this.
In the third quarter, the Mavericks widened the gap to double digits. In the fourth quarter, although the Los Angeles Clippers tried to catch up, they still lost 91-99 at home.
This result was something that no one had expected. The unbelievable lineup of the Los Angeles Clippers was the team with the highest chance of winning the championship this season. The Heat was also suppressed by them. In the end, they fell in front of their home in the first game, and their opponent was the Mavericks, who had Nowitzki absent!
Barkley and Smith were also analyzing the situation. First, Kobe played too alone. He didn't even have a single assist at the end of the game. He wasn't aggressive either. After the whole game, he only got one rebound. Even if he missed, it wouldn't be just this number, brother!
Secondly, Nash's play on the perimeter was a little off. His field goal percentage was only around 30%, and he only scored seven points.
In the end, when all the data was compared, the reason was revealed. The three players from the Los Angeles team scored high points. Gasol had the highest score with 23 points, Kobe had 22 points, and Howard had 19 points. However, none of the other players from the Los Angeles team scored 10 points.
Although the Mavericks 'highest score was only 17 points from Collison, their team's score was very average. The six players in the game scored in double figures. This was the difference.
In the other two games, the Heat easily defeated the Celtics 120-107, and the Wizards lost to the Cavaliers 84-94.
November 2nd finally arrived after the long-awaited calls of the Chinese people. When they saw that Han Zhe was also on the announced roster, everyone was filled with anticipation. Today might be Han Zhe's first day in the NBA.
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