Chapter 85 - [The enemy meets, it is extremely slow]
After staying at the hotel, the Lakers coaching team specially reminded the new players not to go out. It is best to stay in the hotel except to adapt to the venue together, and do n’t wear the Lakers sportswear when going out, so as not to be provoked by fans.
The four major leagues in American sports, Portland has only one NBA team pioneer, this is the only child!
Under the support of his parents and fellow villagers, the Trail Blazers enjoyed the supreme love. Whenever fighting at home, the folks will come to the scene with great enthusiasm to cheer for the team, their way of cheering is to trick and humiliate their opponents. Due to the warm atmosphere at the scene, the name “Portland Prison” gradually spread.
The Lakers are now the No. 1 enemy of the Trail Blazers. In Guo Xu ’s previous life, Portland fans hated the Lakers until 2012. They believed that the 2000 Lakers lost the best opportunity for the Blazers to win the championship.
In 12 years, the famous Glassman star Brandon Roy was coming back. Fans said that except for the Lakers, no matter what team uniform Roy wears, Portland will always welcome him and never boo.
Guo Xu did not go anywhere, staying at the hotel to call his family.
Kay said: “You must be careful this time. I heard the fans who said that the two teams have hatred. The defensive action may be very large. It doesn’t matter if you don’t play well, don’t get injured.”
“The coach said that this will increase my playing time, I will not play just a few minutes like the preseason.”
Kay exclaimed: “Ah? Didn’t he hurt you?”
“Hah?” Guo Xu was quite speechless to his mother.
Kay also said: “Your salary is now very high. In the future, we will fight for a middle-class contract. We will buy wealth management products for that money, and it is enough to eat interest …”
Guo Xu hung up the phone after only a short chat, and he and the ball-blind mother were not the same channel at all. Probably because he is the only child, parents always think of “safety first”, not whether he will become a superstar in the future.
On the evening of the 31st, the NBA’s new season opener kicked off.
The regular season single-player roster is 12 people, and the Lakers only 13 players can play, the defender Pampsey was excluded.
In the locker room, Jackson did not speak to encourage morale. The players’ mentality was also relatively relaxed. The strength of the veterans is their ability to adjust. They have seen too many storms. An opener will not make them excited.
O’Neill smiled and shot Guo Xu from behind. “Jason, are you nervous?”
“One point.” Guo Xu answered truthfully: “But I can certainly overcome the emotional impact.”
“The Blazers fans will boo us when they play, don’t be afraid.” O’Neill smiled.
“Don’t underestimate me, my least fear is boos.” Guo Xugang was very weak when he was reborn. He was booed in tennis courts, boxing clubs, and nightclubs. This little thing didn’t stimulate him.
Seeing that he was not nervous, O’Neill pulled the subject away. “Hey, have you ever seen the movie” One Big Two “? I watched it last night and highly recommend it to you.”
“No, did you watch it yesterday? I have watched this movie several times …”
In less than a month, Guo Xu and O’Neill became very good friends, and they were too good to talk.
O’Neill’s character is lively and cheerful, even careless, is one of the few pistachios in NBA players, Guo Xu is also a restless temperament, can play will make trouble, pay attention to a lot of entertainment items.
They all like the entertainment industry and are willing to try to be an actor; they are all slick hands, love to tell jokes and do nothing for others; they are all interested in fighting and kung fu; their biggest similarities are that they like to dance embarrassingly, anytime, anywhere. Hapy together.
The players played on time, and the Trail Blazers fans gave the Lakers players a tsunami-like boo, even if they were just newcomers and did not experience the last playoffs.
Blazers players received warm applause when they played. However, no matter how invigorating, the Blazers are at a disadvantage today, veteran center Sabonis missed due to injury, they lack the physical shield against O’Neill.
ESPN live broadcast the game, the commentator Mark-Woodson bluntly showed that he is not optimistic about the Blazers. “How the Trailblazers guard O’Neal today is a big problem, I think they can’t prevent it at all.”
Partner Tom Hovas laughed: “It’s still possible for the Trail Blazers to get a starter. Their advantage is to score more points. Stardamer’s play is crucial. After Fisher’s injury, the Lakers only have veterans and newcomers. Weakness in position 1 is obvious. “
The Lakers started five: Harper, Kobe, Rick Fox, Horace Grant, O’Neill.
Trail Blazers starting: Damon Stardamer, Steve Smith, Scott Pippen, Rashid Wallace, Dale Davis.
Height 211CM, weight 104 kg Davis jumped the ball to win, the game began.
Pippen received the ball in the middle, the players pulled away, and Stardamer went to the right corner. After joining the Trail Blazers, Stadammeer is a bit like a point guard, the team does not need him to organize.
Bryant’s main defense and point guard was a coup last season. He followed closely, making it difficult for Stardamer to catch the ball. Fox is also an outstanding defensive player. Pippen couldn’t get rid of the ball and passed the ball to Smith in the running position. Harper pursued the body in time, forcing Smith to turn around and had to pass the ball.
Jackson made Harper start to strengthen the defense, not afraid of misalignment in various positions on the field.
The ball passed into Rashid’s hands several times. He turned to Grant and turned straight into the jumper. This is Rashid’s unique trick. He has a solid fire and a very high shot point, which makes it difficult for opponents to block. 0 to 2.
The Lakers attacked and Harper slowly dribble the ball over half time. It was really very slow. He violated the law for almost 9 seconds. He had to rely on the width of the court and his physical advantage to avoid the steals of Stardamer ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ Open, Harper passed to Kobe, Kobe was put close by Pippen, looking for a cover to get rid of, Rashid changed the defense a bit, Kobe failed to break, the pass to the middle, Grant had no chance to directly shoot, face Pippen and then pass.
O’Neal asked for the ball in the low post. Davis used a defense around the front. Until 24 seconds was running out, Fox only passed to O’Neal. The fat man caught the ball and caused Davis to foul and throw the ball with one hand. Hit the board.
O’Neill missed the penalty and missed the basket, 2-2.
The Trail Blazers attacked and passed back and forth. After 15 seconds, Smith got rid of Harper under the cover of Rashid and missed a three-pointer jumper. Fox grabbed a rebound in the backcourt and handed it to Harper to transport to the frontcourt. Harper found Kobe again and made a mistake. He was first caught by Pippen and succeeded in stealing.
Pippen transported to the frontcourt and passed it to Smith. The latter singled Fox to force a layup and missed under the interference. Rashid quickly grabbed the frontcourt rebound and scored again. 2 to 4.
The Lakers attacked. Harper’s slow pace was terrible. In 15 seconds, only two passes. Kobe singled Pippen. He missed a jumper. The ball was pulled by O’Neal from the penalty area. Kobe picked up the ball and jumped again. Still disturbed under the interference.
O’Neal showed the strength of the superstar, squeezed away the defender with a huge body, grabbed a rebound and scored a defensive rebound, Davis did not dare to foul. 4 to 4.
The Blazers continued to land and pass back and forth without stopping for 20 seconds. It is also the way for the Lakers to grab defensive rebounds after the player hits the iron. O’Neill doesn’t go in every time. He missed one-handed shots under Davis’ defense.
3 minutes passed quickly. The enemy met each other and was extremely slow. The two teams did not play a few rounds in total …