Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 29: The Opener Arrives

On October 28, the NBA 07~08 season officially kicked off, and the Lakers’ home opener was also today.

During the regular training session in the morning, representatives of journalists from various media outlets have rushed to the Staples Center to find the purpose of the trip. – Most people went straight to Kobe.

Zhou Lingan, a female reporter from the domestic Sina.com, is also among them, but what she is looking for is not Kobe, but Li Wan, the Chinese player in this team.

This year is the NBA’s “draft year”, but also the domestic “draft year”, first Guangdong’s Yi Jianlian was selected with the sixth pick in the first round, then Li Wan was selected with the 19th pick in the first round, and Sun Yue, the “little magician” of Aosheng, was also selected by the Mavericks in the second round, but he still had to play for a year before entering the NBA.

Three domestic players are selected in one year, which is unique in the past.

Li Wan has performed very well in the summer league and preseason, which has caused heated discussions in China, and now the entire domestic news reports about basketball are divided between him and Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. And his popularity is becoming higher and higher, has surpassed Yi Jianlian, and because Yao Ming did not play much in the preseason, his popularity also overshadowed Dayao.

Therefore, the opening game of the Lakers was broadcast by domestic TV stations and online media that can broadcast the game, including the Sina NBA.

Zhou Ling’an followed the guidance of the stadium staff and successfully found Li Wan, and luckily, he just ended the interview with others. Zhou Lingan explained his intentions, and Li Wan readily agreed.

“How? Is life in Los Angeles still used to? Oh no, you’ve been living in the United States for several years, and you probably won’t be unaccustomed to it. ”

Taking advantage of the cameraman’s fiddling with the camera, Zhou Lingan chatted with Li Wan to close the distance, so that the interview could be more natural. It’s just that this small talk is more like Zhou Lingan asking and answering herself.

“I’m sorry, it’s my first time…”

Zhou Lingan, who felt that he had messed up, scratched his head and laughed a little embarrassed, and his crooked crescent eyes looked very lively.

Zhou Lingan is not such a stunning beauty, she feels more like the little sister next door to Li Wan. Of course, this is Li Wan’s feeling, everyone’s aesthetics are different.

“Then you…”

Zhou Lingan, who racked his brains, seemed to have thought of something again, and Li Wan next to him suddenly raised his hand.

“Snap! ”

A clapping sound sounded in the back of her head, Zhou Lingan turned around, Li Wan opened his big hand, was hooking a basketball to pull back, a large loop to hold the ball steady, very handsome came to a fingertip to turn the ball. Judging by the strength of the sound just now, if it weren’t for Li Wan blocking it, this ball would probably smash her out.

If it is not Li Wan standing here, but Kobe, Li Wan believes that Zhou Lingan will also be stunned.

Li Wan looked in the direction where the ball was flying, and Odom was touching the back of his head awkwardly, smiling apologetically at him, apparently this guy was the initiator.

This is not the first time, and Odom often passes the ball to Phil Jackson, who is standing next to him, in practice.

“Hey man, your pass sucks! Li Wan returned the ball.

Odom caught the ball and said to Li Wan: “Tell that girl, sorry, and… I love her! ”

“I’m okay, I don’t blame you for that! ”

The voice was very loud, and Zhou Ling’an also heard it, and turned his head to reveal a smile that wanted to refuse to return. Li Wan secretly said: So young to run to the United States to interview, sure enough, there are two strokes.

“I think we can lean against the wall! ”

Li Wan pointed to the edge of the training ground, where there were walls blocking it.

“I think so! ”

Zhou Ling’an nodded thoughtfully, and the back of her head was still cold.

The camera uncle changed places with them, and also carried the camera and followed, anyway, it was just a matter of adjusting the focus, and it was not troublesome.

With the end of the cameraman’s uncle debugging and the official start of the interview, Zhou Lingan was very professional, and immediately entered the interview stage, after saying the opening remarks, turned his head to look at Li Wan, red lips bright: “Hello, Li Wan, can you say hello to our Sina audience?” ”

Zhou Lingan’s voice used in the interview was a little thicker than her usual, less like the little sister next door, and more professional.

Li Wan greeted her as she said, and Zhou Lingan continued to the next question: “Now that we know in China that you have a nickname called Swear Kid, do you think this will have an impact on you?” ”

“If it doesn’t affect my performance on the field, then it won’t! Li Wan thought about it and added, “Trash talk was originally part of the game.” ”

Zhou Lingan nodded, she agreed, and when she stood on the sidelines for the first time and listened to the conversation between the NBA head coach and the players on both sides, she was startled by the violence of the conversation.

“What do you expect from your career debut? ”

“I wish I could perform better than I thought! ”

Li Wan is a little nervous in his heart, the regular season is different from the preseason and the summer league, what kind of performance he can play, you have to play to know.

However, he has already done everything that needs to be done, and looking back on the whole summer, he has worked hard enough, so for now, there is nothing to worry about.

……

The interview ended quickly, and when Li Wan went back to training, Odom grimaciously came over, reached out and put his hand on his shoulder, hooking him closer, and the strong smell of perfume on his body made Li Wan feel pungent.

“Hey, bro, did that beauty leave her contact information, I feel like she likes me!” ”

“It should have been kept, but I forgot to give it this time, and next time you want it yourself, man!” ”

As soon as Li Wan went back to warm up after the call, Odom was stunned in place for a while, only to go around clearly, what is this, turned his head and pestered Li Wan again.

Bryant noticed his rogue look, coughed lightly, and let out a “death gaze”, Odom smiled and turned around, picked up the ball at the speed of light, and threw himself into training.

As the opener approached, this guy’s air pressure was noticeably lower.

Tonight’s Staples came with a lot of Lakers fans, more than any of Li Wan’s past few games, nearly 20,000 seats were filled, and the black pressure was crushed!

The slogan shouted by the Lakers for the new season is really full of appeal.

Li Wan also received the biggest cheers since he entered the Lakers when he appeared. And in the stands, he also saw many female fans holding signs with their names. The crooked Chinese looked as if it were an oracle bone just excavated by the archaeological team.

He also watched it for a long time before he understood: this Nima can actually be “Li Wan”!

Kupchek also came to the scene, he hopes that the Lakers can win this game, so that Kobe Bryant can have more patience, and he has more time to continue to “wait for the rabbit”.

NBA general managers must endure loneliness.

The Suns haven’t changed much this summer, except for signing Grant Hill, a former All-Star voting champion, from free agency to bolster their wings.

In the new season, they still use Steve Nash and Stoudemire as the core, playing “run-and-bomb tactics”.

With resentment, Kobe Bryant singled with the ball in the first round of this game, and Lagabel was known as the “Kobe Terminator”, and he was like a big enemy at the moment.

He has a killer tool against Kobe, but only once. He didn’t want to use the trick so quickly.

Kobe’s throat is faintly sore, a little blocked, he skillfully accelerates to the left side of Lagabel to break through, when he is about to approach Lagabel, quickly turn, holding the ball to levitate, testing the resistance behind him, feeling that the opposite side does not mean to press forward, Kobe Bryant turns forward with the ball, leans back to shoot a jumper, Lagabel is not slow, or can only watch the ball fly from Kobe’s hand, cut through the arc, and fall into the basket.

2-0！

Angelenos, who had just sat down before the opening, cheered as they watched the ball get into the basket.

Kobe Bryant scored the first goal, out of control, and hit the attack one after another, he combined back technology with turning breakthrough technique, and the Suns did not play very well whether it was Lagabel or Grant Hill stepping forward to defend.

Only after the first quarter, the Lakers still trailed by 3 points, 24-27.

The Suns can’t prevent Kobe, and the Lakers can’t prevent the Suns’ Steve Nash tandem.

The hero of the first quarter belonged to Stoudemire, who used his explosive physicality, made multiple catches under the basket, and completed the dunk, and in just one quarter, he scored 8 points.

Bynum the “Little Shark”, who had high hopes before the start of the season, was a bit different from him, and there were almost no memory points.

In addition, Grant Hill contributed 2 3-pointers.

From the end of the first quarter, Hill’s transformation after arriving with the Suns this season is obvious, the offensive end suddenly released cold arrows, mainly focused on the defensive end, and took on the role of “flank gate”.

He’s doing a good job so far.

Kobe Bryant scored 9 points on 3-of-6 shooting and 3-of-4 free throws, but the team’s backwardness kept him cold when he left the court. Walked to the bench with a white towel to cover his face, and exuded a low pressure of “no one pay attention to me”.

(End of chapter)

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