Chapter Twenty-Nine: The War Begins at the First Second!

Before the start of the game, the core players of the two teams suddenly stalemate on the court, which made the players, coaches, and spectators of the two teams a little inexplicable, and at the same time felt a very strong coercion, and the tense atmosphere was almost solidified, making it difficult for people to breathe.

The players of the two teams looked at their bosses nervously, a simple-minded strong man like Howard, or a hot-tempered beast like Artest are ready, although the occurrence of violence on the court abroad will bring very serious punishment to the league to discredit them, but if it really comes to that time, they will not care so much, and the most important thing is to help the boss.

Just when the referee couldn't stand the inhibition and was about to step forward to stop the behavior of the two crazy people, Kobe Bryant suddenly spoke.

"I know what you're trying to say I'm going to fight from the first second to the last in this game, I'll never admit that I'm inferior to you, you're good, but today I'm going to prove to you that I'm Kobe Bryant better than you."

Kobe Bryant has thrown the battle book directly in Keller's face, and there is no reason for Keller not to accept the challenge at this time, especially if this opponent is Kobe Bryant, whom he has always wanted to beat.

"I accept your challenge, but things will never be as you said, today you will lose face in front of all the Chinese fans, lose your face, and then I will take everything you have with today's victory, including this season's championship, of course"

Kobe Bryant sneered: "We'll see"

Keller gave the same response: "We'll see"

After saying that, the two of them turned around and walked towards their own half, and the referee on duty said that the two people did not break out into a big conflict as he thought, and then he was slightly relieved, but when he thought that most of the lineups on both sides were some stars with strange temperaments and violent tempers, his heart that he had just put down suddenly hung again.

Not to mention the grievances between the two teams over the previous two seasons, and the question of who is superior and who is inferior between Keller and Kobe, the two most powerful players in the league today, those things are just a cliché to be brought back now, and there is no point in taking these cold rice out and stirring it up. On top of that, the clash of these two teams is still full of conversation, starting with the fact that the beast Artest faced his old club for the first time after defecting. Although the game has not yet started, it is unclear how Artest will be treated by the Knicks players, but just by looking at the eyes of the Knicks players looking at Artest, you know that the beast will definitely receive special treatment in this game.

Phil Jackson, who also chose to leave the Knicks, has obviously seen this situation, and he did not put Artest in the starting lineup in this game, but chose Luke Wharton, who is also from the 03 generation, for the small forward position.

Luke Wharton has been working hard in the NBA for four years, although he has a famous dad to take care of, but the mediocre little Wharton is obviously difficult to gain a foothold in the NBA, which is full of supermen, and he is only a marginal figure of the Lakers now, this is the first time he has represented the Lakers as a starter in such an important game, and he looks quite excited.

At the center position, the Lakers fielded new signing Pau Gasol of Spaniard, who looks a little stronger than last season, and maybe Memphis really isn't a good place for basketball. Although the switch to the Lakers cost Gasol the position of the boss, it is not a good thing for him to be able to play next to Kobe Bryant and get closer to the championship he dreams of.

Power forward Lakers are relatively weaker, arguably the weakest part of the team's roster, and Jackson didn't send in Rashad Lewis, but handed the position to Meme. Obviously, the style of play is soft, and Meme, who can only shoot three points from the outside, is obviously not worthy of the Lakers' super luxury lineup, and it seems that if he wants to fully overwhelm the Knicks, Lakers owner Buss's pocket can only be opened again.

In the position of scoring guard, the Lakers sent the number one star Kobe Bryant, got so many powerful teammates, Kobe Bryant should be in a good mood, but now his brows are tightly locked, only Jackson, who knows the ins and outs, knows that Kobe Bryant is unhappy completely because of the previous heads-up loss to Keller, I hope Kobe Bryant can have a better result in today's game.

The Lakers' point guard is still the old fish Fisher, although he is older, although the speed is slow, and the shooting is not as sharp as before, but Fisher's experience is still the most valuable asset of the Lakers, and it is precisely because of this that Jackson did not hesitate to let go of the young Jordan Farmar, and finally left the old fish.

Unlike the Lakers, the Knicks played an elite game, with center Dwight Howard, power forward Greg Oden, small forward Danny Granger, scoring guard Kyler Korver, and point guard Steve Blake.

Look at Thomas's posture, he wants to teach his predecessor a hard lesson in this game, let everyone know that the Knicks he coaches are the most powerful, although the team is missing Artest, the most powerful outside defender, but after straightening Granger, the team's attack power has obviously increased a lot, for today's game, Thomas has a lot of confidence that he can achieve a beautiful victory, but Jackson has reservations, which makes him a little unhappy, and he has a lot less sense of accomplishment to defeat an opponent who is not the strongest。

"Listen, the boys are going to grab points at the beginning of this game, keep grabbing points, and we're going to beat the Lakers in one go, and they've got some people, but it's definitely not a threat to us, we're the strongest, and the result of the game will tell, and now I'm just going to let you do it." ”

All the Knicks players, both the main team and the bench, surrounded Thomas, who made the final pre-war mobilization and tactical arrangements.

"Keller is a pity that you don't have that bodyguard by your side now, in this game, your responsibility will be greater, watch Kobe, don't let him score easily, I don't care if he breaks through on the inside, but at least you have to completely strangle his outside projection"

Keller didn't speak, just nodded, and continued to sort out his equipment, and Kobe Bryant, which he has been looking forward to, although his defense is recognized as bad all over the world, but in the face of Kobe, he has no fear, in his philosophy of life, only he does not listen to destroy the opponent, trample on the dignity of the opponent, but he has never had the experience of being intimidated.

In addition to Keller, Thomas is most satisfied with the interior twin tower combination of Howard and Oden, in this ring the Knicks occupy an absolute advantage, even if Jackson really sent Rashad Lewis and Gasol to partner in this game, Thomas is not afraid, two guys who can only play small moves under the basket, or run to the outside to shoot, in any case, it is impossible for Howard and Oden, two strong men with both strength and skill.

Thomas had only one word for their instructions: "Destroy them completely and let them know that under the basket will always be your world, and that soft eggs like them should stand aside." ”

The game finally began, the players of the two teams had already played, and the Chinese fans who once again felt the charm of the NBA face-to-face immediately became jubilant, and the atmosphere of the scene also reached the first **.

Howard smiled wickedly and stood with Gasol in the center circle, looking at each other's opponents, and you could feel the strong fighting spirit in their eyes.

"You're really not fit to stand on this course, the sport that suits a playboy like you should be golf, I think you should have a good development in that place, here, remember this is my world"

Howard whispered, he didn't look down on the soft guy Gasol at all, in his eyes, Gasol would always be the sister-in-law who would be scared to pee his pants when he hit him twice at the beginning of the game

Gasol looked regretful, but quickly regained his composure, and in the face of Howard's chatter, Gasol was always in the water, and did not react at all, obviously he was planning to prove himself on the court.

When the referee saw that Howard's mouth was open like a submachine gun and did not stop, and Gasol's face was getting more and more gloomy, worried that if it went on like this, Gasol would not be able to help but explode, if that really happened, everything would really be over.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly threw the ball into the sky and announced the start of the game.

Howard and Gasol jumped up at the same time, stretched out their arms towards the basketball racket, but his mouth still didn't stop, although he was only teammates with Payton for one season, but Howard's trash talk skills have been truly transmitted, and he can ensure that swearing is not swear words anytime and anywhere, and it is not repeated, especially not to delay him from doing other things.

Although the two men are of similar height, Howard's bouncing ability is obviously superior, flicking the ball behind him gently, and he and Keller are now more and more tacit on the court, almost to the point of telepathy, even if he does not look back, he can clearly grasp Keller's every move.

Sure enough, the basketball was in Keller's hands, Keller did not attack with the ball this time, under Jackson's tutelage, the Lakers' defense did quite well, and after passing the ball to Blake, Keller waved his hand and shouted: "Offense"

In the first seconds of the game, the war between the two teams had already begun