Of course, no matter how lively the two sides say before the game, it will not have any impact on the outcome of the game, and the real battle will still be on the field. Whoever is the hero and who is the bear, people will know when the time comes.

With an hour to go before the start of the game, in the visiting dressing room in Maddison, team boss Reid was making the final moves.

"We have a strong opponent today, but we have no reason to be afraid of any team because we are the strongest!" said team boss Michael Reid to boost the morale of the players.

Although the Milwaukee Bucks have had a poor record in recent years and have even become a well-known fish belly in the league, Reed's desire to win will not be cold, even if he is only a shooter.

On the other side, in the Knicks' locker room, the atmosphere is much more relaxed, the team is now well-staffed, the strength is strong, and the players are full of confidence to win.

"Jamal, Trevor, today is your first official game, you have to perform well when you get on the court!" Van Gundy admonished as he looked at the excited rookie.

Van Gundy is still a little uneasy about the two rookies, although the two have performed very well in the preseason, but the preseason and the regular season are not comparable. It's a real battle coming up right now, and the defensive intensity is much stronger than in the preseason, and Van Gundy doesn't know if these two rookies can handle it.

"Hmm!" Nelson nodded heavily, knowing exactly what his current role was. It doesn't matter, he believes that with his own efforts, he will one day get ahead in the Knicks and break into a sky of his own.

"Okay, so that's the starting list for tonight。。。。。。 ”

Van Gundy stepped aside after announcing his line-up. Then came the time for Lamar to interact with his brothers.

Lamar was also making the final preparations, slowly tying up his shoelaces, standing up and stepping on it. Today he is wearing the just-released "Bandit 5 Generation", compared with the previous four generations, this basketball shoe is not only more beautiful in appearance, but also more comfortable to wear, and the friction and cushioning are also very good.

Lamar walked slowly to the middle of the dressing room and looked at his long-lost teammates, who of course had a lot of new faces.

"Brothers, I've been waiting a little impatiently for this day. I have to say that the NBA's offseason is a little too long, and I feel like my body is about to rust after so long without a ball. Thankfully, the league was merciful and managed to get the game back up and running before I went crazy. ”

"Okay, brothers, it's time for us to enjoy the game, enjoy the win, and chase the championship. Now there's a bunch of guys out there who want to toss around our territory, but we're going to tell those people that they're just wishful thinking!"

Saying that, Lamar suddenly clapped his hands vigorously and shouted, "Alright, it's time for the brothers to fight, the game is on! Now let's rush out and kill those guys, win, and keep winning until we win the championship." Remember, no one can stop us, kill them, kill everyone, and win!"

"The game is about to begin!" a Knicks ICBC member knocked on the locker room door.

"It's finally coming!" Lamar looked at the door of the locker room, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Brothers, it's time for battle!"

Lamar's words made the Knicks players present instantly become enthusiastic, and they rushed out of the locker room one by one with a scream and ran to the entrance of the players' tunnel. Apparently these guys from the Knicks are already waiting for the final war horn to blow.

The fans here have also been waiting for a long time, and for those avid basketball fans here, life without basketball is worse than death.

Although there were a few Olympic basketball games to watch in the summer, the U.S. team, dressed as a dream team, behaved like shit, and even the Argentines who could only play football could beat them.

Although Lamar went to Europe, Greece, and even served as a torchbearer, he did not participate in this year's dream team because of Larry Brown and LeBron James, and of course did not pay attention to the performance of the dream team in the Olympic Games.

During that time, he was taking Vanessa to enjoy the foursome (Lamar, Vanessa, Leon, and Vanessa's baby).

Billups also received an offer from the Dream Team, but he, like Lamar, declined.

There were so many games for the Knicks last season that Billups needed to adjust in the offseason. Besides, without Lamar, a close comrade-in-arms, even if he went to Dream Team Flounder, he felt meaningless.

Lamar also learned after returning to the United States that the dream team led by Kidd and supplemented by Duncan, James, Anthony and others lost at the Olympics.

Of course, that's a thing of the past now, and now the NBA has begun.

On November 2, 2004, the first game of the new Knicks season was about to begin.

Centre-forwards: Samuel Dampot (start), Alonzo Mourning, Dacomilisic, Patrick Ewing

Power forwards: Lamar Odom (starter), Nee Hilario (cancer, season reimbursement), Chris Anderson

Small forwards: Sean Battier (starter), Taysha Amprins, Trevor Ariza (second-round rookie)

Shooting guards: Dwyane Wade (starters), John Salmons

Point guards: Chauncey Billups (starters), Sam Kassel, Jamal Nelson (first-round rookie).

"Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters of the New York Knicks, let us welcome our bandit, our leader, the invincible Knicks Emperor Lamar。。。。。。 Odom...... and his brothers!"

As Madison's live DJ shouted out the names of the Knicks' team members one by one, the long-lost battle horn also sounded.

"Fight!

"Fight!Knicks!Fight!Knicks!Fight!Knicks!Knicks!Knicks!Knicks

Lamar's battle cry sounded again, and all the fans in the stadium roared in response.

"Fight!

The Bucks looked at the Knicks players who were following Lamar as if they had been drugged, and everyone was stunned.

"Are they crazy? Are they trying to kill us on the court?" Victor Kayapa, who had just joined the Milwaukee Bucks, was still a rookie, and although he had heard the team's veterans talk about Madison's madness before the game, it was clear that the crazy sight in front of him and the blood-red eyes of the Knicks players still made him a little panicked.

Michael Reed, the team boss who had been silent, saw that his players' emotions were affected, and hurriedly sent a message to stabilize the players' emotions: "Guys, although the Knicks are strong, we are not weak! Of course, it is always wrong to be careful, but we should not take anyone lightly. ”

Speaking of this, Reed also looked at Simmons beside him with a meaningful look, and then continued: "We still have a lot of hope of winning this game, of course! If we want to win the game, we have to concentrate, put aside all the disturbances off the court, don't think about any grievances, the game is the first!"

Although Simmons was dismissive of Reed's words, after all, the other party was the boss of the team, and he was not good at what he was saying. It's just that Simmons doesn't think so, if the grudge can be let go so easily, can it still be called a grudge?

Tonight, Simmons made up his mind to let the Knicks see his true strength, he wanted to prove that he was more suitable to be the Knicks' starter than Battier, he wanted to prove that he was worthy of a big contract of 10 million, and he also wanted to make Lamar and Van Gundy regret it!

After the ceremony, the referee beckoned the players from both sides to the court, and Battier soon ran into Simmons.

"White-eyed wolf, today I will teach you how to respect your predecessors! ”

"You should have shut that foul mouth! If Lamar and Van Gundy weren't blind, how would you be a starter for the Knicks? Let me show you to the fullest, and see if you teach me a lesson, or if I break your old bones!"

Wade, meanwhile, is on the same page as Reed, and the two of them had previously trained together at the American Dream Team's training camp. However, Wade eventually went to Greece with the team, and Reid was eventually eliminated from the competition.

"I'm looking forward to today's fight!" Reed was not a man of many words, on the contrary, he was very silent, but today he actually took the initiative to speak.

Wade was a little confused. They have competed many times in the training camp of the Dream Team before, and in Wade's opinion, although Reid is good, he is just a pure shooter and is not strong in offensive ability with the ball. That's exactly what Wade likes to play against.

Reed smiled and said, "I've never felt so good as I do now, a healthy body, let's have a good fight today!"

Hearing Reed say this, Wade also put away his original disdainful thoughts.

At Madison Square Garden Arena, the 2004 NBA regular season officially kicked off as the referee threw the basketball into the air.

The media who arrived at the scene today set up a long gun and sprinted, focusing on the players on the field. They want to see who can score the first shot on their way to defending their title for the Knicks today.

After Billups took the ball across half court, he passed it to Lamar next to him as usual, and then ran towards the bottom corner of the three-point corner.

Inside Dampoter is clinging to the basket and ready to pull to the free-throw line to cover his teammates.

Wade's position is relatively unstable, interspersing back and forth within the Bucks' defense to disrupt the opponent's defensive formation.