On Saturday, October 28, 2017, the much-anticipated NBA regular season opener was held at Staples Arena, attracting the attention of sports media and fans around the world.

For everyone, when the NBA league enters the 'post-Kobe era', whether the Lakers can maintain the strength of the previous two seasons is the biggest attraction of the NBA this season.

Although the Lakers have won all of their preseason games, their preseason record is not indicative of their regular season performance, and everything will have to wait until the regular season begins.

Therefore, the outside world is very interested in the opening game that the Lakers will participate in, and of course, many media can be more concerned about the championship ring presentation ceremony before the opening game.

Since announcing his retirement, Kobe Bryant has appeared in public quite a lot, and he has participated in various business activities and the business activities of the company under his name, and his media exposure is not low. However, today is the first time he has appeared at Staples Arena since retiring, and the media reporters who have learned the news have naturally flocked to him.

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With an hour and a half to go before the start of the game, fans in Lakers jerseys have already arrived at Staples Arena from far and wide, and it becomes a sea of fans on every game day.

Winning the championship two years in a row, and the team's games were so spectacular that the Los Angeles ball market was completely blown up, and the Staples Arena was full.

In fact, this is also a very normal thing, as a symbol of Los Angeles, the Lakers have always been the pride of Los Angeles citizens, even in its most depressed season, the attendance rate will not be less than 80%. Now that the Lakers have returned to the top, Lakers fans who have always been generous have naturally poured into the court to cheer for their teams.

Although the fans at Staples Arena are more suave, the Lakers' home court has always been out of the way to the title of 'home of the devil'. But the on-site cheering of 20,000 fans will still make the home atmosphere here enthusiastic.

In addition to the opener today, there will also be a ceremony for the distribution of last season's championship rings, which naturally makes Lakers fans interested and come to Staples early.

There was still an hour before the official start of the game, and the entire stadium was already full. The loud noise of 20,000 fans almost toppled the roof.

The entire Thunder lined up on either side of the tunnel to welcome last season's champions, the Lakers, as a champion.

When Xiao Feng and Kobe Bryant led the Lakers soldiers out of the player tunnel, the atmosphere reached a climax, and people expressed warm congratulations to the champion in their own way. Although it has been 4 months since the Lakers successfully defended their championship, the enthusiasm of the fans has not been worn out much.

At the beginning of the award ceremony, Silva of the NBA League personally presented last season's championship rings to the Lakers' soldiers, which triggered a collective climax of fans at the scene.

As the captain of the team last season, Bryant spoke as a representative. When he picked up the microphone, the audience erupted in the warmest applause.

For Lakers fans, the top star who dedicated his career to the Purple and Gold Dynasty is the real Laker, and even if he retires, he still has a lofty status in the hearts of fans.

In his speech, Kobe Bryant expressed his gratitude to the fans, believing that the team's championship trophy also has a share of the fans' credit, and hoped that the fans would continue to support the Lakers. Create more favorable conditions for a successful defense of the title this season.

When Kobe Bryant spoke, Zhou Qi stared at the championship ring on Ah Lian with envy. Although he is a member of the Lakers, this ring has nothing to do with him.

"You kid don't have to be so envious, you will have it this time next year!" The United Arab Emirates and Zhou Qi are both teammates of the Chinese men's basketball team, and they are quite familiar with each other.

Speaking of championship rings, in addition to Xiao Feng, the former mobile Great Wall Bart has one among the Chinese players. But that's what he won by playing soy sauce all the way, and it's a little hard to say. As the main power forward of the Lakers last season, the UAE smashed the doubts of the outside world with an average of two doubles per game, and he deserved to win this championship ring!

"This season, you need your old driver to lead the way!" Zhou Qi knew that the team had only one goal this season, that is, to create a three-consecutive Lakers dynasty. Naturally, he is also full of confidence.

When the UAE and Zhou Qi whispered, Kobe Bryant's speech ended, and the audience applauded the warmest, Kobe represented the past glory of the Lakers, and the future of the team still has to be handed over to the current players.

Bryant also knew this, and after his speech, he hugged his teammates one by one, and then sat in the stands to watch the team's opening game.

The championship ring presentation ceremony was undoubtedly the best motivating event to keep the Lakers motivated, and they were firmly in control of the game from the start of the game, leading all the way.

Although Durant and Wei Shao's combined swords are not weak, they are still a little thin in the face of the united Lakers, and they are losing one after another.

In addition to fans on both sides, professional sports media and basketball professionals are also watching this opening game, after all, this is the Lakers' first official game after Kobe Bryant's retirement.

Over the past two seasons, the Lakers have been invincible, setting a series of horrific records that have become a shadow over the heads of all teams in the NBA.

Kobe's retirement gave everyone a glimmer of hope for beating the Lakers, after all, the lack of a top scorer in the league still has a considerable impact on a team.

In the preseason games, because the teams do not put all their energy into the regular season, the results of the games are not of much significance, and it is difficult to evaluate the true strength of the Lakers from the preseason games.

Therefore, before the start of the season, the Lakers are still at the top of the NBA league's combat power rankings, after all, the abilities of Xiao Feng, UAE, and Mark are all among the top in the league, plus the assistance of Towns, Jeremy Lin and others, the strength should not be underestimated!

After the opening game began, Durant and Wei Shao did not cause much trouble for the Lakers, but on the contrary, they were head-to-head under the Lakers' tight defensive system, and their shooting percentage was pitifully low.

Over the past two seasons, the Lakers have been in addition to their amazing offensive power. The complete defensive system is also an important contributor to its championship, especially the defensive intensity of the three people in the penalty area, especially the United Arab Emirates, Downs and Mark in the penalty area is the league's highest defensive intensity, as for the outside, Xiao Feng is the league's steal king, entered the defensive team for two consecutive years and won the best defensive player last season.

Kobe's retirement has reduced the defensive intensity of the Lakers' backcourt, but Jeremy Lin has made up for his lack of talent with hard work. Or a hole that makes it impossible for the opponent to attack the backfield with impunity.

At halftime, the Lakers led the Thunder 58-46, and they still played a considerable strength without Kobe, and the Thunder soldiers could hardly find the north.

For the Chinese media and fans, they are more concerned about the performance of the three Chinese players on the court, Xiao Feng needless to say, as a playmaking guard, he played more than 18 minutes in the first half, scored 12 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds in the all-round performance. As always, it was wonderful;The UAE's 8 points and 7 rebounds were decent, and it was not a problem to score a double-double in the whole game;As for the first appearance of Tanhua Zhou Qi, as the team's sixth man, scored 10 points and two rebounds in the second quarter, and his performance was not bad!

After Bryant's retirement, everyone on the Lakers shot more evenly, and the most shots in the half was Jeremy Lin, who shot 7-of-12 from the field, scoring a team-high 16 points. In addition to that, the other four who started all had around 8 shots, and the scattered attack points caused great problems for the Thunder's defense.

In the words of ESPN guest Barkley. The Lakers are more difficult to defend against now than they used to be, because everyone on the court has the ability to score. They played more reasonably. In the first two seasons, the Lakers' super high offensive power was built on the incomparable offensive ability of Xiao Feng and Kobe, although the game was good-looking, it was limited.

Now the Lakers are playing more fluidly, everyone will not force their shots, and the ball is always rotated to a good opportunity, which is the best time to attack.

Relying on this tactic of full flowering. The Lakers were firmly in control in the first half, leading the Thunder by a large margin, and the physical exertion of the players was not large.

The second half of the game was simply a replica of the first half, and every member of the Lakers team who played smoothly felt hot and had an amazingly high shooting percentage. Just the third quarter took the game into garbage time.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Thunder by 31 points 128-97 at home and won the opening game, and the new season started as scheduled!

For this big victory, the Lakers fans were naturally cheering, and all kinds of worries before the game were swept away, although the team lacked Kobe, but still performed well.

As for the sports media and professionals, they also realized that the strength of the Lakers in the 'post-Kobe era' has not declined, and the tactics of multi-point flowering are still quite sharp from the opening game, the cooperation between the players is quite skillful, and the overall strength of the team can be truly reflected on the court.

The current Lakers team may not have a shining super scorer like the previous two seasons, but multiple offensive points make it more difficult to guard against. There is only one superstar in the whole team, and that is Xiao Feng, who plays as a playmaker, and under his smooth organization, each player's individual ability has been developed to the maximum.

Some experts asserted after the game that other teams in the NBA league could rely on a certain game and the sudden outbursts of certain stars to beat the Lakers, but it was not an easy task to beat this Lakers team in the series.

Of course, just based on the opening game, everyone can't make too many predictions about the Lakers' performance this season, in short, it is still the toughest team in the NBA league, not one!

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The opener victory didn't give much to the Lakers fans and players who were used to the win, and everyone walked away after the game.

Xiao Feng, as the team owner and captain, and head coach Scott took Zhou Qi to attend the post-game press conference, and Zhou Qi scored 15 points on 6 of 13 shots in this game, which was not bad!

Out of the idea of cultivating compatriots, Zhou Qi will get more training opportunities this season, and the number of shots will rank first among all substitutes. Of course, all of this still requires Zhou Qi's own efforts, if he can't support the mud on the wall, Xiao Feng will not experiment with the team's record.

Fortunately, judging from the usual training and today's opening game, Zhou Qi still adapted to the rhythm of the NBA very well, made good use of his body and movement ability, and gave full play to his projection ability.

After the press conference, Xiao Feng went to the underground parking lot, his wife and children were already waiting for him in the car, today was the opening game, they all sat in the stands cheering.

Back at Beverley Hills from Staples Arena, Los Angeles is still lit up late at night, and the nightlife in the City of Angels is at its highest, but the Lakers don't have the nightclub culture that prevails with other NBA teams.

The reason is that most of the players on the team are good men like Xiao Feng, Mark, and the United Arab Emirates, or rookies like Towns and Randle, so they will naturally not be as keen on nightclubs as other NBA veterans.

When Xiao Feng and his party returned to the 'Dream Manor', the four little radish heads were already in their heads, after all, it was too late for them who usually fell asleep at 9 o'clock.

In fact, Xiao Feng usually doesn't agree with letting the children go to the scene to watch the game, after all, the game time is too late, the scene is too noisy, and the impact on the children is not good.

Therefore, only in the opening game, the finals or some special games, Xu Mengyao and her family will bring their children to the Staples Arena to cheer for Xiao Feng, and every time it is a feast of media carnival.

Back at home, the mother and mother-in-law hurriedly took a few children from the nanny, wiped their hands and feet, wiped their faces and put them on the bed.

Don't look at Xiao Feng's majesty on the court, he is at the top of the Forbes rich list, but anyone at home can twist his ears and hold him to lecture. Xiao Feng has long been accustomed to this, if his mother and eldest sister don't discipline him for a few days, maybe he will still feel uncomfortable.

After some tossing, Xiao Feng's family was finally able to sleep peacefully, and in the future, the life of the family will gradually enter the rhythm of NBA games, and Xiao Feng will begin to be stripped from the life of the family.

From November to June of the following year, for more than seven months, Xiao Feng will spend more time and energy on the team's training and games, and even has a considerable amount of time to run around to play away games, and everything at home will be handed over to his wife and parents.

However, everyone knows that Xiao Feng's participation in the NBA is a huge benefit to the entire Xiao family, and only when the family's international influence grows and the family's inheritance can the family's inheritance last a long time and will not flourish and decline!

Perhaps, after Xiao Feng creates an unprecedented Lakers dynasty, it will be the time for him to leave the court and enjoy life! )

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