Chapter 120: Warriors vs Lakers
The preseason season is about to kick off, and the Lakers will host last season's overall runner-up winner, the Golden State Warriors!
They had a 73-9 record last season but lost the championship.
It's a huge blow to them, so what kind of heights have the Church reached in the new season, as they have Kevin Durant, one of the best small forwards in the league!
However, in the preseason, the team's boss or important players will not play, and the Lakers have no limit last year.
In this game, the two starters of Green Thompson came to the scene to participate in the game, while Durant and Curry wore suits and sat on the bench to watch their game.
Huh~ Li Qian was a little nervous, the first time he was on the Lakers' home court, playing a real NBA game, it was just a crazy thing, he was in the player tunnel, looking at his teammates.
"Hey, man, don't be nervous! It's time to start your NBA journey, and so is Ingram! "Russell is very imposing in the second grade, with Li Qian and Ingram.
The players' tunnel was darkened, the court was extremely dim, and Li Qian was waiting to enter!
Soon, the DJ on the scene announced that the players were nervous!
After Li Qian came out of the game, he waved his arms at the Lakers fans in the Staples Arena, and because Kobe Bryant's retirement has not dissipated his residual heat, many fans are wearing No. 24 and No. 8 jerseys.
And a few people wore the jerseys of other players, in the front row Li Qian actually saw his own jersey, and couldn't help but feel a little excited, although today's game, the Warriors did not use their strength, so they could try to win the game.
The Lakers have very potential newcomers, Russell, Randle, Li Qian, Ingram and Larry Nans, who has improved significantly!
Wearing a purple and gold jersey and standing on the Lakers' home court, the feeling in my heart is extremely complicated.
The game got on, the Warriors got the ball, the Lakers, wrote Ingram into the starting lineup, and Ruhr Deng didn't play in the preseason.
In the first official NBA game between Li Qian and Ingram, the two of them glanced at each other, nodded, and cheered each other on!
Thompson wanted to shoot three points when he came up, and when Li Qian played against the American team, he hoped that he would have the positioning of countless runs, but today, except for Green, he will definitely not have less ball, so it is not surprising to try three points first.
Li Qian defended Thompson, a little lacking in height, but his reach perfectly covered his comfort zone.
Besides, after all, he is a player who has played in the NBA for many years, and has been selected as an All-Star, and his ability on the court is definitely much better than Li Qian. The knife falls into the Nets!
Offering a three-pointer at the beginning, Thompson didn't have too many celebratory actions, too low-key, unassuming actions, and won a lot of fans.
Russell's dribbling problems exposed in the summer league have improved a lot after months of training, and the Warriors' starting point guard has been temporarily given to Clark, who is attached to Russell, who used to be prone to mistakes.
But in this game, it was obvious that he had improved, and he was a lot smarter on the dribble.
There are too many new stars in the Lakers, of course, the distribution of the ball must be reasonable, plus Wharton wants them to move the ball more and create shooting opportunities, and try not to do it unless there is a chance in singles.
Wharton led the Lakers, Kerr led the Warriors, the two of them, began a battle of wits and courage, although the Lakers are a little worse in configuration, but they are very energetic and motivated!
Randle wants the ball in the basket and has a comfortable opportunity to shoot, which is what everyone wants, plus the weak interior defense is a problem that the Warriors need to solve.
Randle received the ball directly and dug deeply, took advantage of his body, and directly hung someone to make a layup!
And play 2+1 successfully!
The players went up one after another to high-five Randle, who trained hard in the off-season, and even improved his dribbling skills.
Green was a little annoyed that the interior underestimated Randle's ability and caused his foul.
Randle hit the free throw safely, and the start of the game was very intense.
Thompson scored two braces and made another three-pointer, which feels very good, you know, the Warriors, almost all three-point shooters, Stephen Curry, Green, Thompson, and once Bogut have all made three-point shots!
Iguodala defended really well and was also promoted to the starting team today, Ingram was very uncomfortable with his defense, got out of trouble, was very entangled in the first game, and couldn't play at all.
And Li Qian found a gap and passed the ball directly to Russell, who had already entered the penalty area, and made a successful backhand layup!
Russell's speed has indeed improved a lot after training, but compared to the top point guards in the league, he still knows that it is not fast enough.
Li Qian didn't attack from the start, he needed to adapt to the game, because it was completely different from the NCAA, although the summer league was the same as the NBA, but it was not a real NBA-level confrontation after all.
He clearly found that Green's blocking quality is quite high, and he is still in the ability to attack with the ball, and the interior rebounding ability is outstanding, and the only shortcoming may be that he is not tall.
Green rammed into the restricted area, Mozgov and Randle, who were guarding the restricted area, blocked the route to the layup, leaving no space at all, but Green directly broke through and passed the ball to Thompson on the outside, just as he was about to shoot, Li Qian flew out and hit a big hat!
The ball flew off the field!
The fans in the stadium cheered and stood up and shouted loudly, this ball is very powerful!
"Well done, man!" Russell said excitedly to Li Qian.
Although there has been no scoring so far, the contribution of the defensive end can be seen that Lee can't dive.
Thompson made a hasty shot, and as the 24 seconds were about to end, it could only be so, and Mozgov grabbed the rebound.
Russell organized, Randle directly gave Li Qian a single block, directly blocked the defender, and Russell's elusive pass directly assisted Li Qian to hit a mid-to-long-distance shot!
This is Li Qian's first goal so far, and it is also the goal he scored at home, although it will not be counted in the total score, but it is also a good start.
Green played very aggressively today, creating many kills on the inside, black and hard, which made the inside line very worried, and scored 2+1 twice in a row.
The Warriors' atmosphere was immediately uplifted, but Ingram turned his back and passed Iguodala in one step!
Iguodala was still careless, he didn't expect a rookie rookie to dare to make such a move, regretted that it was too late, and he jumped off the bottom line and dunked successfully!
At this point, the rookies of the Lakers have all scored, Russell, Randle, Li Qian, Ingram.
The more they play, the better they get, the more they get used to the intensity of the confrontation, and the ball is a desperate shot!