After Sun Hao finished speaking, the other members of the Lakers team were deeply moved.

The team boss has this attitude, so why shouldn't the others give it their all?

Especially those who said they were going to give up before, they were even more ashamed.

"Guys, we're going to win because we're the defending champions."

Horry stood up and said.

He raised his hands into the air as he spoke.

This timing was well grasped, and the rest of the Lakers team also folded their hands one after another.

"Lakers Championship!"

They then shouted the most familiar slogan.

The fighting spirit of the Lakers is back!

Phil Jackson smiled again when he saw what was happening in front of him.

This movie is more useful than training.

Moreover, the choices made by Mo Ning and Sun Hao will also become the key to the Christmas war.

The past few games have shown that the Lakers have too many problems inside, so if Mourning can play some performance in the starter, then the Lakers can stalemate with the Wizards.

Then, it was Sun Hao, and Sun Hao was the key to the game.

The team with more points wins the game, Sun Hao has scored enough points in three consecutive games of 40+, but more is needed.

Even Jackson is looking forward to this game.

The Christmas war is coming as scheduled, and of course it's Christmas as well.

Sun Hao prepared some gifts for Scarlett on this day, and Scarlett also prepared some for him.

Although Scarlett does not ask for N holiday gifts a year like the women in Sun Hao's previous life, Christmas is no better than other festivals.

And this time, it was Sun Hao who received a very special gift.

It's a necklace, and the special thing is that the diamonds used for the necklace pendant are made of the diamonds from the wedding ring.

It's the same thing as Pippen giving Jordan that diamond earrings.

Although I don't know if Scarlett has seen the news, it doesn't really matter, the important heart.

Sun Hao was still a little moved.

And on days like Christmas, Scarlett will also go to the Staples Center to cheer him on, which makes him more motivated to play well.

That night, the Staples Center was packed.

The arena gave all the fans in attendance a birthday present, which was a special Santa hat with the Lakers logo.

Lakers fans are very proud to wear it, and the scene is very festive.

During the pre-game warm-up, Sun Hao and Yao Ming chatted in the midfield.

Yao Ming is concerned about O'Neal's injury.

Judging from the communication between the two at Sun Hao's wedding before, the relationship between Yao Ming and O'Neal is a bit like that between Sun Hao and Kobe.

On the field are opponents, off the field are friends.

Of course, that's not all, in addition to O'Neal, the two also talked about next year's World Championships.

They won the bronze medal in the last World Championships, and then they won the Olympic championship, and this World Championships basically has only one goal, that is, to win the championship.

And if you can win the championship this time, it will be of great significance, not only because of the breakthrough of the World Championships, but also because of the venue of the World Championships this time.

Japan.

When the two were almost talking, the opening ceremony began.

The two teams started one after another.

On the Wizards' side, Nelson, Hamilton, Maddy, Uncle Huo, Yao Ming;

Looking at the Wizards' starting lineup this season, you won't wonder why Jordan gave Sun Hao such a valuable gift to Ferrari.

Yao Ming needless to say, Hamilton stayed because of Sun Hao's suggestion, plus Nelson, who can play as a starter in the second grade.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this Wizards team was created by Sun Hao.

On the Lakers' side, Sun Hao, Finley, Ariza, Walker, Mourning.

When the Lakers started with Mourning, Carlisle on the Wizards' side didn't look surprised.

It's not that he's like a god, it's a reasonable guess.

After O'Neal's absence, the Lakers didn't start Anderson well, and adjusting the lineup was a routine operation.

And Mourning's current form this season is average, and he is not worried.

A whistle blew on the sidelines, and the curtain of the Christmas war officially opened.

Yao Ming flicked the ball back into the Wizards half court to give the visitors the first chance to attack.

The Wizards came up to play a blocking and dismantling cooperation, and Maddie and Huo Ershu pulled out their hands after blocking and dismantling.

"Phew!"

It's a pity that the ball is a little heavier, and it bounces high on the back of the basket.

Yao Ming suppressed Mo Ning to pick up a defensive rebound and took advantage of a small hook from close range.

Mo Ning has already stuck his position, but he can't stop Yao Ming's current strength.

The ball goes over his defense and falls into the net.

The Wizards come out on top!

Carlisle nodded as he watched from the sidelines.

Yao Ming's current dominance on the inside line is his confidence.

In the current league, except for O'Neal, no one in the center position can stop Yao Ming.

Looking back, Sun Hao played Hamilton with the ball in the high post.

The Wizards' offensive improvement this season, in addition to the tactical system brought by Carlisle, is also the adjustment of the starting lineup.

When Van Gundy was coaching, Alexander, who had a better defense, was the team's starting small forward, and the team's offensive organization relied heavily on Maddy.

Maddie is an all-around small forward with excellent playmaking skills and is perfectly capable of the role of playmaker.

But he is different from James after all, and his strongest ability is still scoring.

So in a way, letting him organize is limiting his scoring.

Carlisle arrived this season and replaced Alexander with Nelson, which brought Maddy's scoring ability back.

So far this season, Maddy has averaged 26.2 points per game and shot 45.7% from the field, making him a favorite for MVP.

But there are two sides to everything, and this adjustment has not caused the Wizards' overall defensive ability to decline too much, but the defensive decline in individual ability is inevitable.

Because for most of the game, Hamilton was the one who was tasked with defending the opposing arrow's goal.

Hamilton is a top scorer off the ball and a super physical monster, and the historical meme of walking a dog and throwing up his dog is talked about.

But no one has ever classified him as a defensive player, and even if you are bored to search for the word Hamilton plus defense, the information you get is basically about his opponent.

NBA outside defenders can actually be roughly divided into two categories, one is thin but has an excellent arm span, like Ariza;

The other type is the strong type, like James is a typical representative.

Of course, there are some who do both very well, like Leonard and Payton, who are historical defensive monsters.

Hamilton, on the other hand, is the other extreme.

He is thin and has a mediocre arm span.

So this leads to the fact that he is not destined to be a good defender.

Sun Hao was observing the Wizards' defense when he was back.

The Wizards didn't start with a bag.

Obviously, the biggest difference between Sun Hao and Kobe Bryant is that they can pass the ball, which is known to opponents so far this season.

Sun Hao hit Hamilton in the back, and Hamilton couldn't stand it at all.

Although Sun Hao's current strength is not as perverted as James's, after so many years of training in the system, including what is shown in the attributes, ordinary defenders can't withstand it.

When Hamilton was pushed away, he turned back comfortably.

"Huh!"

The basketball is silky into the net, and it is worthy of being the spokesperson of Dove.

Some people may ask, Sun Hao got Kobe's shooting bag, why Kobe is so iron, but Sun Hao is so accurate, this is unreasonable.

In fact, there is a false proposition in this sentence: Kobe Bryant's backlash is very iron.

As one of the greatest scorers in the NBA, Kobe Bryant's ability to watch the back-up jumper is that if he is iron, then the NBA can be disbanded.

In fact, Kobe's back-to-back is terrifying, but he likes to use the bag as an empty position and likes to shoot with high-intensity defense, so it gives people a very iron feeling.

For the Wizards, Nelson organized a wave, and Hamilton ran around the court without the ball twice, successfully throwing Ariza halfway and shooting from mid-range after receiving the ball.

"Phew!"

Tonight's basket is very home-court, with a lid on it.

However, it was Yao Ming again, who picked up the second offensive rebound on Mo Ning's head.

Mo Ning struggled to defend this time and didn't let Yao Ming throw the ball in, but he received a foul.

Although he has only just completed his rookie contract, Yao Ming's dominance is already amazing.

There was a stirring at the scene.

The Lakers' starting adjustments are still very much expected by fans.

After all, Mo Ning has a reputation, even if he is no longer as brave as he used to be, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.

But after the opening two rounds, it felt like Mourning wasn't much better than Anderson......

Yao Ming hit both free throws from the free throw line and scored four straight points in the opening game.

Sun Hao held the ball to the front court again, he did not play with his back again, but held the ball at the top of the arc and beckoned Mo Ning to pull it to the high position to block and dismantle.

Yao Ming's advantage on the inside is too great, which is the biggest difference from the Lakers' past three opponents.

The Lakers' current interior line, the past three opponents have been blown up like that.

Take Randolph as an example, Randolph who has not yet played can get 30+10 above their heads, and Yao Ming's words will be easy to play 40+10 all the time.

If that's the case, I'm afraid even if Sun Hao can really score 60 points, it's useless.

Because the offensive efficiency of the interior is higher than that of the outside in any case.

So at this time, beating Yao Ming down is the best choice.

Sun Hao did this, but others didn't think of it at the first time.

Including Carlisle, all he saw in front of him was that Sun Hao wanted to try a small fight by blocking and dismantling.

Sun Hao didn't give the Wizards time to react after blocking and dismantling, and accelerated the ball in one step and rushed in directly.

Nelson was blocked by Mo Ning, as long as Yao Ming chased Sun Hao from behind with his excellent movement speed.

Under normal circumstances, this is certainly not going to catch up.

Second Uncle Huo on the weak side is already helping to defend inside.

But Yao Ming caught up.

"It's an unbelievably big guy!"

Buckley in the commentary bench was lamenting Yao Ming's speed of movement.

But in the next second, the referee's whistle blew for Yao Ming's block hitter foul.

Sun Hao got two free throws.

He adjusted his breathing and hit both free throws steadily.

Yao Ming scored 4 points in a row in the opening game, and Sun Hao also scored 4 points in a row.

Yao Ming directly fell to the low position and hit the back.

Mourning's shot shows how different he is from Anderson, who is still among the best in the league in defending the low post.

Yao Ming didn't move and chose ...... Turn around and lean back to shoot!

You really can't find a second player of this height who can still make this kind of technical moves.

But Yao Ming not only did it when he entered the league, but after four seasons, he had reached a point of perfection.

Mo Ning can't do anything about it.

"Huh!"

The ball went over his head and landed firmly into the net.

Yao Ming scored 6 points in a row!

"I wouldn't want to play against a guy like that."

Barkley continued to sigh in the commentary box.

This season, due to the change of interior partner, O'Neal's role on the defensive end has weakened, which has shaken his position as the first center.

The person who shook him was none other than Yao Ming.

"Without Shaq, the Lakers would have had a tough night tonight."

Smith chimed in, and also analyzed the situation on the court.

Sun Hao went forward, continued to block and dismantle with Mourning, and used the quick first step to start, and he broke the Wizards' bag in the same way.

It's a bit of Iverson's "you know I'm going to go right, but you can't help me."

Then, the scene of the previous round was repeated, with Yao Ming chasing Sun Hao behind him.

Only this time, the people at the scene found that Yao Ming couldn't catch up with Sun Hao at all.

Sun Hao was like eating an energy crystal in a go-kart, and he had already rushed into the inner line with an acceleration.

Then in the expectant eyes of the fans at the scene, Los Angeles Coote arrived as scheduled.

"Bang!"

With a one-handed split buckle, Sun Hao showed the talent of a little emperor by the way.

This dunk boosted the morale of the Lakers!

You must know that from the opening game to the present, it has been Yao Ming who has been ravaging the Lakers' interior line.

Finally, Sun Hao also returned the salute.

It was at this moment that Carlisle stood up on the sidelines.

There are many coaches in the NBA who know tactics very well, but most of them can only be called tactical coaches, and Carlisle is known as a master tactician in history.

Because what makes him better than other coaches of the same type is his ability to adapt on the spot.

When you have ink in your stomach but can't use it in the first place, you may end up pulling it out.

Two of the same offensive rounds, but completely different offensive results, Carlisle immediately realized that Sun Hao's previous round was obviously a deliberate foul by Yao Ming.

A player can react faster than even him.

It's scary!

Sun Hao's dunk boosted the morale of the Lakers, and they successfully prevented a wave of offense from the Wizards by relying on the rotation of the defense.

Looking back, Sun Hao continued to block and dismantle, but this time he was looking for Walker.

After dismantling, Sun Hao broke through, and just when everyone thought that Sun Hao was going to return the ball to Walker at the top of the arc, Sun Hao made a pass to Ariza who cut in on the flank!

Ariza had already shaken off Maddie, jumped after receiving the ball, and flew to dunk against Yao Ming.

Young people are fearless!

Yao Ming, of course, it is impossible to let Aliza buckle and directly make a head-on cover.

The two confronted each other for a while, and Ariza's dunk was unsuccessful, but the referee's whistle on the sidelines also sounded.

Yao Ming's second personal foul!

Carlisle was stunned.

What is happening in front of him, there is simply no time for him to react.

Yao Ming, who played less than five minutes in the opening game, committed 2 crimes!