Li Liang woke up from his sleep, from 1993 to 2012, and the plane arrived in Houston.

Everyone yawned and got off the plane and immediately took the car back to the hotel to fix it.

During the day, Mike Brown canceled the team's training session and left the players in the hotel to catch up on sleep.

For the current Lakers, rest is more important than training.

Pau Gasol stayed in Los Angeles with a knee injury, and it wasn't long before Nash got his knee right, and Brown kept his playing time to around 25 minutes every game.

Howard's back injury hasn't healed yet, and he's been seen pushed to the canvas in confrontations more than once in previous fights.

In the past, Howard knocked others to the ground, but this year, he often fell to the ground and sighed, which is really more fierce than a tiger.

The team's trainer and chief physician, Wetti, has become the most worried person on the team at the moment, and the Lakers have too many veterans, and as the season progresses, there is a possibility of an injury wave at any time.

Injuries are like dominoes, when one goes down, the pressure on the other players increases, the playing time increases, the risk of injury increases, and it is very likely to fall.

One by one, many teams can fall to injuries after an entire season of ambition.

Gasol's fall was undoubtedly a danger sign, and the team doctor had to be careful.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the Lakers went to the Toyota Center for pre-game preparations.

On the way to the Toyota Center, the team bus passed by Houston's intricate viaduct, and various billboards could be seen standing near the viaduct.

The players either listened to songs or looked at their phones, and Li Liang came to Houston for the first time, lying on the window to watch the scenery.

He suddenly saw a huge billboard with Kobe Bryant's figure appearing.

"Hey! Bryant! Your ads! Li Liang excitedly pointed out the window.

Everyone looked up and said that there was something strange about Kobe's advertisement.

With his influence, he has countless TV and print advertisements in the United States.

In addition to sports brands such as Nike, there are also various commercial products such as Turkish Airlines, Swiss watches, chocolate, Coca-Cola, etc.

In 2011, he also became the face of Mercedes-Benz, becoming the ambassador of the luxury car brand.

In a big city like Houston, it's normal to have a Kobe billboard.

But when you take a second look, you find that something seems to be wrong, there is a photo of Kobe Bryant on this billboard, but what is behind him?

Cart? But it doesn't look like a Mercedes-Benz...... It's also four wheels, small in the front and big in the back, it's still open-topped, how can there be a chimney...... This Nima turned out to be a tractor!

The whole car was shocked, and they looked at Kobe Bryant who was sitting in the back, their eyes full of doubts.

Boss, are you so short of money? Why do you help the tractor endorse the advertisement?

Boss, didn't you say that the Mercedes-Benz endorsement was signed? Is it a lie, in fact, a tractor?

Kobe Bryant also looked at the billboard, and his heart ached...... Why do you have to be so stubborn and stubborn, and you have to agree to Li Liang's conditions?

Despite the objections of the economist Capelin, he agreed to use his image for the advertising endorsement of tractor sellers, limited to print advertising.

Li Liang's father's agricultural machinery sales partner is in Texas, and the billboard is not just a tree to death, and Kobe Bryant is ashamed to death.

Li Liang covered his mouth and snickered, saying in his heart that his father is also ruthless enough, and it is estimated that it will be uploaded to the Internet in a few days if he goes directly to this kind of big advertisement.

But he didn't say anything, save face for Kobe, after all, he is the boss.

The others didn't say anything when they saw Kobe's calm face, and everyone knew that Kobe didn't like to be joked about.

But the bus is already filled with happy air, and it is estimated that it will be happy for a long time.

Upon arrival at the Toyota Center, the players warmed up on the field.

The veterans are lying on their stomachs or lying on the sidelines, allowing the trainer to help stretch and massage.

The senior team is not easy, Li Liang thought about whether to play a set of Tai Chi to dredge up his muscles and bones before playing in the future.

Li Liang wore his socks on his feet to prevent his feet from scarning, and he wore a blue ugly knee pad tied to his left knee.

Mike Brown was a little distressed when he saw this knee pad, and said that this kid is so poor, how can he use such an ugly and broken knee pad?

The Lakers have professional knee pads to use, but Li Liang said that this is his lucky talisman.

Brown understood, and then told Li Liang that he would start tonight.

Li Liang was very excited when he heard it, he was finally able to start? Finally no longer have to sit on the bench and watch the game? Haha, that's great.

Brown is also very happy, and finally has a legitimate reason to stop Li Liang from sitting next to him and chattering!

"I want you to give Dwight a little bit more support, he's playing a bit hard, defensively, I trust you."

As soon as Li Liang heard that he was a good guy, Lao Tzu was going to be responsible for coaxing the beast again, why didn't you coax me?

In these games, Howard was choked by the opponent's impact, and the number of fouls per game reached 5.

If you can't open the offensive end, forget it, the old bank has lost a lot of defense, can he still be happy?

In the past, opponents were scared when they came in and saw Warcraft, but now they are staring at Howard and rushing in, desperately grabbing the frontcourt rebound.

Although the Rockets are not good inside, they will definitely fight hard when they arrive at home tonight.

The Rockets have always been a very hard team.

But Li Liang is also a very hard player, but in many games in the past, he gave the impression that he was "very good at shooting three-pointers and very thief in defense", and basically never fought on the inside.

Tonight is an opportunity for him, although he has completed a task, but the bonus is very limited, if he wants to play well, he still has to work hard.

Brown didn't really expect much, he just said it casually.

Of course, he is aware of the Lakers' interior problems, but he can't help Howard's decline, and Gasol's injuries and aging are not under his control.

All he can do is tap into his inner potential as much as possible.

Looking around, there is only one Jordan Hill on the bench, but Hill's performance is really difficult to be satisfactory.

In the third quarter of the Spurs, the empty basket missed the ball, and Brown still remembers it, and Gasol is stunned.

I have to lose and win in the end, otherwise I will lose this goal.

Therefore, I still have to practice Li Liang alone, anyway, I will give it a try, this kid can always bring surprises.

The match between the two sides begins at 7 p.m. MT.

After the entrance ceremony of the two sides, Li Liang took a look at the audience seat of the Toyota Center, good guy, the front row was more than half empty!

The red chair, there is no one here, no one there, and the whole head is strained.

This is also one of the great wonders of Houston, where fans like to start late, echoing Miami fans' love of leaving early.

The neckline of the Rockets' jersey tonight is trimmed with a black and green stripe in honor of Sasha McHale, the daughter of McHale, who just passed away due to illness.

Before the start of the game, Li Liang replaced his runes with defensive runes, prediction, defensive focus, and defensive intensity.

Although the level is not high, it can improve by two or three percent, which is also a help for his limited interior defensive ability.

For the first time as the team's starter, Li Liang was still very excited.

There is definitely a difference between starting and coming off the bench, one is to start on the spot, and the other is halfway pickpocketing.

Starting in place means you can play at your own pace, and you need to get used to the pace of the race halfway through.

At the beginning, both sides played relatively loosely, and Li Liang, who was used to being a substitute, moved a little bit big and ate a foul at the beginning.

Who is the referee tonight? Famous bald referee Crawford.

At first glance, it was this bald fat man, could Li Liang let him go?

Go up and get a hair dryer to reason with him.

How do you know that Crawford is not afraid, although he didn't blow Li Liangji, but the two of them talked about it, and they didn't fall behind.

Sure enough, he is a bull who blows Duncan's bench technical fouls, and his logical thinking ability is very strong and unique.

And it's bald, he's not afraid to touch his head and kill him, and he really doesn't have a problem with him.

Li Liang, who received a foul, had to play more carefully.

Fortunately, the Rockets were not in good shape in the opening game, and they kept missing shots from the outside.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant hit a long two-point shot at the top of the arc to open the scoring.

Then he steals Jeremy Lin on the outside, and the fast break counterattacks dodge the chasing defense, and he makes a layup.

Four points in a row.

Every time the team loses, Kobe Bryant will play more aggressively next.

There were many games in a row, and Howard played at the beginning, but the effect was average.

Brown decided to let Kobe Bryant open it first, and then see how the situation would give Howard a chance to attack.

The Lakers opened with an 8-0 stop for the Rockets.

Li Liang played power forward for the first time on the court, and he felt pretty good, grabbed two rebounds, and made up for defense and moved relatively well.

However, the Rockets started really badly, head coach McHale continued to be absent, the assistant coach lacked control, and the players played messily on the court.

After returning from a timeout, Jeremy Lin controlled the ball on the outside and made a pick-and-roll with forward Patterson.

After blocking and dismantling, he directly changed direction and dribbled inside, and Li Liang immediately changed his defense and followed from the middle to the bottom line.

If the ball was to be defended by Gasol or Jamison, Jeremy Lin rushed directly to the basket, but Li Liang had no way to defend him.

Jeremy Lin's explosiveness was still not enough to break through Li Liang, even if he barely rushed over, in the case of interference, there was Howard behind him, and he was sure to send the ball to the audience with a big hat.

So, Jeremy Lin came out in a circle and gave the ball to Harden.

Harden made an operation, a stop-and-go mid-range jumper, and still missed!

Tonight, Houston's basket added a cover to the Rockets' own and went 3 minutes without scoring.

Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound and immediately launched a fast break for Kobe.

Bryant drove the ball to the basket from the middle, drawing most of the Rockets' defensive attention.

Li Liang followed, at 45 degrees on the left side, Kobe Bryant passed, Li Liang received the ball and shot directly!

What if you don't pretend to feel the rune, does Lao Tzu still rely on that touch bonus?

"Huh!"

The ball was hollow into the net, and Li Liang was very confident in this ball, and he knew it as soon as he made a shot.

At 11:0, the rocket was blinded.

The situation is a little wrong, but the coach can't call a timeout, what's the matter, and continue to play.