Chapter 321: One Million

At 19:30 in the evening, the game started on time.

In the offseason, the Lakers made personnel changes in the center position, and successfully caught a big fish in the free market, the league's No. 1 center Isaiah Brady, the three-time rebounding king from Washington, D.C., is destined to cause an earthquake in the league from the moment he enters the free market, and 23 teams have thrown olive branches to him, the Los Angeles Lakers are not the highest bidder, but the team's high-quality center tradition successfully impressed Brady, and recruited him with a 2-year contract of 80 million, That's not a big contract in today's league, and it's a full 16 million less than other teams.

Brady didn't come to the Lakers for money, he was hungry for a championship.

The 28-year-old Brady has been in the league for seven years, and in those seven years, he has won almost every individual honor he can win, except for no championship, and his best result for the Washington Wizards is only the second round in the Eastern Conference, and the team's record cannot match his stats.

So he decided to leave the team he had played for for 7 years, ending the seven-year itch and testing the player market, for which he also took on the name of "traitor", and even burned his "15" jersey among some extreme fans.

Losing the Wizards' No. 15 jersey, Brady successfully put on the purple and gold No. 15 and successfully started the new season.

The reason why Brady was able to win three consecutive rebounds was that in addition to his explosive physical fitness, his excellent mind was also outstanding on the inside, and he was even evaluated as the big man with the highest ball quotient in NBA history.

Brady is different from the traditional center, relying on his body to eat on the inside, he uses his excellent mind to complete the task of grabbing rebounds while avoiding physical contact with the opponent as much as possible, of course, Brady's physical fitness is strong enough, but he is not the kind of player who relies purely on his body to play.

This is also one of the reasons why the Lakers fancy him, injuries can be said to be a player's or even a team's biggest enemy, many players are because of the NBA's high-intensity confrontation and caused a "devastating" impact on their careers, especially in recent years, many high-quality interior players have broken out because of the confrontation of large-scale injury waves, so a team's protection of interior players is extremely strict, Brady is a self-protective type, and his developed mind allows him to stay away from injuries.

Although Brady has suffered injuries in his seven-year career, they have been minor injuries and have never suffered major injuries, and the most serious injury has only been missed for three games before returning, which is rare for a player with a seven-year career.

Brady is the most important piece of the Lakers' championship puzzle, and the combination of him and James is expected to allow the Lakers to recreate the "OK combination" dynasty of the year.

Brady used his shrewd mind to successfully jump to the ball, his strength and explosiveness are obviously inferior to the opponent's, but he can successfully control the ball, which shows his strength.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers were full of firepower, James fired the first shot of the opening game with a three-pointer, and then the two teams entered a long tug-of-war, after the Lakers opened a wave of 6:0 small **, the Nuggets also slowly found the state of away combat, and scored five points in a row inside and outside, chasing the score.

The attack and defense of the two teams played extremely fast, and in less than two minutes, they played 8 rounds, and the high hit rate was terrifying, which was worthy of the title of the opening game.

As a welcome gift to the Lakers, Brady dominated the rebounding on both offensive and defensive ends, scoring five rebounds in just half a quarter, and deservedly the league's No. 1 center.

James, the first person in the league, did not have too bright performance, except for the opening shot, the ball was basically handed over to the point guard in the team, of course, he did not need to stand up when his teammates could solve the problem, he was more like a blue-collar player, and he was always in a state of "accompaniment" on the court, even without James's participation, the Lakers firmly grasped the initiative in the game.

The rosters of many teams have changed in the offseason, some have been strengthened, some have been weakened, and the Nuggets are the one that has been weakened, and the loss is still the team's star player, small forward Alexander.

The Nuggets' success in reaching the Western Conference Finals has skyrocketed the value of many players in the team, especially Alexander, the only core of the team, whose value has doubled directly, and just in time for his contract year, the Nuggets have come up with a big contract to keep him, but Alexander, who has been playing for the Nuggets for 10 years, is more eager to add a glorious stroke to his resume, that is, the championship, and finally Alexander chose to leave Denver and go to Boston in the Northeast, where there is a group of young talents and is missing a big brother like him.

Alexander is a pillar of the team, and without him, the Nuggets need to find a new star, and after a no-win on the free market, they decided to build a star from within the team.

Cameron Hunter, as the leader of the team's younger generation, was successfully selected as the Nuggets' target for stardom, and last season Hunter averaged 18 points and 6 rebounds per game, which is quite good for a sophomore rookie, and he also ranked in the top three on the rookie list.

In the new season, Hunter has become the absolute core of the team, and the tactics and style of play also revolve around him, the change of identity makes Hunter unable to adapt for a while, and the performance in the preseason is not impressive, but the team is willing to give this young man time, and it is really difficult for a sophomore rookie to quickly grow into a star who can take charge of himself, and the Nuggets plan to give this young man a chance in three years.

In other words, Alexander's departure has allowed the Diggers, who were in the Western Conference Finals last season, to quickly enter a rebuilding period.

The game between the team in the rebuilding period and a team that aspires to win the championship, the result naturally does not have too much suspense, the Nuggets played well in the opening stage, and the Lakers bit very tightly, but as the game deepened, the gap between the two teams gradually revealed, and the Lakers led the Nuggets 35:18 at the end of the first quarter, and the suspense of the game seemed to have disappeared.

This is still the score played when the Lakers "conceded" the opponent a James Bryant, and in the first game of joining the Lakers, Brady handed over an excellent report card of 8+8+3 in the first quarter, successfully breaking the outside world's doubts that he may be "unsuitable" from the East to the West, and it has been proved that he fits perfectly into any tactical system and lineup.

The Lakers were able to sign Brady for the "cabbage price" and it was a good deal.

The other big man on the team, James Bryant, has a less than good report card, with only 3 points on the account and the rest of the stats are "0", but that doesn't mean he's a bastard on the court, and James has a +26 in ESPN's efficiency value, which ranks second in the entire Lakers team, behind Brady's +32.

It perfectly confirms the saying that "data is not everything".

The Nuggets simply couldn't play a match with the Lakers, turning the much-anticipated opener into a one-man show for the Lakers, who extended their lead to 30 points after halftime.

Brady also successfully won a super double-double of 20+20, and he also became the second-fastest player in NBA history to get a double 20+, and the first in Lakers history.

The Lakers' bench was relaxed and full of laughter, which showed that the atmosphere in their locker room was also very good, and they didn't even go back to the lounge at halftime, but stayed on the sidelines to interact with the fans at home, and the Nuggets were also very sensible, giving up the venue to the Lakers, and the whole team went back to the lounge to rest.

The home DJ mobilized the atmosphere of the fans with the rhythmic music, and the fans also followed the live DJ to respond, and the interactive effect was full of points.

There is a tradition in the Lakers' home court, that is, at halftime, there will be a "one million" fan interaction session, the big screen will "sweep" the fans at will, and the selected fans only need to hit a three-point shot in the halftime to get a "one million" dollar reward, which is also to add some halftime entertainment to everyone, while maintaining a high mood of watching the game.

Of course, every fan only gets one shot.

Only three lucky spectators will be selected for each match.

Mid-line shooting is almost impossible for an amateur player who has not undergone any professional training, and it can only be relied on luck to take the 1 million, so this "one shot million" link is only regarded as an entertainment program in the eyes of most fans, after all, only one shot can take away a million dollars, which is much easier to come by than a player.

Of course, there are also some people who will practice shooting from the middle line, hoping that one day the pie will hit their head, go on the court and throw a "stunning" shot, and then walk away with a million.

The first audience selected by the live camera was a middle-aged uncle, with a big beer belly and a beard, who looked like a fat man who was not very flexible, he couldn't even shoot the basket, but of course he didn't shoot, and he didn't even touch the basket, and the DJ on the scene also "laughed" that he should lose weight.

The second audience member is a tall beauty, dressed in sportswear, with the LG of the Lakers printed on her chest, and she knows that she is a loyal fan of the Lakers at a glance, but the beauty's shooting caused a sigh from the audience, the action is very standard, the trajectory is also very accurate, and the strength is enough, but unfortunately the basketball finally knocked on the basket, but it didn't go in, and the beauty who missed the million missed the score was slightly frustrated, and made a naughty grimace at the camera.

The first two viewers failed to enter, which is expected, after all, it is a million dollars, how can it be so easy to enter.

The screening of the third audience is a bit long, because it is the last place, the photographer also pushed the atmosphere of the audience to another **, the camera swept the whole audience, almost every corner of the stadium, everywhere the lens will sound a tsunami-like scream, and finally the camera slowed down, and everyone waited with bated breath for the luckiest one.

The camera stayed in the middle of Mu Chenfeng and the fans next to him, and then after shaking a few times, it fell on the person next to him, just when the fan was about to get up and show off his skills on the field, a dramatic scene happened, and the camera suddenly shook and fell on Mu Chenfeng's body.

Mu Chenfeng's image was projected onto the huge LED display screen at the scene, the audience was silent, no one spoke, I don't know if this is the final result, maybe there will be changes.

When DJ announced that Mu Chenfeng was the third lucky winner, the cheers of the audience rang out again.

Seeing the third "lucky one", the corners of James's mouth actually raised a "unreasonable" smile.

"And me?" Mu Chenfeng confirmed to Felix.

"That's right, it's you." Felix pushed Mu Chenfeng out of his seat, and through the crowd, Mu Chenfeng walked to the court, and the camera moved with him.

It was the first time for him to face such a large audience, and his mood was naturally a little nervous, there were not so many audiences in any event in China, and he was the focus of the audience at the moment.

"Isn't this Mu Chenfeng?" Someone in the audience was able to call out his name.

"yes, he's a super newcomer to UCLA." Someone chimed in.

Since UCLA won Duke University, the names of Oscar, Mu Chenfeng, and Felix have dominated the front page of Los Angeles News, and the limelight can compete with the two NBA teams.

James slowly walked towards Mu Chenfeng, "You're getting stronger again." ”

"Thank you for your tickets." Mu Chenfeng responded.

"Are you ready to wow the audience?" James asked.

"Not yet." Mu Chenfeng returned.

"You only get one chance."

"I try."

James personally relaxed the little brother, he obviously felt Mu Chenfeng's muscles tense, accompanied by a slight tremor, while massaging and inciting the fans to cheer and shout, hoping that this could give Mu Chenfeng strength and make him forget his tension for a while.

"Is this kid really okay?" The staff on the side asked James.

"Are you questioning my vision?" James replied.

"Today is the opening game, the boss said that he must give away the bonus, which gave you a place, and you didn't choose so many NBA stars who were present today, but chose this yellow-skinned little ghost."

"Don't those NBA players make enough money? Besides, I believe in him. ”

Mu Chenfeng stood in the middle circle, took the basketball from the hands of the staff, in order to cheer him up, James stood directly below the target basket, Mu Chenfeng could see him as long as he looked up.

A million dollars in cash was placed on a table next to it.

Mu Chenfeng glanced at it and never looked at it again.

"Come on, Mu Chenfeng." Felix looked even more nervous off the field than Mu Chenfeng.

Mu Chenfeng didn't make a move, but rotated his body 180 degrees and turned his back to the basket.

"He turned around?" The audience couldn't believe Mu Chenfeng's operation, although the rules did not require the bowler to face the basket, but most people would choose the front, because then they could see the basket and make it easy to adjust.

"Are you sure you do that?" The staff asked, "Everyone else is facing the basket." ”

"So what? Did they get in? Mu Chen responded neatly.

One sentence made the staff speechless, Mu Chenfeng insisted on his own thoughts, and shot with his back to the basket.

Mu Chenfeng's knees are bent and accumulated, his right hand is holding the bottom of the basket, and his back to the basket is not able to maintain the shooting action like the front.

I saw Mu Chenfeng's body shook, the power went up from the soles of his feet, his body became straight, and with a strong stroke of his right hand, the basketball drew an extremely high arc and flew towards the basket.

"Enter!"

"Enter!"

"Enter!"

The crowd heckled, and they wanted to see someone take the 1 million more than to score a goal.

James looked at the trajectory of the basketball flight, and slowly emerged with joy, he stood directly under the basket, and clearly saw the basketball appear on the basket, and the power and angle were very accurate.

"There it is." As James spoke, the basketball fell into the basket.

One vote for a million, one shot into the soul.