Howard got the ball in the scrum and the game officially began!

The Lakers took their first step into the new season, with Bryant getting the ball first, dribbling across half court and giving the ball to Nash.

Steve Nash, one of the best point guards in the league over the past 10 years.

He's the biggest guard Bryant has ever worked with.

In the more than ten years that Kobe Bryant has been with the Lakers, he has almost single-handedly supported the offensive and defensive line of the Lakers' backcourt.

The best partner with him is none other than Derek Fisher.

Everyone, including Kobe, was thinking that Nash's arrival would ease his burden.

However, Nash is 38 years old.

In the first offense, the Lakers were in a 1-4 position on the court, with two empty corners and a Princeton formation.

No one stepped forward to block Nash, who chose to play the ball to Gasol on the right wing.

After two or three passes, the Lakers didn't find an open spot.

Kobe, who got the ball at the end, shook a shot on the left wing, took a step forward and jumped!

Bang!

The first iron of the 12-13 season was born!

Li Liang sat on the sidelines and thought that if he had a camera, he should take this photo.

Named "The First Iron of the 12-13 Season," it came a little earlier than expected. ”

The Mavericks counterattacked after getting the rebound, and without Nowitzki, the Mavericks relied more on their quick counterattacks.

Old Captain Brand received the ball with his back and quickly turned around and missed a jumper under the basket.

Brand's explosiveness was already much less than before, and he was a little hasty after turning around.

The Lakers fight back.

Nash took the ball and tried to push the counterattack, but no one rushed to the frontcourt.

It's not the Suns, and Marion is already in the opposition.

Falling into position, Nash handed the ball to Kobe.

Bryant took the ball on the left side and Howard was in the low post.

Everything seems to go back to 10 years ago, and there was also a super center in this position waiting for Bryant to feed the ball.

Kobe Bryant passed the ball to Howard, who used his strong body to squeeze away from the defender and go straight to the basket, and then dunk hard!

As a result, the ball actually flew off and bounced out directly.

The scene was a lament of regret.

It can be seen from this ball that Howard, who was affected by the back injury, is not as explosive as before.

However, Tzu Shiping on the outside picked up the ball and passed it to the outside, and Nash was waiting at the three-point line.

There was no one in front of him three meters, and Nash made a direct three-point shot!

Hit!

Steve Nash scored the Lakers' first point of the new season, a three-pointer!

The goal surprised the Lakers crowd at the scene.

Cheers to the legendary point guard.

But the Lone Ranger's counterattack came quickly.

Collins made a pick-and-roll with Brand on the outside, burst to the inside, and distributed the ball to Brand who was down.

Brand drew two defenders, but no one noticed that Collins had gone around the bottom left corner.

Brand passes the ball to Collins, Collins catches the ball from the three-point line and hits!

A very simple pick-and-roll combination, but it tore apart the Lakers' defense.

Gasol's defense is really a bit weak.

Gasol and Howard play twin towers on the court, both of whom are too tall.

Pick-and-roll delays, pick-and-rolls and pick-and-rolls are not their strong points.

So the next few rounds came up with such a scene.

The Lakers passed the ball back and forth, and it took a lot of effort to get the ball into the basket.

And the lone wanderer's side turned around, and a block and a pick-and-roll could give a chance.

Without Nowitzki, the Mavericks are all soldiers, and everyone will attack on their own when they have the chance.

And the Lakers, the opening court allowed Howard to play two singles, one dunk and one hook shot.

Then they played a couple of Princeton high-post tactics.

Howard takes the ball to Kobe Bryant in the corner position.

But the effect was average, except for Kobe Bryant who seized the opportunity to cut inside and layup, the other few times did not run a good chance.

The Mavericks don't have a lot of defensive intensity, and they've never been a team that lives on intensity.

But their defensive formation is solid, and the players don't lose their position and don't make too many low-level mistakes.

This made the Lakers players, who were not very skilled in running and passing, play stagnant on the offensive end.

Three of the Lakers' starting five are offensive masters, and both have averaged more than 20 points per game in a season.

When they feel that the attack is wrong, they are quick to make adjustments.

Bryant began to increase his individual offense, while Howard went less to the high post and more to the low post.

As a result, Gasol had to go high and shoot some mid-range shots that he was not good at, as well as dribble breakouts.

Li Liang looked at it and thought to himself, oh my God, is Gasol going to dribble and break inside?

, he also passed the ball to Howard and dunked!

Howard received Gasol's inside cross and dunked vigorously!

Warcraft has finally passed the addiction of a dunk.

On the Lakers bench, Thackeray jumped up excitedly and waved his towel.

Although Thackeray is not strong, he is really good at swinging a towel.

Of course, Li Liang was unwilling, so he picked up the towel and waved it into an electric fan!

Either way, he's a member of the Lakers.

You can't help but score Sima face, and score a goal is also Sima face.

Besides, waving towels to teammates is Li Liang's old business, and it is simply a professional habit for him.

After this ball, the Mavericks called a timeout.

With a four-point lead at 15-11, the Lakers looked pretty good.

When the Lakers players came off the court, they were slightly tired.

Their starting line-up is really old and they need to get used to it at the start of the season.

Brown didn't have anything to do during the timeout, anyway, it was just for the veterans to rest.

As for Li Liang, Brown is not ready to let him appear for the time being.

If the game can continue like this for the first six minutes, then the Lakers should be able to win the game.

But after the timeout, the Mavericks made adjustments, and the Lakers quickly ran into problems.

The problem doesn't come from offense, it's from defense.

The Lakers' offense is not a big problem, after all, the individual ability is there.

Kobe Bryant is a threat as long as he gets the ball, and the Mavericks' defense must be focused on, and there must be loopholes.

But on the defensive end, the Lakers' problem comes, what to do with the pick-and-roll? How to prevent air cutting?

Carlisle spent half a quarter seeing the Lakers' shortcomings on the defensive end, and after a timeout, he asked the team to add pick-and-rolls and open cuts.

The Lakers have Howard on the inside, but under the three-second limit of defense, if there is no outside player to delay the hindrance, Howard is just a target for the outside player to attack.

The Lakers scored, Gasol made a mid-range shot, Gasol dunked for Howard again, Nash was mid-range, and Kobe Bryant broke through with his left hand to cut inside for a layup.

But the Mavericks are also scoring, Brand is mid-range, Marion cuts to the basket, Wright blocks and dunks, and Collins makes three points.

The Mavericks always bite the score and slowly close in.

Brown stood on the sidelines watching the Lakers' fragile defense, and no matter how much he shouted, it was useless to shout through his throat.

How can four players with an average age of 35, plus a Howard with a bad injury, strangle a well-trained offensive team?

At the end of the first quarter, Brown made a substitution.

He still didn't replace Li Liang, but used Jamison and Jordan Hill.

Such substitutions played a role, with Jordan Hill being more dynamic than Gasol.

And the Mavericks also entered the rotation, and the Lakers got a chance to fight back quickly.

Jamison makes a beautiful pass to Hill on the counter-attack, and Hill dunks hard!

Another slam dunk! The Staples Center burst into cheers.

But look at the score, a 4-point lead.

The Lakers hit just one three-pointer in the first quarter.

Ci Shiping missed both three-point attempts, Nash hit one of two, and Kobe Bryant didn't shoot either.

Last season, teams in the league averaged 18 three-pointers per game, averaging seven per game.

Going back another 10 years, that number is 14 and 5.

The number of three-point shots is increasing year by year, and the acceleration is getting faster and faster.

It is possible to increase by one in the first three years, one in the next two years, one in a year, and two or three in the next year.

There are a lot of fans who are disgusted with more and more three-pointers, but there are still more and more three-pointers, and for no other reason, three-pointers are very useful.

Three points is not only one more point than two, but it also gives the team more space and more room for tactical manoeuvre.

The Lakers, a team that wants to play Princeton's tactics, start but don't have a reliable, real three-point shooter.

In the first half of the second quarter, they also needed Gasol to pull out and shoot a three-pointer, and of course Gasol made this shot.

But this is not Gasol's norm, and he can't play to his best in this way.

By the middle of the second quarter, the Mavericks had already overtaken the score.

At 37:35, the Mavericks overtook the score with a three-pointer.

Except for a few beautiful matches at the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers' offense came to a standstill.

Mike Brown had no choice but to call another timeout.

Li Liang sat on the bench and looked anxious, he had already prepared the hair dryer.

Nima, Brown, if you don't send me on the field again, I'll blow your bald head out of your hair.

Brown was very entangled and painful at this time, and he found that the Lakers could play Princeton on the court.

After all, the Lakers' starters are all ball elites, and they can play whatever you ask them to play.

The 35 points scored by the team can be said to have been won through reverse runs, hand-to-hand passes, and air-cut runs.

Kobe Bryant barely managed to single himself, and he didn't force a shot from outside the three-point line.

He's played very reasonably and Gasol has been doing his best to make the ball and deliver a couple of good assists.

Howard dunked three baskets in the open space on the inside.

However, they are still lagging behind.

Why?

One is that the defense can't be defended, and the other is that the offensive efficiency is too low.

Princeton can play a beautiful open match, but it can only be played once in three or four rounds.

In comparison, the Mavericks play more simply, that is, blocking and dismantling, and they can play single-handedly, and the result is a high score.

If you continue like this, the most likely result will be:

The Lakers had more assists than the Mavericks in the game, but they scored less than the Mavericks.

During the pause, Brown glanced at the crowd while emphasizing defense.

Jim Bass was sitting in there, and Brown was like, Jim, you see, with Princeton, that's the result.

The pre-season has proven to you, now it's the regular season, do you want to keep going?

At this moment, Brown suddenly felt a grim gaze coming from behind his head.

Brown was excited, and with a glance of his eyes, he saw Li Liang's "death glare".

Brown knew that if he didn't replace Li Liang on the stage, this kid would definitely start beeping.

For some reason, Brown felt scared of the Chinese kid babbling.

It doesn't make sense, I'm the head coach, he's just a second-round show.

He didn't know that it was [Bob Knight's Hair Dryer].

"Bruce, get ready to come on and replace Jamison." Brown ordered.

I can't bear this kind of vision and hair dryer, you can go on the field and deal with the opponent.

Li Liang immediately took off his sportswear and warmed up a little to prepare for his debut!