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Beijing time on October 21, 2018.

Staples Arena in Los Angeles.

The first game of Zhan Huang's journey to the west.

When the man in Yamagata, dressed in a golden No. 23 jersey, was about to burst open the LAKERS letters on his chest, the arena knew that although he was still walking in the shadows of the players' tunnel and had not yet appeared, the city was ready to welcome their new king.

LeBron James.

"Emperor".

The Emperor appeared. He carefully trimmed his beard, his fighting spirit was high, and the black skin on his face even showed some ruddy. He seems to have lost some weight, and he doesn't know if it's the effect of the new version of the skinny jersey on the burly body. Everyone is so familiar with the golden yellow, and the number they were the focus of their eyes on, there is only one number difference. 24 and 23. The number 24 has been hung under the dome of Stamps, and individual fans who feel like they have traveled back in time may look up at the retired jersey number at this moment. But eventually he will retract his gaze, because from today onwards the city will accept a new owner.

The city has not had a master worthy of it for too long.

A star-studded and world-famous star like Beverly Hills and Hollywood. LeBron James is definitely the number one star in this league, so the Angelenos seem to have accepted him the first time without any suspicions. Zhan Huang of the first Journey to the West, even though he is 34 years old, he still looks very young, doesn't he?

Even if standing next to Emperor Zhan, half of them are the "abandoned generals" who came to vote from the teams in the league, and half of them are the "new recruit eggs" cultivated by the Lakers in recent years. But watching the emperor cross the middle line of the confrontation between the two armies, walk to the rocket formation and shake hands and high-five Harden, Melon, and Paul, there is really a feeling that the new emperor has ascended the throne and accepted congratulations from all directions.

Yang Yiming was not scheduled to start, and of course he was not qualified to high-five and hug Emperor Zhan. But a few days before the start of the season, LeBron called Yu Xiaochun and personally invited Yang Yiming to go to the City of Angels. At this moment, Yu Xiaochun was standing next to Yang Yiming, and LeBron finally hugged Paul, glanced in the direction of the Rockets bench, and raised his palm.

Is that a gesture to Yang Yiming and a confirmed look?

Or is it just Emperor Zhan's courtesy? His face was expressionless, and he looked like he had seen through a row of ordinary spectators watching the enthronement ceremony, but in fact, his eyes were on the distance behind the spectators, and the prosperity and glory that was about to be added to the city?

The protagonist's posture is enough for Los Angeles people to be complacent for a while!

But I really can only be happy for a while, and the full hall of Los Angeles people still doesn't know that these people in red clothes are about to demolish the new emperor's platform!

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The Lakers got off to a good start, and all the top and bottom tried to cooperate with the emperor and play the first game of the opening game.

Lonzo Bauer gave Emperor Zhan the most face. He probably knows that LeBron likes the four-man style of play, holding the ball himself, and equipping the three-point shooter group on the outside. Ball not only handed over the ball first - he was also the "chosen son" of the Lakers at the beginning of last season, and the stars won the moon, but if you want to grow into a generation of point guards, the emotional intelligence of judging the situation is also equally important - the ball is handed over to the new boss, Ball probably practiced shooting and three-point shooting hard in the summer, completely, not only to make up for his technical shortcomings, but also to create a weapon specially built for the arrival of Emperor Zhan.

In this game, he opened up space for LeBron, and the two connected many times, and Ball got up and down, shooting 4 of 8 three-pointers with a shooting rate of 50%. Ball finally scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and played 26 minutes off the bench, which is the most effective assistant in the rotation.

Youth and physical talent are obviously the biggest advantages of this Lakers team, so they actually fought with the Rockets to play the rhythm, 70% of the offense in the whole game was ended by fast breaks, if you look at the purple and gold jersey in a trance, the Lakers in the first game of the new season actually have the shadow of the orange sun of the year.

The Rockets were 66-62 at halftime, and the defending champions were only four points ahead.

The Lakers, who are playing at home after changing sides, are more confident. Although the three-point shot was not as sharp as the first half, LeBron himself set an example first. He faced Capela's one-man defense at the free-throw line and hit a two-pointer from step back, showing the effect of summer and Ben Simmons meeting in Japan to practice shooting. The difference between the two sides is only 2 points.

Rondo, who came to Zhanhuang's Lakers, came easily, and he used the aerial catcher method that cooperated with the thick eyebrows many times in the Pelicans and threw the ball into the air. Compared to Anthony Davis, McGee, who is physically in the middle of the middle, flies up and takes the ball on the basket with one palm. After Rondo's pass landed slightly off, McGee grabbed the basketball, but he couldn't dunk directly, and after he landed, his pivot foot was about to step on the baseline, and his body was about to lose its center of gravity...

But McGee immediately had an idea, he jumped again, jumped outside the sideline, took advantage of the volley time to look back at the moon, and his arm just went around Clint Capela in front of him, and turned the ball back to the ground!

After the basketball bounced to the ground, it was really the figure of No. 23 who followed up from outside the three-point line!

After receiving the ball, LeBron jumped directly to the basket with both feet and violently poured the basket!

The Lakers tied the score!

James Harden, as the leader of the Rockets and the defending regular season MVP, although he also has to congratulate LeBron in his new palace, but when he meets an opponent, he doesn't care about those polite feelings and has to do it himself.

Harden rushed forward with the ball, followed by chasing Ball, and blocked Ingram in front, but he didn't slow down this time, and made a quick three-step layup. Harden held the basketball to his chest like he was holding an explosive bag, and hit Ingram directly, knocking the latter off the baseline. Before Ingram lost his center of gravity, he took out the "explosives bag" and dug it out of Harden's hand, and was caught back by the latter's quick volley and scored a layup!

The referee blows two plus one!

Ingram is not convinced! Obviously it was the ball that he pulled out, and there was no hitter - if it was a blocking foul, then he had obviously been knocked off the court by Harden!

It's really a blocking foul!

Seeing the referee make a blocking gesture, Ingram rushed back to the court and angrily pushed Harden: Let you cheat and foul!

Harden, of course, is not good at stubble, and without hesitation, he pushed back: Boy, just eat you!

The two are-for-tat, and they are about to cause a fight.

Fortunately, LeBron James and Chris Paul hurried up to pull the fight and frame their respective teammates, which prevented the situation from getting worse.

Harden and Ingram were awarded a technical foul each by the referee for this shot. Each played 50 boards, thinking that it could calm things down and warn both sides not to make any more mistakes on the field.

But that's not the end of the dispute!

After Harden hit a successful three-point shot, the Lakers and the Rockets went back and forth, taking turns to increase the score. But the Lakers still had a slight advantage in the third quarter, scoring 3 more points than the Rockets, and the home team actually chased only one point after the third quarter.

The tense fourth quarter is at the touch of a button!

The festival between the two sides has just begun!