At 7 p.m., the atmosphere of the game began to heat up, and the audience seats gradually filled with spectators, and the first row of seats began to have big-name stars ready to watch the showdown.

Staples Arena, located in downtown Los Angeles, opened in 1999 at a cost of $380 million. Just three kilometres from the arena, you'll find huge portraits of the team's all-time centre-forwards, Chamberlain Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and O'Neal. Outside the arena is a bronze statue of Elvin Johnson, which was erected before the 2004 All-Star Game in Los Angeles. The huge TV screen hanging from the roof of the stadium has six sides, and every highlight of the game can be replayed in slow motion in time. The entire arena is divided into more than 400 blocks, with nearly 200 passages in and out.

Staples Arena is also home to the Los Angeles Clippers. Immediately after each game, the staff will change the carpet. If it's a derby, whoever is at home will be on that team's floor.

Li Mojie played at Staples Arena when he played in the NCAA, but at that time, USC was a local team in California, and Staples was naturally regarded as his home court, but now Li Mojie is back here as a member of the away team, and he can't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

There are many big clubs in the sports world, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich in football...... But if you really want to talk about it, there is only one big team in the NBA, and that is the Lakers!

Some people say it's wrong, aren't the Celts? No, the Celtics are only half. Don't believe it, look at the championship won by the Celtic Big Three in the 07-08 season, what era did they win the championship before?

In order to meet the requirements of a wealthy family, the following conditions must be met.

1. Superstars are passed down from generation to generation

Star players want to play in big cities, but not every big city can get real star players.

New York is the largest city in the United States, and Madison Square Garden is also known as "the most famous venue in the world", but since the departure of "Gorilla" Ewing, New York has not received a real A-list superstar.

Los Angeles is different. As the entertainment capital, the second largest city in the United States today, it is home to some of the world's most famous movie stars and directors, as well as basketball superstars. Put a dozen of the greatest superstars in NBA history on the spot, and you'll find that about half of them have the Lakers' brand. Because of this, the Lakers have always been one of the most watched teams by NBA fans, whether they like or hate the Lakers.

From the early Minneapolis Lakers, the league's first superstar, George McCan, was the Lakers' center forward. In the early years of the NBA, McConn was not only synonymous with the entire Lakers, but also the most famous name of the entire league and even the entire game of basketball. At that time, McCan, like the big stars now, enjoyed special treatment. At the time, most of the Lakers' players were making less than $7,000 a season, while McCon was making $35,000 a season.

After completing a three-peating championship in 1954, McConn retired and the Lakers held up for four years under the leadership of Slater Martin, Lafrett and Mickelson. In the 1958-59 season, the second superstar in Lakers history, Elgin Baylor, arrived. Baylor took the Lakers back to the Finals in his rookie season and became the most feared forward in the league for the next few years. In the 1960-61 season, Baylor averaged 34.8 points per game, second only to super center Chamberlain in the league; in the 1961-62 season, Baylor only played in 48 regular season games because he had to serve in the military and could only use weekends or temporary passes to return to the team to play, but in those 48 games, Baylor averaged 38.3 points per game; in the fifth game of the 1962 Finals, Baylor set a record of 61 points in a single game in the Finals, which no one has been able to break so far.

Baylor was still in his prime, and the Lakers, who had moved to Los Angeles, got Jerry West. West's early career was inconsistent and he was generally subordinate to Baylor, but the duo combined to build the most attacking combination in the league. By the 1965 Western Conference Finals, Baylor suffered a serious knee injury, and West scored more than 40 points per game in six games in that series, averaging 46.3 points per game, setting a record for the highest points per game in a single NBA playoff series, and no one has ever broken it. Later, as Baylor's injury became more and more serious, West slowly became the leader of the Lakers and one of the top guards in the league.

Before Baylor was too old to move, super center Chamberlain became a member of the Lakers again, and West, Chamberlain, and Baylor joined forces to make the Lakers the most star-studded team. In the 1971-72 season, although Baylor announced his retirement, Chamberlain and West led the Lakers to a great record of 33 consecutive wins, and successfully won the championship, and West finally realized the championship dream.

Chamberlain and West had just said goodbye to history in 1973 and 1974, and the Lakers acquired another epoch-making super center "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar through a trade in 1975. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still in full swing, "Magic" Johnson was born again in the 1979-80 season, and the Lakers ushered in the "Shotime" era.

"Magic's" dominance of the Lakers and the NBA league lasted until the early 90s of the 20th century. After the "Magic" announced his retirement due to HIV, the Lakers struggled for several seasons, but by 1996, they brought in O'Neal, the original Magic's giant center, from the free market, and got Kobe Bryant, a high school student, in the draft, and a new superstar combination was created.

Counting carefully, since the Lakers established the team, their "superstar blank" has only been about 10 years in total, and the longest one is no more than 5 years. This is unique in the history of the NBA.

2 times to win the championship

If you can't win with a star, the Lakers aren't a giant. The Lakers are successful because they not only attract superstars, but they rely on them to win and win championships all the time.

From the late 40s to the beginning of this century, the Lakers reached the Finals and won 14 championships in the NBA (and its predecessor BAA) a total of 28 times, only two fewer championships than the Celtics in the entire league history; These 14 championships are mainly concentrated in three eras, so those three eras naturally formed three major Lakers dynasties--- one team built three generations of dynasties, so far, there is no one in the history of the NBA, there is no other semicolon.

3. Revival speed

In the NBA, only the Celtics can compete with the Lakers for the "No. 1 giant". A very important reason why the Lakers are above the Celtics is that the time for the Lakers to rise again has always been very short, and the Celtics have not been able to become a first-class team in the league since the retirement of "Big Bird" Bird, McHale and others.

It's a bit strange that the Lakers have such a long history and have only five seasons without making the playoffs. Every superstar leaving the team, or every dynasty disintegrating, will not make the Lakers completely collapse and become ill for a long time, which is what makes the Lakers stronger than several other dynasty teams.

After McCan's retirement in 1954, the Lakers' record declined significantly, but they were still able to make the playoffs three years in a row and win in the playoffs to advance, because they retained the "living force" such as Slater Martin, Lafret, and Mickelson. In the 1957-58 season, the Lakers finally won only 19 games and fell out of the playoffs, but then they acquired Baylor, a basketball genius in the draft.

In the mid-70s of the 20th century, the Lakers did not make the playoffs for two consecutive years because Chamberlain and West had retired one after another. But soon, the Lakers completed an earth-shattering deal with the Bucks, four for one to get "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar. Although Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was isolated and didn't immediately return the Lakers to championship level, in 1979 "Magic" arrived, and another dynasty began to work.

The years after the retirement of "Magic" were the real low tide in the history of the Lakers. But Worthy, Divac, Van Exel, Ceballos and others followed suit, and the Lakers only missed the playoffs once (in 1994). By 1996, when the "Sharks" Journey to the West settled in Angel City, the Lakers began to move towards new heights.

In 2004, the "OK Connection" dissolved, O'Nealdon went to Miami, and the Lakers were only squeezed out of the playoffs in the 2004-05 season. In the past two years, although the Lakers have not escaped the fate of being eliminated in the first round, the winning rate has always remained above 50%. Bryant pressed the team's management to make changes this summer, which may also have a positive effect on the Lakers' revival.

The speed of the Lakers' revival is inseparable from the attraction of Los Angeles to superstars. Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, and O'Neal did not play for the Lakers from the beginning of their careers, but they all joined the Lakers and brought back the championship for Los Angeles. But at the same time, the Lakers' efforts in their pursuit of superstar should not be overlooked. The vision and means to rebuild the team are important characteristics that distinguish the Lakers from other dynastic teams, and they are also the key to their ability to become the "No. 1 giant".

4. Time to win the championship

The Lakers are located in the most developed Los Angeles area on the West Coast of the United States, plus Sho Time, who saved the league from the 80s, and the three-champion combination, which has won 5 championships in the past 10 years, plus the total salary of the team is almost the highest every year, and the extravagance and strength are very compelling, if such a team is not an aristocratic team, then there is no team in the NBA.

The Celtics won the championship before the 80s, when the NBA rules were unclear and the quality of the players was uneven, and the Celtics only won one championship trophy in the 07-08 season since the new century.