Chapter 212: The Lakers in the Trough

After beating the Thunder in the opener, the Suns traveled to California that night, where they challenged the Los Angeles Lakers the following night.

In other words, although the Lakers had a poor record last season, the league still arranged for the Lakers to be a member of the opening game, and the result was in the star-studded Staples Arena, under the attention of many Lakers fans, the Houstonians from afar easily defeated the Purple and Gold Aristocrats, and the core of the Rockets team, Harden, scored 32 points and 6 assists in 31 minutes, 15 of 16 free throws, and 3 of 6 three-pointers, although there was only one rebound (this guy definitely went to a nightclub at night).

On the other hand, Kobe Bryant, who returned from injury, scored 19 points in 29 minutes on the court, which seems good, but the audience who has watched this game can feel that the 36-year-old Black Mamba is powerless in the face of the 25-year-old beard, Kobe Bryant is 6 in 17, and the 35.3% shooting rate clearly lets fans know one thing, the former league's No. 1 quarterback has grown old, and after two games of reimbursed injuries, Black Mamba's fangs are difficult to threaten the league's heroes!

Last season, the Lakers only had 27 wins and 55 losses, but Kobe Bryant only played 6 games last year and was reimbursed for the season due to injury, so the Lakers' record is sloppy, mainly due to Kobe's lack of relationship on the court; But in the 2004-05 season, Bryant played 66 games, averaging 40.7 minutes per game, scoring 27.6 points, and the team failed to make the playoffs.

In the 2004-05 season, the Lakers changed their head coach, the original Zen master Jackson did not get the Lakers to renew his contract after the end of last season, and the Lakers traded out O'Neal, the original four kings including Malone retired, Payton became a free agent again, and point guard Fisher also became a free agent and left, the only thing that the Lakers did not change was Kobe, and everything regained with Kobe as the only core of the new Lakers.

Kobe Bryant said before the start of the 2004-05 season that as long as he plays for the Lakers, the Lakers' winning rate will never be less than 50%, but this season the Lakers have Kobe Bryant as the boss, but he is the last in the Pacific group, and he lost the championship game in the previous season, but this season he can't even touch the playoffs.

This season's failure awakened Kobe Bryant, and it was also the biggest setback of his career, and he admitted that if he wanted to win more championships, he must wholeheartedly join forces with other players, and in the 2005-06 season, the Zen master returned to the Lakers and led Kobe Bryant back to the top.

Kobe Bryant injured his Achilles tendon in April 2013 and returned to the team in December '13, but he only played 6 games, and then hung up the exemption card due to a fracture of the tibia in his left knee, and hung up for the whole season, so the Lakers' management and fans believe that last year's failure was because there was no Kobe. And now that Kobe Bryant is back in the spotlight again, it's clear where the Lakers will go this season.

"Mo Jayer, come back, you're a Californian, you shouldn't go to the desert to play!"

"The Lakers are your home, and you should come here to take Kobe's class, just like the Magic and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back then."

In the evening, the players played on time, and the Staples Arena made more shouts for Li Mojie to go home, which made the Lakers players on the court very embarrassed.

"Man, good job!" Greeting Li Mojie was Jeremy Lin, another Chinese player in the league who transferred to the Lakers this season, and Li Mojie was also very happy to see Jeremy Lin, and the two had a good personal relationship. Kobe Bryant also saw Li Mojie, but he just nodded and didn't say hello or anything. The poor performance in the last game made the media not say anything good about him, what premium contract, it's time to retire and other articles are endless, and the arrogant Black Mamba now desperately needs to prove himself!

This season, the Lakers' trade situation was rated as a D- by ESPN: the Lakers have changed dramatically this summer, their favorite stars Anthony and Love are reluctant to come, the team has also lost its core Gasol, in addition to Meeks, Carman and Blake have all left as free agents, and Marshall, a point guard who performed well last season, has also been cut by the Lakers. The players who joined included Jeremy Lin, rookie Randle and second-round picks Russ Smith, Boozer and Ed Davis. In addition, the team has signed Jordan Hill, Nick Young, Henry, Johnson and Kelly. Meanwhile, last season's head coach D'Antoni has resigned, and Byron Scott has become the team's new manager this summer.

As can be seen from the Lakers' salary this season, the highest is still Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant signed a two-year $48.5 million contract with the Lakers on November 25, 2013, and his salary this season is $23.5 million, compared with $30.45 million last season, Kobe Bryant chose to reduce his salary, despite this, many people still complain that the Lakers signed a favor contract, thinking that the 36-year-old Kobe Bryant signed such a contract will affect the team's recruitment, Kobe does not agree with this point of view, he himself believes that his value is far more than that. "I accepted a pay cut to stay with the Lakers, and like James who came back to the Cavaliers, we were paid less than our market value, but I'm already very lucky to be in Los Angeles," Bryant said. It's fair to say that we set an example for other players and money isn't the only thing to think about when playing. ”

Jeremy Lin's salary contract this season is $15 million, but it only accounts for $8.37 million in salary cap. In the offseason, the Rockets sent Asik and Jeremy Lin away almost for free in order to get Bosh or Anthony, and in the Lakers trade, the Rockets sent Jeremy Lin only to get cash and overseas player signings. In the new season, American experts also predict that if Shuhao can seize the opportunity in the new season, then by next summer, he may get a satisfactory new contract, with an annual salary of about $8 million to 10 million, and is expected to stay with the Lakers for a long time.

Li Mojie heard the shouts of the fans next to him, but Li Mojie remained silent, practiced a few balls to find a feeling, the feel was good, and the feel of the last game seems to continue to this day?

After the warm-up, the starter stood in the middle of the court, and the person opposite Li Mojie was Wesley Johnson, who glanced at Johnson next to him, and his heart was not wavering.

Although both are small forwards, Li Mojie has advantages in height, arm length, weight, strength, speed, and bounce. How could he be polite when he met such an opponent?

Lakers starters: Jeremy Lin, Kobe, Wesley Johnson, Carlos Boozer, Jordan Hill.

Suns starters: Eric Gordon, Chris Middleton, Lee Mojab, Marcus Morris, Rudy Gobert.

At the beginning of the game, the 216cm Gobert jump ball won the veteran Jordan Hill, 87-year-old Jordan Hill entered the league in 09, this is his fifth season, Jordan Hill belongs to the energetic athletic inside, good at offensive rebounding; Able to hit hook shots from close range and occasionally shoot from mid-range; The defensive end is not strong enough to be able to block, but it is purely helpless to let him and Gobert jump the ball, after Howard joined Houston in 13 and Gasol left Chicago in the summer of 14, the Lakers did not even have a reliable center in the Lakers, and the only backup center Robert Thackeray sat on the bench, Scott thought about it for a long time, and still felt that it was better for this towel man to wave a towel off the court!

Lee Mojie asked for the ball from outside the three-point line on the right side, and Wesley Johnson defended it.

"Come on, dear!" Behind the Lakers bench on the sidelines, a beautiful woman wearing Johnson's No. 11 yellow Lakers jersey put her hands to her mouth and shouted in a trumpet shape, this cute, sweet and fresh brown-skinned woman is Wesley Johnson's girlfriend - Melissa Sanchez, who has a different style compared with the charming Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa. With Johnson joining the Lakers, Melissa has also become one of the beautiful wives of the Lakers.

"Oh, she made you work hard!" Li Mojie received the ball and turned to Johnson with a smile on his face, Johnson was one step away from him to defend, his face was solemn and did not speak, if it wasn't for Yang Shaoxia's injury, he would not have been a starter, so when Scott repeatedly asked him to defend Li Mojie, he felt that it was an opportunity for him, and he needed to defend in his best condition. So Li Mojie lowered his center of gravity and took a step forward. Johnson immediately retreated, trying to keep his distance. Prevent breakouts and interfere with shots at any time.

Wesley Johnson has never averaged a double-double in points per game for a season since entering the league, and as the No. 4 pick in 10 years (selected by the Minnesota Huskies, the 23-year-old No. 4 pick), he mainly survives in the league by defense, and he has a lot of experience in defense, he guesses that Li Mojie will turn his back to find a confrontation and then turn around and shoot.

Li Mojie not only ate his back, but chose to step back, and Li Mojie has more offensive options this offseason than in his rookie season. Wesley pulled the ball up as he stepped back and made a jumper from the three-point line.

This time the shot was very fast, the jump was not high, and a small lean was added, and Wesley hurriedly stepped forward to seal his eyes.

But Li Mojie, who was trained by Nash, has become more stable in shooting, and the 71-point feeling in the last game has not subsided. 3 to 0.

"Oh, Li Mojie chose his own singles at the beginning, and he looks confident!" The Lakers' beautiful DJ Heidi Watney was surprised, and the cameo DJ old Magic Johnson next to her glanced at her, everyone scored 71 points in the last game, isn't he confident that he can do such a thing?

"Looks like your girlfriend can't give you good luck!" Li Mojie said lightly when he returned to the defense, and he seemed to be at ease. Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!