Qiao Hai stood next to the bench of the visiting team in the Staples Center, with his hands on his chest, staring at the center of the field, the game is about to begin!

After the technical station, the broadcast teams of several sports TV stations began their commentary, and CCTV also sent a combination of Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng.

"The starters for both teams have already appeared, and on the Lakers' side are point guard Derrick Fisher, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Devin George, power forward Karl Malone and center Shaquille O'Neal."

"On the Rockets' side, it's point guard Gary Payton, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Chris Anderson and center Yao Ming."

"This game is a matchup between Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal's super center, and it is also a matchup between two generations of scoring guards like Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant!"

"And, of course, there's the matchup between Gary Payton, who was supposed to be teammates, and the Lakers......"

Before the start of the game, on the TNT commentary box, McBrin and Marv Albert summarized the many highlights of the game, and Marv Albert said a lot.

McBrin reminded with a smile: "Mafu, you missed the most important one, this game is still a duel between Qiao Hai and the old owner Lakers!" ”

Marf Albert also laughed, and he shouted: "That's right, the most important thing is that this is another matchup between Joe and the Lakers!" Before last season, Qiao Hai maintained a complete victory against the Lakers, but last season, the winning record was broken, and because of this, this game had a little suspense. ”

The game started in suspense.

Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal's jump ball, Yao Ming jumped a step slower, and O'Neal grabbed the basketball first.

In the backcourt of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant took over the basketball and pushed to the frontcourt.

The Rockets quickly retreated, and the five people dispersed, and the whole court was one-on-one.

This season, because of the addition of Karl Malone, the Lakers' offensive tactics have also been enriched a lot, and it is the Lakers' regular tactics to single Kobe or O'Neal through a triangle offense.

Karl Malone's pick-and-roll offense is starting to turn into another regular set of tactics for the Lakers.

In the first shot of the opening game, Karl Malone made a single block for Kobe Bryant at the top of the arc, and then, Kobe Bryant quickly took a step inside, and the Rockets directly changed defenses.

Chris Anderson defended Kobe Bryant, and on the other side, Wade played Karl Malone small.

Kobe Bryant was quickly blocked by Chris Anderson, who is still very capable of defending small and small, his speed is fast, and his strength is even more dominant.

Therefore, Bryant quickly shifted the ball to the other side, and Karl Malone turned his back to Wade and began to play big and small.

Karl Malone took two steps forward, turned and stepped back to make a jumper.

Wade jumped to his feet and flew to interfere.

Bang, striking!

Yao Ming stuck inside and easily grabbed the rebound.

Then, he gave the ball directly to Wade in front of him, Wade took the ball and was blocked by Karl Malone on the spot.

But he dribbled directly behind his back, dodging Karl Malone's in-situ defense, and then, Wade took a step to speed up, soared directly to the fastest, and rushed to the frontcourt!

In this game, the Rockets' style of play is to speed up, and the half-court speed is their regular speed, and similar to this ball, the Rockets must seize the opportunity to play a wave of fast attack.

The Rockets counterattacked to the frontcourt, the front court was three-on-three, Wade went directly to the middle, and on the other side, Ron Atestra was outside the three-point line on the right wing, and Gary Payton cut into the restricted area from the left side.

Kobe, Devin George and Derrick Fisher, who retreated from the Lakers, directly shrank inside, and Atay outside the three-point line on the right side was directly empty.

So, Wade jumped up and passed the ball to Artay.

With a bang, in the fast attack counterattack, Ron Artest hit a three-pointer!

The Rockets scored first.

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In the private room on the middle floor of the Staples Center, David Stern sits in the center, flanked by Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Rockets owner Leslie Alexander.

In the opening two rounds of one offense and one defense, the Lakers did not score, the Rockets hit a three-pointer, David Stern applauded, and Leslie Alexander was also full of smiles.

Jerebus squinted his eyes and had to follow behind everyone, clapping his palms.

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The Lakers served in the backcourt, advanced to the frontcourt, and the triangle offense ran for a while, and quickly pulled out the inside.

Shaquille O'Neal received the ball smoothly, hit Yao Ming on the inside, turned around and forced a layup, scored two points, and the Lakers finally scored.

This time, it was Jerichbus's turn to applaud from the bottom of his heart.

Leslie Alexander has always been indisputable, so he also applauded, looking more sincere than the last Jeribas applause.

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The Rockets' offense, Gary Payton advanced to the frontcourt, and after a hand-to-hand cooperation at the top of the arc, the ball was given to Yao Ming.

Then, the rocket's rapid run immediately began.

Wade quickly cut into the air, Gary Payton quickly pulled to the wing, and then, Yao Ming took the ball and went inside, hitting Karl Malone on the outside, he felt that there was a great opportunity to shoot at this time.

So, Yao Ming directly shot a mid-range jumper, banged, and hit the iron.

The Lakers grabbed the rebound and immediately played a wave of fast breaks.

Bryant quickly burst into the front court with the ball, and after attracting the defense, he scored Derrick Fisher first.

The Rockets immediately surrounded Fisher, which was, Fisher scored the ball again Devin George, Devin George received the ball from the other side and slammed into the box from the other side, scoring two points with a pick.

The Lakers overtook the score, the Rockets served in the backcourt, and Gary Payton slowly pushed forward.

As soon as halftime passed, the Rockets immediately began to pick up speed.

Yao Ming pretended to get the ball in the high post, but only sideways to give Gary Payton a cover, and then, Gary Payton went inside.

The Lakers' defense quickly made a choice, with a two-man package to block Gary Payton.

Payton passed the ball straight back to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming made a high jumper.

Swish!

After a crisp sound of wiping the net, Yao Ming scored the first goal of the game and got the first point.

The Lakers' offense, Derrick Fisher once again gave the ball into the restricted area, O'Neal hit the inside line, and Ron Artest immediately went inside and directly implemented the pinch.

O'Neill struggled a bit and then passed the ball out.

Devin George caught the ball and hit a throw to score two points.

The Rockets' offense is still slowly controlled to the frontcourt, and then the half-court speed up.

Gary Payton held the ball again and forced Derrick Fisher through the screen, and this time, the Lakers did not contain Payton again.

Payton Sr. beat Big Karl Malone small, shortened for a moment, and then suddenly turned around, followed by a layup, and scored two points.

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant's single outside the three-point line on the left, and after a quick break, forced the Rockets to carry out a pinch.

After the pinch shot, Kobby scored the ball to the flank, and Derek Fisher received the ball and jumped to his feet and hit a three-pointer!

The score was 9-7, and the Lakers led by two points.

In the offensive round of the Rockets, Wade singled out the iron, and then the Lakers' Karl Malone also hit the iron, and the two teams played iron one after another.

In the next round, Dwayne Wade held the ball and cooperated with Yao Ming, broke through the free throw line, and suddenly stopped suddenly.

Yao Ming blocked and stepped into the penalty area, received a pass from Wade in advance, and scored 2 points with a light dunk.

At the beginning, the Rockets and Lakers played very anxiously, and both teams kept scoring, and the scores alternately rose.