Chapter 354: Micro Earthquake
On October 14, 2020, the NBA regular season officially began, and among the four games played on the first day, the much-watched repeat of last season's Western Conference Finals, that is, the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers, the Lakers finally had the last laugh.
The Dallas Mavericks are in turmoil, and while the team's interior twin towers are falling apart may seem like a conspiracy theory, Bout Kerr has always been the unluckiest man anyway.
However, Dallas owner Mark Ralph has personally taken over the incident, and he deserves to be the great boss who led Dallas into a strong team in the league.
Dallas Mavericks head coach David Morrison and strength and conditioning coach Brut Johnson, who led the team to last season's championship, were fired immediately, and then Mark Ralph directly traded John Larson, one of the team's twin towers, to the Philadelphia 76ers, an Eastern underdog, in exchange for all the 76ers' draft picks next season and the first-round draft pick next season, and the Mavericks also ate the garbage contract of 76ers veteran John Smith in order to get the deal done as soon as possible.
In addition, Mark Ralph also fired assistant coach Jerry Davis outright for selling inside the Mavericks to the "Truth" website.
Jerry Davis was fired along with the team's perimeter substitute Sallins Barry, who also spoke openly to the Los Angeles media, in which he mocked that the team's only big man, Bout, was not a man.
Mavericks owner Mark Ralph has received praise from the league for his series of moves, which not only made Bout Kerr completely sincere to the team, but also relieved the league management to a certain extent, after all, the Dallas Mavericks with their twin towers are indeed too strong, which is not conducive to the future development of the entire league.
However, due to a series of turmoil, the Dallas Mavericks were unmotivated in the opener, while Bout Kerr was much more impatient than before, and the Los Angeles Lakers relied on teamwork to take down last season's enemy.
In addition to the Dallas Mavericks' unexpected loss, Eastern Conference powerhouse Miami Heat also suffered a loss, where they were defeated at home by the Washington Wizards, who were drafted with the top pick.
James Hart, the long-awaited No. 1 pick in the previous draft, is indeed amazingly strong, and even though it was the first regular season game of his career, James Hart showed his talent and strength.
The Heat can't do anything with James Hart, they already lack top defenders on the outside, and James Hart's breakaways have caused the Heat's interior fouls.
In the end, the Washington Wizards had the last laugh, and they can now figure out how to play the playoffs.
Last season's top teams in the East and West caused quite a stir in the media, but what shocked the media even more was the Trail Blazers' visit to Sacramento.
As the team that reached the Western Conference semifinals last season, the Trail Blazers have been labeled as a defensive powerhouse in recent years, and any team that wants to score points from them must be careful of being entangled by the Trail Blazers.
However, the name change has been completed, and the entire team is almost brand new Sacramento Kings, which has opened the eyes of the entire league, slashing 140 and winning nearly 40 points against the Trail Blazers, which is hardly an order of magnitude matchup.
The Sachsa Evening News, one of the most widely circulated print outlets in Saska, reported on the game against the Trail Blazers with headlines such as "Runners on the road, 140 yards faster."
Although many small and medium-sized media in Saata City have accepted Francis Leonard's investment, they have not touted the Runners without a bottom line, which is actually in line with the mentality of the entire Saata City for the current brand-new team, after all, this kind of performance makes many people feel as if they are dreaming, they are afraid that they will wake up from their dreams if they tout too much.
And many media outside Saskata City have also carried out extensive coverage of this game that surprised many professionals.
The first thing to report is of course Turgon, as one of the intersections between the current Runners and the Trail Blazers, the performance of Turgun almost illustrates the difference in attitudes between the two teams.
39 points and 16 assists, this is a rookie who only had two starts in the Trail Blazers last season, I have to say, this really shows that the Trail Blazers have no eyes, and it has also attracted the attention of many fans.
In addition to the extensive coverage of Turgon, the new style of play of the entire Runners team has also received a lot of media attention, and some professional commentators are full of discrimination against the Runners' deviant style of play, and they even threaten that the league should ban the current Runners because their style is messing up the development and operation of the entire basketball.
However, although some professionals have criticized the Runners' style of play as confusing, many fans who watched the game on TV or online replays praised the Runners' style of play.
On the Slam Dunk, the largest fan forum in North America, there were many more posts about the Runners in the immediate aftermath of the game, with many fans outside of Saskata posting that they enjoyed the fast-paced game.
In addition to these, many of the highlights of the game between the Runners and the Trail Blazers were also selected as the top five goals on the first day of the regular season.
With the spread of media reports and online videos, the new runner team began to harvest their first fans, the team's new website released a lot of small videos about team training and daily life after the game, as well as a small video of everyone in the team introducing themselves, which Wang Lei suggested Francis, this more people-friendly means can greatly shorten the distance between the runners players and fans, and the website will also hold some lucky draws every week, Winning fans were given tickets to select games, which made the entire Runners team instantly recognized and supported by fans after the rebuild.